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Spent all my money on everyone else
Why i just kept handing it out right and left
They didn

Hey girl, i wanna give you some friendly advice
He's got you cryin', oh he's done it again
He's made a date and he didn't show
You know he's done this to you so many times
When you gonna let him go
He doesn't treat you little a lover should
He could be so downright cruel
Can't understand why you're hangin' with him
Girl, don't you be a fool

Go on and dump the dude
You know he's got a rotten attitude
He always leaves you in a cryin' mood
Take my advice, don't you think twice
Listen to what i'm telling you
Go on and dump the dude

You know that we've been friends for so many years
And i've never ever seen you this way
So torn apart, how he gets to your heart
With all the little games that he plays
Just give him up, get him out of your life
Promise me that once and for all
You're gonna tell him that it's over and done
The very next time he calls, ain't you now

Dump the dude
You know he's got a rotten attitude
He always leaves you in a cryin' mood
Take my advice, find somebody nice
Listen to what i'm telling you
Go on and dump the dude

Girl, i know you may think this is none of my business
But the fact that we're friends i believe that makes it my business
I care about you but i ain't preachin'
I think you should dump the dude

I don't know why you'd want to settle for less
When you could have so much more
You know that you deserve only the best
So what are you waiting for?

Go on and dump the dude
You know he's got a rotten attitude
He always leaves you in a cryin' mood
Take my advice, don't you think twice
Find yourself somebody nice
Go on and dump the dude

Life

All your love lifting me higher
Than i ever been lifted before
So keep it up, quench my desire
Then i

Being born was the worse and the first mistake i ever made
The doctor didn

I would spin for you a blanket
Out of gold and silver threads
I would let my gentle bosom
Be a pillow for your head
I'd caress your perfect body
On a rosy bed at night
Play you love songs on a golden harp
And sing you butterflies
In a diamond-studded chalice
On an emerald-plated tray
I would bring to you sweet nectar
And gifts of bright array
I would paint for you a castle
In a blue and yellow sky
Paint you happy ever after
And paint you butterflies

Chorus:

Butterflies, my heart flutters with the notion
I get high on the wings of sweet emotion
Darling i, i just think of you and i get butterflies
I get close to you and i get butterflies

If only i were magic
I would make the wishes true
I would wave a magic wand
And be in paradise with you
But i'm just a girl that loves you
I will love you all my life
But i do have a magic feeling
And it gives me butterflies

Chorus:

Butterflies, my heart flutters with the notion
I get high on the wings of sweet emotion
Darling i, i just think of you and i get butterflies

We should fly away together, you and i
Off to paradise forever, i get high
I get close to you and i get butterflies
I think of you and i get butterflies

Fade:

I will spin for you a blanket out of gold and silver threads
If only i were magic, i would make the wishes true
I would wave a magic wand and be in paradise with you

There is a place where the sun's always glowing
Take me there, won't you take me there
Meadows grow green near the streams gently flowing
Take me there, won't you take me there
A city of riches beyond comprehension
Take me there, won't you take me there
Streets are of gold, gates of pearl, brilliant mansions
Take me there, won't you take me there

Chorus:

Take me and show me this rare place you speak of
Take me there, won't you take me there
To this land of plenty where there is complete love
Take me there, won't you take me there

At the foot of the throne the kingdom rejoices
Take me there, won't you take me there
The angels are singing his praise with their voices
Hallelujah, hallelujah take me there

Peace, joy and love linger on through the ages
Take me there, won't you take me there
Lambs lay with lions and lions with babies
Take me there, won't you take me there

Take me and show me this rare place you speak of
Take me there, won't you take me there
To this land of plenty where there is complete love
Take me there, i can't take you there

But there is a church where they teach all about it
Take me there, won't you take me there
There is a book we must not be without it
Take me there, i will read with you there

There is an altar where sins are forgiven
Take me there, yes i'll kneel with you there
We'll find there the god of eternal living
Take me there, he will take you there

There is no sorrow and no heartache there
There is no crying and no dying there
Won't you take me there, won't you take me there
Hallelujah won't you take me there

Robert's appearance is something to behold
Dressed in the finest of store bought clothes
My mamma sews my clothes cause i'm just a poor girl
But robert is as real as his daddies gold
Robert could have any girl that he wanted
But his feelings for me each day seems to grow
He don't know the reason, that he's so drawn to me
But there is a story that robert doesn't know
Oh robert
Oh robert

Robert is constantly making eyes at me
He misunderstands the feelings we share
There's no way that i can return his glances
But i know the meaning of the feeling that's there

Robert if you knew, there once was a rich boy
In love with a poor girl, long time ago
But the folks of that rich boy, would not let them marry
And i am a symbol of the love that they stole

Oh robert
Oh robert

Robert, oh robert if you only knew
The same blood is flowing in both me and you
That rich boy's your father,but he's also mine
And my mamma's the poor girl that he left behind

Oh robert
Oh robert

Your love is like a gentle breeze
That's always blowin' over me
I know you're all i'll ever need
In each and every way
You're both ends of the rainbow
My colors and my pot of gold
I love you with a love untold
More than i can say

You are the song of every bird
You are the poet's every word
Every artist's picture
Every writer's play

You are the glow in every night
You are the warmth in each sunrise
Makes no difference how i try
It's more than i can say

And when i've needed you
You've always been there for me
Been my friend and stood by me
And held me as you loved the world away

And when i've wanted you
You have satisfied my needs
Fullfilled all my fantasies
I love you more and more each day

More than i can say

Oh and sometimes i watch you gently sleep
Listen as you softly breathe
Touch you skin and kiss you sweet
And love you all the way

I reach for you
You come to me
Love me into ecstacy
I will love you endlessly

More than i can say

And when i've needed you
You've always been there for me
Been my friend and stood by me
And held me as you loved the world away

And when i've wanted you
You have satisfied my needs
Fullfilled all my fantasies
I love you more and more each day

More than i can say

I love you more and more each day
More than i can say
More than i can say
More than i can say

More than i can say

Our love affair is bitter sweet
Insecure and incomplete
And i've often wondered why your leaving's been so long delayed
It's all become so complicated
Maybe you feel obligated
And out of simpathy for me you stay
But i had rather live alone
Than live with someone who doesn't love me
And i'd rather have you go than stay
And put me down a thinkin' you're above me
Our love affair is so wound up
It's best that we unwind
And if you don't love me, leave me
And don't let it trouble your mind

You've waited much too long to leave afraid of how i'd take it
And i'm deeply touched by your concern but i think i can make it
It won't be easy for a while but i'll forget in time
And if you don't love me, leave me and don't let it trouble your mind

I had rather live alone
Than live with someone who doesn't love me
And i'd rather have you go than stay
And put me down a-thinkin' you're above me
Our love affair is so wound up
It's best that we unwind
And if you don't love me, leave me
And don't let it trouble your mind

You might wake up some morning
To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon
You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow
Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something i'm not sure of
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love

You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As i ran searching after something to believe in
You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long abandonned ruins of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past you followed close by heavy breathing

Don't be concerned, it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing something i'm not sure of
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love

Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams, with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love

I have rocked you to sleep like a baby
Stood beneath you and lifted you up
I have given you comfort and safety
Now you've gone in the prime of our love
I have cradled your head on my pillow
Quenched your thirst from my sweet loving cup
I have bowed to your needs like a willow
Now you've gone in the prime of our love

Oh, the days are slow in their passing
And the nights are so dreadfully dull
And the question my heart keeps on asking
Why'd you leave in the prime of our love?

