A long time ago I left my home. For a job in the fruit trees. But I miss those hills with the windy pines. Their song seemed to suit me. . So I sent my wages to my home.
One mornin', one mornin' as work I begun. What did I see ridin' out of the sun. On the road from Lexington. . One rider, one rider beatin' the breeze.
There's gotta be a song let to sing. Cause everybody can't of thought of everything. One little song that ain't been sung. One little rag that ain't been wrung out completely yet.
[Chorus: x2]. One monkey don't stop the show. One monkey don't stop the show. One monkey don't stop the show. Whoa, so get on board. . Here comes the freight train.
Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen. Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen. And my dad was passin' through doing things a man will do. Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen.
My first lover. My first lover. . He was tall and breezy with his long hair down. But he gets a little hazy when I think of him now. . My first lover.
I looked around and all up and down. I never wasted time on two or three. There's only one girl for me. . There was a time she used to treat me fine. But lately she's been acting awful stoned.
Make me down a pallet on your floor. Make me down a pallet on your floor. Make me down a pallet soft and low. When I'm broke an' I got no where to go.
In the black dust towns of East Tennessee. All the works about the same. Well you may not go to a job in the ground. But you'll learn the Miner's Refrain.
The finest silver needle. Shouldn't ever slide between. When lovers stand as parting friends. Gonna put myself on a leaving train. And I won't come back again.
Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio. She's a-running around with her rag-top down. She says I want to do right but not right now. . Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy.
Saw a girl on the street from my home. Like a fire on the hillside she shown. And I knew right then that my best days were gone. And I'd been, been in the lowlands too long.
I want to sing that rock and roll.. I want to 'lectrify my soul,. 'Cause everybody been making a shout. So big and loud, been drowning me out.. I want to sing that rock and roll..
Nobody knows what waits ahead. Beyond the earth and sky. Lie-d Lie-d Lie. I'm not afraid to die. . And there the work of my own hand. Be broken by and by.
[Chorus]. I had a real good mother and father. And they surely stood the test. And now they're in bright glory. And are sleeping on the saviors breast.
I made a lover's prayer. I made a lover's prayer. Then watched the sky. Then wanted to cry. It's only you and I. And how I try. I made a lover's prayer.
I can't be called. Begged or bought. If you want to be my. Johnny on the spot. . [Chorus]. Honey now now now. Honey now now now. You know later won't.
Oh, I dream a highway back to you, love. A winding ribbon with a band of gold. A silver vision, come and rest my soul. I dream a highway back to you. .
Everything is free now, that's what they say. Everything I ever done, gonna give it away. Someone hit the big score, they figured it out. They were gonna do it anyway, even if it doesn't pay.
Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down. Balled out wasted and I feel I'm going down. Good bye darling, I've been good 'til now. . I went walking with a girl as pure as milk.