Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way things go Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way things go A...

Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way things go Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' Ain't it somethin' How the way things go A...

[Originally by Bob Dylan] Ain't no more cane on the Brazos Oh, oh, oh, oh Its all been ground down to molasses Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh You shoulda been on the rive...

Life's been good to me I thank the good Lord for the way things are Good friends and family Well God is good as good can be I've had an excellent time so far T...

The two-step it drug like a ball and chain While the band was playing something like Moon River or Somewhere Over The Rainbow And I was chasing the black man wi...

(W Hyatt) Babes in the woods, Oh, which way to go? Babes in the woods, No one to say no; Pretty people come to me, Cry your heart all out, Tell me what it's all...

Comfort me said she With your conversation With the cocktails And the candlelight In your eyes It's funny how we hunger For some inspiration And everything else...

Ain't no big dog, Coming to bite you Ain't no bad man, Coming to find you Just rest easy, We'll be home soon And you'll be sleeping, In your own room Don't you ...

It's Saturday night You check the TV guide And pray the black and white Can keep you satisfied She had yellow hair She had high-heel shoes She red the whole af...

I was blue, just as blue as I could be Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me Then good luck came a-knocking at my door Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore ...

Oh arrested on charges of unemployment He was sitting in the witness stand The judge's wife called up the district attorney Said you free that brown eyed man Yo...

The girl at the grocery she's pretty and seems nice But she looks right through me with eyes cold as ice She never answers when I ask her name She only says I s...

You got you some legs baby That just won't quit You got a pretty boy And he looks pretty hip You got you one on the sly But you gave him the slip And that's jus...

Interstate 610 Highway 45 A sun-drunk redneck Barely left me alive That's when I saw her Singin' and laughin' Tryin' to pass me In a Volkswagen She's as cute ...

Go if you must go Turn if you must turn away Don't cry a tear for me Laugh if you can smile Run if you're walking away Don't cry a tear for me Shout if you ca...

Man you better let go You can't hold on to What belongs to me And don't belong to you I caught you looking With your roving eye So mister you don't have to act...

Way down yonder on the bayou There lives a little girl-o Skin so pale Six feet high Skinny as a rail Just one eye She's the one-eyed Fiona She's the one-eyed Fi...

Way down yonder on the bayou There lives a little girl-o Skin so pale Six feet high Skinny as a rail Just one eye She's the one-eyed Fiona She's the one-eyed Fi...

Honey put down that flyswatter And pour me some ice water And would you bring me my hammer And could you find me some nails For soon i'll be going To work for t...

Honey put down that flyswatter And pour me some ice water And would you bring me my hammer And could you find me some nails For soon I'll be going To work for t...

I'm a traveling man don't tie me down There's just too much living going all around A man he's got to see what he can see I love the road and I love the air And...

Who keeps on trusting you When you've been cheating And spending your nights on the town And who keeps on saying That he still wants you When you're through run...

It's a sunny day in sunny California But that old sun it's shining on me right here at home It's one of those days When those great ideas they just seem to fall...

Pack the sofa And pack the old arm chair Tell the china To ask the silverware To pray we find that They speak the language there And say good-bye to Carolina L...

Once upon a time ago Way up in the land of sleet and snow How this fairy tale would go I could not have known I had searched around this world so mean From Livi...

(T van Zandt) My days they are the highway kind, They only come to leave, But the leaving I don't mind It's the coming that I crave, Pour the sun upon the groun...

This Georgia road is red The Georgia sky is blue And it looks just like the day That carried me to you The good Lord up in heaven knows What I've been going thr...

(T van Zandt) My days they are the highway kind, They only come to leave, But the leaving I don't mind It's the coming that I crave, Pour the sun upon the groun...

Can you tell me What you see in him He looks just like All of the others did And can you tell me If it will ever end Can you tell me Or do you know I could tel...

In the darkest hour, in the dead night, As the storm clouds gather, and the lightning strikes, And the thunder rolls, and the cold rain blows, The future it hol...

(W Hyatt) When you want me, I'll come knockin' At your door, At your door, One of these days now, You'll be rockin', You'll be rockin', In my arms once more Bud...

[From "The Apostle"] I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a sold...

The sun comes up In a coffee cup Waitress please I've had enough Lord I can't believe what I see How could you be alone When you could sit right here beside me...

I ain't heard your voice In such as long time And I ain't called your number On that telephone line And I believed in my soul That I left you behind But here I ...

I've had enough Of words and games I don't think I know you I can't forget your name Your eyes are clear The way is strange The light's in the hallway If you fo...

