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I forgot to remember to forget her,
I can't seem to get her off my mind. I thought I'd never miss her, But I found out somehow I think about her almost all the time. The day she went away I made myself a promise That I'd soon forget we ever met. But something sure is wrong, 'Cause I'm so blue and lonely. I forgot to remember to forget. The day she went away I made myself a promise That I'd soon forget we ever met, Well, but something sure is wrong, 'Cause I'm so blue and lonely. I forgot to remember to forget. |
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Blue moon, blue moon, blue moon,
Keep shining bright. Blue moon, keep on shining bright, You're gonna bring me back my baby tonight, Blue moon, keep shining bright. I said blue moon of Kentucky Keep on shining, Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue. I said blue moon of Kentucky Keep on shining, Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue. Well, it was on one moonlight night, Stars shining bright, Whispered on high Love said good-bye. Blue moon of Kentucky Keep on shining. Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue. Well, I said blue moon of Kentucky Just keep on shining. Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue. I said blue moon of Kentucky Keep on shining. Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue. Well, it was on one moonlight night, Stars shining bright, Whispered on high Love said good-bye. Blue moon of Kentucky Keep on shining. Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue. |
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When my blue moon turns to gold again
When my rainbow turns the clouds away When my blue moon turns to gold again You'll be back within my arms to stay When the memories that linger in our hearts Memories that make my heart cold However some day they'll live again sweetheart And my blue moon again will turn to gold |
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When I was a lad
And old Shep was a pup Over hills and meadows we'd stray Just a boy and his dog We were both full of fun We grew up together that way I remember the time at the old swimmin' hold When I would have drowned beyond doubt But old Shep was right there To the rescue he came He jumped in and then pulled me out As the years fast did roll Old Shep he grew old His eyes were fast growing dim And one day the doctor looked at me and said I can do no more for him Jim With hands that were trembling I picked up my gun And aimed it at Shep's faithful head I just couldn't do it I wanted to run I wish they would shoot me instead He came to my side And looked up at me And laid his old head on my knee I had struck the best friend that a man ever had I cried so I scarcely could see Old Shep he has gone Where the good doggies go And no more with old Shep will I roam But if dogs have a heaven There's one thing I know Old Shep has a wonderful home |
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Why must I love a heartless woman
Who never knows the harm she's done Though love is blind I should have known Just call me lonesome from now on I climb the stairs up to my room But no-one greets me in my gloom The silence tells me she is gone Just call me lonesome from now on These walls will hide me when I cry I hope that heaven lets me die What good is life when hope has gone Just call me lonesome from now on Just call me lonesome from now on |
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There goes my only possession
There goes my everything I hear footsteps slowly walking As they gently walk across the lonely floor And a voice is softly saying Darling this will be goodbye for evermore There goes my reason for living There goes the one of my dreams There goes my only possession There goes my everything As my memory turns back the pages I can see the happy years we've had before Now the love that kept this heart beating Has been shattered by the closing of the door |
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Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago
I reached out one night and you were gone Don't know why you'd run, what you're running to or from All I know is I want to bring you home So I'm walking in the rain, thumbing for a ride On this lonely Kentucky back road I've loved you much too long, my love's too strong To let you go, never knowing what went wrong Kentucky rain keeps pouring down And up ahead's another town that I'll go walking through With the rain in my shoes (Rain in my shoes) Searching for you In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain Showed your photograph to some old gray-bearded men Sitting on a bench outside a general store They said, "Yes, she's been here" But their memory wasn't clear Was it yesterday? No, wait, the day before Finally got a ride with a preacher man who asked "Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon?" As we drove on through the rain, as he listened, I explained And he left me with a prayer that I'd find you Kentucky rain keeps pouring down And up ahead's another town that I'll go walking through With the rain in my shoes (Rain in my shoes) Searching for you In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain In the cold Kentucky rain |
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From a jack to a king from loneliness to a wedding ring
I've played a ace and I won the queen I walked away with your heart From a jack to a king With no regrets I stacked, I stacked the cards, I stacked the cards last night And lady luck played her hand just right You made me king of your heart Oh for just a little while I thought that I might lose the game Oh but just in time I saw that twinkle in your eyes From a jack to a king of loneliness to a wedding, wedding, wedding ring I played an ace and I won the queen You made me king of your heart For just a little while I thought that I might lose the game Oh but just in time I saw, I saw that twinkle in your eyes From a jack to a king from loneliness to a wedding, wedding, wedding ring I played an ace and I won the queen You made me king of your heart |
