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(words & music traditional)

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was blind but now am found
Was blind but now i see

It was grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour i first believed

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come
'tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home

How sweet the name of jesus sounds
In a believer's ear
It soothes his sorrows, heals the wounds
And drives away his fear

Must jesus bear the cross alone
And all the world go free
No, there's a cross for ev'ry one
And there's a cross for me

(traditional, arr. by rod stewart)

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my days
I'll say goodbye to colorado
Where i was born and prob'ly raised

Your mother says i am a stranger
My face you'll never see no more
But there's one promise darling
I'll see you on god's golden shore

Through this open world i'm about to ramble
Through ice, snow, sleet and rain
I am about to rob the mornin' railroad
Perhaps i'll die on that train

I'm goin' back to colorado
Place that i started from
If i'd knowed how bad you'd treat me
Honey i never would have come

(rod stewart)

I stayed away so long jo
Don't think that i could come back
You're doin' so well without me girl
You'd laugh if you'd know'd where i'm at

You knew me when it was all my world
Somehow it's all passed me by
But don't let on to my friends jo dear
That things ain't turned out as planned

You bore my child then i left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But jo i can say in a funny old way
I was sure that i had it made

I still possess a photograph
My memory to refresh
But fade it may jo i can say
I was sure that i had it made

You bore my child then i left you aside
I don't expect you to forgive
But now i'm not so young and i'm so afraid
To sleep alone for the rest of my days

(rod stewart)

When the rain came i thought you'd leave
'cause i knew how much you loved the sun
But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
Through the darkest nights i've ever known
If the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Then i know i love ya

Oh the snow fell without a break
Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
I couldn't believe you kept a smile
Now i can rest assured knowing that we've seen the worst
And i know i love ya

Oh i never was good with romantic words
So the next few lines come really hard
Don't have much but what i've got is yours
Except of course my steel guitar
Ha, 'cause i know you don't play
But i'll teach you one day
Because i love ya

I recall the night we knelt and prayed
Noticing your face was thin and pale
I found it hard to hide my tears
I felt ashamed i felt i'd let you down
No mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Couldn't change a thing no, no

The coldest winter in almost fourteen years
Could never, never change your mind

And i love ya
Yes indeed and i love ya
And i love ya
Lordy i love ya

(rod stewart, ron wood)

I think i know now what's making me sad
It's a yearnin' for my own back yard
I realize maybe i was wrong to leave
Better swallow up my silly country pride

Going home, running home
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Going home, and i'm running home
Down to gasoline alley where i was born

When the weather's better and the rails unfreeze
And the wind don't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening train
I'll be home before the milk's upon the door

Going home, running home
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Going home, and i'm running home
Down to gasoline alley where i was born

But if anything should happen and my plans go wrong
Should i stray to the house on the hill
Let it be known that my intentions were good
I'd be singing in my alley if i could

And if i'm called away and it's my turn to go
Should the blood run cold in my veins
Just one favor i'll be asking of you
Don't bury me here, it's too cold
Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Take me back, won't you carry me home
Down to gasoline alley where i started from

Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to gasoline alley where i started from

(bobby and shirley womack)

Baby used to stay out all night long
She made me cry
You know she done me wrong
She held my eyes open and that's no lie
Tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
But then i used to love her but it's all over now
Yes it is
But then i used to love her but it's all over now

Listen
She used to run around with every single man in town
Spent all my money playing her fast game
She put me out, it was a pity how i cried
But the tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
Because i used to love her but it's all over now
Ain't no lie
Because i used to love her but it's all over now

Listen
Well i used to wake the morning get my breakfast in bed
When i got worried she'd ease my aching head
But now she's here and there with every single man in town
But the tables turned and now it's her turn to cry
Because i used to love her but it's all over now
Yes it is

Because i used to love her but it's all over now

Listen to this one
Because i used to love her but it's all over now

But then i used to love her but it's all
Now wait a minute
But then i used to love her but you know
But you know it's all over now
But then i used to love her but you know it's all over now

(marijohn wilkin, wayne p. walker)

Now a country boy named shorty
And a city boy named dan
Had to prove who could run the fastest
To wed miss lucy's hand

Now dan had all the money
And he also had the looks
But shorty musta had that something boys
That can't be found in books

Chorus:
"cut across shorty, shorty, cut across"
That's what miss lucy said
"cut across shorty, shorty, cut across
You know it's you that i wanna wed"

Wait a minute
Now dan had been in training
About a week before the race
He made up his mind old shorty
Would end in second place
You know dan with his long legs flying
He left shorty far behind
Shorty heard him holler out
Miss lucy that you'll soon be mine

(chorus)

But shorty wasn't worried
There was a smile upon his face
'cause old lucy had fixed the race
And just like that old story
About the turtle and the hare, you know that thing
When danny crossed over the finish line
He found shorty waiting there

(chorus)

It's you that i wanna wed, no no
And oh lord it's you i wanna wed
It's you that i wanna wed

(rod stewart / martin quittenton)

I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
But to settle down and write you a line
I've been meaning to phone you but from minnesota
Hell it's been a very long time
You wear it well
A little old fashioned but that's all right

Well i suppose you're thinking i bet he's sinking
Or he wouldn't get in touch with me
Oh i ain't begging or losing my head
I sure do want you to know that you wear it well
There ain't a lady in the land so fine

Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate
The all day rock and roll shows
Them homesick blues and radical views
Haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well
A little out of time but i don't mind

But i ain't forgetting that you were once mine
But i blew it without even tryin'
Now i'm eatin' my heart out
Tryin' to get a letter through

Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on
I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that i bought in town
When you sat down and cried on the stairs
You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth
You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well
Madame onassis got nothing on you

Anyway, my coffee's cold and i'm getting told
That i gotta get back to work
So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone
Think of me and try not to laugh and i wear it well
I don't object if you call collect
'cos i ain't forgetting that you were once mine
But i blew it without even tryin'
Now i'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you

After all the years i hope it's the same address
Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on