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Some day you're gonna want me but I ain't gonna be around
Some day you'll find you miss the kiss that you're forever turnin' down When you decide you want the love that once you could've had Well that's gonna be to bad and you're gonna be sorry You're gonna be sorry for all the dirty deals you've handed me All the nights you stayed away you wished you'd spent with me While you were busy makin' out, I was busy makin' plans for checkin' out And when you find this out, you're gonna be sorry You'll wake up cryin for me like I've done so many nights for you You'll walk the floor and you'll call my name but I ain't gonna hear you You'll curse the night and you'll hate yourself for ever doin' me wrong But I'm gonna be long gone and you're gonna be sorry You're gonna be sorry for all the dirty deals you've handed me All the nights you've stayed away you wished you'd spent with me While you were busy makin' out, I was busy makin' plans for checkin' out And when you find I'm gone, you're gonna be sorry You're gonna be sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry |
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I'm a little bit slow to catch on
But when I do, I'm caught on A little bit slow to move on But your baby is a' movin' on, on Your baby is a' movin' on Well, I couldn't see the light for the brightness Of the sweet little smile you gave me I couldn't see how you were cheatin' on me But finally I'm a catchin' on, on Finally, I'm a' catchin' on I'm a little bit slow to catch on But when I do, I'm caught on A little bit slow to move on But your baby is a' movin' on, on Your baby is a' movin' on I couldn't see the hurt for the happy And at first that's the way you made me It took me a while to get your style But finally I'm a' catchin' on, on Finally I'm a' catchin' on I'm a little bit slow to catch on But when I do, I'm caught on A little bit slow to move on But your baby is a' movin' on, on Your baby is a' movin' on You say you can't see the light for the darkness That surrounds you since I'm gone You can't eat or sleep 'cause you're lonely Well, finally you're catchin' on, on Finally you're a' catchin' on I'm a little bit slow to catch on But when I do, I'm caught on A little bit slow to move on But your baby is a' movin' on, on Your baby is a' movin' on I'm a little bit slow to catch on But when I do, I'm a caught on A little bit slow to move on But your baby is a' movin' on, on Your baby is a' movin' on |
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The bridge so high the bridge so tall here is where it's started on bridge
The moon is big and yellow and the stars're all aglow From the bridge I see reflection in the waters far below You kissed me for the first time here held me awfully tight And the bridge became our favorite place we came here often in the night One night while standing on the bridge desire swept through a spoke Passion took us by the hand and showed us where to go From the bridge we saw a meadow so we ran together there Where we found love together hurry motions filled the air The bridge so wide the bridge so long Where once we stood together tonight I stand alone Tonight while standing on the bridge my heart is beating wild To think that you could leave me here with our unborn child My feet are moving slowly closer to the edge Here is where it's started and here is where I'll end it |
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That's the way love is, you have to love and learn
I've lost again Why can't I win? These tears that I cry Make my eyes burn Each new love I find Turns out to be the wrong kind And it looks like I'll Just have to love and learn Love and learn Hurt and yearn For someone who will Love me in return I'll be hurt many times Before the right one, I find But that's the way love is You have to love and learn Love and learn Just hurt and yearn For someone Who will love me in return I'll be hurt many times Before the right one, I find But that's the way love is You have to love and learn Yes, that's the way love is You have to love and learn |
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I'm running out of love and I'm running out of patience
You seem to get worse every day I'm running out of love, better learn to resist temptation Or someday you'll wake up and I'll be far away How long did you think you could keep on doing me wrong How long did you think I'd stay quiet and take it The love I had for you is almost gone And I ain't gonna let you take my heart and break it I'm running out of love and I'm running out of patience You seem to get worse every day I'm running out of love, better learn to resist temptation Or someday you'll wake up and I'll be far away You come and go just any time you want to And you never bother to tell me where your going And I wonder if there's anything you don't do Someday you'll pay for the wild seed your sewing I'm running out of love and I'm running out of patience You seem to get worse every day I'm running out of love, better learn to resist temptation Or someday you'll wake up and I'll be far away |
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Just because, just because
Just because, I'm a woman I can see you're disappointed By the way you look at me And I'm sorry if I'm not the woman you thought I'd be yes I've made mistakes but listen and understand my mistakes are no worse that yours Just because I'm a woman So when you look at me Don't feel sorry for yourself Just think of all the hurt You might have cause somebody else Just let me tell you this Then we'll both know where we stand My mistakes are no worse than yours Just because I'm a woman A man will take a good girl And he'll ruin her reputation But when he wants to marry Well that's a different situation He'll just walk off and leave her To do the best she can While he looks for an angel To wear his wedding band Well I know that I'm no angel If thats what you thought you'd found I am just the victim of a man who let me down Yes, I've made mistakes But you listen and understand My mistakes are no worse than yours Just because I'm a woman |
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Baby sister what a waste to see you in this place
I lose my mind from worrying over you In a bar room filled with people all higher than a steeple But I know why you do the things you do And I curse the man that made you what you are today I hope he dies a thousand times a thousand ways Your eyes are filled with tears, sis lets get out of here Cause I love you baby sister, lets go home And I curse the man that made you what you are today I hope he dies a thousand times a thousand ways Your eyes are filled with tears, sis lets get out of here Cause I love you baby sister, lets go home Cause I love you baby sister, lets go home |
