Hank Snow

That big eight-wheeler, rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
Cause I'm movin'on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on.

That big loud whistle, as it blew and blew
Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you
And we're movin' on, oh, hear my song
You had the laugh on me, so I set you free
And I'm movin' on.

Mister fireman, won't you please listen to me
Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
And keep movin' me on.

Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
You gonna ease my mind, put me there on time
And keep rollin' on.

I've told you baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow, and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on.

You've switched your engine, now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
Cause I'm movin' on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
Cause I'm movin' on.

But someday baby, when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on.

Hawaii's callin'

When I hear the rhythm of the hula rock, hula rock
In the South Pacific where the trade winds blow
They thought that the hula was a little bit slow
So they stepped it up with a go go go
And that's where they got that rock and roll

In the South Pacific now they're gettin' with it
On the beach at Waikaki
And it's a lula when they try the hula
With a rockin' rollin' beat

Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Don't stop, just let her rock

Take me back where the trade winds blow
To the land of the hula where they never get old
And the gooney birds dance with a go go go
And the natives join in with a rock and roll

With me, it's a riddle how they break in the middle
And yet stay on the beat
But I wanna sway with 'em when I hear the rhythm
Of the rockin' hula beat

Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Rockin' and a rollin' in Waikaki
Don't stop, just let her rock

Hawaii's callin'

I was totin' my pack along a dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load
"If you're going to Winnemucca, Mac with me you can ride."
So I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, [break] "Listen, Bud I've traveled every road in this here
land."

(Chorus)
I've been everywhere, man, I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man, I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere.

I been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow,
Sarasota,
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,
Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and
Padilla, I'm a killer. (to chorus)

Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington, Houston, Kingston,
Texarkana,
Monterey, Ferraday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little
Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake, Grand Lake, Devil Lake,
Crater Lake, for Pete's sake; (to Chorus)

Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Shefferville, Jacksonville,
Waterville, Costa Rica,
Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac,
Fond Du Lac, Davenport,
Idaho, Jellicoe, Pickle Cros, Argentina, Diamontina, Pasadena, Catalina,
see what I mean, (to next verse)

Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg,
Vicksburg, Eldorado,
Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika, Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska,
Opelika,
Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge
City, what a pity;

(Chorus)

Oh them big wheels are turning going somewhere
And they're carrying her away from my side
Yes I cried thought I'd die
Love was just a game to me I thought I'd never cry
I thought she'd be the loser but standing here am I
And that long train is rolling going somewhere
And it's carrying her away from my side
Yes I cried thought I'd die
[ piano ]
A broken heart is something that I have never had
But I learned the hard way didn't know it hurt so bad
And them big wheels are turnin' going somewhere
And it's carryinG her away from my side
(Yes he cried thought he'd die)
This burnin' love unwanted this love that never dies
Keeps right on a hurting no matter how I try
And that old rattler rolling going somewhere
And it's carrying her away from my side
Yes I cried thought I'd die
[ guitar ]
Many years I've fooled around and many years I've lied
I'd always be a leaving with that suitcase by my side
But that big engine's rolling going somewhere
And it's carrying her away from my side
Yes I cried thought I'd die yes I cried thought I'd die

Way down in the state of Georgia
Through the swamps and everglades
There's a hole in Tiger Mountain
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave.

I had a girl (had a girl)
In Waycross, Georgia (Waycross, Georgia) but she had unfaithful ways
Made me feel (made me feel) I was unwanted (so unwanted)
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave.

I couldn't stand the way she did me
Couldn't take her low down ways
Before I'd stay with a cheatin' woman
I'll go live the bears in Miller's Cave.

I caught her out (caught her out) one Sunday morning (Sunday morning)
With a man they call Big Dave
Meanest man (meanest man) in Waycross, Georgia (Waycross, Georgia)
I'd rather fight a Mountain Lion in Miller's Cave.

I said you'll pay, both you and Davey
I must see you in your grave
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em
I took their cheatin', schemin' bones to Miller's Cave.

That woman made (woman made) me feel unwanted (so unwanted)
But I showed 'em I was brave
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia
But they'll never find me 'cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave.

Dark cold, cave, Miller's Cave.

