Lyle Lovett

Promises given
And promises broken
Words stain my lips
Just like blood on my hands

And words are like poison
That sinks down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

I offer no reason
I ask for no pity
I make no excuse
For the way that I am

And words are like poison
That sinks down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

I God is my witness
Then God is my savior
But if you are my judge
Then I'm already damned

And words are like poison
That sinks down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

And would if my fingers
To cut off and give you
Could gain my redemption
I'd cut off my hands

But words are like poison
That bends you and blinds you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

So this is my story
And I hope that it finds you
For your sweet attention
I cannot demand

And words are like poison
That lives down inside you
And some things you do
You just don't understand

She hates my mama
She hates my daddy too
She loves to tell me
She hates the things I do
She loves to lie beside me
Almost every night
She's no lady she's my wife

The preacher asked her
And she said I do
The preacher asked me
And she said yes he does too
And the preacher said
I pronounce you 99 to life
Son she's no lady she's your wife

And I can't remember
How I met her
Seems like she's always just been hanging here off my right arm
And I can't remember
How I ever
Thought that I just couldn't live without a woman's charm

And even though
She loves the smell of French perfume
And even though
She walks around in high-heel shoes
All I know
Is I'm the one who pays her price
Man she's no lady she's my wife

And I can't remember
How I met her
Seems like she's always just been hanging here off my right arm
And I can't remember
How I ever
Thought that I just couldn't live without a woman's charm

Yea she hates my mama
She hates my daddy too
She loves to tell me
She hates the things I do
She loves to lie beside me
Almost every night
She's no lady she's my wife

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, You've got a friend in me
Yeah, You've got a friend in me


You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got troubles, and I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I woudn't do for you
We stick together and see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me


Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do
It's me and you, boy
And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see
It's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me.

Hey Momma don't you treat me wrong
Come and love ya daddy all night long (Alright now-Hey Hey-Alright)

See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing (Alright now-Hey Hey)
Tell ya Momma
Tel Ya Pa
Gonna send ya back to Arkansas
Oh Yes Maam - If you don't do right - If you don't do right

When ya see me in a misery
Come o' here and sit by me (Oh Yeah Yeah - Alright - Alright)

See the girl with the red dress on
She can do the "Birdland" all night long Yeah Yeah
- What I Say - Alright - Well

Tell me what I say "right now"
(Tell me what I say) [
]

Cos I wanna know (Baby I wanna know )
Baby I wanna know (Baby I wanna know )
Said that I wanna know (Baby I wanna know )
Said that I wanna know (Baby I wanna know )
Said that I wanna know (Baby I wanna know )
Baby I wanna know (Baby I wanna know )

Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh)
Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - shorter

Tel me one more time (Just a one more time )
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time )
Just a one more time, right now (Just a one more time )
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time )
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time )
Tel me one more time (Just a one more time )

Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh)
Hey (Hey) - Oh (Oh) - shorter

Maybe feel so good (Back Vocal:Baby feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Baby me feel so good)
Make me feel so good (Make me feel so good)

Baby Shake that thing (Baby shake that thing)
Baby Shake that thing (Baby sha

Old friend
All the stories to tell
Old friend
Could you bid me farewell
Old friend
It might be easy for another man to see

Old foe
All the pain and the scars
Old foe
Could you lay down your arms
Old foe
It might be easy for another man to see

Put your head down on my pillow
Put your hand on me and hold on
Hold on

Put your head down on my pillow
Put your hand on me and hold on
Hold on

Old friend
Old friend
Old friend
It might be easy for another man to see
But I think you still look a lot like me

You got you some legs baby
That just won't quit
You got a pretty boy
And he looks pretty hip
You got you one on the sly
But you gave him the slip
And that's just a cryin' shame

'Cause you love the boy
With pretty green eyes
And you love the boy
Who says he's so clever and wise
And you love the boy
Who's always telling you lies
And that's just a cryin' shame

Sometimes it never quits raining
Sometimes that phone just won't ring
Sometimes I never miss nothing
And sometimes I miss anything

