Lyle Lovett

Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way things go Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way things go Ain't it somethin' Yes yes Ain't it somethin' Oh no Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way...

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos Oh, oh, oh, oh... Its all been ground down to molasses Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh... You shoulda been on the river in 1910 They were driving the women just like they drove the men. Go down Old Hannah, don'cha rise no more Don't you r...

Life's been good to me I thank the good Lord for the way things are Good friends and family Well God is good as good can be I've had an excellent time so far There's only one thing that I fear I've been up so long on this lucky star It could be all downhill f...

I've got some birds outside What sit on my window sill Some birds won't you know But some birds will All my love is gone She was angry He was free She loved him The she left me Now all my love is gone All my love is gone All my love is gone I see the lights...

The two-step it drug like a ball and chain While the band was playing something like Moon River or Somewhere Over The Rainbow And I was chasing the black man with the champagne And I was chasing the black girl with the Oysters Rockefeller And it was a highbro...

Babes in the woods Oh which way to go Babes in the woods No one to say no Pretty people come to me Cry your heart all out Tell me what it's all about Who remembers Kerouac What was that all about Right on Jack So long Jack Who remembers anything And who cares...

I really can't stay (Baby, it's cold outside) I've got to go 'way (Baby, it's cold outside) The evening has been (I've been hopin' that you'd drop in) So very nice (I'll hold your hand, they're just like ice) My mother will start to worry (Hey beautiful, what...

Comfort me said she With your conversation With the cocktails And the candlelight In your eyes It's funny how we hunger For some inspiration And everything else That money just won't buy Men have lied Many good girls have gone astray Just to hear the gypsy pl...

I know I've seen this place before Lord can't you hear me screaming As a young man long ago When I was twenty-one And I know I've seen this house before With people all around it With my baby cousin on the floor And Mama in the kitchen And a woman lies upon...

Some folks say there ain't no bears in Arkansas Some folks never seen a bear at all Some folks say that bears go around eating babies raw Some folks got a bear across the hall Some folks say that bears go around smelling bad Others say that a bear is honey sw...

Ain't no big dog, Coming to bite you Ain't no bad man, Coming to find you Just rest easy, We'll be home soon And you'll be sleeping, In your own room Don't you worry little one Don't you worry little one Everything is going to be all right In the morning light...

It's Saturday night You check the TV guide And pray the black and white Can keep you satisfied She had yellow hair She had high-heel shoes She red the whole affair And left you black and blue In 1956 She was just a kiss In 1985 How could she come to this He...

I was blue, just as blue as I could be Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me Then good luck came a-knocking at my door Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore Blue skies Smiling at me Nothing but blue skies Do I see Bluebirds Singing a song Nothing but blue...

It's another steamy night under the street lamp light Way down in Bohemia The bodies on the street, they're just trying to beat the heat Way down in Bohemia And you can feel the sweet, sweet rides going by The boys are shooting craps on the back of No. 5...

Oh arrested on charges of unemployment He was sitting in the witness stand The judge's wife called up the district attorney Said you free that brown eyed man You want your job you better free That brown eyed man Flying across the desert in a TWA, I saw a woma...

The girl at the grocery she's pretty and seems nice But she looks right through me with eyes cold as ice She never answers when I ask her name She only says I should have a great day But hey what could she mean by that Perhaps I'm the fool she takes me for No...

I went to church last Sunday So I could sing and pray But something quite unusual Happened on that day Now church it started right on time Just like it does without a doubt And everything was all just fine Except when it came time to let us out You know the...

The night she is a true companion They shuffle in They hear the sound But by night's end It's night's abandon You look across the floor Ain't anyone around Closing time Unplug them people And send them home It's closing time Now Kenny he's been mixing sound...

She wore glass slippers She held her head up high She had that sparkle at her feet And that twinkle in her eye She smiled at me And I wondered why She said I'm looking for a cowboy To take me for a ride And he can rope me on the prarie And he can ride me on...