(T van Zandt) If I needed you, Would you come to me? Would you come to me and ease my pain? If you needed me, I would come to you, I'd swim the seas For to ease...

If you were to wake up And I were beside you Would you gently smile dear And whisper my name And would you remember The way that I held you And would you want m...

This Georgia road is red The Georgia sky is blue And it looks just like the day That carried me to you The good Lord up in heaven knows What I've been going thr...

I get up in the mornin' I drink a cup of coffee I look out of the window I try to get a-started I turn it all over Plough it all under I plant 'em in the spring...

Well, he knew what he was doin' When he put eyes into my head If he didn't want me to lookin' at them pretty little women He'd'a left my ol' eyeballs dead Isn'...

Tell your mama I love her Tell your daddy I tried Tell them I wish that I could explain The way that I'm feeling See the sun comes up on the pavement The paveme...

Ah, you wanna get frisky, Don't wanna pay the price Fill it up with whiskey And pack it down with ice [Chorus:] Ah, roll her over Give her Coca-Cola Yes, a di...

Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word; Curb those who by deceit or sword Would wrest the kingdom from your Son And bring to nought all he has done. Lord Jesus C...

She left Dallas for California With an old friend AT her side Well he did not say much But one year later He'd ask her to be his wife And the lights of L.A. Cou...

She left Dallas for California With an old friend AT her side Well he did not say much But one year later He'd ask her to be his wife And the lights of LA Coun...

La to the left La to the right La to the middle is is falling I saw her walking off Out in the morning light La to the middle is falling Mother was good to me ...

(W Hyatt) I'm looking at a star, Wondering where you are, Lonely in love; Looking at the sky, Start to wonder my love, How long I'm going to burn With this same...

If you want that girl Listen son Don't you sit around and cry Because love In this world Ain't nothing you can't buy She's got Ruby lips And emerald eyes She's...

If you want that girl Listen son Don't you sit around and cry Because love In this world Ain't nothing you can't buy She's got Ruby lips And emerald eyes She's...

Slap my baby on the Make it happy Slap my baby on the Make it fun Slap my baby on the Make it happy I'm a happy son-of-a-gun Well i'm going to the grocery On t...

(Eric Taylor) The sun went down like a curtain Memphis looks bigger at night All the tatooed boys in uniform Step in and out of the light She bought me good w...

The sun went down like a curtain Memphis looks bigger at night All the tatooed boys in uniform Step in and out of the light She bought me good whiskey in Memph...

With the moon on my shoulder And you on my mind I will lay down I will lay down With the moon on my shoulder And you on my mind I will miss you more than I eve...

(Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill) As performed by Lyle Lovett for the film Quiz Show: See the shark with teeth like razors You can read his open face And Macheath, ...

[From "Quiz Show"] See the shark with teeth like razors You can read his open face And Macheath, he's got a knife, and In such an obvious place On a beautiful...

A friend of mine, he said to me a skinny girl is a misery I shook my head because I knew he couldn't be right But that's when I thought back to just last night ...

I rode across the great high plain Under the scorching sun and through the driving rain And then I set my sights on the mountains high I bid my former life good...

It's Sunday morning, the club is on That great cat's still yawning Because Saturday is gone And I still feel the feeling Of how you felt upon me And it may be ...

And I like cream in my coffee And I like to sleep late on Sunday And nobody knows me like my baby And I like eggs over easy With flour tortillas And nobody know...

The boys from north dakota They drink whisky for their fun And the cowboys down in texas They polish up their guns And they look across the border To learn the ...

He's pulling out for Reno He hopes a tire don't blow Up near Albuquerque He'll fuel and get some coffee Cline's Corners truck stop A waitress with a wet mop Tel...

Old friend All the stories to tell Old friend Could you bid me farewell Old friend It might be easy for another man to see Old foe All the pain and the scars O...

My honey's name is Holly Her daddy's name is Doyle Her sister's name is Amy And her mama's name is Iris And her brother's name is John They live in Nashville T...

One thing I like about that gal of mine One thing I like about that gal of mine One thing I like about that gal of mine She treats me right and loves me all the...

Pass me not, O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by Refrain: (I'm calling) Savior, Savior, (Why don't you) H...

Pass me not, oh gentle Savior Hear my humble cry While on others Thou art calling Do not pass me by I'm calling Savior, Savior Hear my humble cry While on othe...

[From "Leap Of Faith"] Pass me not, O gentle Savior, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by [Chorus:] (I'm calling) Savior, S...

