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I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another overload I hear you singin' in the wire, I can hear you through the whine And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line I know I need a small vacation but it don't look like rain And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line |
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| 2. |
| 2:32 |
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Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes Watchin' the ships roll in Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Watchin' the tide roll away Just sittin on the dock of the bay Wastin' ti-hi-hi-hi-hime I left my home in Georgia Headed for the Frisco Bay I have nothing to live for Look like nothings gonna come my way, yeah So I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay Watchin' the tide roll away Yes I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay Wastin' ti-hi-hi-hi-hime Look like nothin's gonna change Everything still remains the same I can't do what ten people tell me to do So, I guess I'll remain the same Sittin' hear resting my bones And this lonliness won't leave me alone, yeah But two thousand miles I roam, Just to make this dock my home, yeah Now I'm sittin' at the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away, yeah I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay Wasting ti-hi-hi-hi-hime |
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| 3. |
| 3:41 |
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If you go away on this summer day then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky When our love was new and our hearts were high When the day was young and the nights were long And the moon stood still for the night bird's song If you go away if you go away if you go away But if you'll stay I'll make you a day like no day has been or will be again We'll sail the sun we'll glide on the rain we'll talk to the trees and worship the wind Then if you go I'll understand leave me just enough love to fill up my hand If you go away if you go away if you go away If you go away as I know you will you must tell the world to stop turning Till you return again if you ever do for what good is love without loving you Can I tell you now as you turn to go I'll be dying slow to the next hello If you go away if you go away if you go away If you go away as I know you might there'll be nothing left in the world to trust Just an empty room full of empty space like the empty look I see on your face I have been the shadow of your shadow If I thought it might have kept me by your side If you go away if you go away if you go away But if you'll stay I'll make you a night like no night has been or will be again I'll sail on your smile I'll glide on your touch I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much But if you go I know I will cry and all the good is gone from the words goodbye If you go away if you go away if you go away please don't go away |
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| 4. |
| 1:58 |
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ANN (Billy Ed Wheeler) ≪ ⓒ '68 Quartet Music ≫ I know I'll never meet another hunk of woman like my Ann Cause she makes me feel like a great big man I'm a gonna go tell her mama what I think about her say thank you ma'am For giving me your daughter Ann She sure is stacked from her toes to the pretty little nape Of her neck she's packed like a seed in a grape she's smooth as marble skin When I see her I believe I'm a real young guy And every time I go to work I think I might die if I can't hurry home again If the good Lord worked all night a makin' me a female plan I'd say no thanks Lord I'll just keep Ann [ strings ] How could I ever look at any other woman when I've got Ann Oh I feel so good when she takes my hand I'm a gonna go tell her daddy what I think about her say thank you man For giving me your daughter Ann When I come home and I feel like I've been run over By a ten-ton truck she can rub my shoulders and soothe my aches and pains If I lose my job and I'm down to a silver dollar And I feel like a dried up gourd in a holler she soothes my brow like summer rain If the good Lord worked all night a making me a female plan I'd say no thanks you Lord I'll just keep Ann Oh no thanks you Lord I'll just keep Ann |
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| 2:47 |
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Smile an everlasting smile a smile could bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you're gone cause that would bring a tear to me This world has lost its glory let's start a brand new story now my love Right now there'll be no other time and I can show you all my love Talk an everlasting words and dedicate them all to me And I will give you all my love I'm here if you should call to me You think that I don't even mean a single word I say It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away [ strings ] You think that I don't even mean a single word I say It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away |
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| 6. |
| 2:40 |
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(Written by Glen Campbell)
(from the album 'Wichita Lineman') Chorus: Pity a man for he don't know The trouble he'll pass going down life's road When a man is one and twenty, he thinks he knows it all He can't see down the road of life where he'll ever fall But fall he will as he travels through life With all its pitfalls troubles and strife Now at fifty, he's going real strong He has him a family and a nice little home But old age is creeping up his spine And the day is coming when the sun won't shine Now at sixty, he won't have to guess He's already missed the boat that leads to success But he's done his best and he can't see why The fame of life just passed him by Now at seventy, he can see the light And he knows he's never been very bright But he's done his best as he's travelled by And now all he can do is just sit and sigh Repeat chorus... Now at eighty, he's ready for the wreath He's wore out his hair and two sets of teeth He has rheumatism in his hands and feet And nothing seems good to eat So you can pity him as he goes up the line As he wobbles on the spindle and he's almost blind And you can tell by the way that he travels alone That it won't be long before he's going home But if he's kept the commandments as he's travelled through life He'll have a home in heaven where there'll be no strife He's worked all his life to get things the way he wants them He comes here against his will and he goes away disappointed |