I wear Grandmother's ring On my finger On my finger She had a tooth of gold And just before she died She said son You can have my tooth But do I Really have to go Look around And you will see This world is full of creeps like me You look surpised You shouldn'...

You got you some legs baby That just won't quit You got a pretty boy And he looks pretty hip You got you one on the sly But you gave him the slip And that's just a cryin' shame 'Cause you love the boy With pretty green eyes And you love the boy Who says he's...

Interstate 610 Highway 45 A sun-drunk redneck Barely left me alive That's when I saw her Singin' and laughin' Tryin' to pass me In a Volkswagen She's as cute as a Bug Short as a minute She's a pretty little package with Everything in it I've said enough To p...

Go if you must go Turn if you must turn away Don't cry a tear for me Laugh if you can smile Run if you're walking away Don't cry a tear for me Shout if you can speak Sing if you mention my name Don't cry a tear for me Low in the valley, stand in the wind an...

Man you better let go You can't hold on to What belongs to me And don't belong to you I caught you looking With your roving eye So Mister you don't have to act So surprised If it's her you want I don't care about that You can have my girl But don't touch my...

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 again...

And she has a dress of laces It's worn in many places The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread And she has a need for sharin' For someone warm and carin' And no one sees a heart that's underfed [Chorus:] Young girl in love Young girl in tears She hasn't seen t...

Hey mister policeman, please don't take my stuff It cost me too much money and it probably ain't enough To get me through election day Didn't I hear you say "It's all right, it's all right, it's all right." No it wouldn't weigh a thing It's hardly worth...

Empty blue shoes And empty brown bottles It's the VW blues Bare feet to the floor You just might die When you make colorado And the plaines lie behind you Sweet Texas behind you And your mother won't hold You forever And forever won't hold you for long And t...

When I saw the ambulance Screaming down Main Street I didn't give it a thought But it was my Uncle Eugene He died on October the second 1981 And my Uncle Wilbert They all called him Skinner They said for his younger ways He'd get drunk in the morning And show...

Let's have a hand for that young cowboy And wish him better luck next time And hope we see him up in Fargo Or somewhere farther down the line This time he sure drew a bad one One that nobody could ride But by the way he pulled his hat on You knew he'd be there...

I said I don't like hippies And I don't like cornbread And I don't like much I said I don't hippies And I don't like cornbread And I don't like much But that's okay Fat babies have no pride Fat babies have no pride Fat babies have no pride And that's okay Who...

Way down yonder on the bayou There lives a little girl-o Skin so pale Six feet high Skinny as a rail Just one eye She's the one-eyed Fiona She's the one-eyed Fiona She's the one-eyed Fiona She's the one-eyed Fiona Her daddy gone to heaven Her mama won't like...

Day's full of rain Sky's coming down again I get so tired Of these same old blues Same old song Baby it won't be long 'Fore I'll be tying on My flyin' shoes Flyin' shoes 'Til I'll be tying on My flyin' shoes Spring only sighed Summer had to be satisfied Fall...

Honey put down that flyswatter And pour me some ice water And would you bring me my hammer And could you find me some nails For soon I'll be going To work for this living And with you here to guide me Then I cannot fail The morning it stumbles Right in throug...

Well hello there my it's been a long long time How am I doin' oh I guess that I'm doin' fine It's been so long now but it seems now it was only yesterday Gee ain't it funny how time slips away How's your new love I hope that he's doin' fine I heard you t...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ Love makes me treat you the way that I do Gee baby, ain't I good to you? There's nothing in this whole world too good For a girl so sweet and true Gee, baby ain't I good to you? Bought you a fur coat for Christmas And a diamond ring, And a big C...

I'm a traveling man don't tie me down There's just too much living going all around A man he's got to see what he can see I love the road and I love the air And I don't worry hell I never care I love my women sometimes they love me But I was got one day I sti...

Who keeps on trusting you When you've been cheating And spending your nights on the town And who keeps on saying that he still wants you When you're through running around And who keeps on loving you When you've been lying Saying things ain't what they seem Go...

