I dreamed mama walked up the heavenly stairs. And medals for mothers were given up there. They mentioned the million things mom did for me. Things I took for granted and never could see.
Walk out of an alley with a bloody dollar bill. Holdin' your lunch money that no bully's gonna steal. Put that dime left over with the others in a box.
Good mornin', mornin' glory. Good mornin', what's your story. Good mornin', where'd you spend the night. Where did your night dreams take you. . Sorry but I had to wake you.
M I double S I double S I double P I. M I double S I double S I double P I. . Right in the middle of the cotton belt. Down in the Mississippi Delta. Wearin' last years possum belt.
Marigolds and tangerines. And lots of rusty window screens. Funny Paper, fountain pen. And patchwork things to cover in. Puppy dogs and potpourri. Oh won't you come and live with me.
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you. You're so like the lady with the mystic smile. Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?. For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?.
Slow down girl, you're talkin' much too fast. What's that girl, you think your love with him will always last. How can you say that?. . It's like you're blind 'cause you can't see the truth.
I know she's a long way from an angel and of man's a fool to love her kind. And I also know one of these days she'll go back to her cheatin' ways. But my heart just won't listen to my mind.
(Heart oh heart I know it's ended). I see you made the morning paper the story was on the social page. I read the notice of your wedding and I saw his picture in my place.
Won't you tell me Molly darling that you love none else but me. For I love you Molly darling you are all the world to me. Oh tell me darling that you love me put your little hand in mine.
Each night I crawl in to my lonely bed and I cry a tear just for you. Darling you're with me in all of my dreams. But with the dawn I wake up to the truth.
In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros. Round a Plazza the couples were walking to music so sweet. I've found my love not too long ago in Matamoros.
I've thought I needed things that I could by with gold. I scorn the treasure of her love my arms could hold. A love that made me richer than a king yes I'm the man who had everything.
Make the world go away. And get it off of my shoulders. Say the things you used to say. And make the world go away. . Do you remember when you loved me.
You're my sweet blue-eyed darling. And my love belongs to you. All I ask of you my darling. (All I ask, my darling). Is love me good and be true. (You love me good and be true).
She bloomed for me near a little village. In a cabin on the hill. We made our vows, we'd love each other. And I know we always will. . She's my rose of old Kentucky.
Now come and listen to my story. A story that I know is true. A little rose that bloomed in Georgia. With hair of gold and a heart so true. . Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I wrote to my girl last night. I wrote to my girl last night. I wrote to my girl that I was comin' home. But my last old dollar is done gone. . Oh my last old dollar is done gone.