This place is too damn lonesome I think I'll change and go out for a while On second thoughts where could I go With a closet full of clothes that's out of style...

(Kris Kristofferson) Well, I woke up Sunday mornin' with no way To hold my head that didn't hurt And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad So I had one more ...

I left the old farm down in Texas and bummed all around for a time Then one day I found myself staring at a sign that read Sunset and Wine The big cars and the ...

(Waylon Jennings) My long and lean and hungry looks Really used to turn her on Till she found two hundred pounds Or true love muscle and bone I made up my mind ...

Where it began I can't begin knowin' but I know it's growin' strong First was the spring and spring became the summer who'd believe you'd come along Hands touch...

(Chip Taylor - Al Gordoni) She's the womb that you left and she's the pride that you kept She's the innocence that you left back in your youth She's the poems t...

She said sing a song sweet music man Cause I won't be there to hold your hand like I used to I'm through with you You're a hell of a singer and powerful man But...

(Jimmie Rodgers) Yeah, T for Texas, T for Tennessee I said T for Texas, T for Tennessee T for that no good woman, no good gal That made a wreck out of me, Lord...

Yeah T for Texas T for Tennessee I said T for Texas T for Tennessee T for that no good woman no good gal that made a wreck out of me Lord [ steel ] I'd rather d...

(Don Henley - Glenn Frey - Randy Meisner) All alone at the end of the evening And the bright lights have faded to blue I was thinkin' about a woman Who might h...

He's a giver he'll give her the kind of attention that she's never known He's a helper he'll help her to open the doors that she can't on her own He's a lover a...

Got me a habit that I surely got to quit ain't got a habit just hooked a little bit Sure I'd come to see you but you're nearly never home Wouldn't call at all b...

To Taos Pueblo out in New Mexico One night my weary feet did go so I stopped that night in Taos There's a story in Taos town that if a stranger comes around Whe...

(Nick Nixon - Don Earl) Well, I wish I had button eyes and red fat nose Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes Sittin' on the shelf in the local depart...

Tennesee oh what I'd give to be back there once again with all the old friends Who were so kind to me oh Tennessee I was happy as could be Never got too much do...

Sunday morning in the valley we would gather for the service Emmily Jane would run to meet me she'd smile at papa kinda nervous All the people came from miles a...

Well, you think that you can lie, tell me alibis And it's alright Keep the grapevine line working overtime On your late nights You think that you can say some ...

(Autry Inman) I gave my heart, I gave my all You built me up then you let me fall You wore my ring upon your hand But then you changed your mind But that's al...

(Jackson King) Troubles and a worried mind It seems that's all I've ever known But now I'll leave that all behind If you'll just leave me alone And if I go on...

Verse 1: Troubles and a worried mind It seems that's all I've ever known But now I leave that all behind If you'll just leave me alone Chorus: And if I go on l...

I come from the country Grew up over [Incomprehensible] There are places I ain't welcomed And I had to loot and cry I slipped in the back door Still I never go...

(Paul Simon) I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises All lies and jests ...

VERSE: There's a bible on the dresser, and a sign hung on the door, and a woman in my arms that shouldn't be I'm to the point of no returning, but I've been her...

(Harlan Howard) I only meant to love you don't you know it babe Why couldn't you be contented with the love I gave I've given you my heart and now you want my m...

(Waylon) Hank let's talk about your daddy Tell me how your momma loved that man (Hank) Well, just break a bottle hoss I'll tell ya' about the drifting cowboy ba...

I go out with the crowd I play the game Pretending out loud but it don't seem the same For the heart of the crowd is gone from sight And my part of the crowd is...

(Ted Harris) Just a kid with a song when he wandered from home In search of the phantom of fame She promised she'd wait but he got back too late Just a scene f...

Just a kid with a song when he wandered from home in search of the phantom of fame She promised she'd wait but he got back too late Just a scene from the dark s...

Verse 1: E A E Saw your picture in the paper and i see you married good A B And i know th...

[VERSE 1] Just two good ole boys, Never meaning no harm Beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law Since the day they was born [VERSE 2] Straighte...

[VERSE 1] Just two good ole boys, Never meaning no harm Beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law Since the day they was born [VERSE 2] Straighten...

Verse 1: Lord knows i am peaceful when i'm left alone D A E I've always been an eagle,been awhile since i have flown My claws are sharp a...

(Harlan Howard) He was born and raised around Jacksonville A nice young man 'bout the kind to kill But the jealous fight and the flashing blades Sent him on the...

(Lee J Fry) They said in her younger days Her beauty was enough to drive men wild But the hunger in her body then Was not the hunger of some lonely child Like a...

(Ed Bruce - Ron Peterson) This is the last cowboy song The end of a hundred year waltz The music is sad as they're singing along Another piece of America's los...

(Rex Griffin) Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend What have I done that has made you so distant and cold Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented a...

(Troy Seals - Buddy Emmons - Waylon Jennings) I've taken chances on everything in my life Even against all the odds I've rolled the dice Count me in on any deal...

Verse 1: Everybody knows you've been stepping on my toes And i'm getting pretty tired of it You keep stepping out of line and a messin' with my mind If you h...

Back home the family's eatin' dinner there's a fire in the fireside warm and bright But I won't be there today cause I've got a debt to pay And they don't let b...

I'm not some long lost someone Just dropped in to say hello I'm the same old lover man Baby, lost so long ago 'Cause I was born to believe I never could deceiv...

Like a muddy river running wild and deep You've got a flaming memory that keeps burning me Just when I think you love me, doubt creeps in I still feel the shado...

He's a giver he'll give her the kind of attention that she's never known He's a helper he'll help her to open the doors that she can't on her own He's a lover a...

