You've heard about Ned Kelly and those other famous crooks. I've seen them on the TV, I've seen them in my picture books. Well, here's a little song about a bloke so bad and mean.
Every morning when I wake up, I got the same thing on my mind. Its a crazy world out thereyou gotta keep from getting further behind!. But you wont find mecoming around any time soon.
I guess its final, slap in on vinyl. She knows I know what shes doing. Could be trouble, going in double. Im fighting back this feeling inside me. So if theres a voice of reason, bless me with your intuition.
Baby you're tired I can see in your eyes, I know how you feel. We've been together too long to conceal. What's in our hearts maybe we should part but after so many years.
She didn't see me see her cryin'. As she sat there by the window. On a southbound Greyhound leavin' town. The hardest thing I've ever done. Was to walk away and let that woman go.
It's been handed down for generations. From my grandpa to my dad, on to me. All my life I've been shackled to a bottom. I never knew what it was like to be free.
That morning sun was burnin' in my eyes. I could see a brand new day. And all the hurt and anger weighin' on my heart. Had begun to drift away. . I saw it written on a church marquee as I drove into town.
(Charlie Pennachio/John Rich/Drew Sessa). . Love can lift you higher, or cut you like a knife, I been there before.. You've cried out your heart an' had your dreams torn apart, but not anymore..
I ain't nothin' but beer and bones. Honey since I lost you. I ain't ate a bite since the night. That you said we're through. I walked to that jukebox to play.
I know you've heard that worn out line. About love at first sight. Well I never knew those words were true. Till you walked in tonight. . All it took was just one look.
Making money at thirty with a wife and a son. Then a short five years later it all comes undone. She's gone back to mama with the boy by her side. Now I'm wine drunk and running with them on my mind.
Consternation on the dance floor, I can't take it any more. My ugly girlfriend has these big eyes. She's running out the door. Get her back, the regulars cry, all the bar-flies are going dry.
Here she comes, walkin'. I'll be casual, and say, hello. Now, we're small talkin'. . But I don't wanna let my feelings show. How I love that girl and no one else.
When I drink brown liquor, I get crazy quicker. Than an old red fox on the run. I get tongue tied and I lose my mind. And everything comes undone. . It's hard to explain how it bends my brain.
Hey where did we go, days when the rains came?. Down in the hollow playin' a new game. Laughin' and runnin', hey, hey skippin' and jumpin'. In the misty morning fog oh our hearts are thumpin' and you.
You're the mother of the Southland. Where I was born and bred. You're in my heart and everythin' I do. . Yeah, you always have a place for me. To rest my weary head.
My daddy was a brake man. On a highball travelin' train. An' momma, she raised four little children. And a family had a good name. . An' poppa and momma wanted.
People take a look around, all the leaves are turnin' brown. I never saw the ground so cracked and dry. Down the road a little ways the forest has been set ablaze.
I wish I had better news but she was still in love with you. Wish I could look you in the eye, say it's a lie, just isn't true. Wish I had better news.