Country Music Seventies

She's All I've Got -Johnny Paycheck

2010-10-31T15:26:00.000-07:00

Well I said,
Friend, don't take her, she's all I've got.
Please don't take her love away from me.
I'm beggin' you,
Friend, don't take her, she's all I've got.
She's everything in life I'll ever need.

She is life when I want to live.
She's everything to me in life that life can give.
She's my water when I need a drink.
She's the first thought in my mind,
Each time I try to think.

Let me tell you now
Friend, don't take her, she's all I've got.
Please don't take her love away from me.
I'm beggin' you,
Friend, don't take her, she's all I've got.
She's everything in life I'm a' ever gonna need.

She's my fingers when I want to feel.
She's the only thing in life to me that's really real.
She is love; she's all of the love I know.
She could kiss the ground in wintertime,
And make a flower grow.

Let me tell you now:
Friend, don't take her, she's all I've got.
Please don't take her love away from me.
I'm beggin' you,
Friend, don't take her, she's all I've got.
She's everything in life I'm a' ever gonna need.

Hear me talkin' now:
Friend, don't take her she's all I've got.

I'm a' beggin' you, friend
Friend, don't take her she's all I've got.

Johnny Russell - Rednecks, White Socks And Blue Ribbon Beer

2009-12-12T11:36:00.000-08:00

The 70s Johnny Russell version is my favorite, it was first done
by Hank Thompson in the 50's.

There's no place that I'd rather be than right here
With my red necks, white socks and blue ribbon beer
The barmaid is mad 'cause some guy made a pass
The juke box is playin' there stands the glass
And the cigarette smoke kind-a hangs in the air
Red-necks, white socks and blue rib-bon beer
A cow-boy is cussin' the pin-ball ma-chine
A drunk at the bar is get-tin' noisy and mean
And, some guy on the phone says ill be home soon dear
Red-necks white socks and blue ribbon beer

No we don't fit in with that white collar crowd
We're a little too rowdy and a little too loud
There's no place that I'd rather be than right here
With my red-necks white socks and blue ribbon beer
The semis are passing on the highway outside
The four thirty crowd is about to arrive
The sun's go-in' down and we'll all soon be here
Rednecks, white socks and blue ribbon beer

There's no place that I'd rather be than right here
With my red-necks, white socks and blue ribbon beer

If I Could Climb The Walls Of This Bottle

2008-06-07T15:26:00.000-07:00

David Allan Coe
1974

If I could climb the walls of this bottle
Oh darlin' I'd come home to you
Another night for me is just beginning
soon the wine will wash away all my shame
With every drink one more mem-ry will leave me
come closing time I won't feel a thing
Here I am on my way to the bottom
it's a shame the things a man will do
If I could climb the walls of this bottle
oh darlin' I'd come home to you

It's been a long long time and I miss you
but this world I'm living in won't let me go
And it's too late to say that I'm sorry
and why I left you for this God only knows

If I could climb the walls of this bottle

I Never Picked Cotton

2008-05-10T09:34:00.000-07:00

Roy Clark
1970
I Never Picked Cotton

I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did
And my daddy died young workin' in the coal mine

When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
Till they couldn't straight enough their backs
And I made myself a promise when I was big enough to run
That I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun

And I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did
And my daddy died young workin' in the coal mine

Folks said I grew up early in the farm that couldn't hold me then
So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again
And it was fast cars and whiskey long haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun

But I never picked cotton...

It was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And when he said go back in your cotton sack I let im dying in the dirt
They'd take me in the mornin' to the gallows just outside
And in the time I've got there ain't a hullava lot that I can look back on with pride

But I never picked cotton...
But I never picked cotton...

Kiss an Angel Good Morning

2008-04-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Charley Pride
1971

Whenever I chance to meet
some old friends on the street
They wonder how does a man
get to be this way

I've always got a smiling face
Anytime and any place
And everytime they ask me why
I just smile and say

You've got to
Kiss an angel good morning
and let you know you think about her
when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
and love her like the devil
when you get back home

Well people may try to guess
The secret of a happiness
but some of them never learn
it's a simple thing

The secret I'm speaking of
Well it's a woman and a man in love
and the answer is in this song
that i always sing

You've got to
Kiss an angel good morning
and let you know you think about her
when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
and love her like the devil
when you get back home

Kiss an angel good morning
and let you know you think about her
when you're gone
Kiss an angel good morning
and love her like the devil
when you get back home

Amos Moses

2008-04-05T21:54:00.000-07:00

Jerry Reed
1970

Well Amos Moses was a Cajun,
He lived by himself in the swamp.
He hunted alligators for a livin,
He just knocked 'em in the head with a stump.
The Louisiana law gonna get ya Amos
It ain't legal hunting alligators down in the swamp, boy

Well everybody blames his old man,
For makin' him mean as a snake,
When Amos Moses was a boy
His daddy would use him for alligator bait.
Tie a rope around his neck, and throw him in the swamp,
Alligator bit him in a Louisiana bayou

About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Lived a man named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna
hey raised up a son who could eat up his weight in groceries,
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses

Well, the folks around south Louisiana
Said Amos was a hell of a man
He could trap the biggest, the meanest alligator
And just use one hand
That's all he's got left cause an alligator bit him
Left arm gone clean up to the elbow

Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos
Was in the swamp huntin' alligator skins
So he snuck in the swamp, gonna getcha boy,
But he never come out again.
Well, I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to?
You can sure get lost in a Louisiana bayou!

About 45 minutes southeast of Thibodeaux, Louisiana
Lived a man named Doc Milsap and his pretty wife Hanna
They raised a son who could eat up his weight in groceries,
Named him after a man of the cloth,
Called him Amos Moses

Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets

2008-03-29T08:45:00.000-07:00

Johnny Paycheck
1977

What a beautiful mansion he built you
Splendor yes you got it wall to wall
And yet with all of that you're still not happy

Cause every time he's gone I get your call

Slide off of your satin sheets slip into your long soft mink
You know where to find my door and I know what you're crying for
Slide off of your satin sheets slip into your long soft mink
You know where to find my door and I know what you're crying for

Baby you once told me I was good for nothing
And you couldn't live on my dreams and crystal balls
His money buys you everything but my loving
So I guess I'm good for something after all

Slide off of your satin sheets slip into your long soft mink
You know where to find my door and I know what you're crying for
Slide off of your satin sheets slip into your long soft mink
You know where to find my door and I know what you're crying for

Pure Love

2008-03-12T17:31:00.001-07:00

1974
Ronnie Milsap - Writer: Eddie Rabbitt

Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning
Pure love baby it's pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Pure love You're the picture of pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love

I wake up with sunshine
Laying beside me
And bluebirds singing right outside my window
Soft warm kisses
Say good morning
Then I get breakfast in bed
You know you make me so happy

Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning
Pure love You're the picture of pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love

Middle Aged Crazy - Jerry Lee Lewis

2008-01-19T21:33:00.000-08:00

1977

Today he traded his big 98 Oldsmobile
He got a heck of a deal
On a new Porsche car
He ain't wearing his usual grey business suit
He's got jeans and high boots
With an embroidered star

And today he's forty years old going on twenty
Don't look for the grey in his hair
'Cause he ain't got any
He's got a young thing beside him
That just melts in his hand
He's middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can

He's gotta a woman he's loved for a long long time at home
Ah but the thrill is all gone
When they cut down the lights
They've got a business that they spent a while comming by
been a long uphill climb
But now the profits are high

But today he's forty years old going on twenty
And he hears of sordid affairs and he aint had any
And the young thing beside him
You know she understands
That he's middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Elvis

2008-01-19T17:21:00.000-08:00

Everybody's gone away
Said they're movin to L.A.
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town were a waste of time
I guess they're right, it's wasting mine

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

You know my heart keeps tellin' me
You're not a kid at thirty-three
Play around you'll lose your wife
You play too hard you'll lose your life

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

(Gimme a) Redneck Girl

2007-11-30T05:49:00.000-08:00

Note: This song is from '82, maybe one
of these days I'll start an eighties blog.
Then again, maybe not.