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Suppose you wanted someone the way I want you
Just imagine your body, mind and soul breaking in two Walk the floor each night, shed tears you can't conceal Just try being lonely, then you'll know just how I feel I saw you with your new love and oh it hurt me so Funny how I see your face everywhere I go You smiled and looked to be so happy as you passed by So I hurried around the corner so you wouldn't see me cry Suppose you wanted someone the way I want you Just imagine your body, mind and soul breaking in too Walk the floor each night, shed tears you can't conceal Just try being lonely, then you know just how I feel Just try being lonely, then you know just how I feel |
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Back through the years
I go wonderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use There were rags of many colors Every piece was small And I didn't have a coat And it was way down in the fall Momma sewed the rags together Sewin' every piece with love She made my coat of many colors That I was so proud of As she sewed, she told a story From the bible, she had read About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said Perhaps this coat will bring you Good luck and happiness And I just couldn't wait to wear it And momma blessed it with a kiss My coat of many colors That my momma made for me Made only from rags But I wore it so proudly Although we had no money I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me So with patches on my britches Holes in both my shoes In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school Just to find the others laughing And making fun of me In my coat of many colors My momma made for me And oh I couldn't understand it For I felt I was rich And I told them of the love My momma sewed in every stitch And I told 'em all the story Momma told me while she sewed And how my coat of many colors Was worth more than all their clothes But they didn't understand it And I tried to make them see That one is only poor Only if they choose to be Now I know we had no money But I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me Made just for me |
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Back through the years
I go wonderin' once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my momma put the rags to use There were rags of many colors Every piece was small And I didn't have a coat And it was way down in the fall Momma sewed the rags together Sewin' every piece with love She made my coat of many colors That I was so proud of As she sewed, she told a story From the bible, she had read About a coat of many colors Joseph wore and then she said Perhaps this coat will bring you Good luck and happiness And I just couldn't wait to wear it And momma blessed it with a kiss My coat of many colors That my momma made for me Made only from rags But I wore it so proudly Although we had no money I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me So with patches on my britches Holes in both my shoes In my coat of many colors I hurried off to school Just to find the others laughing And making fun of me In my coat of many colors My momma made for me And oh I couldn't understand it For I felt I was rich And I told them of the love My momma sewed in every stitch And I told 'em all the story Momma told me while she sewed And how my coat of many colors Was worth more than all their clothes But they didn't understand it And I tried to make them see That one is only poor Only if they choose to be Now I know we had no money But I was rich as I could be In my coat of many colors My momma made for me Made just for me |
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The man I loved ran a salesman route
Selling goods from house to house Now I knew my mama would never stand For me stepping out with no traveling man Mama bought things that he was a'selling But mama didn't know and I sure wasn't telling That behind her back I was making plans To meet somewhere with that traveling man Oh the traveling man was a good bit older But a girl needs arms to hold her Mama didn't know 'cause I didn't told her But mama wouldn't understand Me stepping out with a traveling man Mama didn't allow me a'going courting And I'd tell lies that I reckon I oughtn't Oh but she'd a'give me the back a' her hand If she'd a'seen me with that traveling man So I tell my mama that I reckon I oughta Go to the spring and fetch us some water What mama didn't know is I had a plan To meet down there with that traveling man Now I make plans to run away With that traveling man on a Saturday Well Saturday's here and here I stand And there goes my mama with that traveling man Oh that traveling man was a two-time lover He took my love then he took my mother But I didn't know 'cause mama didn't told me and I don't understand My mama running off with my traveling man Mama, you know you oughtn't a'done that You just like my daddy He run off before I ever knowed him You done run-off with my traveling man And I really don't think I ever knowed you either Oh there goes my mama with my traveling man And I'm really gonna miss that traveling man Mm-hm |
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Fly away from my window little blue bird
Fly as far as you can away from here And let not your song fall upon my ear Go spread your blue wings and I'll shed my blue tears For the one that I have loved He has left me and gone An' I'm in no mood for to hear your sad song Bring not your light into my dark room, yellow sunshine Waste not your warmth on the cold glisten here Oh, trouble me not Go ye elsewhere Go light your blue sky and I'll shed my blue tears For the only one that I have ever loved has gone away An' I'm in no mood for the sunshine today Go spread your blue wings Go light your blue sky An' I'll shed my blue tears |
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Mama, it's so good to be back home again
I'm so proud to see that you are looking well Yes, I know that I look a little weary Oh, but Mama, I have been through living hell You know how much I've always loved him, Mama But he done things to me I couldn't understand Why, he made me watch him love another woman And he tried to make me love another man Mama, can I be your little girl again? I need you now even more than I did then And I need a lot of love and understanding And a lot of time to get me over him If I lose my mind, Mama, I wanna be here with you Have them lock me up and see I have good care But I just couldn't stand his torture any longer I was afraid of what I'd do if I stayed there |
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I know you think you love her and you're making plans to leave
