BR549

I rolled out this morning, kids had the morning news show on Bryant Gumble was talking 'bout the fighting in Jerusalem Some senator was squawking 'bout the bad economy It's gonna get worse you see, we need to change a policy There's a local paper rolled u...

When I started out I thought that I'd make it double quick I had that kinda confidence that I was picked to play But if you could stand in my shoes you wouldn't feel so smart 'Cause I'm A-1 on the jukebox, nowhere on the charts My Agent gives me spendin' cash...

After the hurricane, after the wind and rain When we lost everything, after the hurricane It was not the driving rain That let our love go down the drain It was not the howlin' wind That blew away the hopes I planned After the hurricane, after the wind and...

It don't matter if I get my picture on the cover of a magazine You'll never know that I always try to do things right It ain't no sweat if I always forget to get caught up in the small town Scene Cause life's too short and I want to get it straight tonight...

Chorus Baby, are you gettin' tired of me? I can see the blossoms fallin' from the trees Like a love that used to be Baby are you gettin' tired of me? It was early in the Springtime I remember that our love was growing strong I guess Spring can't hold it...

Well, the boys came lookin' for their soul They wanted all the world to see So they took Alcatraz and did a graveyard dance All they wanted was some dignity But from a rerun story from a late, late show Where the Indian gets no amnesty And spends the rest of h...

Got me a cajun persuasion way back in the woods Got me a cajun persuasion, you know she'd do me good I wanna jump in my pirogue that's waitin' for me Got me a cajun persuasion, I wanna go see my she Head down South to the Mississippi River Follow all the high...

Well a Cherokee chief as he dances along He does an Indian boogie to a white man's song Singin' hey-ho-a-lina (hey-ho-a-lina) hey-ho-a-lina (hey-ho-a-lina) A well a hey-ho-a-lina wup-wup a-wittena-yea Well he dances over here and he dances over there...

Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel And the storm's a brewing in this heart of mine This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real You're someone else's love now you're not mine Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new For my yearning...

I roll out every mornin' I drink my coffee on the run Working for the man just the way my daddy done Well the money I'm makin' ain't buyin' much bacon but when payday comes along Sometimes I gotta do somethin' even if it's wrong The telephone keeps ringin...

In South Carolina there are many tall pines I remember the oak tree that we used to climb But now when I'm lonesome I always pretend That I'm gettin' the feel of Hickory wind But I started out younger at most everything Without the riches and pleasures w...

I got me a room in a cheap hotel My head was a spinning and I didn't feel well I laid right down tried to go to sleep But the band was playing in the joint underneath I picked up my pillow when I covered up my head But the band kept a playing and a shakin...

Well I ain't never I ain't never Seen nobody like you no no no never have I ever seen nobody like you Oh you call me up and say to meet me at nine I have to hurry hurry but I'm there on time I walk a right up and knock on your door The landlord says she a...

Well I woke up this morning and I looked outside And all I had was gone I started wondering "What else could go wrong?" I got them weary violated blues Broken hearted and nothin' to lose But I'm all right for the shape I'm in I don't know why I'm not ov...

Lord, I think I'm goin' down Yes, I know that's where I'm bound So don't ask me where I'm goin' 'Cause I think I'm goin' down Now once I had a wife and family And a household sweet and kind Then the darkness overtook me And I just left all that behind Lord,...

I met a little girl in Knoxville down beyond the well And every Sunday evenin out in her home I dwelled We went to take an evenin walk about a mile from town I picked a stick up off the ground and knocked that fair girl down She fell down on her bended knees f...

Tell me, tell me, why ya gotta spoil my day You smile at me and point a finger to the error of my ways You can't leave it alone Why don't you leave it alone You can't help makin' everybody's house your home Why don't you leave it alone Maybe, maybe, there's...

Well, I woke up from a nightmare and I couldn't speak 'Cause the Devil slipped a mickey in my bedstand drink Then Jesus made me breakfast with his fresh white chateau on Well, I ain't got the money to go to town The cupboard it was empty before he came aroun...

