Leon Russell

It begins to tell, 'Round midnight, midnight. I do pretty well, till after sundown, Suppertime I'm feelin' sad; But it really gets bad, 'Round midnight. Memories always start 'round midnight Haven't got the heart to stand those memories, When my heart is stil...

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been, my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways, I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I've been out...

Hey mister bartender please dont be so slow ive got time for one more round and a six pack to go tomorrow mornin's sunday, im gonna be feelin' low so please please bartender i wanna six pack to go ive been drinkin all day long taking in the town ive done spe...

I've been so many places in my life and time I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme I've acted out my love in stages With ten thousand people watching But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you I know your image of me is what I hope to b...

They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star Might win an Oscar you can never tell The movies gonn...

Now lay me down on market street I'm begging for some spare change A coast guard ship has been lookin' for me And I might have to change my name Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beans The local chief's on the radio He's got some hungry...

They say you've found somebody new But that won't stop my loving you I just can't let you walk away Forget the love I had for you Guess I could find somebody new But I don't want no one but you How can you leave without regret? Am I that easy to forget? Befo...

Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down his Sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying he ma...

Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl What can I do without you in my life? I guess that our guessing game just had to end that way The hardest one to lose of all the games we played But the time is past for living in a dream world Lying...

Hollis Brown He lived on the outside of town Hollis Brown He lived on the outside of town With his wife and five children And his cabin fallin' down You looked for work and money And you walked a rugged mile You looked for work and money And you walk...

Watch out now, take care Beware of falling swingers Dropping all around you The pain that often mingles In your fingertips Beware of darkness Watch out now, take care Beware of the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness aro...

Yeah, I'm lost in the night, The icy wind is howling out your name. And desolation lingers like a fog. The fire is growing dimmer in the wind. I'm out in the rain. The moon has gone behind the cloud again. And I can`t stand to live another day, 'Cause...

Now she don't know where she is, How sexy she can be She don't realise What her eyes do to me She keeps me hot, Like a boilin' pot She whispers in my ear, "Let's do it right here" The ways of a wantin' Woman aren't a mystery The style she has will ne...

Woah, mama catch a little fishy, Papa catch two Well, back in the bayou it's-a fishin' time Workin' together on a bottle of wine We'll go down toThibodeaux tonight **Chorus** Go roun', go roun', lil' Alice Bluegown We'll soon be together on the bayou su...

They call me the breeze, I keep blowing down the road They call me the breeze, I keep blowing down the road I ain't got me nobody, I ain't carrying me no load Ain't no change in the weather, Ain't no change in me Ain't no change in the weather, Ain't no chang...

I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy crazy for feeling so blue I knew that you'd love me as long as you wanted And then some day you'd leave me for somebody new Worry, why do I let myself worry Wondering what in the world did I do I'm crazy for...

This songs dedicated to the undiluted queen of rock and roll, And she knows who she is. Left my home down in the heart of Georgia Headed out to Hollywood. All I took with me was my healing music, Preaching every step that I could. You ain't heard my roc...

I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things were bad But there's a silver linin' behind ev'ry cloud Just four people that 's all we were Tryin' to make a livin' out of black-land dirt But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud Daddy...

Woman of the country now I found you Longing in your soft and fertile delta And I whisper sighs to satisfy your longing For the warm and tender shelter of my body 'Cause you're mine Delta lady Yeah you're mine, be all mine Delta lady Please don't ask...

Gather round me people, got a song to sing 'Bout that sweet magnolia thyme Black-eyed Susan made some catfish stew And papa brought some homemade wine All the southern children like to rock'n roll The TV mamas tell you why They got it on the boat from A...

Oh give me land lots of land under starry skies above don't fence me in Let me ride through the wide open country that I love don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evening breeze Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me out forever but I...

Don't let the stars get in your eyes Don't let the moon break your heart Love blooms at night In the daylight it dies Don't let the stars get in your eyes Oh, keep your heart for me For someday I'll return And you know you're the only one I'll ever love Too...

Old Man Moon across the swampy river rise Cast a quiet reflection in your eyes Meet me beside the still waters And let me love you down on the river Hear the crickets singing for a mile And the sound of the bullfrog when he smiles Meet me beside the sti...

I've got a woman, I love her, lordy-lord She cooks my breakfast On Sunday, just like my Ma I hang my hat in her house, She don't charge a dime Love me, trust me, never cuss me, You know she's mine I'm talking 'bout, I'm talking 'bout, I'm talking in r...

Spending my life in a cold hard bar-room Drinking that long black whisky down I play the guitar, for me it's a living Well, I know, just a hanging-around Dancing girls, oh, they drive me crazy All they want is a fancy name Don't you know is I might not m...

