Well, I'm not gonna brag but I been courtin' all my life. They consider me a roguish lad, especially for my size. . And with you, and with you, and with you, Genny Glenn.
I was hopin' that you'd come to me. It's plain that I can see that you are cryin', yes, you are cryin'. Yeah, I have often lied to cover up my pride. And I have hurt you, yes, I have hurt you.
[00:12.17]When I was twelve my daddy gave me a single shot .410. [00:16.29]His grand daddy and his daddy before had pased on down to him.. [00:20.28]My uncle Joe, God rest his soul, left me an old flattop.
Well, I thought it was love at first sight. You pulled the gloves off that first night. Came out swingin', fightin' all night long. Yeah, we've been goin' round and round.
Watch for the postman to bring you a letter and don't you let that make you sad. You may not understand now but you will later I never meant to treat you bad.
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train. And there to meet me is my mama and my papa. And down the road I look and there runs Mary hair of gold and lips like cherries.
The wind and I have a lot in common it seems we're always in a race with time. We never know just where we're goin' or think about what we leave behind.
I was down and out as any man could be. Sleeping in a mission they have for guys like me. My shoes for a pillow beneath my head a cold hard mattress for my bed.
I've got a lot of memories to last the rest of my life. So if you don't want to love me baby that'll be all right. I'm gonna take all the loving that I have for you.
40 days, 40 fights. 40 showdowns in 40 nights. town to town, in high demand. can't slow down. I'm a wanted man.. . Chorus. I'm a gunslinger honey. hunting you down.
In the little town that I grew up in. Me and my buddies always had big dreams. Kelly set her sights on making movies. Randy was swinging for the major leagues.
I might bark at you and get a little loud. Embarrass you, someday in a crowd. Might run you 'round in circles, make you dizzy in the head. I might run you ragged once or twice, forget to get you fed.
Redemption is all I really need. 'Cause I've been living like a liar and a thief. They say that you spend your lifetime burning. But I spend mine, just turning and turning.
Get real this ain't the way we used to feel. What we once earned we have to steal conceal it ain't real. Come on we've been defending for so long. I don't know who we're trying to con it's gone so come on.
The girl from the canyon smiled a smile that brought me home. As sick and bleedin' as I was she took me on her own. Brought me to the canyon where the sun poured down like rain.
[Chorus]. Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia. Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know. Tho' the times are sad and dreary. I cannot linger here.
I've seen you calm the waters raging in the rivers of my mind. Your spirit blows a breeze into my soul. And I've felt the fire that warms the heart. Knowing that it comes from you.
I remember the year that my granddad died. Gone, gonna rise again. They dug his grave on the mountainside. Gone, gonna rise again. I was too young to understand.
You know what I wish?. It was just you and me. Sitting in this corner bar. You could tell me how your are. . But I'm not gonna lie or anything. You don't even have to speak.
I've got a long, long list of things. That no one needs to see. Desk drawers filled with picture frames. Postcards tucked in underneath. . We were only young, when we moved away.