Jessi Colter

A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam A windmill with a mouse in and he wasn't grousin' He sang every morning, "How lucky I am, Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!" Chorus: I saw a mouse! Where? There on the stair! Where on the stair? Right there! A...

[Chorus] Ain't making no headlines here without you You do for me what no one else can do The love you promised me keeps growing stronger And so I'll carry on, yes, I'm going to carry on [Verse] I made a little side trip to Mexico They caught me with some Aca...

Now the time has come to say goodbye And in the parting my heart will star to cry As you leave this lovely island home This heart of mine follows you where'er you roam Aloha Oe! Farewell to thee While you're awayI'll pray for your returning One fond emb...

Over in Killarney Many years ago, Me Mither sang a song to me In tones so sweet and low. Just a simple little ditty, In her good ould Irish way, And l'd give the world if she could sing That song to me this day. "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li...

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping? Brother John, Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing Ding ding dong, ding ding dong. 

I'm headin' for the station with a pack on my back I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack I love to hear the rhythm of the clickety-clack And hear the lonesome whistle, see the smoke from the stack And pal around with democratic fellas named Mac So...

[Verse] If you've traveled too far Come on in If it's broken your heart Come on in If the one that you've walked with Left you cold and alone Take a hand Gather around Come on in [Chorus][x3] Come on in. We've all been waiting Don't you see someone You used t...

[Verse] Consider me I'm kneeling at your feet If you were standing here I would not move My tears would fall like rain and they'd heal all your pain I lay it down consider me He was the only one you chose to call your son There was no room for him in homes or...

[Chorus] Cry softly move slowly Away from the man standing there Don't let the people around to see How much he's made you care They won't understand why you love such a man Who takes love and gives only tears Cry cry softly for the man one hundred years [Ver...

Did you ever see a lassie A lassie, a lassie Did you ever see a lassie Go this way and that? Go this way and that way Go this way and that way Did you ever see a lassie Go this way and that? Did you ever see a laddie A laddie, a laddie Did you ever see a ladd...

[Verse] Lately you leave me in a cold state of mind Your goodbyes are never on time The blues just keep coming and drying out your eyes Don't you think I feel it too A slow train a cold rain I'm all inside out The lights just aren't shining on me To live it ag...

I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore, And maybe I've learned this time. I hope that I find what I'm reaching for, The way that it is in my mind. Someday I'll get over you. I'll live to see it all through. But I'll always miss, Dreaming my dreams w...

[Verse] My mama is a mama you'd believe in As a child I remember how she prayed Of'en misunderstood she lived lonely But my mama believes God's holy word Mama knows no strangers she knows Jesus And everyone's God's children in mama's eyes A bluebird's broken w...

Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines Ding ding dong, ding ding dong. 

Aieressera, oì Nanninè, me ne sagliette, tu saie addò, tu saie addò Addò 'stu core 'ngrato cchiù dispietto Farme nun pò! Farme nun pò! Addò lo fuoco coce, ma si fuie te lassa sta! te lassa sta! E nun te corre appriesso, nun te struie sulo a guardà, sulo a guar...

[Chorus] God I love you God I need need you Would you find a way to stay close today [Verse] If I walk a little softer if I try much harder To see your face in everything today Will you stay a little closer so I can hear you if you whisper Would you find a wa...

[Chorus] God if I could only write your love song I would leave it here on earth so you could hear I know you hear my words you hear my music too Could it be you'd like to hear me loving you [Verse] Your song's in me and what I see should be the beautiful You...

A long time forgotten the dreams that just fell by the way The good life he promised ain't what she's livin' today But she never complains of the bad times Or the bad things he's done, lord She just talks about the good times they've had And all the good times...

He called me “Baby, Baby” All night long. Used to hold and kiss me ‘Til the dawn. Then one day I awoke, And he was gone. There’s no more “Baby, Baby” All night long. He called me “Baby, Baby” All night long. Kissed my tears away When things went wrong What...

He's got the whole world in His hands, He's got the whole world in His hands, He's got the whole world in His hands, He's got the whole world in His hands. He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands, He's got my brothers and my sisters in His hands, He'...

