Merle Haggard

You're nobody 'til somebody loves you
You're nobody 'til somebody cares

You may be a king and you may possess
The world and all its gold
But gold won't bring you happiness
When you're growin' old

The world is still the same, you'll never change it
Just as long as the stars shine above
Well, you're nobody 'til somebody loves you
So find yourself somebody to love

The world is still the same, you'll never change it
Just as long as the stars shine above
You're nobody 'til somebody loves you
So find yourself somebody, find yourself somebody
Find yourself somebody to love

YOU'LL NEVER LOVE ME NOW
(Merle Haggard)
≪ ⓒ '68 Tree Publishing, BMI ≫

Admitting you're to blame won't heal my wounded pride
It's too late to be ashamed I've already stepped aside
Just let me live again and please don't come around
If you never loved me then you'll never love me now
You fooled me all the way each time you held me tight
But when darkness turned to day then I finally saw the light
When I really needed you that's when you let me down
If you never loved me then you'll never love me now
Just let me live again...

YOU'LL NEVER LOVE ME NOW
(Merle Haggard)
≪ ⓒ '68 Tree Publishing, BMI ≫

Admitting you're to blame won't heal my wounded pride
It's too late to be ashamed I've already stepped aside
Just let me live again and please don't come around
If you never loved me then you'll never love me now
You fooled me all the way each time you held me tight
But when darkness turned to day then I finally saw the light
When I really needed you that's when you let me down
If you never loved me then you'll never love me now
Just let me live again...

My legs and my feet
Have walked 'till they can't hardly move from tryin' to please you
And my back is sore
From bendin' over backwards to just lay the world at your door.

I've tried so hard to keep a smile on a sad face while deep down
It's breakin' my heart
And as sure as the sunshines I'll be a lifetime
Not knowin' if I've done my part

'Cause You Take Me For Granted And it's breakin' my heart
As sure as the sunshines I'll be a lifetime
Not knowin' if I've done my part.

My legs and my feet
Have walked 'till they can't hardly move from tryin' to please you
And my back is sore
From bendin' over backwards to just lay the world at your door.

I've tried so hard to keep a smile on a sad face while deep down
It's breakin' my heart
And as sure as the sunshines I'll be a lifetime
Not knowin' if I've done my part

'Cause You Take Me For Granted And it's breakin' my heart
As sure as the sunshines I'll be a lifetime
Not knowin' if I've done my part.

> You always find the way to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied
And I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
You're turnin' down
The flame of love too low
And if you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go

> You always find the way to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied
And I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
You're turnin' down
The flame of love too low
And if you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go

> You always find the way to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied
And I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
You're turnin' down
The flame of love too low
And if you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go

> You always find the way to hurt my pride
If I'm not crying you're not satisfied
And I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
I don't know why you wanna hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go
You don't have very far to go
Before the heartache begins
I already feel the sadness
Of a heartbreak settin' in
You're turnin' down
The flame of love too low
And if you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go

Our love keeps drifting and you keep giving me to blame
I go on loving you although it's all in vain
Now you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

Our love keeps drifting and you keep giving me to blame
I go on loving you although it's all in vain
Now you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

Our love keeps drifting and you keep giving me to blame
I go on loving you although it's all in vain
Now you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

Our love keeps drifting and you keep giving me to blame
I go on loving you although it's all in vain
Now you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

I've done all I can do and I'm standin' at the end
Although I know it's over my heart just won't give in
So you stop carrying so what a chance have you and I
I give my everything but you don't even try

Sometimes this ol' world's a drag, it really puts me down
I try so hard but nothin' comes around
Then I look up to find that I've no reason to be blue
I've already found the whole wide world with you

And if there's nothin' else I do
To spend my whole life through
Lovin' you, babe, you babe
I'll always be in command
Just as long as I'm the man
Lovin' you, babe, you babe

And I can stand real tall
Stand up to it all lovin' you, baby, just you

One time this old rocky road block was just too tough
I felt like sayin', "Lord, I've had enough?
Then I heard something special that a deaf man couldn't miss
I heard it in the whisper of your kiss