I have cradled your head on my pillow
Quenched your thirst from my sweet loving cup
I have bowed to your needs like a willow
Now you've gone in the prime of our love

In the prime of our love you've forsaken
Our bright hopes and just left them to fade
And the heart that was yours for the breaking
Lies in pieces to wither away

I have cradled your head on my pillow
Quenched your thirst from my sweet loving cup
I have bowed to your needs like a willow
Now you've gone in the prime of our love

In the prime of our love you've forsaken
Our bright hopes and just left them to fade
And the heart that was yours for the breaking
Lies in pieces to wither away
Lies in pieces as cold as the clay

Oh sugar pie, honey bunch
You know that i love you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else
In and out my life
You come and you go
Leaving just your picture behind
And i've kissed it a thousand times

When you snap your fingers or wink your eye
I come a running to you
Tied to you like a ball-and-chain
And there's nothing that i can do

Can't help myself
No, i can't help myself

Sugar pie, honey bunch
I'm weaker than a girl should be
I can't help myself
I'm a fool in love you see

I wanna tell you i don't love you
Tell you that we're through
And i've tried
But every time i see your face
I get all choked up inside

When i call your name
Boy it starts the flame
Burning in my heart
Tearin' it all apart
No matter how i try
My love i cannot hide

Sugar pie, honey bunch
You now that i'm weak for you
I can't help myself
I love you and nobody else

Ooh sugar pie honey bunch
I'll do anything you ask me to
I can't help myself
I want you and nobody else

Sugar pie, honey bunch
You know that i love you
I can't help myself
No no no, i can't help myself

Don't try to cry your way out of this
Don't try to lie or i'll catch you in it
Don't try to make me feel sorry for you
Just because i'm blonde
Don't think i'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool
When you left you thought i'd sit
An' you thought i'd wait
An' you thought i'd cry
You called me a dumb blonde
Ah, but somehow i lived through it
And you know if there's one thing this blonde has learned
Blondes have more fun

You flew too high up off the ground
It's stormy wheater an' had to come back down
But i've found new thread for my old spool
Just because i'm blonde
Don't think i'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool

When you left you thought i'd sit
An' you thought i'd wait
An' you thought i'd cry
You called me a dumb blonde
Ah, but somehow i lived through it
And you know if there's one thing this blonde has learned
Blondes have more fun

You flew too high up off the ground
It's stormy wheater an' had to come back down
But i've found new thread for my old spool
Just because i'm blonde
Don't think i'm dumb
Cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool

Thumbing for a ride by the edge of the road
With a brown paper bag to hold my clothes
But tonight i'm going home where i belong
If the good lord's willing and the creek don't rise
And if my luck holds out, and i catch me a ride
When the sun goes down tomorrow, i should be home
This big city ain't no kind of place
For a country girl with a friendly face
If you smile people look at your funny, they take it wrong
They laugh at my talkin' and clothes i wear
They put me down and they call me square
But tonight i'm going home where i belong

Chorus:

I'm goin' back to the people i love
Back to the place that i dream of
It's true that there's no place like home sweet home
The one i want to see the most
Is the boy who begged me not to go
When the sun goes down tomorrow

Tag:

Tonight i'm going back where i belong

Baby, when i met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside, there was somethin' going on
You do something to me that i can't explain
Hold me closer and i feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got somethin' goin' on
Tender love is blind
It requires a dedication
All this love we feel
Needs no conversation
We ride it together, ah-ah
Makin' love with each other, ah-ah

Chorus:

Islands in the stream
That is what we are
No one in-between
How can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other, ah-ah
From one lover to another, ah-ah

I can't live without you if the love was gone
Everything is nothin' if you got no one
And you did walk in tonight
Slowly loosen' sight of the real thing

But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out
And the message is clear
This could be the year for the real thing

No more will you cry
Baby, i will hurt you never
We start and end as one, in love forever
We can ride it together, ah-ah
Makin' love with each other, ah-ah

Repeat chorus

Tag:

Sail away
Oh, come sail away with me

Repeat chorus

Fade:

Repeat chorus

There must be something fishy going on
You said you were goin' on a fishin' trip with some old friend
You said that you'd be home tonight somewhere around ten
Well here it is, it's two o'clock and you're still not at home
I think there's something fishy goin' on

I think that i'm a sucker that's swallowing your line
I try to make myself believe that it's all in my mind
But you never asked me if i'd like to go along
So there must be something fishy goin' on

Chorus:

There's something fishy goin' on
On these fishin' trips you're goin' on
I'm gettin' tired of stayin' home alone

Some night when you come home and discover that i'm gone
You can bet there's something fishy goin' on

I guess some large-mouth bass left that lipstick on your shirt
I don't think you're a fisherman, honey
I think you're a flirt
Well if you're goin' fishin' then why don't you bring 'em home
I think there's something fishy goin' on

Repeat chorus

Tag:

Yes, you can bet there's something fishy goin' on

I feel so out of place here
With this high society
These high fallutin' people
Don't know what to make of me
I feel like a minnow in a sea of moby dicks
A small fry in a big pan
They're caviar -- i'm fish sticks
Fish out of water
I know i don't belong
Fish out of water
Everything i do is wrong
My style of hair, the clothes i wear
The way i speak, the things i eat
The way i act, my lack of tact
Nothin' seems to fit
Fish out of water
Flounderin' round
Out of my element

But i'm just as good as they are
Why do i feel second rate
It's like, "sorry charlie,
We want only tuna with good taste"
I guess you could say wal-mart
Is quite a way from gucci's
I'm timex, they're rolex
I'm captain d's, they're sushi

Fish out of water
I've had it to the gills
Fish out of water
With these yuppie-guppie frills
Yeah, i'm a square in a round hole
A catfish in a goldfish bowl
A little fish with lots of soul
Out of my element
Fish out of water
Flounderin' round just for the halibut

Save me, save me
S.o.s. somebody
Save me, save me
Somebody rescue me

Fish out of water
Somebody throw me in
Fish out of water
On a scale of one to ten
I'm a two, perhaps a three
Compared to the big fish in the sea
I'm washed ashore so save me please
I'm in an awful fix
Fish out of water
Rescue me
And you better do it quick
Fish out of water
It's such a culture shock
Fish out of water
My stomach's tied in knots
Fish out of water
Fish out of water