But you like 'em tall when it's raining
And you like 'em dark when you're feeling no pride
But you never felt anything that you wanted to hide
And that's just a cryin' shame

So he says you look lovely my dear
You say thank you I'm fine
And you spend all his money
And you spend all his time
And you spend the night
Like you were spending a dime
And that's just a cryin' shame

Comfort me said she
With your conversation
With the cocktails
And the candlelight
In your eyes
It's funny how we hunger
For some inspiration
And everything else
That money just won't buy

Men have lied
Many good girls have gone astray
Just to hear the gypsy play
One more lilting cowboy tune
And as the rivers run dry
And the mountains blow away
They sing of lovers and how they lay
Beneath this crazy frontier moon

I ain't no golden boy
I ain't no Grecian dancer
And I ain't no loudmouthed cowboy
From the West
I'm not the kind of man
With all the answers
But I surely know the songs
That suit me best

But lately I've had something on my mind
It's growing stronger all the time
Calling out when I'm alone
But I'm a poet
And I'm bound to walk the line
Between the real and the sublime
And give the muses back their own

It's a penny for your thoughts
It's a dollar for you kisses
Keep a running tab on the time
'Cause what I've got the most of
Is what she misses
The clock is hers
The hourglass is mine

But I'm her lover
Not a man bent on revenge
Hanging out here on the fringe
Of my native borderlands
Counting the days
The sun shone golden across her head
Lying on the banks of the bayou's edge
Kicking up some Southeast Texas sand

See the shark with teeth like razors
You can read his opened face
And Macheath, he's got a knife, but
Not in such an obvious place

On a beautiful blue Sunday
See a corpse stretched in the Strand
See a man dodge round the corner
Mackie's friends will understand

Mr. Meier, reported missing
Like so many wealthy men
Mack the Knife acquired his cashbox
God alone knows how or when

Jenny Towler, she turned up lately
With a knife stuck through her breast
While Macheath, he walks the embankment
Nonchalantly unimpressed

And the ghastly fire in Soho
Seven children at a go
In the crowd stands Mack the Knife, but
He isn't asked, he doesn't know

And the child bride in her nightgown
Whose assailant's still at large
Violated in her slumbers
Mackie, how much did you charge?

Yes, the child bride in her nightgown
Her assailants are still at large
Violated in her slumbers
Mackie, how much did you charge?

Mackie, how much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
How much did you charge?
How much did you charge?

She wore glass slippers
She held her head up high
She had that sparkle at her feet
And that twinkle in her eye

She smiled at me
And I wondered why
She said I'm looking for a cowboy
To take me for a ride

And he can rope me on the prarie
And he can ride me on the plain
And I will be his Cinderalla
If he'll be my cowboy man

She said I've got a 40-gallon stetson hat
With a 38-foot brim
We could dance around the outside baby
'Til we both fall in

And you can rope me on the prarie
And you can ride me on the plain
And I will be your Cinderalla
If you'll be my cowboy man

Now I ain't never been no cowboy
But heaven knows I try
'Cause I'll be riding tall in my saddle
With that Cinderalla by my side

And I can rope her on the prarie
And I can ride her on the plain
And she will be me my Cinderalla
If I'll be her cowboy man

She hates my mama
She hates my daddy too
She loves to tell me
She hates the things I do
She loves to lie beside me
Almost every night
She's no lady she's my wife

The preacher asked her
And she said I do
The preacher asked me
And she said yes he does too
And the preacher said
I pronounce you 99 to life
Son she's no lady she's your wife

And I can't remember
How I met her
Seems like she's always just been hanging here off my right arm
And I can't remember
How I ever
Thought that I just couldn't live without a woman's charm

And even though
She loves the smell of French perfume
And even though
She walks around in high-heel shoes
All I know
Is I'm the one who pays her price
Man she's no lady she's my wife

And I can't remember
How I met her
Seems like she's always just been hanging here off my right arm
And I can't remember
How I ever
Thought that I just couldn't live without a woman's charm

Yea she hates my mama
She hates my daddy too
She loves to tell me
She hates the things I do
She loves to lie beside me
Almost every night
She's no lady she's my wife