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If we could have a moment of your time
We think you'd understand what's on our mind Some people think there's better things to do Than writing words in poems to get a message through All we really want to do Is sing a good old song to you Make your day a little brighter Your load a little lighter That's all we want to do Now we're not trying to say that we're the best And we may not stand out from all the rest But there's one thing we will try to do Make your day a little brighter Your load a little lighter That's all we want to do That's all we want to do That's all we want to do That's all we want to do That's all we want to do That's all we want to do That's all we want to do That's all we want to do... |
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The clubs are all closed and the ladies are leaving
There's nobody, nobody knows on the street A few stranded souls standing cold at the station And nowhere to go but to bed and to sleep Lord would you look at you Now that you're here ain't you Proud of your peers and the long way you've come All alone all the way on your own who's to say That you've thrown it away for a song Boy you've sure come a long way from home So it's so long so many so far behind you Fair weather friends that you no longer know You still got the same lonely songs to remind you Of someone you seemed to be so long ago Lord would you look at you Now that you're here ain't you Proud of your peers and the long way you've come All alone all the way on your own who's to say That you've thrown it away for a song Boy you've sure come a long way from home |
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My father's father's on the front porch rockin'
A friend drops by; two old men talkin' Remembering so many other summer days Grandma's in the kitchen cookin' Hound-dog's on the back porch lookin' The rooster crows the same time every day Green River you're still my home I miss you Green River why did I roam? I miss you Sun sets slow on bluegrass meadows Lamps are lit and casting shadows We say goodbye to another perfect day Green River you're still my home Green River why did I roam? Green River some day I'll come home To stay Green River you're still my home Green River why did I roam? Green River some day I'll come home To stay Aaaaaaahhhhhh Aaaaaaahhhhhh Aaaaaaahhhhhh Aaaaaaahhhhhh Aaaaaaahhhhhh |
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When the rain came I thought you'd leave
'cause I knew how much you loved the sun But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm Through the darkest nights I've ever known 'cause the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing And I know I love ya Oh the snow fell without a break Ah the buffalo died in the frozen fields you know Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years I couldn't believe you kept a smile Now I can rest assured knowing that we've seen the worst And I know I love ya Oh I never was good with big romantic words So the next few lines come really hard Don't have much but what I've got is yours Except of course my steel guitar 'cause I know you don't play But I'll teach you some day 'cause I love ya Oh, I recall the night we knelt and prayed Noticing your face was still and pale I found it hard to hide my tears I felt ashamed I felt I'd let you down No mandolin wind couldn't change a thing Couldn't change a thing no, no |
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He's an outlaw
The devil's friend He is good, he is bad Bound to do what he can Ain't been nothin' like him, since the Billy the Kid C C Younger was his best friend They shared the same women And they met the same end Worked midnight's together at the river bend Back-packin' kilos ‘cross the Rio Grande Del Rio Dan is a wanted man By the Federales and My-oh-My Queens Spends his nights walkin' in the Villa Cuna sand Waitin' in the Canebrake, for Jose to come Knowing that at daybreak, they must be gone All across the river To the Texas sun Del Rio Dan is a wanted man With a Stetson hat And a snakeskin band Del Rio Dan is a wanted man By the Federales and My oh My Queens Del Rio Dan is a wanted man With a Stetson hat And a snakeskin band |
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The winter's flaking snow is brushin' through the pinewood trees
I stuff my hands down deep inside my coat I think of years ago and half remembered Christmas trees And faces that still warm me with their glow The cold and empty evening hangs around me like a ghost I listen to my footsteps in the snow The sound of one man walking through the snow can break your heart And stopping doesn't help, so on I'll go And Christmas eve can kill you When you're trying to hitch a ride to anywhere The icy air I'm breathin's all that keeps me on my feet I feel like I've been walking all my life A car goes runnin' by; the man don't even turn his head Guess he's busy bein' Santa Claus tonight The saddest part of all is knowin' if I switched with him I'd leave him stumbling ragged by the road I'd ride that highway to arms of my sweet family And forget about the stranger in the cold And Christmas eve can kill you When you're tryin' to hitch a ride to anywhere And as I walk I'm singing to myself 'O Silent Night' Hopin' I can save those other souls Oh, God forgive the man that drives right by the other man Take pity on the stranger in the cold Cause Christmas eve can kill you When you're tryin' to hitch a ride to anywhere |
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My but you have a pretty face
You favour a girl that I knew I imagine that she's still in Tennessee And by God I should be there too I've a sadness too sad to be true When I leave it'll be like I found you love Descending Victorian stairs I'm feeling like one of your photographs Trapped while I'm putting on airs And getting even by asking who cares At the brand new Tennessee Waltz You're literally waltzing on air At the brand new Tennessee Waltz There's no telling who will be there But I left Tennessee in a hurry dear The same way that I'm leaving you ‘Cause is mainly just memories And everyone's got them, a few So when I’m gone I'll be glad to loved you So have all of your passionate violins Play a tune for the Tennessee Kid Who's feeling like leavin’ another town With no place to go if he did Cause they'll catch you wherever you're hid At the brand new Tennessee Waltz You're literally waltzing on air At the brand new Tennessee Waltz There's no telling who will be there At the brand new Tennessee Waltz You're literally waltzing on air At the brand new Tennessee Waltz... |
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Talkin' to myself again
An’ wonderin' if this travellin' is good Is there somethin' else a' doin' We'd be doin' if we could And ah, the stories we can tell And if it all blows up and goes to Hell I can still see us sitting on a bed in some motel Listening to the stories we can tell Remember that guitar in a museum in Tennessee The nameplate on the glass brought back twenty melodies An’ the scratches on the face told of all the times he’d fell Singin' every story he could tell And ah, the stories he could tell And I'll bet you it still rings like a bell And I wish that we could sit back on a bed in some motel And listen to the stories it could tell So if you're on the road a-trackin' down your every night And singin' for a livin' ‘neath the brightly coloured lights And if you ever wonder why you ride this carousel Eh you did it for the stories you could tell And ah, the stories we can tell And I wouldn’t kid a man I like so well And I wish that we could sit back on a bed in some motel An’ listen to the stories we can tell And ah, the stories we can tell And if it all blows up and goes to Hell I can still see us sitting on a bed in some motel Just listenin’ to the stories we can tell |
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