I filled my ol' car up with gas north to Chicago I was goin'
Just drove ten miles and turned around I couldn't leave without you knowin'
I had to see you one last time and be with you once before I'll go
To talk with you just one more time and then I'm bound north to Chicago
Still I wish there's something you would say to make me change my mind and stay
But I guess it's gotta be this way then I guess I'm bound north to Chicago
Please don't be angry that I've come I know you didn't want to see me
I know I said I wouldn't call and I tried my best love please believe me
Well everything I own is in my car you can see I'm leavin' so you must know
I only come to say goodbye and now I'm bound north to Chicago
Still I wish there's something...
(Ah Lord that woman done me a fool of little ol' Hank
And I'm just gonna be movin' on north to Chicago yeah)

That big eight-wheeler, rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
Cause I'm movin'on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on.

That big loud whistle, as it blew and blew
Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you
And we're movin' on, oh, hear my song
You had the laugh on me, so I set you free
And I'm movin' on.

Mister fireman, won't you please listen to me
Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
And keep movin' me on.

Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
You gonna ease my mind, put me there on time
And keep rollin' on.

I've told you baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow, and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on.

You've switched your engine, now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
Cause I'm movin' on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
Cause I'm movin' on.

But someday baby, when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on.

Tonight I'm blue for old Hawaii my weary soul is lonesome too
You left me blue and broken hearted I've got them old Hawaii blues
(Your big blue eyes and dark brown curls dear made skies of grey turn into blue
But now you've gone and lost forever I've got them old Hawaii blues)
[ guitar ]
You left me down where drowsy waters roll on the shores of paradise
You've had your way dear and we have parted for you old pal I dream tonight
Perhaps some day your mind will wander back to the one who loves you true
And I will still for you be waiting I've got them old Hawaii blues

If you listen a story I'll tell you,
Of a girl who once lived in this land;
A girl who was once my sweetheart,
She was know as The Blue Velvet Band.

On her cheeks was the first flush of nature,
Her beauty, it seemed to expand,
Her hair hung down in long tresses,
Tied back with a blue velvet band.

I can still see those tears as we parted,
Of my heart broken Blue Velvet Band;
As I left I told her I'd never
Come back to my old home again.

Five years on the wide open spaces
Was all that my poor heart could stand,
every night as I lay on my pillow,
I would dream of my Blue Velvet Band.

Then one night as I lay down dreaming
Of home and poor mother and dad,
Like a flash by my bedside was standing
The form of my Blue Velvet Band.

I started next day for my darling,
Just to go back and make her my bride;
But as I reached the old country depot,
They told my my sweet heart has died.

They laid her to rest in the churchyard,
Midst the sweet summer flowers of the land;
On her finger the ring I had bought her,
On her head was a blue velvet band.

One dark and stormy night while riding down the line;
Railroad Bill, the engineer said, "Boy, we'll have to fly!"
We've got to be on time, to meet old Number Four.
So sling the coal, we'll make it, boy, or never ride no more.

While in the rear boxcar, a lonely hobo lay,
Heading for his mother dear, who on her death-bed lay;
He raised a weary hand, to brush away a tear,
Not knowing his last drive was run, and Fate was drawing near.

When through the darkened night, a headlight bright did gleam,
O'er the roar of rolling wheels, a whistle load did scream;
As down around the curve, the mighty train did roar,
With black smoke rolling from the stack, came Flyer Number Four.

Then came an awful crash! Their last long drive was run,
On the track the hobo lay, his days of life were done;
And as the golden sun, sank slowly to the west,
His dear old mother gently smiled, and closed her eyes in death.

Words & Music by C.E. "Hank" Snow

There's a heart that is broken today
There is someone who waits far away
One who's kneeling in prayer as she waits for me there
Asking that I might comeback some day.
Her hands are all wrinkled with care
The gold has all gone from her hair
How I long to caress her my mother God bless her
She's a rose from the garden of prayer.

When I was a boy at her knee
She was more than a mother to me
As I gaze into space I can see her sweet face
As I stood by her old rocking chair.
When cares would impress on my brow
Or someone would turn me away
She would always be near me to comfort and cheer me
She's a rose from the garden of prayer.

So I'm leaving and heading that way
To a mother so feeble and grey
Where she waits there alone in our Heaven called home
By the window she's watching for me.
Soon my sorrows and troubles will end
Where all nature is blooming so fair
And I'll rest in the arms of the one that is true
She' my rose from the garden of prayer.

