Loretta Lynn

Well, they say that I'm too country, the way I look and sound.
They wanna to make me over, just a little more uptown.
Say I need to change my image, now tell me what's that mean.
Don't they know I've got country in my genes?

Well, I can't help the way I talk, I wouldn't change it if I could.
Sophisticated ain't my style, but country fits me good.
I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I've got country in my genes, country in my blood.
It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of.
It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see.
I'm just an old hillybilly with a country song to sing.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

Oh that Earl Scruggs.

If country's hit the big time, me, I'm still the same.
I ain't above my raisin' and I ain't about to change.
I wouldn't trade my Wranglers for the finest gaberdine.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I've got country in my genes, country in my blood.
It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of.
It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see.
I'm just an old hillybilly with a country song to sing.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I've got country in my genes, country in my blood.
It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of.
It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see.
I'm an old Kentucky hillybilly with a country song to sing.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised beneath the hallow moon
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
And hide myself in sorrow while you play your cheating game.

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare never drown my sorrow's in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrow's in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine.

Silver threads and golden needles cannot mend this heart of mine...

(Oh mama why did God take my daddy?)
('Cause I'd been good just like he said to be)
(I heard daddy pray, dear Lord don't take me from them)
(Oh mama, why did God take him from me?)

Come here son, you've asked mama somethin'
That's even hard for me to understand
For there's one thing I do know
Daddy wouldn't wanna see those tears in the eyes of this big man.

So stop cryin' now and listen real careful
To every word mama has to say, you see son
God picks the sweetest most beautiful flowers that grow
And he makes them the brightest shiniest stars that glow.

Now daddy talked with the Lord every day
And daddy and God'll be real close
So let's just say it seems that God takes
The ones he loves the most.

(Oh mama, why did God take my daddy?)
Son you haven't heard a word that mama said
So come on now let's say your prayers
And mama tuck you in bed.

And we must have questioned God
'Cause he already has everything planned
And honey daddy can't ever come back to us
Though we can go to him.

(Oh mama, why did God take him from me?)...

Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die

Once upon a time there lived a man
And his name was Isaac
He walked with God, both day and night
But he didn't wanna die

He cried, "Oh Lord, please let me live
Death is close, I know"
God smiled down on Isaac
And gave him fifteen years to go

Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die
Lord, I wanna go to Heaven
But I don't wanna die

So, I long for the day when I'll have new birth
Still I love the livin' here on Earth
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die

When Jesus lived here on this Earth
He knew his father's plan
He knew that he must give his life
To save the soul of man

When Judas had betrayed him
His father heard him cry
He was brave until his death
But he didn't wanna die

Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die
Lord, I wanna go to Heaven
But I don't wanna die

So, I long for the day when I'll have new birth
Still, I love the livin' here on Earth
Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die

Everybody wants to go to Heaven
But nobody wants to die

One of my fondest memories
Was sittin' on my daddy's knee
Listenin' to the stories that he told
He'd pull out that old photograph
Like a treasured memory from the past
And say, "Child this, here's the Van Lear rose"

Oh how it would bring a smile
When he talked about her big blue eyes
And how her beauty ran down to her soul
She'd walk across the coal miner's yard
Them miner's would yell loud and hard
And they'd dream of who would hold
The Van Lear rose

She was the belle of Johnson county
Ohio river to big sandy
A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
All the miner's they would gather 'round
Talk about the man that came to town
Right under their nose
Stole the heart of the Van Lear rose

Now the Van Lear rose could've had her pick
And all the fellers figured rich
Until' this poor boy caught her eye
His buddies would all laugh and say
Your dreaming boy, she'll never look your way
You'll never ever hold the Van Lear rose

She was the belle of Johnson county
Ohio river to big sandy
A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
All the miner's they would gather 'round
Talk about the man that came to town
Right under their nose
Stole the heart of the Van Lear rose

Then one night in mid July
Underneath that ol' blue Kentucky sky
Well, that poor boy won that beauty's heart
Then my daddy would look at my mommy and smile
As he brushed the hair back from my eyes and he'd say
Your mama, she's the Van Lear rose

She was the belle of Johnson county
Ohio river to big sandy
A beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
All the miner's they would gather 'round
Talk about the man that came to town
Right under their nose
Stole the heart of the Van Lear rose
Right under their nose
Stole the heart of the Van Lear rose

I can't understand a word you're saying
We've got a bad connection on our minds
Communication's one thing we never seem to find
Oh Lord I'm sorry, but there's trouble on the line

All I get is static when we're talking
You say my line is out of order all the time
We have nothing left in common
Your thoughts are not like mine
Oh Lord I'm sorry but there's trouble on the line
There's trouble on the line, from your heart to mine
Oh Lord I'm sorry but we're not getting through

The storm keeps getting worse
Lord, we might as well quit trying
Oh Lord I'm sorry, but there's trouble in the line
Oh Lord I'm sorry, but there's trouble on the line

The storm keeps getting' worse
Lord, we might as well quit trying'
Oh Lord I'm sorry, but there's trouble in the line
Oh Lord I'm sorry, but there's trouble on the line

Woman, you don't know me, but you can bet that I know you
Everybody in this whole darn town knows you too
I brought along our little babies 'cause I wanted them to see
The woman that's burnin' down our family tree

No, I didn't come to fight, he was a better man I might
But I wouldn't dirty my hands on trash like you, no
Bring out the babies' daddy, that's who they've come to see
Not the woman that's burnin' down our family tree

Their daddy once was a good man, until he ran into trash like you
Take a look, baby's face and tell me who loves who
I brought along his old dog Charlie and the bills that's overdue
The job you're workin', Lord, we need money, too

No, I didn't come to fight, he was a better man I might
But I wouldn't dirty my hands on trash like you, no
Bring out the babies' daddy, that's who they've come to see
Not the woman that's burnin' down our family tree
No, not the woman that's burnin' down our family tree

Have mercy on me, baby
I'm down upon my knees
Have mercy on me, baby
I'll do just as you please
Well, you know that I love you
I'll put no one else above you
Have mercy on me, baby, have mercy

Have mercy on me, baby
Please have a little heart
Have mercy on me, baby
You're tearin' me apart
The way that you do me
You know you done got to me
Have mercy on me, baby, have mercy

She's got you hypnotized
And your brain is paralyzed
You know she's only playing with you
Like a puppet on a string
Remember just one thing
She can't love you like I do, no

Have mercy on me, baby
Please give this heart a break
Have mercy on me, baby
I'll do just what it takes
You know you won't regret it
So hey there now I said it
Have mercy on me, baby, have mercy

Have mercy
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me, baby
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me, baby
Please have mercy on me
Have mercy

High on a mountain top
We live, we love and we laugh a lot
Folks up here know what they got
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Where the rest of the world's
Like a little bitty spot
I ain't comin' down, no, never I'm not
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Where I come from the mountain flowers grow wild
The blue grass sways like it's goin' out of style
God fearin' people simple and real
'Cause up on the ridge, folks that's the deal

