Friday, September 29, 2023

I Am Bound For The Promised Land


On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie

I am bound for the promised land
I am bound for the promised land
Oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land

O'er all those wide extended plains
Shine on eternal day
There God the Son forever reigns
And scatters night away

I am bound for the promised land
I am bound for the promised land
Oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land

No chilling winds nor poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and feared no more

I am bound for the promised land
I am bound for the promised land
Oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land

When shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blessed?
When shall I see my Father's face
And in His bosom rest?

I am bound for the promised land
I am bound for the promised land
Oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Country roads


[Verse 1]
Almost Heaven, West Virginia

Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

[Verse 2]
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

[Vocal bridge]
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Driving down the road, I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

[Outro]
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

Southern nights


[Verse 1]
Southern nights
Have you ever felt a Southern night?
Free as a breeze
Not to mention the trees
Whistlin' tunes that you know and love so

[Verse 2]
Southern nights
Just as good even when you, close your eyes
I apologize
To anyone who can truly say
He has found a better way

Bridge
[Verse 3]
Southern skies
Have you ever sought the Southern skies? (In Southern sky)
Its precious beauty, lies just beyond the eye
It goes runnin' through your soul
Like the stories told of old

[Verse 4]
Old man
He and his dog that walk the old land
Every flower in his cold hand
As he slowly walks by
Weepin' willows would cry for joy


[Verse 5]
Feels so good
Feels so good, it's frightening
Wish I could
Stop this world from fighting
La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da

[Verse 6]
Mystery
Like this and many others in the trees
Blow in the night
In the Southern skies

[Verse 7]
Southern nights
They feel so good it's frightening
Wish I could (Southern nights)
Stop this world from fighting
Da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-da-da, la-da-da
Da-DA-da, da-da-da-da-da-da

[Outro]

Your cheating heart. Hank and Loretta


Your cheatin' heart
will make you weep
You'll cry and cry
and try to sleep

But sleep won't come
the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart
will tell on you

When tears come down
like fallin' rain
You'll toss around
and call my name

You'll walk the floor
the way I do
Your cheatin' heart
will tell on you

Bridge
Your cheatin' heart
will pine someday
And crave the love
you threw away

The time will come
when you'll be blue
Your cheatin' heart
will tell on you

When tears come down
like fallin' rain
You'll toss around
and call my name

You'll walk the floor
the way I do
Your cheatin' heart
will tell on you

Your cheatin' heart (Tammy version)


Your cheatin' heart
will tell on you
You'll cry and cry
the whole night thru

You're gonna walk the floor
just the way I do
Your cheating heart
will tell on you

When tears come down
like falling rain
Your gonna toss around
and call my name

Your gonna walk the floor
just the way that I do
Your cheating heart
will tell on you

When tears come down
like falling rain
you're gonna toss around
and call my name

Your gonna walk the floor
just the way that I do
Your cheating heart
will tell on you

When the pale horse and his rider goes by


Listen poor sinner, you`re driftin` away
From the Dear Savior, who`s pleading to- day
What will you do, when the Savior ain`t nigh
When the Pale Horse, and his rider goes by

The time now ain`t long, when the Savior will come
Then you`ll be judged, by the deeds you have done
On that judgment day, you`ll weep and you`ll cry
When the Pale Horse, and his rider goes by

When that trumpet sounds, on the sinners below
Not even the angels, in heaven will know
It's then that you`ll wish, you had Jesus nigh
When the Pale Horse, and his rider goes by

Won`t you redeem, your poor wicked soul
You can`t pay your way, with Silver and Gold
If you`re not saved, you`ll be lost in the night
When the Pale Horse, and his rider goes by

The Glen of Aherlo


On a mountain, wild and eery
stood a brave young volunteer
By his side, his darling Mary
fondly ties his bandoleer

On his shoulder, she lay crying
Oh my love, please don't go
for I know that men are dying
in the Glen of Aherlo

I must go though I am hounded
from the home and the friends I know
for my comrades are surrounded
in the Glen of Aherlo

As he marched away to glory
to return she knew not when,
loud sounds told the story
of the fighting in the glen

And the sound of rifles firing
set her free young heart to fear
Mary breath-ed a prayer to heaven
for her brave young volunteer