And if there's nothin' else I do
To spend my whole life through
Lovin' you babe, you babe
I'll always be in command
Just as long as I'm the man
Lovin' you babe, you babe

And I can stand real tall
Stand up to it all lovin' you, baby, just you
Lovin' you babe, you babe

(I'd like to do a song now that was recoded by a pretty pearly country group known as The Beatles I know you heard them many times from the Grand Ole Opry ha-ha...
But seriously this is the song that as a songwriter myself I appreciate very much and I'd like to do it for you and I hope you'll enjoy)

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay oh I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go...
I believe in yesterday

Wouldn't that be something
If I spread my wings and showed you I could fly away?
Wouldn't that be something
If I ask you to fly with me on some wild and windy day?

Wouldn't that be something
If we both fell together and you threw your arms
Around me like you needed me
Wouldn't that be something? Hey, wouldn't that be something?

You'd probably laugh if you could see the dream I had last night
You and I together on a maiden rocket flight
You were seated there beside me with that happy frightened look
You and I got young again on that rocket flight we took

Now wouldn't that be something
If you could look at me and see somebody prayed again?
Wouldn't that be something
If you should sang to me today I started loving you again?

Wouldn't that be something
If we could look inside each other's minds
And always find each other when we needed to?
Wouldn't that be some thing? Wouldn't that be some thing?

Now wouldn't that be something
If you could look at me and see somebody prayed again?
Wouldn't that be something
If you should sang to me today I started loving you again?

Wouldn't that be something
If we could look inside each other's minds
And always find each other when we needed to?
Wouldn't that be some thing? Wouldn't that be some thing?

Wouldn't that be some thing? Wouldn't that be some thing?
Wouldn't that be some thing? Wouldn't that be some thing?
Now wouldn't that be some thing? Now wouldn't that be some thing?

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I drink a little beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these working man blues
Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
Cry a little bit of these working man blues

A day with no sleep, a night with no love
And life without you on my side
If I had to lay down without you on my side
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
And it would all start to greet me without you on my side

A day with no sleep, a night with no love
And life without you on my side
And if I had to lay down without you by my side
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
And it would all start to greet me without you on my side
Without you on my side

A day with no sleep, a night with no love
And life without you on my side
If I had to lay down without you on my side
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
And it would all start to greet me without you on my side

A day with no sleep, a night with no love
And life without you on my side
And if I had to lay down without you by my side
Nightmares would throw both my eyes open wide
And the bad dreams wouldn't leave me
And it would all start to greet me without you on my side
Without you on my side

Just outside these prison walls a hanging tree is waiting
Tomorrow I'll meet darkness as death will say hello
Darling put you lips to mine and tell me that you love
Hold me close again before you go

[Chorus]
T
Will you visit me on Sundays, Will you bring me pretty flowers
Will your big blue eyes be misty, will you brush brush away a tear
A grave is filled with silence, but if a sleeping man could hear
Darling, will I hear your footsteps up there.

Promise me that time won't separate me from your memory
That you will still remember me in days of silver hair
If not for you I know I'd lose my life before the morning
Hold me close and tell me that you care

[Chorus]

Just outside these prison walls a hanging tree is waiting
Tomorrow I'll meet darkness as death will say hello
Darling put you lips to mine and tell me that you love
Hold me close again before you go

[Chorus]
T
Will you visit me on Sundays, Will you bring me pretty flowers
Will your big blue eyes be misty, will you brush brush away a tear
A grave is filled with silence, but if a sleeping man could hear
Darling, will I hear your footsteps up there.

