I wish a buck was still silver. It was back when the country was strong. Back before Elvis, before Vietnam war came along. Before the Beatles and yesterday.
Always wanting you, but never having you. Makes it hard to face tomorrow. 'Cause I know I'll wake up wanting you again. Always loving you, but never touching you.
All of me belongs to you all the time. You're the only one that's ever on my mind. There's no way that I would ever be untrue. There's not one single part of me.
Could be holding you tonight. Could be doing wrong or start doing right. You don't care about what I think. I think I'll just stay here and drink. . Hey, putting you down, don't square no deal.
I'll never swim Kern River again. It was there that I met her. It was there that I lost my best friend. And now I live in the mountains. I drifted up here with the wind.
Hold me, love me and tell me. That you decided to stay. At least put it off till tomorrow. And keep me from cryin' today. . Help me make ready for the heartache.
If we make it through December. Everything's gonna be all right, I know. It's the coldest time of winter. And I shiver when I see the falling snow. If we make it through December.
I'm gonna break every heart I can. I'd be a find-'em-and-fool-'em man. I'm gonna dedicate my whole life to this one plan. Well if I live and have enough time.
I lost my mind the day I lost your love. I lost everything except the will to cry. If you find me crawling back from time to time. It's not you I want, I'm looking for my mind.
A loser doesn't always know he's losing. Till he's lost the game and it's too late to win. I hope I'll call in time and you'll forgive me. 'Cause I want so much to come back home again.
Once I lived a life of wine and roses. And I drank a lot back then for one concern. Success for me lay just around the corner. I thought my social friends would help me make me turn.
Things I learned in a hobo jungle. Were things they never taught me in a class room. Like where to find a hand out. While bummin' through Chicago in the afternoon.
We met downtown in the barroom. Both of us needing a friend. And you brought me home to your doorstep. And it was there you invited me in. . We spent the wee hours dancing.
It's a way of mine to say just what I'm thinking. And to do the things I really want to do. And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of. So I can't be myself, when I'm with you.
A canvas-covered cabin in a crowded labour camp. Stand out in this memory I revived. 'Cause my daddy raised a family there, with two hard-working hands.
I'm a honky-tonk nighttime man. I can't stand no light. I'm a honky-tonk nighttime man. I can't stand no light. I get my rest in the daytime. I make my running 'round at night.
Grandma's maiden name was Zona Villines. There's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines. Born in Newton County down in Arkansas. Then in nineteen-one she married Grandpa.
Got lonely too early this mornin'. Long about 3:30 am. Woke up in a big empty bed room. The TV had gone off again. . Got lonely too early this morning.
I played a brand-new record on the jukebox. And I scarcely could believe the song I heard. It told of how you left me for another. It was almost like I'd written every word.
Someday when our dream world finds us. And these hard times are gone. We'll laugh and count our blessings. In a mansion all our own. If we both pull together, tomorrow's sure to come.