Bellamy Brothers

Redneck girl likes to cruise in daddy's pickup truck,
And a redneck girl plays hard when she's down on her luck,
Living for Friday afternoon,
She's gonna show one ol boy that weekend moon.

And I pray that someday I will find me a redneck girl

A redneck girl likes to stay out all night long
She makes sweet rock and roll while she listens to the country songs
She's waiting for that moment of surrender
her hands are callused but her heart is tender

And I pray that someday I will find me a redneck girl
Gimme a, gimme a, gimme a redneck girl
Gimme a, gimme a, gimme a redneck girl

Gimme a gimme a gimme a redneck girl
Gimme a gimme a gimme a redneck girl

Redneck girl got her name on the back of her belt
She's got a kiss on her lips for her man and no one else
The Coyote is howling out on the prairie
First comes love, then comes marriage

And I pray that someday I will find me a redneck girl
Gimme a, gimme a, gimme a redneck girl

Gimme a, gimme a, gimme a redneck girl
You've got to gimme a, gimme a, gimme a redneck girl,
Gimme a gimme a gimme a redneck girl.

Louisiana Saturday Night

2007-11-18T10:17:00.000-08:00

MEL McDANIEL
(Bob McDill) '77 Ranger Bob Music

Well you git down the fiddle and you git down the bow
Kick off your shoes and throw 'em on the floor
Dance in the kitchen till the morning light
Louisiana Saturday night

A waitin' in the front yard sittin' on a log
Single shot rifle and a one eyed dog
Yonder come a kin folks in the moonlight
Louisiana Saturday night

Well you git down the fiddle and you git down the bow...
[ fiddle ] My brother Bill and my other brother Jack
Belly full of beer and possom in the sack
Fifteen kids in front porch light
Louisiana Saturday night

When the kin folks leave and the kids get fed
Me and my woman gonna slip off to bed
Have a little fun when we turn out the lights
Louisiana Saturday night

Well you git down the fiddle and you git down the bow...
Yeah you git down the fiddle and you git down the bow...
[ fiddle ] Git down the fiddle and you git down the bow...

Good Hearted Woman

2007-10-20T18:09:00.000-07:00

First Release 1972

Second Release
WANTED THE OUTLAWS with Friends
1976
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings

A long time forgotten are dreams that just fell by the way
The good life he promised ain't what she's living today
But she never complains of the bad times or bad things he's done, Lord
She just talks about the good times they've had and all the good times to
come

She's a good-hearted woman in love with a good-timin' man
She loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
Through teardrops and laughter, they'll pass through this world hand-in-hand,
A good-hearted woman loving her good timing man

He likes the bright lights , the night life, and good-timin' friends
When the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
Lord knows she don't understand him, but she does the best that she can
'Cause she's a good-hearted woman; she loves her good timin' man

She's a good-hearted woman in love with a good-timin' man
She loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
Through teardrops and laughter, they'll pass through this world hand-in-hand,
A good-hearted woman loving her good timing man

She's a good-hearted woman in love with a good-timin' man
She loves him in spite of his ways that she don't understand
Through teardrops and laughter, they'll pass through this world hand-in-hand,
A good-hearted woman loving her good timing man

Family Tradition, Hank Williams Jr

2007-09-21T20:13:00.000-07:00

From 1979
Carrying on the Family Tradition

Country music singers
Have always been a real close family
But lately some of my kin folks
Have disowned a few others and me
I guess its because
I kinda changed my direction
I guess I went and broke the family tradition

They get on me wanna know Hank
Why do you drink?
-Hank- why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
over and over
Everybody made my prediction
So if i get stoned
I'm just carryin on an old family tradition

I am very proud of my daddy's name
Although his kinda music
And mine ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over
Put yourself in my position
If I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tradition

Don't ask me Hank
Why do you drink?
-Hank- why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a Honky-Tonk
Some old slick's tryin to give me ceditions
I'll say leave me alone
I'm singin all night long
it's a family tradition

Lordy, I have loved some ladies
and I have loved Jim Beam
and they both tried to kill me
in 1973
when that doctor asked me
Son how did you get in this condition
I said hey sawbones I'm just carryin on
an old family tradition

So don't ask me Hank
why do you drink?
-Hank- why do you roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs you wrote?
Stop and think it over
Try and put yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tradition

Hank Williams You Wrote My Life

2007-08-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

1976
Singer: Moe Bandy
Writer: Paul Craft

Refrain...
You wrote Your Cheatin' Heart about
A gal like my first ex-wife
You Moan The Blues for me and for you
Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life.

The Cold, Cold Heart and a doubtful mind
I have known a few myself
And the gal that loved me Half As Much
As she loved somebody else.

Refrain...

I've heard that blue old whipporwill, too
And the Lonesome Whistle whine
I know that feel; so cold, so real
When The Blues Come Around at midnight.

We've never met, I know and yet
I know you well, My Friend
And if ever I, get to heaven on high
I hope you'll shake my hand.

Refrain...

Tulsa Time, Don Williams

2007-08-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

1978
Writer: Danny Flowers

Well, I left Oklahoma
Driving in a Pontiac,
Just about to lose my mind.
I was going to Arizona,
Maybe on to California
Where people all live so fine.

My mother says I'm crazy,
My baby calls me lazy,
But I'm gonna show them all this time
'Cause you know I ain't no fool and
I don't need no more damn schoolin'.
I was born to just walk the line.

Living on Tulsa Time.
Living on Tulsa Time.
Gonna set my watch back to it
'Cause you know that I've been through it.
Living on Tulsa Time.

So there I was in Hollywood,
Thinking I was doing good,
Talking on the telephone line.
They don't want me in the movies
And nobody sings my songs;
My mama says my baby's doing fine.

So then I started winking,
Then I started thinking
That I really had a flash this time.
That I had no bussiness leaving,
And nobody would be grieving;
You see I'm on Tulsa time.

It's Not Love, But it's not bad Merle Haggard

2007-07-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

1972

She was always there each time I needed you,
Holding on to me like I held on to you,
We still don't have what you and I once had
No, It's Not Love,

But it's not bad.

No, It's not love, not like ours was
It's Not Love,
But it keeps love from driving me mad
And I don't have to wonder who she's had.
No, It's Not Love

But it's not bad

I turn to her when you leave me alone,
Sometimes even when you're here, and you're still gone.
She'e slowly changing what you leave so sad;
No, It's Not Love,

But it's not bad.

