George Jones - 50 Years of Hits Album Lyrics

Written by Darrell Edwards and George Jones

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why

Well, I got a crow I wanna pick with you
Just like last time when the feathers flew
You're runnin' wild a-kickin' up your heels
A-leavin' me home with a hand full of bills

I can't live without you and you know it's true
But there's no livin' with you so what'll I do
I'm goin' honky tonkin', get as tight as I can
And maybe by then you'll 'preciate a good man

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why

--- Instrumental ---

Well, now I don't know, but I've heard say
That ever' little dog is a-gonna have his day
You'd better pay attention, don't you dare forget
'Cause I'm just a little bitty puppy yet

Yeah, I caught you honky tonkin' with my best friend
The thing to do was leave you, but I should'a left then
Now I'm too old to leave you, but I still get sore
When you come home a-feelin' for the knob on the door

Tell me why baby, why baby, why baby why
You make me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry
I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me, why baby, why baby, why baby why...

Chorus:
Put the Bottle on the table
Let it stay there till I'm not able
To see your face in ev'ry place that I go
I've been sitting here so long
Just remembering that you are gone
Well, one more drink of wine
Then if you're still on my mind
One drink, Just one more, and then another

I'll keep drinking, it won't matter
I'll just remember that I once had her
I don't know why I sit and cry ev'ry day
I've been trying to forget, but I havent stopped it yet
Well, one more drink of wine
Then if you're still on my mind
One drink, just one more, and then another

Chorus:
Put the bottle on the table
Let it stay there till I'm not able
To see your face in ev'ry place that I go
I've been trying to forget
But I haven't stopped you yet
Well, one more drink of wine
Then if you're still on my mind
One drink, just one more, and then another...

Well, If you wanna drive a big limousine
I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
The tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.

Well, If you wanna own a great big mansion
Yes, I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.

Yes I'm a fool, over you
(It may take a while, but I'll prove it's true)

Well, if it's lovin' you want, I've got it
And if it's money you want, I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.

Well, If you wanna take a trip across the ocean
Yes, we'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.

Now, if you wanna own a great big mansion
If I give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees, and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.

Yes, I'm a fool, over you
(It may take a while, but I'll prove it's true.)

Well, if it's lovin' you want, I've got it
And If it's money you want, then, I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you.

Yes, I'm a fool, over you
(It may take a while, but I'll prove it's true.)

Well, if it's lovin' you want, I've got it
And If it's money you want, then, I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
'Cause I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

Up above me are the skies like the twinkle in your eyes
These things are the colors of the blues
In the mail your letter came the ink and paper looked the same
Blue must be the color of the blues
Bluebird's singin' in the trees seems to sympathize with me
But he's not singing like he used to do
The pearly waters in the sea feel as cold as you left me
Blue must be the color of the blues

There's a rainbow overhead with more blue than gold and red
Blue must be the color angels choose
A blue dress you proudly wore when you left to return no more
Blue must be the color of the blues
Blue days come and blue days go how I feel nobody knows
Life is mighty empty without you
There's a blue note in each song that I sing since you are gone
Blue must be the color of the blues

Well in North Carolina, way back in the hills
Me and my old pappy had a hand in a still
We brewed white lightnin' 'til the sun went down
Then he'd fill him a jug and he'd pass it around
Mighty, mighty pleasin, pappy's corn squeezin'
Whshhhoooh . . . white lightnin'

Chorus:
Well the "G" men, "T" men, revenuers, too
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew
They were looking, tryin to book him,
But my pappy kept a-cookin'
Whshhhoooh . . . white lightnin'

--- Instrumental ---

Well I asked my old pappy why he called his brew
White lightnin' 'stead of mountain dew
I took a little sip and right away I knew
As my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue
Lightnin' started flashin' and thunder started crashin'
Shhhoooh . . . white lightnin'

Chorus:
Well the "G" men, "T" men, revenuers, too
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew
They were looking, tryin to book him,
but my pappy kept a-cookin'
Whshhhoooh . . . white lightnin'

--- Instrumental ---

Well a city slicker came and he said "I'm tough"
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff
He took one g-g-glug and drank it right down
And I heard him a moaning as he hit the ground
Mighty, mighty pleasin, pappy's corn squeezin'
Whshhhoooh . . . white lightnin'

Chorus:
Well the "G" men, "T" men, revenuers, too
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew
They were looking, tryin to book him,
but my pappy kept a-cookin'
Whshhhoooh . . . white lightnin'...

