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He is from the work of a Southern writer
Where everyman's a fighter Where the strong survive And the weak move north to rest He had lines of silver and hands that delivered Me down the river To drift away alone I will never understand the heart of a lonely man And why my own wheels are gonna carry me Far from his gentle hands Baby, I can't come home I've been away now just too damn long Oh, and I can't love wrong No I can't love wrong late night when the bars are empty And my liquor's been plenty And the fiction read Rests heavy on my tongue I miss the sound of his dreaming I can't believe I am leaving All that I ever wanted Because I can't love wrong |
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Well, it's harvest time out on this Amarillo highway
Daydreamin' the South of France I could whistle you out waltzin' there Would you still say you can't? Heart of a miner here takin' her last chance Heart of a miner, kept her feelings buried deep Heart of a miner, could there be something she needs? Just a treasure that could hold her That's not fool's gold What could the miner do when her heart was made of crystal? She used to keep it on the shelf Now she dreams of you high up in your mountains It was that treasure that you held Look at this lonely miner here who finally fell Heart of a miner, kept her feelings buried deep Heart of a miner, could there be something she needs? Just a treasure that could hold her That's not fool's gold Tell me he's not fool's gold It's still harvest time out on this Amarillo highway Just a lonely miner still a thousand miles from home |
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An urban light hit's a bartender's smile
'Cause it's closin' time again Last call rang out such a long time ago In the heart of Julie Anne Now she waits inside this midnight glow to steal her dance of grace White satin gloves on her hands these days to cover the dancer's age The wintertime's so sweet Even wino's have their needs They pretend that she is younger when they are lonely The bar room floor's her home When the light's are low they'll call for more How it hurt's to hear them say she is only old Julie Anne Men don't fear the well's of time for the years will bring them something (something) While the women count their wrinkles and the children in their homes But if I'm blinded here tomorrow I am blessed in the beauty of chance To remember the hands of a bird in flight In the dance of Julie Anne The wintertime's so sweet Even wino's have their needs They pretend that she is younger when they are lonely The bar room floor's her home When the light's are low they'll call for more How it hurt's to hear them say she is only old Julie Anne Oh Julie Anne Don't go to sleep Just pick your heart up off that wino's knee And let the whiskey be your lover who makes the winter sweet and warms a dancer's feet |
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So much silence to my hometown streets
Gonna put my cheek to the window and watch it sleep Where the shadow's fall from sycamore trees Fight off this north wind and I'll be headin' back east Let the Colorado River roll on the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I don't know why I always come here in my dreams It's the hardest to hold but it's the easiest to find If you'll slip for the dollar I'll fall in the wine But you cannot save your past for today It will leave you cold on an outbound train Let the Colorado River roll on the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I don't know why I always come here in my dreams Folded memories in my soul It's that old blue line that you can never go back home So I'm waiting for the moon to rise He'll kiss my tears away and set my heart in line Let the Colorado River roll on the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I don't know why I always come here in my dreams Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I only come here to remember my dreams Sleep tight Hill Country town Goodnight |
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I'm gonna open up the window and let in October
And roll up my sleeves in the rain Roll out on the freeway with a heart a little harder Breezes gettin' cooler by the day 5 a.m. travelers, bleary eyed and lonely We're all countin' miles and tradin' lanes But if I stopped to call you What would I say? Hell, I know I'd feel the same I can open up the window and let in October Roll up my sleeves in the rain Gonna tie up the pieces and sleep out in the country Where the phone don't ring my dues to pay And the echoes of your city No longer call my name I said I wasn't happy anyway The ghosts in the closet You need to drive away Ain't gonna take this pride I've saved I can open the window and let in October And roll up my sleeves in the rain Ain't it gonna be hard when you realize You're still the same old fool inside I ain't gonna let your blues take the prize So honey open up the window and let in October You may never love quite the same And it's yesterday's mornin's Lord they'll always remain |
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He took a plane to New York City
To chase his fortune on the Wall Street plan Now he is stranded in Manhattan Yet the Southeast Texas coast still calls his name He said come on wheels, give up a ticket Hello thunder, won't you roll him home Oh a needle and thread could mend his heartache Old moon give way to the day and hand him the sun There is no shelter for the lonely And the Northeast women speak of a different tongue There are days he cries so loudly That the southern rain blows north to ease his heart He said come on wheels, give up a ticket Hello thunder, won't you roll him home Oh a needle and thread could mend his heartache Old moon give way to the day and hand him the sun There is no shelter for the lonely And the Northeast women speak of a different tongue There are days he cries so loudly That the southern rain blows north to ease his heart Northern harbor take care of my blue boy Let your city give him warmth for his hands He will be happy, his heart won't long for His home on the Southeast Texas coast again He said come on wheels, give up a ticket Hello thunder, won't you roll him home Oh a needle and thread could mend his heartache Old moon give way to the day and hand him the sun There is no shelter for the lonely And the Northeast women speak of a different tongue There are days he cries so loudly That the southern rain blows north to ease his heart |
