Dwight Yoakam

Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad
And cry myself to sleep
You showed me how this town can shatter dreams
Another lesson about a naive fool
That came to Babylon
And found out that the pie don't taste so sweet

Now it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

There ain't no glamor in this tinseled land
Of lost and wasted lives
And painful scars are all that's left of me
But thank you girl for teaching me
Brand new ways to be cruel
And if I can find my mind now, I guess I'll just leave

And it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

Now it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on
It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on

Chorus:

Well I'm a honky tonk man
And I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl
To the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone,
I'm on the telephone singing
Hey hey mama can your daddy come home

Now I'm living wild and dangerously
But I've got plenty of company
When the moon comes up
And the sun goes down
I can't wait to see the lights of town

Chorus:

'Cause I'm a honky tonk man
And I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl
To the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone,
I'm on the telephone singing
Hey hey mama can your daddy come home

A pretty little girl and a jug of wine
Well that's what it takes to make a honky tonk time
With the juke box moaning those honky tonk sounds
I can't wait to lay my money down

Chorus:

'Cause I'm a honky tonk man
And I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl
To the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone,
I'm on the telephone singing
Hey hey mama can your daddy come home

Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

You know i dated your big sister'
Oh, i took her to a show
I went for some candy
Along came jim dandy
And they slipped right out the door

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

I used to pull down on your pigtails
Hey girl, and pinch your turned up nose
Oh, but baby you been growin'
And lately it's been showin'
From your head down to your toes

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

Every time i see your sister
Lord, she's with somebody new
Aw, she's mean and she's evil
Like a little ol' boll weevil
Guess i'll try my luck with you

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Hey, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Well, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Aw, little sister don't you do what your big sister done

Night wolves moan
Winter hills are black
I'm all alone
Sitting in the back
Of a long white cadillac

Train whistle cries
Lost on its own track
I close my eyes
Sitting in the back
Of a long white cadillac

Chorus:
Sometimes i blame it on a woman
The one that made my poor heart bleed
Sometimes i blame it on the money
Sometimes i blame it all on me

Headlights shine
Highway fades to black
It's my last ride
Sitting in the back
Of a long white cadillac

Train whistle cries
Lost on its own track
I close my eyes
I ain't never coming back
In a long white cadillac

In a long white cadillac
In a long white cadillac
In a long white cadillac
In a long white cadillac

Bye, bye, baby, i'm gonna take this white trash on down the road

I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody
I just want a chance to be myself
I've spent a thousand miles a-thumbin'
Yes, I've worn blisters on my heels
Trying to find me something better
Here on the streets of Bakersfield

Hey, you don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Spent sometime in San Francisco
I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
I took fifteen dollars from that man
Left him my watch and my old house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving
And I headed out for Bakersfield

Hey, you don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Hey, you don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

How many of you that sit and judge me
Ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

This thing called love, I just can't handle it
This thing called love, I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night
It swings, it jives
It shakes all over like a jellyfish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to rock and roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax
Get hip, get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

I gotta be cool relax
Get hip and get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love, I just can't handle it
This thing called love, I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love
Crazy little thing called love...

This thing called love, I just can't handle it
This thing called love, I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night
It swings, it jives
It shakes all over like a jellyfish
I kinda like it
Crazy little thing called love

There goes my baby
She knows how to rock and roll
She drives me crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool, cool sweat

I gotta be cool, relax
Get hip, get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

I gotta be cool relax
Get hip and get on my tracks
Take a back seat, hitch-hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love, I just can't handle it
This thing called love, I must get 'round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love
Crazy little thing called love...

Runway Four, Flight 209
Teardrop falls, we start to climb
This window seat proved a poor choice
It shows the dream that's been destroyed

A little baby starts to cry
Hey, I would too, if not for pride
I owe so much to pride, it's true
It brought an end to me and you

Chorus:
But if I could, I'd turn around
Set my feet back on the ground
'Cause all this plane ride holds for me
Is a thousand miles of misery

--- Instrumental ---

I hear the engines, watch the clouds
The whole damn world looks distant now
But I can't seem to put no space
Between my cold heart and your sweet face

Across the aisle they're holding hands
Revealing brand new wedding bands
But our sweet gold, it's gone to rust
Now my life has turned to dust

Chorus:
But if I could, I'd turn around
Set my feet back on the ground
'Cause all this plane ride holds for me
Is a thousand miles of misery

All this plane ride holds for me
Is a thousand miles of misery...

Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms, sweet darlin' and stay?
You're always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way?

How long do you think that I can wait
When you know you're always late?
Always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way?

Always late, always late
Always late, always late
How long do you think that I can wait
When you know you're always late?

Always late with your kisses
Won't you come to my arms sweet darlin' and stay?
You're always late with your kisses
Why, oh why do you want to do me this way?
I said, why oh why do you want to do me this way?

She wore red dresses with her black shining hair
She had my baby and caused me to care
Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry
She wore red dresses and told such sweet lies

I never knew him but he took her away
And on my knees like a madman for vengeance I prayed
While the pain and the anger destroyed my weak mind
She wore red dresses and left the wounded behind

I searched til I found them, then I cursed at the sight
Of their sleeping shadows in the cold neon light
In the dark morning silence I placed the gun to her head
She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead

Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad
And cry myself to sleep
You showed me how this town can shatter dreams
Another lesson about a naive fool
That came to Babylon
And found out that the pie don't taste so sweet

Now it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

There ain't no glamor in this tinseled land
Of lost and wasted lives
And painful scars are all that's left of me
But thank you girl for teaching me
Brand new ways to be cruel
And if I can find my mind now, I guess I'll just leave

And it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

Now it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on
It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on

Just around the corner there's heartache
Down the road all losers use
If you can wade in through the teardrops of my friend
I'll meet you at the home of the Blues

I walk and I cry as my heartbeat
Keeps in time with the drag of my shoes
The sun never shines through this window of my mine
It's dark here at the home of the Blues

But this place is filled with sweetest memories
Memories so sweet that I cry
Dreams that I've had left me feeling so bad
That I just want to lay right down and die

So if you just lost your sweetheart
And you ain't got no good way to choose
Come follow me, misery loves company
I'll meet you at the home of the Blues

But this place is filled with sweetest memories
Memories so sweet that I cry
Dreams that I had left me feeling oh so bad
That I just want to lay right down and die

So if you just lost your sweetheart
And you ain't got no good way to choose
Come follow me, misery loves company
Welcome to the home of the Blues
I'll take you at the home of the Blues

Chorus:

Well I'm a honky tonk man
And I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl
To the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone,
I'm on the telephone singing
Hey hey mama can your daddy come home

Now I'm living wild and dangerously
But I've got plenty of company
When the moon comes up
And the sun goes down
I can't wait to see the lights of town

Chorus:

'Cause I'm a honky tonk man
And I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl
To the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone,
I'm on the telephone singing
Hey hey mama can your daddy come home

A pretty little girl and a jug of wine
Well that's what it takes to make a honky tonk time
With the juke box moaning those honky tonk sounds
I can't wait to lay my money down

Chorus:

'Cause I'm a honky tonk man
And I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl
To the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone,
I'm on the telephone singing
Hey hey mama can your daddy come home

I sang Dixie as he died
The people just walked on by as I cried
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride
So I sang Dixie as he died

He said way down yonder in the land of cotton
Old times there ain't near as rotten as they are
On this damned old L.A. street
Then he drew a dying breath
And laid his head against my chest
Please Lord take his soul back home to Dixie

Chorus

He said listen to me son while you still can
Run back home to that Southern land
Don't you see what life here has done to me?
Then he closed those old blue eyes
And fell limp against my side
No more pain, now he's safe back home in Dixie

