I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue) ( Tom Waits )

Well, I don't mind working cause I used to be jerkin' off most of my time in the bars I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda fountain jock jerk and a manic mechanic on cars It's nice work if you can …

When The Works All Done This Fall ( Marty Robbins )

A group of jolly cowboys discussing plans at ease One said I'll tell you something boys if you will listen please I'm an old cowpuncher and here I'm dressed in rags I used to be a tough one and go on great big jags I …

Gold And Silver ( Sonny James )

Gold and silver have I none I can give you mo-r-e Gold and silver have I none I can give you l-o-o-v-e Don't have a gold mine or a mansion Haven't even got you a finger ring Deep in my heart there's a little secret …

Faded Love ( Bob Wills )

As I look at the letters that you wrote to me It's you that I am thinking of As I read the lines that to me were so dear I remember our faded love I miss you darling more and more every day As Heaven …

Dont Stop The Music ( George Jones )

Don't stop the music let it play one more song The same one that's played tonight for so long She's out with another I saw them tonight Sitting there close together she knows that not right So don't stop the music let it play one …

If You Should Come Back Today ( Johnny Paycheck )

You'd stop a hundred and forty tears I'd forget the lonely years I know I'd be lost for words to say I know my lonely heart would go wild You can bet I'd have to smile If you should come back today If you should …

I´m Saving My Tears For Tomorrow ( Faron Young )

I'm saving my tears for tomorrow For tomorrow when I'll be alone I'll laugh and be gay while you're with me today I'll have a lifetime to cry when you're gone While you're near me I'll hide all my sorrows Play a part or my …

See Ribs ( Sin Fang )

[] Boy I can see your ribs Cloudy eyes and spider eyelids You tried that now try Something else Boy you know I hate you And all your friends I tried to, I tried to To pretend I tried so hard but it's no use …

Hello Goodbye ( The Beatles )

You say yes, I say no You say stop and I say go, go, go Oh, no You say goodbye and I say hello Hello, hello I don't know why you say goodbye I say hello Hello, hello I don't know why you say goodbye …

Brand On My Heart ( Hank Snow )

My troubled old heart dear is beating with pain You've gone and I know I'm the one who's to blame You've gone in the world dear to make a new start And left as a memory you're brand on my heart They say you were …

I Cant Tell My Broken Heart A Lie ( Hawkshaw Hawkins )

You left me here alone to face the music Now all I do is sit alone and cry I can tell my friends that I don't miss you But I can't tell my broken heart a lie I'll smile and just pretend that I am …

Cheer Down ( George Harrison )

I can see by your grin That you're trembling within It's all over town, cheer down And the smile on your face Is sometimes out of place Don't mind, no frowns, cheer down. If your hair should fall If your shares should crash You'll get …

Charlie's Shoes ( Billy Walker, Ray Wix )

I'd like to be in Charlie's shoes that's what I always said Cause he had you and every-thing tied with a golden thread Then Charlie left and went away and when I got the news It wasn't long till I was walking round in Charlie's …

Tulare Dust ( Merle Haggard )

Tulare dust in a farm boy's nose Wondering where the freight train goes Standing in the field by the railroad track Cursing this strap on my cotton sack I can see mom and dad with shoulders low Both of 'em picking on a double row …

Gathering In The Sky ( Porter Wagoner )

There'll be a great gathering in the sky When all of God's children get home We'll join the happy millions as they sing There around the great white throne I'm speaking of a big camp meeting Where we never shall say goodbye I'm longing for …

Grazing In Greener Pastures ( Ray Price )

Anytime love's waters grow cold and deep A grass gets short and then begins to fade I just go and search of fields with taller grass to reap Shallow water where a man can wade You'll find me grazing in greener pastures Living on love …

Jesus Come Down! ( )

Jesus I need you Jesus I wa-ant you-u Jesus I know that your there for me so please help me Jesus come down Jesus open up my eyes to see Your beauty your glory Your power and your grace Jesus come down Jesus open up …

Birds (Emiliana Torrini) ( Emilíana Torrini )

[] Let's stay awake And listen to the dark Before the birds Before they all wake up It's the ending of a play And soon begins another Hear the leaves applaud the wind [] uuuuuu, uuuuuu, uuuuuu, uuuuuu. uuuuuu, uuuuuu, uuuuuu, uuuuuu. See the sun …

The Nails In Your Hands ( )

The nails in your hands The nail in your feet, They tell me how much you love me The thorns in your brow, They tell me how, you bore so much pain to love me. And when the heavens pass away, All your scars will …

Can You Feel It ( Birgir Steinn Stefánsson )

I've got a feeling that I've never felt before Something so magical, some kind of beautiful Oh, don't you worry about a thing No need to worry about a thing oh-wha-ha-aha-oh Did you know? Who-oh-oh-oho-ah-oh-ah-oh I can feel it Can you feel it too? Oh-oh-oh-oho-ah-oh-ah-oh …

Changes ( David Bowie )

I Still dont know what i was waiting for And my time was running wild, A million dead-end streets. And every time i thought i'd got it made It seems the taste was not so sweet, So i turned my self to face me But …

Hold On ( Tom Waits )

