It's midnight in Memphis. All the girls are out tonight. It's midnight in Memphis. But my true love is not in sight. Oh,the neon is glowin'. But I just can't see the light.
Everybody's working on a great, big life machine. Everybody's bound to have a story. I believe in miracles, you know what I mean. I believe in the power and the glory.
(Hoyt Axton). . I am less than the song I am singing. I am more than I thought I could be. Spent some time as a child in daydreamin'. As a young man I sailed on the sea..
Joy to the world, the Lord has come. Let earth receive her King. Let every heart prepare Him room. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven and nature sing.
In a Young Girl's Mind. . (Hoyt Axton - Mark Dawson). . Hand me my guitar, there's a song I was singin'. When I was young had a hell of the time. A looking for love in the misty waters.
Oh, I'm a good old rebel. Now thats just what I am. And for this yankee nation. I do no give a damn.. . I'm glad I fit (fought) against 'er (her). I only wish we'd won.
It was the Hotel Ritz down in Madrid Spain she fell in love with the Prince of Pain. Head over heels she was lost again and all her daddy's money couldn't save her.
Since my baby left me. I found a new place to dwell. Down on the edge of lonely street. Heartbreak hotel. . I'm so lonely, baby. Just so lonely, baby.
I was just a stranger passin' through your town. Somethin' bout you baby made me want. It made me want made me want to settle down. I gotta keep rollin' rollin' rollin' gotta keep rollin'.
I was just a stranger passin' through your town. Somethin' bout you baby made me want. It made me want made me want to settle down. I gotta keep rollin' rollin' rollin' gotta keep rollin'.
And if a good lookin mama make a good lookin child now. your mother must have been a beauty. when you were young I bet you drove the little boys wild.
Hey,boys take me back. I wanna ride in Geronimo's Cadillac. Hey, boys take me back. I wanna ride in Geronimo's Cadillac.. . Took Geronimo way down south.
Take a bridge across a river wide. Everybody's goin on the road (wide road). Glad it's on the other side of the highway. Weighed less'cause I eased my burden.
And I dream in the morning she brings me water. I dream in the evening she brings me wine. Just a poor man's daughter from Puerto Penasco. Evangelina in old Mexico.
It's been rainin' in the mountains and the river's on the rise.. And we cannot hardly reach the other side.. And the devil, he's in trouble; I can see it in his eyes..
It was Della and the Dealer and a dog named Jake. And a cat named Kalamazoo. Left the city in a pick up truck. Gonna make some dreams come true. . Yeah, they rolled out west where the wild sun sets.
Chorus:. Boozers are losers when benders don't end. Whiskey, I've loved you since I don't know when. It's all kind of haxy and hard to recall-. The honky tonk bars-the climbin' the walls.
I never dreamed. You'd mean a thing to me,. But when I needed your lovin',. You gave me lovin. The way it outta be.. . Sweet country days,. The memories are clear..
She was three days late-two dollars short. And her eyes were red and blinkin'. Betty La Rue took a downer or two. And then she started drinkin'. . Reverend Lee he was down on his knees.
When a girl has the heart of a mother. It must go to someone of course. It can't be sister or brother. And so I love my horse. But horses are frequently silly.