I took a job in the city. And I left my country home. I learned to survive and I got street-wise. But I couldn't tell for how long. . Then I met you where they sing the blues.
I'm sittin' in Knoxville courthouse ain't got a thing to do. I don't wanna go to the movies couldn't if I wanted to cuz I'm on trial for lovin' you. Now this all started in a honky tonk just the other side of town.
If the South would've won we'd a had it made,. I'd prob'ly run for President of the Southern State.. The day Elvis passed away would be our national holiday,.
I went down. To the Mary Carter paint store. I said give me one of them. Smith and Wesson, Magnum 44s. . 'Cause there's a man that the law let loose. And justice was not done.
Mothers against drunk drivers. The Pope is against the pill. The union's against the workers. Working against their will. The President's against the Congress.
You found out I've been cheatin' and then you left you had a good reason. But I never meant to do anything to ever hurt. You and that ain't no lie this is the truth.
"I got a past. That'll last me forever. And enough memories for one man's life (that is true). The one I love. She ain't comin back ever. So it looks like I've got my future on ice.
There's been some things that I wanted to say a long time. Never have I spent a day without you on my mind. And I've tried a lotta songs and I need to try one that's new.
Babe, I can't change my tune for you. But I'll sing any melody you want me to. I'll sing all the country and all of the blues. But babe, I can't change my tune for you.
Here I am fallin' again, in places that I've already been.. I sure didn't plan it and I don't understand it but here I am fallin' again.. Here I am lyin' again making up places that I've never been..
I looked over at my pillow but your face wasn't there.. And I don't smell the perfume you used to wear.. And I don't see your blouse or jeans,. Or your pretty white cotton gown.
I want to live on Gulf Shore Road. And lighten up my heavy load. Make all my blues go away. Lookin' across Pelican Bay. . I want to live on fresh seafood.
You're one in a million, a hundred to one shot.. I took a gamble and just lookie here what I got.. A diamond in the middle in a field full of stone.. And I'm bettin' everything I got that you can keep me comin' home..
Moved on down. To sweet home Alabama in 1974. Had to get out of Music City. And I had to get off the road. Woman, she left and the people. Wouldn't let me sing nothin' but them old.
Country music singers. Have always been a real close family,. But lately some of my kinfolks. Have disowned a few others and me. I guess it's because.
I heard cowboys should never cry. But there are some things that bring tears to my eyes. Some old movies they've shown. Some old people all alone. And everytime I hear that song.
All the stations up here don't sign off with Dixie,. The way they did in sweet home Alabama,. The people here don't sip Jack Daniels whiskey,. The way they do in that Tennessee mountain land..
The preacher man says it's the end of time. And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry. The interest is up and the stock market's down. And you only get mugged if you go downtown.
This is the coalition, to ban coalitions. I ain't a politician, but I've got views. Some folks want to ban cars, some want to get rid of Fender guitars.
Well me and Billy, we left Boulder City. Decided that we'd head out west. We've been east and south but it didn't workout. We were getting' nowhere fast.