Hayes Carll

I got a woman she's wild as Rome
She likes to lay naked and be gazed upon
She crosses a bridge and then sets it on fire
Lands like a bird on a telephone wire

Wine bottles scattered like last nights clothes
Cigarettes, papers, and dominoes
She laughs for a minute about the shape I'm in
Says, "You be the sinner honey, I'll be the sin."

Chorus:
I'm gonna holler and I'm gonna scream
I'm gonna get me some mescaline
She brings me roses and a place to lean
A drunken poets dream

There's some money on the table and a pistol on the floor
Some old paper back books of Louis L'Amour
She says, "Honey, don't worry 'bout judgement day."
All these people goin' to heaven, they're just in our way

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And all my life I laid around while the colors all turned blue
Closed my eyes and finally found it brought me back to you

I got a woman she's wild as Rome
She likes to lay naked and be gazed upon
She crosses a bridge then sets it on fire
Lands like a bird on a telephone wire

Repeat Chorus

The time has come, there is no second chance
We've been drifting on an empty aching sea
You were the girl I never knew I wanted
I was the boy you hoped you'd never see


Chorus:

And it's a shame that we ain't lovers
We could have been somethin' so big and grand
Just kissin' for hours underneath that sweet magnolia
Beggin' for answers, tryin' to make a stand


Been burnin' up the hours, talkin' to the midnight
Just dreamin' of ways I could hold you next to me
But maybe it just wasn't meant, all things have a reason
Maybe our hearts were just to careless and free

Chorus

There was a time, when you would have had me
There was a time I could have had you
But it's too late, another path has come and gone again
I'm at the back door with a broken window view thinkin'

Chorus

I'm tired of writin' but I can't put down my pen
It's too late now to talk or turn back
So just hold on, cause baby here we go again
Headin' the wrong way down that one way track

Chorus

Theres a girl downtown with freckles on
her nose
Pencils in her pocket and ketchup on her
clothes
Shes a real nice girl, pretty as a plate
The boys call her Katie when they ask her
on a date
And who knows Katie?
Maybe you could be the one

Theres a boy outside standin in the rain
His hands are in his pockets hes a
wonderin why he came
Hes a real nice boy, slower than the fall
The girls call him Billy if theyre callin
him at all
And who knows Billy?
Maybe you could be the one

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But hearts dont fly And words dont sing
Boys like you cant buy no ring
Loves not stuck It just moves slow
Turn around a minute And away we go

Billy walked inside, ordered up a drink
He started gettin nervous and a wonderin
what shed think
She thought he looked nice, rough around
the seams
Just the kind of boy who could listen to
her dreams
And who knows Katie? Maybe he could be the one

Well, they stepped outside, and took a
little walk
Katie held his hand and Billy even talked
They sat by the pond, they didnt make a
sound
The night fell easy as the moon came
down
And who knows baby?
Maybe we could be the one

Repeat Chorus

Theres a girl downtown with freckles on
her nose
Pencils in her pocket and ketchup on her
clothes
Shes a real nice girl, pretty as a plate
The boys call her Katie when they ask her
on a date

And who knows Katie?
Maybe you could be the one
Who knows Katie?
Maybe you could be the one
Who knows baby?
Maybe we could be the one

Arkansas, my head hurts
I love to stick around and maybe make it worse
I got a girl out in Henrietta
Her love's like tornado weather

Its Girls like this that keep me trying
She goes off like and air-raid siren
Come in clean leave torn apart
A Bad liver and a broken heart
A Bad liver and a broken heart

Indian summer Oklahoma sunset
If there's a nicer place I haven't been there yet
I'm standing outside of the (the) Blue Door
Too tired to sleep
Too drunk for more

It nights like these that keep me trying
A woman always knows when a man is lying
Don't blame me I'm just playing a part
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart

(Solo verse and chorus)

I'll get old before I'm good at this
Who's the president? What year is it?
Doesn't anybody care about truth anymore?
Maybe that's what songs are for.

You're the wind and I'm on fire
This line of work no one retires
Come in clean leave torn apart

I saw you leanin' on a memory
With your back turned to the crowd
In that little bar on Murphy
Where they play guitar too loud
There were people drinkin' whiskey
There were hearts about to leave
It was cold as hell for Houston
It was almost New Years Eve

All the way from Beaumont
With a white rose in my hand
I could not wait forever babe, I hope you understand

The night was feelin' lucky
So I asked you to dance
And the way you looked up at me
Made me think I had a chance
But when I put my arms around you
I knew you weren't givin' in
I hope it will be different if I pass this way again All the way from Beaumont With a white rose in my hand I could not wait
forever babe, I hope you understand

I walked the road to get here
With a guitar and a case
I'd of stopped in Pasadena
If I'd known about this place
But you looked like forever
Where the water meets the shore
I've been thinkin about you, baby
I can't do that anymore

I saw you leanin' on a memory
With your back turned to the crowd
In that little bar on Murphy
Where they play guitar too loud
There were people drinkin' whiskey
There were hearts about to leave
It was cold as hell for Houston
It was almost New Years Eve
All the way from Beaumont
With a white rose in my hand

Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter Somethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water Playin' for my supper six
nights a week Hurricanes, Easter and New Years Eve Four tin walls now there ain't much left Lookin' like a homeless Cheers on
meth Homer's in the corner, breakin' up a fight Good Lord, I hope I get paid tonight I got a gig, baby

Burnt fried chicken and Lone Star beer
Cops and the kids drink free 'round here Girl, behind the bar is takin' what she's givin'
Lyin' about her past and tryin' to make a livin'
Broke pool table and some hard luck cues Go tell your mama, I done paid my dues Every one around here knows my name Six
nights a week in the neon flame I got a gig, baby I got a gig

There's an old lion tamer parked behind the bar Hundred pounds of weed in a stolen car Oil patch boys and girls who went to
college Rules you don't break and laws that ain't acknowledged Barefoot shrimper with a pistol up his sleeve Some will go to
Heaven, some will never leave Pills in the tip jar, blood on the strings Oh Lord, I never thought I'd see these things I got
a gig, baby I got a gig

Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter Somethin' makes 'em crazy growin' up on the water I'm playin' for my supper six

The record player's scratchin' out an old and dusty tune
On the front porch, on a Sunday, on an Arky afternoon
We were lyin' 'round like gypsies, thinkin' 'bout goin' to town
And Jimmy's drinkin' whiskey straight and lyin' in the shade
Jamie's dancin' round the kitchen with a glass of lemonade
Lookin' like an angel who's never gonna touch the ground

Chorus:

Trouble in mind
How'd we ever lose that time?
Livin' for the best
Leavin' all the rest behind

Now them boys from Morgan County, there a comin' out tonight
With country on the radio and trouble in there eyes
They come walkin' up the driveway, singin' 'bout the night before
And we'll head up to the mountain, pick-up trucks and old guitars
We'll all smoke marijuana as we look up at the stars
Raisin' hell for hours, until we can't take any more

Repeat Chorus

Now there's a picture on the mantle top, filled with old regrets
There are times I can't remember and things I won't forget
I'd call you up and tell you, but baby, we've been gone too long
That porch is just a memory and the record player's broke
The hills have gone to houses and Jimmy's gone to smoke
But I'd do the whole thing over, darlin' just to hear that song

Well I'm wild as a turkey, higher than a Christmas moon
Empty as my wallet on a Sunday afternoon
I come around too fast, and I always leave too soon
Ain't that what they all say?

I come down from Memphis, with a broken down Corvette
A suitcase full of memories, and face you won't forget
You say you'll never love me, but the night ain't over yet
I'm gonna change your mind

Girl I've been a gambler since the age of 21
I've seen my share of troubles and the wrong end of a gun
This whole worlds out to get me just because I have my fun
They ain't gonna slow me anyway

Right ain't right babe, and left ain't always wrong
I bet you're tired of dancing to the same old song
You look like an angel in a place you don't belong
I'm gonna take you away

Just because this place is closing that don't mean it's time for bed
We don't need no sleep girl, we'll get plenty when we're dead
Oh these fools behind you and come with me instead
I'm gonna show you a time

Well I'm wild as a turkey
Higher than a Christmas moon
Empty as my wallet on a Sunday afternoon
I come around too fast, and I always leave too soon
Ain't that what they all say?

I walked the highway since I can't remember
I cut my poor family right down to the bone
From the shadows of hell to the winds of December
They dined with the strangers, woke up all alone

Chorus
So dont let me fall, cause iI might not get up again
Just hold me tight, right now what I need's a friend
I've come too far for this to be the end
Dont let me fall, cause I might not get up

God knows I tried to hold on to a feeling
Some old memory to keep in my heart
And I ask forgiveness from those I've forsaken
Forgiveness won't come in and it tears me apart

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Killing this pain outside in the rain
One hand holds the bottle one hand holds my shame
I don't know which comes first I don't know which is worst
Riding behind or inside the hearse

I drink too much and I smoke too muchI laugh at all my own jokes too muchIm hard to tell and soft to touchAnd easy at sayin goodbye
I broke your heart, a thousand timesWith wasted nights and ramblin rhymesI thought id leave, you thought behindBut time just wouldnt, let go
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I walk the streets, I kick the cans Tore down walls with my two handsAnd still across, my floor you standWilling, to love, again
Solo
Out of all the dreams, in this whole worldHowd you get so unlucky girlTo find a shell, that had no pearlAnd a man who couldnt, find home
I feel too much, I protect too muchAnd most times I probably expect too muchI spend my life, on this broken crutchAnd you believe I can fly
Repeat chorus
And still across, my floor you standWilling, to love, again

Weve been datin since high school we never once left this townWe use to go out on the weekends and wed drink til we drownedBut now shes acting funny and I dont understandI think that shes found her some other man
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She left me for jesus and that just aint fairShe says that hes perfect how could I compareShe says I should find him and ill know peace at lastIf I ever find jesus im kickin his ass
She showed me a picture all I could do was stareAt that freak in his sandals with his long pretty hairThey must think that im stupid or I dont have a clueIll bet hes a commie or ever worse yet a jew
Repeat chorus
Shes given up whiskey and ah takin up wineWhile she prays for his troubles shes forgot about mineIm a gonna get even I cant handle the shameWhy last time we made love she even called out his name
Repeat chorus
It coulda been carlos or even billy ortezBut if I ever find jesus