Now I'll tell you in Chicago boys, I was broken man Dirty movies, credit cards and bills past due again And that son of mine spit in my face and then I tanned his eye He got a taste of Appalachian pride
That sassy son of mine, he was more than I could take I loaded wife and kids and dogs and then I pulled up stakes Back home here in the old home 'stead I've kept him by my side And filled him with my Appalachian pride
We're praising God in everything we do Thankful we had this to come back to We don't have much money, but we're dignified And happy in our Appalachian pride
There's hell mud in the smoke house, some flower in the ban Molasis, cans and beans until crop comes in The kids back in that bedroom, they finally understand The pride of an Appalachian man
Now we don't live on welfare, we don't need the checks no more We got sick of bill collectors a-banging on the door We'll break our backs from dusk till dawn and God is on our side And we'll make it just on Appalachian pride
We're praising God in everything we do Thankful we had this to come back to We don't have much money, but we're dignified And happy in our Appalachian pride
I got tired of New York City, of its sidewalks and its heat So I got myself a great big horse and I rode him down the street And then I hollered, hi, ho, Silver and, get 'em up, Scout But I suffered aggravation and a great humiliation So I finally said I'd let the story out
You can't ride a big white horse into the front of Gatsby's door You can't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please
Well, he broke into a cantor down around ol' Times Square And my cowboy boots and hat, I left them somewhere way back there Then he stomped and reared and turned and bucked and took off to the South And I slid through Gatsby's Restaurant with his tail stuck in my mouth.
But you can't ride a big white horse into the front of Gatsby's door You don't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please
Now, down at Gatsby's Restaurant, there's a picture hanging there Of a petrified Italian with escargot in his hair And there's a big, white horse rug lying by the door And I'm washing dishes in the back and sweepin' up the floor
But you don't ride a big, white horse into the front of Gatsby's door You don't call out, hi, ho, Silver as you scoot across the floor Twenty big Italians had me bent down on my knees And I cried, oh, ouch, help Lord, and Mama mia, please
Free love is the goin' thing So I took off my wedding ring And embarked on my final fling Of losin' you Borrowed love is awful cheap He was fun but I can't sleep I toss and turn and then I weep I'm losin' you
But I'd like to take that man I made And choke him on the bed we laid 'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid of losin you
I searched my heart to see if I Could catch you in a little lie And in some way justify Losin' you I thought love grew weak with age Oh ho, how I misread the gage You wrote the book, I turned the page And I'm losin' you
But I'd like to take that man I made And choke him on the bed we laid 'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid Of losin you
Free love is the goin' thing So I took off my wedding ring And embarked on my final fling Of losin' you Borrowed love is awful cheap He was fun but I can't sleep I toss and turn and then I weep I'm losin' you
But I'd like to take that man I made And choke him on the bed we laid 'Cause he ain't worth the price I paid Of losin you He ain't worth the price I paid of losin' you
Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life. There's a bright and a sunny side too. But if you meet with the darkness and strife, The sunny side we also may view.
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way, If we keep on the sunny side of life.
Oh, the storm and its fury broke today, Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear. Clouds and storms will in time pass away. The sun again will shine bright and clear.
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way, If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.
Let us greet with a song of hope each day. Though the moments be cloudy or fair. Let us trust in our Saviour always, To keep us, every one, in His care.
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way, If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.
Love is a burnin' thing And it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire
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I fell into a burnin' ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire
The taste of love is sweet When hearts like ours meet I fell for you like a child Oh, but the fire went wild
I fell into a burnin' ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire, the ring of fire
The tears in my eyes have a home till I cry And then they have a cheek to fall back on The birds in the sky have a mate until it's time to die But I don't have a love to call my own
Lovebirds come in pairs, they have someone who cares And that's one thing that I have never known They heather love within for shelter from the winter wind And me, without a love, not a single solitary love And me, without a love to call my own
Lovebirds come in pairs, they have someone who cares And that's one thing that I have never known They heather love within for shelter from the winter's wind And me, without a love, not a single solitary love And me, without a love to call my own
Well there's a dark and a troubled side of life. There's a bright and a sunny side too. But if you meet with the darkness and strife, The sunny side we also may view.
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way, If we keep on the sunny side of life.
Oh, the storm and its fury broke today, Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear. Clouds and storms will in time pass away. The sun again will shine bright and clear.
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way, If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.
Let us greet with a song of hope each day. Though the moments be cloudy or fair. Let us trust in our Saviour always, To keep us, every one, in His care.
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life. It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way, If we'll keep on the sunny side of life.
