Come on and write write write me a letter send that letter by mail. Send that letter in care of the Tupelo County jail. . Come on and wish me the best of love dear there's no one to go my bail.
Go on look down your righteous nose at me. But you've made me everything that I've turned out to be. In very few words I can tell you where everything went wrong.
Hang down your head Tom Dooley hang down your head and cry. Hang down your head Tom Dooley poor boy you're bound to die. . I met her on the mountain there I took her life.
There's a thoudand miles in back of me and many more to go. Ridin' on a freight train feeling mighty low. I keep a wonderin' why she quit me but I guess I'll never know.
Any girl who hangs out in a honky tonk who smokes my cigarettes and drinks my wine. Some call her a bad girl but to me she means the world. Cause she's holding these lonely hands of mine.
(If you're leaving in the morning don't wake me up to say goodbye. I'll be dreaming back of you or so back to our first hello. And don't want to wake up just to cry).
Oh boy that's where my money goes. I've got a gal in Monroeville she won't dance but her sister will. Oh boy that's where my money goes. And I've got a gal out in Florida she won't swing but the show will sway.
Maybe tomorrow I won't come home maybe you won't even care. At seven you'll throw a kiss toward the door and smile at my empty chair. For there's nothing here for a man to cling to nothing to keep me at home.
TEN THOUSAND DRUMS. (Mel Tillis - Carl Smith). '52 Cedarwood Publishing. . Waitin' waitin' for the redcoats to come. But all I hear in my frozen ears is ten thousand drums.
Take my hand and walk with me. Along life's road in harmony. My body's warm my heart is free. Take my hand and walk with me. . Take the love I offer you.
Boys call you sexy (What's up, sexy). And you don't care what they say. See, everytime you turn around. They scream your name. (2x). . Now I've got a confession.
Tomorrow is the day after yesterday,. And tomorrow our time together may be through;. Tomorrow is the day after yesterday,. So tonight I want to stay here with you..
Sister help take this pain from my fheart. Help me stand up and find out what is right. Don't want to exist here in the dark. When the gates of Eden offer so much light.
Well, I get up i the morning. Have a smoke, have a drink. Then I get dressed. I don't want to get to work too late. 'Cause that bossman, he's a real mean son of a bitch.
(Janis Ian/John Vezner/John Mellencamp). They are master and slaves. We are sunlight and shadow. All roads to the river. I am lost, I am saved. I'm beloved and betrayed.
I was watching a movie the other night on TV. The actress reminded me of you. Her attitude, the way that she smiled. She was doin' a part, girl, like you used to do.
I've had a lot of girls in my life. They never meant that much to me. A good time was always had by all. But those good times, they were fleeting memories.
It's so rare to find a friend like you. Somehow when you're around the sky is always blue. The way we talk. The things you say. The way you make it all okay.
Please be quiet, everyone's asleep. Stella's locked her door and she's requested some peace. She teaches the English at the American school. She teaches imaginary numbers and the golden rule.
They're so tough. They like to make us feel little. They like to make us feel small. And keep us down. 'Til we feel no good at all. Then they tell us that we're stupid.