I often think of the life I lead And it's a wonder I ain't dead Drinking and gambling, Staying out all night Living in a fool's paradise My mother told me, father told me too Someday my child, it’s gonna catch up with you Drinking and gambling, Staying out...

Some folks like the summertime when they can walk about Strolling through the meadow green, it's pleasant there's no doubt But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground For I found her when the snow was on the ground I traced her little footprints...

Well, hello there! My, it's been a long, long time How am I doin' ? Oh, I guess I'm doin' fine It's been so long now, and it seems that it was only yesterday Gee! ain't it funny, how time slips away? How's your new love? I hope he's doin' fine Heard you...

Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm, When the rivers freeze and summer ends, Please s...

Give peace a chance Give peace a chance Give peace a chance All around the world .... Oh lordy, mercy Oh yes it will Oh yes it will Oh yes it will Oh yes it will Give peace a chance Give peace a chance Give peace a chance Give peace a chance Why can't we all...

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 wastin...

Goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene Goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live in town Sometimes I take a good notion I'm going to jump in the river and drown Goodnight Irene...

Hark! the herald angels sing, - "Glory to the new-born King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled." Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th' angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem." Hark!...

He said "I'll love you till I die", she told him "You'll forget in time" As the years went slowly by, she still preyed upon his mind He kept her picture on his wall, went half-crazy now and then He still loved her through it all, hoping she'd come back aga...

Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Let's pretend that we're together all alone I'll tell the man to turn the jukebox way down low And you can tell your friend there with you he'll have to go Whisper to me tell me do you love me true? Or is he hol...

Heartache number one was when you left me I never knew that I could hurt this way Heartache number two was when you came back again You came back and never meant to stay Now I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score Every day you love me le...

Well, since my baby left me Well, I found a new place to dwell Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street At Heartbreak Hotel Where I'll be I'll be there so lonely baby Well, I'm so lonely I'll be there so lonely, I could die Although it's always crowded Yo...

Hey, good lookin', whatcha got cookin' How's about cookin' somethin' up with me? Hey, sweet baby, don't you think maybe We could find us a brand new recipe? I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill And I know a spot right over the hill There's soda pop and...

When I was a young man barely seventeen I went on out to Hollywood chasing my dream And dusty Oklahoma was all I'd ever seen And I was getting older The memories of the greyhound Fade and quickly pass In the lonely restaurant windows And the empty hourg...

Well I'm goin' down, Goin down a hard roadJust don't know, Don't know where I've been A But I think I've been walkin', I'm walkin' round in circles Can't even find a friend Woah... my love, My love she is not waiting Think I might've been gone, I've been gone...

Two, three When I first saw you down in Tennessee I knew you were the only girl for me And when you sang your song It made me happy, yes it did (ahh) But you took my money and you took my old car And you ran straight into my best friend's arms And I j...

Last night I came home And I knocked on my door And I called to my love As I often had before And I knocked and I knocked But no answer there came No kisses to greet me No voice called my name And I couldn't believe it was true Oh Lord, I couldn't bel...

1, 2, 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 1, 2 I put a spell on you (I put a spell on you) I put a spell on you (I put a spell on you) I put a spell on you (I put a spell on you) I put a spell on you (I put a spell on you) Mama, you gotta get yourself together Find out what you'r...

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin, I wouldn't let my dear Saviour in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise The Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight...

Are you standing outside? Looking up at the sky Cursing a wandering star Well if I were you I'd throw rocks at the moon And I'd say, "Damn you wherever you are" I don't know where to start This cage round my heart Locked up what I meant to say What I felt all...

We've been sweethearts for so long But now you say we're thru The love we shared is now a memory I have built a ship of dreams And planned them all for you But now I guess what is to be, will be CHORUS: I'll sail my ship alone With all the dreams I own Drifti...

That big eight wheeler a rollin' down the track Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back 'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone You were flyin' too high for my little old sky So I'm movin' on That big loud whistle as it blew and blew Said hello to the...

Hear the lonesome whippoorwill He sounds to blue to fly The midnight train is a-winding low I'm so lonesome I could cry I've never seen a night so long When time keeps crawling by The moon is gone behind the clouds To hide his face and cry Have you ever seen...

I've just seen a face, I can't forget the time or place Where we just met. She's just the girl for me And I want all the world to see we've met, Na na na na na na Had it been another day I might have looked the other way And I'd have never been aware. But as...