No, It's Not Love, not like ours was. It's Not Love,
But it keeps love from driving me mad;
And I don't have to wonder who she's had.
No, It's Not Love, But it's not bad

Heaven's Just a Sin Away, The Kendalls

2007-06-22T02:29:00.000-07:00

1978

Heaven's just a sin away oh oh just a sin away
I can't wait another day I think I'm giving in
How I long to hold you tight oh oh be with you tonight
That still don't make it right cause I belong to him

Oh way down deep inside I know that it's all wrong
Your eyes keep tempting but I never was that strong
Devil's got me now oh oh gone and got me now
I can't find him anyhow I'm think he's gonna win
Heaven's just a sin away oh oh just a sin away
Heaven help me when I say I think I'm giving in

Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich

2007-05-09T15:58:00.000-07:00

Year: 1973
Writer: Kenny O'Dell

My baby makes me proud
Lord, don't she make me proud
She never makes a scene
By hanging all over me in a crowd
Cause people like to talk
Lord, don't they love to talk
But when they turn out the lights
I know she'll be leaving with me

And when we get behind closed doors
Then she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me glad that I'm a man
Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors

My baby makes me smile
Lord, don't she make me smile
She's never far away
Or too tired to say, 'I want you'
She's always a lady, just like a lady should be
But when they turn out the lights
She's still a baby to me

Cause when we get behind closed doors
Then she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me glad that I'm a man
Oh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors
Behind closed doors

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Lynn Anderson

2007-04-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,
Or let go.
I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.

I could promise you things like big diamond rings,
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover.
So you better think it over.
Well, if sweet-talkin' you could make it come true,
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter,
But what would it matter?
So smile for a while and let's be jolly:
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.

I could sing you a tune or promise you the moon,
But if that's what it takes to hold you,
I'd just as soon let you go, but there's one thing I want you to know.
You better look before you leap, still waters run deep,
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out,
And you know what I'm talkin' about.
So smile for a while and let's be jolly:
Love shouldn't be so melancholy.
Come along and share the good times while we can.

I beg your pardon,
I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine,
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.

Driving My Life Away, Eddie Rabbitt

2007-03-08T18:30:00.000-08:00

This was a 1980 hit, I 'm too lazy right
now to create a new 80's blog.

Well, the midnight headlight
Find you on a rainy night
Steep grade up ahead
Slow me down making no time
I gotta keep rolling
Those windshield wipers
Slapping out a tempo
Keeping perfect rhythm
With the song on the radio
Gotta keep rolling

Oooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a better way, for me
Oooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a sunny day

Well the truck stop cutie
Coming on to me
Tried to talk me into a ride
Said I wouldn't be sorry
But she was just a baby
Ah, waitress pour me another cup of coffee
Pop me down jack me up
Shoot me out flying down the highway
Looking for the morning

Ooooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a better way, for me
Oooooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a sunny day

Well, the midnight headlight
Find you on a rainy night
Steep grade up ahead
Slow me down making no time
I gotta keep rolling
Those windshield wipers
Slapping out a tempo
Keeping perfect rhythm
With the song on the radio
Gotta keep rolling

Ooooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a better way, for me
Oooooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a sunny day

Oooooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a better way, for me
Oooooh, I'm driving my life away
Looking for a sunny day, yeah

After the Fire is Gone -1971 Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn

2007-02-25T12:41:00.000-08:00

Love is where you find it when you find no love at home
And there's nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone

The bottle is almost empty the clock just now struck ten
Darling I had to call you to our favorite place again
We know it's wrong for us to meet but the fire's gone out at home
And there's nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone
Love is where you find it...

Your lips are warm and tender your arms hold me just right
Sweet words of love you remember that the one at home forgot
Each time we say it's last time but we keep hanging on
And there's nothing cold as ashes after the fire is gone
Love is where you find it...

Lonely Women Make Good Lovers, 1972

2006-12-11T12:51:00.000-08:00

Singer: Bob Luman
Writers: Freddy Weller, Spooner Oldham
1972 Careers Music, BMI

Lonely women make good lovers
They're all at mercy of a good looking smooth talking man
Lonely women make good lovers
So if you got a woman better treat her just as good as you can

Lots of times a lonely girl will go out on the town
With no thought of evil on her mind
But she don't try to plant bad seeds
But there's something every woman needs
And a friendly smile will do it every time

Cause lonely women make good lovers

Once a woman's tasted love she can't do without it
She'll search for something warm when she gets cold
And if her lips are wet with wine when it comes to loving time
She'll trade her pride for something warm to hold

Cause lonely women make good lovers
Yeah lonely women make good lovers

Freddy Fender, Before The Next Teardrop Falls

2006-10-16T17:32:00.000-07:00

1975
Rest in Peace (RIP) October 14, 2006

If he brings you happiness,
Then I wish you all the best.
It's your happiness that matters
Most of all.

But if he ever breaks your heart,
If the teardrops ever start,
I'll be there
Before the next teardrop falls.

Si te quiere de verdad,
Y te da felicidad,
Te deseo lo mas bueno pa' los dos.
Pero si te hace llorar,
A mi me puedes hablar.
Y estare contigo cuando triste estas.

I'll be there
Anytime you need me
By your side
To dry away
Any teardrops that you cry.

And if he ever leaves you blue,
Just remember - I love you.
And I'll be there
Before the next teardrop falls.

I'll be there
Before the next teardrop falls.

Chicken Train Stomp, Ozark Mountain Daredevils

2006-10-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

Note; This song has been in my
head for the last thirty years.
I've finally found the artist and name
of the song, today. It has alot
of harp, jawbones, and dobro guitar sounds

And chickens

Steve Cash, 1973

chicken train
runnin' all day
chicken train
runnin' all day
chicken train
runnin' all day
I can't get on
I can't get off
chicken train take the chickens away

laser beam
in my dream
laser beam
in my dream
laser beam
in my dream
I can't get on
I can't get off
laser beam's like a sawed off dream

chicken train
runnin' all day
chicken train
runnin' all day
chicken train
runnin' all day
I can't get on
I can't get off
chicken train take the chickens away

Smokey and the Bandit, Eastbound and down

2006-10-10T17:44:00.000-07:00

Jerry Reed
1977

East bound and down, loaded up and trucking,
We're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol Bandit run.

Keep your foot hard on the pedal. Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarkana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.

East bound and down, loaded up and trucking,
We're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol Bandit run.

Ol Smokey's got them ears on and he's hot on your trail.
He ain't gonna rest 'til you're in jail.
So you got to dodge em and you got to duck em,
You got to keep that diesel truckin.
Just put that hammer down and give it hell.

East bound and down, loaded up and trucking,
We're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol Bandit run.

Halloween Song, Marie Laveau - Mojo Bone

2006-10-03T17:59:00.000-07:00

Singer: Bobby Bare
1974

The most famous of the voodoo queens that ever existed
Is Marie Laveau, down in Louisiana
There's a lot of weird, ungodly tales about Marie,
She's supposed to have a lot of magic potions, spells and curses....

Down in Louisiana, where the black trees grow
Lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
Got a black cat's tooth and a Mojo bone
And anyone who wouldn't leave her alone
She'd go (yeeraaar) another man done gone.

She lives in a swamp in a hollow log
With a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog
She's got a bent, bony body and stringy hair
If she ever seen y'all messing ~round there
She'd go (yeeraaar) another man done gone.