Chorus:

I sang Dixie as he died
The people just walked on by as I cried
The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride
So I sang Dixie as he died
I sang Dixie as he died

Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

You know i dated your big sister'
Oh, i took her to a show
I went for some candy
Along came jim dandy
And they slipped right out the door

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

I used to pull down on your pigtails
Hey girl, and pinch your turned up nose
Oh, but baby you been growin'
And lately it's been showin'
From your head down to your toes

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

Every time i see your sister
Lord, she's with somebody new
Aw, she's mean and she's evil
Like a little ol' boll weevil
Guess i'll try my luck with you

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Hey, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Well, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Aw, little sister don't you do what your big sister done

You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down

To look at you and me, no one would ever know
The pain that i've endured 'cause i won't let it show
My friends would laugh out loud if they only knew
The truth about how i am just your lovesick fool

Chorus:
You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down

The sadness in my eyes should somehow be a clue
But no one here would ever suspect sweet little you
There've been rumors of the truth but i've kept it quiet
'cause i'm too ashamed to let them know you make me cry

Chorus:
You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down
Yeah your little ways can knock me to the ground

Please, please baby, baby come back home
It's so cold and dark here all alone
You come back I promise I'll be good
You come home, baby, I'll act like I should

I laughed when you packed your bags and told me goodbye
I hollered, "I don't need you," oh but honey, that's a lie

Please, please baby, baby come back home
It's so cold and dark here all alone
You come back I promise I'll be good
You come home, baby, I'll act like I should

If you don't come home dear, I know I'll go insane
Sweetheart, I plead guilty, darlin', I'll take all the blame

Please, please baby, baby come back home
It's so cold and dark here all alone
You come back I promise I'll be good
You come home, baby, I'll act like I should

Please, please baby, baby come back home
It's so cold and dark here all alone
You come back I promise I'll be good
You come home, baby, I'll act like I should
You come home, baby, I'll act like I should
You come home, baby, I'll act like I should

(alan rose, don helms)
One day the train was passing, i caught it comin' by
To look this old world over, under god's blue sky
My darlin' stood there weepin' as i was lookin' back
I kissed my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track:
Bye, bye, so long, there's something down the track
It's callin' me
Bye, bye, so long, i guess that's just the way
I'll always be
Now when i get this feelin'
Don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you cryin'
In the smoke along the track
I like to keep on goin', it helps me when i'm blue
I get the urge to travel, that's all i want to do
I know i just can't settle down because i like to roam
And when i hear that whistle blow i gotta move along:
Bye, bye, so long, there's something down the track
It's callin' me
Bye, bye, so long, i guess that's just the way
I'll always be
Now when i get this feelin'
Don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you cryin'
In the smoke along the track
I know my baby loves me, i love my baby too
But she don't understand me when i'm feelin' blue
And when i hear that whistle blow i hurry home to pack
And kiss my baby cryin' in the smoke along the track:
Bye, bye, so long, there's something down the track
It's callin' me
Bye, bye, so long, i guess that's just the way
I'll always be
Now when i get this feelin'
Don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you cryin'
In the smoke along the track

I came here looking for something
I couldn't find anywhere else
Hey, I'm not trying to be nobody
Just want a chance to be myself

I've done a thousand miles of thumbin'
I've worn holes in both my heels
Trying to find me something better
On the streets of Bakersfield

Chorus:

You don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

Spent sometime in San Francisco
Spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell
Took fifteen dollars from that man
Left him my watch and my old house key
Don't want folks thinkin' that I'd steal
Then I thanked him as I was leaving, and
I headed for the streets of Bakersfield

Chorus:

You don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

You don't know me, but you don't like me
You say you care less how I feel
But how many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

How many of you that sit and judge me
Have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield?

They say this drinkin' will kill me
I don't know, oh Lord, it might be true
If I stop I'll just die from your leavin'
So either way that I go, it's 'cause of you

Chorus:
Death can come from this broken heart
Or it can come from this bottle
So why prolong the agony
Hey, bartender, I think I'll hit the throttle

I don't care how the preacher might preach me
About the evils of being drunk with wine
I don't care how the doctor might warn me
'Cause since you left, it's just a matter of time

Chorus:
Death can come from this broken heart
Or it can come from this bottle
So why prolong the agony
Hey, bartender, I think I'll hit the throttle

I don't care that my friends have all left me
'Cause they swear that I have gone insane
And I don't care anymore about livin'
Without you, just the grave can ease the pain

Chorus:
Death can come from this broken heart
Or it can come from this bottle
So why prolong the agony
Hey, bartender, I think I'll hit the throttle

Yeah, they say this drinkin' will kill me
I don't know, oh Lord, it might be true
If I stop I'll just die from your leavin'
So either way that I go, it's 'cause of you
Yeah, either way that I go, it's 'cause of you
Oh, anyway that I go, it's 'cause of you

Chorus:

What I don't know might not hurt me
If I stay dumb and no one tells
But if I find out that you've been cheatin'
What I don't know might get you killed

Death row in prison don't look half as bad
As a life filled with heartache over you
So if you're a playin' those dirty little games
You better pray that I don't find out the truth

Chorus:

Smith and Wesson juries hold a real mean, nasty court
And the verdict that they pass is never slow
So keep on a wearin' that little poker face
'Cause soon enough your cards will have to show

Chorus

I blame the vain for what we wear,
And I blame the blind when we can't see.
I blame it all on someone else,
Till there's nobody left, then I just blame me.

I blame her mind for the thoughts we share,
Whoa, and I blame her heart for the time we cared.
I blame it all on how we used to be,
Till she's finally gone, then I'll just blame me.

So go ahead and blame,
Anything that you want.
'Cause it all ends up the same,
When everything that you've been claiming is wrong.

Oh and don't you know that blame,
Is always never enough.
It just keeps you in the game,
Till you've only got yourself left to bluff.

So I blame the vain for what we wear,
Yeah, and I'll blame the blind when we can't see.
I'll blame it all on someone else,
Till there's nobody left, then I'll just blame me.
Till she's fin'lly gone, then I just blame me

Does it show as I watch her walking by?
Does it show that I'm trying not to cry?
Does it show that he's the reason why?
Does it show that every smile is a lie?

Does it show even when I am discreet?
Does it show I fall right down at her feet?
All on its own, my heart lets me know I'm love's biggest clown.
Do you think that shows even when no-one is around?

Please, tell me honestly:
Am I fooling anyone,
Or is the truth kinda hard not to see?

In ways that I'll never know, does it show?

Please, say its not too late,
So I can stop while there's still time,
An' avoid me some small bit of ache.

Does it show with each flickering memories final glow?
As night's cold shadows wrap around where hope let go.
An' I sit there in the dark, does it show?

I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.
Go back before I cried, or ever tried,
To understand life without you.
I wanna hold your hand, and just pretend,
We're starting out brand new.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

I wanna love again, and softly mend,
Any ache we ever knew.
Then kiss till there's no place, not one small space,
That our lips leave unused.
I wanna have what takes my breath away,
Be just the slightest touch from you.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

Baby there are countless reasons why,
This is something only fools would try.
But life sure gets lonely with just pride,
So if you'll risk yours, I'll risk mine.

I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.
Aw, go back before I cried, or ever tried,
To understand life without you.
I wanna hold your hand, and just pretend,
We're starting out brand new.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

I'll make believe that the sight of her in my head's seldom seen.
And then insist that I can't still taste the inside of her kiss.
With luck in time, I might even fool myself about those lies:
Till there's no need, I'll make believe.

I'll just pretend that she really never left me in the end.
And all night long, swear right up and down, round here, there's nothin' wrong.
With work, my mind could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find,
But until then, I'll just pretend.

