Oh I'm so homesick all I do is roam the street. Can't sleep at night can't eat a bite homesick too homesick to eat. I'm so homesick I'm going crazy and I don't know what to do.
I wonder how the old folks are at home. I wonder if they miss me while I've gone. I wonder if they pray for their boy who went away. And left his mom and papa all alone.
Well it's lonesome in this ol' town everybody puts me down. I'm a face without a name just a walking in the rain. A going back to Houston Houston Houston.
Take the ribbon from your hair. Shake it loose and let it fall. Layin' soft upon my skin. Like the shadows on the wall. . Come and lay down by my side.
My friends and my mother they all like my songs. They said boy Nashville is where you belong. And I agreed the music world probably needed me. Well Music City here I am but I don't think anybody gives a damn.
He got the whole world in his hands the whole world in his hands. He got the whole world in his hands he's got the whole world in his hands. He's got the wind and rain in his hands he got the wind and rain in his hands.
When the sun shines babe it'll wake you in the morning. When the moon fades away then you gonna find me gone. I'll kiss her lips so fine put that ring back on her hand.
Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time. You're just as lovely as you used to be. How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine.
He was a friend of mine he was a friend of mine. He died without a penny he didn't have a dime he was a friend of mine. He died neath the midnight sun he died neath the midnight sun.
There's an old man sittin' in a rented room sittin' and watchin' the wall. Tryin' to remember the good ole days and wonderin' why the kids don't call.
I remember the day when the snow melted away and the great snowman was wed. He said yes I do and little Linda said it too and the great snowman was wed.
The old hometown looks the same as I step down from the train. And there to meet me is my mama and my papa. And down the road I look and there runs Mary.
She don't hold and kiss me like she did one time. I think my sweet baby's got leavin' on her mind. . The longer I know her the more I can tell my darling's not happy with me.
I've laid around and played around this old town too long. Summer's almost gone, winter's comin' on. I've laid around and played around this old town too long.
Remember the nights we would jam in the motels. . After the honky tonks closed. . No one had credit. . And no one had no place to go.. . Just crazy kids with 'lectric machines.
Goodnight Irene goodnight Irene. I'll see you in my dreams.. . Sometimes I live in the country. Sometimes I live in town. Sometimes I take a big notion.
How did I hurt that woman she never done me wrong. I ran away and left her for a redhead Amazon. I got no brains I got no sense I never had no class. So I'm goin' down to Texas and be one more horse's ass.
(I'm goin' home I've been gone so doggone long now at last the rambling fever's gone. I'm goin' home I know that mama'll cry with joy. To see her wanderin' boy I'm goin' home.
The Gods were angry with me for loving you. The Gods were angry with me because they knew. I stood at heaven's portals but they were too high for any mortal such as I.
Every triangle has three sides it's true. There's the wife's side the husband's and my side too. What's the difference who's to blame everybody suffers the same.