Walter, walter henry
I say walter henry hagan
You done gone and broke my heart
Walter, walter henry
You know that i believed you
When you swore we'd never part
Well you said you had to have me
And well you dang well did
You took me from my country home
When i was just a kid
And you took me off to boston
Put a baby on my knee
Left me to dangle-dingle
So far from tennessee

Now patrick might have been one
But you ain't been no saint
But a good ole' irish boy
They say we'll always have this drink
And you just won't stop chasin'
All those other woman around
A' ramblin' and a'gamblin'
Throwin' irish whiskey down

Walter, walter henry
Walter henry hagan
You don't listen when i call
Walter, walter henry
Of all the men i've ever loved
I loved you best of all
Oh play one for ol' walter henry boys

Walter, walter henry
Walter henry hagan
You done left your mark on me
Walter, walter henry
If you ever sober up
I'm waitin' back in tennessee
If you ever sober up
I'm waitin' back in tennessee

Walter, walter henry
Yoddle-le-ee-hee
Yoddle-le-ee-hee
Walter henry hagan
You done left your mark on me

I wanna feel this way
Longer than time
I wanna know your dreams
And make them mine
I wanna change the world
Only for you
All the impossible
I wanna do

I wanna hold you close under the rain
I wanna kiss your smile
And feel your pain
I know what's beautiful
Looking at you
Here in a world of lies
You are the true

Chorus:

And baby
Everytime you touch me
I become a hero
I'll make you safe no matter where you are
And bring you
Anything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark
When you tell me that you love me

I wanna make you see
Just what i was
Show you the loneliness
And what it does
You walked into my life
To stop my tears
Everything's easy now
I have you here

Repeat chorus

In a world without you
I would always hunger
All i need is your love to make me stronger

Repeat chorus

You kindle the fire of love inside me
Each time our lips meet
I'm not strong when we're alone
Your kisses make me weak
You must know how i feel
But do you feel the same
Everytime you kiss me
You add fuel to the flame
My eyes light up when i see you
I burn with desire
Each time you're near
You say you'll care
But still i'm not sure
But please don't ask me to love you
If you're not gonna change my name

Everytime you touch me
You add fuel to the flame
This fire you started inside me
Has reached my very soul
You're adding fuel to a flame
That's already burning out of control
When you give me your name
I give you everything
Everytime you kiss me
Adds fuel to the flame
Yes everytime you touch me
You add fuel to the flame

Help, i need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, i need somebody
Please, please help me
When i was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in anyway
But now those days are gone and i'm not so self assured
No i finally changed my mind and i opened up the door

Chorus:

Help me, if you can i'm feelin' down
And i do appreciate you being 'round
Won't you help me get my feet back on the ground
Won't you please, please help me

And now my life has changed in so many ways
My independence seemed to vanish in the haze
But every now and then i feel so insecure
I know that i need your light, i never done before

Repeat chorus

Help me, help me, ooh

When i was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in anyway
But now those days are gone and i'm not so self assured
No i finally changed my mind and i opened up the door

Repeat chorus twice

Help me, help me, ooh

Mama, i remember what you told me
You said you wait for love before you fall
But, mama, i am sorry, i guess it's gonna be love after all
'cause mama, when he holds me
The air is thick and sweet
He asked me if i'd come tonight
And hold him in his sleep
Chorus:

And i'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes, i'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
'cause i'm almost in
Yes, i'm almost in love

Mama, i've grown into a woman
I been growing stronger and stronger day by day
Mama, you know about children
You raise them then they'll go away
Mama, when he holds me
He thrills me through and through
So dry your eyes and teach me how to say goodbye to you

Repeat chorus

Yes i'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes i'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
Yes i'm almost in love
I can feel myself fallin'
Yes i'm almost in love
I can hear my heart fallin'
'cause i'm almost
Yes, i'm almost in love

little sparrow
Dolly parton =

Blue me, blue me
Blue is the color
That fits best on me
I'm blue
Just as blue as can be
Blue me, blue me
I cry
And i die
I lie awake at night
And i question why
Must it be
I can never be free
Blue me, blue me

My heart is heavy
But it's empty inside
No one to love me
Or to lay down beside
I'm blue
The queen of sorrow
Wears royal blue
My luck ain't changin'
Is it ever goin' to
I'm blue, oh i'm blue

Why must i wear this robe of blue misery
Blue me, blue me

Ooh

This sad old feeling
Is breakin' me down
No satisfaction with these blues hangin' 'round
Lord, i'm blue
Oh, i'm so blue

Why can't i shake it tell me where will this end
When will i get out of this blue rut i'm in
Oh, i'm blue
Looks like the blues just took a liking to me
Blue me, blue me

Blue me, blue me
Blue is the color that fits best on me
Ooooh, i'm blue
I'm just as blue as can be
Blue me,
Blue me

Christmas without you
White christmas and i'm blue
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you
The fireplace keeps burning and my thoughts keep turning
The pages of memories of time spent with you
Old christmas songs we knew and used to make love to
Make it hard to get used to
Christmas without you

Christmas without you
White christmas and i'm blue
I love you i miss you
So sad but so true
Christmas without you
Like a mystery with no clues
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you

The sweetest gift i know would be if the new snow
Could fall on your footsteps on this christmas eve
The most joyous christmas if luck could be with us
Would be if saint nicholas brought you home to me

Christmas without you
White christmas and i'm blue
I love you i miss you i need you
So sad but so true
Like a mystery with no clues
Like fireworks with no fuse
Christmas without you

Repeat chorus

If you ask me if i'm happy
For i have peace within
If i'm worried about tomorrow
When i reach my journey's end
I'm satisfied with my jesus
When he knocks i let him in
He'll go with me through the valley
For i know he is my friend
Chorus:

Satisfied, satisfied
No trouble can ever get me down
When my eyes shall close in death
With my jesus i'll be at rest
Then you'll know i'm satisfied

When my friends all forsake me
When they turn me from their door
If they sow no seedsof kindness
Make the thorns in my path grow
It won't matter over yonder
When i reach the other side
I'm gonna sit down with my jesus
And then you'll know i'm satisfied

Repeat chorus

When my eyes shall close in death
With my jesus i'll be at rest
Then you'll know i'm satisfied

He's a go getter, go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
Now i've got a neighbor that lives down the road a ways
His wife holds down a steady job, he don't turn his hand all day
I know that most of you will know the kind i'm talkin' about
The kind that rather than have to work, he'd rather do without

But he's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her

There's a group of men in the court house yard any time that you go by
Playin' checkers and tradin' odds and makin' jokes about their wives
They wait all week for pay day and they hold the money's plenty
And the wife that's worked those long hard hours never gets a penny