On an ocean of dreams I have wandered it seems
Just wanderin' wanderin' on
Since I found the note sweetheart that you wrote
Just saying that you had really gone

Will the pretty bird sing will the roses in the spring
Still blossom when they find you have gone
Will the old pals be true or will they all leave me too
Just wanderin' wanderin' on
[ fiddle ]
Will the little brook still play as it winds along its way
Will the stars keep on shinin' tough you've gone
Will they find their way to you will they tell you that I'm blue
Or will they too leave me wanderin' on
Will the pretty bird sing...
[ guitar ]
Though you've left me and gone I'll keep wanderin' on
Wanderin' down life's way
And beneath the lovely blue I may wander back to you
And my dreams will all come true someday

Then the pretty birds will sing how the happiness they'll bring
And the roses too will bloom sweet and fair
And a little star on high will shine for you and I
If you promise my darlin' you'll be there

Written by Walker - Stuart - Newman
Recorded by Hank Snow

Deep within this broken heart of mine,
All I find is memories of you;
And I'll never get you from my mind,
Can't seem to realize, our love was through.

Now there's all my future plans to rearrange,
And I don't know how to make the change;
For within this broken heart of mine,
All I find is memories of you

Darlin' it was just a year ago;
You said I'd soon get over lovin' you.
Now I'm writing, just to let you know;
You were wrong, now please tell me what to do.

Now there's all my future plans to rearrange,
And I don't know how to make the change;
For within this broken heart of mine,
All I find is memories of you

Though we said goodbye and drifted far apart
I knew that we'd meet again
Though you left my arms you never left my heart
I knew that we'd meet again

CHORUS:
Lover's lane was not the same with someone new
How could lover's lane be the same without you
Here we are together prayers were not in vain
I knew that we'd meet again

SPOKEN:
One word was spoken and our two hearts, they were broken
Our love, it had all gone astray
That old pride drew a curtain but honey,
You know, I was certain
That we'd meet again some sunny day

True love may sever though it will ever live on in memory
And though honey we were parted and so broken hearted
I knew someday you'd come back to me

CHORUS:
Lover's lane was not the same with someone new
How could lover's lane be the same without you
Here we are together prayers were not in vain
I knew that we'd meet again

The postman dropped a letter in my door
The address wasn't plain, but I could see
It had traveled far across the great Pacific
From my Filipino Rose across the sea

The writing from her tremblin' hand was blurred
The paper, it was badly stained with tears
It read, They tell me you have wed another
After I have longed and waited all these years

(Chorus)
But I'm still prayin' that the trade winds
Send you sailin' across the blue
In my harbor I've dreamed you'll anchor
Where your lonely Filipino waits for you



I promised her that I'd return some day
I told her she'd won my heart and hand
I told her a lie, 'cause I was lonely
Far from home, a stranger in that foreign land

She wrote, I've watched the driftwood float on by
I've watched the sea roll on its weary way
I've watched the silver sails out on the ocean
Hopin' you might return to me someday

The chains of love may never set you free
But thru the years, as mem'ries fonder grow
This broken heart will always wait for you, dear
It was signed, Your lonely Filipino Rose

(Repeat Chorus)

Broken hearted and so sad golden curls all wet with tears
Twas a picture of sorrow to see
Kneeling close to the side of his pal and only pride
A little lad these words he told me

He was such a lovely doggie and to me he was such fun
But today as we played by the way
A drunken man got mad at him because he barked in joy
He beat him and he's dying here today

Will you call the doctor please and tell him if he comes right now
He'll save my precious buddy cause I'll pray
Then he stroked the fluffy head but his little pal was dead
Just a shiver and he slowly passed away

He didn't know his dog had died so I told him as he cried
Come with me son we'll get that doctor right away
I can't leave him here alone I must get my doggie home
So while you're gone sir I'll just kneel beside him here and I'll pray
But when I returned he had his little pal upon his knee
And the teardrops they were blinding his big blue eyes
You're too late sir my doggie's dead and no help can save him now
But I'll meet my precious buddy up in the sky

By a tiny narrow grave where the willows sadly wave
There in grave on a shingle of pine
Little buddy rest in peace God will watch you through the years
Cause I told him in my prayers that you were mine

Listen folks and I will tell a funny story
You may think it sad but I was in my glory
'Twas a cellar I crept in, cobwebs brushing by my chin
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

As my hand fell on the jug I had to snicker
But when I started for the door I went much quicker
For just up above my head someone jumped right out of bed
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

As I left that cellar believe me, I was liftin'
And the hops from one arm to the other shiftin'
Then I stopped and hauled the plug, sat there till I drained the jug
Had my mind all set, no spare drops I was missin'