I've been living a new way
Of life that I love so
But I can see the clouds are gathering
And the storm will wreck our home

For last night he held you tightly
And you didn't even shove
This is true for I've been watching (watching you)
From the window up above

You must have thought that I was sleeping
And I wish that I had been
But it's guess to get to know you
And the way your heart can sin

I thought we belonged together
And our hearts fit like a glove
But I was wrong for I've been watching (watching you)
From the window up above

From my eyes the teardrops started
As I listened on and on
I heard you whisper to him softly
That our marriage was all wrong

But I hope he makes you happy
And you will never lose his love
I lost mine while I was watching (watching you)
From the window up above

How I wish I could be dreaming
And wake up to an honest love that's true
But I'm wrong for I've been watching (watching you)
From the window up above

You keep saying you love him
I believe that it's true
And it just doesn't matter
How much I love you

But in time you'll understand, dear
When you shed a tear
Then you'll know you were living
In your tender years (tender years)

In your eyes there's a lovelight
That shines for him
But how long will it stay there
Will that love light grow dim

You can just see the happiness
You can't see the tears
It's true, 'cause you're living
In your tender years (tender years)

--- Instrumental ---

So if I can't be your first love
I'll wait and be your last
I'll be somewhere in your future
To help you forget the past

And you'll know that I love you
With a love that's sincere
'Cause I'll wait 'til you're through living
In your tender years (tender years)

Yes, you'll know that I love you
With a love that's sincere
Yes, I'll wait 'til you're through living
In your tender years... (tender years)...

Just because I ask a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
She thinks I still care

Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers ev'rywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
She thinks I still care

But if she's happy thinkin' I still need her
Then let that silly notion bring her cheer
But how could she ever be so foolish
Oh where would she get such an idea

Just because I ask a friend about her
And just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I saw her then went all to pieces
She thinks I still care
She thinks I still care

I know that you're wondering who I dream about
And if I met someone who thrills me so
Well, I've finally met a girl who turns me inside out
I'll tell you about her for you ought to know

You comb her hair every mornin'
And make sure she dresses just right
You comb her hair every mornin'
And put her to bed every night

When she's around me sometimes I can hardly speak
I stammer and I walk right into doors
And just to hold her hand in mine makes me feel weak
Oh, you know her honey, she's a friend of yours

You comb her hair every mornin'
And make sure she dresses just right
You comb her hair every mornin'
And put her to bed every night

Because your bad of the heart

How could you be so cruel
You treat me like a fool
After all I did for you
You cut me like a blade
My trust is slowly fading
Now I don't know what to do
I thought that when you gave me love
My life would start to change
Instead I saw that I was wrong
My life was re-aranged
How I wonder why
You just put my love aside
You threw me in the gutter and you left me there to lie

You never wanted to start
Cause your just bad of the heart
You never played the game to smart
Cause you know your bad

When I was by your side
You kissed and told me lies
You hurt me each and everyday
I made it through the night
Lying to myself, why did it have to be this way
I thought that when you gave me love
My life would start to change
Instead I saw that I was wrong
My life was re-aranged
How I wonder why
You just put my love aside
You threw me in the gutter and you left me there to lie

Bad of the heart
You never wanted to start
Cause your just bad of the heart
Now your tearing me apart

Bad of the heart
You never wanted to start
Cause your just bad of the heart
You really didn't want me baby, oh girl

Bad of the heart
You didn't really want me baby
You never really needed me
Cause your just bad of the heart
(Repeat)

(George Jones & Melba Montgomery)

(Oh, we must have been out of our minds.)

We said our goodbyes long ago
Never thinking we'd miss each other so
All the memories we can't leave behind
Oh, we must have been out of our minds.

Chorus:
I thought I loved another, not you
How foolish, I thought the same, too
They both turned out to be the wrong kind
Oh, we must have been out of our minds.

Let's forgive and forget the past we've known
And reap together the wild seeds we've sown
Surely they can forgive us in time
That, we must have been out of our minds.

Chorus:
I thought I loved another, not you
How foolish, I thought the same, too
They both turned out to be the wrong kind
Oh, we must have been out of our minds.

Yes, we must have been out of our minds.

Has it been a year since the last time I've seen her
My God, I could swear it was ten
And the ocean of liquor I drank to forget her
Is gonna kill me but I'll drink 'til then

I've been livin' in hell with a bar for a cell
Still payin' for my cheatin' crime
Oh, and I've got a long way to go
Still doin' time

Still doin' time in a honky tonk prison
Still doin' time, where a man ain't forgiven
My poor heart is breakin'
Oh, but there's no escapin'
Each morning I wake up and I find
Still doin' time

Oh, when you're caught cheatin' twice, it's twenty to life
In a place where the sun never shines
And tomorrow you're gonna find me right here
Still doin' time

Still doin' time in a honky tonk prison
Still doin' time, where a man ain't forgiven
My poor heart is breakin'
Oh, but there's no escapin'
Each morning I wake up and I find
Still doin' time
Still doin' time

Walk through this world with me,
Go where I go
Share all my my dreams with me,
I need you so
In life we search and some of us find
I've looked for you a long, long time

And now that I've found you,
New horizons I see
Come take my hand
And walk through this world with me

--- Instrumental ---

Walk through this world with me,
Go where I go
Share all my dreams with me,
I searched for you so

And now that I've found you,
New horizons I see
Come take my hand,
And walk through this world with me

Come take my hand,
And walk through this world with me...