(Chorus) If I was a carpenter And you were a lady Would you marry me anyway? Would you have my baby? If a tinker was my trade Would you tinker with me? Would you keep the vows we made Followin' behind me? And if I was Jesus And I built som...

I knew from the first night I met you Something just wasn't quite right Loving like an innocent stranger But somethin' was just out of sight How could I know that you abused me Fill out some plan of your own I couldn't know you'd abuse me Leave me here hurt a...

Can you get us in free My girlfriend and me We like the songs, but we hate to pay Can I have your guitar Can I ride on your car Can you give me a role to play Can I have an autograph Can I sit in your lap Are you really into witchcraft like they say Can I fol...

If you've got the money, I've got the time We'll go honky tonkin' and we'll have a time We'll make all the night spots, dance, romance and dine If you've got the money, honey, I've got the time There ain't no use to tarry, so let's start out tonight We'll spr...

It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth With news of joy foretold, "Peace on the earth, good will to men From heaven's all gracious King." The world in solemn stillness lay, To hear the angels sing. Still...

Well, I ride on a mail train, babe, Can't buy a thrill I've been up all night, Leanin' on a window sill Well, if I don't make it To the top of the hill If I don't make it, You know my baby will And then winter time is coming The windows are filled with frost...

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last. But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast. Yonder stands your orphan with his gun, Crying like a fire in the sun. Look out the saints are comin' through And it's all over now, Baby...

Goodbye Joe, me gotta' go, me oh my oh Me gotta' go pole the pirogue down the buyou My yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, on the buyou. Jumbalaya, and a crawfish pie, and a file gumbo. Cause' tonight I'm gonna' see my Mach...

Joy to the world The Lord has come Let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing Joy to the world The Lord has come Let earth receive her King Let every...

Well, you're showing me a different sign, Even ask you if the flame's a dyin', You'll get used to me baby, You just wait and see lady, Cause I've been in love before, And I love you a whole lot more. If you want it to be real good to ya, When I'm...

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take no fast train Oh, the lonely days are gone I'm coming home Oh, my baby she wrote me a letter I don't care how much money I got to spend I won't find my way, way back home again Oh the lonely da...

Goodbye sorrow, hello tomorrow Oh, let's dance again While we're waiting for this plane to come in And think of life and love again When it comes to life and love, darling you could count on me Well, you got the combination, baby you got the key When it...

We got a little hideaway that we go to When we're alone together A little place where we can go And get to know each other A place to see the sun When the day is done Hold on to that feeling We've been missing Oh we got a little hideaway A place we go on spe...

I'm a rolling stone, I'm all alone and lost For a life of sin, I have paid the cost Oh, when I pass, all the people say "There goes another boy walkin' down the lost highway" Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine And a woman's lies makes a life like min...

My love, she speaks like silence Without ideal or violence She doesn't have to say she's faithful Yet she's true like ice and fire And the people carry roses Make promises by the hour My love, she laughs just like the flower That valentine can't buy he...

I'm standing by the highway Suitcase by my side There's no place I want to go I just thought I'd catch a ride Many people look my way And many pass me by In moments of reflection I wonder why To the thieves I am a bandit The mothers think I'm a son...

Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys Don't let them pick guitars and drive in old trucks Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys They'll never stay home and they're always alone Even with someone t...

Come, you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind the walls You that hide behind your desks I just want you to know Know I can see through your masks 

Janie was my first love we shared the pains of school she offered me a balance for awhile and she gave me innocence I seemed like less a fool she always had a line to make me smile but we separated early not an easy thing too do sometime seem tomorrow'd never...

I was born in a crossfire hurricane And I howled at my mama in the driving rain But it's alright now in fact it's a gas And it's alright, hey I'm Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas gas gas I was raised by a toothless bearded hag I was schooled with a strap r...

If you're looking for the glory You think that you might find In a bullet-riddled stolen car On a back road in the pines If it's round just like a medal Or a tired old man of war Or hidden like that Burma Star In my dad's bottom drawer [Chorus] Look at you in...

I was just thinking about you today in the evening Slipped in I tried to get through to you Find words to say to you darling, looks so far away Oh no, I'm not crying, these ain't tears in my eyes Oh, I'm so happy, I'm dying with laughter If you're lonel...

What can I say to this town of my woe When it looks up to me for the answers You've got trust in his eyes and so gentle sun weed What all the words I can say Can I tell him of my life And can it be you for as long as lights go An example to follow I finally r...

My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, un-photographable Yet, you're my favorite work of art Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak Are you smart? Bu...

Hung up in a Pennsylvania mining town Got down to Boston in time for tea Don't know exactly just what's going down Better hang around until I see. She uses beauty like a knife She cuts me even more, she changes Right before my eyes into something ugly a...