I must go tho I am hounded
from the home and the friends I know
for my comrades are surrounded
in the Glen of Aherlo

On a mountain wild and eery
in the land he loved the best
his young comrades and his Mary
simply laid him down to rest

There a lonely watch was keeping
while her young heart cried its fill
For altho he lies a-sleeping,
far away she hears him still

I must go though I am hounded
from the home and the friends I know
for my comrades are surrounded
in the Glen of Aherlo

I must go though I am hounded
from the home and the friends I know
for my comrades are surrounded
in the Glen of Aherlo

One of these days

I won't have to chop no wood I can be bad or I can be good
I can be any way that I feel one of these days
Oh, I won't answer to anyone, I'll get up with the mornin' sun
But I'll be gone like a bird could fly one of these days

I might be a woman/man that's dressed in black, be a hobo by the railroad track
Goin' any place that I want to go one of these days
Do anything, that I want, if I want to, or if I don't
But I'll be gone like the wayward wind one of these days

One of these days it will soon be all over, cut and dry
And I won't have this urge to go all bottled up inside
One of these days I'll look back, and I'll say I left in time
'Cause somewhere for me, I know there's peace of mind

Short bridge
I might someday be a preacher man, carry the Lord's Book in my hand
Going 'cross the country singing loud as I can one of these days
But I won't have trouble on my back, cutting like the Devil with a chopping axe
Got to shake it off of my back one of these days

One of these days it will soon be all over, cut and dry
And I won't have this urge to go all bottled up inside
One of these days I'll look back, and I'll say I left in time
'Cause somewhere for me, I know there's peace of mind
There's gotta/gonna be peace of mind for me one of these days

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

A Gallant Kerry Soldier


A Gallant Kerry soldier
lay dying on the Liffey banks
He lay dying there while escaping
from the cruel Black And Tan

A comrade held him kindly
with his head upon his knee
And to him did softly whisper,
take this message to Tralee

Tell my mother not to sorrow.
It would give me peace and joy
To know that she's the mother proud
of her own dear Irish boy

Tell her I'm dying quiet happily
and from trouble I am free
Won't you take this lonely message
to my mother in Tralee.

Short bridge

Tell my only little brother
I'm dying a hero's death
That I fought for dear old Ireland
in my last long heaving breath

Tell him always love his country
and never a traitor be
Won't you take this lonely message
to the brave boys in Tralee.

But oh there is another
and for her I can scarcely speak,
Would she weep if she could see me,
expiring tired and weak

She would 'cause she was kind to me
and good friends we used to be
Won't you take this lonely message
to my Eileen in Tralee.

Short bridge
Did she not regret our parting
for indeed it would be her lot
For she shared in all the sufferings
of her own dear Irish coll

Tell her I'm dying quiet happily
and the truth I give to thee
May she never know one sorrow
in her home in sweet Tralee.

As he spoke his voice grew weaker.
He clasped his comrade's hand
God with you, his comrade speaks,
proud son of Paddy's land

He kissed him as a brother.
Heaven be your bed, says he.
Cruel war has rudely taken
our brave boy from Tralee
Outro

Angel of death


In the great book of John
You're warned of the day
When you'll be laid
Beneath the cold clay

The Angel of Death
Will come from the sky
And claim your poor soul
When the time comes to die

When the Angel of Death
Comes down after you
Can you smile and say
That you have been true

Can you truthfully say
With your dying breath
That you're ready to meet
The Angel of Death

When the lights all grow dim
And the dark shadows creep
And then your lived ones
Are gathered to weep

Can you face them and say
With your dying breath
That you're ready to meet
The Angel of Death

When the Angel of Death
Comes down after you
Can you smile and say
That you have been true

Can you truthfully say
With your dying breath
That you're ready to meet
The Angel of Death

Champagne and reefer


All right, okay
We gone
Roll it

[Three]
Yeah, bring me Champagne when I'm thirsty
Bring me reefer when I want to get high

[Three]
Yeah, bring me Champagne when I'm thirsty
Bring me reefer when I want to get high

[Three]
Well, you know when I'm lonely
Bring my woman, set her right down here by my side

[Three]
Well, you know there should be no law
If people that want to smoke a little dope

[Three]
Well, you know there should be no law
If people that wanna smoke a little dope

[Three]
Well, you know it's good for your head
And it really likes your body, don't you know?

