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| 1. |
| 2:37 | 
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Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Bitin' a bullet, pullin' out all of his hair Shotgun Willie has got all of his family there You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say You can't play music if you don't know nothin' to play (Repeat 1st verse) Well, John T. (Fours)? was workin' with the Klu Klux Klan The six foot five John T was a hell of a man Made a lot of money sellin' sheets on the family plan (Repeat 1st verse) |
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| 2. |
| 4:02 | 
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| 3. |
| 3:05 |
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I'm writing a song all about you
A true song as real as my tears But you've no need to fear it 'Cause no one will hear it 'Cause sad songs and waltzes Aren't selling this year I'll tell all about how you cheated I'd like to the whole world to hear I'd like to get even with you 'Cause you're leavin' And songs and waltzes Aren't selling this year It's a good thing that I'm not a star You don't know how lucky you are Though my record may say it No one will play it 'Cause sad songs and waltzes Aren't selling this year Well it's a good thing that I'm not a star You don't know how lucky you are Though my record may say it No one will play it 'Cause sad songs and waltzes Aren't selling this year |
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| 4. |
| 2:17 |
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The lights go out each evening at eleven
And up and down our block there's not a sound I close my eyes and search for peaceful slumber And just then the local memory comes around Piles of blues against the door to make sure sleep will come no more He's the hardest working memory in this town Turns out happiness again and then lets loneliness back in And each night the local memory comes around Each day I say tonight I may escape him I pretend I'm happy and never even a frown But at night I close my eyes and pray sleep finds me But again the local memory comes around Rids the house of all good news then sets out my crying shoes What a faithful memory never lets me down We're both up till light of day chasing happiness away And each night the local memory comes around And each night the local memory comes around |
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| 5. |
| 2:51 |
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Slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause My life ain't mine anymore I lived too fast Now it's too late to worry And I'm too blue to cry anymore I once was a fool for the women Now I'm just a fool nothing more So slow down slow down old world There's no hurry cause My life ain't mine anymore I once had a way with the women Till one got away with my heart So slow down slow down old world There's no hurry cause My life ain't mine anymore 'Cause my life ain't mine anymore |
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| 6. |
| 2:34 |
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Can't go home if you're goin' by the mill
Cause the bridge's washed out At the bottom of the hill Big Creek's up Little Creek's level Plow my corn with a double shovel Stay all night stay a little longer Dance all night dance a little longer Pull off your coat throw it in the corner Don't see why you can't stay a little longer Sittin' in the window singin' to my love Slop bucket fell from the window up above Mule and the grasshopper eatin' ice cream Mule got sick so they laid him on the green Stay all night stay a little longer Dance all night dance a little longer Pull off your coat throw it in the corner Don't see why you can't stay a little longer [ guitar ] Well you ought to see my Blue Eyed Sally She lives away down on Shinbone Alley Number on the gate the number on the door The next house over is the grocery store Stay all night stay a little longer Dance all night dance a little longer Pull off your coat throw it in the corner Don't see why you can't stay a little longer [ guitar ] Stay all night stay a little longer Dance all night dance a little longer Pull off your coat throw it in the corner Don't see why you can't stay a little longer Don't see why you can't stay a little longer |
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| 7. |
| 2:39 |
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We were headed home in Austin
Caught pneumonia on the road Taking it home to Connie and the kids A wheel ran off and jumped a railroad Then ran through a grocery store If you want to buy a bus I'm taking bids And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag He said traveling on the road is such a drag If we can make it home by Friday we can brag And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag Well I just got back from New York City Kris and Rita done it all Raw perfection there for all the world to see Lord I heard an angel singing In the Philharmonic Hall Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge cleft for me And the devil shivered... And the devil shivered in his sleeping bag |
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| 8. |
| 3:13 |
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Pay no mind to her
She only wants to play But she's not for you She's not for you And I'm the only one Who would let her act this way But she's not for you She's not for you So she told you she found Heaven in your eyes Well I think it only fair To warn you that Sometimes she lies But it's your heart I can't tell you What to do But she's not for you She's not for you She just looks for Greener pastures now and then And when she grows tired She knows Old Faithful Will just take her back again So just leave her here I'm used to feeling blue She's not for you She's not for you She's not for you She's not for you |
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| 9. |
| 2:31 |
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Tonight in the bar alone I'm sitting
Apart from the laughter and the cheer Scenes from the past rise before me Watchin' the bubbles in my beer (Chorus:) Visions of someone who loved me Brings a lone silent tear to my eye And I know that my life's been a failure Watchin' the bubbles in my beer I'm seeing the road that I travel A road filled with heartaches and tears And I'm seeing the past that I've wasted Watchin' the bubbles in my beer (Repeat chorus) (As Performed by Ray Price on "San Antonio Rose - A Tribute To The Great Bob Wills) Tonight in a bar room I'm sitting Apart from the laughter and the cheer The scenes of my life pass before me While watchin' the bubbles in my beer CHORUS: A vision of someone who loved me Brings a lone, silent tear to my eye I know that my life's been a failure Just watchin' the bubbles in my beer I'm seein' the road that I travel A road paved with heartaches and tears I'm seein' the past that I've wasted While watchin' the bubbles in my beer CHORUS: I think of the heart that I've broken And the golden chances that have passed me by The dreams I once made now are over As empty as the bubbles in my beer |
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| 3:23 |
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You look like the devil in the morning you've been out a working through the night
Holdin' hands and kissin' everybody I'm glad to say that you can't blow my mind You look like the devil when you're cryin' I'm so glad that you feel so strong that way You got a great big smile for everybody I'm so glad I've met you yesterday [ steel ] You look like the devil in the morning... [ guitar ] You look like the devil when you're cryin'... I'm so glad I've met you yesterday |
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| 11. |
| 3:08 |
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My oatmeal tastes just like confetti
the coffee's too strong so forget it The toast is burning well let it there's just so much to do since you've gone Too much to do all alone My tie's lost I can't find the sweater there's the doorbell I hope that's your letter My head aches I hope I feel better there's just so much to do since you've gone Too much to do all alone So much to do since you've gone too much to do all alone And time time rolls on like a river and oh there's just so much to do And I just can't do without you So much to do since you've gone too much to do all alone And time time rolls on like a river and oh there's just so much to do And I just can't do without you |
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| 12. |
| 4:20 |
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Well I've been a lot of places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs and I've made some bad rhyme I've acted out my love in stages with ten thousand people watchin' Now we're alone and I am singin' my song for you And I know your image of me is what I hope to be I've treated you unkindly but darling can't you see No one more important to me darling can't you please see through me Cause now we're alone and I am singing my song for you Well you taught me precious secrets of a truth with holding nothin' You came out in front but I was hiding Now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding And I love you in a place where there's no space or time I love you for my life you are a friend of mine And when my life is over remember when we were together We were alone and I was singing my song for you And we were alone and I was singing my song for you |
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