And then one night when the moon was black
Into the swamp come handsome Jack
A no good man like you all know
(soft voice) He was lookin' around for Marie Laveau.

He said Marie Laveau, you handsome witch
Gimme a little a little charm that'll make me rich
Gimme a million dollars and I tell you what I'll do
This very night, I'm gonna marry you
Then it'll be (yeeraaar) another man done gone.

So Marie done some magic, and she shook a little sand
Made a million dollars and she put it in his hand
Then she giggled and she wiggled, and she said Hey, Hey
I'm getting ready for my wedding day.

But old handsome Jack he said goodbye Marie
You're too damned ugly for a rich man like me
Then Marie started mumbling, her fangs started gnashing
Her body started trembling, and her eyes started flashing
And she went (yeeraaar) another man done gone.

So if you ever git down where the black trees grow
And meet a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
If she ever asks you to make her your wife
Man, you better stay with her for the rest of your life
Or it'll be (yeeraaar) another man done gone.

It Couldn't Have Been Any Better, Johnny Duncan

2006-08-19T03:57:00.000-07:00

Johnny Duncan, Rest In Peace, August 14, 2006

Writer: Ray Griff, 1976

She just sat there and she brushed her hair
Lord it sure was dark and long
I got up and drank a half warm beer
found my boots and put 'em on

She was not sure where she stood with me
as she straightened out her clothes
So I kissed her warm red lips again
and I whispered soft and low

Baby it couldn't have been any better
it couldn't have been any sweeter
We couldn't have climbed any higher
if we'd been to the top of the world
We couldn't have got any closer
we couldn't have gone any farther
It couldn't have been any better
and you're my best friend's girl

With a tender look she said goodnight
and I turned to walk away
Just before I closed that door and left
I could hear her softly say

Baby it couldn't have been any better
it couldn't have been any sweeter
We couldn't have climbed any higher
if we'd been to the top of the world
We couldn't have got any closer
we couldn't have gone any farther
It couldn't have been any better
and I'm your best friend's girl

She Called Me Baby, 1974

2006-08-13T16:21:00.000-07:00

Singer: Charlie Rich
Writer: Harlan Howard

She called me baby baby all night long
Used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
And one day I awoke and she was gone
There's no more baby baby all night long

She called me baby baby all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if she'd just come back home
And call me baby baby all night long

She called me baby baby all night long
Lift me up so high and made me strong
Now each night in dreams just like a song
I still hear baby baby all night long

She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)

2006-08-11T07:11:00.000-07:00

Johnny Duncan, 1978

She can put her shoes under my bed anytime
Matter of fact she can move right into my life and stay

We became buddies a long time ago
So I think I'm gonna tell something I think you should know
Now you don't recognize what's right before your eyes
The best you've ever had you're gonna blow

You have a girl that loves you she could never be untrue
Well buddy let me say that's more than I can say for you

If giving her some happiness is messing up your plans
I'll be more than happy to take her off your hands

I mean that she can put her shoes under my bed anytime
Anytime she's ready mmm it'll be okay
She can have the key to my door anytime
And she can move right into my life and stay

Now you don't have to listen just keep doing what you do
She's only one more hurt away boy from walking out on you
But if you want to keep her one thing you better know
Once she gets to walking she won't have far to go

You know that she can put her shoes under my bed anytime
Anytime that woman's ready mmm it'll be okay
She can have the key to my door anytime
And she can move right into my house and stay

I mean that she can put her shoes under my bed anytime
Anytime she's ready mmm it'll be okay
She can have the key to my door anytime
And she can move right into my life and stay

I'll Go to My Grave Loving You, 1975

2006-07-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

The Statler Brothers
Writer: Don Reid

I'll go, I'll go to my grave
To my grave lovin' you -lovin' you- lovin' you
I'd give, I'd give all I've saved
I've saved lovin' you -lovin' you- lovin' you
& should, & should I live again
Even then, it won't end
For I'll go, I'll go to my grave
To my grave lovin' you -lovin' you- lovin' you

Oh to take his place forever
There's nothing I wouldn't give
I'd prove to you daily what a man really is

I'll lay, I'll lay down my life
Down my life lovin' you -lovin' you- lovin' you
I'd work, I'd work day & night
Day & night lovin' you -lovin' you-
lovin' you, lovin' you
& when, & when life calls us both above
Honey you'll know that you'd been loved
For I'll go, I'll go to my grave
To my grave lovin' you -lovin' you- lovin' you

Blue Skies, Willie Nelson, 1978

2006-07-12T21:48:00.000-07:00

Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds all day long

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days, all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on

Original by Irving Berlin, 1926

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry

2006-06-18T07:01:00.000-07:00

Jerry Wallace, 1972

In the misty moonlight
By the flickering firelight
Any place is all right
Long as I'm with you {as long as I'm with you-ooh}

In a far-away land
On the tropic sea sand
If your hand's in my hand
I won't be blue

Way up on the mountain
Or way down in the va-a-alley
I know I'll be happy
Anyplace, anywhere, I don't care

In the misty moonlight
By the flickering firelight
Any place is all right
Long as you are there

Narrative: I could be happy in one little room
with only a table and chair.
As happy as I'd be in a kingdom by the sea,
darling, if you were there. And I could be
rich or I could be poor.. but if you were
by my side, I could be any place in this whole
wide world…and I know I'd be satisfied.

Way up on the mountain
Or way down in the va-a-alley
I know I'll be happy
Anyplace, anywhere, I don't care

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me, Mac Davis

2006-05-13T17:40:00.000-07:00

Columbia Music, Screen Gems, Songpainter Music
1972

Girl you're getting that look in your eyes
And it's starting to worry me
I ain't ready for no family ties
Nobody's gonna hurry me

Just keep it friendly girl
'Cause I don't want to leave
Don't start clinging to me girl
'Cause I can't breathe

Baby, baby don't get hooked on me
Baby, baby don't get hooked on me
'Cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free
Baby, baby don't get hooked on me

Girl you're a hot blooded woman child
And it's warm where you're touching me
But I can tell by your trembling smile
You're seeing way too much in me

Girl don't let your life get tangled up with mine
'Cause I'll just leave you
I can't take no clinging vine

Baby, baby don't get hooked on me
Baby, baby don't get hooked on me
'Cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free
Baby, baby don't get hooked on me

Baby, baby don't get hooked on me
Baby, baby don't get hooked on me
'Cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free
Baby, baby don't get hooked on me.

Thinking of a Rendezvous

2006-05-11T17:45:00.000-07:00

Thinking of a Rendezvous
Johnny Duncan, 1976

I said hello
my it’s been such a long time
you said yes it has
it’s been a year or more
then you smiled and asked about my wife and family
I said Johnny’s six and Judy’s almost four

But I was thinking
How I’d love to get you alone for one hour
Down at the family inn like we used to do
We kept talking like nothing ever happened
But I was making small talk thinking of a rendezvous

you said are you still working down at the factory
I said yes I am
guess I’ll be there till I die
you asked me if I still went down to Joe’s place
I said yes I do but it’s been a long time

But I was thinking
How I’d love to get you alone for one hour
Down at the family inn like we used to do
We kept talking like nothing ever happened
but I was making small talk thinking of a rendezvous

and you said got go
sure been nice to see you
but I told jack that I’d be home by nine
I said by the way tell him I said hello
and we’ll all have to get together sometime

But I was thinking
How I’d love to get you alone for one hour
Down at the family inn like we used to do
We kept talking like nothing ever happened
But I was making small talk thinking of a rendezvous

Blanket on the Ground, Billie Jo Spears, 1975

2006-04-28T18:44:00.000-07:00

Come and look out through the window
That big old moon is shining down
Tell me now, don’t it remind you
Of a blanket on the ground.