But he's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
Yes he's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her
He's a go getter, a go getter
When his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her

Gonna tie our love in a double knot
'cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot
Woah, if we want to endure
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
While we're wrapped up in those ties that bind
I want to make sure we don't unwind

So we'll tie our love in a double knot
'cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot

'cause i've got my dreams, baby you got yours
Put it together, we got a whole lot more
'cause i ain't lookin' for just one night
No, i want to make it the rest of our lives

So lets tie our love in a double knot
'cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot

Woah, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Tie our love in a double knot
'cause these days love gets strained a lot
To give our hearts a double shot
Let's tie our love in a double knot

Tie our love in a double knot
Let's tie our love in a double knot

Repeat & fade:

Tie our love in a double knot

I couldn't wait forever
Did you expect me to
I guess you thought i'd never
Find somebody new
I lived on dreams and promises
As long as i could
I couldn't wait forever
The way you thought i would
The lonely nights grew longer
As i prayed for time to fly
I lived on hopes that you'd return
And that's how i got by
The agony of loneliness
Just got too much for me
I couldn't wait forever
Needing love so desperately

So i found new lips to kiss me
New arms to hold me tight
I found new love and happiness
To fill these empty nights
You took my love for granted
Now my heart has found a new home
I couldn't wait forever
Forever's just too long
I couldn't wait forever
Forever's just too long

I'm a drifter, a driftin' drifter
Got no place to call my home no more
I'm a wanderer, a wandering wanderer
Got no one to call my own no more
Got no strings to tie me down
Got no cause to hang around
What difference does it make which way i go
Got an empty feelin' down inside
Still i need to stay alive
And who can tell what waits beyond this road
I'm a drifter, a driftin' drifter
Got no one to call my own no more

Got no strings to tie me down
Got no cause to hang around
What difference does it make which way i go
Got an empty feelin' deep inside
Still i need to stay alive
Who can tell what waits beyond this road
I'm a drifter, a driftin' drifter
Got no one to call my own no more

Tag:

Got no place to call my home no more

1st verse:
Stay out of my bedroom
Don't be messin' up my pillows and sheets
With your powder and perfume
If you don't have some understanding of me
Don't be kncokin' on my door
I don't want you to play in my fantasies
Stay out of my bedroom
Baby, if you can't take the heat

Verse 2:

If you want it, come and get it, baby
Satisfaction guaranteed
I'm a pleaser, free and eager
I ain't never had as much fun as i need
Easy lovin', that's down my alley
I may be easy but, at least i'm cheap
Stay out of my bedroom, baby
Baby, if you can't take the heat

Chorus:
Stay out of
Stay out of
You're dealin' with some hot stuff
Baby, can you deal with the heat?

Bridge:

We might burn on forever, we might burn on tonight
Where there's smoke there is fire from the flames that i ignite
The heat is intense when the fire's blazin' high
Slavin' over all those red hot lovers at night

If you come to my bedroom the heart of the heat
I will pleasure your body in sheer ecstasy
I will touch you in places no one else ever reached
Till you won't remember anybody else but me

3rd verse :

If you want it come and get it
If it burns you don't come cryin' to me
Don't come knockin' on my door
Baby, if you can't take the heat
Don't be peepin' through my window
If you don't appreciate what you see
Stay out of my bedroom, baby
Baby, if you can't take the heat

Chorus:

Stay out of, stay out of
You're dealin' with some hot stuff
Baby, can you deal with the heat?
Stay out of my bedroom...
If you can't take it, stay out of my bedroom

Last night you called me barbara
As you lay fast asleep
And although i'm not barbara
You wanted me to be
You whispered words i haven't heard
In such a long, long time
Last night you said i love you
With barbara on your mind
Sometimes i find traces of her kisses on your skin
And strands of chestnut hair
That say you've been with her again
Little traces of her that it breaks my heart to find
Last night you called me darlin'
With barbara on your mind

With barbara on your mind
You held me in your arms so tight
And lying there so close to you
I cried until day light

And though you think that i don't know
I'm really not that blind
Last night you said i love you
With barbara on your mind
Last night you called me darlin'
With barbara on your mind

I know this dress i'm wearing doesn't hide the secret i have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me i wish that he would hurry down from dover
He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
And i have seen a spring and summer pass and now the leaves are turning brown
And any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause waiting's almost over
But i won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from dover

My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face
My mamma said i was a fool and she did not believe it when i told her
That everything would be all right 'cause soon he would be coming down from dover

I loved him more than anything and i could not refuse him when he needed me
He was the only one i'd loved and i just can't believe that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this i know it can't be so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll be coming down from dover

My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this place where i'm lyin'
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much too still i hear no cryin'
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming down from dover

She stands before the mirror
Smiles at her reflection
Striking sexy poses in the glass
She paints her lips a brilliant red
Piles her hair high on her head
Struggles to replace a false eyelash
She powders up her face
Paints her cheeks to match her lips
She wears a dress cut low in the front
Fittin?tight around her hips
And there inside her room
She stands and gazes at herself
Where beauty lives in memory
She lives in fairy tales

Chorus:

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the ties that bind
Because you're mine i walk the line
I find it very very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day's through
Yes i admit it, i am a fool for you
Because you're mine i walk the line

As sure as night is dark and day's light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness i've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine, i walk the line

You've got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that i can't hide
For you i know i'd even try to turn the tide
Because you're mine, i walk that line

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine, i walk the line

Because you're mine, i walk the line
Because you're mine, i walk the line

I'm gonna walk it
I'm gonna walk the line
I'm gonna walk it, walk it, walk it
I'm gonna walk that line

I'm gonna walk it because you're mine
I'm gonna walk it, walk it
I'm gonna walk the line
I'm gonna walk it, walk it
I'm gonna walk the line
I'm gonna walk it
I'm gonna walk the line

It's been one of those days
That reminded me in many ways
Of when we were happy, still in love
Just a certain way the wind blows
Just a certain way the sun glows
It's been one of those days that reminded me of us
And even though it's over i never will get over
These feelings that i get on certain days
And i know i'll always love you
And i'll always be thinkin' of you
In certain kinds of ways, on certain kinds of days
And today well, it's been one of those days

It's been one of those days and my heart feels so heavy
And my mind is so full of thoughts of you
It's been one of those days and i'd give my life to see you
And to once more know the love that we once knew

And even though it's over i never will get over
Oh these feelings that i get on certain days
I guess i know i'll always love you
And i'll always be thinkin' of you
In certain kinds of ways, on certain kinds of days
And today well, it's been one of, one of those days

It's been one of those days
That reminded me in many ways
Of when we were happy, still in love

