Jeannie C. Riley piosenki

There are the roses and there are the thorns There's a time for happiness and there's a time to mourn There's a time to love then when love is faded and worn Oh oh instead of the roses there are the thorns Once there was spring and the flowers were gentle and...

I was born a way back in the hills in a shack the oldest child of ten On one hot and sultry day mama got sick and passed away Givin' birth to baby brother Ben I stood there and I cried as I watched my mama die I guess I was too young to understand Papa didn't...

We saw a sign Welcome Satan Place when we moved to town that day And rows of little white homes that looked like castles all along the way But after livin' there a while we found it wasn't what we thought at all They had a private little scandal goin' on behin...

When I am gone sing for me no sad songs plant no flowers at my head Feed the green grass that coveres me or a dew drop wet And I hope you'll remember even if I forget And sing me no sad songs and shed me no tears My eyes will be blinded my ears will not hear...

Sippin' Shirley Thompson is a gas Anytime you see her you can always count on Shirley for a glass She knows more words with just four letters than the dictionary ever had She uses them to color up the stories of the simple life she's led Sippin' Shirley Thomp...

From the seed of a lifetime to the harvest years A girl knows the bitter and sweet taste of tears The first love was a green love it was free and sincere It ended in heartbreak and the young taste of tears Then came the fool's love of life's wasted years Time...

It's so still I can't hear the pages that fall as I look through my yearbook again And I know I'll cry at the picture I see teardrops on page forty-three There's a picture of us on page forty-three together with you I wanted to be In the back of my book you wr...

You had quite good thing goin' with the girls you used to knowin' You went up and down your list just like a yo-yo And though it may be hard to stop it I'm afraid you'll have to drop it Cause if you want me to love you that's a no no I know you're used to goi...

It's a vicious circle he and I are loving in He loves everyone around but me Each time he leaves I say I'll never take him back again He comes back just when I'm feelin' weak. There goes my heart playing the part Of the most foolish heart in this whole town T...

There was a time I really thought it did some good To get down on my knees to you and I would But baby now that's all changed today's a brand new day And you ain't worth the price I pay to stay. Just because you're the best looking man that I've ever seen Ain...

Don't be troubled 'bout me cause I'm tired From workin' 'round the house When day is done Don't think you failed me cause you can't afford That dishwasher to make my life more fun You know, the measure of a man is Much more than just the money he can make And...

There was a time we'd sit in the backyard cause the house would get so hot From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin' And you'd play your old guitar we'd fight mosquitos and enjoy You backyard concerts for we had no television We'd just begun our life as...

The neigbor next door looks worried her face looks tired and hurried And she just told me that she couldn't go on The man she married for money has found another honey And that great big nice house has just become an ice house And she gets tired of staying all...

What about her, what about him What about the hearts we're gonna break Oh, I love you but what about them? What about him I made vows I'm not forsakin' them What about her you made vows that were the same What about the hearts we're gonna break when we t...

Oh what was her name she used to sit next to me in math Had the saddest eyes I'd ever seen and like me she was only sixteen What was her name she was so silent and strange Then the word leaked out and time brought about the truth and the tragedy began She was...

I know it's been a long time since my family moved away And I've been lookin' forward to this trip back here today I'd like to hear bout all the folks here in my old hometown Like whatever happened to Charlie Brown I see that Bobby Rosenbloom now runs his dadd...

See the moon above the mountain watch the stars light up the sky Oh wherever you are darling do you feel the same as I Tell your heart you know that I love you and I never see us to care Oh wherever you are my darling if I could I would be there Do you wherev...

Ask any young man in this town who is over thirteen To tell you about the things and places he's seen If he tells you somethin' bout women you haven't known You can attribute his knowledge of anatomy to widow Jones Well Jones-y was a gogo girl a little while b...

Some folks say he's comin' other say he came Some say he's a different colar some use the different name No matter what they're sayin' well it all comes up the same Who's leadin' the children who's takin' them home Who's leadin' the sheep to the promised land...

Everyday the memories of someone that was dear to me Keep running through my mind The thoughts of all the love we shared and all the little things you said That prove to me you cared Time will never take away the mem'ries if our yesterday I cherrish them all...