But I must tell you something I just hope you'll believe I know it isn't real love that you see in her eyes Cause she's never met a man she didn't like And you're no different from the others A new acquaintence in the night You mean no more to her than all the others she's held tight But I know she's convinced you it was love at first sight But she's never met a man she didn't like I must let you go but I want you to know That I love you please don't let her ruin our lives For there'll be other men and she won't want you then She's never met a man she didn't like I must let you go but I want you to know That I love you please don't let her ruin our lives For she'll have other men oh and she won't want you then Cause she's never met a man she didn't like Oh no she's never met a man she didn't like |
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I open up my door to greet the early morning sun
Closing it behind me and away I do run To the meadow where the meadow lark is singing in the tree In the meadow I go walking in the early morning breeze I cup my hands to catch a multi-colored butterfly Perched upon the petals of flowers growing wild Freeing it I watch it as it flies away from me To visit with the flowers in the early morning breeze Chorus: Rainbow colored flowers kissed with early morning sun The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums Drops of morning due still linger on the iris leaves In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze Misty-eyed I look about the meadow where I stray For its there I find the courage to greet the coming day For there among the flowers I kneel gently to my knees To have a word with God in the early mornig breeze 2nd Chorus: A rainbow colored meadow kissed with early morning sun The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums Drops of morning due still linger on the iris leaves In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze |
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Here I am, oh here I am, here I am
If you need a love that's true Need someone to stand by you Here I am, oh here I am, here I am If you need a helping hand, need someone to understand Here I am, oh here I am, here I am Here I am, I'm reaching out to give you love that you're without I can help you find what you've been looking for Here I am, come to me, take my hand 'cause I believe I can give you all the love you need and more Oh here I am, oh here I am, here I am My world is such an empty place I need someone to fill the space And here I am, oh here I am, here I am 'Cause I've got so much love to give I need someone to share it with And here I am, oh here I am, here I am Here I am, I'm reaching out to give you love that you're without I can help you find what you've been searching for Here I am, come to me, take my hand 'cause I believe I can give you all the love you need and more Oh here I am, oh here I am, here I am Oh here I am, oh here I am, here I am Here I am, oh here I am, here I am |
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There's a bit of magic in a simple little smile
Something that just makes life seem a little more worthwhile And there's a world of meaning in the touch of someone's hand A gentle touch that let's your brother know you understand Oh if people would stop taking and just once try to give We could make the world we're living in a better place to live La la la la la la la la la la la la And if we'd love one another instead of finding faults We could afford the price of peace, love is all it costs Oh wouldn't it be great to live and sing in harmony Everybody take your brother's hand and sing my song with me La la la la la la la la la la la la All life has to offer that's what most folks desire But offer nothing in return, cause they don't seem to care And if we'd ask to be forgiven and be willing to forgive We could make the world we're living in a better place to live And if we'd all climb together, we could climb the highest hill We could make the world we're living in a better place to live And if we'd love one another instead of finding faults We could afford the price of peace, love is all it costs Oh wouldn't it be great to live and sing in harmony Everybody take your brother's hand and sing my song with me La la la la la la la la la la la la |
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Love can make you feel just like you own the world
Or it can make you wish you've never seen it The lips of one you love can give you cause for living Or tell you things that never really mean it Once I had a love I thought that it was mine just thought to take it And all at once he left and all at once my heart started breaking breaking Judging by my love for him I thought his love for me was just as strong And all the things he told me I really thought he meant them all alone He had no plans to carry out all his plans that we'd been making Cause all at once he left and all at once my heart started breaking breaking Oh all at once I realized love can be a cruel and hurtin' thing It can fill your world with sunshine but it can also bring you rain And I know where the clouds would gather in my sunny sky of love The rain came down he let me down he left and my heart started breaking breaking |
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Fly away from my window little blue bird
Fly as far as you can away from here And let not your song fall upon my ear Go spread your blue wings and I'll shed my blue tears For the one that I have loved He has left me and gone An' I'm in no mood for to hear your sad song Bring not your light into my dark room, yellow sunshine Waste not your warmth on the cold glisten here Oh, trouble me not Go ye elsewhere Go light your blue sky and I'll shed my blue tears For the only one that I have ever loved has gone away An' I'm in no mood for the sunshine today Go spread your blue wings Go light your blue sky An' I'll shed my blue tears |