I don?t go for fancy cars For diamond rings Or movie stars I go for penguins Oh lord I go for penguins Throw your money out the door We?ll just sit around And ...

I park my pontiac Down the hill out in back Late every afternoon With a coke and a cigarette And all of the neighbors there They see a nice old man And the gir...

And his hand it fell behind her As his arm it reached around And she looked at the window And she watched the shade go down It was a private conversation No one...

(Lyle Lovett) Rober Earl this friend of mine You know he's always looking after my best interest He told me Lyle P you need to get some action Get your head ba...

Please release me, let me go For I don't love you anymore To waste our lifes would be a sin Release me and let me love again I have found a new love, dear And ...

It's a busted old town On the plains of west texas The drugstore's closed down The river's run dry The semis roll through Just like stainless steel stallions Go...

Since I first saw you I've been thinkin' about you And now I'm out here on the highway goin' crazy without you I can't help but want you girl, you're young and ...

(Lyle Lovett) She said something about going home She said something about needing to spend some time alone And she wondered out loud what it was she had to fin...

She said something about going home She said something about needing to spend some time alone And she wondered out loud what it was she had to find But she's al...

Now to find a man good loving Ain't an easy thing to do You've got to know just what you're looking for And where to find it too She's hot to go she's ready Sh...

Thank you my friend I sincerely appreciate the words you say About how she'll cry And how she'll grieve and miss me When she goes away Say them again I need to...

She hates my mama She hates my daddy too She loves to tell me She hates the things I do She loves to lie beside me Almost every night She's no lady she's my wif...

She said something about going home She said something about needing to spend some time alone And she wondered out loud what it was she had to find But she's al...

Thank you my friend I sincerely appreciate the words you say About how she'll cry And how she'll grieve and miss me When she goes away Say them again I need to...

(W A Ramsey) Last night you know I couldn't sleep, I was tossing, turning, and counting sheep, To tell the truth, The next thing I knew I woke up on the outside...

(from Hope Floats) Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's breaking Though there are clouds in the sky, you get by If you smile through you...

Saint Mother Maria watch over us please As we wonder around in this dangerous world Thank Mother Maria there's nothing so sweet As the undying love of a South T...

(Billy Sherrill and Tammy Wynette) Sometimes its hard to be a woman, Giving all your love to just one man You'll have bad times, and he'll have good times, Doi...

That picture hangin' on the wall Was painted by a friend He gave it to me all down and out When he owed me ten Now it doesn't look like much I guess But it's al...

(Nat King Cole and Irving Mills) [From "Dear God"] A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air The monkey thought that everything was on the square The buz...

(from For The Love Of The game) The summer wind, came blowin' in from across the sea It lingered there, to touch your hair and walk with me All summer long, we...

(Trad) We cross the wild Pecos, We forded the Nueces, We swum the Guadalupe, And we followed the Brazos; Red River runs rusty, The Wichita clear, But down by th...

Mary Martin was a schoolgirl, Just seventeen or so, When she married Billy Archer About fourteen years ago; Not even out of high school, Folks said it wouldn't ...

(S Fromholz) Six o'clock silence Of a new day beginning, Is heard in the small Texas town; Like a signal from nowhere, The people who live there Are up and movi...

Well, the last time I remember That train stopping at the depot Was when me and my aunt veta Came riding back from waco I remember I was wearing My long pants a...

You say you're not from texas Man as if I couldn't tell You think you pull your boots on right And wear your hat so well So pardon me my laughter 'cause I sure...

(Lyle Lovett/Willis Alan Ramsey/Alison Rogers) You say you're not from Texas Man as if I couldn't tell You think you pull your boots on right And wear your hat ...

And you say you're not from Texas Man as if I couldn't tell Well you think you pull your boots on right And wear your hat so well So pardon me my laughter 'Cau...

You got none in your pockets You got none in your hands Well, I don't have to see your eyes To know what you're not thinkin' And even when you're not the best ...

I said howdy there lady This sure is some party I've never seen anything Like this before She said howdy there honey It's just barely started If you think this ...

As I lay sick and broken Viva Mexico My eyes just won't stay open And I dream a dream of home I dream a dream of home Where there's coffee on the table And kind...

They don't like me I can feel it And I don't like them It's the same old song They don't like me I just know it But I'd be happy Just to get along They try to ...

And this traveling around It's gonna be the death of me And this traveling around It's gonna be the death of me And this traveling around It's gonna be the dea...