I was just standing. Alone in this room. Surrounded by memories. We stopped making too soon. Oh I was just standing. I was just standing. Alone in this room.
If teardrops were diamonds. And only mine were used. They could pave every highway. Coast to coast. . And not be close to through. If teardrops were diamonds.
Well, I was rollin' down the road. In some cold blue steel,. I had a blues man in back,. And a beautician at the wheel.. . We going downtown. In the middle of the night.
I think that I. Will just take a memory. A small one that I know. Real well, then go. . What I'll take is all. The happy thoughts I can recall. But I know there won't be much.
I'll make believe. That the sight of her in my head's seldom seen. And then insist. That I can't still taste the inside of her kiss. With luck and time.
Chorus:. I'll go back to her where I'm wanted. And maybe I can make up for the wrong. In spite of all I've done she still wants me. So I'll go back to her where I belong..
I'll be home for Christmas. Just you wait and see. There'll be snow and mistletoe. And presents 'neath the tree. . Christmas Eve will find me. Where the love light gleams.
I watch as you take off your clothes. And slip under the sheets. Then I turn and kick the boots off my feet. I pull you close without a word. 'Cause there's no need to speak.
I wouldn't put it past me. I wouldn't press my luck. If I were you I don't believe. I'd take that chance with love. . A big chance you'll be taking. The wrong odds is what you're staking us on.
Here I sit all alone. Just a wonderin' why. You must have slipped out. While I was high. I know just how it feels. And I'm not blamin' you. Cause if I had to choice.
I was there. I was there. When love crashed and burned. I was there. . I was there when love came around with sweet, warm kisses. I was there when it burned into desire.
I want you to want me. I need you to need me. I'd love you to love me. I'm beggin' you to beg me. . I want you to want me. I need you to need me. I'd love you to love me.
I wanna love again. Feel young again. The way we did when it was true. Go back before I cried. Or ever tried. To understand life without you. I wanna hold your hand and us pretend We're starting out brand new.
When I was a boy my family would travel. Inta' Western Kentucky where my parents were born. To a lost little town there that's often remembered. So many times that my memory drew warn.
I sang Dixie as he died. People just walked on by as I cried. The bottle had robbed him of all his rebel pride. So I sang Dixie as he died. . He said way down yonder in the land of cotton.
Chorus:. I hear you knockin'. I hear you callin'. I hear you every time you say my name. But it's no use, baby. Your calling is all in vain. . No use you crying.
Honey you sure do it well. But I don't need it done. I know if I did it with you. It'd be a whole lot of fun. I'll send my regrets. Oh but I won't hedge my bets.
I've had to buy back damn near everything I own. From a little man whose name is Saul. And has a lot of money to loan. I drive a beat up '67 Chevrolet.
Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine. I don't care if the bells don't chime. Just as long as you love me. And I don't care if the tops don't spin.
It's Just around the corner there's heartache. Down the road all losers use. If you can wade in through the teardrops of my friend. I'll meet you at the home of the Blues.