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This is the first letter that I wrote back home to Momma and Daddy a few days after I'd moved to Nashville: June 2, 1964 Nashville, Tennessee Dear Momma and Daddy, I hope this letter finds everybody well and happy. As for me, I'm fine I guess. I'm just a little lonesome and a whole lot homesick. I got to Nashville okay and I thought I'd better write and let you know cause I knew you'd be worried about me and I don't want you to be worried about me cause I'm gonna be alright once I get settled and used to being away from home. I didn't realize how much I loved you and all them noisy kids until I left and I didn't realize how hard it was to leave home either til I started to leave and everybody started crying, including me. I cried almost all the way to Nashville and I wanted to turn around a few times and come back but you know how bad I've always wanted to go to Nashville and be a singer and songwriter and I believe that if I try long enough and hard enough that someday I'll make it. Don't worry about trying to sending me any money or anything cause I've got a job singing on the early morning television show here called the Eddie Hill Show. A couple of folks already told me that they might record a couple of my songs so I'll be making enough money to get by and I don't want you worrying about me being hungry or anything. Nashville is not exactly what I thought it was gonna be, but I believe I'm gonna like it here once I get used to it. And I don't want you worrying about me getting in trouble either cause I'll be good just like I promised you I would when I left. Well, can't think of anything else to say. I guess I'd better close for now. You write me real soon. Tell everybody I said hello and I'm gonna be real anxious to hear from you cause I sure miss you and I love you an awful lot. With love as always, -Dolly |
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I remember, I remember
I remember momma and daddy most of all I remember meadows and fields of golden wheat I remember song birds and sugar cane so sweet I remember lots of things that often I recall But I remember momma and daddy most of all I remember ginger bread my momma used to bake I remember home-made toys that Daddy used to make Yes, I remember many things that often I recall But I remember momma and daddy most of all I remember momma and daddy most of all In our little country home they filled with love I remember momma and daddy most of all And all the things they did to make life happier for us Yes I remember lots of things that often I recall But I remember momma and daddy most of all I remember candy that daddy used to bring I remember songs my momma used to sing Oh I Remember many things that often I recall But I remember momma and daddy most of all I remember momma and daddy most of all And how they taught us children right from wrong I remember momma and daddy most of all How they used to hope and pray they'd live to see us grown Oh I remember many things that often I recall I remember momma and daddy most of all I remember, I remember I remember momma and daddy most of all Most of all |
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Well I remember when I was just little
Mama used to cook on an old black kettle On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed Well the oven door was sprung a little bit So we propped it up with a forked stick But that didn't matter cause Mama kept us fed My mama and daddy must have loved each other Cause I had eleven sisters and brothers And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it We might have been poor but we didn't know it We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant Oh we used to have such a good life And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known And oh didn't we have such a good time It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone Well there was nothing that pleased us any better Than when we got an occasional letter From kin folks livin' up north in some big town We'd think of all the games we'd play And we just couldn't hardly wait When our city cousins said they'ze a comin' down Now Mama's done away with the old black kettle She used to cook in when I was just little And the door ain't sprung on her electric range That little farm and home we had It ain't there no more and that's too bad Folks are doin' away with the simple things And oh we used to have such a good life And the days that I knew then are the happiest I've known And oh didn't we have such a good time It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone Now, I just mean to say the simple things are gone The old black kettle's gone |
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My dear hard workin' daddy works his life away for us
That's the way that daddy shows to us his love And Daddy's two hard working hands They're callous and they're sore And Daddy's workin' boots have walked a million miles or more As long as I remember, I remember Daddy workin' Workin' on the job or either on the farm Tryin' to provide for the family that he loves And Daddy's working boots have taken many steps for us Chorus: Daddy's workin' boots have served as his foundation Though just like him, they're tired and worn For years they've helped him stand Daddy's working boots have filled their obligation They've walked that rocky road with a mighty, mighty man Dear lord above, I know up there my Daddy's got a mansion And a great reward that's long been overdue And when it comes my Daddy's time to be with you in heaven Spoken: Won't cha let him walk your golden streets In a pair of brand new golden boots Repeat Chorus Daddy's workin' boots |
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We'd get up before sun-up to get the work done up
We'd work in the fields till the sun had gone down We've stood and we've cried as we have bristly watched A hailstorm a' beatin' our crops to the ground We've gone to bed hungry many nights in the past In the good old days when times were bad No amount of money could buy from me The memories that I have of then No amount of money could pay me To go back and live through it again I've seen daddy's hands break open and bleed And I've seen him work till he's stiff as a board An' I've seen momma layin' in suffer and sickness In need of a doctor we couldn't afford Anything at all was more than we had In the good old days when times were bad We've got up before and found ice on the floor Where the wind would blow snow through the cracks in the wall And I couldn't enjoy then, havin' a boyfriend I had nothing decent to wear at all So I long for a love that I never had In the good old days when times were bad No amount of money could buy from me The memories that I have of then No amount of money could pay me To go back and live through it again In the good old days when times were bad In the good old days when times were bad |
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Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straightback chair on two legs, leans against the wall Watch the kids a' playin' with June bugs on a string And chase the glowin' fireflies when evenin' shadows fall Chorus: In my Tennessee mountain home Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh In my Tennessee mountain home Crickets sing in the fields near by Honeysuckle vine clings to the fence along the lane Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet And on a distant hilltop, an eagle spreads its wings An' a songbird on a fence post sings a melody Repeat Chorus Walkin' home from church on a Sunday with the one ya' love Just laughin', talkin', making future plans And when the folks ain't lookin', you might steal a kiss or two Sittin' in the porch swing, holdin' hands Repeat Chorus |
