Stop singing these sad songs Just tell me 'bout the good times I have heard that cold hard truth so many time before Stop singing these sad songs Just tell me '...

I can see myself it's a golden sunrise Young boy open up your eyes It's supposed to be your day Now off you go horizon bound And you won't stop until you've fou...

It was my first night in that rooming house In the last room down the hall I heard a hoarse voice and an old guitar Coming through the paper thin walls A crazy ...

I came into town with a knapsack on my shoulder And a pocket full of stories that I just had to tell You know I've knocked around a bit, I've had my share of sm...

I'm a tangled up puppet, Spinning round in knots, And the more I see what I used to be, The less of you I've got There was a time that you curled up in my lap;...

It was raining hard in 'Frisco, I needed one more fare to make my night A lady up ahead waved to flag me down, She got in at the light Oh, where you going to, m...

She said, "I watch him walk down Main Street A sweet one man parade He'd tip his hat and just like that another score he'd made I'd watch the girls all watch hi...

In the little town of Candor in the last year of my youth I learned the final lesson of the levels to the truth My father was a farmer he'd go tilling in the gr...

I got the news today That you refused to play Cause you never made number one But it's not just the words It's the deeds that are heard When all is said and don...

I got the news today That you refused to play Cause you never made number one But it's not just the words It's the deeds that are heard When all is said and don...

The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart And he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen...

They just told me take a pause here between the takes at the studio, And you came into my mind It's kind of funny, for you were the cause of me being here on th...

I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes; Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky; I am glad to...

There's a kid out on my corner -- hear him strumming like a fool Shivering in his dungarees -- but still he's going to school His cheeks are made of peach fuzz ...

There's a lot of lonely people tonight Trying to make it through 'til the morning light There's me and you, babe, that's alright There's a lot of lonely people ...

It was just another night and I was out on a lim looking for someone to help me back in A couple of hours of cruising around brought me into a bar and I sat me ...

It was just after dark when the truck started down Tthe hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas Carrying thirty th...

I used to play the trumpet once but now I play guitar Somebody told you it's more mellow Well I've played a lot of music since but I really haven't grown that f...

Mrs Smith and Mr Jones have come to pass the night They pulled off of the highway when they saw my light It's a vacancy I offer them, what they offer me Is full...

Hello Honey, it's me What did you think when you heard me back on the radio? What did the kids say when they knew it was their long lost daddy-o? Remember how w...

We got married early And just a little bit late Baby came too early But some things just can't wait We were just beginning But it was very clear We grew up a li...

The old lady on the park bench In the park with just one tree Was there from the very first day That you were part of me It seemed like she'd been sitting there...

It was the town that made America famous The churches full and the kids all gone to hell Six traffic lights and seven cops and all the streets kept clean The su...

Why did the little girls grow crooked While the little boys grow tall The boys were taught to tumble The girls told not to fall The girls answered the telephone...

You were chasing him down Braodway on that white-hot July, 'Cause he thought he'd got a message from some holy man on high He said his chance had finally come; ...

Hello honey it's me What did you think when you heard me back on the radio? And what did the kids say when they knew it was their long-lost daddy-o? Remember h...

Dripping streetlights darkened buildings wandering head hung down low Where will she go? Woman child, your eyes are wild The rain runs down your hair Woman chi...

Now won't you listen to the word wizard, Watch him open up his gizzard, Every secret he has he's only told the world so far Don't you think that boy would be em...

I've sung it all tonight Almost every story that I know And now when they turn out the spotlights I'm not sure where I'm s'posed to go And I'm so hoarse I can't...