Long bridge

[3...3...3...3]
Every time I get high
I lay my head down in my baby's breast

[Three]
Well, you know I lay down be quiet
Tryin' to take my rest

[Three]
Well, you know she done hug and kiss me
Said, "Muddy, you're the one man that I love the best"

[Three]
Well, I'm gonna get high
I'm gonna get high just as you sure as my name

[Three]
Well, you know I'm gonna get so high this mornin'
It's going to be your crying shame

[Three]
Well, you know I'm gonna stick with my reefer
I ain't gonna be messin' 'round with no cocaine

Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad


I've never seen the inside of a bar room
Or listened to a Jukebox all night long
But I see these are the things that bring you pleasure
So I'm gonna make some changes in our home

I've heard it said if you can't beat 'em join 'em
So if that's the way you wanted me to be
I'll change if it takes that to make you happy
From now on you're gonna see a different me

Because your good girl's gonna go bad
I'm gonna be the swinginest swinger you've ever had
If you like 'em painted up, powdered up
Then you oughta be glad
'Cause your good girl's gonna go bad

I'll even learn to like the taste of whisky
In fact, you'll hardly recognise your wife
I'll buy some brand new clothes and dress up fancy
For my journey to the wilder side of life

Because your good girl's gonna go bad
I'm gonna be the swinginest swinger you've ever had
If you like 'em painted up, powdered up
Then you oughta be glad
'Cause your good girl's gonna go bad

Oh yeah, your good girl's gonna go bad

D-I-V-O-R-C-E


Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tear the heart right out of me.

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E; becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

Watch him smile, he thinks it Christmas
Or his 5th Birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words
And turn my head when I speak
'Cause I can't spell away this hurt
That's drippin' down my cheek.

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E; becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

Stagger Lee

[Intro]
The night was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down

[Verse 1]
I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark
He was barkin' at two men who was gamblin' in the dark, ah yeah

It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight, ah yeah

Stagger Lee (Stagger Lee) cried Billy (Stagger Lee)
"Oh, you know I ain't goin' for that" (Stagger Lee)

"You done stole all my money and my brand new Cadillac" (Stagger Lee)
A looka here, y'all (Stagger Lee)

[Bridge]
Now, Stagger Lee went home and he brought back a long forty-four
He said "I got to pay Billy a little debt I owe"
Listen, let me tell ya

[Verse 2]
Stagger Lee (Stagger Lee) went to the barroom (Stagger Lee)
And he stood on the barroom floor (Stagger Lee)
He said "Don't nobody move" and he pulled his forty-four (Stagger Lee)

Yes, he did, y'all (Stagger Lee)
"Stagger Lee" cried Billy, "Oh, please don't take my life
I got three little children and a very sickly wife," oh yeah

Stagger Lee (Stagger Lee) shot Billy (Stagger Lee)
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad (Stagger Lee)
That the bullet went through Billy, broke the bartender's glass
(Stagger Lee) Yes, it did, y'all (Stagger Lee)

[Outro]
Well, Billy's gone on home now
but one thing about it:
it'll teach you gamblers a lesson

(Stagger Lee, woo)
(Stagger Lee, woo)
Billy's gone on home

Left three children to weep and moan

He's gone on home
he's gone on home
He can't shake, rattle and roll no more

Tumbling Dice


People try to rape me
Always think I'm crazy
Make me burn the candle right down
Baby I can't stay
I don't need your jewels in my frown

Now all you women are low-down gamblers
Cheating like I don't know how
Baby I go crazy
There's fever in the funkhouse now

Well this low-down bitching
Got my poor feet a-itching
Can't you see the deuce is still wild
Baby get it straight
You got to roll me
And call me the tumbling dice

Always in a hurry
Never stop to worry
Can't see the time passing by
Honey got no money
I'm sixes and sevens and nines

Well hey now baby I'm the rank outsider
You can be my partner in crime
Baby get it straight
You got to roll me
Call me the tumbling dice