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In a shingle covered cottage at the foothills of blue stacks
Near a mountain stream that's flowing crystal clear Where the humming birds and honey bees feed on Mama's roses My mem'ries just grow sweeter with the years Mem'ries of my childhood are as sweet as mountain honey And as fresh as a dew on morning glory vines I grew up surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature And they're forever present in my mind But I'm headed in the wrong direction home Headed in the wrong direction home There's no place like home But I'm headed in the wrong direction home Teardrops mingled with the summer rain that was a falling The day I left my mountain home behind With a suitcase in my hand and a hope in my heart I was following a dream I had to find In that shingled covered cottage at the foothills of the smokies Waits a family hat I'm longing to see And mountain streams and fields of green And rolling hills stay in my dreams But I'm many, many miles from Tennessee And still headed in the wrong direction home Headed in the wrong direction home But maybe I'll get back before too long But I'm headed in the wrong direction home |
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Back home, back home
Yes, I'm going back home Why I can't believe it's been this long Since I've seen mom and dad When I left my mountain home behind I left them both so sad My brothers and my sisters that were babies then are grown Years have past and now at last, I'm on my way back home Back home, back home Yes I'm going back home To the factory smoke and city life, I'm sayin' so long I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone And I've spent a lot of time a' wishin' I could go back home I got a letter from mama an' Mama asked me if I'd come back home She says it sure is lonesome now Since all of us kids are all growed up and gone I just can't hardly stand the thoughts of Momma and daddy being left there all alone That's really all I need to know And now I'm on the road back home Back home, back home Yes, I'm going back home To the smog an' smoke an' city life, I'm sayin' so long I've shed a lot of tears through all the years that I've been gone And I've spent a lot of time a' wishin' I could go back home Back home, back home Yes, I'm going back home |
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We're all together once again
For the first time in I don't know when We were so close once upon a time There were five of us kids at home Two girls, three boys and Dad and Mom But that was in the better part Of life we left behind Remember that old swimming hole Where we would swim so long ago And all them possum grapes and muskedines And do you recall the time We all got drunk on homemade wine That was in the better part Of life we left behind Life was simple for us then If only it could be again How I wish we could go back in time But time moves on and nothin' lasts Except the memories from the past Memories from the better part Of life we left behind Remember how we talked as kids Of what we'd be when we got big And all the dreams that we held in our minds I wanted to be a singin' star And you all said that I'd go far But that was in the better part Of life we left behind Remember all the fun we had Back when they say times were bad And life was good to us and things were fine We had fun and we had love And a mom and dad to care for us But that was is the better part Of life we left behind Life was simple for us then If only it could be again How I wish we could go back in time But time moves on and nothin' lasts Except the memories from the past Memories from the better part Of life we left behind Sweet memories from the better part Of life we left behind |
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Down on Music Row
Down on music Row If you want to be a star That's where you've got to go I could feel a change a comin' I left my hometown a hummin' With my ol' guitar a strummin' Songs that I had wrote I was on my way to Nashville I just couldn't hardly wait 'Till I could sing my songs To the folks on Music Row I got into Nashville early Sleepy, hungry, tired and dirty And on the steps of RCA I ate a stale, sweet roll In the fountain at the hall of fame I washed my face and read the names In the walkway of the stars Down on Music Row Down on Music Row Down on music Row If you want to be a star That's where you've got to go I waited there 'till eight o'clock When office doors became unlocked Then I started walkin' Down the streets of Music Row Just a walkin' up and down the street Tryin' to find out who to see To help me get on record And to hear the songs I'd wrote But I found it goin' rough Everyone was all tied up Either in a conference Or in the studio They said that I could leave a tape But they'd suggest I didn't wait 'Cause everyone was awful busy Down on Music Row But I could feel that change a comin' And I just kept right on a hummin' With my ol' guitar still strummin' All them songs that I'd wrote And then Chet and Bob at RCA Well, they listened to my songs that day And they both told me that I was on my way Down on Music Row Down on Music Row Down on music Row If you want to be a star That's where you've got to go |
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Sacred memories often take me
To the place where I grew up And that little country church That I loved so much I used to go there everytime That old church bell would ring And I remember how I loved the songs we used to sing Like "Oh Lord d'you know I have no friend like you If heaven's not my home Then Lord what will I do? The angels beckon me from heaven's open door And I can't feel at home in this world anymore They were singin' "Lord I'm Comin Home" When I got saved And when I got baptised they sang "Amazing Grace" And oh how sweet the sound when everybody would join in And sing my favourite song, "If We Never Meet Again" Where the charming roses bloom Forever And when separation comes no more If we never meet again This side of heaven I will meet you on that beautiful shore My Mama loved to sing And she sang clear and loud I can close my eyes and I hear Mama now I recall a song my Mama always loved so much She always sang the loudest singin' "Power In The Blood" Oh there's power Power Wonder workin' power In the blood Of the lamb There is power Power Wonder workin' power In the precious blood of the lambs Tag: Sacred memories |