Promise me that time won't separate me from your memory
That you will still remember me in days of silver hair
If not for you I know I'd lose my life before the morning
Hold me close and tell me that you care

[Chorus]

Why do I have to choose to see everybody lose
To walk around and sing the blues well darling I refuse
Love is hard to find love of any kind
And a love like yours and mine creates it's own design
So why do I have to choose see everybody lose
To walk around and sing the blues well darling I refuse

And when I think of her and then I think of you
The love is not the same but either love is true
Why do I have to choose to see everybody lose
To walk around and sing the blues well darling I refuse

WHO WILL BUY THE WINE
(Billy Mize)
≪ ⓒ '59 Billy Mize Music ≫

Not so long ago you held our baby's bottle
But the one you're holding now's a different kind
And you'd never know whose lips you'll soon be kissin'
Cause it all depends on who will buy the wine
Whoever sets 'em up and tips the waitress
Your kind of love just might as well be blind
And you'd never know whose lips you'll soon be kissin'
And it all depends on who will buy the wine
The kind of life you're livin' since you left me
I'm sure is not the life you thought you choosed
Your honky tonkin' world is not so flashy
Bright lights and booze is all it really knows
Whoever sets 'em up and tips the waitress
Your kind of love just might as well be blind
You just sit and wait to be somebody's baby
And it all depends on who will buy the wine

WHO WILL BUY THE WINE
(Billy Mize)
≪ ⓒ '59 Billy Mize Music ≫

Not so long ago you held our baby's bottle
But the one you're holding now's a different kind
And you'd never know whose lips you'll soon be kissin'
Cause it all depends on who will buy the wine
Whoever sets 'em up and tips the waitress
Your kind of love just might as well be blind
And you'd never know whose lips you'll soon be kissin'
And it all depends on who will buy the wine
The kind of life you're livin' since you left me
I'm sure is not the life you thought you choosed
Your honky tonkin' world is not so flashy
Bright lights and booze is all it really knows
Whoever sets 'em up and tips the waitress
Your kind of love just might as well be blind
You just sit and wait to be somebody's baby
And it all depends on who will buy the wine

(Chorus)
White Line Fever
a sickness born down deep within my soul
White Line Fever
the years keep flyin' by like the highline poles
The wrinkles in my forehead show the miles I've put behind me
They continue to remind how fast I'm growin' old
Guess I'll die with this fever in my soul
(Lyrics)
I wonder just what makes a man keep pushing on
What makes me keep on hummin' this old highway song
I've been from coast to coast a hundred times before
I ain't found one single place where I ain't been before
(Repeat Chorus)

(Chorus)
White Line Fever
a sickness born down deep within my soul
White Line Fever
the years keep flyin' by like the highline poles
The wrinkles in my forehead show the miles I've put behind me
They continue to remind how fast I'm growin' old
Guess I'll die with this fever in my soul
(Lyrics)
I wonder just what makes a man keep pushing on
What makes me keep on hummin' this old highway song
I've been from coast to coast a hundred times before
I ain't found one single place where I ain't been before
(Repeat Chorus)

Silent night, lonely night
I don't have you for Christmas
Silent night, lonely night
I don't have you this year

But I'll have twelve long months to remember
And I'll have twelve long months to forget
And I've had a few lonely parties
But this is the loneliest yet

Silent night, lonely night
I won't have you this year

There are twelve long months to remember
And twelve long months to forget
And I've had a few lonely parties
But this is the loneliest yet

Silent night, lonely night
I won't have you this year

Where does the good times go
Where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow
Where does the good times go

Lips that used to burn with love
Now are cold beneath my touch
Still I love you oh so much
Where does the good times go

Where does the good times go
Where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow
Where does the good times go

Arms that used to hold me tight
Eyes that shone with love so bright
Now have changed like day to night
Where does the good times go

Where does the good times go
Where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow
Where does the good times go
Where does the good times go

Where does the good times go
Where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow
Where does the good times go

Lips that used to burn with love
Now are cold beneath my touch
Still I love you oh so much
Where does the good times go

Where does the good times go
Where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow
Where does the good times go

Arms that used to hold me tight
Eyes that shone with love so bright
Now have changed like day to night
Where does the good times go

Where does the good times go
Where does the river flow
Where does the north wind blow
Where does the good times go
Where does the good times go

It gets longer in between each time you call
I'd be safe in saying you no longer care at all
We're never seem together like we used to
Be tell me darling whatever happened to me

I once played a big part in your world
Think back and I know you'll agree
You still play a big part in my world
Oh but whatever happened to me