Oh, how I wish you could have seen her,
Come crawlin' back a-beggin me.
'Cause if you had, I wouldn't need her,
Like I do so desperately.

I'll just pretend that she really never left me in the end.
And all night long, swear right up and down, round here, there's nothin' wrong.
With work, my mind could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find,
But until then, I'll just pretend.

She drove South I-95 straight through Carolina
She didn't use no damn map to find her way
She pulled off on the state route just north of Charlotte
And took mostly country roads the rest of the day

She said I'll give him an intentional heartache
That'll hurt a lot worse than the one he left in me
Would you all step back so a girl might to get started
And he won't have to look twice to see

She drove up across the yard and though his mama's garden
Didn't touch the brakes, she slammed right into his Chevrolet
Tossed out his clothes, boots, bud cap, and signed Dale Jr. poster
Then shot the whole mess neon green, a can of DuPont spray

She said I'll give him an intentional heartache
That'll hurt a lot worse than the one he left in me
Would you all step back so a girl might to get started
And he won't have to look twice to see

She said I'll give you an intentional heartache
That'll hurt a lot worse than the one that you left in me
And tell your little tramp to step back so your ex-wife can get started
And you won't have to look twice to see

Just watch this
Then she sprayed that Bud cap bright green
Said honey put that can of spray paint down
Just watch this
Then she pulled them Nakona boots out, sprayed them neon too
Put the can down honey
She give it hell with that can of spray paint
He kept yelling at her
Put the can down
And she sprayed to him
Then she did a little dance on top of that Dale Jr. poster
Just kind of a hoochie coochie
Alright honey
He said I saw you comin', now put it down
Just watch this, she run over to the passenger side of that Monte Carlo
And she sprayed tramp
On the hood on the back of the house
She tried to call her sister
What was that girl's name
Said you gotta come get this girl
Nancy, I think
Said Look at here
Look at here
She run that girl back up on the porch

Just passin' time with everyone I meet.
I'm just passin' time as I wander through the streets.
Just passin' time wrestlin' with thoughts that fight my sleep,
She left behind just passin' time.

I'm just passin' time inside these empty rooms.
I'm just passin' time where small lost hopes stil loom.
Just passin' time appears unlikely to heal any wounds.
Love is kind I'm just passin' time.

An' time hangs around more every day.
Why keep searching,
For a place that old thoughts might stay,
And not just end up right back in my heart's way?

Time don't ever answer nothin' new.
Least not here lately,
In any way that I could use,
For figurin' out what's left to lose.

I'm just passin' time with everyone I meet.
I'm just passin' time as I wander through the streets.
I'm just passin' time wrestlin' with thoughts that fight my sleep,
She left behind I'm just passin' time.

Have you ever seen a heart as it lays dyin',
Or what's left of it's life slips away?
Well any tears that get shed ain't worth cryin',
'Cause I've seen plenty I'm lucky that way.

Have you ever heard a voice start to moanin',
After despair's choked its last words away?
Well, any worse sound defies your ears even knowin',
And, Lord, I've heard plenty I'm lucky that way.

So wrap your warm arms around me,
And let our weak hands delight love's sad face.

Then press your soft lips against me,
And let the first bets on new love be made.

Have you ever watched a couple where a woman stands cryin',
While begging the other to please stay?
The awful truth is, it ain't the worth the cryin',
Lord, I've watched plenty: I'm lucky that way.
Lord, I've watched plenty: I'm lucky that way.

She came in and she told me.
She said: "I'm leaving you."
I said: "Oh, you are?"
"Let me tell you something:
"If you leave, I suggest you stay gone.
"And I mean stay gone forever, you hear me?
Ever!
So she left, and then I missed her.
I'm not gonna go into why mister,
But there's one particular thing that she used to do late at night,
I miss that especially.
I can count off, I suppose a thousand things I miss,
But I don't wanna go into it right now.
No, I don't want to count.

One, two. One, two, three, four.

Another day I spent alone,
Here lately, I cry and only she'll remember,
Yeah, will she'll remember?
Early mornings, I just suffer through,
Since feelin' empty's what I'm bound to do,
But she'll remember, yeah, oh, she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

Late afternoon, I curl up tight,
To fight back tears I shed all night,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.
Denote a bad and right a wrong,
Its just a matter of how long,
Will life defend her, then she'll remember.

She'll try, she'll try, but there won't be,
No more escape from her old lonely memories.

Mine may be the only scars that show,
From every break one heart could know,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.
Once all that's left is what's been used,
An' any chance to hide from the truth,
Keeps gettin' slimmer, then she'll remember.

So one more day I'll spend alone,
Like every other, I'll cry and moan,
But she'll remember, yeah, whoa, she'll remember.
In early mornings, late afternoons,
Each empty night I'm still sufferin' through,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

She'll remember.
She'll remember.
Yeah yeah, remember.
Whoa, she'll remember.
She'll remember.
She'll remember.
She'll remember.
Then she'll remember.
Then she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

Take her away
but don't let me see
who the last heart in line
turns out to be

I'll never know
there won't be any sign
how close it came
for the last heart in line

And though for awhile
I'll still be
waiting around for my chance
patiently

The fact that she's gone
is bound to finally dawn
on me, eventually



Though for awhile
I'll still be
just waiting around for my chance
patiently

The fact that she's gone
is bound to finally dawn
on me, eventually

I guess for her
it'll all work out fine
but who's going tell
the last heart in line

Well, I'll give you three good reasons for leavin'.
Number one is that I've forgotten number two.
Number three is in a place that's been kept hidden,
For so long I can't remember, but its true.

Then I'll give you three more reasons for leavin'.
Where the first no, weren't so bad as the next two.
But rest assured that the third will leave you grieving,
From a tale that's as sad as it is true.

Every night, all night long,
I sit and count alone.
But every day, nothin's new,
I can't find one and two.

Every night, all night long,
I sit and count alone.
But every day, nothin's new,
I can't find one and two.

But I'll give you three good reasons for leavin'.
Number one is that I've forgotten number two.
Yeah, number one is that I've forgotten number two.
Number one is that I've forgotten number two.

Watch how she tore me all apart.
Watch how she ripped up my heart.
Watch how she cut that thing clean through.
Watch out she'll do the same to you.

Watch how she wrecked this hope filled train.
Watch how she revelled in my shame.
Watch how she learned me who was boss.
Watch out, or that's what you'll get taught.

Well, iIt was gone before it ever went away:
Got up and left before it even really tried to stay.
Any doubt that hung around sure ain't here now,
Oh, she's the best dirty trick love ever played.

Watch how she tossed my passions round.
Watch how she drug 'em cross the ground.
Watch how she claimed they're hers to use.
Watch out she'll drag yours for you.

Watch out, I never felt such pain.
Watch out, I've never been the same.
Watch out, she don't need no excuse.
Watch out she'll do the same to you.

When I first came here, I was empty, lost and weak.
When I first came here, in your arms I found relief.
When I first came here, well, I was empty, lost and weak.
When I first came here, in your arms I found relief.

When I first came here, I was searching for a friend,
When I first came here, it was your heart that took me in.
When I first came here, I was searching for a friend,
When I first came here, it was your heart that took me in.

So I wasn't wrong to long for your beauty.
And my eyes were not blind, to trust your smile.
What they once never showed were the endless moments alone,
That you'd leave behind.

No, they once never showed these ceaseless moments alone:
Or what you'd leave behind.

When I first came here, your lips were where each thought began.
When I first came here, my craving for you knew no end.
When I first came here, your lips were where each thought began.
When I first came here, my craving for you wouldn't end.

When I first came here, each morning we woke, spent the week,
When I first came here, we seldom used our bed for sleep.
When I first came here, we woke each morning, spent the week.
When I first came here, our bed was seldom used for sleep.

