Mister I want a room at the top of your hotel. I want to say goodbye to a town I know so well. I want to ride that elevator to the top. I want to say goodbye to the town that broke my heart.
I am a travelin' minstrel man I'll do my best to make you happy if I can. I'll sing my song and move along cause I'm a travelin' minstrel man. . My life is measured by the telephone poles the mileage lines are on my face.
Midnight flights and barroom lights and rollin' for three days and nights. And motel rooms have been my only home. They gave me these sad knowing eyes and old age lines before my time.
[ Both ]. Mhm too used to that certain someone to offer my love to anyone new. My excuse for not wanting no one too used to being with you. [ Skeeter ].
I've been on the road twenty years ten thousand nights and a million beers. But I'm tired of the road Joe it's no fun anymore Joe. I'm savin' my money and I'll be goin' home soon.
Ain't the snow fallin' just a bit deeper these days. Ain't they're building the stairs a bit steeper these days. And the town's really changin' in so many ways it's time time.
Times're gettin' hard boy money's almost gone. Times're gettin' hard boy time to move along. Gonna take my true love by the hand lead her from this town.
This guitar is for sale, I'll let her go cheap. She's pretty to look at but she don't earn her keep. She can roar like the west wind, she can weep, she can wail.
Well now friends you'd never guess it so I really must confess it. I just met the sweetest woman of my long dismal life. But a friend of mine said buddy just in case your mind is muddy.
She was quite a looker she kept herself up well. She was crowdin' forty but in the dark you couldn't tell. I sat down at her table and had myself a pour.
Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns. Interstate 90 is a sight to behold. But that monument to progress and engineering skill. Has covered up the old swimmin' hole.
Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns. Interstate 90 is a sight to behold. But that monument to progress and engineering skill. Has covered up the old swimmin' hole.
[ Bobby ]. There was a time we'd sit in the backyard cause the house would get so hot. From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin'. [ Skeeter ]. And you'd play your old guitar we'd fight mosquitos and enjoy.
If you love somebody enough. You'll follow wherever they go. That's how I got to Memphis. That's how I got to Memphis. . If you love somebody enough. You'll go where your heart wants to go.
I thought I'd like to lead the bachelor life for a while. Live alone and have some fun. So I told her to take the kids and go back to her mama. (That's how I wanted it to be) and I felt satisfied it was done.
Pour me another Tequila Sheila,. Take off that red satin dress. I cross the border and I beat the dealer. For all the damn gold in Juarez.. . I feel like old Pancho Villa, Sheila.
Talk me some sense talk me some sense. Put a song of love and laughter on your face. Talk me some sense talk me some sense. Cause the way you're talkin' now is a digrace.
There was a tall oak tree that loved a bubblin' brook. And the bubblin' brook loved a mountain high. And the mountain high loved the sky above. The creator looked down and saw everything was loved loved loved.
Why must you always try to make me over?. Take me as I am or let me go. White lilies never grow on stalks of clover. Take me as I am or let me go. . You're trying to reshape me in a mold o' love.
Won't you take me home to mama she loves me and she'll keep me safe and warm. All I ask is take me home to mama please take me home to mama's arms. . Oh greyhound bus I bet she could never guess.