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| 2:35 |
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She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday And thinks of the young man that she almost married What would he think if he saw her this way? She picks up her apron in little girl-fashion as something comes into her mind Slowly starts dancing rememb'ring her girlhood And all of the boys she had waiting in line Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife You see ev'rywhere any time of the day An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me The photograph album she takes from the closet and slowly turns the page And carefully picks up the crumbling flower The first one he gave her now withered today She closes her eyes and touches the house dress that suddenly disappears And just for the moment she's wearing the gown That broke all their minds back so many years Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife You see ev'rywhere any time of the day An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife You see ev'rywhere any time of the day An everyday housewife who gave up the good life for me Oh, such are the dreams of the everyday housewife FADE You see ev'rywhere any time of the day An everyday housewife |
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| 2:59 |
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Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter,
Seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines. Dashing through meadows of yellow and green, Trying to catch the impossible dream, Leavin' the straight life behind. Sometimes my thoughts may find me in Mexico, Drinkin' tequila goin' out of my mind. Havin' a ball on a couple 'a bob, Treatin' the ladies to corn on the cob, Leavin' the straight life behind. Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear, She comes to me softly with crackers and beer, Winkin' and blinkin' and blowin' in my ear, Runnin' away with my mind. It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinkin' of Leavin' the straight life behind I'm just playin' a game in my mind. Once in a while in my mind I go bummin', Goin' to nowhere, with no worry of time Runnin' along chasin' after a train, Hummin' a song in the sun and the rain, Leavin' the straight life behind. I can just see me on a tropical island, Ridin' the surf and drinkin' coconut wine. Havin' me fun with the girls in the sand, Chasin' the sun through an innocent land, Leavin' the straight life behind. Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear, She comes to me softly with crackers and beer, Winkin' and blinkin' and blowin' in my ear, Runnin' away with my mind. It's great to be in love, I'm not really thinkin' of Leavin' the straight life behind, I'm just playin' a game in my mind. |
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| 2:20 |
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If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way To believe that its all true Knowing that you lied straight faced While I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe If I gave you time to change my mind I'd find a way And I'd leave the past behind Knowing that you lied straight faced While I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you Makes it hard to live without Somebody else Someone like you Makes it easy to give Never thinkin' of myself If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way To believe that its all true Knowing that you lied straight faced While I cried Still I looked to find a reason to belie-ie-ieve In you... |
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| 3:15 |
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You better sit down kids, I'll tell you why, kids
You might not understand, kids, But give it a try, kids Now how should I put this, I've got something to say Your mama is staying, But I'm goin' away No, we're not mad, kids, And it's hard to say why Your mother and I, kids, Don't see eye to eye Say your prayers before you go to bed Make sure you get yourself to school on time I know you'll do the things your mother asks She's gonna need you most to stay in line Keep in mind your mama's gonna need Your help a whole lot more than she ever did before No more fightin' over little things 'cause I won't be here to stop them anymore I know you don't want this, But neither do we But sometimes things happen, That we can't foresee So try to be calm, kids, And don't look so sad Just cause I am leavin', I'll still be your dad But just remember I love you, And though I'm not here Just call if you need me, I'll always be near Say your prayers before you go to bed Make sure you get yourself to school on time I know you'll do the things your mother asks She's gonna need you most to stay in line Keep in mind your mother's gonna need Your help a whole lot more than she ever did before No more fightin' over little things 'cause I won't be here to stop them anymore Well, I have to go now, So kiss me goodbye My eyes are just red, kids, I'm too big to cry |
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| 2:45 |
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Maybe tomorrow I won't go home maybe she won't even care
At seven she'll throw a kiss towards the door and smile at my empty chair For there's nothing there for a man to cling to nothing to pull me back home Only a girl that's a stranger to me breathing on flames that are gone Home isn't where I hang up my hat every night And home isn't anything like cold arms holding me tight that's not right And home isn't some place to go just to feel all alone that's not home Maybe she might never see me again maybe that's the best way I'll join myself to some south blowing wind leave her to find her own way And maybe I'll find home someday |
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