My pockets are empty though my wife has sent me To the store for some cigarettes and bread I started walking there got as far as the square Then the smell of beer went to my head The thing about beer it can make a man hear Voices from days long since past...

Remember when we hung in the low places in 1979? We used to think that it mattered to the man with the money Where we spent our time Well, I knew a little gal with a mohawk hairdo and a chain around her neck But you'd never recognize her if you saw her now She...

I just blew back in town So I thought I'd hang around I ain't got nothin' else to do Don't see a soul I know This street done took it's toll Got them ol' lower Broad St. Blues The cops are sellin' souvenirs from cruisers The tourists send up roses to the lo...

Well a long time ago when I left home I never thought I would be Part of a wheel in a cog on a belt that turned the big machine I wanted out on the road or down on the street or something wild and free But now I'm payin' the bills and movin' the country in...

You gotta four piece band and a LA tan You smile at me and you shake my hand But I got something baby that you need And you'll stab me in the back just to watch me bleed Always tellin' me about what you got Always buggin' me about what I'm not Always co...

Lightning struck at midnight with the thunder and the rain My sleep was interrupted by the rhythm of a train I asked of the conductor where this ol' train was bound He punched my ticket then he whispered "Memphis town" But there ain't no train to Memphis...

Down in the valley of the fever In the hills of Tennessee Well, we're sifting through that asphalt barnyard Just a-looking for that be-bop beat 'Cause we sleep all day, play all night Man that ain't no lie We can't tell what day it is It just seems like...

Disc go down late last night Spinnin' room don't feel right Spirits they all laugh at me 'Cause of my stupidity Cold sweat on my brow Feel it comin' up right now Alaman-left to the powder room Steppin' in time to a banjo tune Poison, get thee out of m...

Run a mile run a mile to the river Gonna throw off the hunting hounds Run a mile run a mile to the river Gonna wash away or drown I was only there for a minute I was only passing through I was only being friendly but her pappy said he'd send me to...

[CHORUS] Seven nights to rock Seven nights to roll Seven nights I'm gonna show my face With a different woman In a different place Seven nights to rock Well I've got seven nights to roll Monday I'm gonna rock with Jane Tuesday it's gonna be...

It's been such a long time since she's talked to me Out here in this phone booth I'm chilled to my knees I dial her number and I just can't believe She's talking to someone She ain't talking to me She's talking to someone She ain't talking to me...

There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight I looked out the winder and over the gate The big fat rabbits are jumpin' in the grass Wait 'till they hear my old shotgun blast Shotgun boogie, I done saw your track Look out Mr. Rabbit when I co...

We used to be so happy we used to be so true We used to think there wasn't anything we couldn't do But they could see right through us we didn't seem to care We were on a highway that ain't going anywhere They told us we were wrong a thousand times W...

Well it's been years since I made all the rounds And closed up all the honky tonks in town I just got used to being on my own Waiting for no one to call my own But now the hand of fate has laid a card on me A winning hand I didn't want to see No o...

Featuring The Jordanaires Oh, the Devil and me (oh, the Devil and me) Don't have no secrets (Oh, the Devil and me) Oh, the Devil and me (oh, the Devil and me) Yeah, we're best friends (Oh, oh, oh) oh, the Devil and me don't need no reason But I know the Devi...

Well I met you in the middle of a bar room fight In a cheap hotel on the Missouri side I had you out in my car in the parking lot Early next morning we were driving east Headed for the big city where I felt at least We could enjoy the weather as long as w...

I went out last night and stayed out way too long I looked around and all my friends had gone I stayed so long that I could not go home I need a little something what I do not know I stuck around to see if it would show I stayed so long that I forgot to...

Well I smoked and I drank another night away I hit it pretty hard again yesterday But I was only waiting up to hear you say "You'd better watch out where You're walking" So I tip toe around everywhere I go Home from the place where the good times roll Ho...

I'm a king among men down at the 'Just Say When' My loyal subjects raise a glass and send a pint my way But when I leave my throne to the castle I go home I stroll across the drawbridge and this is what I say You are the queen and you're the only queen That...