Written by George Jones and Jack Ripley

I won't say that I'm the only one who loves her
And I won't say I make her happy all the time
There's someone she can't forget
I know she never will, and yet
But as far as my heart's concerned, she's mine

She never once has told me that she needs me
And she forgets when I'm around her all the time
There are words I try to say
When she turns and walks away
But as far as my heart's concerned, she's mine

She's mine and yet I know someday I'll lose her
But she'll never take this happiness I've found
And I know it may sound foolish when I tell you
That I'm satisfied just having her around

Even when she's in my arms I know she's lonely
I wish that I could take that someone from her mind
But since her mother left our world
She's been daddy's little girl
She's a baby, I'm her daddy, and she's mine

Written by Ben Wilson

I'll share my world with you
Ev'rything that I own
My earthly possessions
They're no good if I'm alone
Let me give you the sunshine
While it's fresh with morning dew
Can't you see that I'm waiting
To share my world with you

I'll share my world with you
If you'll be mine alone
I'll give you a new heart
You're the only love it's known
Let me give you my two arms
They'll be reaching when you do
Can't you see they are waiting
To share my world with you

I'll share my world with you
Ev'rything that I see
Divide all the memories
One for you, and one for me
Oh let me give you my two lips
They'll be smile when you do
Can't you see they are waiting
To share my world with you

Can't you see they are waiting
To share my world with you

I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lyin' cold the way you left them
But at least your lips caressed them while you packed
And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee that you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it, that's so much more than I can say for me

It's been a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowin'
Funny, I don't even care
When you turned and walked away
And as the door behind you closes
The only thing I know to say
It's been a good year for the roses

After three full years of marriage
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talkin', there's so little left to say we haven't said
While a million thoughts go runnin' through my mind, I find I haven't spoke a word
And from the bedroom those familiar sounds of our one baby's cryin' goes unheard

But what a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowin'
Funny, I don't even care
And when you turned and walked away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I know to say
It's been a good year for the roses

16 Biggest Hits - Tammy Wynette and George Jones Album
Transcriber: [email protected]

Take me, take me to your darkest room
Close every window and bolt every door
The very first moment I heard your voice
I'd be in darkness no more

Take me to your most barren desert
A thousand miles from the nearest sea
The very moment I saw your smile
It would be like heaven to me

There's not any mountain to rugged to climb
No desert too barren to cross
Darlin', if you would just show a sign
Of love, I could bear with all loss

Take me to Siberia
And the coldest weather of the winter time
And it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine

Yes, it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine

Take me, take me

Imagine a world where no music was playin'
Then think of a church with nobody prayin'
If you've ever looked up at a sky with no blue
Then you've seen a picture of me without you

Have you walked in a garden where nothing was growin'
Or stood by a river where nothing was flowin'
If you've seen a red rose unkissed by the dew
Then you've seen a picture of me without you

Can you picture Heaven with no angels singin'
Or a quiet Sunday morning with no church bells ringin'
If you've watched as the heart of a child breaks in two
Then you've seen a picture of me without you

I'm so glad to have you back within these arms of mine
I can finally close my eyes and get some rest
Never once did I think of finding someone new
'Cause there's nothing better once you've had the best

You're the very thing they sing about in love songs
And one mistake don't mean you've failed the test
And as you lay beside me softly sleeping, this I know
There's nothing better once you've had the best

Within your arms I've had the best and I think the world should know
I don't care what you've said or done I'll always love you so
You've got more love in your little finger than all the rest
And there's nothing better once you've had the best
No, there's nothing better once you've had the best

Step right up, come on in
If you'd like to take the grand tour
Of a lonely house that once was home sweet home
I have nothing here to sell you,
Just some things that I will tell you
Some things I know will chill you to the bone.

Over there, sits the chair
Where she'd bring the paper to me
And sit down on my knee
And whisper oh, I love you
But now she's gone forever
And this old house will never
Be the same without the love
That we once knew.

Straight ahead, that's the bed
Where we'd lay in love together
And Lord knows we had a good thing going here
See her picture on the table
Don't it look like she'd be able
Just to touch me and say good morning dear.

There's her rings, all her things
And her clothes are in the closet
Like she left them
When she tore my world apart.