Once in a while will you try to give One little thought to me Though someone else may be Nearer your heart? Once in a while will you dream Of the moments I shared with you Moments before we two Drifted apart? In love's smoldering ember One spark may remain I...

It's quarter to three there's no one in the place except you and me So set 'em up Joe I've got a little story you oughta know We're drinking my friend to the end of a brief episode Just give me one for my baby and one more for the road I've got the routin...

How many days has it been Since I was born How many days until I die Do I know any ways That I can make you laugh Or do I only know how to make you cry When the baby looks around him It's such a sight to see He shares a simple secret With the wise man He's a...

Well I'm goin' down, Goin down a hard roadJust don't know, Don't know where I've been A But I think I've been walkin', I'm walkin' round in circles Can't even find a friend Woah... my love, My love she is not waiting Think I might've been gone, I've been gone...

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream, Really do come true. Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are...

Get off your bottle Go down and see a friend He'll know what to do, lordy When you tell him how bad it's been He said you oughta get away To the English countryside This cryin' won't help you now boy Why don't you look how many tears you've cried?...

Try and judge me only by my time and changes And not mistaken words, for I say many Listen only to my song and watch my eyes There's not much time to spill, there's hardly any Well, look at all the children living in the streets And they're looking, not afrai...

Gonna tell you a story that you wont believe But I fell in love last friday evenin With a girl I saw on a bar room t.v. screen Well I was just gettin ready to get my hat When she caught my eye and I put it back And I ordered myself a couple o more shots and b...

Well it's such a strange world that I'm living in She was my woman and she was my friend But I was wrong again Such a strange changes that you put me through But like a fool I'm still in love with you What can this poor boy do? Roll away the stone Don't leav...

I'm up in Oakland on a Saturday night Lord, I said I just didn't feel right Goodnight, ladies all around But the right one hadn't found me such a bad night I didn't feel right Then a friend came over 'fore it got too late Asked me if I'd like you as a d...

Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms I'll lay around this shack 'Til the mail train comes back An' I'll roll in my sweet baby's arms I ain't gonna work on the railroad (You ain't gonna work at all if you can help it !) No, I...

Deep within my heart lies a melody, A song of old San Antone. Where in dreams I live with a memory, Beneath the stars all alone. It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above. A moonlit pass only she would know, Still he...

Don't take her for granted, she has a hard time Don't misunderstand her or play with her mind Treat her so gently, it will pay you in time You've got to know she's the sensitive kind Tell her you love her, each and every night And you will discover she wi...

She's got everything she needs She's an artist she don't look back She's got everything she needs She's an artist she don't look back She can take the dark out of the nighttime Paint the daytime black You may start out standing Probably steal her anything she...

Well she smiles just like a river Rolling softly to the sea When she blows away my problems She helps to take, take a little weight off me When she's happy, I'm in heaven If she's down, she'll never say 'Cause she knows I'm treading water Guess she fee...

Just because I asked a friend about her, Just because I spoke her name somewhere, Just because I dialed her number by mistake today, She thinks I still care. Just because I haunt the same old places, Where the memory of her lingers everywhere, Just b...

Woah, Junior and the drummer are fighting About a woman in the neighborhood Oh, the drummer never hit a bad lick in his life And Junior never hit any good Yeah, the colonel said that women are for loving, not fighting But that didn't clear the air 'Caus...

Silent night Holy night All is calm all is bright 'Round yon virgin Mother and Child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar...

Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue your hair is red your eyes are blue I'd swap my horse and dog for you Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue there ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue I drive a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way That...

Some people say man is made out of mud A poor man's made out of muscle and blood Muscle and blood and skin and bone A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong You load sixteen tons and what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don't...

They asked me how I knew my true love was true I of course replied "something here inside cannot be denied" They said "someday you'll find all who love are blind" When your heart's on fire, you must realize smoke gets in your eyes So I chaffed them and I gaily...

South of the border down Mexico way That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play Now as I wander my thoughts ever stray south of the border down Mexico way She was a picture in old Spanish lace And for a tender while I kissed the smile opo...

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem A red rose up in Spanish Harlem It is a special one, it's never seen the sun It only comes out when the moon is on the run And all the stars are gleaming It's growing in the street right up through the concrete But soft and sw...

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky stormy weather Since my gal and I ain't together keeps rainin' all the time Life is bare gloom and mis'ry everywhere stormy weather Just can't get my poor self together I'm weary all the time all the time When she we...