I used to sit for hours as a kid
And dangle my feet from an old flat bridge
Seeing myself in the water below
Shatter my image with the rocks i'd throw
Shatter my image with the rocks i'd throw
Long time gone and a long time ago
When i shattered my image with the rocks i'd throw
The world is cruel and people are cold
Now they shatter my image with the rocks they throw
Shatter my image with the rocks they throw

I'm far from perfect but i ain't all bad
And it hurts me more than it makes me mad
We all do things that we don't want told
And we all throw stones that we shouldn't throw
You shatter my image with the rocks you throw

Long time gone and a long time ago
When i shattered my image with the rocks i'd throw
The world is cruel and people are cold
Now they shatter my image with the rocks they throw
Shatter my image with the rocks they throw

If you live in a glass house don't throw stones
Don't shatter my image 'til you look at your own
Look at your reflection in your house of glass
Don't open my closet if your own's full of trash
Stay out of my closet if your own's full of trash

Long time gone and a long time ago
When i shattered my image with the rocks i'd throw
The world is cruel and people are cold
Now they shatter my image with the rocks they throw
Shatter my image with the rocks they throw

Shatter my image with the rocks you throw
Don't shatter my image with the rocks you throw

Waiting for the train to come
I keep a'waiting for the train to come
Dreamin' of the river and the rising sun
I keep thinkin' 'bout the world to come
My life packed up in a suitcase
Old man staring from a doorway
My hope tarries in the distance
Love comes on the wheels of my deliverance

Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow

Waitin' for the train to come
I keep waitin' for the train to come
Keepin' my appointment with the one who lives
In the heart of everything that is

All night sleepin' in a station
My god, it's hard not to be impatient
I watch through the windows of forgiveness
I cry but my word's my only witness

Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow

Sometimes i feel i can't go on, i can't go on
I get so tired, all passion's gone
My heart, my head, my arms, my legs, i get so tired
Without the strength to crawl away
Then something breaks inside my soul, my strength is gone
That spirit's finally taking hold
My ears can hear, my eyes can see
Those clouds of joy still cover me, cover me, cover me

Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow
Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow

Oh-oh-oooh-oh where is, where is the river unbroken
Oh-oh-oooh-oh when will the whistle blow

Fade:

Waiting for the train to come
I keep waiting for the train to come...

Chorus:
A heartsong melody play like a symphony
The sweetest music i have ever known
A song of joy and pain
The mountain angels sing
A bittersweet refreign of my smokey mountain home, heartsong

Farmer's daughter if you will
And i often wonder still
In memories where i rammbled as a child
Makes me cry and makes me laugh
My reflections on the past
And the family, friends, and faith that shaped my life
Ragged clothes and hand-me-downs
Just enough to go around
But the sweetest things in life are always free
Like the songs the birds would sing
And the sweet new grass of spring
And the sacred blossoms on the dogwood tree

Repeat chorus

And i recall the thrill and joy
Of a smokey mountain boy
I remember my first kiss and my first love
And the songs i'd song and write
And the dreams i'd clutch so tight
And the loved ones that gave me that extra shove

And in that little house 'a prayer
Where i spent many hour
Prassin' god and liftin' up his name
And asking him to lead and to keep watch over me
As i headed up that rocky road to fame
And now this, smokey mountain girl has been all around the world
But it makes no difference just how far i roam
I still cling to that part that is so dear to my heart
My faith in god and memories of home

Repeat chorus

Gimme some straight talk, straight talk -- and hold the sugar please
Straight talk, straight talk -- sounds plenty sweet to me
Don't talk to me in circles in some mumbo-jumbo jive
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk and we're gonna be alright
'cause i like to know just where i stand, i don't like guessing games
And i hate a bunch of gibberish, so just spit it out real plain
Don't use big educated words from your bs degree
Straight talk, straight talk -- don't try b.s.-ing me

Straight talk, straight talk -- turn loose and let it go
You can tell me anything -- just like on oprah's show
Just tell me how you really feel, be on the up and up
With questions i can understand -- for answers you can trust

Pick up the 'phone, you're not alone -- we've all got something to say
So listen in and listen up -- we'll find a better way
With honesty and common sense, it's really hard to miss
Straight talk, straight talk -- just tellin' it like it is

Straight talk, straight talk -- there's nothing like the truth
Just tell me all your troubles -- pretend i'm donahue
So don't be shy, 'cause we can talk -- you know you've got a friend
Call me, call me -- for simple straight talkin'

What's cookin', america?

Straight talk, straight talk
Straight talk, straight talk

So some on let's talk turkey, just straight and to the point
About passions, about problems, about noses out of joint
Now i want you all to know i care and i do understand
And hey, thanks for lending me and ear out there in radioland

Give me some straight talk, straight talk -- don't sugar coat it please
Straight talk, straight talk -- sounds sweet enough to me
But don't talk to me in circles, in your mumbo-jumbo jive
Straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright
Straight talk, straight talk -- makes plenty sense to me
Don't talk to me in circles, in your mumbo-jumbo jive
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright
Gimme just straight talk, straight talk -- and we're gonna be alright

You never close your eyes anymore when i kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it, baby
But baby, baby i know it
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Whoa, that lovin' feeling
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, woah

Now there's no welcome look in your eyes when i reach for you
And now your're starting to critisize little things i do
It makes me just feel like crying, baby
'cause baby, something in you is dying

You lost that lovin' feeling
Whoa, that lovin' feeling
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone, woah

Baby, baby, i get down on my knees and pray to you
If you would only love me like you used to do
We had a love, a love, a love you don't find everyday
So don't, don't, don't, don't let it slip away

Bring back that lovin' feeling
Oh, that lovin' feeling
Bring back that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone
And i can't go on, woah

You've lost the lovin' feeling
Woah, that lovin' feeling
You've lost the lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone

Fade:

Bring back that lovin' feeling, bring it on back
Woah, that lovin' feeling
You've lost that lovin' feeling
Now it's gone, gone, gone

Everybody wants to find a love
Somebody, somebody who will always care
We get locked up in our own worlds
With feelings and secrets we're afraid to share
But all i have to do is see you smile
And maybe, just maybe if i brush your hand
Something happens i cannot explain
And somehow, oh somehow i can understand

I, i think you're gonna find
Gonna find you
Gonna find you
I'm reading your mind

I know you by heart
And you're so much a part of me
I know you by heart, yes i do
It's no wonder i can love you the way that i do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, i know you by heart

I know everytime you're gonna call
I pick up the phone before it ever rings
And when you need some lovin' i'll be there
Beside you anticipating everything

Oh it's like i always said
You're the one i want
All i want is you
I'm inside your head

I know you by heart
Girl, you're so much a part of me
I know you by heart, yes i do
It's no wonder i can love you the way that i do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, i know you by heart

It's no wonder i can love you the way that i do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, i know you by heart

I know you by heart
And you're so much a part of me
I know you by heart, i know you, i know you, i know you
It's no wonder i can love you the way that i do
I can finish any sentence you start
I know you, i know you by

Eve you wicked woman, you done put your curse on me
Why didn't you just leave that apple hangin' in the tree
You make us hate our husbands, our lovers and our boss
Why i can't even count the good friends i've already lost
Cause of pms blues, pms blues
I don't even like myself, but it's something i can't help
I got those god almighty, slap somebody pms blues
Most times i'm easy going, some say i'm good as gold
But when i'm pms i tell ya, i turn mean and cold
Those not afflicted with it are affected just the same
You poor old men didn't have to grin and say "i feel your pain"
Pms blues, pms blues
You know you must forgive us for we care not what we do
I got those can't stop crying, dishes flying pms blues

But you know we can't help it
We don't even know the cause
But as soon as this part's over, then comes the menopause
Oh, lord, oh, lord
We're going to always be a heap of fun
Like the devil taking over my body, suffering, suffering, suffering
Everybody's suffering, huh?