When I first came here, I fell victim to your touch.
When I first came here, I saw and craved this constant blush.
When I first came here, well, I fell victim to your touch.
When I first came here, I saw and craved this constant blush.

When I first came here, when my memory first arrived.

Its hard to keep tears out of my eyes
This might be our last goodbye
Our country calls you to defend a great land
So do your part just like a man

Down where the river bends
With god's help we'll meet again
Under the same old sycamore tree
Proud of each other and the land of the free

I go down to the ocean blue
Its just as close as I came to you
This old ocean might keep us apart
But it won't keep you dear out of my heart

Down where the river bends
With god's help we'll meet again
Under the same old sycamore tree
Proud of each other and the land of the free

If the worst should happen and the poppies should wave
Over your far distant, lonely grave
All the rest of my life I'll spend in prayer
I'll meet you in heaven there'll be no war there

Down where the river bends
With god's help we'll meet again
Under the same old sycamore tree
Proud of each other and the land of the free

Well, I was rollin' down the road
In some cold blue steel,
I had a blues man in back,
And a beautician at the wheel.

We going downtown
In the middle of the night
We're laughing and I'm jokin'
And we feelin' alright.

Cause, I'm bad, girl, I'm nationwide.
Yes, I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.

Easin' down the highway
In a new Cadillac,
I had a fine fox in front,
I had three more in the back..

They sportin' short dresses,
Wearin' spike-heel shoes,
They smokin' Lucky Strikes,
And wearing nylons too.

'Cause we bad, we nationwide.
Yeah we bad, yeah, we nationwide.

--- Instrumental ---

'Cause I'm bad, girl we're nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.

Well, I was movin' down the road
In my V-8 Ford,
I had my boots shined up,
And my sideburns lowered.

With my New York brim
And my gold tooth displayed,
Nobody give me trouble
'Cause they know I got it made.

'Cause I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
'Cause I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Whoa girl I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Girl I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Oh I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
etc...

(Heather Myles with Dwight Yoakam)

Sun's goin' down, it's still a hundred an' three.
Drivin' 'cross the desert, down Highway fifteen.
There's no turnin' back now, got all that we need.
To a desert oasis, we're travelin', my baby an' me.

We're goin' to the Little Chapel,
On the Las Vegas strip,
Where the preacher looks like Elvis;
We could even strike it rich.
Life is a gamble,
But our love's a sure bet.
Goin' to the Little Chapel,
On the Las Vegas strip.

Instrumental break.

Car's broken down, the side of the road,
How we got this far, God only knows.
Sold everything, don't need luxury.
Been livin' on good lovin', my baby an' me.

We're goin' to the Little Chapel,
On the Las Vegas strip,
Where the preacher looks like Elvis;
We could even strike it rich.
Life is a gamble,
But our love's a sure bet.
Goin' to the Little Chapel,
On the Las Vegas strip.

Life is a gamble,
But our love's a sure bet.
Goin' to the Little Chapel, (Goin' to the Little Chapel.)
On the Las Vegas strip.

Goin' to the Little Chapel,
On the Las Vegas strip.

Well if i had money
Tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
Lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well the girl I love
I stole her from a friend
He got lucky, stole her back again
She heard he had a Mercury
Lord she's crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well hey now mama
You look so fine
ridin round in your Mercury 49
Crazy bout a Mercury
lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well my baby went out
She didn't stay long
Bought herself a Mercury, come a cruisin home
She's crazy bout a Mercury
Yeah she's crazy bout a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well if I had money
I tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy me a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Miner's prayer is dedicated to the memory of luther tibbs.
A kentucky coal miner for 40 years, and my grandpa.

When the whistle blows each morning
And i walk down in that cold, dark mine
I say a prayer to my dear savior
Please let me see the sunshine one more time

Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will i lay these burdens down
And when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

I still grieve for my poor brother
And i still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
He'd lost his life down in the big shoal mine

Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will i lay these burdens down
And when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

I have no shame, i feel no sorrow
If on this earth not much i own
I have the love of my sweet children
An old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe

Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will i lay these burdens down
And when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

Yeah, when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

When I was a boy my family would travel
Inta' Western Kentucky where my parents were born
To a lost little town there thats often remembered
So many times that my memory drew warn
And daddy won't ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away
Well sometimes we travel right down the green river
To the abandoned old prison down by Gadry Hill.
Where the air smelled like snakes an' we'd shoot off pistols
Ahh but empty pop bottles is all we would kill
And daddy won't ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay
He said i'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away
Welll the coal compny' came with the worlds largest shovel
They tortured the timber and stripped all of the land
Lord they dug for their coal til the ground was forsaken
Then wrote it all down as a the Progress Of Man
So daddy won't ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away
When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just 5 miles away from wherever I am
Ohhh... and daddy won't ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away
He said I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away
Oh Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away.

Some Dark Holler

I'd rather be in some dark holler

Where the sun don't never shine

Than to be here alone knowing you're gone

While I slowly lose my mind



So blow your whistle freight train

Take me farther on down the track

I'm going away, I'm leaving today

I'm going and I ain't coming back


I'd rather be in some dark holler

Where the sun don't never shine

Than to be in some big city

In a small room with your love on my mind



So blow your whistle freight train

Take me farther on down the track

I'm going away, I'm leaving today

I'm going and I ain't coming back



I'd rather be in some dark holler

Where the sun don't never shine

Than to be here alone knowing you're gone

As I slowly lose my mind


So blow your whistle freight train

Take me farther on down the track

I'm going away, I'm leaving today

I'm going and I ain't coming back


I'm going and I ain't coming back
Yes, I'm going and I ain't coming back

Dwight Yoakam & Johnny Cash

Don't call my name out your window, as I'm leavin'
'Cause I won't even turn my head
And don't send your kin folk to give me no dang talkin'
'Cause I'll be gone like I said

You'd can say the same ole things
That you've been sayin' all along
Just lay there in your bed
And keep you mouth shut 'till I'm gone
No, Don't give me that old familiar, cry n' cuss n' moan
Understand your man
Oh, Understand your man
huh.

--- Instrumental ---

Oh, party boys

You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army
And everything else I leave behind
I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my travelin'
While I untangle my mind

No, I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore
While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before
Yet, I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man (meditate on it)
You'll understand your man (You hear me talkin, now?)
Understand your man (I told you so)
Understand your man
Huh,

oh hu.
Understand your man

Understand your man

Understand your man

Understand

Understand your man...

(Deana Carter/Dwight Yoakam)

Waiting for your world to turn around is less likely to be found
As I watch it moving past
Than any other hope that I might hold
That someday you might know what it's like to slowly drown.

Waiting for your world to turn around
Waiting for the the thought to cross your mind
That 2 hearts might be inclined to commit an act that's bold
Or even just be looking for a chance to take advantage of.

One glance and live inside it one more time
Waiting for the thought to cross your mind
How long will it be
'Til these blind eyes can finally see
I don't know, time goes so slow
While your love, like a river, flows right by me.

Waiting for your world to turn around is less likely to be found
As I watch it moving past
Than any other hope that I might hold that someday you
Might know what it's like to slowly drown
Waiting for your world to turn around...

We've all got wheels to take ourselves away
We've got telephones to say what we can't say
We all got higher and higher every day
Come on wheels take this boy away

We're not afraid to ride
We're not afraid to die
Come on wheels take me home today
So come on wheels take this boy away

When I feel my time is almost up
And destiny is in my right hand
I will turn to you who made my faith so strong
Come on wheels make this boy a man

We're not afraid to ride
We're not afraid to die
Come on wheels take me home today
Come on wheels take this boy away
Come on wheels take me home today

Dwight Yoakam & Johnny Cash

Don't call my name out your window, as I'm leavin'
'Cause I won't even turn my head
And don't send your kin folk to give me no dang talkin'
'Cause I'll be gone like I said

You'd can say the same ole things
That you've been sayin' all along
Just lay there in your bed
And keep you mouth shut 'till I'm gone
No, Don't give me that old familiar, cry n' cuss n' moan
Understand your man
Oh, Understand your man
huh.