Well, my daddy worked down in the dark coal mine
Shovelin' that coal one shovel at a time
Never made a lot money didn't have much
But we're high on life and rich in love

High on a mountain top
We live, we love and we laugh a lot
Folks up here know what they got
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Where the rest of the world's
Like a little bitty spot
I ain't comin' down, no, never I'm not
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Well, down in the holler lived my uncle Joe
He'd pull out his fiddle and rosin' his bow
We'd all sing and dance and we ain't gonna stop
And the moon shine flows behind every rock

High on a mountain top
We live, we love and we laugh a lot
Folks up here know what they got
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Where the rest of the world's
Like a little bitty spot
I ain't comin' down, no, never I'm not
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Well, we lay on our backs and we count the stars
'Cause up here folks Heaven's not that far

High on a mountain top
We live, we love and we laugh a lot
Folks up here know what they got
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

Where the rest of the world's
Like a little bitty spot
I ain't comin' down, no, never I'm not
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top
High on a mountain top

I was 11 months old, I was just startin' to walk
And daddy always kept, a big stick behind the door
Just in case somebody was to come in
That was drunk on moonshine

You know and daddy had to do something about it
Anyway, this woman, we called her old Aunt Boyd
She come in and she was telling mommy about her
Uh, husband, she thinks is going out with this woman in Paintsville

So she reared back with that big stick
Showing mommy how she was going
To hit this woman in the head with it
And when she went back with it, she hit me in the head

And Mommy said, I cried for 5 days
And she said I, that fifth night
I had a great big knot that show up
Right in the middle of my forehead

And, you know, the only thing I remember
I don't remember no pain, but I just remember mommy
And daddy carrying me in this old quilt
That Mommy had made out of overhalls

The knots kept getting bigger and bigger
And she took me to the doctor
And that stuff called mesitor, something like that
Mommy said it made both ears
Flat to my face and I ain't got very big ears

And them, told Mommy
That I would that I was going to die
And that happened like four times
So I didn't walk till I was almost 5
It was, it was kind of a mess

Oh, I forgot about the shoes
Well, shoot, I hadn't, I'd never had a pair of shoes
And Mommy had went, took me to the hospital
You know, to see what that was

If they couldn't do something, but they wouldn't keep me
Because Mommy and Daddy didn't have no money
They just tell 'em to take me home and let me die, you know
Because there wasn't nothing they could do about
That kind of disease, I guess

And, um, mommy told daddy, says, "Ted, you take her
Down the street, you carry her down the street"
And said, "Let me try this store here"
And Mommy went in and told them the story that I was dying

That she had to carry me twelve miles to town
And twelve miles back and that I had no shoes
That place, I think it was Murphy's 5 and 10
And they're still there in Paintsville, Kentucky

And I think that they told Mommy
That they wasn't in business to give shoes away
Mommy told daddy, says, "Carry Loretta on down a little farther"
Said, "And let me stop in another store"

And Mommy went right back to the same store
When the guy's back was turned she stole these little red shoes
And I remember on the big'old bridge that went across the river
It went way up high and was

I've always been scared of that bridge
That took me across the big Sandy River
Mommy pulled them out from under
That yellow jacket that she was wearing

And she was putting them red shoes on me
And I thought them was the prettiest things I ever saw in my life
And daddy started crying and I wondered why
And he said, "Clerie, we're not going to make it home"

And mommy put the shoes on me and daddy took off running
And run all the way ahead t'Butcher Holler with me
And Mommy never had a chance to carry me any farther
And that's almost twelve miles that daddy run with me

But daddy knew that the cops was going to get us
He left Mommy standing and he took off in a dead run
I remember him running but I didn't know what for
And I remember asking mommy, "Mommy, why is Daddy running?"

I remember her hollering, "To put your little red shoes away
Honey, when you get home" Can you believe that?
So I wrote a song called "Put My Little Red Shoes Away"
You know, they're my little red shoes
And I don't want 'em to get to be dirty

Why, I've heard people say
Why is this tree bent?
Why they don't have God enough to know?
Thats' the way that it was meant

Why is this little baby born
All twisted and out of shape?
We're not to question what he does
'Cause God makes no mistakes

Why, I've heard people say
Why is my child blind?
Why is that old drunk still livin'
When a daddy like mine is dyin'?

Our blessed Father gives us life
Has the power to take it away
There's no reason for what he does
God makes no mistakes

Why, I've heard people say
God cannot be alive
And all the things that people say
Has to be a lie

When they're down and out
And they need a hand
And their very souls at stake
If they'll call on him and just believe
God makes no mistakes

I'm in a womens prison
With bars all around
I caught my darlin' cheatin'
That's when I shot him down.

I caught him in a honky tonk
With a girl I used to know
The door to my cell is open wide
And a voice cries out, oh no.

The judge says I'm guilty
My sentence is to die
I know I've been forgiven
But the price of love is high.

The crowd outside screamin'
Let that murderer die
But above all their voices
I can hear my mama cry.

I'm sittin' here on the death row
And Lord, I've lost my mind
For love I've killed my darlin'
And for love I'll lose my life.

I can hear the warden coming
From the pinging of his keys
But when they come to get me
They'll hafta drag me off my knees.

The door to my cell swings open
It's time for me to go
The priest is reading my last rights
He says, dyin's part of livin', ya know.

There's a crowd outside screamin'
Let that murderer fry
But above all their voices
You can hear my mama cry.

Now they've strapped me in the chair
And covered up my eyes
And the last voice that I hear on earth
Is my mama's cry.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see...

1, 2, 3

Oh if this old house could talk
What a story it would tell
It would tell about the good times
And the bad times as well
It would tell about the love that lived
And died inside these walls
And the sound of the little footsteps
Runnin' up and down the halls

Oh, if this old house could talk
It would break my heart in two
I couldn't stand to be reminded
Of all the things we used to do
There's no love in this old house no more
So I got it up for sale
Why if this old house could talk
What a story it would tell

Oh, if this old house could talk
I know what it would say
I'm as lonesome as you are
And I fell more empty every day
I even miss the baby
Who built me up to feel this way
Why if this old house could talk
Lord, I know what it would say

Yeah, if this old house could talk
What a story it would tell
We'll build this home together
And with love we drove each nail
Take me in your arms and hold me
'Cause we've been apart too long
Why if this old house could talk
All it would say is welcome home

I've been in and out of every honky-tonk in town
And I'm almost drunk from the drinks that I've turned down
Well, you told me you'd be happy bouncin' babies on your knee
While I sit at home alone and I've been bouncin' three
Yeah, and I'm tired of it

I'm gonna call myself a long pink limousine
Yeah, believe it or not it's the prettiest thing I think I've ever seen
There's a big bar in the corner and a TV on the side
This baby's 60 feet long and 40 feet wide

Hey, driver pull this car, buddy, right inside the bar
Take it on back to the big ol' blonde that thinks she's a movie star
I'm gonna grab 'er by her phony ponytail
I'm gonna sling her 'round and round
When she wakes up she'll know she met up
With the mad Mrs. Leroy Brown