Bridge
I said my my my
I'm the lone crapshooter
Playing the field every night
Baby get it straight
You got to roll me
Call me the tumbling dice

You got to roll me
Babe you got to roll me
Babe you got to roll me
Oh oh oh you got to roll me
Woo hoo hoo you got to roll me
Woah babe you got to roll me
Baby babe you got to roll me

Rocky Top


Intro
One 'verse' and a short riff
Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain't no telephone bills

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
Half bear, other half cat
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop
I still dream about that

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Bridge
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Ground's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
Lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Bridge
I've had years of cramped-up city life
Stuck like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Verse 4
One day I'll go back to Rocky Top
to look up my old neighbors
Can't say who's still on Rocky Top
gettin' poorer for their labors

The Great Judgment Morning


I dreamed that the great judgement morning
Had dawned and the trumpet had blown
I dreamed that the nations had gathered
To judgement before the white throne

From the throne came a bright shining angel
And stood on the land and the sea
And swore with her hand raised to heaven
That time was no longer to be

And oh, what weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and the mountains
They prayed, but their prayers were too late

The rich man was there, but his money
Had melted and vanished away
A pauper stood there in the judgment
His debts were too many to pay

The great man was there, but his greatness
When death came, was left far behind
The angel that opened the records
No trace of his greatness could find

The widow stood there and the orphans
God heard and remembered their cries
No sorrow in heaven forever
God wiped all the tears from their eyes

The gambler was there, and the drunkard
And they who had sold them the drink
With people who gave them the license
Together in hell they did sink

And oh, what weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and the mountains
They prayed, but their prayers were too late

The moral man to the judgment
But self-righteousness would not do
All the men who had crucified Jesus
Had passed off as moral men, too

And the souls that had put off salvation
"Not tonight, I'll get saved by and by
No time now to think of religion"
But at last they'd found time to die

And oh, what weeping and wailing
As the lost were told of their fate
They cried for the rocks and the mountains
And they prayed, but their prayers were too late

Friday, September 22, 2023

Truck Drivin' Man

Short intro
Last note of 2d bang

I stopped at a road house in Texas
It was a little place called Hamburg Dan's
And I heard that old jukebox a playin'
A song about a truck drivin' man

Pour me another cup of coffee
For it is the best in the land
I'll put a nickel in the jukebox
And play The Truck Drivin' Man

The waitress just brought me some coffee
I thanked her but called her again
I said that old song sure does fit me
'Cause I'm a truck drivin' man

Pour me another cup of coffee
For it is the best in the land
I'll put a nickel in the jukebox
And play The Truck Drivin' Man

Bridge

I climbed back aboard my old semi
And then like a flash I was gone
I got them old truck wheels a rollin'
I'm on my way to San Antone

Pour me another cup of coffee
For it is the best in the land
I'll put a nickel in the jukebox
And play The Truck Drivin' Man
And play The Truck Drivin' Man

Searchin'


Gonna find her
Gonna find her
Gonna find her
Gonna find her

Yeah, i've been searchin'
Ah-a, searchin'
Oh yeah, searchin' every which a'way yay-yay
Oh yeah, searchin'
Ah-a, searchin'
Searchin' every which a'way yay-yay
But i'm like the Northwest mountie
You know i'll bring h her in some day
(Gonna find her)
Gonna find her

Well now if i have to swim a river
You know I will
A-and if i have to climb a mountain
You know i will
A-and if she's hiding up on a blueberry hill
Am i gonna find her?
Child, you know i will

'Cause i've been searchin'
Oh yeah, searchin'
My goodness
Searchin' every which a'way yay-yay
But i'm like the Northwest mountie
You know i'll bring her in some day
(Gonna find her)
Gonna find her


Well Sherlock Holmes
Sam Spade got nothing
Child, on me
Seargent Friday
Charlie Chan
And Boston Blackie
No matter where she's hiding
She's gonna hear me comin'
Gonna walk right down that street
Like Bulldog Drummond

'Cause i've been searchin'
Oh Lord now, searchin'
Mmm child, searchin' every which a'way yay-yay
But i'm like the Northwest mountie
You know i'll bring her in some day

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Satin Sheets


Satin sheets to lie on,
satin pillows to cry on, still
I'm not happy don't you see?