I made up my own excuses for so long
I can't keep myself from asking what went wrong
Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me

Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me

It gets longer in between each time you call
I'd be safe in saying you no longer care at all
We're never seem together like we used to
Be tell me darling whatever happened to me

I once played a big part in your world
Think back and I know you'll agree
You still play a big part in my world
Oh but whatever happened to me

I made up my own excuses for so long
I can't keep myself from asking what went wrong
Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me

Please forgive me if I'm just too blind to see
And tell me darling whatever happened to me

I remember it all started in 1929 when me and Diana came to Alaska
To homestead some of this free government land
Forty mile from the nearest gravel road we cut our life in the ponderosa pines
We sweated hard to beat the winter snow
But the cabin's up and we've got lots of times
What have you got planned tonight Diana would you consider laying in my arms
I love you more than ever now Diana I'm sure you're the reason I was born
Jim was born the first year we were here look at him my God he's almost grown
The baby's in the cradle fast asleep just think in no time he'll be up and gone
What have you got planned tonight Diana...
The time sure does fly doesn't it Dianna
It's been almost two years now since since you've been gone
Speaking of time I guess you know that mine's bout up I'm gonna see you tonight
Just another breath or two and I'll be home by the way
What have you got planned tonight Diana...

I remember it all started in 1929 when me and Diana came to Alaska
To homestead some of this free government land
Forty mile from the nearest gravel road we cut our life in the ponderosa pines
We sweated hard to beat the winter snow
But the cabin's up and we've got lots of times
What have you got planned tonight Diana would you consider laying in my arms
I love you more than ever now Diana I'm sure you're the reason I was born
Jim was born the first year we were here look at him my God he's almost grown
The baby's in the cradle fast asleep just think in no time he'll be up and gone
What have you got planned tonight Diana...
The time sure does fly doesn't it Dianna
It's been almost two years now since since you've been gone
Speaking of time I guess you know that mine's bout up I'm gonna see you tonight
Just another breath or two and I'll be home by the way
What have you got planned tonight Diana...

We're caught in a trap like prisoners in a cage
Growing old from hate not from age
The runnin' love we had is down to crawl
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all

You go out with someone else while I'm out with someone too
Yet we come back to prison when we're through
Why don't we just stay out? But we still can climb the wall
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all

Are we afraid that we'll wind up along?
Is this the tide that keeps us hanging on?
Why don't we just stay out while we still can climb the wall?
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all

Are we afraid that we'll wind up along?
Is this the tide that keeps us hanging on?
Why don't we just stay out while we still can climb the wall?
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all, at all

You left me and you went away
You said that you'd be back in just a day
That day has come and gone but you're still away from home
I'm walking the floor over you

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

Now darling, you know I love you well
I love you more than I can ever tell
I thought you would love me and you always would be mine
You went away and left me here with troubles on my mind

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU
(Ernest Tubb)
≪ ⓒ '41 Unichappell Music, BMI ≫

You left me and you went away you said that you'd be back in just a day
That day has come and gone but you're still away from home
I'm walking the floor over you
I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you
Now darling you know I love you well I love you more than I can ever tell
I thought you would love me and you always would be mine
You went away and left me here with troubles on my mind
I'm walking the floor over you...

You left me and you went away
You said that you'd be back in just a day
That day has come and gone but you're still away from home
I'm walking the floor over you

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

Now darling, you know I love you well
I love you more than I can ever tell
I thought you would love me and you always would be mine
You went away and left me here with troubles on my mind

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

You left me and you went away
You said that you'd be back in just a day
That day has come and gone but you're still away from home
I'm walking the floor over you

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

Now darling, you know I love you well
I love you more than I can ever tell
I thought you would love me and you always would be mine
You went away and left me here with troubles on my mind

I'm walking the floor over you
I can't sleep a wink that is true
I'm hoping and I'm praying as my heart breaks right in two
Walking the floor over you

<lyrics>All around the water tank
Sleepin' in the rain
A thousand miles away from home
Waitin' for a train

I walked up to a brake-man
Just to give him a line of talk
He said if you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk.