Remember back when love first found us
We’d go slipping out of town
And made love beneath the moonlight
On a blanket on the ground.

I’ll get the blanket from the bedroom
And we’ll go walking once again
To that spot down by the river
Where our sweet love first began.

Just because we are married
Don’t mean that we can’t slip around
So let’s walk out through the moonlight
And lay the blanket on the ground.

Oh remember how excited
We used to get when love was young
That old moon was our best buddy
We couldn’t wait for night to come.

Now you know you still excite me
I know you love me like I am
Just once more I wish you'd love me
On a blanket on the ground.

I’ll get the blanket from the bedroom
We’ll go walking once again
To that spot down by the river
Where our sweet love first began.

Just because we are married
Don’t mean that we can’t slip around
So let’s walk out through the moonlight
And lay the blanket on the ground.

Oh, let’s walk out through the moonlight
Lay the blanket on the ground

I’ll get the blanket from the bedroom
We’ll go walking once again
To that spot down by the river
Where our sweet love first began.

Just because we are married
Don’t mean that we can’t slip around
So let’s walk out through the moonlight
And lay the blanket on the ground.

For The Good Times, Ray Price, 1970

2006-04-18T18:07:00.000-07:00

Don't look so sad I know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need to watch the bridges that were burning
Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time
For the good times

I'll get along you'll find another
And I'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me
Lay your head upon my pillow

Love Is Like a Butterfly, Dolly Parton, 1973

2006-03-27T02:52:00.000-08:00

Velvet Apple Music

Love is like a butterfly as soft and gentle as a sigh
The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings
Love makes your heart feel strange inside it flutters like soft wings in flight
Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle thing

I feel it when you're with me it happens when you kiss me
That rare and gentle feeling that I feel inside
Your touch is soft and gentle your kiss is warm and tender
Whenever I am with you I think of butterflies

Love is like a butterfly

Your laughter brings me sunshine every day is springtime
And I am only happy when you are by my side
How precious is this love we share how very precious sweet and rare
Together we belong like daffodils and butterflies

Love is like a butterfly
Love is like a butterfly a rare and gentle thing

Golden Ring, George Jones Tammy Wynette

2006-02-24T17:29:00.000-08:00

Golden Ring (1976)
George Jones and Tammy Wynette

In a pawn shop in Chicago
On a sunny summer day
A couple gazes at the wedding rings
There on display

She smiles nods her head
As he says, Honey that's for you
It's not much, but it's the best
That I can do

Golden rings with one tiny little stone
Waiting there for someone to take you home
By itself it's just a cold metallic thing
Only love can make a golden wedding ring

In a little wedding chapel later on that afternoon
An old upright piano plays that old familiar tune
Tears roll down her cheeks
And happy thoughts run through her head
As he whispers low, With this ring, I thee wed

Golden rings with one tiny little stone
Waiting there for someone to take you home
By itself it's just a cold metallic thing
Only love can make a golden wedding ring

In a small two room apartment
As they fought their final round
He says, You won't admit it
But I know you're leaving town

She says, One thing's for certain
I don't love you any more
And throws down the ring
As she walks out the door

Golden ring with one tiny little stone
Cast aside like the love that's dead and gone
By itself it's just a cold metallic thing
Only love can make a golden wedding ring

In a pawn shop in Chicago
On a sunny summer day
A couple gazes at the wedding rings
There on display
Golden ring

If We Make It Through December, 1973

2006-01-28T16:32:00.000-08:00

Merle Haggard
Tree Publishing BMI 1973

If we make it through December
everything's gonna be all right I know
It's the coldest time of winter and
I shiver when I see the falling snow
If we make it through December God plans
to be in warmer time come summertime
Maybe even California if we make
it through December we'll be fine

God laid off down at the factory
and the time is not the greatest in the world
Heaven knows I've been working hard
wanted Christmas to be right for daddy's girl
I don't mean they hate December
it's meant to be the happy time of year
And my little girl don't understand
why daddy can't afford no Christmas here
If we make it through December

What's Your Mama's Name Child, 1973

2005-12-11T11:18:00.000-08:00

Singer: Tanya Tucker

What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
Thirty some odd years ago a young man came to Memphis
Asking bout a rose that used to blossom in his world
People never took the time to mind the young man's questions
Till one day they heard him ask a little green eyed girl

What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name
Does she ever talk about a place called New Orleans
Has she ever mentioned a man named Buford Wilson
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name

Twenty some odd years ago a drunkard down in Memphis
Lost a month of life and labored to the country jail
Just because he asked a little green eyed girl a question
And offered her a nickel's worth of candy if she'd tell

A year and some odd days ago an old man died in Memphis
Just another wayward soul the county had to claim
Inside the old man's ragged coat they found a faded letter
That said you have a daughter and her eyes are Wilson green

What's your mama's name child...
What's your mama's name child what's your mama's name

Come Monday, Jimmy Buffett, 1974

2005-12-03T21:49:00.000-08:00

Headin up to san francisco
For the labor day week-end show
I’ve got my hush-puppies on
I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll
And honey I didn’t know
That I’d be missing you so

Come monday, it’ll be all right
Come monday, I’ll be holdin’ you tight
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze
And I just want you back by my side

Yes, it’s been quite a summer
Rent-a-cars and west-bound trains
And now you’re off on vacation
Something you tried to explain
And darling, since I love you so
That’s the reason I just let you go

Come monday, it’ll be all right
Come monday, I’ll be holdin’ you tight
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze
And I just want you back by my side

I can’t help it honey
You’re that much a part of me now
Remember that night in montana
When we said there’d be no room for doubt

I hope you’re enjoying the scenery
I know that it’s pretty up there
We can go hiking on tuesday
With you I’d walk anywhere
California has worn me quite thin
I just can’t wait to see you again

Come monday, it’ll be all right
Come monday, I’ll be holdin’ you tight
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze
And I just want you back by my side

If I Were A Carpenter, 1970

2005-11-27T07:14:00.000-08:00

Johnny Cash
June Carter Cash

If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?

If a tinker were my trade
would you still find me,
carrin' the pots I made,
followin' behind me.

Save my love through loneliness,
Save my love for sorrow,
I'm given you my onliness,
Come give your tomorrow.

If I worked my hands in wood,
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe, "Yes I would,
I'll put you above me."

If I were a miller
at a mill wheel grinding,
would you miss your color box,
and your soft shoe shining?

If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
Would you marry anyway?
Would you have my baby?

Would You Lay With Me (IN A FIELD OF STONE)

2005-11-23T18:57:00.000-08:00

Writer: David Allan Coe
Singer: Tanya Tucker, 1974

Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour if my lips were dry

Would you go away to another land
Walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand if I give myself to you

Will you bathe with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full will you bathe with me
Will you still love me when I'm down and out
In my time of trials will you stand by me

Would you go away to another land...