Big long Cadillac,
tailor-made's upon my back, still
I want you to set me free

I found another man
who can give more than you can
Though you've given me
everything money can buy

But your money can't hold me tight
Like he does on a long, long night
You know
you didn't keep me satisfied

(Satin sheets)
Satin sheets to lie on,
(Satin pillows)
Satin pillows to cry on, still
I'm not happy, don't you see?

Big long Cadillac,
tailor-made's upon my back, still
I want you to set me free

(Satin sheets)
Satin sheets to lie on,
(Satin pillows)
Satin pillows to cry on, still
I'm not happy, don't you see?

Big long Cadillac,
tailor-made's upon my back, still
I want you to set me free

Outro/fade
(Satin sheets)
Satin sheets to lie on,
(Satin pillows)
Satin pillows to cry on, still
I'm not happy, don't you see?

You're No Good



Feelin' better now that we're through
Feelin' better, 'cause I'm over you
I learned my lesson, it left a scar
Now I see how you really are

You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

I'm gonna say it again
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

I broke a heart that's gentle and true
Well, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me

You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

I'm gonna say it again
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

Bridge

I'm tellin' you now, baby
And I'm going my way
Forget about you, baby
'Cause I'm leavin' to stay

You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

I'm gonna say it again
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

Oh, oh, no
You're no good
You're no good
You're no good
Baby, you're no good

Outro

Ozark Mountain Lullaby


In the cradle deep baby sleeps by the warm soft firelight
Mama's singin' daddy's hummin' the Ozark Mountain lullaby
La la la la la la la lala loulou lou loulou la
Mama's singin' daddy's hummin' the Ozark Mountain lullaby

Mama's fixin' up some supper daddy's workin' up a sweat
Cause anytime the creek might rise and the crops ain't all in yet
Sister's got her chores to do and Lord knows I've got mine
We rest our head when the day is ended to the Ozark Mountain lullaby
La la la la la la la lala loulou lou loulou la
Mama's singin' daddy's hummin' the Ozark Mountain lullaby

The Lord smiles on our country home
The love that's not here to buy
And while we children grow we learn to know
That love is the tie that binds
Someday when we're on our own with a family by and by
We'll be singin' to our children the Ozark Mountain lullaby
La la la la la la la lala loulou lou loulou la
Mama's singin' daddy's hummin' the Ozark Mountain lullaby

La la la la la la la...

Rudie Can't Fail


Now, sing, Michael, sing

On the route of the nineteen bus
We hear them sayin'
How you get a rude and a reckless?
Don't you be so crude and feckless
You been drinking brew for breakfast
Rudie can't fail (no, no)

We reply

I know that my life make you nervous
But I tell you I can't live in service
Like the doctor who was born for a purpose
Rudie can't fail (ok)

I went to the market to realize my soul
What I need I just don't have (oh no)
First they curse, then they press me till I hurt
They say, Rudie can't fail

First you must cure your temper
Then find a job in a paper
You need someone for a savior
Rudie can't fail

We reply

Now we get a rude and a reckless
To be seen lookin' cool an' speckless
And drinking brew for breakfast
Rudie can't fail (no, no, no)
I went to the market to realize my soul
'Cause what I need I just don't have
First they curse, then they press me 'til I hurt
Rudie can't fail

Okay! Okay!

So where you want to go today?

Hey, boss man!
You're looking pretty smart
(Chicken skin suit) with your chicken skin suit
You think you're pretty hot
(Pork pie hat) In the pork pie hat

Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail
Rudie can't fail

Poor, poor, pitiful me



Well, I lay my head on the railroad track
Waiting on the Double E
But the train don't run by here no more
Poor, poor, pitiful me

Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Oh, these boys won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Whoa, woe is me

Well, I met a man out in Hollywood
Now I ain't naming names
Well, he really worked me over good
Just like Jesse James

Yes, he really worked me over good
He was a credit to his gender
Put me through some changes, Lord
Sort of like a Waring blender

Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Oh, these boys won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Whoa, woe is me