Well, the smoke's so doggone thick you could cut it with a knife
And the music's so loud you can hear the same line twice
Hey Leroy Brown, how do you like my big ol' pink limo?
Just drawed all your money out of the bank today
Honey, you don't have no mo'

I'm gonna call myself a long pink limousine
Yeah, believe it or not it's the prettiest thing I think I've ever seen
There's a big bar in the corner and a TV on the side
This baby's 60 feet long and 40 feet wide

Hey, driver pull this car, buddy, right inside the bar
Take it on back to the big ol' blonde that thinks she's a movie star
I'm gonna grab 'er by her phony ponytail
I'm gonna sling her around and around
When she wakes up she'll know she met up
With the mad Mrs. Leroy Brown

I lie here all alone
In my bed of memories
I'm dreamin' of your sweet kiss
Oh, how you loved on me

I can almost feel you with me
Here in this blue moonlight
Oh, I miss being Mrs. tonight

Like so many other hearts
Mine wanted to be free
I've been put here every day
Since you've been away from me

My reflection in the mirror
It's such a hurtful sight
Oh, I miss being Mrs. tonight
Oh, I miss being Mrs. tonight

Oh, and how I loved them loving arms
That once held me so tight
I took off my wedding band
And put it on my right hand
I miss being Mrs. tonight

Oh, I miss being Mrs. tonight
Oh, and how I loved them loving arms
That once held me so tight
I took off my wedding band
And put it on my right hand

I miss being Mrs. tonight
Oh, I miss being Mrs. tonight

Well here's the story of my life
Listen and I'll tell it twice
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey

Well I was borned in old Kentucky
In them hills where folks are lucky
And it's paradise to me

Well I got a feller right over the hill
If he asks me to marry well I know I will
He asked me to marry got kids of four
And I'm tellin' you
I don't want no more
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey

Doo got me a guitar
I wrote me a song
Moved to Nashville, it wasn't long
'Til I was on the Grand Ole Opry

We bought us a mansion on the hill
Livin' big like we were big deals
Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind
(pause)I was pregnant again
Oh gee, oh Lord, I swear
The babies are comin' in pairs



Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey

Well some big shot from Hollywood
Thought a movie 'bout my life would be good
It was a big hit made a big splash
What I wanna know is what happened to the cash
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey

Now me and Doo, married forty-eight years
Six kids later a lot of laughter and tears
I have to say that I've been blessed
Not bad for this ol' Kentucky girl I guess
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey

Well here's the story of my life
Listen and I'll tell it twice
Yeah hey, yeah hey, yeah hey

Oh well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along
Till my Lord comes and calls me calls me away oh yes
Oh well the morning's so bright and the lamb is the light
And the night night is as black as the sea oh yes
There will be peace peace in the valley for me some day
There will be peace in the valley for me oh Lord I pray
There'll be no sadness no sorrow no troubles I'll see
There will be peace peace in the valley for me

Well the bear will be gentle and the wolf will be tame
And the lion shall lay down down by the lamb oh yes
And the beast from the wild will be lead by little child
And I'll be changed changed from this creature that I am oh yes
There will be peace

There's a land beyond the river that we call the sweet forever
And we only reach that shore by fate you see
Yes I want to see my Jesus shake his hand and hear him greet us
When they ring those golden bells for you and me
Don't you hear the bells a ringing can't you hear the angels singing
This glory hallelujah jubilee
In that far off sweet forever just beyond the shining river
When they ring those golden bells for you and me

When our days have known the number when in death we'll sweetly slumber
When the king commands the spirit to be free
There'll be no more stormy weather we'll live peacefully together
When they ring those golden bells for you and me
Don't you hear the bells a ringing...

Oh Lord my God when I in all some wonder
Considered all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars I hear the roaring thunder Thy art throughout the universe displayed
Then sings my soul Thy save dear God to Thee
How great Thou art how great Thou art
Then sings my soul

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
To take me home what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim my God how great Thou art
Then sings my soul

I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold I'd rather be his than have riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land I'd rather be led by his nail pierced hands
Than to be the queen of the best domain and beheld in sin's dreads way
I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today

I'd rather have Jesus than men's applause I'd rather be faithful to his dear cause
I'd rather have Jesus then world wide things I'd rather be true to his holy name
Than to be the queen

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown
[ piano ]
Oh that old rugged cross so despised by the world is a wonderous attraction for me
For the dear lamb of God left this glory above to bare it to dark calvary
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross...

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I love to hear those good old songs they sing unto the Lord
I love to play my old guitar with them and I wanna choir
I'm looking forward to the day when I'll reach glory land
I'll have a harp with golden strings to play with the angel band

I'm gonna trade my old guitar for a harp with golden strings
I'm gonna play like David did unto my Lord in pain
We'll gather round the great white throne and make the heaven's ring
I'm gonna trade my old guitar for a harp with golden strings
[ ac.guitar ]
I hear songs of every time that gives my heart a trill
Songs of love and happiness and songs about the hills


But of all the songs I've ever heard there's none that can compare
To the songs I'll hear the angels sing when I get over there

I'm gonna trade my old guitar...
I'm gonna trade my old guitar for a harp with golden strings

He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole wide world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands

He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the little bitty baby in his hands
He's got the little bitty baby in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands...

He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got you and me sister in his hands
He's got you and me brother in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands...

He's got everybody here in his hands he's got everybody here in his hands
He's got everybody here in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands...
He's got the whole world in his hands...

I am weak but Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long as I walk let me walk close to Thee
Just a closer walk with Thee grant it Jesus is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee let it be dear Lord let it be
When my feeble life is o'er time for me shall be no more
Guide me gently safely o'er to Thy kingdom shores to Thy shores
Just a closer walk

My heavenly home is bright and fair I feel like traveling on
No pain nor death can inner there I feel like traveling on
Yes I feel like traveling on I feel like traveling on
My heavenly home is bright and fair I feel like traveling on
[ ac.guitar ]
Its glittering towers the sun outshines I feel like traveling on
That heavenly mansion shall be mine I feel like traveling on
Yes I feel like traveling on...
[ dobro ]
The Lord has been so good to me I feel like traveling on


Until that blessed home I see I feel like traveling on
Yes I feel like traveling on...

GETHSEMANE
WRITERS B.L. SMITH, W.B. WALDROP

Toll no bell for me Father
But let this cup of suffering pass from me
Send me no shepherd to heal my world
But the Angel - the dream foretold
Prayed more than thrice for you to see
The wolf of loneliness in me
Not my own will but Yours be done.
You wake up where's the tomb?
Will Easter come, enter my room?
The Lord weeps with me
But my tears fall for you.
Another Beauty
Loved by a Beast
Another tale of infinite dreams
Your eyes they were my paradise
Your smile made my sun rise.
Forgive me for I don't know what I gain


Alone in this garden of pain
Enchantment has but one truth:
I weep to have what I fear to lose.
You wake up where's the tomb?
Will Easter come, enter my room?
The Lord weeps with me
But my tears fall for you.
I knew you never before
I see you never more
But the love the pain the hope O beautiful one
Have made you mine 'till all my years are done.
Without you
The poetry within me is dead...