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I said I'd hold, I said I'd hold,
I said I'd hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms Like you've never been held before Well I'll think of you each day and then I'll dream the night away Oh, 'till you are in my arms once more The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why I feel so blue 'cause I'm away from you Yeah I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms Oh darling please wait for me You know the stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you Yeah I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms Oh darling please wait for me The stars up in the sky you know they know the reason why... I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away, I'm away, I'm away from you I said, I said I'd hold you in my heart, heart, heart 'till I can hold you in my arms Oh darling please wait for me The stars up in the sky, you know they know the reason why I, I feel so blue 'cause I'm away, I'm away from you Yeah, I'll hold you in my heart 'till I can hold you in my arms Oh darling please wait for me |
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I cry myself to sleep each night
Wishing I could hold you tight Life seems so empty since you went away And the pillow where you lay your head Now holds my empty dreams instead And it keeps right on a-hurtin' Since you're gone It keeps right on a'hurtin every minute of the day Every hour you're away I feel so lonely And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone They say a man ain't supposed to cry But when I see you passing by My heart breaks down and cries a million tears The pillow where you lay your head Now holds my empty dreams instead And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone It keeps right on a'hurtin every minute of the day Every hour you're away I feel so lonely And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone Yes, it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone |
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The old home town looks the same
As I step down from the train And there to meet me is my mama and papa Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home Yes, they'll all be there to meet me All creatures smiling sweetly It's good to touch the green, green grass of home The old house is still standing Though the paint is cracked and dry And there's an old oak tree that I used to play on Down the lane I'll walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It's good to touch the green, green grass of home Then I awake and look around me Cold gray walls surround me And I realize that I was only dreamin' There's a guard and there's a sad old padre Arm and arm we'll walk at daybreak Again I'll touch the green, green grass of home Yes, they'll all be there to meet me In the shadow of that old oak tree As they lay me beneath the green, green grass of home |
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I'll pack up all my things and walk away,
I don't want to hear another word you have to say I've been waiting for so long I just found out there's something wrong And there's nothing what get better if I stay There's no need to explain anymore I tried my best to love you, now I'm walking out the door You used me, you deceived me, And you never seemed to need me But I'll bet you won't forget me when I go Seems I've been lost in a dream Pretending that you care But now I've opened up my eyes And found it's all been just a great big fairytale I've been lovin' you so long Don't think I'd even know how to forget you But now the way that things have been I think I'm better off alone Than to be with you There's no need to explain anymore I tried my best to love you, now I'm walking out the door You used me, you deceived me, And you never seemed to need me But I'll bet you won't forget me when I go Seems like I've been lost in a dream Pretending you were mine Someday you'll open up your eyes And realize that a good man's hard to find |
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It's knowin' that your door is always open
And you path is free to walk That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up And stashed behind your couch It's knowin' I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that have dried up on some lovin' That keeps you in the back roads By the rivers of my memory It keeps you ever gentle on my mind It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind me Or something that somebody said Because they thought we'd fit together walkin' It's just knowing that the world will not be cursin' Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find That you're moving on the back roads By the rivers of my memory and for hours You're just gentle on my mind Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junk yards and the highways come between us And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone I still might run in silence Tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me 'till I'm blind But not to where I cannot see you Walking in the back roads By the rivers flowing gently on my mind I dip my cup of soup from a gurgling, cracking cauldron in some train yard My beard a roughening coal pile And a dirty hat pulled low across my face Through cupped hands around the tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find That you're wavin' from the back roads By the rivers of my memory Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind |
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Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder Say the things we used to say And make the world, make it go away Do you remember when you loved me Before the world took you away Well if you do, then forgive me And make the world, make it go away Make the world go away Get it off my shoulder Say the things we used to say And make the world, make it go away Now I'm sorry if I hurt you Let me make it up to you day by day And if you will please forgive me And make the world, make it go away Make the world go away Get it off my shoulder Say the things we used to say And make the world, make it go away |
