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I saw roses choking in the grass flaking paint
In a broken window pane A mailbox barely standin' by the driveway I can almost read the name A swing set and forgotten toys Where little girls and boys played happy games Everything I ever care about is gone now But all the memories still remain The old man from the house across the street asked How's it goin' and I said fine But the expression on his face would make me think That he could almost read my mind That little Johnson boy from down the road Was asking if the kids could come and play Lord I wish I could have told them yes But I just said I guess son not today I just came home to count the memories That I've been carrying in my mind I just came home to count the memories Of a better day and time And all the birds that sang a pretty song They aren't singing like they did when we were here 'Cause there's no happiness in music When somebody isn't close enough to care I picked a raged daisy from its home Out in the corner of the yard She loves me, she loves me not Now I don't have to wonder anymore I just came home to count the memories That I've been counting in my mind I just came home to count the memories I guess it's time to say goodbye |
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| 2:57 |
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My daddy was a brakeman on a highball traveling train
Mama she raised four little children and the family had a good name And papa and mama wanted all for us they never had Big brother little brother sister too none of them turned out half bad Cept me I'm the black sheep of the family Big brother went to college and became a doctor man I guess he makes about a million dollars a year off the folks on insurance plan He's got a big long Mercedes Benz and a house overlooking the town He sits in his Jacuzzi and he watches the sun go down And he feels real sorry for me I'm the black sheep of the family Yeah I drive me a big ol' semi truck I'm makin' payments on a two room shack My wife she waits on tables and at night she rubs my back And I tell her what my papa said to my mama when he got off a highball train Wake me up early be good to my dogs and teach my children to pray Little sister married a banker yeah he owns a country club He bought her a big ol' racing horse and a funny lookin' little dog He buys her big rings and diamonds and a brand new Japanese yacht They like to get together and talk about all the things they've got But they never mention me I'm the black sheep of the family Yeah I drive me a big ol' semi truck... I'm sayin' woman wake me up early be good to my dogs And teach my children to pray |
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| 3:44 |
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Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal but I'm gonna be a diamond some day
I'm gonna grow and glow till I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on everybody's face I'm gonna kneel and pray every day last I should become vain along the way I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord but I'm gonna be a diamond some day I'm gonna learn the best way to walk gonna search and find a better way to talk I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough edged self till I get rid of every single flaw I'm gonna be the world's best friend gonna go round shaking everybody's hand I'm gonna be the cotton pickin' rage of the age I'm gonna be a diamond some day [ guitar - fiddle - dobro - piano ] Now I'm just an old chunk of coal... |
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| 3:02 |
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There's a little girl, in our neighborhood
Her name is Charlotte Johnson and she's really lookin good I had to go and see her, so I called her on the phone I walked over to her house, and this was goin' on Her brother was on the sofa, eatin' chocolate pie Her moma was in the kitchen cuttin' chicken up to fry Her daddy was in the back yard rollin up a garden hose I was on the porch with Charlotte feelin' love down to my toes [Chorus:] And we were swingin' (swinging) Yes we were swingin' (swinging) Little Charlotte she's as pretty as the angels when they sing I can't believe I'm out here on the front porch swing Just a swingin' (swingin) Just a swingin' (swingin) Now Charlotte she's a darlin she's the apple of my eye When I'm on the swing with her it makes me almost high Now Charlotte is my lover and she has been since the spring I can't believe it started on her front porch in the swing [Chorus] |
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| 2:58 |
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Cigarettes were a quarter then Bobby-socks and jeans were in
Elvis sang the songs that we loved so And the most important thing to us was keeping gas in my old truck So I could take us to the drive-in show Then graduation finally came Uncle Sam called me away You married someone else while I was gone But I kept your letters all these years and I can't help but shed a tear When I read the words you wrote me years ago Baby I'm yours I'll love you always I'm gonna stand by you until the end of time Remember all of the good things that we shared together Signed love Betty 1959 I never will forget the day when you and I went all the way I was the first for you and you for me I've still got the truck that we loved in it takes me back there now and then Back to '59 in my memory And baby I'm yours I'll love you always... |
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