As you leave you'll see the nursery,
Oh, she left me without mercy
Taking nothing but
Our baby and my heart.

Step right up, come on in...

I woke up this morning aching with pain
Don't think I can work, but I'll try
The car's in the shop so I thumbed all the way
Oh, these days I barely get by

I walked home from work and it rained all the way
My wife left and didn't say why
She laid all our bills on the desk in the hall
Oh, these days I barely get by

Put my only two dollars on my favorite horse
He lost by a nose and I cried
Oh, my boss says come winter, we'll all be laid off
Oh, these days I barely get by

These days I barely get by
I want to give up, lay down and die
Worst of all was when she told me goodbye
Whoa, these days I barely get by
Whoa, these days, one barely gets by

Oh, I love her and just can't live without her
And I've got the urge to tell the world about her
But our love's a secret and can't see the light of day
But I went and wrote this love song anyway

Her name is, her eyes are
Her hair is just like, and she measures
But someday I'll fill in the lines when she and I are free
And we'll walk in the sunshine and me

Oh, it really is a scandal and disgrace
To have to call your woman what's-her-face
But her husband thinks he owns her heart and soul for life
And he'll kill the man who messes with his wife

Her name is, her eyes are
Her hair is just like, and she measures
But someday I'll fill in the lines when she and I are free
And we'll walk in the sunshine and me

Yes, someday I'll fill in the lines when she and I are free
And we'll walk in the sunshine and me

Her name is

16 Biggest Hits Tammy Wynette and George Jones Album
Transcriber: [email protected]


There's just one place for me
Near you

It's like heaven to be
Near you

Times when we're apart
And I can't face my heart

Say you'll never stay
More than just two lips away

If my hours could be spent
Near you

I'd be more than content
Near you

Make my life worth while
By telling me that I'll
Spend the rest of my days
Near you

near you - near you

Make my life worth while
By telling me that I'll spend the rest of my days
Near you

Spend the rest of my days
Near you

Well, I'm just a bartender
And I don't like my work
But I don't mind the money at all
I've seen lots of sad faces
And lots of bad cases
Of folks with their backs to the wall

But I got four walls around me, to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

Well I can light up your smokes
I can laugh at your jokes
I can watch you fall down on your knees
I can close down this bar
Oh and gas up my car
And I can pack up and mail in my keys

But I got four walls around me, to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

Now the smoke fills the air
Of this honky tonk bar
And I'm thinkin' bout where I'd rather be
But I burned all my bridges
And I sunk all my ships
And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea

But I got four walls around me, to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away...

When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
The night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
Ah, but it's my life

Listen to the blues that they're playin'
Listen what the blues are sayin'

Life is just another scene
In this old world of broken dreams
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life

Oh, the night life ain't no good life
Oh, but it's my life

Listen to what the blues are saying

Life is just another scene
From the world of broken dreams
And the night life ain't no good life
But its my life
The night life ain't no good life
But, it's my life

He said, "I'll love you till I die"
She told him, "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by
She still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
But he still loved her through it all
Hoping she'd come back again

Kept some letters by his bed
Dated 1962
He had underlined in red
Every single, I love you

I went to see him just today
Oh, but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

(Ooh)
You know, she came to see him one last time (ooh)
Ah, and we all wondered if she would (ooh)
And it kept runnin' through my mind (ooh)
"This time he's over her for good"

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

Miracles appear in the strangest of places
Fancy me finding you here
The last time I saw you was just out of Houston
Let me sit down and buy you a beer
Your presence is welcome with me and my friend here
'Cause this is a hangout of mine
We come here quite often to listen to music
And to taste yesterday's wine

Yesterday's wine, yesterday's wine
Agin' with time like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine, yesterday's wine
We're agin' with time like yesterday's wine

You give the appearance of one widely traveled
But lord, I'll bet you've seen things in your time
Come sit down here with us and tell us your story
If it's true you like yesterday's wine

Yesterday's wine, yesterday's wine
We're agin' with time like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine, yesterday's wine
We're agin' with time like yesterday's wine
We're agin' with time like yesterday's wine

With time my face has wrinkled but my blue eyes still sparkle
With the love I felt for you the day we met
To me you're just as lovely as the first time I saw you
Times have changed but our hearts haven't yet

I'm still the same old me loving the same sweet you
Time hasn't withered our hearts
And when our days are through, I'll still be loving you
Even death can't keep us apart

These hands that once were steady have now begun to tremble
But when they touch you the same old feeling's there
But your smile is still as special as it was the day we married
Years haven't changed the love we share

And I'm still the same old me loving the same sweet you
Time hasn't withered our hearts
And when our days are through, I'll still be loving you
Even death can't keep us apart