Well I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can I show
He said "Get off, you railroad bum"
And he slammed the boxcar door.

Well he put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
With the wide open spaces
All around me

The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or to lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco

Heading back to Dixieland
My pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home

Waitin' for a train.

All around the water tank
Sleepin' in the rain
A thousand miles away from home
Waitin' for a train
I walked up to a brake-man
Just to give him a line of talk
He said if you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk.
Well I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can I show
He said "Get off, you railroad bum"
And he slammed the boxcar door.

Well he put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
Wth the wide open spaces
All around me
The moon and stars above
Nobody seems to want me
Or to lend a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
Heading back to Dixieland
My pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Waitin' for a train.

Unforgettable
That's what you are
Unforgettable
Tho' near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more
Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why darling it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am unforgettable too

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are?
Can you make a rainbow shine that far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.
Can you really make a wish come true?
Do you shine on just a chosen few?
Is it over? Have I gone to far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart,
And you found an island at sea.
Now I'm still driftin' with this pain in my heart.
Won't you send her sweet love back to me?

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are?
Can you make a rainbow shine that far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Instrumental.

Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart,
And you found an island at sea.
Now I'm still driftin' with this pain in my heart.
Won't you send her sweet love back to me?

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are?
Can you make a rainbow shine that far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are?
Can you make a rainbow shine that far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.
Can you really make a wish come true?
Do you shine on just a chosen few?
Is it over? Have I gone to far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart,
And you found an island at sea.
Now I'm still driftin' with this pain in my heart.
Won't you send her sweet love back to me?

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are?
Can you make a rainbow shine that far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Instrumental.

Like two ships on the ocean, we drifted apart,
And you found an island at sea.
Now I'm still driftin' with this pain in my heart.
Won't you send her sweet love back to me?

Twinkle, twinkle lucky star,
Can you send me luck from where you are?
Can you make a rainbow shine that far?
Twinkle, twinkle lucky star.

Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack

I can see mom and dad with shoulders low
Both of 'em pickin' on a double row
They do it for a livin' because they must
That's life like it is in the Tulare dust

The California sun was something new
That when we arrived in '42
And I can still remember how my daddy cussed
The tumbleweeds here in the Tulare dust

The wally fever was a comin' fate
To the farmworkers here in the Golden State
And I miss Oklahoma but I'll stay
If I must and help make a livin' in the Tulare dust

The Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack

Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack

I can see mom and dad with shoulders low
Both of 'em pickin' on a double row
They do it for a livin' because they must
That's life like it is in the Tulare dust

The California sun was something new
That when we arrived in '42
And I can still remember how my daddy cussed
The tumbleweeds here in the Tulare dust

The wally fever was a comin' fate
To the farmworkers here in the Golden State
And I miss Oklahoma but I'll stay
If I must and help make a livin' in the Tulare dust

The Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose
Wondering where the freight train goes
Standin' in the field by the railroad track
Cursin' this strap on my cotton sack

Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

I ain't got no home, I'm here all alone
All the clothes I've got, I've got them on
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

I've been all around from town to town
I've got some good things on my way around
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

...Rock it, boys!
I'm just like a piano player, carry nothing but my hat
I play women where I find 'em and leave 'em where I played 'em at
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

Rocks is my pillow, sunshine keeps me warm
Blue sky is my blanket and Mother Nature built my home
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
wash everything I had down the street

I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around
Hey I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around
Hey that looks like people, I've gotta stay right here and drown

Hey my house started shakin', started floatin' on down the stream
Hey my house started shakin', went on floatin' on down the stream
It was dark as midnight, people began to holler and scream

Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

I ain't got no home, I'm here all alone
All the clothes I've got, I've got them on
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

I've been all around from town to town
I've got some good things on my way around
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

...Rock it, boys!
I'm just like a piano player, carry nothing but my hat
I play women where I find 'em and leave 'em where I played 'em at
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

Rocks is my pillow, sunshine keeps me warm
Blue sky is my blanket and Mother Nature built my home
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
wash everything I had down the street

I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around
Hey I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around
Hey that looks like people, I've gotta stay right here and drown

