Take me back try me one more time. Yes I know I've been untrue and I've hurt you through and through. But please have a mercy on this heart of mine take me back try me one more time.
THIBODAUX. Written by Chris Stuart. Recorded by Claire Lynch on "Moonlighter", 1995. Rounder Records. . Young doctor in a straight back chair. Talkin' about me like I'm not there.
I saw a little beam of sunlight. Steal across a purple sky. And bent down to kiss a rose bud. Oh, it made me wanna cry. . And to think that I've been permitted.
Verse 1:. Just across the mountains in a valley down below. Lived a girl I mer back years ago. Her eyes shined like diamonds her hair was of gold. But that was before she left me all alone.
Well when he got the phone call it gave him quite a fright. Cause a call from home is rare enough especially at midnight. He answered kind of nervous, a voice said, This is dad.
One night as I lay on my pillow,. While asleep in a dream I did go,. To the place where they cruified Jesus,. On that old rugged cross cruel and cold.
There you go again the truth begins to bend. Like a fool I hang on every word. You promise me the moon and then you change your tune. You must be a mockingbird.
Helicopters over the house again. We got the projects two or three blocks from here. They pull the kids over for driving while African. And the ones with the warrants always run in fear.
Some guy said to some other guy behind closed doors. I don't even know how long I've been awake anymore. But I know what we're out of and you do too. Look around we're down to nothing but me and you.
I'll need time to get you off my mind. I may sometimes bother you, try to be in touch with you. Even ask too much of you, from time to time. Now and then, Lord, you know I'll need a friend.
Touch my heart feel the hurt it's destroying me. I've tried but I can't seem to shake his memory. Touch my heart feel the hurt the pain and misery. And tell me again what love can do for me.
Together again. My tears have stopped falling. The long lonely nights. Are now at an end. . The key to my heart. You hold in your hand. And nothing else matters.
Oh, you tell me that you love me. Yes, you tell me that you care. That tomorrow we'll be married. But tomorrow's never there.. . [Chorus]. Oh, tomorrow never comes.
Today I started loving you again. And so I'm right back where I've really always been. I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend. And then today I started loving you again.
Today for her has only been thirteen years of livin'. And for me it's been a wonderful thirteen years of givin'. She grows taller every day and farther from my world.
I reached out my arms and I touched you with soft words I whispered your name. I held you right on the tip of my fingers oh but that was as close as I came.
There's a big wheel there's a big wheel he's a whole lot bigger than you. There's a big wheel there's a big wheel he's a whole lot bigger than me. . When you think you've got the world by the tail.
There's a story goin' 'round. I've heard it now all over town. The two of us is here through. And I'm afraid to ask of you. . Is there a reason? Is there a reason?.
They just don't make love like they used to they stone a heart that's warm and true. It seems to fall apart no matter what we do. They just don't make love like they used to.
(Then I met the Master now I am one of his own). Like a baby that cries for its mother. like a child I was helpless in this world alone. Then I met the Master now I am one of his own.