It's a sunny day in California But that old sun it's shining on me right here at home It's one of those days When those great ideas they just seem to fall out on you And they always fall the greatest when you're falling all alone It makes for a good day for so...

Pack the sofa And pack the old arm chair Tell the china To ask the silverware To pray we find that They speak the language there And say good-bye to Carolina Leave the puppies And leave the old porch swing Tell the children We're bringing everything And tell...

Hello Grandma How is your granddaughter Hello Grandma How is that little girl I've been kind of out of touch But I thought I would call her Is she at home Or is she around the world Is she at home Or is she around the world Young man you must mean Kathy ButI...

Once upon a time ago Way up in the land of sleet and snow How this fairy tale would go I could not have known I had searched around this world so mean From Livingstone to Palestine Trying to pursue my dream Of love It was then I met this girl so fine She mad...

Hello I'm the guy who sits next to you And reads the newspaper over your shoulder Wait Don't turn the page I'm not finished Life is so uncertain Here I am Yes it's me Take my hand And you'll see Here I am Yes it's true All I want Girl is you Given that true...

My days they are the highway kind They only come to leave But the leaving I don't mind It's the coming that I crave Pour the sun upon the ground Stand to throw a shadow Watch it grow into the night And fill the spinning sky Time among the pine trees It felt l...

This Georgia road is red The Georgia sky is blue And it looks just like the sky That carried me to you The good Lord up in heaven knows What I've been going through And he's whispering to me That I'll get over you My angel in distress You look OK to me I'll s...

Tell me something that you mean Not just what comes to mind 'Cause I can see you're somewhere in between This morning and the late last night And I know you know I know you know I know you know I'm so in love with you Even the stars will pass away And the su...

I love everybody Especially you I love everybody Especially you So if you feel lonesome Remember it's true I love everybody Especially you It's not the long lashes Or lips on your face And it's not your bosoms That time can't erase And it's not those long sle...

Can you tell me What you see in him He looks just like All of the others did And can you tell me If it will ever end Can you tell me Or do you know I could tell you What I saw in you And I could tell you Why I still see it too And I could tell you If you woul...

Its not the words You know I'll always love you It's not the words I wish that I could stay It's more the way your lips looked As you spoke them And how the moonlight fell upon your face I married her just because she looks like you And for every time you sai...

I walked in his office He told me pull up a chair And he looked in my eyes With a cold steely stare And he spoke with a wisdom That I'd never heard And as I was hanging On every last word He said son I think you know what I mean He said son I think you know w...

In the darkest hour, in the dead night, As the storm clouds gather, and the lightning strikes, And the thunder rolls, and the cold rain blows, The future it holds, what God only knows. And I will rise up, and I will rise up, Though I be a dead man, I sai...

When you want me I'll come knockin' At your door At your door One of these days now You'll be rockin' You'll be rockin' In my arms once more Buddy I'm late again I'm late again I'm late again Show me a wonder That you can't be sure of Now it's wait again It's...

I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I g...

The sun comes up In a coffee cup Waitress please I've had enough Lord I can't believe what I see How could you be alone When you could sit right here beside me girl And make yourself at home I've been to Memphis And Muscle Shoals And I love a woman What I do...

I ain't heard your voice In such as long time And I ain't called your number On that telephone line And I believed in my soul That I left you behind But here I am calling And here I am crying I've got the blues Won't you save me I've got the blues As far as I...

I've had enough Of words and games I don't think I know you I can't forget your name Your eyes are clear The way is strange The light's in the hallway If you forget your way You were here to be only What you wanted anyway You were sad to be sorry You were sor...

If I had a boat I'd go out on the ocean And if I had a pony I'd ride him on my boat And we could all together Go out on the ocean Me upon my pony on my boat If I were Roy Rogers I'd sure enough be single I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale...