I'm still the same old me loving the same sweet you

(Chorus)
I've had choices
Since the day that I was born
There were voices
That told me right from wrong
If I had listened
No I wouldn't be here today
Living and dying
With the choices I made

I was tempted
By an early age I found
I liked drinkin'
Oh, and I never turned it down
There were loved ones
But I turned them all away
Now I'm living and dying
With the choices I made

(Repeat Chorus)

I guess I'm payin'
For the things that I have done
If I could go back
Oh, Lord knows I'd run
But I'm still losin'
This game of life I play
Living and dying
With the choices I made

(Repeat Chorus)

Living and dying
With the choices I made

Well, you tell me how she was when you once knew her
How she played her games with many, many men
And you tell me that you don't think I'd be with her
If I could just have known her back then
Lord, you ask me why I don't pack up and leave her
Now that I know about her wicked ways
Well, I doubt that you could understand my thinking
Oh, but listen close to what I have to say

She's the rock that I lean on
She's the sunshine of my day
And I don't care what you say about her
Lord, she took me in and made me everything I am today

She's my rock and I ain't a-gonna throw her away

I know she wasn't always what she is now
Lord, she had to make mistakes like everybody else
And don't you point your finger at nobody
It's plain to see that you ain't no saint yourself

She's the rock that I lean on
She's the sunshine of my day
And I don't care what you say about her
Lord, she took me in and made me everything I am today

She's my rock and I ain't a-gonna throw her away
Yes, she's my rock and I ain't gonna throw her away
Yes, she's my rock and I ain't gonna throw her away

You know this old world is full of singers
But just a few are chosen
To tear your heart out when they sing
Imagine life without them
All your, radio heros
Like the outlaw that walks through Jesse's dream

No, there will never be another
Red-headed stranger
A Man in Black and Folsom Prison Blues
The Okie from Muskogee
Or Hello Darling
Lord I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes

(Chorus:)
Who's gonna fill their shoes
Who's gonna stand that tall
Who's gonna play the Opry
And the Wabash Cannonball
Who's gonna give their heart and soul
To get to me and you
Lord I wonder, who's gonna fill their shoes

God bless the boys from Memphis
Blue Suede Shoes and Elvis
Much too soon he left this world in tears
They tore up the Fifties
Old Jerry Lee and Charlie
And old Go Cat Go still echoes through the years

You know the heart of country music
Still beats in Luke the Drifer
You can tell when hew sings I Saw the Light
Old Marty, Hank and Lefty
Why I can feel them right here with me
On this Silver Eagle rolling through the night

(Repeat chorus)

I stopped off at the Quicksack for some beer and cigarettes
The old man took my money as he stared at my Corvette
He said, "I had one just like her, son, a 1963
'Til the man down at the bank took her from me"

Oh, she was hotter than a two-dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean, every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle, son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then

Then, I handed him my keys and said, "Here, take her for a spin"
The old man scratched his head and then he looked at me and grinned
He said son, "You just don't understand, it ain't the car I want
It's the brunette in your 'Vette that turns me on"

I had one that was hotter than a two-dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean, every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle, son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then

Lord, she was hotter than a two-dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean, every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle, son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then
She reminds me of the one I loved back then

I've cried a million tears,
Down through the years
Searching for that special one
And the vows I took before,
Were all forever more,
But no matter how I tried they came undone

Then the good Lord finally gave me
A true love of a lady,
Someone who believes in me
And she lets me know each day,
That love is here to stay
I finally found someone who'll never leave

[Chorus]
I put a golden band on the right left hand this time,
And the right left hand put a golden band on mine
When our hair is snowy white,
Time will prove I'm right
I put a golden band on the right left hand this time

I'll never have to plead
For the love that my heart needs,
She'll be close enough to touch
And when the nights are long and cold,
She'll be there to hold,
All dressed up for one more night of love

I put a golden band on the right left hand this time,
And the right left hand put a golden band on mine
When our hair is snowy white,
Time will prove I'm right
I put a golden band on the right left hand this time

I put a golden band on the right left hand this time

He kisses her goodbye, and heads for the radio station.
Oh, he hates to leave her, but he's got another show to do.
He knows she gets lonely, so he lets her know that he's thinking about her.
And though millions are listening, she knows who he's talking to.

[Chorus]
Comin' to you live like I do every night
From the heart of your radio.
I play a little sad, and I play a lotta glad.
And a few ol' cheatin' songs.

Here's hopin' everybody out in radio land
Found a love just as true as mine
Good night angel, sleep tight darlin'
Close your pretty brown eyes.

When the show is over,
Your radio lover
Will be home by your side.