--- Instrumental ---

Oh, party boys

You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army
And everything else I leave behind
I ain't takin' nothin' that'll slow down my travelin'
While I untangle my mind

No, I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore
While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before
Yet, I'll be as gone as a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man (meditate on it)
You'll understand your man (You hear me talkin, now?)
Understand your man (I told you so)
Understand your man
Huh,

oh hu.
Understand your man

Understand your man

Understand your man

Understand

Understand your man...

Dwight Yoakam & Earl Scruggs

At every glance, you steal from me
I catch your eyes still offering
You've got desire bought with deceit
'Cause borrowed love ain't never free.

--- Instrumental ---

I vainly swear in my starved mind
To crave your look only one more time
And pray not to reap what we might sow
If borrowed love should start to grow.

--- Instrumental ---

Borrowed love, not yours for givin'
Borrowed love, not mine to seek
Borrowed love, this road we're takin'
Toward one another's awful steep.

Forgiveness for what passion wreaks
Bears a hurtful cost that don't come cheap
It's wages paid with misery
'Cause borrowed love ain't never free.

--- Instrumental ---

Borrowed love, not yours for givin'
Borrowed love, not mine to seek
Borrowed love, this road we're takin'
Toward one another's awful steep.

At every glance, you steal from me
I catch your eyes still offering
l got desire bought with deceit
'Cause borrowed love ain't never free...

Holding things together
Ain't no easy thing to do
When it comes to raisin' children
It's a job - meant for two

Alice, please believe me
I can't go on and on
Holding things together
With you gone.

Today was Angie's birthday
I guess it slipped your mind
'Cause I tried twice to call you
With no answer either time

The postman brought a package
I mailed some days ago
I just signed it love from mama
So Angie wouldn't know.

Holding things together
Ain't no easy thing to do
When it comes to raisin' children
It's a job - meant for two

Alice, please believe me
I can't go on and on
Holding things together
With you gone.

Holding things together
With you gone.

I've been waiting here in Louisville
Lots of time to kill, waiting here for you
I've had to get a job in Louisville
Cause my hotel bill is six weeks overdue

You called to say you were leaving
That Kentucky was half away
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
I've been waiting here in Louisville
You got until my bus leaves for L.A.

Let's not fool ourselves there's something wrong
You don't belong to me now I can tell
Six long weeks it took, but it's a game
You never meant to come to Louisville

You come to see here believing
That Kentucky was half away
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
I've been waiting here in Louisville
You got until my bus leaves for L.A.

You come to see here believing
That Kentucky was half away
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
Six long weeks this took but it's a game
You never meant to come here anyway

I've been waiting here in Louisville
You got until my bus leaves for L.A.
You got until my bus leaves for L.A.

(Written by Bob Wills)

--- Instrumental ---

Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I live with a memory
Beneath the stars all alone

It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue, up above
A moonlit path that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love

Moon in all your splendor knows only my heart
Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender like petals fallin' apart
Speak once again of my love, my own

Broken song, empty words I know
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo
And Rose, my Rose of San Antone

--- Instrumental ---

Just a ragged kid in overalls,
He thumbed a ride one day
He said, "Anywhere you're headed on my way."
But as we passed by Big Al's drive-in
His eyes began to flash
He was leavin' Rapid City mighty fast.

He said, "I hope to God she finds
The good-bye letter that I wrote her
But the mail don't move to fast
In Rapid City, South Dakota."

--- Instrumental ---

Well, he left her just a blanket
Of snow upon the farm
And that don't keep your conscience very warm.
He said his friends were too durn country
And his pa was too damn mean
And there ain't no money pumpin' gasoline.

And her gentle eyes, the merchandise
Of dreams the peddler sold her
As he left her there in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Now the reason he was goin',
I ain't sure I could say,
Might've been the rodeo in Santa F'.
"There's a doctor in chicago,
I know she'll be all right."
He told himself as he stared into the night.

And he said, "I hope to God she finds
The good-bye letter that I wrote her
But the mail don't move so fast
In Rapid City, South Dakota."

And all her people treatin' her
Just like they never knowed her
Lord, the winter's passin' slow
In Rapid City, South Dakota.

Dwight Yoakam & Ricky Skaggs

Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
Because another man
Has got my woman and gone

Instrumental

Hey I've got those blues
I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
Yes, I've got those blues
I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes
My gal went way and left me
She left me with the doggone blues

Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long - Lord, Lord
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
Because another man
Has got my woman and gone

Instrumental

You'll never miss your water until the well runs dry
You'll never miss your water until the well runs dry
You'll never miss your woman until she says goodbye

Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long - Lord, Lord
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
Because another man
Has got my woman and gone

Instrumental

Ah, and I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
Yeah, I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home
I'm not so lonesome
I just don't want to be alone

Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long - Lord, Lord
Lord the road is rocky but it won't be rocky long
Because another man
Has got my woman and gone...

(Jimmie Rodgers)

I said T for Texas
T for Tennessee
Oh, yeah, I said T for Texas
T for Tennessee
Said, T for old Thelma
The gal who made a wreck out of me

Well, if you don't want me momma
You sure don't have to start
Ah, if you don't want me momma
You sure don't have to start
'Cause I can get more women
Than a passenger train car

Yeah, I said T for Texas
T for Tennessee
Whoa, T for Texas
T for Tennessee
I said, T for old Thelma
The gal who made a wreck out of me

I'm gonna buy me a pistol
Just as long as I am tall
I'm going to buy me a pistol
Just as long as I am tall
I'm gonna shoot down old mean Thelma
Just to watch her jump and fall

I said T for Texas
T for Tennessee
I said T for Texas
T for Tennessee
T for old Thelma
The gal who made a wreck out of me

Gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel, oh yeah
I'm gonna buy me a shotgun
With a great long shiny barrel
Gonna shoot down that rounder
That stole away my girl

I'm going where the water
Tastes like cherry wine
Yeah, I'm going where the water
Tastes like cherry wine
'Cause the water down here in Georgia
Tastes like turpentine

I said T for Texas
T for Tennessee
Oh I said, T for Texas
T for Tennessee
I said T for old Thelma
The gal who made a wreck out of me
Oh yeah, women make a fool out of me

Truckin' - got my chips cashed in
Keep Truckin' - like the doodah man
Together - more or less in line
Just keep truckin' on

Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit, it's all the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings

Dallas - got a soft machine
Houston - too close to New Orleans
New York - got the ways and means
But just won't let you be

Most of the cats you meet on the street speak of True Love
Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home
One of these days they know they gotta get goin'
Out of the door and down to the street all alone

Truckin' - like the doodah man
Once told me you got to play your hand
Sometimes - the cards ain't worth a damn
If you don't lay 'em down

Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been

Hey, what in the world ever became of sweet Jane?
She lost her sparkle, you know she isn't the same
Living on reds, vitamin see and cocaine
All a friend can say is "Ain't it a shame"

Truckin' - up to Buffalo
Been thinkin' - you got to mellow slow
Take time - you pick a place to go
And just keep truckin' on

Sitting and staring out of a hotel window
Got a tip they're kicking the door in again
I'd like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in

Busted - down on Bourbon Street
Set up - like a bowling pin
Knocked down - it gets to wearing thin
They just won't let you be

You're sick of hanging around and you'd like to travel
Get tired of traveling, you'd like to settle down
I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying
Get out of the door - light out and look all around

Sometimes the light's all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been

Truckin' - I'm a goin' home
Whoa - oh, baby, back where I belong
Back home - sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin' on

Well, I was rollin' down the road
In some cold blue steel,
I had a blues man in back,
And a beautician at the wheel.