If I needed you Would you come to me Would you come to me And ease my pain If you needed me I would come to you I'd swim the seas For to ease your pain In the night forlorn Ah, the morning's born And the morning shines With the lights of love You will miss su...

They all sat around in a circle They were all laughing and all telling lies Then the tall one he bumped in a dollar He said boys I've got nothing to hide Now if the King and the Queen stood together Then the ace he would not be to blame And if the cards were a...

If you were to wake up And I were beside you Would you gently smile dear And whisper my name And would you remember The way that I held you And would you want me To hold you again Time reaches to you Just like a willow That bends to the water And clings to th...

I get up in the mornin' I drink a cup of coffee I look out of the window I try to get a-started I turn it all over Plough it all under I plant 'em in the spring time I pick 'em in the summer [Chorus:] I live in my own mind Ain't nothin' but a good time No rai...

Well, he knew what he was doin' When he put eyes into my head If he didn't want me to lookin' at them pretty little women He'd'a left my ol' eyeballs dead Isn't that so Tell me, isn't that so You got to go when your heart says go Isn't that so Well, he knew...

Tell your mama I love her Tell your daddy I tried Tell them I wish that I could explain The way that I'm feeling See the sun comes up on the pavement The pavement it starts to sweat The steam rises up from the water And the hotter it is you know the harder it...

Lie beside me Whisper to me that you want me Arms around me Whisper to me that you want me There's nothing here to be afraid of It's just the morning Stop you talking Into the night now don't you worry Stop your tossing Into the night now don't you worry Ther...

Ah, you wanna get frisky, Don't wanna pay the price Fill it up with whiskey And pack it down with ice [Chorus:] Ah, roll her over Give her Coca-Cola Yes, a dish of ice cream Lemon soda Well, it takes soap and water, Baby for to keep you clean. My little baby...

Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word; Curb those who by deceit or sword Would wrest the kingdom from your Son And bring to nought all he has done. Lord Jesus Christ, your power make known, For you are Loud of lords alone; Defend your holy Church that we May s...

She left Dallas for California With an old friend by her side Well he did not say much But one year later He'd ask her to be his wife And the lights of L.A. County Look like diamonds in the sky When you're driving through the hours With an old friend at your...

La to the left La to the right La to the middle is is falling I saw her walking off Out in the morning light La to the middle is falling Mother was good to me How then else could she be I was a child of her own But the children the little ones They talk with...

I'm looking at a star Wondering where you are Lonely in love Looking at the sky Start to wonder my love How long I'm going to burn With this same old flame I miss you all the time Ain't unhappy But I'm lonely in love I know I didn't treat you right Scared you...

Well I'm a long tall Texan I wear a ten-gallon hat (He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat) Yes I'm a long tall Texan I wear a ten-gallon hat (He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat) Well people look at me and they say Is that your hat (He rides fr...

Oh, Loretta, she's my barroom girl Wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines Tells me lies I love to believe Her age is always twenty two Her sparkling eyes are hazel blue Spends my money like waterfalls Loves me like I want her to...

Well won't you lend your lungs to me Mine are collapsing Plant my feet and bitterly breathe Up the time that's passing And breath I'll take and breath I'll give And pray the day's not poison Stand among the ones that live In lonely indecision Fingers walk the...

If you want that girl Listen son Don't you sit around and cry Because love In this world Ain't nothing you can't buy She's got Ruby lips And emerald eyes She's got diamonds on her mind If you want that girl What you need is M-o-n-e-y That's m-o-n-e-y baby M-...

Slap my baby on the Make it happy Slap my baby on the Make it fun Slap my baby on the Make it happy I'm a happy son-of-a-gun Well i'm going to the grocery On the corner For to buy me a coke and some gum Well i'm going to the grocery On the corner I'm a drinki...

The sun went down like a curtain Memphis looks bigger at night All the tatooed boys in uniform Step in and out of the light She bought me good whiskey in Memphis She bought supper and she paid for the room And as best as I can remember She paid dearly for lov...

