I wish a buck was still silver It was back when the country was strong Back before Elvis, before the Vietnam war came along Before the Beatles and 'Yesterday' ...

I'm tired of this dirty old city Entirely too much work and never enough play And I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks Think I'll walk off my steady job today...

CC Waterback, one tequila sunrise One's for my aching head, the other's for my bloodshot eyes Yeah, last night I let it all hang out, I guess that's how my head...

Missed the Saturday dance Bet they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Been invited on dates Might have gone, but what...

I live a kind of life Most men only dream of I make my living writing songs And singin' them I'm a whole lot older now And there's still no place to go when it...

I've had good luck and bad luck And no luck, it's true But I always get lucky with you I've been turned on and turned down When the bars close at two But I alw...

Could be holding you tonight I could quit doing wrong, start doin' right But you don't care 'bout what I think So I think I'll just stay here and drink Hey, pu...

Livin' on the road, my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron and your breath's as hard as kerosene Weren't your mama's only ...

Just because I ask a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I rang her number by mistake today She thinks I still care Just beca...

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cel...

I've been throwing horseshoes over my left shoulder I've spent most all my life, searching for that four-leafed clover Yet you ran with me, chasing my rainbows ...

Oh, the faucet started drippin' in the kitchen And last night your picture fell down from the wall And today the boss said, "Sorry, I can't use you anymore” And...

Miracles appear in the strangest of places Fancy me fining you here The last time I saw you was just out of Houston Let me sit down, buy you a beer Your presen...

My legs and my feet have walked 'til they can't hardly move From trying to please you And my back is sore from bending over backwards To just lay the world at y...