We going downtown
In the middle of the night
We're laughing and I'm jokin'
And we feelin' alright.

Cause, I'm bad, girl, I'm nationwide.
Yes, I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.

Easin' down the highway
In a new Cadillac,
I had a fine fox in front,
I had three more in the back..

They sportin' short dresses,
Wearin' spike-heel shoes,
They smokin' Lucky Strikes,
And wearing nylons too.

'Cause we bad, we nationwide.
Yeah we bad, yeah, we nationwide.

--- Instrumental ---

'Cause I'm bad, girl we're nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.

Well, I was movin' down the road
In my V-8 Ford,
I had my boots shined up,
And my sideburns lowered.

With my New York brim
And my gold tooth displayed,
Nobody give me trouble
'Cause they know I got it made.

'Cause I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
'Cause I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Whoa girl I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Girl I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Oh I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide.
etc...

What I'm looking for is all I need
'Cause what I've wanted most is
Some space between her heart and mine
Which sure ain't no small chore to find

What I get will lead to what I do
I just hope that's not later than it is soon
Or else all night I'll be up again alright
What I straight up need to score is a place to cry

This ain't over until once it's through
But once more's twice as much as I can use
Or care to try for my eyes to get dry
'Cause man the fix I need right now is a place to cry

I don't need a lot just some quiet spot
That won't stain from tears
Please, I'd rather not see us both get caught
With cleaning up that could take years

What starts hurting worst is not as strong as
The aches that happen next
Then before long it passes by but not until I want to die
'Cause what I'm strung out for is a place to cry

I don't need a lot just some quiet spot
That won't stain from tears
Please, I'd rather not see us both get caught
With cleaning up that could take years

What I'm looking for is all I need
'Cause what I've wanted most is
Some space between her heart and mine
Which sure ain't no small chore to find

Oh, what I'm Jonesin' for right now
Is a place to cry
Yeah, what I'm jonesin' for right now
Is a place to cry

I heard you swear your love this morning
And it caught me almost wanting to believe
The three little words that serve as warning
And say it's just a promise you can't keep.

A statement that's been so used
I felt compelled to tell you
But knew there wasn't much to say
I could have threatened leavin'
Or listed hopeless reasons
If I didn't have this need to stay.

Three little words should be my warning
'Cause I know that it's a promise you can't keep.

- Instrumental -

A statement that's been so used
I felt compelled to tell you
But knew there wasn't much to say
I could have threatened leavin'
Or listed hopeless reasons
If I didn't have this need to stay.

Three little words should be my warning
'Cause I know that it's a promise you can't keep.

I heard you swear your love this morning...

Green, green leaves falling down
From the tops of tall, tall trees
Touch ground near what just might be the single clue
Red, red drops that drip out
From the bottom of my heart
Must mean that I'm living in a world of blue.

There's not one golden sign
That the sun will ever shine
Even the clouds have assumed a darker hue
That fact that daylight's only trace
Reflects off tear streaks across my face
Must mean that I'm living in a world of blue.

- Instrumental -

There's not one golden sign
That the sun will ever shine
Even the clouds have assumed a darker hue
That fact that daylight's only trace
Reflects off tear streaks across my face
Must mean that I'm living in a world of blue.

It must mean that I'm living in a world of blue...

I'd been building hopes so long
Honey, I must have lost sight of what went wrong
'Cause in sorrow's blinding light today
Baby, it looks like my dreams were made of clay.

Years of yearning spent for you
Honey, I know now were the cravings of a fool
I guess your wants just slipped away
And baby, it looks like my dreams were made of clay.

I knew love could toss you down
An' leave you there to crawl around
But never thought that was a fall we'd make.
Getting up was nothing new
The kind of thing hearts learn to do
But knowing how doesn't mean it's easy to take.

So I'll forget about
Plans we had for me and you
And dwell on thoughts lonely lives pursue
Praying memories don't stay
'Cause baby, it looks like our dreams were made of clay.

- Instrumental -

I knew love could toss you down
An' leave you there to crawl around
But never thought that was a fall we'd make.
Getting up was nothing new
The kind of thing hearts learn to do
But knowing how doesn't mean it's easy to take.

So I'll forget about
Plans we had for me and you
And dwell on thoughts lonely lives pursue
Praying memories don't stay
Baby, it looks like our dreams were made of clay.

Yeah baby, it looks like our dreams were made of clay...

Honey, if you only knew
What I've the will to do
Endure or take
All for love's sake.

Baby, there'd be no denyin'
Any sacrifice that
I'm prepared to make
All for love's sake.

As evidence I offer up my heart
Begging you to use every last part.

Baby, I'll stand shielding you
Any it hurt quick to pursue
Each blades embrace
All for love's sake.

- Instrumental -

As evidence I offer up my heart
Begging you to use every last part.

- Instrumental -

Honey, if you only knew
What I've the will to do
Endure or take
All for love's sake.

Baby, there'd be no denyin'
Any sacrifice that
I'm prepared to make
All for love's sake.

As evidence I offer up my heart
Begging you to use every last part.

For love's sake.
For love's sake.
For love's sake.
For love's sake.
For love's sake.
For love's sake...

Baby now I understand how time can alter any plan
Then gently lead you to know, truth hopes lies will never show
That love only pauses for a while and is always free to go

Honey I learned not to seek any promise hearts must keep
After mine had come to know, disappointedly so
That love only pauses for a while and is always free to go

At every fading glance I reach to take it in my hands
As if that touch might be the one last chance

And though all those distant dreams seldom turn out what they seem
In the rush to let them grow, their loss had taught me to know
That love only pauses for a while and is always free to go

At every fading glance I reach to take it in my hands
As if that touch might be the one last chance

Baby now I understand how time can alter any plan
Then gently lead you to know, truth hopes lies will never show
That love only pauses for a while and is always free to go
Yeah love only pauses for a while and is always free to go

I want you to want me
Yeah, I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
Yeah, I'm beggin' you to beg me

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
Yeah, I'd love you to love me
I'll shine up my old brown shoes

Put on a brand new shirt
Get home early from work
If you say that you love me

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
Feeling all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dying
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'

And I want you to want me
Yeah, I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
Yeah, I'm beggin' you to beg me

I'll shine up my old brown shoes
Put on a brand new shirt
Get home early from work
If you say that you love me

Aw, Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
Feeling all alone without a friend
you know you feel like dying
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I hear you cryin'

- Instrumental -

I'll shine up my old brown shoes
Put on a brand new shirt
Get home early from work
If you say that you love me

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I hear you cryin'
Feeling all alone without a friend
you know you feel like dying
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I hear you cryin'

I want you to want me
Yeah, I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
Woo, I want you to want me...