With the moon on my shoulder And you on my mind I will lay down I will lay down With the moon on my shoulder And you on my mind I will miss you more than I ever did Lord ever did They said that time would take care of it Take care of it I wish time would take...

Mama talked to me last night She gave to me some good advice She said Son you ought to quit This old ramblin' all around And marry you a sweet loving wife But there's more pretty girls than one More pretty girls than one Any old town that I ramble all around...

See the shark with teeth like razors You can read his open face And Macheath, he's got a knife, and In such an obvious place On a beautiful blue Sunday, See a corpse stretched in the Strand See a man dodge 'round the corner... Mackie's friends will understand...

A friend of mine, he said to me a skinny girl is a misery I shook my head because I knew he couldn't be right But that's when I thought back to just last night When I got home, it was maybe a little late. There was ne're a crumb or ne're a plate There was no...

I rode across the great high plain Under the scorchin' sun and thru the drivin' rain An' when I set my sights on the mountains high I bid my former life goodbye. An' so thank you ma'am, I must decline For it's on my steed I will rely An' I've learned to need...

The sandman is calling Your adlibs are falling Like stars shooting out the sky The dewdrops they glisten As we lie here and listen To sound of the night's lullaby Sleep tight little darling You'll rise in the morning And heaven will keep you from harm As you...

It's Sunday morning, the club is on That great cat's still yawning Because Saturday is gone And I still feel the feeling Of how you felt upon me And it may be no big deal to you But it's a very big deal to me You were down and dirty And he was tall and twent...

And I like cream in my coffee And I like to sleep late on Sunday And nobody knows me like my baby And I like eggs over easy With flour tortillas And nobody knows me like my baby And nobody holds me And nobody knows me Nobody knows me like my baby But it was...

The boys from North Dakota They drink whisky for their fun And the cowboys down in Texas They polish up their guns And they look across the border To learn the ways of love If you love me, say I love you If you love me, say I do If you love me, say I love you...

He's pulling out for Reno He hopes a tire don't blow Up near Albuquerque He'll fuel and get some coffee Cline's Corners truck stop A waitress with a wet mop Telling him to don't walk He tips his hat and don't talk He knows it's nothing but a good ride No ther...

Old friend All the stories to tell Old friend Could you bid me farewell Old friend It might be easy for another man to see Old foe All the pain and the scars Old foe Could you lay down your arms Old foe It might be easy for another man to see Put your head d...

I used to be so much more open minded And I used to like to fall in love And they tell me I was so much sweeter and kinder But once is enough Yeah I used to be Mr. Understanding I used to could listen and not interrupt But now I'm a different man than that ma...

One thing I like about that gal of mine One thing I like about that gal of mine One thing I like about that gal of mine She treats me right and loves me all the time Sometimes Im broke and blue as I can be Sometimes Im broke and blue as I can be Sometimes Im...

My dear I have something to ask you And I'll try to get it right You've heard the Light Crust Doughboys All sing of Martha White Oh the way to someone's heart dear That old expression's true So as long as we're apart Here's my request of you: Don't cheat on m...

My dear I have something to ask you And I'll try to get it right You've heard the Light Crust Doughboys All sing of Martha White Oh the way to someone's heart dear That old expression's true So as long as we're apart Here's my request of you: Don't cheat on m...

Pass me not, O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. [Chorus:] (I'm calling) Savior, Savior, (Why don't you) Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. Let me at Thy throne of me...

I don't go for fancy cars For diamond rings Or movie stars I go for penguins Oh Lord I go for penguins Throw your money out the door We'll just sit around And watch it snow I go for penguins Oh Lord I go for penguins Penguins are so sensitive Penguins are so...

I park my pontiac Down the hill out in back Late every afternoon With a coke and a cigarette And all of the neighbors there They see a nice old man And the girl there across the street She sits on her front porch swing She never realized What I told her with...

And his hand it fell behind her As his arm it reached around And she looked at the window And she watched the shade go down It was a private conversation No one heard her say That the man she left behind her Was two thousand miles away Singing boy pick up th...

Promises given And promises broken Words stain my lips Just like blood on my hands And words are like poison That sinks down inside you And some things you do You just don't understand I offer no reason I ask for no pity I make no excuse For the way that I a...

Rober Earl this friend of mine You know he's always looking after my best interest He told me Lyle P. you need to get some action Get your head back in line You need to get out on your own boy This hanging around here's got to stop Get out on your own boy And...

Please release me, let me go For I don't love you anymore To waste our lifes would be a sin Release me and let me love again I have found a new love, dear And I will always want her near Her lips are warm while yours are cold Release me my darling, let me go...

It's a busted old town On the plains of West Texas The drugstore's closed down The river's run dry The semis roll through Just like stainless steel stallions Goin' hard Goin' fast Goin' wild Rollin' hard Rollin' fast Rollin' by The mission still stands At the...

Since I first saw you I've been thinkin' about you And now I'm out here on the highway goin' crazy without you I can't help but want you girl, you're young and you're pretty But somehow I can't see you up in New York City I'm gonna leave you alone in your own...

She's got big red lips She's got big brown eyes When she treats me right It's a big surprise She won't do anything That she said she would She makes me feel good She makes me feel good I ask her come here baby She tells me no, no I ask me drive me here She te...

She said something about going home She said something about needing to spend some time alone And she wondered out loud what it was she had to find But she's already made up her mind All my friends told me she was too young Well I knew that myself and I tried...

Now to find a man good loving Ain't an easy thing to do You've got to know just what you're looking for And where to find it too She's hot to go she's ready She's hot to go right now She's hot to go You've got to know That stop-and-do-it gal We don't have no...

Thank you my friend I sincerely appreciate the words you say About how she'll cry And how she'll grieve and miss me When she goes away Say them again I need to hear the words once more I can't believe How she'll miss me when she's gone And how she'll...

She hates my mama She hates my daddy too She loves to tell me She hates the things I do She loves to lie beside me Almost every night She's no lady she's my wife The preacher asked her And she said I do The preacher asked me And she said yes he does too And t...

It's a simple song for simple feeling You see the moon and watch it rise Across the continent the night bird sings And somewhere someone hears its cry So disillusioned Keep your head down If you do they'll never know You'll have no answers to their questions...

I went to a funeral Lord it made me happy Seeing all those people I ain't seen Since the last time Somebody died Everybody talking They were telling funny stories Saying all those things They ain't said Since the last time Somebody died But you take a look a...

See that boy with that guitar He's got skinny legs like I always wanted A girlfreind in his car 'cause he's got Skinny legs like I always wanted Sister look at me again You'd love me if I were as skinny as him And see that boy with that guitar He's got a shir...

Last night you know I couldn't sleep I was tossing, turning, and counting sheep To tell the truth The next thing I knew I woke up on the outside In the middle of the avenue A policeman spied me traffic there In my t-shirt and my underwear He said, Son, Son It...

Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it's breaking. Though there are clouds in the sky, you get by... If you smile through your fears and sorrows. Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through. If you just light up your f...

I've never been lucky At picking up women But this life that I live Is not one that I choose She was a waitress With hair blond and curly With a pretty black dress And those Japanese shoes Man I need to impress her 'Cause I'd like to undress her I need a song...

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please As we wonder around in this dangerous world Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet As the undying love of a South Texas girl Three in the front seat they sat on each side That green-and-white 58 Fairlane it would g...

Sometimes its hard to be a woman, Giving all your love to just one man. You'll have bad times, and he'll have good times, Doing things that you don't understand. But if you love him you'll forgive him, Even though he's hard to understand. And if you love him,...

That picture hangin' on the wall Was painted by a friend He gave it to me all down and out When he owed me ten Now it doesn't look like much I guess But it's all that's left of him And it sure is nice from right over here When the light's a little dim Step in...

A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air The monkey thought that everything was on the square The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back But the monkey grabbed his neck and said-- Hey, listen, Jack Straighten up and fly right Straighten up and...

The summer wind, came blowin' in from across the sea It lingered there, to touch your hair and walk with me All summer long, we sang a song and we strolled on golden sand Two sweethearts, and the summer wind Like painted kites, those days and nights they went...

The sun, the moon and the stars, they make the wind blow It took me twenty years to understand But lost to me is how the lives of friends go Like autumn leaves in Oklahoma wind But it made me strong to be on my own It never did me no harm to live all alone Oh...

Darlin' don't walk out on me Tryin' to teach me a lesson Thinkin' you'll come back to a better man If you don't like the way things go Just stay here and tell me so 'Cause there's one thing about me You've got to understand I've had enough lonesome In my educ...

We crossed the wild Pecos We forded the Nueces We swum the Guadalupe And we followed the Brazos Red River runs rusty The Wichita clear But down by the Brazos I courted my dear Singing li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me your hand Li, li, li, le, le, le Lend me you...

Mary Martin was a schoolgirl Just seventeen or so When she married Billy Archer About fourteen years ago Not even out of high school Folks said it wouldn't last But when you grow up in the country You grow up mighty fast They married in a hurry In March befor...

Six o'clock silence Of a new day beginning Is heard in the small Texas town Like a signal from nowhere The people who live there Are up and moving around 'Cause there's bacon to fry And there's biscuits to bake On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take A...

Well, the last time I remember That train stopping at the depot Was when me and my Aunt Veta Came riding back from Waco I remember I was wearing My long pants and we was sharing Conversation with a man Who sold ball-point pens and paper And the train stopped...

You say you're not from Texas Man as if I couldn't tell You think you pull your boots on right And wear your hat so well So pardon me my laughter 'Cause I sure do understand Even Moses got excited When he saw the promised land That's right you're not from Te...

You got none in your pockets You got none in your hands Well, I don't have to see your eyes To know what you're not thinkin' And even when you're not the best You still try hard as hell Well, I saw him walkin' in the alley He stopped to wish me well And he to...

The fat girl She always stayed inside and played piano And she told her mother The children made her cry And her mother told her They don't mean it They don't mean it They don't mean it They don't mean it Now the fat girl She ain't fat no more And lord how sh...

I said howdy there lady This sure is some party I've never seen anything Like this before She said howdy there honey It's just barely started If you think this is something Just stand here some more Then she looked at me Then she laughed at me Then she lifted...

I met a hooker at the grocery store She wasn't bad lookin', she was a pretty little whore Whoa-o-whoa, she's the girl with the holiday smile She told me: "Merry Christmas and peace to you" She said "I've been workin' this whole night through." She said "Whoa-...

As I lay sick and broken Viva Mexico My eyes just won't stay open And I dream a dream of home I dream a dream of home Where there's coffee on the table And kindness in your hand Honey I'll help you when I'm able But right now I'm feeling bad Right now I'm fee...

The waltzing fool He's got lights in his fingers The waltzing fool He just don't never say The waltzing fool He keeps his hands in his pockets And waltzes the evening away And it's a waltz to a woman Who's lying beside him It's a waltz to a face on the wall W...

They don't like me I can feel it And I don't like them It's the same old song They don't like me I just know it But I'd be happy Just to get along They try to love me I know they do 'Cause when I tell them I love you They say we love you too But I know They...

This old porch is like a big old red and white Hereford bull Standing under a mesquite tree Out in Agua Dulce And he just keeps on playing hide and seek With that hot August sun Just a-sweatin' and a-pantin' Cause his work is never done And this old porch is...

And this traveling around It's gonna be the death of me And this traveling around It's gonna be the death of me And this traveling around It's gonna be the death of me And this traveling around It's gonna be the death of me Oh, the girl I love You know she g...