[Verse 1] They're working while I'm missing you Those healing hands of time Soon they'll be dismissing you From this heart of mine They'll lead me safely through the night And I'll follow as though blind My future tightly clutched within Those healing hands of...

You walk away into the sunset You stop, take one last look at me I feel that look wash warm all over Here I am, here I'll stay We've been together but a short time Your fingertips have learned my face Your hands on me have lightened every darkened place...

Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better Hey Jude, don't be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin Then you begin to make...

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come Why should my heart fell lonely and long for Heaven and home When Jesus is my portion, a constant friend is He His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches over me His eye is on the sparrow and...

[Verse 1] Hello, my old friend It's good to see you smiling You've been around so long, you must be strong And single life really has its fine points Like friends to help you out when things go wrong [Chorus] Hold back the tears That you've been crying Push o...

If you're lookin' for someone who's got it all to give If you lookin' for someone who won't care how you live If you're lookin' for someone who's only lovin' you I ain't the one I ain't the one. If you're lookin' for someone to dry your tears when you cry If...

A thousand ways, a thousand days The song of the world haunts a memory I played my part, it broke my heart But on the mend, I found a friend I belong to him, I belong to him Oh, he'll sing a song, I'll even drive along 'Cause the songs I hear are from f...

[Verse 1] Feel my temperature rising Feeling like something's gone wrong Feeling so cold and unwanted Feeling that I'm lonely too long [Chorus] I hear a song I hear a singer [Verse 2] Feeling so tired so weary Of my heart not finding a home Seeing your foots...

You said good-by to me this morning With only these words to explain You say you found someone you love better But I still hear your voice call my name I thought I heard you calling my name Funny I still feel this way Your voice sounds so near but I knew That...

[Verse 1] Did you ever find out who wrote that pretty song Was the road to Mexico diamonds or stones Did you keep the gold piece that I placed in your hand Were you ready when the cold wind hit the Rio Grande [Chorus] I was kinda crazy then I needed lovers mo...

I’d like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees And snow white turtle doves I’d like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I’d like to hold it in my arms And keep it company I’d like to see the world for on...

Im looking for blue eyes Has anyone seen him Dont you tell me He gave up on me Im looking for blue eyes Ive got to find him 'Cause something tells me Hes looking for me There was a time when Blue eyes said hed love no other His one and only love H...

I'm not Lisa, my name is Julie Lisa left you years ago My eyes are not blue But mine won't leave you 'Til the sunlight shines through 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 win...

[Verse] When I was loving you I gave all I had to give You took that love I gave you took my will to live You didn't want me then babe what brings you back in now I hear you talking but just keep walking it's all over now You should have seen this is just how...

It's morning and I still love you Like a dream I thought, The sun would find you gone It's morning and I still love you And I think I hear it saying, Hearts are home Do you ever been, At the end of the day When you held the world, And you let it get...

[Verse 1] Your love grows colder day by day We have reached the parting of the way And I hope you never go through what I have been Inside of me a fire is burning I can’t stop my heart from yearning It’s not easy, no not easy to forget [Chorus] Can someone te...

There is a flower growing wild Growing in my heart and in my mind Flower, jasmine flower. Eyes that are gazing into mine Sending a shiver down my spine Flower, jasmine flower Flower, jasmine flower. And in the morning light she comes to me so bright And then...

La cucaracha, la cucaracha ya no puede caminar por que no tiene, por que le faltan las dos patitas de atras Ya murió la cucaracha ya la llevan a enterrar entre cuatro zopilotes y un ratón de sacristan Cuando la perica quiere que el perico valla a misa se...

[Chorus] There ain't no way you'll ever buy an acre land in heaven And there ain't no name of yours going to get you in There ain't no hand you've ever held knows its way across Jordan Let it go let it go let it go [Verse] Let it go turn it loose Those chains...

London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady Build it up with iron bars Iron bars, iron bars Build it up with iron bars My fair lady Iron bars will bend and break Bend and break, bend and break Iron bar...