They hung a sign up in our town "if you live it up, you won't live it down" So, she left Marty Rio's son Just like a bullet leaves a gun With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips She went and took that California trip Well, …

A Million Old Goodbyes ( Mel Tillis )

There´s a plane out tonight And I swear to you I´m gonna take that flight Please don´t you come to see me cry You´ve seen it in a million old goodbyes There was me there was you But there never was an us to hook …

Ain't Love A Lot Like That ( George Jones, Burl Stephens )

Well a twister tore the roof off a grocery store Blew an Idaho potato through the hardwood floor Twirled granny's apron up around her head The cat's gone missing and the dog is dead Well ain't love a lot lot that Ain't love a lot …

When Joanna Loved Me ( Tony Bennett )

Today is just another day, tomorro[Bm7-5]w is a guess; But yesterday, oh, what I'd give for yesterday, To relive one yesterday and its happiness... When Joanna loved me, [Dm7-5] CM7 CM7/6 Every town was Paris, Every day was Sunday, [Dm7-5] Every month was May; When …

D.J. For A Day ( Jimmy C. Newman )

You won't answer when I call you You won't answer when I write You're out in someone else's arms In a new place every night So here is what I would like to do If I could have my way I'd like to be a …

You'll Ask For Me ( Tyler Hilton )

What was that about the ballroom dancing class I asked about It's all I've thought about 'cause you were saying We might get a chance to talk and talk my lead to dance and maybe dance might lead to dates, and dates to aging Hope …

Trade Some Memories ( Johnny Rodriguez )

I came here to trade some memories I´ll trade anyone who´ll trade I´ve got love and I´ve got heartache For the blues in a different shade I´ve got love in all my memories And I´ll trade straight across for hate I came here to trade …

Summer ( Land og Synir, Magni Ásgeirsson )

No more school for me and you Just burn the books and give me five Watch the beauty shining in your eyes No more stupid test to day Just turn it up and turn it out pull your body next to mine We're gonna stay …

Madness ( Muse )

I can't get these memories out of my mind And some kind of madness has started to evolve I tried so hard to let you go But some kind of madness is swallowing me whole, yeah I have finally seen the light And I have …

You Should Be Dancing ( Bee Gees )

My baby moves at midnight Goes right on till the dawn My woman takes me higher My woman keeps me warm What you doin' on your back, aah What you doin' on your back, aah? You should be dancing, yeah Dancing, yeah She's juicy and …

Semi Suite ( Tom Waits )

Well, you hate those diesels rollin' And those Friday nights out bowlin' When he's off for a twelve hour lay over night You wish you had a dollar For every time he hollered That he's leavin' And he's never comin' back But the curtain-laced billow …

Trying To Love Two Women ( The Oak Ridge Boys )

Trying to love two women is like a ball and chain Trying to love two women is like a ball and chain Sometimes the pleasure ain't worth the strain It's a long old grind and it tires your mind Trying to hold two women is …

Hobo Heaven ( Boxcar Willie )

I am going home to hobo heaven Where I can watch the lights of Dallas glow Someone’s waiting there in hobo heaven A hobo's needing loving too ya know Seems like I've been on the road forever Completely loosing track of day and time Gonna …

This Orchid Means Good Bye ( Carl Smith )

Tonight I send an orchid And though I'll always care This orchid means goodbye to you And to our love affair It's just my way to tell you And I hope that you want cry But I belong to someone else This orchid means goodbye …

Long Shadow ( Moe Bandy )

The light of love reaches out from a burning memory A shadow falls and I recall how warm you used to be It´s a sad affair but the love we shared did everything but last Someone new is just not you they pale in light …

Cow Pasture Pool ( )

Well I took up golf a little late in life. I got a set of clubs from my sweet wife. She said, "You've been spending too much time at home. Me and some good old buddies of mine, heading to the links for the very …

Be All Right In Arkansas ( Connie Smith )

Born in Arkansas Mississippi river at my backdoor If that black land was so doggone rich how come we were so poor Pick that cotton in daytime pick guitar at night Daddy said hon keep on picking everything´s gonna be all right Be all right …

She Knows What Shes Crying About ( George Jones )

You may think she ain't been true all those things she's telling you But believe me what she says is really true Cause I'm the one who left her there I'm the one who didn't care And she knows what she's crying about She knows …

How's The Weather In Tennessee ( Eddy Arnold )

How's the weather back in Tennessee This time of year I bet those hills are green And those nights out on old Hickory Are they as pretty as they used to be Is that old moon shining through the trees Like it used to when …

Breakfast In America ( Supertramp )

Take a look at my girlfriend She's the only one I got Not much of a girlfriend I never seem to get a lot Take a jumbo across the water Like to see America See the girls in California I'm hoping it's going to come …

Sweet Tea And God's Graces ( )

Tire swings, summer dreams, honeysuckle on the breeze Whistle County creek Laying in the green grass, I was watching clouds pass Baby, you were watching me Cold barn struck bed, everything you said Slowly educating me I never had a lesson so sweet You can …

Fool Like Me ( Porter Wagoner )

Think it over carefully before you go And if that´s what you want make sure you know Before you break the ties that set you free I´ll bet you´ll never find another fool a fool like me Only a fool like me could be so …

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