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling calling for you and for me
See on the portal he's waiting and watching watching for you and for me
Come home come home ye who are weary come home
Earnestly tenderly Jesus is calling calling oh sinner come home

Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading pleading for you and for me
Why should we linger and heed not his mercies mercies for you and for me
Come home come home

I once was lost in sin but Jesus took me in
And then a little light from heaven filled my soul
He bathed my heart in love and wrote my name above
And just a little talk with my Jesus made me whole
(Now let us) have a little talk with Jesus (let us) tell him all about our troubles
(He will) hear our faintest cry (and we will) answer by and by
(Now when you) feel a little prayer wheel turning
(Then you'll) know a little fire is burning
(You will) find a little talk with Jesus makes it right

(Now let us) have a little talk

I may have doubts and fears my eyes be filled with tears
But Jesus is a friend who watches day and night
I go to him in prayer he knows my every care
And just a little talk with my Jesus gonna makes it right
(Now let us) have a little talk
(Makes it right)

Ever since you left me I've done nothing but wrong.
Many nights I've layed awake and cried.
We was so happy.
My heart was in a whirl,
But now I'm a honky tonk girl.

So turn that jukebox way up high,
And fill my glass up while I cry.
I've lost everything in this world,
And now I'm a honky tonk girl.

I just can't make a right with all of my wrongs,
Every evening of my life seems so long,
I'm sorry and ashamed for all these things you see,
But losing him has made a fool of me.

So fill my glass up to the rim,
To lose my memory of him,
I've lost everything in this world,
And now I'm a Honky Tonk Girl

We used to go out walkin' hand in hand
You told me of the big things you had planned
It wasn't long till all your dreams came true
Success put me in second place with you

You have no time to love me anymore
Since fame and fortune knocked upon our door
Now I spend all my evenings all alone
Success has made a failure of our home
[ fiddle - steel ]
If we could share an evening now and then


Perhaps we'd find true happiness again
You'll never hold me like you used to do
It's funny what success has done to you
You have no time to love me...

I just can't get it through my head
You love another now instead
Can't make myself believe we're really through.
I'm walking up and down the hall, talking to the silent wall
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you.

I think I've almost lost my mind I think about you all the time
I'm going crazy yes I know and I don't have far to go
The way you treat me is a shame but I'll keep loving you the same
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you.

I keep your letters, I should burn, I wear your ring, I should return
But there's a million foolish things I do
It makes me cry but you would laugh to know I kiss your photograph
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you.

I think I've almost lost my mind I think about you all the time
I'm going crazy yes I know and I don't have far to go
The way you treat me is a shame but I'll keep loving you the same
I'll lose my mind before I'm over you...

Well I'm at home a workin' and a slavin' this way
You're out of misbehavin' spendin' all of your pay on wine women and song
Well I'm a makin' bed you're out a makin' time
You robbed my piggy bank and spent my last thin dime on wine woman and song
Well one of these nights you gonna come home you find it's comin' home to you
You see what you've done and what's good for one it's also good for two
When you in the doghouse with the mingy ole pup
You may start to thinkin' and a givin' up your wine women and song

Well one of these nights...

Well I know where you're going and who's gonna meet you there
I know how late you'll be coming home but guess who doesn't care
Tonight I'll step out too and since I won't be here
Happy birthday merry Christmas and happy New Year

My best wishes may be early but I'm not sticking around
To bake a cake for your birthday while you're out turnin' around
She can help you celebrate may she bring you lots of cheer
Happy birthday merry Christmas and happy New Year
[ guitar ]
Now I've made my mind up late second's long enough
You think I don't mean it so you're gonna call my bluff


But I'll be busy packing while you're holding her near
Happy birthday merry Christmas and happy New Year

My best wishes may be early...
Happy birthday merry Christmas and happy happy New Year

You left me for the bright lights of the town.
A country boy set out to see the world.
Remember when those city lights shine down.
That big old moon shines on your Kentucky girl.

I swear I love you, by the moon above you.
How bright is it shining in your world?
Some morning when you wake up all alone.
Just come on home to your blue Kentucky girl.

Don't wait to bring great riches home to me.
I need no diamond rings or fancy pearls.
Just bring yourself, you're all I'll ever need.
That's good enough for this blue Kentucky girl.

I swear I love you by the moon above you.
How bright is it shinin in your world?
Some morning when you wake up all alone.
Just come on home to your blue Kentucky girl.

Dear Uncle Sam I know you're a busy man
And tonight I write to you through tears with a trembling hand
My darling answered when he got that call from you
You said you really need him but you don't need him like I do
Don't misunderstand I know he's fighting for our land
I really love my country but I also love my man
He proudly wears the colors of the old red white and blue
While I wear a heartache since he left me for you
[ trumpet ]
Dear Uncle Sam I just got your telegram


And I can't believe that this is me shaking like I am
For it said I'm sorry to inform you

A you've been makin' your brags around town
That you've been a lovin' my man
But the man I love, when he picks up trash
He puts it in a garbage can
And that's what a you look like to me
And what I see's a pity
Close your face and stay outta my way
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

If ya don't wanna go to fist city
Ya better detour around my town
'Cause I'll grab you by the hair a the head
And I'll lift a you off a the ground

I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't
N' that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

Come on and tell me what you told my friends
If you think you're brave enough
And I'll show you what a real woman is
Since you think you're hot stuff


You'll bite off more than you can chew
If you get to cute or witty
You better move your feet
If you don't wanna eat
A meal that's called fist city

If you don't wanna go to fist city
You better detour around my town
'Cause I'll grab you by the hair a the head
And I'll lift you offa the ground

I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't
N' that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

Well your pet name for me is Squaw
When you come home a drinkin' and can barely crawl
And all that lovin' on me won't make things right
Well you leave me at home to keep the teepee clean
Six papooses to break and when wean
Well your squaw is on the warpath tonight

Well I've found out a big brave chief
The game you're a huntin' for ain't beef
Get off of my huntin' grounds and get out of my sight
This war dance I'm doin' means I'm fightin' mad
You need no more of what you've already had
Your squaw is on the warpath tonight
[ steel ]
Well that fire-water that you've been drinkin'


Makes you feel bigger but chief you're shrinkin'
Since you've been on that love makin' diet
Now don't hand me that ole peace pipe
There ain't no pipe can settle this fight
Your squaw is on the warpath tonight

Well I've found out a big brave chief...
Yeah your squaw is on the warpath tonight

You came from the city streets to my little country town
Your spell is on my baby and you've got me sorrow bound
You don't really love him you're playin' around for fun
Woman of the world leave my world alone

You're the devil's woman that's what my man don't know
Why I wear more in swimmin' than you wear to parties where you go
There's a place I know where you should go for that's where you belong
Woman of the world leave my world alone

I don't know about the things the bright lights taught to you


My country boy don't know them any better than I do
I'll have to watch him hurtin' after you are gone
Woman of the world leave my world alone

You're the devil's woman...

