Me and this girl we've been falling in love. Beneath the quarter moon, beneath the quarter moon. Me and this girl I've been living above. On a road called Oppenheimer.
Well I worked hard and I got lots of money. Well I tried hard but I don't want to stay. Yeah I've seen too much trouble, I felt too much pressure bubble.
I'm dreaming on a night train. It's only been a light rain, and a darkened sky and a starry night. I'm humming on a cold train. I'm singing about the wreck of the Old 97.
By the time you leave. I'll be saving all my green. For a homebound train to carry me. On old familiar steam. . I wish you'd hurry up. And leave or come around.
He said "Can I buy you a drink?". What he meant was, "Can I buy you?". Yeah his eyes were pits of despair. But his accent recalled the bayou. Oh, and women go crazy for guys who talk funny.
In the valley of the shadows I'm waiting. For mother and the other ones I love. So know I'll always love you. Until we meet above. . In the battle of the bottle I'm an innocent.
19 is not the age of reason. I didn't have a reason. For setting you free. . I've seen. A lot of love go sour. But that's not our love. Y'see the problem was.
Eighteen-hundred miles from this old niteclub. A girl is turning twenty-two today. How am I supposed to entertain you?. My fingertips are worthless when my mind's so far away.
The lights were low but I was lower. The radio was playing somewhere else. The room was full of surface tension. I was only thinking 'bout myself. No baby I.
well I married Caroline back in May of '99. it was fucked up at the time but I figured we'd keep tryin'. her brother and her dad they were spitting mad.
In the court of our friend's opinion. In the right-cut eyes of all our friends. In the way the phone goes dead. In the way you lose your head. I can see how this thing is gonna end.
And the hole in the screen is barely big enough for you. And not near enough for me to go. And the whole damn complicated. Situation could've been avoided if I'd only shut the window.
This time is special for you. I don't think you ever fell for someone like I do. Every now and then I think of you. But this time is time for rock on.
Baby trust me. Your television is empty. I try to tell you babe you can't see. You're turned on. . Headstrong. It's hurting now but it won't be long. I've got a habit of moving on.
There was a girl back in my town. But I shouldn't bring up what I can't put down. She was above reproach in every way. One day I left the town I'm from.
stop squeezin' my shoes quit killin' my buzz. why you wreckin' my mood what are you the fuzz. I'm so far gone I can't never get found. I am the most messed up motherfucker in this town.
Oh have you seen Miss Molly. Her cheeks are rosy red.. Her lips are soft as satin and they taste like ginger bread.. . Oh. Oh. Oh. Me oh my Miss Molly, I'm in love with you..
Merle Haggard, Bluebook Music (BMI). First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin'. And a young-on's dream of growing up to ride. On a freight train leaving town, not knowing where I'm bound.
In the front row at the Melt Show. I fell in love with you and that was three weeks ago. We fooled around, you let me have it for free. . Yeah, it worked out, out real nice.
we've been doing this longer than you've been alive. propelled by some mysterious drive. and they still let me do it as weird as that seems. and I do it most nights and then again in my dreams.