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Long ago and far away
In my old common labor shoes I turned the world all which-a-way Just because you asked me to Likened to no other feel' Summer love is simple true There's no end to what I'd do Just because you asked me to Let the world call me a fool Let it; things are right with me and you That's all that matters and I'll do Anything you ask me to Knowin' how much I love you After all I've been through I'd turn and walk away from you Just because you asked me to Let the world call me a fool Let it; things are right with me and you That's all that matters and I'll do Anything you ask me to |
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Well hello there, my it's been a long long time
How am I doin', oh well I guess I'm doin' fine It's been so long now and it seems that It was only yesterday Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away How's your new love, I hope that he's doin' fine Heard you told him, yes baby That you'd love him till the end of time Well you know, that's the same thing that you told me Well it seems like just the other day Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away Gotta go now, guess I'll see you hanging round Don't know when though, oh Never know when I'll be back in town But I remember what I told you That in time your gonna pay Well ain't it surprisin' how time slips away Yeah, ain't it surprisin' how time slips away |
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Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose, let it fall Lay it soft against my skin Like the shadow on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm taking is your time Help me make it through the night I don't care what's right or wrong I won't try to understand Let the devil take tomorrow 'Cause tonight I need a friend Yesterday is dead and gone And tomorrow's out of sight And it's sad to be alone Help me make it through the night I don't care what's right or wrong I won't try to understand Let the devil take tomorrow 'Cause tonight I need a friend Yesterday is dead and gone And tomorrow's out of sight And it's sad to be alone Help me make it through the night I don't want to be alone Help me make it through the night |
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I got over Charlotte Thompson, Goldie Johnson,
Lord they done me wrong I took it hard with Peggy Harper She hurt me bad, but not for long There's just one I remember Makes me feel funny down inside I'd trade 'em all for just one hour Of Susan when she tried No there's never been a woman Who could make me weak inside And give me what I needed Like susan when she tried It gets worse in the summer When the nights are hot and long And it's bad in december When they play those christmas songs So if you ask me and I don't tell you Bet your sweet bottom dollar I lied 'cause there's never been one |
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Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone
Just pretend that we're together all alone Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low You can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go You can't say the words I want to hear When your with another man If you love me, answer yes or no Darling I will understand Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Just pretend that we're together all alone Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low You can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go You can't say the words I want to hear When your with another man If you love me, answer yes or no Darling I will understand Just put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Just pretend that we're together all alone Tell the man to turn the juke box way down low And you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go Yes you can tell your friend there with you, he'll have to go |
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Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me, give me one more chance To keep you satisfied, satisfied Maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine If I make you feel second best Girl, I'm sorry I was blind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me, give me one more chance To keep you satisfied, satisfied Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You are always on my mind You are always on my mind |
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Well, I quit my job down at the car wash,
Left my mama a goodbye note, By sundown I'd left Kingston, With my guitar under my coat, I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis, Got a room at the YMCA, For the next three weeks I went huntin' them night clubs Lookin' for a place to play, Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire, But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man. Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis, I run outta money and luck, So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia, On a overloaded poultry truck, I thumbed on down to Panama City, Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars, Hopin' I could make myself a dollar, Makin' music on my guitar, I got the same old story at them all night piers, There ain't no room around here for a guitar man (We don't need a guitar man, son) So I slept in the hobo jungles, Roamed a thousand miles of track, Till I found myself in Mobile Alabama, At a club they call Big Jack's, A little four-piece band was jammin', So I took my guitar and I sat in, I showed 'em what a band would sound like, With a swingin' little guitar man. (Show 'em, son) If you ever take a trip down to the ocean, Find yourself down around Mobile, Make it on out to a club called Jack's, If you got a little time to kill, Just follow that crowd of people, You'll wind up out on his dance floor, Diggin' the finest little five-piece group, Up and down the Gulf of Mexico, Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band, Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man. |
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