I got a brand new companion. Man, I'm gonna do my best this time. I got a brand new companion. Man, I'm gonna do my best this time. You know she cools me with her breathin'.
Standing on the corner. I didn't mean no harm. When a big policeman. Grabbed me by the arm. . Now, it was down in Memphis. On the corner of Beale and Main.
Billy was seventeen and mean as hell. Bonnie said she was thirty, it was hard to tell. Now Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night. At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight.
My name is Billy Austin. I'm Twenty-Nine years old. I was born in Oklahoma. Quarter Cherokee I'm told. Don't remember Oklahoma. Been so long since I left home.
We signed up in San Antone, my brother Paul and me. To fight with Ben McCulloch and the Texas infantry. Well the poster said we'd get a uniform and seven bucks a week.
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Worked the bars and sideshows along the twilight zone. Only a crowd can make you feel so alone. And it really hit home. Booze and pills and powders, you can choose your medicine.
Sometime my baby locks me out. Stomps her feet, screams and shouts. I know what that's all about. My baby's just as mean as me. . Sometimes my man don't treat me right.
Sometimes in the evenings I start to get that feeling. Like I'm empty inside. I know I'm doin' good now but tonight I'm headed downtown. Down by the riverside.
Let me tell you bout the girl of mine. I got her walkin' down th'assembly line. She bring the paycheck home to me. My baby, she worships me. . Related.
Baby, let me follow you down. . Baby let me follow you down. Baby let me follow you down. Well I'll do anything in this God almighty world. If you'll just let me follow you down.
I got girl who live way down south. A little town they call 'shut my mouth'. A thousand miles don't mean a doggone thing. Call her on the phone and it rangle langle lang, and she said.
It's getting light, it's getting late. And I've looked everywhere and called her name. Her dad the doctor's down. The sheriff's standing 'round. Arianne.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. . A long time ago before the ice and the snow. There were giants that walked this land. And with each step they took, the mighty mountains shook.
One of these days when my minds made up. And I'm sick and tired of hanging around. I'll be on my way in a cloud of dust. On the road to another town. Once upon a time I loved this house.
Lord it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar. Where do we take it from here?. Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars. It's been the same way for years.
Here I am again, now, acting like a crazy fool. Every time I get to rocking, I always run into you. I never did understand why you want to be so cruel.
I got a lot of memories tied up in this place. So much time spent in so little space. What looked like the world through the eyes of a child. Kind of closes in on you after a while.
Look at ya. Yeah, take a look in the mirror now tell me what you see. Another satisfied customer in the front of the line for the American dream. I remember when we was both out on the boulevard.
Everybody call her angel. She's no stranger to the devil I know. His mark is on her body. His fire's burning in her soul. When we're making love. He's laughing at us down below.