I was standing in the yard watching you go. You only been gone about an hour or so. I'm already wondering what I'll do. All by myself without you. Then it hit me like a lightning crash.
Just as far as I can remember she'll remain the rose of my heart. Mama took sick along in December February brought us broken hearts. The reason we've not called the family reunion is we knew that you wouldn't be there.
SYMPATHY. Writers Bobby Bare, Charlie Williams. . Oh well, I look in your eyes. And what do I see. Well, I don't see love. All I see is sympathy. Before she came along.
I was hangin' round Nashville writin' songs and playin' them for all of the stars. Watchin' them laugh and hand 'em back livin' on hope and Hershey bars.
(Sweet dreams of you every night I go through. Why can't I forget you and start my life anew. Instead of having sweet dreams about you). You don't love me it's plain I should know you'll never wear my name.
Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer. For you know the odds won't ride with you. Never leave your woman alone when your friends around to steal her.
Well I woke up Sunday morning. With no way to hold my head. That didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't. Bad so I had one more for dessert.
Did you hear about Stacy Brown (no we didn't but we'd like to). He had every chick in town (no he didn't but he tried to). He got looks he got class do anything to get a little lass.
Shes a wild girl but that's alright. Because she's living in a wild world. And she's kinda like the queen bee. Swimming in cola like a strange bird. You don't want to get close to.
I sold the farm to take my woman where she longed to be. We left our kin and all our friends back there in Tennessee. I bought those one way tickets she had often begged me for.
The corn was dry and the weeds were high. When daddy took to drinking. Then him and Lucy Walker they took up and ran away. Mama cried a tear and then she promised fourteen children.
You promised love that never would end but now you are gone and the hurtin' begins. Just what do you mean that I'm no more than a friend. Oh darling have you forgotten so soon.
Some days are diamonds, Some days are stone. Some days the hard times won't leave us alone. Sometimes the cold wind brought chill to my bones. Some days are diamonds, Some days are stone..
I used to like to listen to the tales of the old men who sat around the old park square. But the piddlers and the whittlers and the checker boards're gone.
Well I pulled out of Pittsburgh a rollin' down that Eastern Seaboard. I got my diesel wound up she's a goin' like never before. There's a speed zone ahead alright I don't see a cop in sight.
The sandman told me he's done all he can. The situation calls for more than sand. You been cryin' all night long. Tossin' and turnin' and it's almost dawn.
(Is everybody ready now? Yeah! Okay!). . Here we go singin' in the kitchen all together now singin' in the kitchen. Everybody singin' in the kitchen bangin' on the pots and pans.
(Please baby wait for me wait for me). I got smashed last night on a bottle of gin and I had a fight with my best girl friend. When I'm drinkin' I am nobody's friend.
Silence is golden my love tell me now with your eyes. No need to speak just let me see your eyes look love to me. . Silently place your warm hand in mine.
Sometimes you sing for the money sometimes you sing for the show. Sometimes you sing for the dewy eyed darlings. Still makes them cry don't you know. Sometimes you sing for the glory but glory don't last very long.