Then on my feet I thought I was, but wasn't
And for roads, I guess I saw about a dozen
When I reached the old porch door I went smack-o on the floor
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin



I just made one step and landed in the coal box
Then from off the mantle came a Big Ben 'larm clock
But I finally got upstairs after passing seven bears
'Twas the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

By my bedroom door an owl stood taking tickets
Then the monkey stood before me baking biscuits
But the funniest sight of all was two roosters playing ball
On the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

I saw mice as big as horses washing dishes
As an ape came in the door dressed up in britches
Then the floor fell on my head as I tried to get in bed
'Twas the night I stole old Sammy Morgan's gin

Well, I woke next morning guess 'twas closer ev'nin'
And my room was certainly in an awful shape
Someone else had took my head and left an elephant's there instead
On the morning after drinking Sammy's gin

Travelling the lonely roads of sorrow heartaches are all I've ever known
Time has turned a million pages fate has dealt and I'm alone

But somewhere along life's highway from your new love you may part
And you will reap the pains my darling that go with a broken heart

The little stars all twinkled brighter the moon smiled gaily from the blue.
The flowers seemed to spread more beauty oh so glad cause I met you
But somewhere along life's highway...

Though you've made my life a failure I have never been untrue.
And these lonely years have wasted all because my love for you
But somewhere along life's highway...

You played your game to leave me darling your game I did not understand
So you dealt the cards against me and I played the losing hand
But somewhere along life's highway...

I woke up this mornin’ in a terrible mood,
You talk about a woman treatin’ a good man rude
She left me talkin’ to myself just a gazin’ at that mean old wall.
She had another daddy waitin’ down at the end of the hall.

She changes with the weather like the leaves I recall,
She blossoms in the spring but then she’s gone in the fall,
A two timin’ woman with a heart of solid stone.
She tells me that she loves me but her heart’s a little under grown.

She said she’d never leave me but she got that urge to roam,
She drifts around the country like a stream-boat on the foam,
Never changes course just travels along that same old way.
I hope she goes a-drift and rolls along back home some day.

Now, if I ever find her, gonna chain her to the floor,
Then tell her: Now sit there woman ‘cause you ain’t leavin’ no more,
I’m gonna tame you woman till you’re eatin’ from my hand.
It ain’t that I don’t love you, honey it’s just to make you understand.

I'm a Lady's Man, Oh! yes-sir-ee
I like the gals and the gals like me
Can I make 'em swoon? Oh! yes, I can
Don't know what it is about me they love
But what it is, I got plenty of
Make way for me, I'm a lovin', Lady's Man.

I'm a Lady's Man and that's no crime
I like 'em 'round me all of the time
I've got a line of talk they understand
Now you may like a baseball game
But as for me, that's much too tame
I get my thrill just bein' a Lady's Man.

Been a Lady's Man since I was three
The women used to bounce me on their knee
They would always say, "When he grows up, watch out!"
"When the gals see his big blue eyes
They'll hang around like a bunch of flies."
Those women knew what they were talkin' about.

I'm a Lady's Man I get the breaks
I guess I've got everything it takes
When it come to lovin', they like my brand
Oh! the gals won't leave me alone
I have to disconnect my phone
That's how it is when you're a Lady's Man.

I'm a Lady's Man, Oh! yes-sir-ee
I love the gals and the gals love me
And when it comes to dates, I'm in demand
Oh! I like 'em short, I like 'em tall
As a mater of fact, I love 'em all
Make way for me, I'm a lovin', Lady's Man

That big eight-wheeler, rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
Cause I'm movin'on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on.

That big loud whistle, as it blew and blew
Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you
And we're movin' on, oh, hear my song
You had the laugh on me, so I set you free
And I'm movin' on.

Mister fireman, won't you please listen to me
Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
And keep movin' me on.

Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
You gonna ease my mind, put me there on time
And keep rollin' on.

I've told you baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow, and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on.

You've switched your engine, now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
Cause I'm movin' on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
Cause I'm movin' on.

But someday baby, when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on.

Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me should I cry
When you're gone yet I'll dream a little dreams as years go by
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love and now you say that we are through
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I

(Now and then there's a fool...

I went to your wedding although I was dreading
The thought of losing you
The organ was playing my poor heart kept saying
Your dreams your dreams are through

You came down the aisle wearing a smile a vision of loveliness
I uttered a sigh then whispered goodbye goodbye to my happiness
Your mother was crying your father was crying and I was crying too
The teardrops were falling because we were losing you

Your mother was crying...