She's laying in bed as her DJ tells her that he loves her.
It would break his heart if he knew she wasn't there alone.
She knows when to cheat and when to tell her lover to leave her.
She knows they'll be safe just as long as his show goes on.

He planned a surprise for the night of their first anniversary.
He taped his show just so he could be home.
The radio was playing and, as he walked in on her and her lover,
He heard himself saying the last words that they ever heard.

If you told me that you love me
I would feel so proud
If you'd let me hold you honey
I'd holler out loud
I'll never love another
Even if I can
Come to me baby I'm a one woman man

[Chorus]
Want you let me baby just a kind of hang around
I'll always love honey and I'll never let you down
I'll never love another even if I can
Well come to me baby I'm a one woman man
I'd climb the highest mountain
If it reached a bigger sky
To prove that I love you
I'd jump off and fly
I'd even swim the ocean
From shore to shore
To prove that I love you
Just a little bit more

[Chorus]

If you told me that you love me
I would feel so proud
If you'd let me hold you honey
I'd holler out loud
I'll never love another
Even if I can
Come to me baby I'm a one woman man

[Chorus]

Not too many years ago
When dreams weren't coming true
I'd reach for inspiration
Sometimes it would be you
I'd hear you on the radio
I sure did like your sound
Say it's good to know there's still
A few ol' country boys around

From the smoke it's hard to tell
What's coming down the line
We heard you were a fast train
Coming out of Caroline
We wondered what you were haulin'
When you rolled into to town
Say it's good to know there's still
A few ol' country boys around

You must have felt that same old feeling
More than once or twice
Guitars pressed against our hearts
Under the neon lights
I've got to say that feeling is the best that I have found
Lord, it's good to know there's still
A few ol' country boys around

There's a lot of truth you know
In our kind of songs
About the life you're living
And how love's done you wrong
As long as there's a jukebox
And a honky tonk in town
It's good to know there's still
A few ol' country boys around

It's good to know there's still
A few ol' country boys around

I walked through the front door
Turned the light on in the hall And then I saw the post-it notes
That she had stuck up on the wall.
The first one said, "I love you, but I can't live on love alone."

The yellow post-it-notes were stuck up everywhere
One was on the microwave and one on the Frigidaire
It said "I cried all night but you weren't there to watch the teardrops fall."
And if you couldn't get the picture Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

Sometimes you do what you've gotta do If ya do anything at all.
Sometimes it takes a freight train comin' Sometimes it takes a mountian to fall
Sometimes you do what you've gotta do
Sometimes you gotta walk before you crawl And if you couldn't get the picture

Maybe you can read the writing on the wall. The post-it note on the pillow said,
"The lonely nights were hell" The on the mirror said, "Take a good luck at yourself"
And the one she put on the closet door Said, "I waited long enough for you to call."
And if you couldn't get the picture Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

Sometimes you do what you've gotta do If ya do anything at all.
Sometimes it takes a freight train comin' Sometimes it takes a mountian to fall
Sometimes you do what you've gotta do Sometimes you gotta walk before you crawl
And if you couldn't get the picture Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

And if you couldn't get the picture Maybe you can read the writing on the wall.

I got a hundred dollars smokin' in my billfold
I know I oughta save it but it's burnin' a hole
Right through my pocket and into my skin
Come Monday morning I'll be broke again.

It's finally Friday
I'm free again
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
It's finally Friday
I'm outa' control
Forget the workin' blues
And let the good times roll.

I got a little sugar baby down the road
She's sittin' on a radio and rockin' on roll
We'll dance up a storm and later all night
We'll be workin' on doin' all the wrong things right.

It's finally Friday
I'm free again
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
It's finally Friday
I'm outa' control
Forget the workin' blues
And let the good times roll.

--- Instrumental ---

Monday, I'll be hurtin with my head in a vice
Tuesday, I'll be wonderin' if I'll ever survive
Wednesday and Thursday, I'll be slowly tunin' in
Friday, I'll be revin' up my motor again.

It's finally Friday
I'm free again
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
It's finally Friday
I'm outa' control
Forget the workin' blues
And let the good times roll.

It's finally Friday
I got my motor running for a wild weekend
It's finally Friday
Forget the workin' blues
And let the good times roll...