I was there
I was there
When love crashed and burned
I was there

I was there when love came around with sweet, warm kisses
I was there when it burned into desire
I was there when it ran into a raging river
And then turned into a runaway wildfire

I was there
I was there
When love came around
I was there

And one thing for certain
I did all the hurtin'
At love's final curtain
I was there

Solo

I was there when love came in like a living tornado
I was there when it blew out of control
I was there when something quickly turned
Into nothing
Just a hopeless, helpless dream gone up in smoke

Baby, I couldn't hide
No matter how hard I tried
Was foolish to have begun
To believe I'd ever outrun

And honey I had no call
To try and escape at all
'Cause by the time I got free
Love caught up to me

Baby, I used to have ways
To avoid anyplace
That even had half the chance
To cut in on my dance

Yeah, my cool heart hung around
Only if it couldn't be found
But showed up permanently
When love caught up to me

The fascinations of each lie
I told myself were reasons why
The feeble boast I made alone
Sound faded worn and all outgrown

Hey, I could never afford
Honey, all it would cost
To replace what you do
If it ever got lost

But baby, I'd beg and steal
Just to keep how I feel
A way I never did need
Till love caught up to me

The fascinations of each lie
I told myself were reasons why
The feeble boast I made alone
Sound faded worn and all outgrown

Baby, I couldn't hide
No matter how hard I tried
Was foolish to have begun
To believe I'd ever outrun

And honey,I had no call
To try and escape at all
'Cause by the time I got free
Love caught up to me

Yeah, by the time I got free
Love caught up to me

Buddy, you might think
That I've lost my mind
But mister, I'd pay twice
To do it one more time.

It cost a thousand tears
And wore out my knees
But buddy, that's okay
The heartaches are free.

You probably thought I'd used
Up every brain I had
But mister, once you've tried
You'll swear that it ain't bad.

It cost a thousand tears
And'll wear out your knees
But buddy, that's okay
The heartaches are free.

Hey man, if she takes a notion
To sell you a hit of potion
Waste no time
And boss, if you need a reason
To pay for all her teasin'
Well, just take mine.

It cost a thousand tears
And'll wear out your knees
But buddy, that's okay
The heartaches are free.

- Instrumental -

Hey man, if she takes a notion
To sell you a hit of potion
Waste no time
And boss, if you need a reason
To pay for all her teasin'
Well, just take mine.

It cost a thousand tears
And'll wear out your knees
But buddy, that's okay
The heartaches are free.

Yeah, I can guarantee
The heartaches are free...

We've agreed not to mention any memories
Or share a single passing thought
That's just better for all concerned, is what we've found
When you're living on the sad side of town

There's always hope, but we don't ever let it show
'Cause hopes start out real small, but how they just grow
And, just like dreams, are better left alone, is what we've found
When you're living on the sad side of town

BRIDGE:
Please never bring up how she used to laugh at night
Would smell so sweet and giggle when I squeezed her tight
If you can put a stop to that, there's a chance you might
Fit in here well enough to try this style of life

Nighttime gets longer each mornin' I wake up
With sunlight that's long over due
I start makin' plans for having thoughts that might take up
Some of the time that I'll spend missing you.

Winters come a-crawling
After fall left me callin'
For an end to what spring put me through
'Cause summers only blessing
Had been the warm breeze caressing
All the time that I spent missing you.

- Instrumental -

Minutes of misery drag through hours of memories
Past a voice that swears they're not true
It keeps avoiding, denying though but mostly just lying
About the time that I'll spend missing you.

Winters come a-crawling
After fall left me calling
For an end to what spring put me through
'Cause summers only blessing
Had been the warm breeze caressing
All the time that I spent missing you.

- Instrumental -

Winters come a-crawling
After fall left me calling
For an end to what spring put me through
'Cause summers only blessing
Had been the warm breeze caressing
All the time that I spent missing you...

Hey baby what do you know about how it feels
Honey what do you know about if that's real
Baby what do you know about the whole deal
And what'd you know about love

Hey baby what do you know about all its dreams
Honey what do you know about Cupid's schemes
Baby what do you know about what that means
And what'd you know about love

For I've been longing to find
Another heart that would know
And it seems like yours just might

Hey baby what do you know about it's first blush
Honey what do you know about the caught up rush
Baby what do you know about what to trust
And what do you know about love, woah no

My heart's so often been wrong
That it still can't be sure
If this finally did come along

Hey baby what do you know about all its dreams
Honey what do you know about Cupid's schemes
Baby what do you know about what that means
And what'd you know about love
Oh take it down

Hey baby what do you know about how it feels
Honey what do you know about if that's real
Baby what do you know about the whole deal
And what'd you know about love
Oh baby, tell me what do you know about the whole deal
And what do you know about love

Runway four, flight 209
Teardrop falls, we start to climb
This window seat proved a poor choice
It shows the dream that's been destroyed

A little baby starts to cry
Hey, i would too, if not for pride
I owe so much to pride, it's true
It brought an end to me and you

Chorus:
But if i could, i'd turn around
Set my feet back on the ground
'cause all this plane ride holds for me
Is a thousand miles of misery
I hear the engines, watch the clouds
The whole damn world looks distant now
But i can't seem to put no space
Between my cold heart and your sweet face

Across the aisle they're holding hands
Revealing brand new wedding bands
But our sweet gold, it's gone to rust
Now my life has turned to dust

Chorus:
But if i could, i'd turn around
Set my feet back on the ground
'cause all this plane ride holds for me
Is a thousand miles of misery
All this plane ride holds for me
Is a thousand miles of misery

Don't look inside
No, don't look there
'Cause you might find
Yourself somewhere

Walkin' 'round
Lost and alone
Without one clue
That it's a long way home

Years and years
Is a lot of time
To drag your heart across
Every rock you find
Hate is deep
And its pull is strong
But the passion's short
Then it's a long way home

I can't take
One single step for you
But I might just help
To find some
small pathway through

Don't look back
'Cause you might see
Just how far
All that used to be

Just let your mind
Think on what's gone
And then you'll know
That it's a long way home

Yeah, you'll know
That it's a long way home

You'll find out
That it's a long way home

There ain't no doubt
That it's a long way home

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be

I got heartaches in my pocket
I got echoes in my head
And all that I keep hearing
Are the cruel cruel things that you said

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I

I got bruises on my memory
I got tear stains on my hands
And in the mirror there's a vision
Of what used to be a man

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don't matter to me
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere
And there's no place I want to be

She wore red dresses with her black shining hair
She had my baby and caused me to care
Then coldly she left me to suffer and cry
She wore red dresses and told such sweet lies

I never knew him but he took her away
On my knees like a madman for vengeance i prayed
While the pain and the anger destroyed my weak mind
She wore red dresses and left the wounded behind

I searched till i found them, then i cursed at the sight
Of their sleeping shadows in the cold neon light
In the dark morning silence i placed the gun to her head
She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead

Chorus:
Bury me along the big sandy
Down in the blue gray mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble

Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
Just bury me along the big sandy
Under a blue kentucky sky

This old town of sin, it's about to do me in
I don't know how much i can stand
With my knees on the street and my heart at their feet
I'm forced to beg from satan's hand

Chorus:
So bury me along the big sandy
Down in the blue gray mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble

Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
Just bury me along the big sandy
Under a blue kentucky sky

When i came to this land i was strong and i could stand
But now i've somehow gone astray
Yet i still see the truth in the teachings of my youth
And i know that the lord ain't turned away

Chorus:
So bury me along the big sandy
Down in the blue gray mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble

Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
Just bury me along the big sandy
Under a blue kentucky sky
Under a blue kentucky sky

Maybe someday I'll be strong
Maybe it won't take long
I'll be the one who's tough
You'll be the one who's got it rough
It won't be long and
Maybe I'll be real strong

Maybe I'll do things right
Maybe I'll start tonight
You'll learn to cry like me
Baby let's just wait and see
Maybe I'll start tonight
And do things right

You'll control me
And oh so boldly
Rule me 'til I'm free
'Til the pain that shakes me
Finally makes me
Get up off of my knees

Maybe I'll be as fast as you
Maybe I'll break hearts too
I think that you'll slow down
When your turn to hurt comes around
Maybe I'll break hearts
And be as fast as you

You'll control me
And oh so boldly
Rule me 'til I'm free
'Til the pain that shakes me
Finally makes me
Get up off of my knees

