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| 4:46 | 
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Living on the road my friend,
Was gonna keep you free and clean. Now you wear your skin like iron, Your breath as hard as kerosene. You weren't your mama's only boy, But her favorite one it seems. She began to cry when you said goodbye, And sank into your dreams. Pancho was a bandit boy, His horse was fast as polished steel. He wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel. Pancho met his match you know On the deserts down in Mexico, Nobody heard his dying words, Ah but that's the way it goes. All the Federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose. Lefty, he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to. The dust that Pancho bit down south Ended up in Lefty's mouth. The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio. Where he got the bread to go, There ain't nobody knows. All the Federales say We could have had him any day. We only let him slip away Out of kindness, I suppose. The poets tell how Pancho fell, And Lefty's living in cheap hotels The desert's quiet, Cleveland's cold, And so the story ends we're told. Pancho needs your prayers it's true, But save a few for Lefty too. He only did what he had to do, And now he's growing old. All the Federales say We could have had him any day. We only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose. A few gray Federales say We could have had him any day We only let him go so long Out of kindness, I suppose. |
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| 2. |
| 2:49 |
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Well I might have gone fishin'
I got to thinkin' it over The road to the river is a mighty long way Well it must be the reason No rhyme or no reason I'm takin' it easy, it's my lazy day I never mind callin' cause I ain't comin' Just get you on by me And stay out of my way stay out of my way A little bit thinkin' Drives me to drinkin' Hey I'm a takin' it easy, it's my lazy day [ piano - guitar ] Well I might have gone fishin' I got to thinkin' it over The road to the river is a mighty long way Well it must be the reason No rhyme or no reason I'm takin' it easy, it's my lazy day |
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| 3. |
| 3:14 |
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I take a trip every evening
Scrolling down memory lane I'm walkin' again those familiar paths Dreaming those dreams again And I can always see my sweetheart Just as she used to be Waiting for someone at the garden gate And I know that someone is me Big brown eyes and pearly hair And you'd tell that's Mary Rosy cheeks and ruby lips Can't you tell that's Mary Of times in the evenings we'd go scrolling Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary Ofttimes in the evenings Oh, gee wouldn't it be wonderful to open up the doors of the past And live again as yesterday But you know no matter where I wander no matter where I roam There'll always be a place in my heart boys For a girl away back for a girl that I used to call Mary |
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| 4. |
| 4:11 |
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If I only had one arm to hold you
Well better yet if I had none at all Then I wouldn't have two arms that ache For you there'd be one less mem'ry to recall If I only had one ear to listen to The lies that you told to me Then I more closely resemble The half a man that you've made of me If I only had one leg to stand on Then how much how much truer picture you'd see 'Cause then I more closely resemble The half a man that you've made of me |
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| 3:30 |
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Reasons to quit the smoke and booze don't do me like before
And I'm hardly ever sober and my old friends don't come around much anymore Reasons to quit below it always lower than the high And the reasons to quit don't out number all the reasons why So we keep smokin' and we keep drinkin' havin' fun and never thinkin' Laughin' at the price tags that we pay And we keep rollin' down the fast lane like two young men feelin' no pain And the reasons for quittin's gettin' bigger each day Reasons to quit I can't afford the habit all the time I need to be sober I need to write some new songs that will rhyme Reasons to quit they have no rhyme or reason when you're high And the reasons to quit don't out number all the reasons why We keep smokin' and we keep drinkin'... And the reasons for quittin's gettin' bigger each day |
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| 3:14 |
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There's a circle of people where I'm no longer welcome
I'm ashamed to say that I'm no longer fit I could sober up tomorrow and face my friends again But I've got no reason to quit No I've got no reason for living right and there's no other way to forget I could sober up tomorrow and face my friends again But I've got no reason to quit I've got no reason for living right and there's no other way to forget I know down deep inside me I'm man enough to change But I've got no reason to quit |
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| 2:43 |
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Still water runs the deepest
Like a love complete and through So peaceful and dependable I can't say the same about you Your love is cold and selfish And it never could be true One time I loved you truly I can't say the same about you I'm leaving and I won't be back I'm goin' to where I belong Too long we've been together And too long you've done me wrong Still water runs the deepest Like a love complete and through So peaceful and dependable I can't say the same about you Well, I'm leaving and I won't be back I'm goin' to where I belong Too long we've been together And too long you've done me wrong Still water runs the deepest Like a love complete and through So peaceful and dependable I can't say the same about you |
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| 8. |
| 3:22 |
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I still love you as I did in yesterday
Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day It's no wonder that I love you you have been so kind and true There will never be another it will always be just you We've come along the way together when you've proved your love is true My life's been a pleasure and it's all because of you And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday [ guitar - violin ] I still love you as I did in yesterday Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday |
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| 9. |
| 3:31 |
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Most of my lfe I've been runnin' around
Playin' and havin' a ball And maybe I've been on a party too long These mem'ries are fond to recall You see we've got this thing About women smokin' and good alcohol Now I'm lookin' for a homelife And clean smellin' sheets And all the soft places to fall The women we've known have been many But they don't understand us at all Though we've spent many a long hours Hopin' some old love would call Surely somebody somewhere still wants us Or don't nobody wants us at all We're lookin' for a homelife And clean smellin' sheets And all the soft places to fall Most of our lives we've been outlaws Slept with our backs to the wall I'm a rambler I'm a seeker And we're gettin' weaker A whole lot more likely to fall We're tired of the rocks and brambles Those barbed wire fences and all We're lookin' for a homelife And clean smellin' sheets And all the soft places to fall [ guitar ] Most of our lives we've been outlaws Slept with our backs to the wall I'm a rambler I'm a seeker And we're gettin' weaker A whole lot more likely to fall We're tired of the rocks and brambles Those barbed wire fences and all We're lookin' for a homelife And clean smellin' sheets And all the soft places to fall |
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| 10. |
| 3:59 |
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Just watch the sunrise on the other side of town
Once more I've waited and once more you've let me down This would be a perfect time for me to die So I'd like to take this opportunity to cry You gave your word now I return it to you With this suggestion as to what you can do Just exchange the words I love you for goodbye While I take this opportunity to cry I'd like to see you but I'm afraid That I don't know wrong from right And if I saw you would I kiss you Or want to kill you out of sight It's been a long night so I think I'll go home And feed my nightmares they've been waiting all night long They'll be the last ones to tell me goodbye They'll give me many opportunities to cry Well, I'd like to see you but I'm afraid |
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