Time has come today Young hearts can go that way Can't put it off another day I don't care what others say They say we don't listen anyway Time has come today The rules have changed today I have no place to stay Thinking about the subway The love has flown away My tears have come and gone Oh my lord, I have to roam I have no home I have no home
Now the time has come No place to run I might get burned up by the sun But I had my fun
I've been loved and put aside I've been crushed by tumbling tide And my soul has been psychedelicized
Now the time has come There are things to realize Time has come today Time has come today Time
About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war I saw my first pistol in the general store In the general store, when I was thirteen
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up She really blew up and I didn't understand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt Shoot as fast as lightnin' but it loads a mite slow Loads a mite slow and soon I found out It can get you into trouble but it can't get you out So then I went and bought myself a Colt 45 Called a peacemaker but I never knew why Never knew why, I didn't understand Cause Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand The devil's right hand, the devil's right hand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand
I was born my papa's son A wanderin' eye and a smokin' gun Now some of you would live through me Lock me up and throw away the key Or just find a place to hide away Hope that I'll just go away I feel alright -- I feel alright tonight
I'll bring you precious contraband And ancient tales from distant lands Of conquerors and concubines and Conjurers from darker times Betrayal and conspiracy Sacrilege and heresy
I got every thing you wont or need Your darkest fear, your fondest dream I ask you questions, tell you lies Criticize and sympathize Be careful what you wish for friend Because I've been to hell and now I'm back again
Girl, don't bother to lock your door He's out there hollering, "Darlin' don't you love me no more?" You always let him in before now didn't you He's just singing the some old song That he always sang before He's the last of the hard-core troubadours Girl, better figure out which is which Wherefore art thou Romeo you son of a bitch You'd just as soon fight as switch now wouldn't you He's come to make love on your satin sheets Wake up on your living room floor He's the last of the hard-core troubadours He's the lost of the all-night, do right Stand beneath your window 'til daylight He's the last of the hard-core troubadours Baby, whet you waitin' for
Girl, figure out what you're gonna do When he moves on again and he leaves you alone and blue But you knew he is just passin' through now didn't you And now you can't just say this is the last time baby Like you always did before He's the last of the hard-core troubadours
I'm trying hard to let you go But it's more than I can do And every day or two I wind up right back where I started I'm trying not to let you know That I'm still in love with you I can't just sit home blue 'Cause there ain't no rest for the brokenhearted
Just because you won't unlock your door That don't mean you don't love me anymore No matter what you do Because you know it's more than I can do
You told me that I got to stop But it's more than I can do And that ain't nothing new 'Cause we both know that I'm crazy about you
You said you're gonna call the cops But I ain't gonna run Because you're the only one There ain't no way I could live without you
You left me just when I needed you So l ain't even close to through with you
Here I am, out in the rain I know I can't ever wash out the pain I never meant to be cruel or untrue I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you
Girl I won't say, I'm hurtin' more I know that you've heard all that before So go on believe what you wanna believe But I'm hurtin' you then I'm hurtin' me
I know it's hard to keep hanging on You think that I hold all of the cards; I know you're wrong And girl just like me, you ain't got a clue I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you
You know I love you baby God only knows that I do I know I've been bad baby I never, ever meant to be bad to you I never meant to be cruel or untrue I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you
She was her daddy's little darlin' Her mama's only child They didn't understand at all when She took to running wild
She left town one day and never said goodbye Left a hole in daddy's lap and a tear in mama's eye Where'd we go wrong and now she's gone She met a boy up in Kentucky Charlie was his name Just when he thought he got lucky She stole his watch and chain
She always kept on movin' and she never wasted time And they said she left quite a string of broken hearts behind Woke up alone and now she's gone
Me, I wasn't even trying You could say I was content She went through my life like lightning Blew out the other end
I still taste her kisses, smell her perfume in the wind And if I could you know that I would do it all again She done me wrong, and now she's gone
I was born on the other side of town Everybody over there just puts me down I never thought about it much, ‘til the first time I saw you Uh-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do It's bad enough to love you from afar Me down here and you up where you are If you hadn't given me that look, that's all it took it's true U-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do
Baby what's a poor boy got, not a heck of a lot Just a heart that's true One thing he sure doesn't need is a heart that bleeds And these lovesick blues
I know o poor boy can't go far Baby, maybe someday drive your car I can look in my rearview, into those eyes of blue Uh-oh what's a poor boy gonna do
I come to you with empty hands I guess I just forgot again I only got my love to send On Valentine's Day
I ain't got a card to sign Roses have been hard to find I only hope that you'll be mine On Valentine's Day I know that I swore that I wouldn't forget I wrote it all down: I lost it I guess There's so much I want to say But all the words just slip away
The way you love me every day Is Valentine's Day
If I could I would deliver to you Diamonds and gold; it's the least I can do So if you'll take my IOU I could make it up to you Until then I hope my heart will do For Valentine's Day
In the middle of the night In the middle of a lonely night Stands alone in the pale moonlight Screams out in defiance He's got no one to turn to You could talk ‘til you turn blue He'd just turn his back on you Ain't no compromising ‘Cause he's totally untamed No fear of the unnamed But he'll take the blame ‘Cause someone's gotta do it
Now he's out on the highway He's got the key and the right of way His tank is full and his toll's paid Hellbound and determined He run a dangerous payload When he comes to the crossroads Ah, man it's all times to explode You'll just see the sky burnin'