But a woman had to write this song, a man would be scared to
Lest he be called a chauvenist or just fall victim to
Those pms blues
You know we'd kill for less than that
Pms blues
You don't want to cross my path
Cause a pitbull ain't no match
For these teeth a clenchin', fluid retention
Head a swellin', can't stop yellin'
Got no patience, i'm so hateful
Pms blues, premenstrual syndrome
Got those moods a swingin', tears a slingin'
Nothin' fits me when it hits me
Rantin', ravin', misbehavin'
Pms blues

It's the only time in my life i ever think about wishing i'd been a man
But you know that only means one thing
If i'd have been a man, i'd be somewhere right this very minute
With some old cranky, naggin', raggin' hateful woman
With those old pms blues
Pms blues
I don't want to talk about it, we both could do without it
Got those treat your kids bad, don't you talk back
Gone ballistic, unrealistic
Awful lowdown, bitch to be around
Pms blues

Precious memories, unseen angels
Sent from somewhere to my soul
How they linger ever near me
And the sacred scenes unfold
Precious father, loving mother
Fly across the lonely years
And those old home scenes of my childhood
In fond memory appear

Chorus:

Precious memories
How they linger
How they ever flood my soul
Then, the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold

Repeat chorus

Tag:

Precious memories

Well what do you think about loving baby
(it's alright)
Well what do you think about loving baby
(it's alright)
I said what do you think about loving baby
(it's alright)
In the morning in the evening yeah and a
In the night
Wo-oh wo-oh

Well it's alright in the morning
To start today out right
And it's alright in the evening
To have somebody to hold you tight
And it's alright in the nighttime
Especially in the night
Baby any time any way
Loving's just alright
Wo-oh wo-oh

Well loving loving loving
Wo-oh wo-oh

Well what do you think about hugging baby
(it's alright)
Well what do you think about kissing baby
(it's alright)
Just what do you think about loving baby
(it's alright)
In the morning in the evening yeah and a
In the night
Wo-oh wo-oh

And it's alright in the morning
To start today out right
And it's alright in the evening
To have somebody to hold you tight
And it's alright in the nighttime
Especially in the night
Baby any time any way
Loving's just alright
Wo-oh wo-oh

Well loving loving loving
Wo-oh alright
Wo-oh alright
Wo-oh alright

Hello, i don't know me from adam, you don't know me from eve
I just came here tonight 'cause i was lonely
You're no elvis presley, i'm no marilyn monroe
But i do think you're sexy, just thought i'd tell you so
Hey could i have your autograph
Your name and your number on a small photograph
I'd like to know you and what you're all about
Hey could i have your autograph

I've had my eyes on you and you're worth lookin' at
Could i ask you out or should a lady do that
You may not be famous but you look like a star
You should be in movies as cute as you are

Hey could i have your autograph
Your name and your number on a small photograph
Could i interest you in a romance perhaps
Hey could i have your autograph

Got my heart in my hands and my head in the clouds
And you're everything every girl dreams about
And being with you would be heaven no doubt
What i wouldn't do for your autograph

Oh could i have your autograph
Oh could i have your autograph

Hey could i have your autograph
I like your body could i help you work it out
Maybe moving to the music playing on the phonograph
Hey could i have your autograph

Oh could i have your autograph
You know you're just the kind to makes a woman real proud
Would you take a chance on a girl from the south
Could i have your autograph

My train of thought was broken by a sudden burst of laughter
Something badly needed to brighten up the chores
Seemed old mrs. bailey had accidentally fell
In the water being used to scrub the floors
Now mrs. bailey was the meanest matron at the home
She believed in lots of work with little play
And we laughed till we bent double
Though we knew we'd get in trouble
But trouble's all we had at evening shade
Now evening shade was where they claim to teach you understanding
To teach you love and keep you off the streets
And all the kids that live here are said to be a problem
Juvenile delinquents so to speak

But understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger
An iron has no gentle touch and love ain't learned from hate
The reason we were here is 'cause we had no one who cared
But they cared even less at evening shade

Little susan bradley, one night had wet her bed
Mrs. bailey took the razor strap and beat her half to death
And i knew that something must be done to put an end to this
And so i started talking plans with the older kids

Plans were that joe johnson would steal the kerosene
And i would get some matches when nobody seen
Beckie adams would make sure the kids were all outside
Billy watson would look out for the evil eye

Now mrs. bailey took a nap at three o'clock each day
We knew that she'd be a'sleeping as the plans got underway
Now that its all over and the sun is going down
There's no evening shade 'cause we burned it to the ground

Stand back, and give me room
And listen to that beat
I got the music in my soul
And the rhythm in my feet
When i hear the music,
You won't catch me standing still
And i won't miss a beat
I never have and i never will
And you thought i couldn't dance
And you thought i couldn't dance

I can dance to anything
That any band can play
I've got old-fashioned values
But i'm pretty up to date
And i know all the latest hits
On the radio
You don't have to join me
Stand back and watch my show

And you thought i couldn't dance
And you thought i couldn't dance

Thought i couldn't dance
Hey, watch me prance
Let's make romance
Thought i couldn't dance
You gotta take a chance
If you're gonna learn to dance
And you thought i couldn't dance
And you thought i couldn't dance

There's a lot of closet dancers
Just dyin' to come out
They dance alone inside their rooms
With the music way up loud
And i know you thought i couldn't dance
But i guess i sure fooled you
It just goes to show you never know
Who's wearing dancin' shoes

And you thought i couldn't dance
I'm full of surprises
And you thought i couldn't dance

It's too late now
I can't slow down...can't slow down

Oh, feel the heat
From these dancin' feet... can't slow down

And you thought i couldn't dance
And you thought i couldn't dance

Repeat...