Would you lay with me in a field of stone
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
Will you bathe with me in the stream of life
Will you still love me when I'm down and out

You Never Even Called Me By My Name

2005-11-21T16:36:00.000-08:00

David Allan Coe, 1974

Well it was all that I could do to keep from crying.
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain.
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'.
You never even called me by my name.

You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings.
And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride.
And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore,
Even though you're on my fightin' side.

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me.
And I never minded standing in the rain.
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'.
You never even called me by my name.

Well I've heard my name a few times in your phone book.
{Hello, Hello}
And I've seen it on signs where I've played.
But the only time I know I'll hear David Allan Coe
Is when Jesus has his final Judgement Day.

So, I'll hang around as long as you will let me.
And I never minded standing in the rain.
But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin'.
You never even called me by my name.

[Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song,
and he told me it was the perfect country and western song.
I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the
perfect country and western song because he hadn't said
anything at all about momma, or trains, or trucks,
or prison or gettin' drunk. Well, he sat down and
wrote another verse to this song and he sent it to me and
after reading it I realized that my friend had written the
perfect country and western song. And I felt obliged to include
it on this album. The last verse goes like this here:]

Well, I was drunk the day my momma got out of prison,
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But before I could get to tye station in the pick-up truck,
She got runned over by a damned old train.

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me.
And I never minded standin' in the rain. Ohhh.
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'.
You never even called me,
Well I wonder why you don't call me,
Why don't you ever call me by my name?

Gene Watson Farewell Party, 1978

2005-11-20T20:34:00.000-08:00

When the last breath of life
Is gone from my body
And my lips are as cold as the sea
When my friends gather round
For my farewell party
Want you pretend you love me

There will be flowers from those
Who cry when I'm gone
And leave you in this world alone
I know you'll have fun
At my farewell party
I know you'll be glad when I'm gone

Don't be mad at me for wanting to keep you
Till my life on this old world is through
You'll be free at the end of my farewell party
But I'll go away loving you

There will be flowers from those
Who cry when I'm gone
And leave you in this world alone
I know you'll have fun
At my farewell party
I know you'll be glad when I'm gone

Spiders and Snakes 1974

2005-10-30T06:33:00.000-08:00

Spiders and Snakes
Jim Stafford

I remember when Mary Lou said
"You wanna walk me home from school"
And I said, "Yes, I do"
She said, "I don't have to go right home
And I'm the kind that likes to be alone
As long as you would"
I said, "Me, too"

And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
And she said, "Do what you want to do"
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said "This frog's for you"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, "Hello, baby"
She says, "Ain't you cool"
I say, "Do you remember when
"And would you like to get together again"
She says, "I'll see you after school"

I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
Til she said, "Come on over here"
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin' to slip down her dress
And she said, "Let's make it perfectly clear"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

It's a Monster's Holiday

2005-10-29T07:31:00.000-07:00

Buck Owens
1974

Frankenstein was the first in line
And the Wolfman came up next
Dracula was doing his stuff
Breathing down my neck
Jump back, make tracks, here comes the Hunchback
Better get out of his way
Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum
It was a Monster's Holiday

Well, I hopped into bed
And covered up my head
Said, "I'm going to get a good night's sleep"
I got woken up
About twelve o'clock
And I jumped right to my feet

There were gremlins, and goblins
Dragons, and zombies
Oh, what an awful sight
I said, "My friend, you may get me
But brother, let me tell you
It's going to be after the fight."

Frankenstein was the first in line
And the Wolfman came up next
Dracula was doing his stuff
Breathing down my neck
Jump back, make tracks, here comes the Hunchback
Better get out of his way
Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum
It was a Monster's Holiday

Uncle Bill, well, he took ill
And they sent for me to come
Well, I had to pass by the old graveyard
So I went on the run
There was screaming and moaning, waving and groaning
Scary as a mummy's curse
I said, "My friend, you may get me,
But brother, let me tell you,
You're going to have to catch me first."

Frankenstein was the first in line
And the Wolfman came up next
Dracula was doing his stuff
Breathing down my neck
Jump back, make tracks, here comes the Hunchback
Better get out of his way
Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum
It was a Monster's Holiday
Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum
It was a Monster's Holiday

What's Happened To Blue Eyes, Jessi Colter

2005-10-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

written by Jessi Colter
(1975)

What's happened to blue eyes
Has anyone seen him
Don't anyone tell me
That he gave up on me

I'm looking for blue eyes
Has anyone known him
Is anybody knowing

If he's been looking for me

There was a time, blue eyes said
He'd no love no other
His one and only love
He swore at me

There was a time
When his blue eyes
Saw clearer than mine did
Tears of rain, years of pain
Bring me back this way

What's happened to blue eyes
Has anyone seen him
Don't anyone tell me
That he gave up on me

I'm looking for blue eyes
Has anyone known him
Is anyone knowing
If he's been looking for me

What's happened to blue eyes

Borrowed Angel, Mel Street 1972

2005-10-13T19:23:00.000-07:00

Her fingers feel so gentle with her hand in mine
Her hair feels like silk on my arm
Her lips tell me so tenderly she's mine alone
Until we part tonight and she goes home
Borrowed angel belongs to someone else
I love my borrowed angel I just can't help myself
That ring on her finger don't belong to me
But she loves me and I know she'll save some borrowed time for me

I wish that I could have her more than just tonight
We can't go on like this it isn't right
When that lonesome feeling comes knocking on my door
I'll call my borrowed angel to ease the pain once more
Borrowed angel...
But she loves me and I know she'll save some borrowed time for me

Everything Is Beautiful, Ray Stevens 1970

2005-09-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

Jesus loves the little children, all the little children of the world
Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight
Jesus loves the little children of the world

Everything is beautiful in its' own way
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day
Everybody's beautiful in their own way
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way

There is none so blind as he who will not see
Ww must not close our minds, we must let our thought be free
For every hour that passes by, you know the world gets a little bit older
It's time to realize that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder

Everything is beautiful in its' own way
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day
Ah, sing it children
Everybody's beautiful in their own way
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way

We shouldn't care about the length of his hair or the color of his skin
Don't worry about what shows from without but the love that lives within
We're gonna get it all together now and everything gonna work out fine
Just take a little time to look on the good side my friend
And straighten it out in your mind

Everything is beautiful in its' own way
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day
Everybody's beautiful in their own way
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way

I'm Not Lisa, Jessi Colter, 1975

2005-06-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

I’m not Lisa, My name is Julie.
Lisa left you years ago.
My eyes are not blue, but mine won’t leave you
‘Till the sunlight has touched your face.

She was your morning light,
Her smile told of no night.
Your love for her grew
With each rising sun.

And then one winter day,
His hand led her away.
She left you here drowning in your tears,
Here where you’ve stayed for years,
Crying Lisa, Lisa.

I’m not Lisa, My name is Julie.
Lisa left you years ago.
My eyes are not blue, but mine won’t leave you
‘Till the sunlight has touched your face.

I’m not Lisa.

Ramblin' Man, Waylon Jennings

2005-06-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

I've been down the Mississippi,
Down through New Orleans,
Yes, I have.
I've played in California,
There ain't too much I haven't seen.
No, there ain't.
Well, I'm a ramblin' man,
Don't fool around with a ramblin' man.
Left a girl in West Virginia,
Up there where that green grass grows,
Yes, I did.
Another girl in Cincinnati,
Waitin' where the Ohio River flows,
Poor girl!
I'm a ramblin' man,
Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man.