I don't need your rockin' chair
Your Geritol or your Medicare
Well, I still got neon in my veins
This grey hair don't mean a thing
I do my rockin' on the stage
You can't put this possum in a cage
My body's old but it ain't impaired
I don't need your rockin' chair

I ain't ready for the junkyard yet
'Cause I still feel like a new Corvette
It might take a little longer but I'll get there
Well, I don't need your rockin' chair

I don't need your rockin' chair
Your Geritol or your Medicare
I've still got neon in my veins
This grey hair don't mean a thing
I do my rockin' on the stage
You can't put this possum in a cage
My body's old but it ain't impaired
Well, I don't need this rockin' chair

Retirement don't fit in my plan
You can keep your seat I'ma gonna stand
An Eskimo needs a Fridgedaire
Like I need your rockin' chair

I don't need your rockin' chair (he don't need your rockin' chair)
Your Geritol or your Medicare (Geritol or your Medicare)
I've still got neon in my veins (still got neon in his veins)
This grey hair don't mean a thing (his grey hair don't mean a thing)
I do my rockin' on the stage (does his rockin' on the stage)
You can't put this possum in a cage (can't put this possum in a cage)
Yeah, my body's old but it ain't impaired (well, you know he ain't impaired)
Well, I don't need your rockin' chair (and he don't need no rockin' chair)
My body's old but it ain't impaired (yeah, we all know you ain't impaired)
I don't need your rockin' chair
Uh huh

He's got thirteen channels of wrestling comin' in strong from a satellite send
A two hundred function remote control big screen TV with stereo
Football baseball nascar too with picture in a picture it's all in view

And if it comes on just a little too late with his VCR's he'll get it on tape
He's a high-tech redneck Mayberry meets Startrek
He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in he's a high-tech redneck

He's got twenty sub-woofers in the back of his truck
A thousand watts of power and he keeps it cranked up
He ain't into hip hop he ain't into rap
He likes to rattle them speakers with Ronnie Milsap

CD cassette digital tape CB radar and scannin' short wave
And if he needs to talk to his honey at home

He just dials up her number on his cellular phone
He's a high-tech redneck...
He's a high-tech redneck...

If you want to hear a love song I could sing one
If you wanna feel the fire we could build one
If you need to catch a rainbow we could chase one
If you want to be together we could be one

One and one, I've always heard adds up to two
But one and one is only one when that one is me and you
If you believe in forevers, we could start one
If you want to be together, we could be one

Now you talk about tomorrows, I can see one
There's no mountain we can't climb if we reach one
If you believe in forevers, we could start one
If you want to be together, we could be one

One and one I've always heard, adds up to two
But one and one is only one, when that one is me and you
If you believe in forevers, we could start one
If you want to be together, we could be one
If you want to be together, we could be one

I must have done something bad sometime in my life
And I paid for it time and again
But this time you've hurt me so bad I could lay down and die
And the pain grows each day, ten times ten times ten.

If I thought my hand was against you, why I'd cut off my arm
And I'd walk off and leave it behind
If I thought that you needed money, why I'd sell my own soul
And I'd even steal from the poor and the blind.

I can't understand how ice can glitter like fire
Why you had me fooled all alone
I gave you all that I had then I searched around for more
And now I've got nothing at all and you're gone.

I must have done something bad sometime in my life
And I paid for it time and again and again

When did you stop lovin' me
How long have I been a memory
I gotta know for my own sanity
Tell me when did you stop lovin' me.

There was a time when you worshiped where I stood
Heaven knows I'd bring it back if I could
Now I can tell when we make love it ain't me you're thinkin' of
Tell me when did you stop lovin' me.

Was it that night that you stayed out until dawn
You know that night has haunted me, oh, for so long
Or was your love already gone, tell me please, oh, I've gotta know
Darling, when did you stop lovin' me.

There was a time when you worshiped where I stood
Heaven knows, I'd bring it back if I could
Now I can tell when we make love it ain't me you're thinkin' of
Tell me when did you stop lovin' me.

Tell me when did you stop lovin' me

They sent him to Asia to fight in a war
He came back home crazy and asking, "What for?"
They had him committed oh, medals and all
To a mental hospital with rubber walls

They cut off the funding oh, they cut off the lights
He hit the street runnin' that cold winter night
Now the streets are the only place he can call home
He seems, oh so lonely, but he's never alone

He lies there holding his Wild Irish Rose
This crazy old fool in the smelly old clothes
He could have had something much better, God knows
Than a half-empty bottle of Wild Irish Rose

A baby named Scarlet with laughing blue eyes
Has been in his wallet, ah way back since '65
So much was forgotten, oh so far back in time
Way down in the bottom of a river of wine

You know, they found him at Clark street, West 25th
They can't even find a heartbeat Lord, his fingers are stiff
Just like they're all frozen, he's holding her tight
But the habit, oh, it's broken, this is Roses' last night

He lies there holding his Wild Irish Rose
But his soul's in a place where a real hero goes
Now he's got something better much better, God knows
Than a half-empty bottle of Wild Irish Rose

I've had choices since the day that I was born
There were voices that told me right from wrong
If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today
Living and dying with the choices I've made

I was tempted, by an early age I found
I liked drinkin', oh, and I never turned it down
There were loved ones but I turned them all away
Now I'm living and dying with the choices I've made

I've had choices since the day that I was born
There were voices that told me right from wrong
If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today
Living and dying with the choices I've made

I guess I'm payin' for the things that I have done
If I could go back, oh, Lord knows I'd run
But I'm still losin' this game of life I play
Losing and dying with the choices I've made

I've had choices since the day that I was born
There were voices that told me right from wrong
If I had listened, no I wouldn't be here today
Living and dying with the choices I've made

Living and dying with the choices I've made

You Don't know who I am
But I know all about you
I've come to talk to you tonight
About the things I've seen you do.

