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(june carter, merle kilgore)

Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by a wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire

Chorus:
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames climbed higher
And it burned, burned, burned the ring of fire
The ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Ooh, but the fire went wild

Chorus:
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames climbed higher
And it burned, burned, burned the ring of fire
The ring of fire

Repeat chorus

(d. yoakam)

Hey look yonder, henry, comes the sheriff
And he's carrying a warrant in his hand
Don't you run, poor old henry, for he'll shoot you
Not long will you be a free man

Chorus:
Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you

Tried to warn you, henry, not to cross her
Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways
When you turned and left her for another
She swore, henry, that she'd make you pay

Chorus:
Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you

Listen well, all you young rounders
Heed the lesson poor old henry never learned
That even hell with all its fiery power
Hath no fury like a woman's scorn

Chorus:
Now twenty years you must spend behind steel bars
For a crime that you did not do
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you

Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
Has proved to be the ruin of you

(d. yoakam)

Miner's prayer is dedicated to the memory of luther tibbs.
A kentucky coal miner for 40 years, and my grandpa.

When the whistle blows each morning
And i walk down in that cold, dark mine
I say a prayer to my dear savior
Please let me see the sunshine one more time

Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will i lay these burdens down
And when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

I still grieve for my poor brother
And i still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
He'd lost his life down in the big shoal mine

Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will i lay these burdens down
And when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

I have no shame, i feel no sorrow
If on this earth not much i own
I have the love of my sweet children
An old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe

Chorus:
When oh when will it be over
When will i lay these burdens down
And when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

Yeah, when i die, dear lord in heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

(d. yoakam)

Chorus:
Bury me along the big sandy
Down in the blue gray mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble

Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
Just bury me along the big sandy
Under a blue kentucky sky

This old town of sin, it's about to do me in
I don't know how much i can stand
With my knees on the street and my heart at their feet
I'm forced to beg from satan's hand

Chorus:
So bury me along the big sandy
Down in the blue gray mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble

Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
Just bury me along the big sandy
Under a blue kentucky sky

When i came to this land i was strong and i could stand
But now i've somehow gone astray
Yet i still see the truth in the teachings of my youth
And i know that the lord ain't turned away

Chorus:
So bury me along the big sandy
Down in the blue gray mountains
Rest my soul in those hills of coal
Until this old earth does tremble

Now don't you mourn for me when my soul is free
Woman don't you cry
Just bury me along the big sandy
Under a blue kentucky sky
Under a blue kentucky sky

(d. yoakam)

Chorus:
F you ever get south of cincinnati down where the dogwood trees grow
If you ever get south of the mason dixon to the home you left so long ago
If you ever get south of the ohio river down where dixieland begins
If you ever get south of cincinnati i'll be yours again

She pulled the letter from the pages of her bible
And a rose pressed inside the book of luke
For fourteen years she'd write each day but keep it hidden
Refused to even speak his name, but still she wrote

Chorus:
If you ever get south of cincinnati down where the dogwood trees grow
If you ever get south of the mason dixon to the home you left so long ago
If you ever get south of the ohio river down where dixieland begins
If you ever get south of cincinnati i'll be yours again

At a cold gray apartment in chicago
A cigarette drowns inside a glass of gin
He lies there drunk, but it don't matter drunk or sober
He'll never read the words that pride won't let her send

Chorus:
If you ever get south of cincinnati down where the dogwood trees grow
If you ever get south of the mason dixon to the home you left so long ago
If you ever get south of the ohio river down where dixieland begins
If you ever get south of cincinnati i'll be yours again
Then i'll be yours again