When I was just a little boy we lived down on a farm. Seven miles from nowhere and a hundred miles from harm. We made our livin' from the dirt if anything would grow.
I have a very good friend in Nashville Tennessee. Who is a semiprofessional wino. And during one of our recent and frequent conversations. We got to talk about his religious philosophy.
I guess you're surprised to see me back in Louisville. After all that talk about goin' up north to make my kill. Why people in Toronto fell in love with me.
Don't kiss my lips and say good-bye, it makes me want you more. Anyway, I knew somebody like you once before. I know that love is waiting for you farther down the line.
There's a fairground down in Chattanooga. Where a kiddie train runs up and down the track. There's an old black hound that always hangs around. And he chases that train down and back.
I never did like that apartment it was not a place I like to be. In summertime the place was hot in wintertime I'd sit around and freeze. I never did like that apartment seems to me it always smell like food.
(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover at the 1971 discjockey convention. I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it. My brother Hillman gonna play the cigarette paper and the comb play).
I have been to New York City I have traveled there in style. It's a big convenient city but there ain't no country miles. I have put my hand inside the hands of men who could not see.
Country is sittin' on the back porch listen to the whippoorwills late in the day. Country is mindin' your business helpin' a stranger if he comes your way.
Hey Dave, you know when we get home. We're really gonna catch it, what's our excuse this time?. Well dear, we'll just tell 'em, we're sittin' up. With this real sick friend of mine, an amazin' brain.
Well life is a gamble and the days they're just so many decks. Oh the hours are cards they deal and you play what you get. Oh you think of the the time that you knew you could call so you raised.
She was sadder than the day she lost her mother. He felt worse than the day when he was drafted. She was packing and she kept her eyes diverted. He was sippin' on a beer and playin' with the dog.
The words I love you come easy to the lips of a liar or a fool. If love talking is what you're thinking of then do it to someone you love. Do it to someone you love.
It snowed the night before and it had frozen on the ground. We didn't have a car and we lived seven miles from town. And I can hear my daddy's voice, so many years ago.
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We all know Jesus died upon the cross. Jesus' friends thought that He might be lost. But He arose and walked out of the tomb. He went to heaven to prepare a room.
The man who preached the funeral. Said it really was a simple way to die. He laid down to rest one afternoon. And never opened up his eyes. They hired me and Fred and Joe.
One night as I was sleeping. Something awakened me. There was a light on in my barn. So I went down to see. . I peeked through the big ole crack in the door.
This is a beautiful river, brother. This is a beautiful stream. This is a beautiful river, sister. This is a beautiful dream. . I know it flows through the mountains.
Beauty is a fading flower tomorrow it may be gone. Beauty is a fading flower love goes on and on. Today everybody wants you brand new is better than old.