[Verse 1] When I awake in the night to some old memory Darling don't touch the light just come over here with me And watch the world go away come as close as you can Let your soft skin erase any bad dream I've had [Chorus] And love me back to sleep again toni...

Well now, oh Mary Ann You know you sure look fine Well now oh You know you sure look fine Well now oh Mary Ann I could love you all the time Well now, oh Mary Ann I said, baby, don't you know Well now oh Well now, baby, don't you know Don't you know, baby Tha...

[Verse] Master Master won't you touch me One touch can sanctify me The same hands we nailed to that old rugged cross Are the same hands that reach out to me I came to your well seeking water Instead you gave new life to me Father of mercy forgive me I don't wa...

Here you are back on my mind where you stay quite a lot Bringing back all the old mem'ries I thought I'd forgot I just keep finding you with me and I don't know why Maybe you should've been listening when I said goodbye I can't believe how you keep hangin...

[Verse 1] The cowboy's lady is crying tonight the cowboy's riding the range Rambling running and chasing some strays cowboys don't ever change I tried to hold him in the home corral but the grass looked greener outside I'm going to sit here in front of this do...

[Verse] Oh my goodness I'm such a lucky girl Cause all my goodness comes from his world When separation breaks us apart Then all the goodness still warms my heart Oh my goodness what would I be Without your goodness to watch over me When situations keep us apa...

I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy, And Lovin' the cowboy ways. Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes, I burned up my childhood days. I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter, Don't you hold on to nothin' too long. Just take what you need...

What's this feelin' I'm havin' What's comin' over me I'm afraid I can't recover From what you've done to me Without you I feel cold and lonely Oh, my heart feels so strange You've got me walkin' the wild side Feel so strong, I feel danger These empty arms of...

I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's garden in the shade He'd let us in, knows where we've been In his octopus's garden in the shade I'd ask my friends to come and see An octopus's garden with me I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's gar...

[Chorus] Oh Will Who Made It Rain Last Night? Who could take blue from my sky and paint it black night? Who's telling me to look so I'll see the tears for years we will cry? Talk to me Will. You never told lies; Who Made It Rain Last Night? [Verse] His hand i...

Old King Cole Was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe And he called for his bowl And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler he had a fiddle And a very fine fiddle had he; Oh, there's none so rare As can compare With Ki...

Out of the rain, under the shelter I've been so long where the sun don't shine Standing at the cross-roads, could have went either way But now I've found you and the storm is behind Out of the rain, out of the rain Over the wall, I'm out in the open back on...

When the blood curdlin' scream Of the fear in my veins Pierces the darkness circlin' my brain When the pain in my soul is too great to explain I reach out for you, I'm callin' your name Lord, please have mercy on my troubled soul You keep me together when th...

[Verse] Everything I once loved and I lost is behind me Everything I wanted and could not have is gone I can see the sunlight and you're walking here beside me I can see the good life I've looked for so long Put your arms around me Let me know you know me let...

Oh, well, they'll stone ya when you're tryin' to be so good Yeah, they'll stone ya just like they said they would They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone But I would not feel so all alone Everybody...

So many things, so many things So many things stand between us Your heart and mine have touched this time Our eyes can see us Some bright blue autumn morning Some wintery moonlight night You'll reach for me and I'll come Touch me, hold me like you do Feel me...

Maybe you and I can't play Maybe we won't ever be together Maybe childish needs in me Makes me think that I can win forever Maybe the roads we both took Brought us to a different vain level I'll call this shot while it's still hot I won't go down with one mor...

Storms never last do they baby Bad times will pass with the winds Your hand in mine steals the thunder You make the sun want to shine Oh, I followed you down so many roads baby I picked wild flowers and sung you soft sad songs And ever road we took God...

We’re caught in the trap, I can’t walk out Because I love you too much baby Why can’t you see, what you’re doing to me When you don’t believe a word I’m saying We can’t go on together with suspicious minds We can’t build our dream on suspicious minds I saw...

[Verse] Troubles and a worried mind It seems that's all I've ever known But I will leave it all behind If you will just leave me alone And if I go on loving you If to leave is a mistake If I am wrong what I do That's just the chance I'll have to take Don't bot...

