I want a woman, who's strong good and kind. She's got a heart as big as Texas and walks a straight and narrow line. She can lift you up with a flash of her smile.
When I was a baby, my sweet momma told me. Go around this world and see all that you can see. Find a good woman, get a job and settle down. But I could not stay away from the lights of town.
Under bridges, beneath trestles in the boxcars of dead trains. Livin' to beat the cold of the pouring driving rain. A silent society moves out in the night.
Dreamed aboutcha last night baby. Well you were lookin' for your man. And my heart said I had to tell you. Baby here I am. And I don't look much like Prince Charming.
[Chorus:]. Hey Baby. don't you cry. I'm gonna wipe those little. teardrops dry. . Hey baby. don't be sad. I know he hurt you. but it. ain't so bad. . You won't ever have to be alone again.
It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam'. Creepin' like a fever all across the land. From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore. The people got to have it, they want to hear some more.
Life is like a mountain railway. With an engineer that's brave. We must make the run successful. From the cradle to the grave. Watch for curves and hills and valleys.
What will become of the working man, With honest sweat on his brow. Is the nation that raised him to build it, gonna turn its back on him now. Take away his pride and dignity, give his job to some foreign land.
Way down in Harlan County. On a cold and lonesome night. A tormented man with a gun in his hand. Went searching for his wife. . When he found her in another's arms.
Your heart's changing, our love is growing cold. Something tells me I'll be moving on. Some day, you'll see. just what you did to me. You'll want my love again, but I'll be gone.
I killed another man today, it's hard to believe. Well I lost count at thirty and I've grown to numb to grieve. The bottle helps me cope, when I lay down at night.
Think I'll go down to the depot, where the train don't run no more. Take a ticket and start walkin', down to the old Gulf shore,. I'm lookin' for a train, that runs silent with the wind,.
Yes, she broke my heart again. (Fool for love). That's the way it's always been. (Fool for love). . It's a cryin' game. If you play long enough. It's a beautiful pain.
There's a train a-comin' and I need a ride. Somewhere to run and somewhere to hide. I'd love to stay here by your side. But honey, I'm hard to hold. .
Who'll buy my wheat. Who'll buy my corn. To feed my babies when they're born. Seeds and dirt. A prayer for rain. That I can use. I work the land. I watch the sky.
Scared, I've been scared out here on my own. Lost, I've been lost a million miles from home. Running, tired of running, that's all I seem to do. Nothin', I ain't nothing, baby without you.
Our home is like a prison, where we're both servin' time. I'm a stranger in your world now, and it's drivin' me out of my mind. Drifting apart, drifting apart..
Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down.. I think you only live to see the lights of town.. I wasted my time when I would try, try, try.. When the lights have lost their glow, you're gonna cry, cry, cry.
Well my friend, you ask me what to do. If I were you and feeling blue. I know inside that you still care. You want her here but she's out there. Don't leave her lonely too long.