Sometimes I want to throw my arms around you
Then I tremble at the thought of giving in
Because I know how much it cost to love you and I'm so afraid of losing you again
Being close to you revives the sorrow that wakes me up and tells me I can't win
I'd love to wake up in your arms tomorrow but I'm so afraid of losing you again
[ steel ]
If heaven were to hear my heart's confession wanting you...
Before you take another step there's something you should know
About the years ahead and how they'll be
You'll be living in a world where roses hardly ever grow
Cause all I have to offer you is me
There'll be no mansions waiting on the hill with crystal chandeliers
And there'll be no fancy clothes for you to wear
Everything I have is standing here in front of you to see all I have to offer you...
Way back in '29 somewhere in Coffeeville
Was a honky tonk named Big Mable Murphy's
She had a sweetheart named Little Melvin
And hair would fly between them every night
They say Little Melvin got wild on bathub gin
Cause it made him grow to almost twice his size
He'd try to take over and sass Big Mable
And her great big fist would black Little Melvin's eyes
Big Mable Murphy she loved Little Mel...
My driftin' mem'ry goes back to the spring of '43
When I was just a child in mama's arms
My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day we could leave
This run down mortaged Oklahoma farm
Then one night I heard my daddy sayin' to my mama
That he finally saved enough for us to go
California was his dream a paradise wall he had seen
Pictures in magazines that told him so
California cottonfi...
I just left San Antonio heading down to the town of Laredo
Got my mind on the border of Mexico
Gonna stop for a tank off to go at a place called a Purple Sombrero
Got my mind on the border of Mexico
Drinking tequila with young senoritas and listening to the mariaches play pretty songs
The lips of a woman will kiss me good mornin'
The same lips that promised to love me till dawn
I can tell you ...
Sweetheart it's been several days now since they found me on the street
But since then an old friend Lonely Five and he's got me back on my feet
This morning I'll just drink enough to knock me out by noon
Yes I was down for a little while but I'm finally over you
The sun outside is much too bright that's why I'm wearing these shades
And the reason I haven't shaved it's because the drugstore ra...
If my heart had windows you'd see a heart full of love just for you
A tear may appear when I hold you near but that's for the sweet things you do
If my heart had windows you'd see a heart full of love just for you
By your side I'll stay till we're old and gray reminiscin' young moments we knew
If my heart had windows you'd see a heart full of love just for you
[ piano ]
A thief couldn't steal ...
I can see a long line of cars with their headlights on
I can see kinfolks cryin' cause somebody's gone
Then they gather around as it let the sinner men down
And I can see an old preacher prayin' with a frown
Lord is that me tell about this vision I see
Lord is that me if it is have mercy Lord have mercy on me
I can see an old grey haired woman say goodbye to her son
I can see a young widow bow...
I didn't hear the engines of a jet-plane I didn't hear the whistle of a train
I didn't hear the taxi-driver knockin' on my door
I didn't hear her walkin' cross the floor
But my baby packed up my mind and then she left me
She knew when I woke up that I'd be lookin' for my mind
She knew she'd leave a crazy man behind
But my baby packed up my mind and then she left me
[ mandolin - fiddle ]
I neve...
She wakes me with a kiss every morning and she loves me to sleep every night
How lucky I am to have searched for and found the beginning of the rest of my life
She wakes me with a kiss every morning and she loves me to sleep every night
Her goal for each day is to find some new way to please me and keep me satisfied
She wakes me with a kiss every morning and she loves me to sleep every night
H...
Last night she let the strong red wine carry her away
She smoked up her old sunshine as if it still shined every day
Her hand reached out and touched my face in the shame Lord from my eyes
She told me I had helped her be her serving proof alive
Most of us have been with her in her hours of been days
But none of us deserved to see or touched her pillow case
Among the men who's helped her sin I'...
Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
O.C. Smith
Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our cabin
Above the door there burned a scarlet lamp
And late at night a hand would knock and there would stand a stranger
Yes I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp
Well the weeds were high, the corn was dry when daddy took to drinking
Him and Sally Walker they up and they ran away
Then Mama shed a...
Love is like a young tree that lives or dies and then becomes a mem'ry of tragedy
Soon you'll be far away and free forever gone but you'll always be a part of me
Tomorrow you'll be leaving my world but I'll keep loving the girl who's with me today
Sweetheart don't throw yourself away
Sweetheart don't throw yourself away
Oh let your pride be led astray by stranger called shame
Sweetheart I know...
There goes my reason for living there goes my everything
I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more
There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possesion there goes my everything
[ piano ]
As my mem'ry turns back the pages I can see the happy years we've ...
Today I can feel it touching home
Today pain became a real life's hurtin' thing
And the choir of loneliness sang me a song
Now I know what it means to lose a lifetime dream
Cause today I can feel it touching home
No longer do I wonder why men have lost their minds
Or wind up in a jungle of flashing neon signs
Now I know what it means to lose a lifetime dream
Cause today I can feel it touching ...
The words of her promise the flame of her faith
And the love that would never drift away
Where did they go Lord where did they go
Somehow forever slipped out of my hands and my dreams ran away with the wind
Where did they go Lord where did they go
Sometimes I wish I had left her for another
But Lord she just walked off all alone
The heart that's within me isn't bitter it's just empty
And bewil...
More than once I've cried because impatience let me down
I could see the gold before the gold was found
And everytime I've trusted love to lead me by the hand
It circled back and left me where I stand
Where is my castle where is my destiny how much longer will I have to dream
Where is my sunshine where is my valley where is the love that's meant for me
[ steel - guitar ]
Next time I cross over...
If I could paint pictures I'd paint one for you
A picture portraying the love we once knew
Then a tear would reveal the sorrow in me
As I painted white fences and evergreen trees
Love can be greater than the mountains or seas
But it's only as great as two hearts believe
Faith blew away in yesterdays breeze
And we lost our white fences and evergreen trees
[ ac.guitar ]
I've walked through a val...
Just outside these prison bars the hanging tree is waitin'
At sunrise I'll meet darkness and death will say hello
Darling touch your lips to mine and tell me that you love me
And promise me again before you go
Will you visit me on Sundays will you bring me pretty flowers
Will your big blue eyes be misty will you brush away a tear
The grave is filled with silence but if a sleeping man could hea...