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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can Your beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green Your smile is like a breath of spring Your voice is soft like summer rain And I cannot compete with you, Jolene He talks about you in his sleep And there's nothing I can do to keep From crying when he calls your name, Jolene But I can easily understand How you could easily take my man But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can You could have your choice of men But I could never love again He's the only one for me, Jolene I had to have this talk with you My happiness depends on you And whatever you decide to do, Jolene Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you, please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him even though you can Jolene, Jolene |
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(Dolly Parton)
When you love somebody with all your heart and soul And you want to keep them with you, but you know they want to go What do you do, what do you say When you know they want to leave As bad as you want them to stay And there's nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love When one doesn't care at all and the other cares too much It's a sad situation, I must say When you know they want to leave As bad as you want them to stay You know how much I love you But I know you don't love me And I know it's just a matter of time before you leave But I do, I stand aside and just let you walk away But I know you want to leave As bad as I want you to stay And there's nothing quite as sad as a one-sided love When one doesn't love at all and the other loves too much It's a sad situation I must say When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay Oh, it's a sad situation I must say When someone wants to leave as bad as you want them to stay |
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(Dolly Parton)
Somewhere a river of happiness flows We'll sit on its banks while the warm breezes blow Somewhere there's a garden where only love grows Somewhere a river of happiness flows Dry your eyes, don't cry no more We'll find a place where there's laughter and joy So take my hand and don't let go Come with me and together we'll go Somewhere a river of happiness flows We'll sit on its banks while the warm breezes blow Somewhere there's a garden where only love grows Somewhere a river of happiness flows We'll walk in the sunshine We'll laugh and we'll sing And dance to the tune that our happiness brings Come go with me to this place I speak of Together, we'll find it, this place is called love Somewhere a river of happiness flows We'll sit on its banks while the warm breezes blow Somewhere there's a garden where only love grows Somewhere a river of happiness flows Somewhere a river of happiness flows |
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I open up my door to greet the early morning sun
Closing it behind me and away I do run To the meadow where the meadow lark is singing in the tree In the meadow I go walking in the early morning breeze I cup my hands to catch a multi-colored butterfly Perched upon the petals of flowers growing wild Freeing it I watch it as it flies away from me To visit with the flowers in the early morning breeze Chorus: Rainbow colored flowers kissed with early morning sun The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums Drops of morning due still linger on the iris leaves In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze Misty-eyed I look about the meadow where I stray For its there I find the courage to greet the coming day For there among the flowers I kneel gently to my knees To have a word with God in the early mornig breeze 2nd Chorus: A rainbow colored meadow kissed with early morning sun The aster and the dahlia and wild geraniums Drops of morning due still linger on the iris leaves In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze |
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Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life
You're the One That Makes It All Worth While You're the One That Taught Me How to Smile Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life You're a Part of Every Dream I Dream You're My Love, My Life, My Everything I'll Never Love Another How Could I When Darlin' You Are the Highlight of My Life Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life You're the One That Makes It All Worth While You're the One That Taught Me How to Smile Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life You're the One I Always Think About And You're the One I Couldn't Live Without And You've Always Been My Guiding Light Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life You're the One That Makes It All Worth While You're the One That Taught Me How to Smile Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life Darlin' You're the Highlight of My Life |
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If I should stay
I would only be in your way So I'll go, and yet I know I'll think of you each step of the way And I will always love you I will always love you Bittersweet memories That's all I have, and I'm taking with me Goodbye, please don't you cry Cause we both know, I'm not what you need But, I will always love you I will always love you I hope life (I hope life) Treats you kind (treats you kind) And I hope you have all you dream of I wish you joy (I wish you joy) And happiness (and happiness) But above all this, I wish you love, oh And I will always love you I will always love you Yes, I will always love you I will always love you |
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Randy in your eyes, I see the promise of a future
The promise of a love like I have never known Randy, cradled in your arms, I feel like I'm in heaven And heaven knows I've needed someone like you for so long So Randy take me with you, for that's where I want to be Teach me how to fly on these new wings you've given me Randy, let me show you what your love has meant to me Randy, let me be the only one you'll ever need Randy, you have given me reason to live again Reason to love again and reason to smile Randy, you have given me new inspiration New dreams to dream and a reason to try So Randy take me with you for that's where I want to be Teach me how to fly on these new wings you've given me Randy, let me show you what your love has meant to me Randy, let me be the only one you'll ever need |
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My days are as dark as my nights and I see no sunshine in sight
Your mem'ry keeps blocking my view and I'm living on mem'ries of you Can't eat when I'm hungry can't sleep when I'm tired And all of these tears can't put out this far Your mem'ry just won't turn me loose and I'm living on mem'ries of you There's just no forgetting about you how long can I survive without you I just can't believe that we're through and I'm living on mem'ries of you Can't eat when I'm hungry I can't sleep when I'm tired And all of these tears can't run off this far Oh your mem'ry just won't turn me loose and I'm living on mem'ries of you Yes I'm living on mem'ries of you |