You'd better move away,
You're standin' too close to the flame.
Once I mess with your mind,
Your little heart won't beat the same.
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man,
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man.
Better not!

Well, up in Chicago,
I was known as "Quiet Boy,"
Yes, I was!
Down in Alabama,
They call me "The man of joy,"
Still do!
Well, I'm a ramblin' man,
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man.

You'd better move away,
You're standin' too close to the flame.
Once I mess with your mind,
Your little heart won't beat the same.
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man,
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin' man

Backside of Thirty, John Conlee, 1978

2005-05-21T05:24:00.000-07:00

Making money at 30 with a wife and a son
Then a short 5 years later, it all comes undone
She's gone back to mama with the boy by her side
Now I'm wine drunk and running with them on my mind

I'm on the backside of thirty and back on my own
An empty apartment don't feel like a home
On the backside of thirty, the short side of time

Back on the bottom with no will to climb
It's dawn Monday mornin' and I just called in sick
I skipped work last Friday to drink this month's rent
And when my friends ask me I tell 'em I'm fine
But my eyes tell the story that my lies can't hide

Easy Loving, Freddie Hart, 1971

2005-05-17T04:20:00.000-07:00

Easy lovin', so sexy lookin'
I know from the feelin' that it comes from the heart
Easy lovin', every day's Thanksgivin'
To count all my blessings, I wouldn't know where to start

Every time I look you over
So real-to-life it seems
For upon your pretty shoulders
There's a pair of angel wings

Easy lovin', seein's believin'
Life with you's like livin' in a beautiful dream

Every time I look you over
So real-to-life it seems
For upon your pretty shoulders
There's a pair of angel wings

Easy lovin', seein's believin'
Life with you's like livin' in a beautiful dream

Thank God and Greyhound, Roy Clark 1970

2005-05-04T20:19:00.000-07:00

I've made a small fortune and you squandered it all
You shamed me till I feel about one inch tall
But I thought I loved you and I hoped you would change
So I gritted my teeth and didn't complain

Now you come to me with a simple goodbye
You tell me you're leaving but you won't tell me why
Now we're here at the station and you're getting on
And all I can think of is...

Thank God and Greyhound you're gone

Thank God and Greyhound you're gone
I didn't know how much longer I could go on
Watching you take the respect out of me
Watching you make a total wreck out of me
That big diesel motor is a-playing my song
Thank God and Greyhound you're gone

Thank God and Greyhound you're gone
That load on my mind got lighter when you got on
That shiny old bus is a beautiful sight
With the black smoke a-rolling up around the taillight
It may sound kind-a cruel but I've been silent too long
Thank God and Greyhound you're gone

Rocky Mountain Music, Eddie Rabbitt 1975

2005-05-01T19:08:00.000-07:00

Back Upon an old dirt road
Next to a swamp full of toads
was a slanted wood shack
with three little kids and a momma

papa died in '63
left little jenny and me
to plant those 'taters and
pull up another tomorrow

Rocky Mountain Music
Fills my memory with you
Rocky mountain music
Papa can I hear you playin for me

Little brother was never quite right
he used to sit on the floor in the sunlight
playin with the dust
that danced on the beams in the window
sister had to cook and clean
cuz momma she got sick and lean
sometimes I think she just got that way missin poppa

Rocky Mountain Music
Fills my memory with you
Rocky mountain music
momma can I hear you singin to me..

well every thing has changed today
little brother he was taken away
sister, she married a soldier and lives in Toledo
And me I'm in a Nashville bar
and I've never been so far..
from that old gravel road
and the rivers that run through my mem'ry

Rocky Mountain Music
Fills my memory with you
Rocky mountain music
brother can I hear you callin me..

Hard to be Humble, Mac Davis

2005-04-22T04:55:00.000-07:00

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror

'cos I get better looking each day
to know me is to love me

I must be a hell of a man.
O Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.

I used to have a girlfriend
but I guess she just could'n't complete
with all of these lovestarved women
who keep clamouring at my feet.
Well I probably find me another
but I guess they're all in awe of me

who cares I never get lonesome
cause I treasure my own company.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror

'cos I get better looking each day
to know me is to love me

I must be a hell of a man.
O Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.

I guess you can say I'm a loner

a cowboy outlaw tough and proud
Well
I could have lots of friends if I wanted
but then I wouldn't stand out from the drowd

some folks say that I'm "egotistical
well I don't even know what that means
I guess it has something to do with the
way that I fill out my skintight blue jeans.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror

'cos I get better looking each day
to know me is to love me

I must be a hell of a man.
O Lord it's hard to be humble
we are doing the best that we can.

What's Made MILWAUKEE FAMOUS, Jerry Lee Lewis

2005-04-03T21:29:00.000-07:00

(1970)

It's late and she's waiting and I know I should go home
But every time I start to leave they play another song
And someone buys another round then whenever drinks are free
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a fool out of me

Baby's begged me not to go so many times before
She says love and happiness can't live behind those swinging doors
Now she's gone and I'm to blame too late I finally see
What's made Milwaukee famous has made a loser out of me

The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA

2005-04-02T18:55:00.000-08:00

The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA
Donna Fargo (1972) First week of April

Good morning Morning, Hello Sunshine
Wake up Sleepyhead
Why'd we move that Beau-jangle clock so far away from the bed?
Just one more minute, that's why we moved it
One more hug or two
Do you love waking up next to me
As much as I love waking up next to you?

You make the coffee , I'll make the bed
I'll fix your lunch and you fix mine
Now tell me the truth, Do these old shoes look funny
Honey it's almost time now
You be careful, gotta go
I love you, have a beautiful day
And kiss the happiest girl in the whole USA

Skippedee-dooda, thank you Lord
For making him for me.
And thank you for letting life
Turn out the way that I always thought it could be!
There once was a time when I could not imagine
How it would feel to say
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA.

Shine on me sunshine
Walk with me world
It's a skippedee-dooda day!
I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA.

Boney Fingers, Hoyt Axton

2005-03-25T20:56:00.000-08:00

Boney Fingers
(Renee Armand and Hoyt Axton) 1978?

See the rain comin' down and the roof won't hold 'er
Lost my job and I feel a little older
Car won't run and our love's grown colder
But maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Oh! the clothes need washin' and the fire won't start
Kids all cryin' and you're breakin' my heart
Whole darn place is fallin' apart
Maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get?
{ Whoo-whoo } Boney Fingers - Boney Fingers.

Yea! I've been broke as long as I remember
Get a little money and I gotta run and spend 'er
When I try to save it, pretty woman come and take it
Sayin' maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get?
{ Whoo-whoo } Boney Fingers - Boney Fingers.

Yea! the grass won't grow and the sun's too hot
The whole darn world is goin' to pot
Might as well like it 'cause you're all that I've got
But, maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
Maybe things'll get a little better.

Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get?
{ Whoo-whoo } Boney Fingers - Boney Fingers.

It Couldn't Have Been Any Better, Johnny Duncan

2005-03-20T17:16:00.000-08:00

(1977)
She just sat there and she brushed her hair
Lord it sure was dark and long
I got up and drank a half warm beer
Found my boots and put them on.