The man I've got loves cleaned up home and he likes to wear the breeches
He don't like doin' women things like washin' clothes and dishes
You'll find he's not that hard to please if you love him right and fill his needs
To make a man feel like a man you gotta show him you're a woman

Show him what you are you know you can do it
Don't let some other woman come along and beat you to it
Lots of girls might catch his eye but what is a girl when a woman falls by
To make a man feel like a man you gotta show him you're a woman
[ guitar + steel ]
When he comes home from a hard day's work he's probably tired and dirty
Don't let him find a slouchy queen have your castle lookin' pretty


There's lots of things that you shouldn't do like just as many that you should do too
To make a man feel like a man you gotta show him you're a woman

Show him what you are...
To make a man feel like a man you gotta show him you're a woman

Well I'm game for just about anything but the game you've named I ain't gonna play
You say you take a little drink and we'll go for a ride on a star
You wanna give me a lift but this ol' gal ain't a goin' that far
That happy pill you're takin' you say is a little weak
And you wanna give me one so you say I won't go to sleep
Well your hands're a gettin' friendly but I know exactly where they are
You wanna give me a lift but this ol' gal ain't a goin' that far
You wanna give me a lift but this ol' gal ain't a goin' that far
I'm a little bit warm but that don't mean I'm on fire
You wanna take me for a ride in the back seat of your car
You wanna give me a lift but this ol' gal ain't a goin' that far


[ dobro - steel ]
You wanna give me a lift...
You wanna give me a lift but this ol' gal ain't a goin' that far

Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter,
In a cabin, on a hill in butcher holler,
We were poor, but we had love,
That's the one thing daddy made sure of,
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar.

My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear Cole Mines,
All day long in a field a-hoein' corn,
Mommy rocked the babies at night,
and read The Bible by the coal-oil light,
And everything would start all over come break of mornin'.

Daddy loved and raised 8 kids on a miner' pay,
Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a wash board every day,
Why, I seen her fingers bleed, to complain, there was no need,
She'd smile in mommy's understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear,
But in the winter time, we'd all get a brand new pair,
From a mail-order catalog, money mad from selling a hog,
Daddy all ways managed to get the money somewhere.

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter,
I remember well, the well where I drew water,
The work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired,
I never thought of leavin' Butcher Holler.

Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then,
And it's so good to be back home again,
Not much left but the floor, nothin' lives here anymore,
'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter.

Well I look out the window and what do I see
The breeze is a blowin' the leaves from the trees everything is free everything but me
I'm gonna take this chain from around my finger
And throw it just as far as I can slinger cause I want to be free

When my baby left me everything died
But a little bluebird was singin' just outside singin' twidle-de-dee fly away with me
Well you know I think I'm a gonna live gotta lotta love left in me to give
So I want to be free

I released my heart my soul and my mind and I'm a feelin' fine
I broke the chains the ring of gold before it broke my mind
Well look who's cryin' and it ain't me but I can't hardly hear and I can't have see
Oh I want to be free

I released my heart my soul...
Do I want to be free yeah I want to be free free

They say to have her hair done Liz flies all the way to France
And Jackie's seen in a discotheque doin' a brand new dance
And the White House social season should be glittering and gay
But here in Topeka the rain is a fallin'
The faucet is a drippin' and the kids are a bawlin'
One of them a toddlin' and one is a crawlin' and one's on the way
I'm glad that Raquel Welch just signed a million dollar pact
And Debbie's out in Vegas workin' up a brand new act
While the TV's showin' Newlyweds a real fun game to play
But here in Topeka the screen door's a bangin'
The coffee's boilin' over and the wash needs a hangin'
One wants a cookie and one wants a changin' and one's on the way
Now what was I doin' Jimmy get away from there darn there goes the phone
Hello honey what's that you say you're bringin' a few ole buddies home
You're callin' from a barn get away from there
No not you honey I was talkin' to the baby wait a minute honey the door bell
Honey could you stop at the market and hello hello well I'll be
The girls in New York City they all march for women's lib
And Better Homes and Gardens shows the modern way to live
And the pill may change the world tomorrow but meanwhile today
Here in Topeka the flies are a buzzin'
The dog is a barkin' and the floor needs a scrubbin'
One needs a spankin' and one needs a huggin' Lord one's on the way
Oh gee I hope it ain't twins again

You wined me and dined me
When I was your girl
Promised if I'd be your wife
You'd show me the world

But all I've seen of this old world
Is a bed and a doctor bill
I'm tearin' down your brooder house
'Cause now I've got the pill.

All these years I've stayed at home
While you had all your fun
And every year thats gone by
Another babys come.

There's a gonna be some changes made
Right here on nursery hill
You've set this chicken your last time
'Cause now I've got the pill.

This old maternity dress I've got
Is goin' in the garbage
The clothes I'm wearin' from now on
Won't take up so much yardage.

Miniskirts, hot pants
And a few little fancy frills
Yeah, I'm makin' up for all those years
Since I've got the pill.

I'm tired of all your crowin'
How you and your hens play
While holdin' a couple in my arms
Another's on the way.

This chicken's done tore up her nest
And I'm ready to make a deal
And ya can't afford to turn it down
'Cause you know I've got the pill.

This incubator is overused
Because you've kept it filled
The feelin' good comes easy now
Since I've got the pill.

It's gettin' dark it's roostin' time
Tonight's too good to be real
Oh, but daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill.

Oh, daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill...

I've seen him as he awakens in the morning
He reaches out his hand and without a word
As his fingers softly fall upon my face
He lights the flame of desire and makes me want him

And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Then a lifetime of looking could ever find

And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Then a lifetime of looking could ever find

Well goodbye tubs and clothes lines goodbye pots and pans
I'm a gonna take a greyhound bus as further as I can
I ain't a gonna wash no windows and I ain't a gonna scrub no floors
And when you realize I'm gone I'm a gonna hear you roar
And you'll say hey Loretta I love you more than my Irish Setter
Hey Loretta don't leave me alone
Hey Loretta I swear I'm a gonna treat you better
Buy you brand new overalls if you'll only come back home

I work my fingers to the bone and we don't hardly speak
And all I ever get is just a little kiss about once a week
So you can feed the chickens and you can milk the cow
This a woman's liberation honey is a gonna start right now
And you'll say hey Loretta...



I'll dress up like a movie star and pretty up my hair
And no one here is a gonna know what I'll be doing there
I'll be swinging from a chandelier and bouncin' off the walls
Instead of lovin' just one man I'm a gonna love 'em all
And you'll say hey Loretta...