Hey my house started shakin', started floatin' on down the stream
Hey my house started shakin', went on floatin' on down the stream
It was dark as midnight, people began to holler and scream

Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

I ain't got no home, I'm here all alone
All the clothes I've got, I've got them on
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

I've been all around from town to town
I've got some good things on my way around
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

...Rock it, boys!
I'm just like a piano player, carry nothing but my hat
I play women where I find 'em and leave 'em where I played 'em at
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down

Rocks is my pillow, sunshine keeps me warm
Blue sky is my blanket and Mother Nature built my home
Just old Rambling Bill, just old Rambling Bill
Some day I might get married and, baby, I might settle down
wash everything I had down the street

I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around
Hey I was hollerin' for mercy, and it weren't no boats around
Hey that looks like people, I've gotta stay right here and drown

Hey my house started shakin', started floatin' on down the stream
Hey my house started shakin', went on floatin' on down the stream
It was dark as midnight, people began to holler and scream

TRAIN OF LIFE
(Roger Miller)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '66 Tree Publishing, BMI&nbsp;≫

I sit alone at my table and watch all the others have fun
And I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track a watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future just livin' on things that I've done
And I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track a watchin' the mainline run
Train train don't leave me oh train of life
I got no one to call me their darling to hug me and call me their hon
And I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track just a watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future...
Train train don't leave me oh train of life

TOO MANY BRIDGES TO CROSS OVER
(Dallas Frazier)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI&nbsp;≫

Be close to me but please don't ever love me
Don't let your feelings carry you that far
I'll hold you in my arms buy you clothes and pretty charms
And I'll give you everything except my love
Because there's too many bridges to cross over
Too many places I ain't been
Yeah there's too many fields of tempting clover
Like an eagle I'm a prisoner of the wind
Well traveling was the nickname of my papa
And mama said he died cause he slowed down
Keep in mine these things I'm saying
Cause I ain't got the time to staying
Won't be long until my shoes touch distant ground
Because there's too many bridges...

TOO MANY BRIDGES TO CROSS OVER
(Dallas Frazier)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '68 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI&nbsp;≫

Be close to me but please don't ever love me
Don't let your feelings carry you that far
I'll hold you in my arms buy you clothes and pretty charms
And I'll give you everything except my love
Because there's too many bridges to cross over
Too many places I ain't been
Yeah there's too many fields of tempting clover
Like an eagle I'm a prisoner of the wind
Well traveling was the nickname of my papa
And mama said he died cause he slowed down
Keep in mine these things I'm saying
Cause I ain't got the time to staying
Won't be long until my shoes touch distant ground
Because there's too many bridges...

Today I started lovin' you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think, I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And the crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

Today I started lovin' you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think, I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And the crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

Today I started lovin' you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think, I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And the crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

Today I started loving you again
And I'm right back to where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

THIS TOWN'S NOT BIG ENOUGH
(Liz Anderson - Donna Austin)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI&nbsp;≫

Today's the day I leave forever this town where we once loved together
Now that love is gone I guess I'm free
I'll leave behind both you and sorrow and take just what I'll have tomorrow
When there's miles and miles and miles between this town and me
This town's not big enough for both of us to be
I can't go anywhere without your memory
In every window pane your face is all I see
This town's not big enough to hold both you and me
I'll drop the dreams I've held so tightly shed my tears and travel lightly
Anything to ease my heavy load
I'll find a town in far-off places where the windows have no faces
Many miles from anywhere along this lonely road
This town's not big enough...

THIS TOWN'S NOT BIG ENOUGH
(Liz Anderson - Donna Austin)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '65 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI&nbsp;≫

Today's the day I leave forever this town where we once loved together
Now that love is gone I guess I'm free
I'll leave behind both you and sorrow and take just what I'll have tomorrow
When there's miles and miles and miles between this town and me
This town's not big enough for both of us to be
I can't go anywhere without your memory
In every window pane your face is all I see
This town's not big enough to hold both you and me
I'll drop the dreams I've held so tightly shed my tears and travel lightly
Anything to ease my heavy load
I'll find a town in far-off places where the windows have no faces
Many miles from anywhere along this lonely road
This town's not big enough...