I've come to set the record straight
I've come to shine the light on you
Let me introduce myself
I'm the cold hard truth.

There is a woman we both know
I think you know the one I mean
She gave her heart and soul to you
You gave her only broken dreams

You say your not the one to blame
For all the heartaches she's been though
I say you're nothing but a liar
And I'm the cold hard truth.

All your life that's how it's been
Lookin' out for number one
Takin' more than you give
Movin' on when you're done.

With her you could have had it all
A family and love to last
If you had any sense at all
You'd go and beg her to come back.

You think that you're a real man
But you're nothing but a fool
The way you run away from love
The way you try to play it cool

I'm gonna say this just one time
Time is running out on you
You best remember me my friend
I am the cold hard truth.

You best remember me my friend
I am the cold hard truth

B, double E, double R, U N

Twenty-five minutes past quitting time
Seven of us crammed into that truck of mine
Paying no attention to them highway signs
Doing ninety miles an hour toward the county line
Quick sack, twelve pack, back again
It's a B, double E, double R, U N

My buddies and their babies letting down their hair
As long as we're together it don't matter where
Ain't got a lot of money but we just don't care
Knowing half the fun is in the getting there
Aztec, long-necks, paychecks spent
Oh, it's a B, double E, double R, U N

Oh, I can't stop thinking
What the hell they were drinking
When they made this county dry
I got a week long thirst
And to make it worse
Lord, it's my turn to drive

Laughing and a bragging and a carrying on
We loaded up the wagons and we headed home
I guess a half a dozen cases doesn't last that long
Come tomorrow morning it'll be all gone
Then, it's turn around, leave town, sounds again
Like a B, double E, double R, U N
Like a B, double E, double R, U N

There are teddy bears and high school rings
And old photographs that mamas bring
That daddies with their young boys, playing ball.
There's combat boots that he used to wear,
When he was sent over there.
There's 50,000 names carved in the wall

There's cigarettes, and theres cans of beer
And notes that say I miss you dear
And children who don't say anything at all.
There's purple hearts and packs of gum
Fatherless daughters and fatherless sons
And there's 50,000 names carved in the wall

They come from all across this land
In pickup trucks and mini vans
Searching for a boy from long ago
They scan the wall and find his name
The teardrops fall like pouring rain
And silently they leave a gift and go

There's stars of David and rosary beads
And crucifixion figurines
And flowers of all colors large and small
There's a Boy Scout badge and a merit pin
Little American flags waving in the wind
And there's 50,000 names carved in the wall.

You got the money, the big career
You can fly most anywhere to get away from here
I got my man, we ain't to tight
But we can rock 'em at the Rooster every Saturday night
I got my girl, got my guitar, I got everything.

You got a wet rag up on my neck
And you can stare at that computer till your eyes turn red
I got my pad, I got my mouse
And there is forty-seven dozen livin' in my house
I got my girl, got my guitar, I got everything.

Well, my girl is a hot wire, full of burnin' desire
Can't wait to put her lovin' arms around me
I got her with my guitar, really set her on fire
Knew she was mine
The moment that I dropped down to my knees.

It's what you got, not what you ain't
If you got all that you need then you got it made
Don't take much to satisfy me
'Cause I got everything that money can't buy me
I got my girl, got my guitar, whoa, I got everything.

Don't take much to satisfy me, uh huh.

Well, my girl is a hot wire, full of burnin' desire
Can't wait to put her lovin' arms around me
I got her with my guitar, really set her on fire
Knew she was mine
The moment that I dropped down to my knees.

It's what you got, not what you ain't
If you got all that you need then you got it made
Don't take much to satisfy me
'Cause I got everything money can't buy me
I got my girl, got my guitar, I got everything.

Yo
Yeah

I got my girl, got my guitar, I got everything.

I got my girl, got my guitar, I got everything, yeah

I got my girl, got my guitar, whoa, I got everything.
Yeah

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind But now I see
I see
I see
Through many dangers
Toils and snares I have already come't
Is grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
Me home't Was grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believe
Believe
When we've been there Ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've now less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun
Begun
Begun, begun Amazing grace
Amazing grace