I wasn't much more than a baby I thought he was a bear
The way my daddy carried me around
They said I learned to walk while holdin' on to just one finger
On the hand of a man that stands at six-foot-three

Not old enough to understand the meaning of depression
Just something people talked about a lot
My daddy wasn't one that tried to make no big impressions
Just one heck of a man that worked for what he got

They don't make men like my daddy anymore
Guess they've thrown away the pattern through the years
In a great big land of freedom at a time we really need 'em
They don't make 'em like my daddy anymore

From the Johnson County coal camps to the hills of West Virginia
My daddy hauled the timber for the mines
Education didn't count so much as what you had born in you
Like the will to live and a dream of better times

Daddy never took a handout we ate pinto beans a bacon
But he worked to keep the wolf back from the door
And it only proves one thing to me when folks start belly achin'

They don't make 'em like my daddy anymore
They don't make men...
They don't make 'em like my daddy anymore

There's trouble in paradise
I can see it and I know the signs so well
I know he's out there and around it every day

There's trouble but there won't be long
'Cause in the morning it'll all be gone
Long gone, 'cause Lord I'm gonna love him
Till the devil goes away

Now I know about those devil women
They'll set your lovers head to spinning
And she's a demon she wants control
But she ain't taken my mans soul
She ain't taken my mans soul

There's trouble in paradise
I can see it and I know the signs so well
I know he's out there and around it every day

There's trouble but there won't be long
'Cause in the morning it'll all be gone
Long gone, 'cause Lord I'm gonna love him
Till the devil goes away

There's trouble in paradise
Lord I'm gonna love him
Till the devil goes away

Sometimes at night while you're fast asleep
I lie there alone in the darkness and weep
So sorry and sad but that's part of the deal when the tingle becomes a chill
I never wanted to stop loving you I'll swear by the breath in my body that's true
Ah but a woman can't help the way that she feels when the tingle becomes a chill

You're so contented but for me it's all gone
And though I pretend you just don't turn me on
The body performs but the soul has no will when the tingle becomes a chill
I never wanted to stop loving you...

I've got your picture that you gave to me
And it's signed With Love just like it used to be
The only thing different the only thing new I've got your picture she's got you
I've got the records that we used to share

And they still sound the same as when you were here
The only thing different the only thing new I've got the records she's got you
I've got your memory or has it got me I really don't know
But I know it won't let me be

I've got your class ring that proved you'd care
And it still looks the same as when you gave it dear
The only thing different the only thing new I've got these little things she's got you
I've got your memory

Lyin' alone in this big old bed
I got you on my mind
I said when you left
I could make it by myself
But it gets harder all the time
And I can't take it no more
I see your face
Every time I close my eyes
So I'm goin' out now
And I'm lookin' for you
Some winter night

I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' sun comes up
I can't stand another night
Without holdin' me tight
How I miss your lovin' touch
I'm goin' searchin'
Everywhere that a you might be
When I find you I'm a bringin' you home with me
I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' comes

Well I might find somebody new
To share my misery
But no other man
Can do what you can
When it comes to lovin' me
I don't want nobody to say that I was a fool
For bein' cool
I won't be satisfied till you're back in my arms
And I'm lovin' you



I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' sun comes up
I can't stand another night
Without you holdin' me tight
How I miss your lovin' touch
I'm goin' searchin'
Everywhere that a you might be
And when I find you
I'm a bringin' you home with me
I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' comes

I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' sun comes up
I can't stand another night
Without you holdin me tight
How I miss your lovin' touch
I'm goin' searchin'
Everywhere that a you might be
FADES-
A when I find you
I'm a bringin' you home with me
I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' comes

There's no reason to look at me that way
Old memories won't let my love stay
Your touch just leads me to an open door
And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

When he touches me, I can't feel you anymore
He touches me with so much love I never felt before
Goodbye's on the tip of my tongue
But now that leaving you has come
And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

You're so late with your new plans for two
He had lots of nights to love me away from you
But the first time that he touched me I was sure
When he touches me I can't feel you anymore

When he touches me, I can't feel you anymore
He touches me with so much love I never felt before
Goodbye's on the tip of my tongue
And now that leaving you has come
And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

Anymore

What would you do if you knew how I was feelin'
I wonder what you'd have to say
Afraid of the answers I'm not takin' any chances
I don't want to scare you away

Oh, so I lie
(I lie)
Oh, yes I lie
(I lie)
Ooh, I don't wanna let you go
I don't wanna let you know so I lie

Here in my heart I can hold on to this secret
I'm hopin' that you won't see through
I don't like denyin' all the love that I've been hidin'
I don't want to tell you the truth

Oh, so I lie
(I lie)
Oh, yes I lie
(I lie)
Ooh, I don't wanna let you know
I don't wanna let you go so I lie

It's not easy to deceive you
It's so hard to keep from saying I love you

Oh, so I lie
(I lie)
Oh, yes I lie
(I lie)
Ooh, I don't wanna let you know
I don't wanna let you go so I lie
(I lie)

Oh, yes I lie

We used to go out walkin' hand in hand
You told me of the big things you had planned
It wasn't long till all your dreams came true
Success put me in second place with you

You have no time to love me anymore
Since fame and fortune knocked upon our door
Now I spend all my evenings all alone
Success has made a failure of our home
[ fiddle - steel ]
If we could share an evening now and then


Perhaps we'd find true happiness again
You'll never hold me like you used to do
It's funny what success has done to you
You have no time to love me...

You left me for the bright lights of the town.
A country boy set out to see the world.
Remember when those city lights shine down.
That big old moon shines on your Kentucky girl.

I swear I love you, by the moon above you.
How bright is it shining in your world?
Some morning when you wake up all alone.
Just come on home to your blue Kentucky girl.

Don't wait to bring great riches home to me.
I need no diamond rings or fancy pearls.
Just bring yourself, you're all I'll ever need.
That's good enough for this blue Kentucky girl.

I swear I love you by the moon above you.
How bright is it shinin in your world?
Some morning when you wake up all alone.
Just come on home to your blue Kentucky girl.

A you've been makin' your brags around town
That you've been a lovin' my man
But the man I love, when he picks up trash
He puts it in a garbage can
And that's what a you look like to me
And what I see's a pity
Close your face and stay outta my way
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

If ya don't wanna go to fist city
Ya better detour around my town
'Cause I'll grab you by the hair a the head
And I'll lift a you off a the ground

I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't
N' that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

Come on and tell me what you told my friends
If you think you're brave enough
And I'll show you what a real woman is
Since you think you're hot stuff


You'll bite off more than you can chew
If you get to cute or witty
You better move your feet
If you don't wanna eat
A meal that's called fist city

If you don't wanna go to fist city
You better detour around my town
'Cause I'll grab you by the hair a the head
And I'll lift you offa the ground

I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't
N' that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

Well your pet name for me is Squaw
When you come home a drinkin' and can barely crawl
And all that lovin' on me won't make things right
Well you leave me at home to keep the teepee clean
Six papooses to break and when wean
Well your squaw is on the warpath tonight

Well I've found out a big brave chief
The game you're a huntin' for ain't beef
Get off of my huntin' grounds and get out of my sight
This war dance I'm doin' means I'm fightin' mad
You need no more of what you've already had
Your squaw is on the warpath tonight
[ steel ]
Well that fire-water that you've been drinkin'


Makes you feel bigger but chief you're shrinkin'
Since you've been on that love makin' diet
Now don't hand me that ole peace pipe
There ain't no pipe can settle this fight
Your squaw is on the warpath tonight

Well I've found out a big brave chief...
Yeah your squaw is on the warpath tonight

Before you first made love to me you called me your wife to be
And after that I saw the devil in your eyes
With your sweet smooth talkin' ways you turned a flame into a blaze
Then I'd've let you hang my wings upon your horns.