Now he's standin' at hell's door With a bad attitude and a forty-four The devil said, "What's up man Now what you come here for?" He said, "Man, let's just get to it" He said, "I always heard that you were the bad one There's a few places I ain't been, a few things I ain't done You got your pitchfork and I got my gun" Someone's gotta do it
Cocaine cannot kill my pain Like a freight train through my vein Cocaine cannot kill my pain Whiskey got no hold on me Left them chains in Tennessee Whiskey got no hold on me
Don't come knockin' on my door Even that won't work no more Don't come knockin' on my door
Heroin is the only thing The only gift the darkness brings Heroin is the only thing
Guess you'd best leave me alone At least until these blues have gone Guess you'd best leave me alone
Billy was 17 and mean as hell Bonnie said she was 30, it was hard to tell Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows Taught Billy every single thing he knows But she never told billy what she left out The part about the trouble when your times runs out When the thrill is gone, when your deal goes south It's all over when your time runs out
Bonnie said, "Billy, don't you think it's time We moved on a little further down the line" So they knocked off a Texaco south of town Blew down the highway with the ragtop down Billy woke Bonnie up about first light Said, "You drive honey, I've been up all night" Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB ‘Cause they didn't leave a single soul alive to see
The boy was just 16, made his mama proud That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out
Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac Billy passed out with the seat reared back Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped Bonnie knew what she had to do She called the sheriff and she cried on cue
And the state police rousted Billy out He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time ran out
The sheriff told Billy, "Boy, you're bound to die ‘Cause this young lady's gonna testify That you done took her off against her will And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed" The judge said, "Billy, what you got to say Before I have the sheriff carry you away" Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye But he didn't even have to ask her why But he turned around as they led him out
He said, "I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out"
I went downtown, it was just to ease my pain I ended up out walkin' in the rain
I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I had everything I needed to get me killed
Southside girls, they suit me just fine As long as I got money they don't whine
The devil lives on Lewis Street I swear I seen him rockin' in his rockin' chair
I start way up top of Lewis Street And I walk down to the end I start way up top and I walk down to the end I go way down in the bottoms And I come back up again
Now Mama told me, Papa too They both talked til they turned blue But I got them ol' South Nashville blues again I won't be satisfied until they lock me up again
Well, I've spent my life following Things I cannot see But just when I catch up to them They slip away from me Now, I've been down a thousand trails I've never walked before I found out that, without fail They lead me to your door
And the world keeps turning 'round and 'round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there
Now lately I see all the signs I feel it in the wind And the same thing happens every time That you come back again Now I'll admit that there are nights When I sit up and cry But sometimes I turn out the lights And pray you'll pass me by
And the world keeps turning 'round and 'round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there
Now, since you're gone my empty arms Got nothing left to hold And your memory cannot keep me warm But it never leaves me cold
And the world keeps turning 'round and 'round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there
And the world keeps turning 'round and 'round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there
There's a train a comin' There's a train a comin Hear them tracks a hummin' There's a train a comin' Can't you hear her blowin' Can't you hear her blowin' Wonder where she's goin' Can't you hear her blowin'
Run down the station Run down to the station Dread and fascination Run down to the station
Don't you want to ride her Don't you want to ride her Wonder what's inside her Don't you want to ride her
She ain't bound for nowhere She ain't bound for nowhere Engineer just don't care She ain't bound for nowhere
She run down the mountain She run down the mountain She won't even slow down mmm down the mountain
There's a train a comin' There's a train a comin' Hear them tracks a hummin' There's a train a comin'
I wish I'd never come back home It don't feel right since I've been grown I can't find any of my old friends hangin' 'round Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown I spent some time in New Orleans I had to live on rice and beans I hitched through Texas when the sun was beatin' down Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown
CHORUS Home is where the heart is Ain't that what they always say My heart lies in broken pieces Scattered along the way
So don't think about me when I'm gone I don't mind travelin' alone You are the sweetest little thing I ever found Won't nothin' bring you down like your hometown
If you see her out tonight And she tells you it's just the lights That bring her here and not her loneliness That's what she says but sometimes she forgets If she tells you she don't need a man She's had all the comfort she can stand You'd best believe every word she says But don't give up 'cause sometimes she forgets
Sometimes she forgets that not too long ago she swore She wasn't gonna let her heart be broken anymore
So now she keeps it locked away It grows colder every day And it won't warm to any man's caress That's what she says but sometimes she forgets
Sometimes she forgets that not too long ago she swore She wasn't gonna let her heart be broken anymore
Hey now don't give up 'cause sometimes she forgets
Me and Bill there we both come from Georgia Met Hank out in New Mexico We're bound for Duranqo to join Pancho Villa We hear that he's payin' in gold I guess a man's got to do what he's best at Ain't found nothin' better so far Been called mercenaries and men with no country Just soldiers in search of a war
CHORUS And we're bound for the border We're soldiers of fortune And we'll fight for no country but we'll die for good pay Under the flag of of the greenback dollar Or the peso down Mexico way
When this war is over might go back to Georgia And settle down quiet some where I'll most likely pack up and head south for Chile Heard tell there's some trouble down there
I remember holdin on to you All them long and lonely nights I put you through Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye CHORUS
But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico One place I may never go in my life again Was I just off somewhere just too high But I can't remember if we said goodbye
I only miss you here every now and then Like the soft breeze blowin; up from the Caribbean Most Novembers I break down and cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye
