1.Husbands And Wives
Two broken hearts lonely, looking like houses
Where nobody lives
Two people each having so much pride inside
Neither side forgives
The angry words spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives,
It's my belief pride is the chief cause
In the decline in the number of husbands and wives
A woman and a man, a man and a woman some can,
And some can, and some can't.
Two broken hearts lonely, looking like houses
Where nobody lives
Two people each having so much pride inside
Neither side forgives
The angry words spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives,
It's my belief pride is the chief cause
In the decline in the number of husbands and wives
Husbands and wives
2.Train Of Life
I sit alone at my table
And watch all the others have fun
I'm tired of sittin' on the side track
Watchin' the main line run
I'm tired of havin' no future
Livin' on things that i've done
I'm tired of sittin' on the side track
Watchin' the main line run
Train, train, oh let me-e-e-e ride
Don't leave me, train of life, train, train
I got no one to call me their darlin'
To hug me and call me their hon
I'm tired of sittin' on the side track
Just watchin' the main line run
I'm tired of havin' no future
Livin' on things that i've done
I'm tired of sittin' on the side track
Just watchin' the main line run
Train, train, oh let me-e-e-e ride
Don't leave me, train of life, train, train
Train, train
3.Billy Bayou
Back about eighteen hundred and some
A louisiana couple had a redheaded son
No name suited him, jim, jack or joe
So they just called him billy bayou
Billy, billy bayou, watch where you go
You're walking on quicksand, walk slow
Billy, billy bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Now bill was a boy kind of big for his size (..kinda big boy
size)
Red hair and freckles, and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Bill fought the battle of the little big horn
Billy, billy bayou, watch where you go
You're walking on quicksand, walk slow
Billy, billy bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Now one sad day billy cried 'ho! ho!
I whipped the feathers off of geronimo' (i could whip..)
He smarted off, the chief got mad
This like to ended our louisiana lad (that likely ended..)
Billy, billy bayou, watch where you go
You're walking on quicksand, walk slow
Billy, billy bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
And one day in eighteen seventy-eight
A pretty girl walked through bill's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there or run
He wound up married 'cause he did neither one
Billy, billy bayou, watch where you go
You're walking on quicksand, walk slow
Billy, billy bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
4.Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit
L'm a two pack a day man, smoke like a fiend
Like a burned out bearing in a bad machine
L can't breath in the morning 'til l get myself a cigarette lit
L say dad blame anything a man can't quit
L'm a brand new newly-wed, married again
Nine times previous and this makes ten
L ought to be kicked so hard 'til l can hardly walk around or
sit
L say dad blame anything a man can't quit
Still l keep it up, keep it up and do it all the time
Every now and then l make up my mind
To give it up, give it up, throw it away
L usually change my mind later on up in the day
L'm a two pack a day man, smoke like a fiend
Like a burned out bearing in a bad machine
L can't breath in the morning 'til l get myself a cigarette lit
L say dad blame anything a man can't quit
5.You're My Kingdom
You say that others tempt you and it's hard to turn 'em down
You say that you get lonesome, when l'm not around
Please remember you're my kingdom
And l want to always wear the crown
Though temptation's knocking, please don't let him in
Tell him that it's my arms you long to be in
Please remember you're my kingdom
And l want to always wear the crown
And tell your heart, these times that we're apart
And you're so alone, that my love for you goes on and on
And tell your heart, these times that we're apart
And you're so alone, that my love for you goes on and on
Though temptation's knocking, please don't let him in
Tell him that it's my arms you long to be in
Please remember you're my kingdom
And l want to always wear the crown
And tell your heart, these times that we're apart
And you're so alone, that my love for you goes on and on
6.I've Been A Long Time Leavin'(But I'll Be A Long Time Gone)
I've been a fool, i've been a foo-ooo-ooool
Forgivin' you each time you done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but i'll be a long time gone
Loved you so much, loved you so mu-u-huuuch
I stayed around when i should've moved along
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but i'll be a long time gone
I say hi there high line, hello highway
Here come a big old semi my way
I stick up my thumb, hear the truck come
But the truck goes by and he looks like he's flyin'
And he whoops the big legs on my levi's
They go woop woop woop woop woop
I've been a fool, i've been a foo-oo-ooool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but i'll be a long time gone
I say hi there high line, hello highway
Here come a big old semi my way
I stick up my thumb, hear the truck come
But the truck goes by and he looks like he's flyin'
And he's whoopin' the big legs on my levi's
Woop woop woop woop woop woop woop woop