Don't tell me that I'm no saint I'm the first to know I ain't
There's a little thing called love and that's what change me
From an innocent country girl to a woman of the world
Tonight I let you hang my wings upon your horns.

You hung my wings upon your horns and turned my halo in the thorns
And turned me to a woman I can't stand
You're the first who ever make me fall in love and then not take me
Tonight I let you hang my wings upon your horns.

You hung my wings upon your horns and turned my halo in the thorns
And turned me to a woman I can't stand
You're the first who ever make me fall in love and then not take me
Tonight I let you hang my wings upon your horns...

Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter,
In a cabin, on a hill in butcher holler,
We were poor, but we had love,
That's the one thing daddy made sure of,
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar.

My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear Cole Mines,
All day long in a field a-hoein' corn,
Mommy rocked the babies at night,
and read The Bible by the coal-oil light,
And everything would start all over come break of mornin'.

Daddy loved and raised 8 kids on a miner' pay,
Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a wash board every day,
Why, I seen her fingers bleed, to complain, there was no need,
She'd smile in mommy's understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear,
But in the winter time, we'd all get a brand new pair,
From a mail-order catalog, money mad from selling a hog,
Daddy all ways managed to get the money somewhere.

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter,
I remember well, the well where I drew water,
The work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired,
I never thought of leavin' Butcher Holler.

Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then,
And it's so good to be back home again,
Not much left but the floor, nothin' lives here anymore,
'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter.

Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

The bottle is almost empty
The clock just now struck ten
Darlin' I had to call you
To our favorite place again

We know it's wrong for us to meet
But the fire's gone out at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Your lips are warm and tender
Your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember
That the one at home forgot

Each time we say is the last time
But we keep hangin' on
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Love is find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Well I like my lovin' done country style
And this little girl would walk a country mile,
To find her a good old slow-talkin country boy
I said a country boy
I'm about as old-fashion as I can be
And I hope you're likin' what you see
'Cause if you're lookin' at me
You're lookin' at country.

(CHORUS)
You don't see no city when you look at me
"Cause, country's all I am
I love runnin bare naked through the old corn fields
And I love that country Ham-ha-ham
Well, you say I'm made just to fit your plans
But does a barnyard shovel fit your hands
If your eyes are on me
You're lookin' at country


This here country is a little green
And there's alot of country that-a you ain't seen
I'll show you around if you'll show me a wedding band
I said a weddin' band
When it comes to love, well, I know about that
Country folks all know where it's at
If you're lookin' at me
Your lookin' at country

(REPEAT CHORUS)

You wined me and dined me
When I was your girl
Promised if I'd be your wife
You'd show me the world

But all I've seen of this old world
Is a bed and a doctor bill
I'm tearin' down your brooder house
'Cause now I've got the pill.

All these years I've stayed at home
While you had all your fun
And every year thats gone by
Another babys come.

There's a gonna be some changes made
Right here on nursery hill
You've set this chicken your last time
'Cause now I've got the pill.

This old maternity dress I've got
Is goin' in the garbage
The clothes I'm wearin' from now on
Won't take up so much yardage.

Miniskirts, hot pants
And a few little fancy frills
Yeah, I'm makin' up for all those years
Since I've got the pill.

I'm tired of all your crowin'
How you and your hens play
While holdin' a couple in my arms
Another's on the way.

This chicken's done tore up her nest
And I'm ready to make a deal
And ya can't afford to turn it down
'Cause you know I've got the pill.

This incubator is overused
Because you've kept it filled
The feelin' good comes easy now
Since I've got the pill.

It's gettin' dark it's roostin' time
Tonight's too good to be real
Oh, but daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill.

Oh, daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill...

Sometimes at night while you're fast asleep
I lie there alone in the darkness and weep
So sorry and sad but that's part of the deal when the tingle becomes a chill
I never wanted to stop loving you I'll swear by the breath in my body that's true
Ah but a woman can't help the way that she feels when the tingle becomes a chill

You're so contented but for me it's all gone
And though I pretend you just don't turn me on
The body performs but the soul has no will when the tingle becomes a chill
I never wanted to stop loving you...

Lyin' alone in this big old bed
I got you on my mind
I said when you left
I could make it by myself
But it gets harder all the time
And I can't take it no more
I see your face
Every time I close my eyes
So I'm goin' out now
And I'm lookin' for you
Some winter night

I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' sun comes up
I can't stand another night
Without holdin' me tight
How I miss your lovin' touch
I'm goin' searchin'
Everywhere that a you might be
When I find you I'm a bringin' you home with me
I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' comes

Well I might find somebody new
To share my misery
But no other man
Can do what you can
When it comes to lovin' me
I don't want nobody to say that I was a fool
For bein' cool
I won't be satisfied till you're back in my arms
And I'm lovin' you



I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' sun comes up
I can't stand another night
Without you holdin' me tight
How I miss your lovin' touch
I'm goin' searchin'
Everywhere that a you might be
And when I find you
I'm a bringin' you home with me
I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' comes

I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' sun comes up
I can't stand another night
Without you holdin me tight
How I miss your lovin' touch
I'm goin' searchin'
Everywhere that a you might be
FADES-
A when I find you
I'm a bringin' you home with me
I want you out of my head
And back in my bed
Before the mornin' comes

Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter,
In a cabin, on a hill in butcher holler,
We were poor, but we had love,
That's the one thing daddy made sure of,
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar.

My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear Cole Mines,
All day long in a field a-hoein' corn,
Mommy rocked the babies at night,
and read The Bible by the coal-oil light,
And everything would start all over come break of mornin'.

Daddy loved and raised 8 kids on a miner' pay,
Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a wash board every day,
Why, I seen her fingers bleed, to complain, there was no need,
She'd smile in mommy's understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear,
But in the winter time, we'd all get a brand new pair,
From a mail-order catalog, money mad from selling a hog,
Daddy all ways managed to get the money somewhere.

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter,
I remember well, the well where I drew water,
The work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired,
I never thought of leavin' Butcher Holler.

Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then,
And it's so good to be back home again,
Not much left but the floor, nothin' lives here anymore,
'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter.

Sometimes at night while you're fast asleep
I lie there alone in the darkness and weep
So sorry and sad but that's part of the deal when the tingle becomes a chill
I never wanted to stop loving you I'll swear by the breath in my body that's true
Ah but a woman can't help the way that she feels when the tingle becomes a chill

You're so contented but for me it's all gone
And though I pretend you just don't turn me on
The body performs but the soul has no will when the tingle becomes a chill
I never wanted to stop loving you...

You wined me and dined me
When I was your girl
Promised if I'd be your wife
You'd show me the world

But all I've seen of this old world
Is a bed and a doctor bill
I'm tearin' down your brooder house
'Cause now I've got the pill.

All these years I've stayed at home
While you had all your fun
And every year thats gone by
Another babys come.