Sometimes songs are done by singers that don't mean them
And at times I've done the same and couldn't sing them
At times I've written songs about some things I didn't do
But these are my words and mine alone these words are true
I've written words in many ways to make them rhyme
And at times I've stolen notes that wadn't mine
Sometimes I changed my style all around to make it new
These are my words and this is my way and it's for you
Cause I love you with all of my heart my soul and my mind
These are my words those notes are mine this song is mine

Cause I love you honey with all of my heart my soul and my mind
These words are mine those notes are mine this song is mine

Sometimes songs are done by singers that don't mean them
And at times I've done the same and couldn't sing them
At times I've written songs about some things I didn't do
But these are my words and mine alone these words are true
I've written words in many ways to make them rhyme
And at times I've stolen notes that wadn't mine
Sometimes I changed my style all around to make it new
These are my words and this is my way and it's for you
Cause I love you with all of my heart my soul and my mind
These are my words those notes are mine this song is mine

Cause I love you honey with all of my heart my soul and my mind
These words are mine those notes are mine this song is mine

We used to laugh a lot
We never cried
But things are all different now
Since your sweet love has died
Seems we've lost the way to find
All the good times we found before
Yeah, we used to laugh a lot
Things aren't funny anymore

If I knew how to change your mind
Maybe things could be right again
If I could turn back one page of time
Before love came to an end
I'll just know where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

I'll know just where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

We used to laugh a lot
We never cried
But things are all different now
Since your sweet love has died
Seems we've lost the way to find
All the good times we found before
Yeah, we used to laugh a lot
Things aren't funny anymore

If I knew how to change your mind
Maybe things could be right again
If I could turn back one page of time
Before love came to an end
I'll just know where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

I'll know just where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

We used to laugh a lot
We never cried
But things are all different now
Since your sweet love has died
Seems we've lost the way to find
All the good times we found before
Yeah, we used to laugh a lot
Things aren't funny anymore

If I knew how to change your mind
Maybe things could be right again
If I could turn back one page of time
Before love came to an end
I'll just know where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

I'll know just where to turn
To turn it all on once more
Maybe we laughed too soon
Things aren't funny anymore

Such a little time has passed since you went away
Where are all these heartaches coming from
I can hardly stand the pain of missing you today
And I know the worst is yet to come

If there was something I could find to drive these tears from me
Then I'd go right out and get me one
I've already cried enough to fill the deep blue sea
And I know the worst is yet to come

There'll be all those sleepless nights when I'll just lay and cry
And the hours seem to have no end
There'll be days when it won't matter if I live or die
Wishing I could have you back again

If there was something I could find to drive these tears from me
Then I'd go right out and get me one
I've already cried enough to fill the deep blue sea
And I know the worst is yet to come

Such a little time has passed since you went away
Where are all these heartaches coming from
I can hardly stand the pain of missing you today
And I know the worst is yet to come

If there was something I could find to drive these tears from me
Then I'd go right out and get me one
I've already cried enough to fill the deep blue sea
And I know the worst is yet to come

There'll be all those sleepless nights when I'll just lay and cry
And the hours seem to have no end
There'll be days when it won't matter if I live or die
Wishing I could have you back again

If there was something I could find to drive these tears from me
Then I'd go right out and get me one
I've already cried enough to fill the deep blue sea
And I know the worst is yet to come

You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life

The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
I didn't know God made

THE SUNNY SIDE OF MY LIFE
(Merle Haggard)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '68 Tree Publishing, BMI&nbsp;≫

Oh the sunny side of my life is the side you're living on
Grey skies never come when I'm with you
Good times hang around only when you're here at home
The sunny side of my life is here with you
Standing at my window watching raindrops hit the ground
Countin' up the days you've been away
It's lonely here without you and the blues had got me down
Come on home and brighten up my days
Oh the sunny side of my life...
Sittin' on a park bench with the funnies in my hand
Trying hard to laugh at what I see
The sunny side of my life is shining somewhere else
Nothing's quite the way it ought to be
Oh the sunny side of my life...