Written and Recorded by Hank Snow

The Law Of Love has ruled again, dear,
You said goodbye and went your way.
In chains of sorrow you have bound me,
I'm a prisoner of your love today.

You said your mind had reached the verdict,
You've been the judge right from the start.
The sentence that you gave me, darlin',
Was a lap of tears and a broken heart.

I counted ev'ry star up yonder,
I've watched the moon in heaven so bright.
They seem to share the pain you left me,
That lingers in my heart tonight.

Perhaps some day you'll grant a pardon,
Perhaps someday bring back the key,
And open up this lock of love, dear,
And let this weary heart go free.

Recorded by Hank Snow
Words and music by Cindy Walker

CHORUS
Oh! the gold rush is over so honey bye-bye
Stake out your claim now on some other guy
I've wined you and dined you till my money is gone
But the gold rush is over and the bum's rush is on.

Now when I had the money honey, things were just fine
You spent my money like I was a mine
But now you mistreat me 'cause my money is gone
So gold-diggin' Mama, you can start moving' on.

You shoveled out the sweet talk when the pay dirt was big
But now all you shovel out is just a dirty dig
Well, stop digging honey 'cause you're wasting your time
This old gravy train is at the end of the line.

CHORUS

You've been out prospecting all around on the side
But this old mule now, has had his last ride
So start walkin' woman 'cause your grubstake is gone
The gold rush is over and the bum's rush is on.

CHORUS

Welcome all you children, give a listen to me
Let me tell you about a new boogie beat
There's no hesitation and it's sweepin' the nation
It's the rhumba boogie done the South American way

While madame Lazonga was teachin' la conga
In her little cabana in old Havana
We were doin' the Charleston and ballin' the Jack
And then that old black bottom 'til they started that jitterbug rag

Then across the water came Cuban Pete
He started a boogie to the rhumba beat
It's the rhumba boogie, let's give it a whirl
While he plays the boogie in the South American style

Well, you step out together then you circle around
Count one, two, three, then put your right foot down
Then you circle your lady, as you swing and you sway
To the rhumba boogie in the South American way

When that old piano, it starts to ring
Everybody then starts to sing
To the rhumba boogie, done the tropical style
It's the rhumba boogie and they're doin' it all of the while

Well, the guy responsible for leadin' the band
He yells, do your stuff, it's the best in the land
It's the rhumba boogie, let's dance it awhile
To the boogie woogie done the rhumba Cubana style

While madame Lazonga was teachin' la conga
In her little cabana in old Havana
The folks in old Mexico were doin' the tango
And we were steppin' to the rhythm of an old guitar

Down across the water came Cuban Pete
He started a boogie to the rhumba beat
It's the rhumba boogie, let's dance it awhile
To the rhumba boogie down the rhumba Cubana style

One heart too many I have broken love dreams that faded away
Too many teardrops have fallen too many vows cast aside
Soft wedding bells should be ringing for us in the chapel tonight
But this morning they tolled and her bright band of gold
Was returned with this message tonight

Your sweetheart has left us today heart broken God took her away
That silk gown of white for her wedding tonight
She wore as they laid her away
Though she died for a love all in vain her last words were calling your name
As I walked to her grave where the bluebonnets wave
I cried but my tears were too late

Tonight sweetheart as I kneel here alone beside you
And my tears stain the flowers on your grave
In deep regret I think of the heart that I have wounded
Of the sorrow and grief and the life that I could have saved
Yes tonight darling you were to be my loving bride
But all that I have left now as I bow to pray
Is your ring a picture the sad message that they sent me
And this rose that I am taking from your grave
Though she died for a love...

Tonight I'm sad my heart is weary I'm wondering if I'm wrong or right
Although you've gone and found another I wonder where you are tonight

That old rain is cold and slowly falling upon my window pane tonight
And though your love was even colder I wonder where you are tonight

Your heart was cold you never loved me though you said you often cared
And now you've gone and found another someone to know the love I've shared
That old rain is cold...
[ fiddle - steel ]
Then came the dawn the day you left me I tried to smile with all my might
But you could see the pain within me that lingers in my heart tonight
That old rain is cold...

