Hank Williams Jr. - Greatest Hits Album Lyrics

It seems that you've changed in these past few days
For when I try to kiss you you just push me away
Now I don't know what's wrong but I don't see how we can go on
I think your love for me is dying and it's all over but the crying
I called you on the phone just to find out what was wrong
And the thing you said made my suspicions real
You said tonight again you had to stay with this sick friend
But that story I'm not buying cause it's all over but the crying
It's all over but the crying I never would have thought you were lying
It sounded so true when you said I love you
Now I say my goodbying cause it's all over
But the crying it's all over
But the crying

Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne
That's where live's my Cajun baby the fairest one in the land
Her teeth're white and pearly hair black as coal
Wouldn't trade my Cajun baby for the world's gold
Way down yonder in the bayou country in dear old Louisianne

My heart's been sad and lonely since the day I left her side
But today I got her letter said she'd be my Cajun bride
Gonna go and wed my Cajun baby and I've by the old bayou
Eat a lots a shrimp and craw fish ride around in my old pirogue
Way down yonder

Before the sun goes down this evening I'll be on my way
To see my Cajun baby and there I'm gonna stay
On a Saturday night we go dancin' and listen to the fiddle-o
Lord I got me a Cajun baby just a livin' and a lovin' by the old bayou
Way down yonder

I know that I'm not great, and some say I imitate
Anymore I don't know, I'm just doin' the best I can
After all I'm standin' in the shadows, of a very famous man

[Spoken:]
As I travel around, from town to town,
I have a lot of dad's fans and friends come around.
They say I know Hank would be proud of you if he were here today,
While we're all so glad and we know he would be too,
That you're carryin' on his music this way.
Yes they say Hank was the all time great,
And we know you'll be just as good as your dad.
But I just smile and say there'll never be another Hank Williams friends,
That's the part that always makes them sad.

Yes I know that I'm not great, and some say I imitate
Anymore I don't know, I'm just doin' the best I can
It's hard standin' in the shadows, of a very famous man

[Spoken:]
So many times when I'm on that stage, I feel something go through me.
And for a minute I'm in a different world, and that's when it does something to me.
The people are a hollerin' and clappin' real loud, while I'm out they're taking my bows,
I look up toward the ceiling and I say to myself, listen dad, just listen to that crowd.
But as the show goes on, the people clap and holler more, I start to sing another of your great songs.
That's the time that I know although you're gone, your music will live on and on and on.

Homesick and lonely I'm worried and blue
I wanna see the baby and the baby's mama too
I'm so tired of roamin' I'm about to lose my mind
Homesick and lonesome for that gal of mine

Mean old trouble is all that I've known
I'm missing my honey and boys I'm going home
If she'll just let me tarry when I come draggin' in
You couldn't take a shotgun and run me off again
This old boy's got misery deep down in his soul
This old world's too big and this old world's too cold
I'll be ridin' that freight train when she comes down the tracks
And next time you see me leave I'll be flat on my back
[Fiddle]
I never knew a body could ever feel so low
I have often asked myself why did I ever go
I'm a headin' home and this time there I'm gonna park
And if she wants a new dog then I'm gonna learn to bark
Homesick and lonely...
Homesick and lonesome for that gal of mine

Slowly but surely I've watched your love die now you run my heart over with care
I know oh so well that you don't want me now tell me darling where do I go from here
I've built all my plans and my hopes around you no other can replace you dear
I've seen all my dreams and my hopes fade away
So tell me darling where do I go from here
You know that your pride is making you stay but sympathy ain't what I want to hear
Cause what good is kindness to a man that needs love
So tell me darling where do I go from here

I know that your heart is far away and there's nothing for me but my tears
I didn't want to see my tears turn to hate so my darling I'm going from here

What's the use to deny we've been livin' a lie
That we should have admitted before
We were just victims of a half hearted love
So why should we try anymore?

The vows that we make are only to break
We drift like a wave from the shore
The kisses we steal we know are not real
So why should we try anymore?

The dreams that we knew can never come true
They're gone to return no more
False love like ours fades with the flowers
So why should we try anymore?

Our story's so old, again has been told
On the past let's close the door
And smile, don't regret but live then forget
There's no use to try anymore

I feel like a stranger in this home I built for you.
And I can't understand this awful change you're goin' through.
And lately I've been watchin' you grow colder everyday.
And I'd rather be gone than in your way.

I'd rather be gone than in your way.
I'd rather see someone else here in my place.
And if I decide on leavin' my world will end today.
But I'd rather be gone than in your way.

I'd rather be gone than in your way.
I'd rather see someone else here in my place.
And if I decide on leavin' my world will end today.
But I'd rather be gone than in your way.
I'd rather be gone than in your way.

She didn't warn me the way she said she would
She didn't say goodbye
I'd like to cheer my aching heart if I could
I'd like to know the reason why.
What part of my life she couldn't buy
But I'll have a drink and then I'll cry.

So put a nipple on my bottle bartender
Warm my whiskey and be a baby's friend
A baby can't cry and tonight when I get high
I'm gonna be a baby again.

Go ahead and laugh at me
If you want to my friend I'm in misery
This second child who won't cause my pain to end

Darling I'm so lonely here all alone things're not the same dear now that you are gone
Are you lonely too my darling do mem'ries make you cry
Are you sorry now that we said goodbye
My days are full of sorrow my nights are full of tears
And there's no hope of tomorrow weeks have turned into years
Won't you please reconsider take me back in your heart
For I don't want to live if we're gonna stay apart
Now when you get this letter if you feel the way I do
Please hurry on back home for I'll be waitin' there for you

[Guitar]

Won't you please reconsider...

I've met a girl or two in my lifetime and I've loved a few but not the right time
I think I'm a wastin' my time lovin' anyone but you
You got a hold on me I just can't seem to break free
I walk a girl to town and start to fool around but honey you're the rock in my shoe
I stroll into the night spots thinkin' that I'm something real hot
I got a pretty girl and she's got a lot but I know she ain't true
It's just not the same I'm playin' a fool's game
Oh when I start to dance and try to make romance honey you're the rock in my shoe
Now my heart has reached that decision cause my mind keeps havin' a vision
No - hers and his and and I guess I always knew
You'd make the bells ring and pull my heart strings
I'm walkin' down the aisle with the great big smile
Cause there ain't no rocks in my shoe

There's always a rock in my shoe when I walk with someone new
I try to find love in another's arms but it seems I just dream of you
Now my heart has reached...
I'm walkin' down the aisle...

You don't care one thing about me and you never will I know
Still I hang around you darling you know I can't let you go
I know you will only hurt me just because I love you so
I know I should be leaving but my heart won't let me go

[Steel]

Tonight when you are sleeping I will lie awake and cry
For in my heart I know that soon you'll say goodbye
How I hate to see tomorrow it will just bring tears and woe
I know I should be leaving but my heart won't let me go