The time is right. You hold me tight. And love is got me high. . Please tell me, yes. And don't say no, honey not tonight. I need to have you next to me.
Verse 1:. Many guys have come to you. With a line that wasn't true. And you passed them by (passed them by). Now you're in the center ring. And their lines don't mean a thing.
At a truck stop in San Angelo. I saw a billboard 'bout this rodeo. Last weekend out in El Paso. So I signed up to ride. . I drew a bull called Original Sin.
Here you come draggin' in. Three a.m. again. Grinnin' that silly grin. Smellin' just like sin. . Holdin' up that alibi that's tissue paper thin. Diggin' down deeper and deeper.
My ship came in and she sunk it. I was the toast of the town and she drunk it. I had a run of good luck and she ran it right into the ground. And now she's puttin' on a show and I get to play the clown.
After my baby quit me. I wouldn't even go outside. And when my friends tried to fix me up. I'd crawl up underneath the bed and hide. . I knew I was never gonna change my luck.
Love for sale. Appetizing young love for sale. Love that's fresh and still unspoiled. Love that's only slightly soiled. Love for sale. . Who will buy? Come on now.
And those weird China blues. Never go away. Sad, mad blues. For all the while they seem to say. . Oh, Limehouse kid. Oh, oh, Limehouse kid. Goin' the way.
Oh yeah yeah. The situation turned around enough to figure out. That someone else has let you down. So many times I don't know why. But I know we can make it as long as you say it.
Look on yonder wall and hand me down my walkin' cane. Look on yonder wall and hand me down my walkin' cane. I got me another woman, baby, yon' come your man.
( This is the story of Lili Marlene,. doo, doo, doo doo, doo! ). . Would you like to hear the story,. of a girl that many soldiers know?. It's a tale of love in all it's glory,.
Linda, Linda. Morning noon an' night I find. Linda's always on my mind. . When I go to sleep,. I never count sheep,. I count all the charms about Linda!.
I'm out doin' the usual places,. And I'm livin' it, like young!. Then I dig me this face of all faces,. she's the craziest, like young!. . She drinks coffee at Café Espresso,.
Let's take an old-fashioned walk. I'm just bursting with talk. What a tale could be told. If we went for an old-fashioned walk. . Let's take a stroll through the park.
Lies that made me happy. Lies that made me blue.. You lied to me the day that. You promised to be true.. Lies that broke my heart, dear,. I believed them, too..
Lately . . .. I find myself out gazin' at stars,. Hearing guitars,. Like someone in love . . .. . Sometimes . . .. The things I do astound me,. Mostly . . ..
Lets go to church, next Sunday morning. Let's kneel an' pray side by side. Our love will grow, on Sunday morning. If we have the Lord as our guide. . Through the week.
Let's take an old-fashioned walk. I'm just bursting with talk. What a tale could be told. If we went for an old-fashioned walk. . Let's take a stroll through the park.
Let . . . me . . . call you baby tonight ( Un ha! Un ha! ). Let . . . me . . . hold you 'till the mornin' light ( Un ha! Un ha! ). Let . . . me . . . call you baby tonight,.
Hey!... let's do it again an' again!. If you will count up to ten,. That'll give me a chance to get my breath back. Then... we'll do it again an' again!.