From old Montana down to Alabam'
I've been before and I'll travel again
You triflin' women can't keep a good man down
You dealt the cards, but you missed the play
So hit the road and be on your way
Gonna board the Golden Rocket and leave this town.
I was a good engine a-runnin' on time
But baby I'm switchin' to another line
So honey never hang your signal out for me
I'm tired of runnin' on the same old track
Bought a one-way ticket and I won't be back
This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away.
Hear that lonesome whistle blow
That's your cue and by now you know
That I got another true lover waitin' in Tennessee
This Midnight Special's a-burnin' the rail
So woman don't try to follow my trail
This Golden Rocket's gonna roll my blues away.
Hear her thunder on through the night
This Golden Rocket is a-doin' me right
And that sunny old Southland sure is a part of me
Now from your call-board erase my name
Your fire went out, you done lost your flame
And this Golden Rocket is a-rollin' my blues away.
That old conductor, he seemed to know
You'd done me wrong, I was feelin' low
For he yelled aloud, "We're over that Dixon Line"
The brakeman started singing a song
Said "You're worried now, but it won't be long
This Golden Rocket is leavin' your blues behind."
Then the porter yelled with his southern drawl
Let's "rise and shine, good mornin', you-all"
And I sprang to my feet to greet the new-born day
When I kissed my baby in the station door
That whistle blew like it never before
On the Golden Rocket that rolled my blues away.

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Written By SNOW, HANK
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Words & Music by Hank Snow

Old Father Time has seen a million, million hearts
Break with pain down the highway of years.
I never dreamed that the love I thought was true
Would deceive and just leave me these tears.
The little seeds of happiness I grew with tender care
Have withered now that fate has played its part.
And my bud of love has closed, I have lost THE ONLY ROSE
That was blooming in the garden of my heart.

Mister Moon, I wonder, as you gaze from up above
On my broken heart that love has cast away.
If there's just one trace of sadness on my darlings face tonight,
Will she bloom within my heart again some day.
Will the weeds and briars vanish where the tears of sorrow fell,
And let the seeds of romance play its part.
Or must I go on living with just mem'ries of a rose
That once blossomed in the garden of my heart.

I'm a wonder, I'll keep drifting on
Can't see, honey, why you done me wrong
Hard luck sure has got me
I can't sleep a wink
I'll just have to face it from now on

Sailing o'er the sea of dreams
No one cares for me
And we're drifting oh so far apart
You slammed the door of love on me
Had found a new daddy, I could see
By that unwanted sign upon your heart

Seems I'm always on the losin' end
Your little game of love was just pretend
I have learned the hard way
It was plain to see
You were nothing more than just a friend

Never thought you'd treat me so
I can't understand
Why you had to tear my world apart
Left me everything to lose
And along with mean old blues
That unwanted sign upon your heart

Maybe someday that old tide will turn
And your ship will drift on back to me
Then I'll be the captain
You will be the crew
You'll know how it feels to sit and yearn

You may think you're doing fine
And the world is yours
But you played an unfair game to start
When you learn that love is blind
You'll come back but then you'll find
An unwanted sign upon my heart

Words & Music by Hank Snow

Darlin' I am, oh so blue, found the things that I gave you.
You returned them when you said that we must part.
I have kept them through the years, they are treasured souvenirs,
And mark an anniversary of my broken heart.

Just a rose from your hair, long ago I placed it there.
Tho' it's faded and the petals fall apart.
And the fragrance went away, but it's just as sweet today,
It marks an anniversary of my broken heart.

A golden ring to me so dear, old love letters stained with tears,
Had I only known the future from the start,
Then there'd be no soul to pine for the love that I thought mine,
Or no anniversary of my broken heart.

Tho' I know it's all in vain, ev'ry treasure will remain
Even tho' the past has torn my world apart.
I kissed your picture, then I cried, for these mem'ries, deep inside
Mark an anniversary of my broken heart.

I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day
And stopped there for a moment, just to watch the children play
Alone a boy was standing and when I asked him why
He turned with eyes that could not see and he began to cry

I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child

People come for children and take them for their own
But they all seem to pass me by and I am left alone
I know they'd like to take me but when they see I'm blind
They always take some other child and I am left behind

No mother's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonely here I wish that I could die
I'd walk the streets of heaven where all the blind can see
And just like all the other kids there'd be a home for me

[spoken]

I just can't seem to figure out why the folks all pass me by
Cause I know that it's true that God takes little blind children with him in the sky
And they tell me that I'm oh so pretty and they seem to like my big curls of gold
But then they take some other little child and I'm left here all alone

I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child