Vintage Gill/All American Country

Well it's rainin' down in Houston
And I got holes in both my shoes
Baby's put me on the street
She says "I'm through with you"

She thinks I'm gonna miss her
Someone tell her that she's wrong
I'm goin' back to Oklahoma, boys
'Cause that's where I belong

I need one good ride
I'll be satisfied
Come on Oklahoma borderline
If we roll all night
She'll be comin' into sight
Come on Oklahoma borderline

Well now I don't need no Texas girl
Doggin' me around
I may be a Okie, son
But I've still been to town

Well those Oklahoma city girls
They always treat you right
Well tell mama that I'm comin' home (not sure of this line...)
And I'm leavin' out tonight

I need one good ride
I'll be satisfied
Come on Oklahoma borderline
If we roll all night
She'll be comin' into sight
Come on Oklahoma borderline

So with two bucks in my pocket
And my thumb stuck in the wind
When I cross Red River, boys
I won't be back again

Give me old back roads and truck stops
And 18 wheels that whine
And some good ol' boy to take me
To that Oklahoma line

I need one good ride
I'll be satisfied
Come on Oklahoma borderline
If we roll all night
She'll be comin' into sight
Come on Oklahoma borderline

I caught one good ride
She's comin' into sight
Hello Oklahoma borderline

Do you ever think of me
When you lay your head down
Do you ever think of me
When he ain't around

Do you ever wonder why
Our love couldn't be
Ever since you said goodbye
Do you ever think of me

[Chorus]
Savannah
The memory just won't fade
Savannah
I sure wish you'd stayed with me
Savannah

Do you ever see my face
In your new lover's eyes
Has my memory been erased
Am I out of your life

I still remember our first night
We made love so tenderly
So when he doesn't hold you right
Do you ever think of me

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If he ever lets you down
Happiness just can't be found
I'll still be here hangin' 'round
Savannah

Savannah
(Do you ever think of me)
Savannah
(Do you ever think of me)

There's a long white line stretching out on the road ahead
There ain't one magazine that I ain't read
Haven't seen you in weeks but I hear you on the radio
Singing soft and low

We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio on

Never seems to be time for me and you
That's a price you pay for the life you choose
Tonight's the loneliest night I've ever known
Just goes on and on

We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio on

It does my heart good to see you shine
So I'll just keep on counting these white lines
Haven't seen you in weeks but I hear you on the radio
Calling me back home

We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio on

We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio on

We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio

No other lover ever really cared
When I've reached out for you, you've always been there
Now I'm so far away and baby I'm scared
I never knew lonely till you

You are my rock and the strength I need
To keep me sane in this life that I lead
Now I'm not with you and my broken heart bleeds
I never knew lonely till you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like I love you
I never knew lonely till you

I can't make up for the times I've been gone
But I'll prove I love you in the words of this song
Back in your arms, girl it's where I belong
I never knew lonely till you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like I love you
And I never knew lonely till you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like I love you
And I never knew lonely till you

It's 6:05 on Sunday mornin'
And I was supposed to've left for Memphis late last night
But I stopped at one of them old highway places
And 'cause I did I'll sleep in Tarren County Jail tonight

Well I started out tonight with good intentions
But I ended up gettin' sidways drinkin' wine
Well the last thing I remember we was rollin'
And something hit my head and knocked me from my conscious mind

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And I'm a victim of life's circumstances
Well I was raised around bar rooms and Friday night dances
Singin' them old country songs
And half the time ending up some place I don't belong

I said, "Jailer, hey, what y'all got me charged with?"
Well he looked at me and halfway closed one eye
Well he said, "To mean to say you don't remember
Cuttin' up some fool with that bone handled knife?"

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A little girl was crying for her mama and her daddy
She couldn't understand why they were gone
She never knew the danger of talking to a stranger
Now the girl can't find her way back home

A little boy went walking down to the corner market
To buy a loaf of bread and an ice cream cone
He never knew the danger of talking to a stranger
Now the boy can't find the way back home

Too many kids are missing, is anybody listening?
Won't you be the children's eyes they're all alone

The hardest part's not knowing
Where they are or where they're going
Won't you help the children find
The way back home

The faces on milk cartons thrown away and soon forgotten
What if one of those sweet kids was your very own
Tonight those kids are weeping while yours are safely sleeping
Won't you help the children find the way back home

Too many kids are missing, is anybody listening?
Won't you be the children's eyes they're all alone

The hardest part's not knowing
Where they are or where they're going
Won't you help the children find
The way back home
Won't you help the children find
The way back home

What if I say I love you
Would it mean as much as it used to
Could it help the hurt that we're putting us through
What if I said goodbye

What if tomorrow you wake up
And I'm not around what you break up
Would you take one towards me to make up
What if I said goodbye

What would you do if I did what I should have done long ago
Is there someone you'd turn to as soon as I left
Someone you already know

What if I say I love you
Would you want to make up like I do
Could we possibly salvage the dreams we knew
What if I said goodbye

What would you do if I did what I should have done long ago
Is there someone you'd turn to as soon as I left
Someone you already know

What if I say I love you
Would it mean as much as used to
Could it help the hurt that we're putting us through
What if I said goodbye

Now I ain't the best lookin' guy in the world
And I ain't got much money at all
But when our eyes met, I'll never forget
And for you I could easily fall

[Chorus]
So why don't we just keep on dancin'
While the band sings an old country song
Well I won't be depressed
If I ain't the best
But will I do 'til the best comes along

I ain't got a mansion on some mountain top
And I ain't got no long limousine
But I've got a heart as warm as the sun
And could love you like you've never seen

[Chorus]

No, I won't be depressed
If I ain't the best
But will I do 'til the best comes along

If she'd only knew what I was thinking
If she'd only knew what was in my head
Why can't she see my heart is breaking
She'd be mine if it weren't for him.

So many times I dreamed I had her
I call her name when I lay down
Still I can't learn to live without
Her jealous heart is all I found.

See your face would be my destiny
Now I won't take what you can give to me
This lonely place is all I hope to find
If it weren't for him then you'd be mine.

If he'd only knew what I was thinking
If he'd only knew what was in my head
Why can't he see my heart is breaking
He'd be mine if it weren't for him.

You'd be mine if it weren't for him