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It's a southern road west of New Orleans
I'm fightin' off a cold from these winter rounds Houston She's just around the corner But I think I'll stop off here in Lafayette Lord and have me another round I've been workin' in corners all alone at night Pullin' down whiskey Keepin' my eyes away from the lights I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly I've never let go of love till I lost it in my dreams I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream I'm stronger now, there was a man in my hometown He sang so pretty I'm glad he turned my head around But I'd forgotten how to play a one night stand Lord I didn't have a word to say Just holdin' that stranger's hand I've been workin' in corners all alone at night Pullin' down whiskey Keepin' my eyes away from the lights I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly I've never let go of love till I lost it in my dreams I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream These city streets at five in the mornin' I would've stopped to phone you but I'm almost home At my back door there's a porch light that's shinin' I just don't mind livin' here by myself If I leave it on I've been workin' in corners all alone at night Pullin' down whiskey Keepin' my eyes away from the lights I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly I've never let go of love till I lost it in my dreams I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream Don't want to go to sleep You know I sure can dream And I sure can dream Sure can dream |
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She's just a hill country girl home from the city
Her pocket's full of plenty of those neon lights And her mother's smile shines on her youngest child Though she is just a barroom singer with her father's eyes The city streets are harder understandin' It would be easy for the devil to pass by But she can close her eyes and dream about the country boy Chain of gold and a lullaby Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight It's a harvest moon when she's home to count her blessings She's saved that love from passing Though it's now ten years gone by He is buried in these hills, folded all around her It still's a heart of hunger with his memories inside The city streets are harder understandin' It would be easy for the devil to pass by But she can close her eyes and dream about the country boy Chain of gold and a lullaby Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight In the mornin' she'll move on 'cause it's April on the wing It put's feathers on her strings and her voice will fly But that necklace of gold She wears of his protects her soul From the barroom brawls and the late night drinkers When the devil's passin' by The city streets are harder understandin' It would be easy for the devil to pass by But she can close her eyes and dream about the country boy Chain of gold and a lullaby Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight They will be waltzin' with the angels tonight |
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I worked hard for that rose
You may have it when you go 'Cause it's the dreaming it lends worth holding here And when the outbound lane brings me trouble again if my heart's in the wind I wanna hold it near Don't say no, it's not part of this show When the lights were down low Your eyes were closing too Now the bar is closing I can leave here knowing That the dreams are still growing As long as you're holding that rose My pockets are clean Though they're empty half the time I spend my half times in dreamin' Least I ain't wastin' lines And the boys that I know, Lord their questions get old 'Cause it's the boys who ask questions & the Man who knows Don't say no, it's not part of this show When the lights were down low Your eyes were closing too Now the bar is closing I can leave here knowing That the dreams are still growing As long as you're holding that rose Take care of that rose, it's my dreams that you're holdin' When you hold that rose |
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Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown
Tonight I think I'm gonna look around For something that I couldn't see When this world was more real to me Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown My love, my love has gone away My love, my love what can I say My love would never see that this world's just not real to me Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown I told my love a thousand times Why I can't say what's on my mind But he would never see That this world's just not real to me And tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown |
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Goodbye gray sky
I see my heart comin' round the bend The sun's comin' up on the Poet In My Window Her saving grace is my old friend I'll never lose if my heart goes flyin' If I sail it true and set it free it'll come flyin' home be waitin' in my window callin' for the poet in me I wish you well for your old lines I've watched you change within the new You've got a pocket full of gold dust waitin' just around the corner To free that poet in your moon You'll never lose if your heart goes flyin' If you set it free and you sail it true It'll come flyin' home be waitin' in your window callin' for the poet in you I never lose if my heart goes flyin' If I sail it true and I set it free It comes flyin' home it's waitin' in my window callin' for the poet in me Fly your poet's wings with a freed heart Love'll find you strong and young again |
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