Bridge

Well, I met a boy in The Vieux Carré
Down in Yokohama
Picked me up and he threw me down
He said, "Please don't hurt me mama"

Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Oh, these boys won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Whoa, woe is me

Instrumental outro

Vocal outro:
Poor, poor, poor me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, poor me
Poor, poor, pitiful me
Poor, poor, poor me
Poor, poor, pitiful me

Monday, September 18, 2023

The Jamestown Ferry


He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

A case of gone was all he carried
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

Four
I didn't think that he'd leave me
After he saying how much he needs me
But the fact still remains I'm sitting here all alone

Missing the loving of my baby
Lord it's about to drive me crazy
He was the sweetest piece of heaven I've ever known

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

A case of gone was all he carried
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

Vocal bridge
As I walk through his kingdom of Honky Tonks and Bars
I remember how he'd hold me and comfort me with talk
He didn't cuss with every breath
He had a soothing southern drawl
Made me feel like a lady through it all

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

A case of gone was all he carried
As he got on the Jamestown Ferry
And he said that gone was all he'd ever be

He just caught the Jamestown Ferry
It's not a hot day in January
Fade
Like he said it'd be if he ever left me

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Sugar Sugar


Sugar
Honey-honey
You are my candy girl
You got me wantin' you

Aw, honey
Hmm, sugar-sugar
You are my candy girl, whoa-oh
You got me wanting you

I can't believe the loveliness of lovin you, oh yeah
I just can't believe the one-ness of this feelin too
Oh no, hmm, sugar

Honey-honey, oh yeah
You are my candy girl
You got me wanting you

Hmm, honey, oh yeah
Hmm, sugar-sugar
You are my candy girl
You got me wanting you, oh yeah

When I kissed you, girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be, oh yeah
Just like the summer sunshine, pour your sweet love over me, oh yeah

Hmm, sugar
Oh, honey, honey, oh yeah, you are my candy girl
You got me wanting you, I got to say it

Sugar, yeah
Honey-honey, yeah, you are my candy girl
You got me wanting you

Oh, sugar
Yeah, honey, honey

My toot toot


Intro
2 instrumental refrains

Don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in a birth suit
The doctor slapped her behind [slap!]
He said you're gonna be special
Hey you're gonna be fine

You can look as much
But if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case
I'm gonna break your face

So don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

Bridge
2 instrumental refrains

Don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in a birth suit
The doctor slapped her behind
He said you're gonna be special
You're gonna be fine

Now you can look as much
But if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case
I'm gonna break your face

So don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

Bridge
2 instrumental refrains

Don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

She was born in a birth suit
The doctor slapped her behind
He said you're gonna be special
You're gonna be fine

Now you can look as much
But if you much as touch
You're gonna have yourself a case
I'm gonna break your face

So don't mess with my toot toot
Don't mess with my toot toot
Now you can have the other woman
But don't mess with my toot toot

Outro

Monday, September 11, 2023

Say that you love me


Have mercy, baby, on a poor girl like me
You know I'm falling, falling, falling at your feet
I'm tingling right from my head to my toes
So help me, help me, help me make the feeling go

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
And there's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me

Have pity, baby, just when I thought it was over
And now you got me runnin', runnin', runnin' for cover
I'm begging you for a little sympathy
And if you use me again, it'll be the end of me

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
But there's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me

Baby, baby, hope you're gonna stay away
'Cause I'm getting weaker, weaker every day
I guess I'm not as strong as I used to be
And if you use me again, it'll be the end of me

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
There's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down
There's not another living soul around
You woo me until the sun comes up
And you say that you love me
Say that you love me
Say that you love me

Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling (yeah)
Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling
Falling, falling, falling
Songwriter: Christine McVie

Angel from Montgomery


Intro
4 bangs

I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
Child that's grown old

If dreams were thunder
And lightnin' was desire
This old house would've burnt down
At a long time ago

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl
Well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free ramblin' man

But that was a long time
And no matter how I tried
Those years just flow by
Like a broken down dam

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em they're buzzin'
And I ain't done nothin' since I woke up today

How the hell can a person
Go to work in the mornin'
And come home in the evenin'
And have nothin' to say

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo

Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go
Songwriter: John Prine