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I woke up this morning in a strange place
I looked into the mirror at a strange face Then I looked for you but you could not be found And then I felt the lonely comin' down I walked across the room to the empty bed Saw the imprint on the pillow where you laid your head The presence of you still lingered all around And once again I felt the lonely comin' down Then I felt the lonely dripping down my face As I realized no one could take your place I wondered where the love had gone that we had found And then again I felt the lonely comin' down I wondered where the love had gone that we had found And again I felt the lonely comin' down Mmm... |
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Just like the tide goes with the sea
We belong together, you and me Just like the dawn followed by day We'll always be together And that's just how it will stay Chorus: It must be you that's always walking in my dreams It must be you who'll always be right next to me So when you find yourself alone Just think of me and I'll be there Must be you by my side the whole way through Just like the fresh white winter snow Our love is pure and it will always grow And when we're in those autumn years Together, we'll look back, but we won't shed a single tear Repeat Chorus When you find yourself alone Just think of me and I'll be there Must be you by my side the whole way through |
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Last night you called me Barbara
As you lay fast asleep And although I'm not Barbara You wanted me to be You whispered words I haven't heard In such a long, long time Last night you said I love you With Barbara on your mind Sometimes I find traces of her kisses on your skin And strands of chestnut hair That say you've been with her again Little traces of her that it breaks my heart to find Last night you called me darlin' With Barbara on your mind With Barbara on your mind You held me in your arms so tight And lying there so close to you I cried until day light And though you think that I don't know I'm really not that blind Last night you said I love you With Barbara on your mind Last night you called me darlin' With Barbara on your mind |
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Tumble out of bed
And Stumble to the kitchen Pour myself a cup of ambition And yawn and stretch and try to come to life Jump in the shower And the blood starts pumpin' Out on the streets The traffic starts jumpin' For folks like me on the job from 9 to 5 chorus: Workin' 9 to 5 What a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by It's all takin' And no givin' They just use your mind And they never give you credit It's enough to drive you Crazy if you let it 9 to 5, for service and devotion You would think that I Would deserve a fat promotion Want to move ahead But the boss won't seem to let me I swear sometimes that man is out to get me Mmmmm... They let you dream Just a' watch 'em shatter You're just a step On the boss man's ladder But you got dreams he'll never take away In the same boat With a lot of your friends Waitin' for the day Your ship'll come in And the tide's gonna turn An' it's all gonna roll you away Workin' 9 to 5 What a way to make livin' Barely gettin' by It's all takin' And no givin' They just use your mind And you never get the credit It's enough to drive you Crazy if you let it 9 to 5, yeah, they got you were they want you There's a better life And you think about it don't you It's a rich man's game No matter what they call it And you spend your life Putting money in his wallet 9 to 5 Oh What a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by It's all takin' And no givin' They just use your mind And they never give you credit It's enough to drive you Crazy if you let it Fade: 9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you There's a better life And you dream about it don't you It's a rich man's game No matter what they call it And you spend your life Putting money in his wallet 9 to 5 |
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There is a house down in new orleans
Down in the vieux carr'e A house they call the rising sun Where love and money are made My father he was a gambler Mother died when I was young And I've worked since then To please the men At the house of the rising sun There is a house Down in new orleans They call the rising sun It's been the ruin of many a good girl And oh god, you know I'm one So mothers you go telling all your daughters Not to do what I've done To live a life of sin, shame and strife In the house of the rising sun There is a house in new orleans They call the rising sun It's been the ruin of many a good girl And oh god, you know I'm one Oh god, you know I'm one |
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The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting
The oranges are piled in their creosote dumps You're flying them back to the mexican border To pay all their money to wade back again Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita Adios mis a-mi-gos, Jesus and Maria You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane All they will call you will be deportee Some of us are illegal and some of us are not wanted Our work contract's out and we have to move on But it's 600 miles to that mexican border They chase us like outlaws, like rustlers, like theives Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita Adios mis a-mi-gos, Jesus and Maria You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane All they will call you will be deportee My father's own father, waded that river They took all the money he made in his life My brothers and sister come work the fruit trees They rode the truck til' they took down and died The airplane caught fire over Los Gatos canyon A fireball of lightning that shook all our hills Who are these dear friends all scattered like dry leaves The radio said they were just deportees Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye Rosalita Adios mis a-mi-gos, Jesus and Maria You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane All they will call you will be deportee No, all they will call you will be deportee All they will call you will be deportee |
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You may not know me now but I have been around