Take away my inhibitions Take away my solitude Fire me up with your resistance Put me in the mood Storm the walls around this prison Leave the inmates Free the guards Deal me up another future From some brand new deck of cards Take the chip off of my...

What a pretty mystery you You suddenly turned out to be I've never held you gently But I want to Well, I'll watch your friends come through the door And I slide my feet across the floor There are things I might ask I don't need to Can't you tell I'm telling...

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose Hair blond as hay and long as rope Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose Hell don't car...

Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose Hair blond as hay and long as rope Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose Hell don't car...

A New Jersey lady I knew long ago And she was a lady I say But she met a cowboy who rode on the rodeo And he stole her heart straight away The New Jersey lady she loved him so true Another love she never had But cowboys are lonesome and cowboys are blue And t...

I have a dream that everywhere I go Almost everyone captures my eyes And they find me so fascinating Had end in kidding quite looking interesting A very special guy I'm walking tall, flying high In the cold light of day It's not so easy, I've got to say Oh I'm...

Now I was driving down A West Texas highway I saw a hitchhiker And his thumb was pointing my way He didn't look suspicious And he didn't look any too clean I put on my brakes And I opened my door I could tell he was a bum By the muddy boot he wore He said I'm...

Honey bring me the paper And pour me a beer And turn on the TV And sweep up over here You tell me you love me To put off my blues But what do you do When it quits being new Now you be home for supper And don't slam that door And you better be a sober man Or I...

Hey Momma don't you treat me wrong Come and love ya daddy all night long (Alright now-Hey Hey-Alright) See the girl with the diamond ring She knows how to shake that thing (Alright now-Hey Hey) Tell ya Momma Tel Ya Pa Gonna send ya back to Arkansas Oh Yes Maa...

When I was a very young man I was a cowboy The best in the land But then she settled me down With a touch of her hand Now I'm begging you mister Tell me if you can Which way does that old pony run Which way does that old pony run And how much is that saddle A...

You bought you a six string Gibson You bought you a great big house You try to sing like Muddy Waters And play like Lightnin' sounds But since I blowed my harp You feelin' mean and confused. It got you chained to your earphones, You just a white boy, lost in...

I'm going out on the highway And listen to them big trucks wind I'm going out on the highway And listen to them big trucks wind Oh, white freightliner, won't you steal away my mind Well, it's bad news from Houston Half my friends are dying Well, it's bad news...

Late nights in musty motel rooms Stale lives left by someone else White lies I wish I could tell you And questions I ask of myself Why do I do the things that make me sorry Why do I do the things that make you cry Will I lose your love to another Who loves yo...

I Think I'll look around for a whooping crane I Think I'll look around for a whooping crane What do ya think this pain has got me? You think I'm uptight but I'm not It's just that, I look around for a whooping crane And I can't find one... So, I Think I'll lo...

Was it the champagne Was it the caviar Was it her airplane Was it her daddy's car Was it the new thing With all the dough Why I don't know I just had to go Was that the yacht club Or just a fishing boat Was that the leg of lamb Or was it a billy goat Was that...

The whistle blows At the break of dawn Still that evening The work goes on Sixteen hours Of every day And Baby if I could You know I'd walk away I've been working too hard to win your love Working too hard to win your love Working too hard to win your love N...

She was old enough To know better And she was strong enough To be true And she was hard enough To know whether He was smart enough To know what to do And you can't resist it When it happens to you No you can't resist it When it happens to you And you can tel...

The sun comes up The world goes round and round There's no bad luck, its Just the luck you found You steal away Into a lonesome sun Another day Is lowered in the ground I feel my heartbeat It's pounding in my head I hear the hooves beat They must be drawing n...

You don't have to live a life of sin You don't have to break the law And break the law again You can make just one mistake And it can take you to your grave, honey One bad move can turn your world upside down It's such a shame 'cause you've been so good up to...

You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me When the road looks rough ahead And you're miles and miles From your nice warm bed You just remember what your old pal said Boy, you've got a friend in me Yeah, you've got a friend in me You've got a...