Oh, the path was deep and wide
From footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock
And there would stand a stranger
Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp

Yeah, the weeds were high, the corn was dry
When daddy took to drinking
Him and Sally Walker, they up and ran away
Then Momma shed a silent tear
And promised fourteen children
"I swear you'll never see a hungry day"

When Momma sacrificed her pride
The neighbours started talking
But we were much too young
To understand the things they said
All we really cared about
Was Momma's chicken dumplings
And a goodnight kiss
Before we went to bed

Oh, you know, the path was deep and wide
From footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock
And there would stand a stranger
Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp

When Daddy left and destitution
Came upon our family
Not one neighbour volunteered
To lend a helping hand
So just let 'em gossip all they want
She loved us, and she raised us
The proof is standing here
A full grown man

Last summer Momma passed away
And left the ones who loved her
Each and every one is
More than grateful for their birth
And each Sunday she receives
A big bouquet of fourteen roses
With a card that reads
'The Greatest Mom on Earth'

Oh, you know, the path was deep and wide
From footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock
And there would stand a stranger
Yes, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp

The Levis that I'm wearin' have beeen good to me
They just won't admit they're growin' old
Though my shirt's made contact with the gutter, now and then
At least it keeps my body from the cold

Thank God, folks back home in Harland County
Can't see what success has done to me
Would you believe the kids in Harland High School
Voted me most likely to succeed

Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine
Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
Wishin' I had lived some other time

I wasn't here too long before I met her
And then later she really swept me off my feet
And she stayed just long enough to make me love her
And now they're sweepin' me up off the street

My mama thinks I've really hit the big time
She's written ever day since I've been gone
But she doesn't know that 109 West Charolette
Is the address of the West Side Mission Home

Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
If I buy the bread I can't afford the wine
Now I'm walkin' on the sidewalks of Chicago
Wishin' I had lived some other time

THE ONLY TROUBLE WITH ME
(Merle Haggard)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '71 Tree Publishing, BMI&nbsp;≫

I receive my big promotion down at the lumber yard
And my income tax return will soon be due
I just made my last big payment on my 68 Corver the only trouble with me is you
I came up with a winning ticket on a ocean liner tours
And the trip and everything was planned for two
And I arranged for our vacation and the time I thought we'd leave
Now the only trouble at all is you
Yeah the only trouble with me is you and it's driving me out of my mind
Hey I've done everything a man can do and you refuse me every time
I gave up my bachelor quoters where the secret bet comes down
And the vices that I'm guilty of are few
And everyone who knows me says I'm fun to be around
Oh the only trouble with me is you
Yeah the only trouble with me is you...
Yeah the only trouble with me is you

THE LONGER YOU WAIT
(Merle Haggard)
≪&nbsp;ⓒ '65 Tree Publishing, BMI&nbsp;≫

The longer you wait to leave me the longer I'll hurt when you're gone
And the longer it takes you to break my heart the longer the pain lingers on
How long will you prolong my misery wish I could leave on my own
Cause the longer you wait to leave me the longer I'll hurt when you're gone
We both know that you never loved me I lied to myself from the start
We both know that someday you'll leave me and the knowin' just tears me apart
How long will you prolong my misery...
The longer I'll hurt when you're gone

Bonnie was a waitress in a small cafe
Clyde Barrow was the rounder that took her away
They both robbed and killed until both of them died
So goes the legend of Bonnie and Clyde

The poems that she wrote of the life that they led
Told of the lawmen left dying or dead
Some say that Clyde made her life a shame
But the legend made Bonnie the head of the game

The rampage grew wilder with each passing day
The odds growing smaller with each get-a-way
With the end growing closer, the harder they fought
With blood on their hands they were bound to get caught

They drove back from town on one bright summer day
When a man they befriended stepped out in the way
With no thought of dyin' they pulled to the side
But death lay there waiting for Bonnie and Clyde

Two years or runnin' was ended that day
For robbin' and killin' they both had to pay
But we'll always remember how they lived and died
So goes the legend of Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie and Clyde