There's a gonna be some changes made
Right here on nursery hill
You've set this chicken your last time
'Cause now I've got the pill.

This old maternity dress I've got
Is goin' in the garbage
The clothes I'm wearin' from now on
Won't take up so much yardage.

Miniskirts, hot pants
And a few little fancy frills
Yeah, I'm makin' up for all those years
Since I've got the pill.

I'm tired of all your crowin'
How you and your hens play
While holdin' a couple in my arms
Another's on the way.

This chicken's done tore up her nest
And I'm ready to make a deal
And ya can't afford to turn it down
'Cause you know I've got the pill.

This incubator is overused
Because you've kept it filled
The feelin' good comes easy now
Since I've got the pill.

It's gettin' dark it's roostin' time
Tonight's too good to be real
Oh, but daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill.

Oh, daddy don't you worry none
'Cause mama's got the pill...

He doesn't know that I can't look him in the eyes
For that I can't speak or I'll start tellin' lies
I hope he thinks that I'm just moody and quiet
But another man loved me last night.

Yes, another man loved me last night
I'd almost forgotten what love was really like
But I'm only human, only a woman
I let another man love me last night.

While he's sleepin', well, I'm crying here awake
Not being loved was more than I could take
So it was wrong, there in his arms, it seemed so right
When another man loved me last night.

Yes, another man loved me last night
I'd almost forgotten what love was really like
But I'm only human, only a woman
I let another man love me last night...

Well I like my lovin' done country style
And this little girl would walk a country mile,
To find her a good old slow-talkin country boy
I said a country boy
I'm about as old-fashion as I can be
And I hope you're likin' what you see
'Cause if you're lookin' at me
You're lookin' at country.

(CHORUS)
You don't see no city when you look at me
"Cause, country's all I am
I love runnin bare naked through the old corn fields
And I love that country Ham-ha-ham
Well, you say I'm made just to fit your plans
But does a barnyard shovel fit your hands
If your eyes are on me
You're lookin' at country


This here country is a little green
And there's alot of country that-a you ain't seen
I'll show you around if you'll show me a wedding band
I said a weddin' band
When it comes to love, well, I know about that
Country folks all know where it's at
If you're lookin' at me
Your lookin' at country

(REPEAT CHORUS)

A you've been makin' your brags around town
That you've been a lovin' my man
But the man I love, when he picks up trash
He puts it in a garbage can
And that's what a you look like to me
And what I see's a pity
Close your face and stay outta my way
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

If ya don't wanna go to fist city
Ya better detour around my town
'Cause I'll grab you by the hair a the head
And I'll lift a you off a the ground

I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't
N' that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

Come on and tell me what you told my friends
If you think you're brave enough
And I'll show you what a real woman is
Since you think you're hot stuff


You'll bite off more than you can chew
If you get to cute or witty
You better move your feet
If you don't wanna eat
A meal that's called fist city

If you don't wanna go to fist city
You better detour around my town
'Cause I'll grab you by the hair a the head
And I'll lift you offa the ground

I'm not a sayin' my baby's a saint 'cause he ain't
N' that he won't cat around with a kitty
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city
I'm here to tell ya gal to lay offa my man
If ya don't wanna go to fist city

You came from the city streets to my little country town
Your spell is on my baby and you've got me sorrow bound
You don't really love him you're playin' around for fun
Woman of the world leave my world alone

You're the devil's woman that's what my man don't know
Why I wear more in swimmin' than you wear to parties where you go
There's a place I know where you should go for that's where you belong
Woman of the world leave my world alone

I don't know about the things the bright lights taught to you


My country boy don't know them any better than I do
I'll have to watch him hurtin' after you are gone
Woman of the world leave my world alone

You're the devil's woman...

Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter,
In a cabin, on a hill in butcher holler,
We were poor, but we had love,
That's the one thing daddy made sure of,
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar.

My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear Cole Mines,
All day long in a field a-hoein' corn,
Mommy rocked the babies at night,
and read The Bible by the coal-oil light,
And everything would start all over come break of mornin'.

Daddy loved and raised 8 kids on a miner' pay,
Mommy scrubbed our clothes on a wash board every day,
Why, I seen her fingers bleed, to complain, there was no need,
She'd smile in mommy's understanding way.

In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear,
But in the winter time, we'd all get a brand new pair,
From a mail-order catalog, money mad from selling a hog,
Daddy all ways managed to get the money somewhere.

Yeah, I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter,
I remember well, the well where I drew water,
The work we done was hard, at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired,
I never thought of leavin' Butcher Holler.

Well, a lot of things have changed since way back then,
And it's so good to be back home again,
Not much left but the floor, nothin' lives here anymore,
'Cept the memories of a coal miner's daughter.

Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

The bottle is almost empty
The clock just now struck ten
Darlin' I had to call you
To our favorite place again

We know it's wrong for us to meet
But the fire's gone out at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Love is where you find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Your lips are warm and tender
Your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember
That the one at home forgot

Each time we say is the last time
But we keep hangin' on
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Love is find it
When you find no love at home
And there's nothin' cold as ashes
After the fire is gone

Once I made a promise that I'd never lead you on
But I feel the yearn to love you even though I know it's wrong
You'll have to take my hand and lead me slowly through the door
I'll be wrong in what I'm doin' I can't refuse you anymore
Lead me on and take control of how I feel
I can't do this on my own cause it's against my will
I need love warm and tender in a way I've never known
If you want me I'll go with you but you'll have to lead me on
[ steel ]
Lead me on and take control...

They say to have her hair done Liz flies all the way to France
And Jackie's seen in a discotheque doin' a brand new dance
And the White House social season should be glittering and gay
But here in Topeka the rain is a fallin'
The faucet is a drippin' and the kids are a bawlin'
One of them a toddlin' and one is a crawlin' and one's on the way
I'm glad that Raquel Welch just signed a million dollar pact
And Debbie's out in Vegas workin' up a brand new act
While the TV's showin' Newlyweds a real fun game to play
But here in Topeka the screen door's a bangin'
The coffee's boilin' over and the wash needs a hangin'
One wants a cookie and one wants a changin' and one's on the way
Now what was I doin' Jimmy get away from there darn there goes the phone
Hello honey what's that you say you're bringin' a few ole buddies home
You're callin' from a barn get away from there
No not you honey I was talkin' to the baby wait a minute honey the door bell
Honey could you stop at the market and hello hello well I'll be
The girls in New York City they all march for women's lib
And Better Homes and Gardens shows the modern way to live
And the pill may change the world tomorrow but meanwhile today
Here in Topeka the flies are a buzzin'
The dog is a barkin' and the floor needs a scrubbin'
One needs a spankin' and one needs a huggin' Lord one's on the way
Oh gee I hope it ain't twins again

I've seen him as he awakens in the morning
He reaches out his hand and without a word
As his fingers softly fall upon my face
He lights the flame of desire and makes me want him

And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Then a lifetime of looking could ever find

And love is the foundation we lean on
All you need is love to ease your mind
And does it have to be right to be called love
When he gives me more loving
Then a lifetime of looking could ever find