You lied to me
I can't believe
That i've been such a fool
I thought this time
I might find
Someone who would play by the rules
My mind said no
But my heart said go
And again i've made the wrong turn
Now here i stand
My heart in your hands...
And i've gone from burning to burned

Ah, you'd think by now
I'd know how
To keep this heart of mine safe
It goes to show
You just never know
Who can you trust these days

How could i make
The same mistake
But as far as i'm concerned
Got myself to blame
Got to close to the flame
Now i've gone from burning to burned

Everyone knows
The old saying goes
That a fool in love
Never learns
But i guess i forgot
'cause the fire was too hot...
Now i've gone from burning to burned

Oh i guess i forgot
'cause the fire was too hot...
Now i've gone from burning to burned

There are those who'd love to love me
Take me home and take care of me
Treat me just the way you never do
But i'm here on your door step
Something i can't seem to help
Like a fool, i'm holdin' on to you
Chorus:

Oh, you don't love me, you don't love me
You place everything above me
Like a fool, i'm holdin' on to you
You don't want me, you don't want me
You just hurt and disappoint me
Like a fool, i'm holding on to, ooh, ooh
Like a fool, i'm holding on to you

What is this spell that's on me
Make me think you own me
Why do i keep holding on to you
I just can't shake the feeling
I only know it's real
And i keep holding, holding, holding on to you

Repeat chorus

Of all the roads i've traveled and all the sights i've seen
The most amazing thing is the power of our dreams
And anything is possible for those who can believe
Just get your heart to rearrange its priorities
For us to make love work
We've got to try a little harder
And for love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work

It takes faith in one another to see things eye to eye
And it's hard to trust but you know it's worth the try
There's a candle in my window and whenever you feel blue
You can bet your bottom dollar i'll be there for you

For us to make love work
We've got to try a little bit harder
And for love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work

Oh i do believe in miracles
But i know they don't come easy
So why don't we give destiny
A helping hand

For us to make love work
We've got to try a little bit harder
And for love to work we gotta hold on
A human heart is just too precious
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work

Life is just too beautiful
To spend it feeling hurt
Let's start to take the chance to make love work

I've been waiting for so long
For someone who's as wonderful as you
Someone who's kind and always cares
And baby you're the answer to my prayers
You appear and i'm brand new
I love it, hey, i love it 'cause it's you
And for all the sweet things that you do
You got a little present comin' you
You pick me up
You keep me high up in the sky
Honey, yes you, you fill my cup
You keep a shiny and twinkling light in my eye

I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you, for you mister right
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you mister right

All those worries back in town
Forget them 'cause they're nowhere to be found
All you find right here is love
And baby you are what i' ve been dreamin' of
Close the door and feel the fire
I'll love you, hey, i'll love you to the wire
And for the wonders you inspire
You got a little present comin' you

You pick me up
You keep me high up in the sky
Honey, yes you, you fill my cup
You keep a shiny and twinkling light in my eye

I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you, for you mister right
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you mister right

Let's say hello a special way
Lovers who love and love to play
You have been all that i can think about
There's never a doubt it's you
And you alone that turns me on
Anticipation now is gone
And we're alone
So just get comfy and, oh yeah, unplug the phone

I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you, for you mister right
I've been savin' it for you
All my love, all my love, all my lovin' for tonight
I've been savin' it for you
For you, for you mister right

Savin' it for you
I've been savin' it, savin' it, savin' it for you
Savin' it for you
Been savin' it for you mister right

He wanted more from like
Than four kids and a wife
And a job in the dark kentucky mines
A twenty-acre farm
With a shacky house and barn
That's all he had
And all he left behind
At gambling he was lucky
So he left kentucky
Left behind his woman and his kids
Into the gay casino
In nevada's town of reno
Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick

Kentucky gambler, who's gonna love your woman in kentucky
Who's gonna be the one to give her what she needs
Kentucky gambler, who's gonna raise your children in kentucky
Who's gonna keep them fed and keep shoes on their feet

At the gamblers' paradise
Lady luck was on his side
Kentucky gambler played his cards just right
He won at everything he played
Kentucky gambler had it made
And he should have quit and gone on home that night

But when you love the greenback dollar
Sorrow's always bound to follow
Reno dreams fade into neon amber
And lady luck, she'll leave you on
She'll saty awhile, and then she's gone
You'd better go on home kentucky gambler

But a gambler never seems to stop
Til he loses all he's got
And so, kentucky gambler, he played on
He played til he lost all he won
He was right back where he started from
Then he started wanting to go home

Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody waiting in kentucky
When you walked out, somebody else walked in
Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky
Seems to me a gambler looses much more than he wins

So you think about it
Kentucky gambler

Well i remember when i was just little
Mama used to cook on an old black kettle
On an old wood stove she'd had since she was wed
Well the oven door was sprung a little bit
So we propped it up with a forked stick
But that didn't matter cause mama kept us fed
My mama and daddy must have loved each other
Cause i had eleven sisters and brothers
And the girls worked just as hard as the boys did
There was corn to hoe then we'd go hoe it
We might have been poor but we didn't know it
We'd heard that word but we didn't know what it meant
Oh we used to have such a good life
And the days that i knew then are the happiest i've known
And oh didn't we have such a good time
It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone

Well there was nothing that pleased us any better
Than when we got an occasional letter
From kin folks livin' up north in some big town
We'd think of all the games we'd play
And we just couldn't hardly wait
When our city cousins said they'ze a comin' down
Now mama's done away with the old black kettle
She used to cook in when i was just little
And the door ain't sprung on her electric range
That little farm and home we had
It ain't there no more and that's too bad
Folks are doin' away with the simple things

And oh we used to have such a good life
And the days that i knew then are the happiest i've known
And oh didn't we have such a good time
It's sad to think the old black kettle's gone

Now, i just mean to say the simple things are gone
The old black kettle's gone

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling thru this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world yo which i go
I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to ram
I'm only going over jordan
I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where god's redeedmed their vigils keep

I'm going there to my mother
She said she'd meet me when i come
I'm only going over jordan
I'm only going over me

You've made this a christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of december
Strangers meet and they willingly surrender
Oh! what a christmas to remember
Almost went to aspen but something told me no
I considered mammoth but there wasn't enough snow
And i even thought of gatlinburg but that seemed so far to go
So i headed up to tahoe for a christmas on the slopes

And i had fantasized about christmas in this way
Curled up by a fireplace in a tahoe ski chalet
With a fast talking lover and some slow burning wood
But even in my wildest dreams it never got this good and

You've made this a christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of december
Change the radio and i'll turn the lights down dimmer
Oh! what a christmas to remember

Strangers when we met, lovers as we leave
Christmas to remember, too good to believe
Don't know how or when, but i know we'll meet again
We'll come blowin' back to somewhere like some wild restless winter's wind

And you've made this a christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of december
Neath the mistletoe you kissed me warm and tender
Oh! what a christmas to remember