I've been a fool, i've been a foo-oo-ooool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' ya, but i'll be a long time gone
Gone gone gone
Gone gone gone
7.Less And Less
I got up and made my morning cup of coffee
Fooled around the house an hour or more l'd guess
L did all this before l even had one thought of you
More and more l think about you less and less
L'm suprised but after all it's been a while now
Since l lost your love and all my happiness
But looks as though l just might maybe learn to smile again
More and more l thing about you less and less
L wouldn't be suprised if any day now
All these teardrops l've been crying
All these heartaches you've caused me
Began to withering and dying
Just now someone asked me if l'm hearing from you
And l felt a lot like crying l'll confess
But l didn't cry, l think the worst is over now
More and more l think about you less and less
8.Home
I've been a traveler the most of my life
I never took a home, i never took a wife
Ran away young and decided to roam
But now i'd like to see my mama and my papa back home
Home, where the rivers run cold (gold)
The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold
Home, where the trees grow tall
The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call
Well i remember stories that my daddy used to tell
Yeah my eyes'd get big, his just'd swell
I could sit for hours and listen with glee
As he'd tell of how he lived when he's a boy like me
Home, where the river runs cold (gold)
The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold
Home, where the trees grow tall
The home fires burn, and the whippoorwills call
Now, mama dear, mama do you still love your boy
After all my roamin' can i still bring you joy
Mom you sent a letter, got it not long ago (momma sent a
letter..)
And you said to come home, 'cause you were missin' me so(..it
said ..'cause she's..)
Home, where the rivers run cold (gold)
The water tastes good, the winters ain't cold
Home, where the trees grow tall
The home fires burn, and the whipperwills call
9.Working Girl
My baby is a working girl, yes she's a working girl
And there is none sweeter in the whole wide world
Than my sweet little working girl
She's a early rising, tantalising, i have to have her in by ten
If it's later, the to date her. would be hard for me again
How i love her, but i can't seem to see enough of her
How i love my, my, my, my, my baby is a working girl
Yes she is a working girl
And there is none sweeter in the whole wide world
Than my sweet little working girl
Yeh!
She's a secretary, to a very, influential guy in town
A nine to five-er, man alive i really love to take her round
Yes, how i love her, but i can't seem to see enough of her
How i love my, my, my, my, my baby is a working girl
Yes she is a working girl
And there is none sweeter in the whole wide world
Than my sweet little working girl
I'm here to tell you that i love her
I place no sun or no moon above her
I tell you i can't get enough of her love
Working girl
Working girl
Working girl
10.Heartbreak Hotel
Yeah, since my baby left me, found a new place to dwell
It's down at the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel
Well i get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die
And though it's always crowded, you still can find some room
For broken hearted lovers, to cry away their gloom
Well i get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die
Yeah the bellhops tears keep flowing
The desk clerk's dressed in black
They've been so long on lonely street
They ain't never gonna come back
Well i get so lonely, baby
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die
11.My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to love me but she died
Who'll bid me quarter, thirty cents for a ring of keys
Three sixty-five for a dollar bill of groceries
I'll have me a car of my own someday but 'til then i need a ride
(thanks steve)
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
Hamburger cup of coffee lettuce and tomato
Two times a dime to see a man kiss the alligater
One more time around free on the ferris wheel ride
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
Apples are for eatin and snakes are for hissin
I've heard about a'huggin and i've heard about kissin
I read about it free in a fifty cent illustrated guide
My uncle used to love me but she died
My uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
Well my uncle used to love but she died
A chicken ain't chicken 'til he's licken good and fried
Keep on the sunny side
My uncle used to live me but she died
12.Every Which-a-way
Every which-a-way i go and every which-a-way i turn i seem to be
Looking for a love i never never find, fighting back pain and
misery,
One day my love run away now everything i touch just seems to
turn
To more heartache and misery, making my poor heart burn, burn
I found the thrill of love
Then felt the chill of love
Funny i'm still in love
Even though she let me down
And then gave me the run-around
Every which-a-way i go and every which-a-way i turn i seem to be
Looking for a love i never never find, fighting back pain and
misery,
I found the thrill of love
Then felt the chill of love
Funny i'm still in love
Even though she let me down
And then gave me the run-around
Oh, every which-a-way i go and every which-a-way i turn i seem
to be
Looking for a love i never never find, fighting back pain and
misery,
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