Willie Nelson - Tougher Than Leather (1986) by Willie Nelson (보컬) on maniadb.com

Was it something I did Lord a lifetime ago
Am I just now repaying a debt that I owe
Justice sweet justice you travel so slow
But you can't change my love for the rose

There's a bird in the sky
Flying high, flying high
To a place from a place
Changing skies, changing skies
There are clouds in the sky
Clouds of fear and despair
But love like ours never dies
Changing skies, changing skies

Little bird have you heard
Freedom lies, freedom lies
But love like ours never dies
Just changing skies, changing skies

He was tougher than leather
And he didn't care whether
The sun shined or not
When a young kid in Cow Town
Wanted a showdown
He was careless or just maybe forgot
But he died in the gunfight
Blinded by sunlight
Never draw when you're facin' the sun
And old tougher than leather
Just carved one more notch on his gun

And when he turned to go
The beautiful maiden knelt down
Where her dead sweetheart lay
And on his breast placed a rose
While the townspeople stared in dismay
And old tougher than leather
Should've known better
But he picked up the rose in his hand
And the townspeople froze
When his hands crushed the rose
And the rose petals fell in the sand

And old tougher than leather
Was a full-time go-getter
The grass never grew beneath his feet
From one town to another
He would ride like the wind
But his mind kept going back to the street
Where a young cowboy died
And a young maiden cried
And rose petals fell in the sand
And his heart had been softened
By the beautiful maid
And he knew he must see her again

Well he went back to the town
Where it all had come down
And he searched but his search was in vain
He had wanted to find her
And say he was sorry
For causing her heart so much pain
But one night he died from a poison inside
Brought on by the wrong he had done
And old tougher than leather
Had carved his last notch on his gun

Well he was burried in Cow Town
Along about sundown
Lookin' good in his new store-bought clothes
When the young maiden came over
And knelt down beside him
And on his lapel placed a rose
There's a bird in the sky
Flying high, flying high
To a place from a place
Changing skies, changing skies

There's just a little old fashioned karma coming down
Just a little old fashioned justice going round
A little bit of sowing and a little bit of reaping
A little bit of laughing and a little bit of weeping
Just a little old fashioned karma coming down

Coming down, coming down
Just a little old fashioned karma coming down
It really ain't hard to understand
If you're gonna dance you gotta pay the band
It's just a little old fashioned karma coming down

There's just a little old fashioned karma coming down
Just a little old fashioned justice going round
A little bit of sowing and a little bit of reaping
A little bit of laughing and a little bit of weeping
Just a little old fashioned karma coming down

Coming down, coming down
Just a little old fashioned karma coming down
It really ain't hard to understand
If you're gonna dance you gotta pay the band
It's just a little old fashioned karma coming down
It's just a little old fashioned karma coming down

There's a garden, what a garden
Only happy faces bloom there
And there's never any room there
For a worry or a gloom there

Oh there's music and there's dancing
And a lot of sweet romancing
When they play the polka
They all get in the swing

Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa
Everybody feels so tra-la-la
They want to throw their cares away
They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay

Then they hear a rumble on the floor, the floor
It's the big surprise they're waiting for
And all the couples form a ring
For miles around you'll hear them sing...

Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run
Zing boom tararrel, ring out a song of good cheer
Now's the time to roll the barrel, for the gang's all here

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Then they hear a rumble on the floor-or-or-or
It's the big surprise they're waiting for
And all the couples they form a ring
For miles around you'll hear them sing

Drree mopado theedo da-da-da-da

A short time I have to be with you my love
But a short time is better than no time you see
So I bring to you all my possessions
And would that you'd share them with me
I bring you one springtime of robins
One springtime of robins to sing
And I bring you one summer of roses
One summer of roses I bring
I bring you one autumn dry leaves dry
Leaves will be helpful you know
To soften the fall of your snowflakes
When I bring you your winter of snow

Was it something I did Lord a lifetime ago
Am I just now repaying a debt that I owe
Justice sweet justice you travel so slow
But you can't change my love for the rose

> Within my prison cell so dreary
Alone I sit alone with aching heart
I'm dreaming of my little darling
From her forever I must part
The rose she sent me as a token
She sent it just to light my gloom
And tell me that her heart is broken
And cheer me before I meet my doom
The judge would not believe my story
The jury said I have to pay
And with the rose in all its glory
Not guilty's all that I could say
Goodbye sweetheart for in the morning
To meet my Maker I must go
And when I die at daylight's dawning
Against my heart they'll find this rose
[ guitar ]
Within my prison cell so dreary...

There's a bird in the sky
Flying high, flying high
To a place from a place
Changing skies, changing skies
There are clouds in the sky
Clouds of fear and despair
But love like ours never dies
Changing skies, changing skies

Little bird have you heard
Freedom lies, freedom lies
But love like ours never dies
Just changing skies, changing skies

I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees
I'm empty without you so come grow within me
For I am the forest and you are the trees
And the heavens need romance so love never dies
You'll be the stars dear and I'll be the sky
And should any of this find us let them all be forewarned
That you are the thunder and I am the storm
And I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest and you are the trees
I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees

I'll always be with you for as long as you please
For I am the forest but you are the trees

Nobody slides, my friend
It's a truth on which
You can depend
If you're living a lie
It will eat you alive
And nobody slides, my friend

Nobody slides, my friend
You can try it
But you'll never win
You can scream
You can shout
But it all evens out
And nobody slides my, friend

Nobody slides, my friend
Listen I'll say it again
You can run
You can hide
But it's still waitin' inside
And nobody slides, my friend

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Written By NELSON, WILLIE
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A short time I have to be with you my love
But a short time is better than no time you see
So I bring to you all my posessions and would that you share them with me
I bring one springtime of robins one springtime of robins to sing
I bring you one summer of roses one summer of roses I bring
I bring you the dry leaves of autumn dry leaves will be helpful you know
To soften the fall of your snowflakes when I bring you your winter of snow

This looks like a December day this looks like a time to remember day
And I remember a spring such a sweet tender thing
And love's summer college where the green leaves of knowledge
Were waiting to fall with the fall
And where September wine numbed a measure of time
Through the tears of October
Now November's over and this looks like a December day
This looks like a December day it's looks like we've come to the end of the way
And as my mem'ries race back to loves eager beginning
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending the ending that won't go away
And as my mem'ries race back to loves eager beginning
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending the ending that won't go away
And this looks like a December day