How many days has it been since I was born How many days until I die Do I know any ways that I can make you laugh Or do I only know how to make you cry When the baby looks around him It's such a sight to see He shares a simple secret with the wise man...

Long ago and oh so far away I fell in love with you before the second show Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear But you're not really here It's just the radio Take me back Loneliness is a such a sad affair And I can hardly wait to be with you agai...

All right, There’s a lady I know, And I'm lucky to say, She's a woman in everyway, Cause she weeps just like a widow, When her hate is clouding up my day. When she touches my eyes, She takes my heart in here hand, If you'd knew that child you'd plain...

I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced him to my loved one and while they were dancin' My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee waltz Now I know just how much...

Up in the mornin' out on the job, work like the devil for my pay But that lucky old sun has nothin' to do But roll around heaven all day Fuss with my woman toil for my kids Sweat 'til I'm wrinkled and gray While that lucky old sun has nothin' to do But roll...

I can only give you love that lasts forever And the promise to be near each time you call And the only heart I own for you and you alone That's all, that's all I can only give you country walks in springtime And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall And a...

Let me see here… Kids, planes, runway strikes Flashy pimps and family fights Spotted dogs, blood-shot eyes Our space captain laughs and tries To understand the scheme of things But just in time the scene has changed The bus is here, bring the beer Sh...

In 1814, we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans. We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming There wasn'...

The first Noel the angels did sing Was to certain poor shepherds In fields as they lay In fields fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the king of Israel And to the Earth it gave gr...

The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn Look into my eyes my love and see All the lovely things you are to me Our wistful little star It was far, too high A teardrop kissed your lips And so did I Now when I re...

The very thought of you and I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem To me that's everything The mere idea of you, the longing here for you Y...

I've been living a new way Of life that I love so But I can see the clouds are gathering And the storm will wreck our home For last night he held you tightly And you didn't even shove This is true for I've been watching From the window up above. You must have...

Are we really happy With this lonely game we play? Looking for words to say Searching but not finding Understanding anywhere We're lost in this masquerade Both afraid to say We're just to far away From being close together From the start We tried to talk it...

I'm up on the tightrope , one sides hate and one is hope It's a circus game with you and me. I'm up on the tightwire , linked by life and the funeral pyre But the tophat on my head is all you see. And the wire seems to be the only place for me A comedy of err...

I'm gonna lay my head on some lonesome railroad line And let that old two-twenty pacify mind Yeah I'm goin' down to the river I'm gonna take me a rockin' chair Yeah honey if these blues don't get me I'm gonna rock away from here Well trouble in mind I'm bl...

I stopped at a roadhouse in Texas A little place called Hamburger Dan's I heard that old jukebox a playing The song about a truck drivin' man The waitress just poured me some coffee I thanked her and called her again I said that old song sure does fit m...

Well I'm tryin' to stay 'live And keep my sideburns too Ask all the people It's getting hard to do You've got a choice what's yours to make To keep a bad job or take a break And try to live in song and silence With no ideals of violence Tryin' to stay...

I'm a roaming cowboy riding all day long, Tumbleweeds around me sing their lonely song. Nights underneath the prairie moon, I ride along and sing this tune. See them tumbling down Pledging their love to the ground Lonely but free I'll be found Drifting along...

Oh, the people would come from miles away They'd dance all night till the break of day When the caller hollered, "Do-se-do" They knew it was time for Uncle Pen to go Late in the evening about sundown High on the hills and above the town Uncle Pen played...

From the great Atlantic ocean To the wide Pacific shore To the queen of flowing mountains For the hills and by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome And she's known quite well by all She came down from Birmingham On the Wabash Cannonball Well now listen...

When we dance together, my world's in disguise It's a fairy land tale that's come true And when you look at me with those stars in your eyes I could waltz across Texas with you [Chorus] Waltz across Texas with you in my arms Waltz across Texas with you...

We three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star. [Chorus] O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect ligh...

When my blue moon turns to gold again When the rainbows turn the clouds away When my blue moon turns to gold again I'll be back within your arms to stay When the memory that lingers in my heart Those memories they make Well, someday, someday they're go...

Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady you know who I am You know I can't let you slide through my hands Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away I watched you suffer...

Will the circle be unbroken By and by, Lord, by and by There's a better home a-waiting In the sky Lord, in the sky Well, I was standing by my window On a cold and rainy day When I saw that hearse come rolling For to carry my mama away Will the circle be unbr...

The news is out, all over town That you've been seen, a-runnin' round I know that I should leave but then I just can't go, you win again This heart of mine could never see What everybody knew but me Just trusting you was my great sin What can I do, you...