She was now sure where she stood with me
As she straightened out her clothes
So I kissed her warm red lips again
And I whispered soft and low, Baby.

It couldn't have been any better
It couldn't have been any sweeter
We couldn't have climbed any higher
If we'd been to the top of the world
We couldn't have got any closer
We couldn't have gone any farther

It couldn't have been any better
And you're my best friends girl.

With a tender look she said good night
And as turned to walk away
Just before I closed the door and left
I could hear her softly say, Baby

It couldn't have been any better
It couldn't have been any sweeter
We couldn't have climbed any higher
If we'd been to the top of the world
We couldn't have got any closer, We couldn't have gone any farther
It couldn't have been any better
And I'm you're best friends girl.

Satin Sheets, Jeanne Pruett (1973)

2005-03-19T19:04:00.000-08:00

Satin sheets to lie on, satin pillows to cry on
Still, I'm not happy don't you see
Big long Cadillac, tailor-mades upon my back
Still, I want you to set me free

I've found another man who can give more than you can
Though you've given me everything money can buy
But your money can't hold me tight like he does on a long, long night
No, you didn't keep me satisfied

Love in the Hot Afternoon, Gene Watson

2005-03-16T20:58:00.000-08:00

From somewhere outside, I hear a street vendor cry "filet gumbo"
From my window I see him, going down the street and he don't know
That we fell right to sleep in the damp tangled sheets so soon
After love in the hot afternoon

Now the bourbon street lady, sleeps like a baby in the shadows
She was new to me, full of mystery, but now I know
That she's just a girl, and I'm just a guy, in a room
For love in the hot afternoon

We got high in the park, this morning and we sat, without talkin'
Then she came back here, in the heat of the day, tired of walkin'
Where under her breath, she hummed to herself a tune
Of Love in the hot afternoon

Funny Face, Donna Fargo

2005-02-12T21:28:00.000-08:00

70s Country

Funny face, I love you
Funny face, I need you
My whole world's wrapped up in you

When the road I walk seems all uphill
And the colors in my rainbow turn blue
You kiss the tears away
You smile at me and say
"Funny face (funny face) I love you"

Funny face, I love you
Funny face, I need you
These are the sweetest words I've ever heard
Funny face, don't leave me
Funny face, believe me
My whole world's wrapped up in you

And when I hurt your feelings as I sometimes do
And I say those mean things that we know are not true
You forgive my childish way
You hold me close and say
"Funny face (funny face) I love you"

Funny face, I love you
Funny face, I need you
These are the sweetest words I've ever heard
Funny face, don't leave me
Funny face, believe me
My whole world's wrapped up in you

Rub it in, Billy Crash Craddock

2005-02-12T15:04:00.000-08:00

Rub It In (1974)
Singer, Billy Crash Craddock

Lie beside me on the sand
Put some lotion in your hand
Come on and make me feel nice
Kiss me once or twice
Say you love me again

Then rub it in, rub it in
Rub it in, rub it in
I feel the tingle begin
You're getting under my skin
Rub it in, rub it in

{Do it} Umm feels good {Do it}
{Do it} Put a little bit on my left shoulder (do it)
Yeah {Do it}
Put a little bit right here {Do it} yeah

Turn your radio on
And find a slow grooving song
Baby whisper in my ear
Say the things I wanna hear
Make me know your love is strong

And rub it in, rub it in
Rub it in, rub it in
I feel the tingle begin
You're gettin' under my skin
Rub it in, rub it in

Put a little on my nose
Put a little on my toe
Put it on my back and my sacroiliac
And a dab on my chinny-chin-chin

Rub it in, rub it in
Rub it in, rub it in
I feel the tingle begin
You're getting under my skin
Rub it in, rub it in

Rub it in, rub it in
Rub it in, rub it in

A Very Special Love Song, Charlie Rich

2005-02-12T10:09:00.000-08:00

Singer- Charlie Rich
A Very Special Love Song (1974)

Babe,, somewhere I know I'm gonna find it Babe
It'll have my love behind it
And it will be a symphony of all you mean to me
A very special love song

And Babe,, If there's a way
You know I'm gonna say it, Babe
If there's a melody
I'll play it and I'll play it through
Especially for you
And all the words are true
A very special love song

So don't be surprised if your sitting alone
And you hear it
'Cause I'm gonna sing it to the whole big lonely world
So turn your radio way down low and get near it
And I'll tell the world
I love you girl

Babe, if there's an ounce of love
I'm gonna give it to you Babe
If there's a breath of life
I'm gonna live it everyday for you
And oh, the whole night through
Singing just for you
A very special love song
For you

I don’t want to have marry you

2005-02-09T20:30:00.000-08:00

Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius (1976)

I don’t want to have to marry you
I don’t want have to say I do
I want our love to be free
The way God meant love to be

I don’t want to have to marry you
Just because it’d be the thing to do
I want our marriage to be strong
Something we can build upon

Every time I want you more than I did the time before
Can you stay with me for a while?
But I want the fire still burning bright darling on our wedding night
Let’s wait till we walk down the aisle

I don’t want to have to marry you
I don’t want have to say I do
I want our love to be free
The way God meant love to be

Don’t say you have to go because I want you so
I don’t want to be alone
The temptation is strong but it’s all so wrong
Please stop and take me home

I don’t want to have to marry you
I don’t want have to say I do
I want our love to be free
The way God meant love to be

I want our love to be free
The way God meant love to be

Coca Cola Cowboy, Mel Tillis

2005-02-09T19:52:00.000-08:00

I called collect on the phone
You say you're tired and alone
But it sounds like someone else is lying there
She said don't call me no more
Don't you knock on my door
It's too late now, and I know you'll never change
She said

You're just a Coca Cola cowboy
You got an Eastwood smile, and Robert Redford hair
But you walked across my heart like it was Texas
And you taught me how to say I just don't care

She said just leave me alone
And let me hang up this phone
Cause he'll see me cry, and think I still love you
Please don't call me no more
I changed the locks on my door
It's time you understood that we are through
She said

You're just a Coca Cola cowboy
You got an Eastwood smile, and Robert Redford hair
But you walked across my heart like it was Texas
And you taught me how to say I just don't care

She said
You're just a Coca Cola cowboy
You got an Eastwood smile, and Robert Redford hair
But you walked across my heart like it was Texas
And you taught me how to say I just don't care

It's A Cheating Situation, Moe Bandy

2005-02-09T18:16:00.000-08:00

Singers, Moe Bandy and Charly McClain
Writers, Claude Putman and Sonny Throckmorton

It's a cheatin' situation
A stealin' invitation
To take what's not really ours
And make it through the midnight hours
It's a cheatin' situation
Just a cheap imitation
Doing what we have to do
When there's no love at home

There's no use pretending
There'll be a happy ending
Where our love's concerned sweetheart
We both know
We'll take love where we find it
Love and try to hide it
It's all we've got
Oh, we know they're not gonna let us go

It's a cheatin' situation
A stealin' invitation
To take what's not really ours
And make it through the midnight hours
It's a cheatin' situation
Just a cheap imitation
Doing what we have to do
When there's no love at home

Country Music Seventies

2005-02-09T18:08:00.000-08:00

Posting of Country Music Lyrics from the Seventies