You'll never see my name on any pages I'm just a common man the fool who understands The pain you go through when life takes you under So sing for the common man a song for the common man He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow He will survive he will survive You may not know my mother my sisters and my brothers Yet everyone has given for the other You know the working man he builds what others plan So everyone of us should sing his story So sing for the common man... Day after day he keeps working away in offices factories and farms Year after year he sheds tear after tear but he will provide he will survive So sing for the common man... Sing for the common man... Sing for the common man... |
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Some men find her sexy, some men disagree
But if she's not, it's not because she doesn't want to be She wears a push-up bra from Freddericks, five inch high heel shoes Maybelline and Rubinstein, and Avon's best perfume She's a working girl Chorus: She's a working girl, she is single and free She's a mother and wife and she's proud to be A working girl Some find her to aggressive, she don't know how to stop Cause she's the kind that don't look down until it's from the top She's elegant and stylish, French perfume and a fur Designer clothes by Halston and Diane Von Furstenburg And she's a working girl Repeat Chorus She has taken her place among the tallest of trees But she weeps like a willow when she's brought to her knees Cause she's a working girl You'll find her dressed according to standard uniform Cause she must dress in comfort for the job she must perform She has so many faces, she wears so many names She goes so many places and she does so many things Cause she's a working girl Repeat Chorus Fade: Repeat Chorus Twice |
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You know last night I went to sleep in Detroit city
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sisters and brothers And I dreamed about a love who's been waiting there so long I want to go home I want to go home Oh how I want to go home My kinfolks think I'm big in Detraoit city From all the letters that I write, they think I'm fine By day I make the cars But, by night I make all the bars Oh if only they's just read between the lines They'd know I want to go home I want to go home Oh how I want to go home You know I rode a freight train north to Detroit city And after all these years I find I've been wasting my time Think I'll put my foolish pride on a southbound train and ride Heading back to the loved ones I left there waiting behind Repeat Chorus |
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When the mornin' sun
Streaks across my room And I'm wakin' up From another dream of you Yes, you know I'm on the road Once again it seems All that's left behind Is a chain of broken dreams But you know that I love you You know that I love you Oh, I love you And how I wish that love Was all we'd need to live What a life we'd have 'Cause I've got so much to give But ya' know I feel so sad Down inside my heart That the dollar sign Should be keepin' us apart But you know that I love you You know that I love you Oh, how I love you And if only I could find my way back to the time When the problems of this life Had not yet crossed my mind And the answers could be found in children's nursery rhymes I'd come runnin' back to you I'd come runnin' back to you Mmmmm But you know we can't Live on dreams alone Got to pay the rent So I must leave you all alone 'Cause you know I made my choice many years ago And now this travelin' life Well, it's the only life I know But you know that I love you You know that I love you Oh, I love you But you know that I love you You know that I love you Oh, how I love you But you know that I love you You know that I love you Oh, how I love you But you know I love you But you know I love you Oh, I love you But you know that I love you But you know that I love you Oh, how I love you But you know that I love you But you know that I love you Oh, how I love you |
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Come and listen you fellows
So young and do fine And seek not your fortune In the dark, dreary mines It will form as a habit Seep in your soul 'Til the blood in your veins Runs as black as the coal There's many a man That I've known in my day Who lived just to labor His whole life away Like a fiend with his dope And a drunkard his wine A man will have lust for The lure of the mine It's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew The danger is double And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls Where the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine I hope when I'm gone And the ages shall roll My body will blacken And turn into coal Then I'll look out the door Of my heavenly home And I'll pity the miners A-diggin' my bones It's dark as a dungeon Damp as the dew The danger is double And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls Where the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine Where the rain never falls Where the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon Way down in the mine |
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The work is hard and the hours are long
The money ain't much but we get along We're rich in things can give That can't be bought with a dollar bill So, come on down Have a look around Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town We got no money but we're rich in love That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of So come on down have a look around At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town We got no carpets on the floor We've got wall to wall love Who could ask for more We got no big fine things to show Just a place to watch our children grow We got no big fine fancy car to drive And no fancy clothes to keep in style What we've got we're payin' on But it's mostly love that we're livin' on So, come on down Have a look around Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town We got no money but we're rich in love That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of So come on down have a look around At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town We've got a little simple church nearby And the promise of a mansion in the sky A heart of gold a million dollar smile And a one way ticket to paradise So, come on down Have a look around Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town We got no money but we're rich in love That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of So come on down have a look around At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town So, come on down Have a look around Rich folks livin' in a poor folks town We got no money but we're rich in love That's one thing that we've got a-plenty of So come on down have a look around At rich folks livin' in a poor folks town |
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