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It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and stashed behind your couch And it's knowing I'm not shackled By forgotten words and bonds And the ink stains that are dried upon some line That keeps you in the backroads By the rivers of my memory That keeps you ever gentle on my mind It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy Planted on their columns now that bind me Or something that somebody said Because they thought we fit together walking It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find That you're moving on the backroads By the rivers of my memory And for hours you're just gentle on my mind Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines And the junkyards and the highways come between us And some other woman's cryin' to her mother 'Cause she turned and I was gone I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind But not to where I cannot see you walkin' on the backroads By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' Cracklin' caldron in some train yard My beard a rustling, cold towel, and A dirty hat pulled low across my face Through cupped hands 'round the tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find That you're waiting from the backroads By the rivers of my memories Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind |
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- By The Time I Get To Phoenix -
By the time I get to Phoenix She'll be rising She'll find the note I left hangin' On her door She'll laugh when she reads the part That says I'm leavin' 'Cause I've left that girl So many times before By the time I make Albuquerque She'll be working She'll prob'ly stop at lunch And give me a call But she'll just hear that phone Keep on ringin' Off the wall that's all By the time I make Oklahoma She'll be sleepin' She'll turn softly and call my name out loud And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her Tho' time and time I try to tell her so She just didn't know I would really go |
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She looks in the mirror and stares at the wrinkles that weren't there yesterday
And thinks of the young man that she almost married What would he think if he saw her this way She picks up her apron in little girl fashion as something comes into her mind Then slowly starts dancing remembering her girlhood And all of the boys she had waiting in line Ah such are the dreams of the everyday housewife You see everywhere anytime of the day And everyday housewife who gave up the good time for me The photograph album she takes from the closet and slowly turns the page And carefully picks up the crumbling flower The first one he gave her now withered with age She closes her eyes and touches the housedress that suddenly disappears And just for a moment she's wearing the gown That broke all their minds back so many years Ah such are the dreams... Ah such are the dreams... Ah such are the dreams... |
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I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main roads Searching in the sun for another overload I hear you singing in the wires I can hear you through the whine And the Wichita lineman Is still on the line I know I need a small vacation But it don't look like rain And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain And I need you more than want you And I want you for all time And the Wichita lineman Is still on the line And I need you more than want you And I want you for all time And the Wichita lineman Is still on the line |
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Galveston, oh Galveston
I still hear your sea winds blowing I still see her dark eyes glowing She was 21 When I left Galveston Galveston, oh Galveston I still hear your sea waves crashing While I watch the cannons flashing I clean my gun And dream of Galveston I still see her standing by the water Standing there looking out to sea And is she waiting there for me? On the beach where we used to run Galveston, oh Galveston I am so afraid of dying Before I dry the tears she's crying Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun At Galveston, at Galveston |
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Well honey I know I've said it many times before I said I'd never say it again
I guess I shouldn't say anything at all since you're supposed to belong to him But I just can't let you go but I'm tellin' you just how much I love you So that is why I'm gonna say it one more time Honey come back I just can't stand each lonely day's a little bit longer And the last time I held you seems like a hundred years ago Back to his arms and never know the joy of love that used to taste like Honey come back where you belong to only me Well I guess that's about all I gotta say So I'm just gonna pack my bags and I'm gonna walk I know those bright lights're callin' you honey big fine cars and fancy clothes But if you ever want someone to just love you and some day you just may Just give me a call you know where I am and here's what I'll say Honey come back... Honey come back where you belong to only me Honey come back where you belong to only me |
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People see us everywhere
They think you really care But myself I can't deceive I know it's only make believe My one and only prayer Is that some day you'll care My hopes, my dreams come true My one and only you No one will ever know How much I love you so My only prayer will be Someday you'll care for me But it's only make believe My hopes, my dreams come true My life, I'd give for you My heart, a wedding ring My all, my everything My heart, I can't control You rule my very soul My plans, my hopes, my schemes Girl, you are my every dream But it's only make believe My one and only prayer Girl, is that some day you'll care My hopes, my dreams come true You're my one and only you And no one will ever know Just how much I love you so And my only prayer will be That someday you'll care for me But it's only make believe It's make believe |
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I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway Where hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Like a rhinestone cowboy Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know And offers comin' over the phone Well, I really don't mind the rain And a smile can hide all the pain But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way And I dream of the things I'll do With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe There'll be a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo Rhinestone cowboy Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know And offers comin' over the phone Like a rhinestone cowboy Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo FADE Like a rhinestone cowboy Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know |
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Living in the city
Ain't never been my idea Of getting it on But the job demands That you make new plans Before your big chance is gone You get a house in the hills You're paying everyones bills And they tell you that You're gonna go far But in the back of my mind I hear it time after time Is that who you really are Country boy You got your feet in L.A. But your mind's on Tennessee Looking back, I can Remember the time When I sang my songs for free Country boy You got your feet in L.A. Take a look at everything you own But now and then My heart keeps going home Talking on the telephone Setting up another day Of people to meet You've gotta do what's right You've gotta spend the night Staying in touch with the street When you're surrounded by friends They say the fun never ends But I guess I'll never figure it out Cause in the back of my mind I hear it time after time Is this what its all about Country boy You got your feet in L.A. But your mind's on Tennessee Looking back, I can Remember the time When I sang my songs for free Country boy You got your feet in L.A. Take a look at everything you own But now and then My heart keeps going home Country boy You got your feet in L.A. But your mind's on Tennessee Looking back, I can Remember the time When I sang my songs for free Country boy You got your feet in L.A. Take a look at everything you own But now and then My heart keeps going home |
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Southern nights
Have you ever felt a Southern night Free as a breeze, not to mention the trees Whistling tunes that you know and love so Southern nights Just as good even when you close your eyes I apologize to anyone who can truly say That he has found a better way Southern skies Have you ever noticed Southern skies It's precious beauty lies just beyond the eye It goes running through your soul Like the stories of old Old man, he and his dog They walk the old land Every flower touched his cold hand As he slowly walked by Weeping willows would cry for joy, joy Feel so good, feel so good, it's frightening Wish I could stop this world from fighting La da da da da........ Mysteries like this and Many others in the trees Blow in the night in the Southern skies Southern nights They feel so good, it's frightening Wish I could stop this world from fighting La da da da da........ |
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