Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight Katydid sing like a symphony Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby Melody blowing through the willow tree
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What was I supposed to do Standing there lookin' at you A lonely boy far from home
Maybe it was Memphis Maybe it was Southern summer nights Maybe it was you maybe it was me But it sure felt right
Read about you in a Faulkner novel Met you once in a Williams play Heard about you in a country love song Summer night beauty took my breath away
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Every night now since I've been back home I lie awake drifting in my memory I think about you on your momma's front porch swing Talking that way so soft to me
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Maybe it was Memphis Maybe it was Southern summer nights Maybe it was Memphis Maybe it was Southern summer nights
There's no mistakin' what's takin' place here I can't pretend anymore You know that I love you, but it's not enough to Keep you away from that door Now it's too late to wonder, what's left to be tried Your mind is made up, and my hands are tied
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It's just one of those things that I can't do nothing about Your love is something that I'm going to have To learn to live without I could beg, I could plead, and get down on my knees But I think I finally figured it out It's just one of those things I can't do nothing about So bring on the tears, and bring on the heartaches Let me get on with my pain If this is goodbye then let's get it over There's nothing left to explain Now God knows I've tried, I've tried for so long What's left of my heart will have to be strong
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Well it's all I can stand, but it's out of my hands Your leaving is leaving more room for doubt It's just one of those things, I can't do nothing about
There goes the guy I used to know there goes the guy that I love so There goes the arms that used to hold me tight There goes the reason that I sigh there goes the reason that I cry There goes the lips I used to kiss goodnight there goes my love Well you're the first love of my life and you might be my last I don't want to be just another memory in your past There goes the guy I've got a feelin' for you yet that's with my night and day Just because we're far apart don't make it go away There goes the guy I used to know there goes the guy that I love so There goes the arms that used to hold me tight There goes the reason that I sigh there goes the reason that I cry There goes the lips I used to kiss goodnight there goes my love
I WISH SHE WOULDN'T TREAT YOU THAT WAY WRITERS WALTER IGLEHART, KEVIN WELCH
The way she treats you Is a dog gone crime I just get blue about it all the time Drives me crazy how she walks that line I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby I wish she wouldn't treat you that way I ain't sayin' that she's bad to you She does every little thing a lover should do Any fool could see that her love is true I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby I wish she wouldn't treat you that way She ain't the only one Who loves you dear She ain't the only one Who needs you near How am I ever goin' to have my day I wish she wouldn't treat you that way I wish she wouldn't treat you that way See you walkin' with her Hand in hand By the look on your face You're a happy man She's ruinin' all of my best laid plans I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby I wish she wouldn't treat you that way I wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby I wish she wouldn't treat you that way She ain't the only one Who loves you dear She ain't the only one Who needs you near How am I ever goin' to have my day I wish she wouldn't treat you that way I wish she wouldn't treat you that way wish she wouldn't treat you that way baby I wish she wouldn't treat you that way
Sunlight is gone, a wind stirs the willow Whippoorwills call from high on the hill Deep shadows fall as I wait for you by the window Soon you'll be here, drawing me near to you again
These Tennessee nights roll on like a river So gentle and slow with you by my side These Tennessee nights will go on forever ‘Cause here in my heart you'll always be mine
I hear the wind whisper low through the hollow Calling my name the way you did then I close my eyes and I lay my head on the pillow Soon you'll be here in peaceful dreams with me again
These Tennessee nights roll on like a river So gentle and slow with you by my side These Tennessee nights will go on forever ‘Cause here in my heart you'll always be mine Here in my heart you'll always be mine
You look so disbelieving at my suitcase by the door My taxi's on its way I can't take it anymore Lately you've forgotten what loving me's about Well now you've got five minutes to figure it out You've got five minutes to tell me what I've needed to hear You've got five minutes to show me that you're really sincere That's not much time to change my mind it'll take a miracle no doubt And you've got five minutes to figure it out Now I've got your attention here's what I've got to say You'd better do some talking cause my taxi's on its way We used to set the nights on fire now everyday's the same But now you've got five minutes to kindle the flame You've got five minutes... You can start with please don't leave me and end with I love you And if you'd only kiss me the way you used to do you could see a miracle come true You've got five minutes... You've still got five minutes to figure it out
As the fireflies buzzed around him Like so many dancing stars God told all the angels From Jupiter to Mars There's a basket in the river Bearing something dear to me Embarking on a journey To fulfill his destiny
A pretty maiden on the banks Stood with open arms God put it in her heart To keep that baby safe from harm She said "don't matter where you come from Now you belong to me" She was wise enough to know It was simply meant to be
God was there when the firefly lied At the angel's side And the maiden's heart As she played her part As she scooped him up Headed into town That's the way it all went down On the way to Holy Ground Milk and honey bound
One night that little prince was tossed Into a stormy prophet's dream And it took a while for him to understand What he had seen When that boy became a man Those dreams they did transpire He wandered into the desert Where he talked to a bush of fire
And a voice said "I'll be there, I'll be there I'll be there with you Deliver my people out of Pharaoh's chains And I will see you through"
God was there in the prophet's dream And the sparkled stream That flowed from the rock In the burning bush On the mountain top All across that desert sand Fingerprints of the master's hand He cried out "Pharaoh I'm headin' back to town" That's the way it all went down Milk and honey bound
Yeah, I've come to lead my people out Milk and honey bound I've come to lead my people out I've come to lead my people out Milk and honey Milk and honey