Maybe I'll be as fast as you
Maybe I'll break hearts too
I think that you'll slow down
When your turn to hurt comes around
Maybe I'll break hearts
And be as fast as you

Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad
And cry myself to sleep
You showed me how this town can shatter dreams
Another lesson about a naive fool
That came to Babylon
And found out that the pie don't taste so sweet

Now it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

There ain't no glamor in this tinseled land
Of lost and wasted lives
And painful scars are all that's left of me
But thank you girl for teaching me
Brand new ways to be cruel
And if I can find my mind now, I guess I'll just leave

And it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

Now it's guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
And lonely, lonely streets that I call home
Yeah, my guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music
Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on

It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on
It's the only thing that keeps me hanging on

Home for sale that's much too large
Too many rooms, big ole empty yard
Far more space than the owner needs
Price includes all memories

Home for sale, restored like new
Just a place two lives outgrew
A change in heart forces move away
Would like to keep but just can't stay

Listen close and you might hear the sound
Of what you think is rainfall leaking down
Roof is fine, set aside your fears
It's just a few remaining tears

Home for sale not all that old
Family's dream stands dark and cold
Scenic views that go for free
Of all the love that used to be

Home for sale that's much too large

I watch as you take off your clothes and slip under the sheets
Then i turn and kick the boots off my feet
I pull you close without a word 'cause there's no need to speak
Girl, beauty like yours is hard to beat

Chorus:
But i'll be gone in the morning, in the morning i'll be gone
'cause i'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

Just a look from those fiery eyes can all but erase
The memory of any other's face
And the passion they unleash could cause me to misplace
And lose all track of time without a trace

Chorus:
But i'll be gone in the morning, in the morning i'll be gone
'cause i'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

The sun intrudes and throws across the room its golden tracks
Shake the dreams, now it's back to facts
As i turn to leave i know you had what so many lack
Maybe some day that'll bring me back

Chorus:
But i'll be gone in the morning, in the morning i'll be gone
'cause i'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

But i'll be gone in the morning, in the morning i'll be gone
'cause i'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

I was just standing
Alone in this room
Surrounded by memories
We stopped making too soon
I was just standing
I was just standing
Alone in this room
Alone in this room

I was just thinking
All to myself
How I still want you
And nobody else
I was just thinking
I was just thinking
All to myself
All to myself

In this darkness I move slowly
Always struggling to be free
But I still hear your voice
And everywhere I see the choice
That's made such a fool of me

I was just wondering
If there was a way
To bring you back to me
Maybe things I could say
I was just wondering
I was just wondering
If there was a way

The only time I feel the pain
Is in the sunshine or the rain
And I don't feel no hurt at all
Unless you count when teardrops fall
I tell the truth 'cept when I lie
And it only hurts me when I cry

You couldn't tell it by this smile
But my recovery took a while
I worked for days and nights on end
Just to walk and talk again
You can't believe the time it takes
To heal a heart once it breaks

The only time I feel the pain
Is in the sunshine or the rain
And I don't feel no hurt at all
Unless you count when teardrops fall
I tell the truth 'cept when I lie
And it only hurts me when I cry

Oh maybe every now and then
I have a small heartache again
You wouldn't know to look at me
There's tiny scars that you can't see
It was a struggle to survive
I'm probably lucky I'm alive

The only time I feel the pain
Is in the sunshine or the rain
And I don't feel no hurt at all
Unless you count when teardrops fall
I tell the truth 'cept when I lie
And it only hurts me when I cry

I tell the truth 'cept when I lie
And it only hurts me when I cry

> Chorus:
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me
Today I had another bout with sorrow
You know this time I almost won
If this bottle would just hold out 'til tomorrow
I know that I'd have sorrow on the run
Chorus:
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me
Your memory comes back up with each sunrise
I reach out for the bottle and find it's gone
Yeah, Lord, somewhere every night the whiskey leaves me
To face this cold, cold world on my own
Chorus:
It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stool
And it won't hurt when I stumble in the street
It won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases misery
But even whiskey cannot ease your hurting me

She had left him lost and broken like no other had before
And now his heart was just a token of the pain it had endured
And his memories were clouded with all the hurtful things she'd said
Yes, for all intent and purpose he might just as well been dead

Chorus:
And some people claim they still hear him call he name
Hey, hey, maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
See, his body died some years ago
But around here mr. johnson's love lives on

He seemed far away and distant with that cold and silent stare
Never moving, never speaking and just barely breathing air
No one really knew her reason and who can judge her right or wrong
The only true and solemn fact is, the main we'd known was all but gone

Chorus:
And some people claim they still hear him call he name
Hey, hey, maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
See, his body died some years ago
But around here mr. johnson's love lives on

Sissy thompson said she'd seen him late that night on shelby road
About a mile from there they found him it seems he'd died out in the snow
I hear'd the preacher at the service say fro love he's finally free
But i say love, it knows no season it haunts the soul eternally

Chorus:
And some people claim they still hear him call he name
Hey, hey, maureen, swear they hear it just that plain
Deep in the night and sometimes right at dawn
Yeah, his body died some years ago
But around here mr. johnson's love lives on
Yes, his body died some years ago
But around here mr. johnson's love lives on

Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

You know i dated your big sister'
Oh, i took her to a show
I went for some candy
Along came jim dandy
And they slipped right out the door

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

I used to pull down on your pigtails
Hey girl, and pinch your turned up nose
Oh, but baby you been growin'
And lately it's been showin'
From your head down to your toes

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Yeah, little sister don't do what your big sister done

Every time i see your sister
Lord, she's with somebody new
Aw, she's mean and she's evil
Like a little ol' boll weevil
Guess i'll try my luck with you

Chorus:
Little sister don't you, little sister don't you
Little sister don't you kiss me once or twice
Tell me that it's nice and then you run
Hey, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Well, little sister don't you do what your big sister done
Aw, little sister don't you do what your big sister done

You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down

To look at you and me, no one would ever know
The pain that i've endured 'cause i won't let it show
My friends would laugh out loud if they only knew
The truth about how i am just your lovesick fool

Chorus:
You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down

The sadness in my eyes should somehow be a clue
But no one here would ever suspect sweet little you
There've been rumors of the truth but i've kept it quiet
'cause i'm too ashamed to let them know you make me cry

Chorus:
You've got your little ways to hurt me
You know just how to tear me up
And leave me in small pieces on the ground
You've got your little ways to hurt me
They're not too big but they're real tough
Just one cold look from you can knock me down
Yeah your little ways can knock me to the ground

Where did I go wrong
You know I've never had a clue
I must have just been born no good
'Cause bad's the best that I can do

Was it just my fate in life
To end up here this way
Lost and all alone
One more black lamb
That's gone astray

Lonesome roads are the only kind
I ever travel
Empty rooms are the only place
I ever stay
I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks
like trouble
Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend
I ever made

Lonesome roads are the only kind
I ever travel
Empty rooms are the only place
I ever stay
I'm just a face out in the crowd that looks
like trouble
Poor ol' worthless me is the only friend
I ever made

I hear you walking across the floor
I think that i'm dreaming
'til i hear you shut the door
I wake up crying and calling your name
Nothing's changed here without you
I start every day the same

The same old sun comes up to shine
On this old bed at the same old time
I tell myself he same old lie
I've got you off my mind

I feel your body lyin' next to mine
I reach out in the darkness
But you're not there for me to find
There's only sorrow, followed by pain
Nothing's changed here without you
I start every day the same

I see your sweet lips softly kiss me goodbye
I taste the salt of my tear drops
As they fall down from my eyes
I take a deep breath
But it's only in vain
'cause nothing's changed here without you
I start every day the same
No, nothing's changed here without you
And i start every day the same