We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee; We don't take no trips on LSD We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street; We like livin' right, and bein' free.
I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
We don't make a party out of lovin'; We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo; We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy, Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee, A place where even squares can have a ball. We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear; Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen. Football's still the roughest thing on campus, And the kids here still respect the college dean.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse, In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.
I almost felt you touching me just now I wish I knew which way to turn and go I feel so good and then, then I feel so bad I wonder what I ought to do
If I could only fly, if I could only fly I'd bid this place goodbye to come and be with you But I can hardly stand and I got no where to run Another sinking sun and one more lonely night
The wind keeps blowing, somewhere, everyday Tell me things get better, somewhere, up the way Just dismal thinking on a dismal day And sad songs for us to bare
If I could only fly If we could only fly If we could only fly There'd be no more lonely nights
You know, sometimes, I write happy songs Then some little thing goes wrong I wish they all could make you smile
Coming home soon and I wanna stay Maybe we can, somehow, get away I wish you could come with me when I go again
If I could only fly, if I could only fly I'd bid this place goodbye to come and be with you But I can hardly stand and I got no where to run Another sinking sun and one more lonely night
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
I ain't got no home, I'm here all alone All the clothes I've got, I've got them on Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
I've been all around from town to town I've got some good things on my way around Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
...Rock it, boys! I'm just like a piano player, carry nothing but my hat I play women where I find 'em and leave 'em where I played 'em at Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
Rocks is my pillow, sunshine keeps me warm Blue sky is my blanket and Mother Nature built my home Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down wash everything I had down the street
I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around Hey I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around Hey that looks like people, I've gotta stay right here and drown
Hey my house started shakin', started floatin' on down the stream Hey my house started shakin', went on floatin' on down the stream It was dark as midnight, people began to holler and scream
I hear that train a comin', it's comin' 'round the bend I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm locked in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on And I hear that train a-rollin' on down to San Antone
When I was just a baby my mama told me "Son Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns" But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that lonesome whistle I hang my head and I cry
I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car They're probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars Well, I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free But I hear that train a-rollin' and that's what tortures me
Well, if they freed me from this prison and that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move it over a little farther down the line Far from Folsom Prison that's where I long to be And let that train keep rollin' and roll my blues away
You left me and you went away You said that you'd be back in just a day That day has come and gone but you're still away from home I'm walking the floor over you
I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two Walking the floor over you
Now darling, you know I love you well I love you more than I can ever tell I thought you would love me and you always would be mine You went away and left me here with troubles on my mind
I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two Walking the floor over you
There's a long line of mourners coming down our street Their fancy cars are such a sight to see They're all of your rich friends that knew you in the city And now they finally brought you back to me The papers told of how you lost your life Of the party and the fatal crash that night The race on the highway the curve nobody seen Now you're riding in that long black limousine When you left home you told me that, that someday you'd be returning With a fancy car for the whole town to see Well now everybody's watching now and I guess you finally got your dream You're riding in one of them long black limousines Through tears I watch as you ride by With a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine I'll never love another my heart and all my dreams Ride with you in that long black limousine
Deep within my heart lies a melody A song of old San Antone Where in dreams I live with a memory Beneath the stars all alone It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above A moonlit pass that only she would know Still hears my broken song of love Moon in all your splendor know only my heart Call back my rose, rose of San Antone Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart Speak once again of my love, my own. Broken song, empty words I know Still live in my heart all alone For that moonlit pass by the Alamo And Rose, my Rose of San Antone Deep within my heart lies a melody, A song of old San Antone Where in dreams I live with a memory Beneath the stars all alone It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above A moonlit pass that only she would know Still hears my broken song of love Moon in all your splendor know only my heart Call back my rose, rose of San Antone Lips so sweet and tender like petals falling apart Speak once again of my love, my own. Broken song, empty words I know Still live in my heart all alone For that moonlit pass by the Alamo And Rose, my Rose of San Antone
I'm praying for rain in California So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine And I'm a sittin' at a honky'n in Chicago With a broken heart and a woman on my mind I match the man behind a bar for the jukebox And the music takes me back to Tennessee When they ask who's the fool in the corner cryin' I say a little ole wine drinker me
I came here last week from down in Nashville Cause my baby left for Florida on a train And I thought I'd get a job and just forget her But in Chicago a broken heart is still the same I match the man behind a bar... Yeah I say a little ole wine drinker me
Today I started lovin' you again And I'm right back to where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend And then today I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think, I could get by With only these few million tears I cried I should have known the worst was yet to come And the crying time for me had just begun
Today I started loving you again And I'm right back to where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend And then today I started loving you again
Today I started loving you again And I'm right back to where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend And then today I started loving you again
Just because I ask a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I rang her number by mistake today She thinks I still care
Just because I haunt the same old places Where the mem'ry of her lingers ev'rywhere Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be She thinks I still care
But if she's happy thinkin' I still need her Then let that silly notion bring her cheer But how could she ever be so foolish Oh where would she get such an idea
Just because I ask a friend about her And just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I saw her then went all to pieces She thinks I still care She thinks I still care
I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy I want them I want them to know How I feel my love is real for my mama and daddy I want them to know I love them so In my heart the joy tears start cause I'm happy And I pray every day for mom and pappy and each night I'd walk for miles cry or smile for my mama and daddy I want them to know I love them so I'd fight in wars do all my chores for my mama and daddy I want them to live on till they're called I'd work and slave and never rave to my mama and daddy Because I know I owe them my all In my heart the joy tears start... I love them so
Making believe that you still love me It's leaving me alone and so blue But I'll always dream, still I'll never own you Making believe, it's all I can do?
I can't hold you close, darlin' when you're not with me You're somebody's love and you will never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime Loving you and making believe
Making believe that I never lost you But those happy hours that I find now are so few My plans for the future will never come true Making believe that's all I can do?
I can't hold you close, darlin', when you're not with me Lord, you're somebody's love, and you will never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime Loving you and making believe