You can find him in a dance hall Saturday night listening to the Music and drinking beer, he'll dance and hold the lady's hand and Whisper pretty things in their ears, but they know he's easy come and easy Go 'cause that's the way a cowboy rocks and rolls,...

Don't lay your bridle on my shoulder Don't bring your bit to my mouth Don't lay your blanket on my body Just take your saddle and move out Just take your saddle and move out You were playin' with my fire You put your brand on my heart But like a wild colt in...

[Verse] In the wee small hours of midnight When your man just won't come home With your legs spread on his bed howling at the moon When the hot blood in your body Is trying to flood your mind Let the hand that rocks the cradle lead your song Ain't no time to g...

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross The emblem of suffering and shame And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain So I? ll cherish the old rugged cross (Rugged cross) Till my trophies at last I lay down...

If I give my heart to you, are you gonna break it If I give my hand to you, are you gonna take it If I give my life to you, are you gonna take it And break it into a million crystals Makin' me desperate for you, for you Outta the ashes, the Phoenix...

[Waylon Jennings] You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you You asked me not to call you on the phone But there's something I'm wanting to tell you So I wrote it in the words of this song. I didn't know God made honky tonk angels I might have known you'd nev...

[Chorus] There ain't no rain (rain in God) There ain't no rain (rain in God) There ain't no rain (rain in God) There ain't no rain (rain in God) There ain't no rain (rain in God) There ain't no rain (rain in God) (Rain in God rain in God) (Rain in God rain in...

This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York Island; From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and Me. As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway: I saw bel...

Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are When the blazing sun is gone When he nothing shines upon Then you show your little light Twinkl...

[Jessi] I swore the last time that you let me down that I wouldn't see you if you came around [Waylon] I can't tell my heart what's right or wrong And I've been so lonely since you've been gone [Together] You've got me under your spell again saying those thi...

What are we gonna call this relationship Not quite in love and not quite it C'mon, c'mon Your eyes shine so bright to mine You make me feel velvet inside C'mon, I said, c'mon You call me a high-steppin' mama I say you're a slow movin' daddy, c'mon Can you tak...

I'm looking for Blue Eyes, has anyone seen him' Don't you tell me, he gave up on me. I'm looking for blue eyes, I've got to find him. Oh something tells me, he's looking for me There was a time when blue eyes said there was no other His one and only love...

[Verse 1] Every time it rains Lord I run to my window All I do is ring my hands and moan The wolf is scratching at my door and I can hear the lonesome wind moan Tell me baby why you been gone so long [Chorus] Tell me baby why you been gone so long you been g...

I hear you're going away. I've come here to beg you to stay. If you go, I will surely die. If you go, I won't even try to live life without you. I won't fight without you. Chorus: Without you I can't go on. Without I've got no song to sing. Without you stand...

You ain't never been loved Like I'm gonna love you You ain't never had done What I'm gonna do I'm gonna take love, sweet love And wrap it around you You'll know you've been loved Before I get through Funny how I answer Every time you call Funny how...

You took the wrong road, baby I tried to tell you all along You took the wrong road, baby I tried to tell you all along We've hit the dead end, baby Now, there's no road at all You can pick 'em, baby You can pick 'em, baby You can pick 'em, baby But you know...

You did hang the moon, didn't you Waylon' You did hang that moon, didn't you Waylon' Weren't you the one they called the seventh son' You did hang the moon, didn't you Waylon' You take so many words and bring them all home with one You walk into my room...

You mean to say, you're gonna go an' leave me You mean to say that it'd be that easy You mean to say that it's you I see, walkin' away What'd I say What'd I do wrong' Could it be I stayed here too long' You mean to say you'd walk away from me You mean...

From the distance you looked so good As I'm closer, you look better than you should I wasn't lookin' 'til I looked in your eyes Aah, you took me by surprise Rock me, baby Rock me in your arms I should know better I know the way you charm The way you make me f...

[Verse 1] If she's where you like living You won't feel at home with me She tells you lies looking into your eyes She laughs but you don't see She knows just how to make you bow And you fall down on your knees How could such a man be crushed in her hand I don'...