We loved and laughed and played and joked
Sang christmas songs and talked to folks
Sleighed the fields and skied the slopes
Then to the lodge for dinner
But now it's time for us to go
As our hearts melt like chimney snow
There's just one thing i want to know
Can we do this next winter
Oh! what a christmas to remember

You've made this a christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of december
Though the fire is hot, we'll just have to let it simmer
Oh! what a christmas to remember

You've made this a christmas to remember
Springtime feelin's in the middle of december
Though it's cold outside we'll just stroke the burning embers
Oh! what a christmas to remember

Oh-oh, yes i

Oh dear i'm so tired and so lonesome
I wonder why mommy don't come
She told me to shut up my blue eyes
And before i woke up she'd be home

She said she was going to see grandma
Who lives by the river so wide
And i guess my mommy's feeling bad
And perhaps she won't be home tonight

So i guess i'll go down and meet daddy
Perhaps he has stopped at the store
It's a great big store full of bottles
And i wish he wouldn't go there anymore

So out in the night with the baby
Her little heart beating with pride
'til her tired feet entered the gin palace
With music all radiant with light

Oh daddy she cried as she reached him
I think that the music's so sweet
But it's almost suppertime daddy
Little blossom wants something to eat

A moment his blurred eyes gazed wildly
Down into her face sweet and fair
And as the demon possessed him
He grasped at the back of a chair

A moment a second was over
He lifted her fair golden head
A moment the baby's left trembled
Then poor little blossom was dead

In a shingle covered cottage at the foothills of blue stacks
Near a mountain stream that's flowing crystal clear
Where the humming birds and honey bees feed on mama's roses
My mem'ries just grow sweeter with the years
Mem'ries of my childhood are as sweet as mountain honey
And as fresh as a dew on morning glory vines
I grew up surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature
And they're forever present in my mind

But i'm headed in the wrong direction home
Headed in the wrong direction home
There's no place like home
But i'm headed in the wrong direction home

Teardrops mingled with the summer rain that was a falling
The day i left my mountain home behind
With a suitcase in my hand and a hope in my heart
I was following a dream i had to find

In that shingled covered cottage at the foothills of the smokies
Waits a family hat i'm longing to see
And mountain streams and fields of green
And rolling hills stay in my dreams
But i'm many, many miles from tennessee

And still headed in the wrong direction home
Headed in the wrong direction home
But maybe i'll get back before too long
But i'm headed in the wrong direction home

Mama didn't always have those tears in her eyes
And daddy once was able to hold his head up high
But now i brought disgrace to my whole family
Now they cry, but i'm not worth
The tears they cry for me
I loved a boy and then i found that he just lead me on
So in my hurt and bitterness
I let myself go alone
But all i did was hurt myself
And shame my family
And now they cry but i'm not worth
The tears they cry for me

No i'm not worth
The salt in one tiny tear
Oh why have i brought shame
To the one i loved so dear
I'm so sorry that i hurt them
But they'll never know how sorry
And now they cry but i'm not worth
The tears they cry for me
Yes now they cry, but i'm not worth
The tears they cry for me

Yes, you're known by the company you keep
You say you're doin' nothing wrong
I don't believe you are
I'm only trying to help you sis
Before you go too far
Cause i think you're an angel
But folks think that you're cheap
Cause you're known by the company you keep

Please listen to your big sister
I feel i know what's best for you
I feel that i must warn you sis
That's the least that i could do
I'm not accusing you of anything
I know it's fun you see
But you're known by the company you keep

The company you keep keeps you out too long
Mom and dad don't go to sleep until you get home
Sis, you're gettin' in too deep
You'd better look before you leave
Cause you're known by the company you keep

Sis, you're gettin' in too deep
The road of life is steep
And you're known by the company you keep

He lived by the apple orchard in this little orchard shack
His real name was jackson taylor but i called him applejack
Now old applejack was loved by everyone he ever knew
Applejack picked apples but he picked the banjo too
Chorus:

Play a song for me applejack, applejack
Play a song for me and i'll sing
Play a song for me applejack, applejack
Play a song, let your banjo ring

Now i'd go down to applejack's almost everyday
We'd sit and we'd drink applejack that old applejack had made
Then he'd take his banjo down then he'd ask me if i'd sing
And he would play the banjo and i'd play my tambourine

Repeat chorus

That's when i was just a kid and now that i am grown
All i have are memories, old applejack is gone
Oh but he left me his banjo and it always takes me back
And everytime i play it i still hear applejack

Repeat chorus 3 times

Spotlight's on, it's shining bright
And i like standin' in it
It's only superficial light
But i don't want to end it
It's warmth and glow has taken hold
And i'm caught uup in it's shine
A cinderella fairy tale
I want to claim as mine
Fancy clothes, a magic coach
And happy ever after
Like something from a story book
The cinderella chapter
But when the clock strikes midnight
And i lie awake in bed
Things my daddy told me
Keep running through my head

You gotta walk the straight and narrow
And to thine own self be true
Gotta aim straight as an arrow
All eyes are up on you
But sometimes it feels so good
That i can almost justify
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie

Is it wrong for me to want
The sweeter grass that's greener?
To chase the all-american dream
I've always been a dreamer
At the top and still i've got
A heavy heart inside
I keep remembering
Things my daddy told me as a child

You gotta walk the striaght and narrow
Gotta hold fast to the right
Gotta aim straight as an arrow
Walk onward toward the light
Oh, but when i'm out there in it
I think i might get by
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
But i don't feel right livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie

All the fame and fortune
Glory and prestige
Can't make me happy if it goes
Against what i believe
And i've sacrificed my honor
My values and my pride
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie -- livin' a lie
Livin' a lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, i don't feel right

You never send me flowers
Or ever buy me candy
You never bring me pretty things
When you come to see me
And you forgot my birthday
Oh i wish you could see
How i miss
The little things
That you don't do for me

You never say that i look nice
Or that you're proud of me
You overlook
The little things
That you should see

These little things are big enough to hurt
But too small to make me want to leave
But i do miss
The little things
That you don't do for me

Now how can i miss flowers
That never reach my door
How can i taste candy
That's still at the candy store

These little things mean a lot to me
To you they may be silly
But i do miss
The little things
That you don't do for me
Yes i miss
The little things
That you don't do for me

I keep on a' givin'
And i took all the takin'
I gave all my love to you
And i took all your hurt
I treated you so good
But you treated me like dirt
They say love is give and take
Now my poor heart is breakin'
I keep on a' givin'
And i took all the takin'
I always gave you everything
That i knew how to give i would for you
I treated you too good for my own good
Now i'm along and left forsaken
I keep on a' givin'
And took all the takin'
The giving and the takin'
Has caused my heart to break
I've given all that i can give
And i have taken all that i can take

The giving and the takin'
Has caused my heart to break
I've given all that i can give
And i have takin' all that i can take