I'm not here to forget you I'm here to recall the things we used to say and do I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you I haunt the same places we ...

Down the dusty Dixie road my old Levi's draggin' tracks Nobody cares about where I'm going they all know I'm coming back Wish I had me a true fine woman let her...

Just'a good ol' boys Never meanin' no harm Beats all you never saw Been in trouble with the law Since the day they was born Staightnin' the curves Flatnin the ...

Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash Verse One (Waylon) I'll bet it ain't a-rainin' back homeI bet your sister's still on the phone I bet mama's in the kitchen, coo...

I'll play the tambourine follow the sun I'll never let you down in these new changing times You're going places in these new changing times Making your mark in...

There are still places where people like me can hang out With nothing at all in this whole world to worry about They ain't tore 'em all down yet and said, every...

I came down with broken heart, just to start to my summer Boy when you lose the one you love, it's a stone cold bummer I just called you up to tell you I don't ...

This time if you want me to come back, it's up to you But remember I won't allow the things you used to do You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line T...

Girls have been a weakness all of my life But I made a big mistake and I took one for a wife I've thought that she was different I could settle down But she won...

Verse 1: Gotta catch a new train i gotta go C/G G This train is getting just a little too old Gotta find a new way to live my l...

Verse 1: Gotta catch a new train i gotta go C/GG This train is getting just a little too old Gotta find a new way to live my life C/G G Any other way has got ...

Just like the sun over the mountain top you know I'll always come again You know I love to spend my morning time like sunlight dancing on your skin Never gone s...

With iron in my brain I'd laid down to rest not caryin' if I live or die Woke up a freezin' with rain pourin' down so hard I can open my eyes I been chased from...

With iron in my brain I'd laid down to rest not caryin' if I live or die Woke up a freezin' with rain pourin' down so hard I can open my eyes I been chased from...

Woman you get meaner every day and your naggin' is hard to stand So I'll pack my things and I'll be on my way cause it's time to bum again This house gets small...

It seems I see you everywhere you and your new lover there Time will tell the story of your new love Do you think he'll ever be the man you've tried to make of ...

(Waylon Jennings) It seems I see you everywhere You and your new lover there Time will tell the story of your new love Do you think he'll ever be The man you've...

It was winter time in Nashville down on Music City Row I was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my ...

Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend And today I started lovi...

Each night I leave the barroom when it's over Not feelin' any pain at closin' time But tonight your memory found me much too sober I couldn't drink enough to ge...

Verse 1: I have battled with the demons for my soul Like a soldier unafraid,stood straight and tall With strong convictions fought for what i thought was rig...

Verse 1: When i first saw New York city I was green down to the core You could see my red neck glowing For a mile or maybe more Between the hustlers and the h...

I can tell that somewhere there's someone you loved more than me Someone you loved more than me And it hurts to say it but you have the right to be free I know ...

Verse 1: I was so ugly the doctor slapped my momma when i was born Then he took out his pocket knife and cut off my horns He said lady if you ain't already pic...

He's a sad song singer he plays a gut-stringer With vagabond fingers that follow his mind To far away places he reaches for traces And touches the faces he's lo...

(Wayne C Thompson) When I left Tulsa Jamie was an innocent young lady God only knows why she gave herself to a guy like you She called me cryin' said she was g...

On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha you can listen to the engine moanin' out its one note song or you can think of the woman, the girl you knew the nig...

You load the horses I'll pack the rigger Let's tell 'em goodbye and walk out the door One drink and one kiss can lead to too many We ought to know cause we been...

Two streaks of steel stretchin' cross the land too far to reach for my baby's hand I stood and watched her disappear and in the distance I could hear whooe Tomo...

[ with Jessi Colter ] I swore the last time that you let me down that I wouldn't see you if you came around I can't tell my heart what's right or wrong And I've...

(Buck Owens - Dusty Rhodes) Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter I swore the last time that you let me down that I wouldn't see you if you came around I can't tell my...

My woman goes about her way hangin' on from day to day God knows she's tried To do her best for her and me knowin' that she'll always be unsatisfied She tells m...

Verse 1: Got me a rocker without no arms Ol' wood stove to keep me warm My firewood out of the rain I sit and watch the seasons change Verse 2: There's a wom...

About fourteen miles out of Abilene At a curve in the road and a little stream I found out what love's about So long ago wonder what I found out We all got tog...

(Roger Murrah - Waylon Jennings - Charlie Craig) Like a sail that's torn and can't ride the wind Here I stand looking both ways again I'm a dollar short on a th...

I hear the echo of your footsteps they're right in step with marching time Since you've walked out of my life and out of my world please walk on out of my mind ...

(Willie Nelson) After carefully considerin' the whole situation I stand with my back to the wall Walkin' is better than runnin' away And crawlin' ain't no good ...

When we dance together my world's in disguise It's a fairyland tale that's come true When you look at me girl with those stars in your eyes I could waltz across...

It's been a long time Since I've had a good time And I think it's high time I did Could I have this dance It feels like romance And it's good to be feeling like...

(Waylon Jennings) I've been thinking it over wondering what to do Up to now I've been leaving it up to you But you'll always be the way you've always been I ain...

I've been thinking it over wondering what to do Up to now I've been leaving it up to you But you'll always be the way you've always been I ain't got the time to...

I'm just here to get my things and I'll be leaving And I've got somebody waitin' just outside So don't start to cry to me about your hurt and misery Cause the o...

Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passanger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead he's been a long ...

(Waylon Jennings - Curtis Buck) Well, I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passanger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan ...

Verse 1: Well i woke up this morning it was drizzling rain Around the curve called a passenger train I heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead it'...

About fourteen miles out of Abilene At a curve in the road and a little stream I found out what love's about So long ago wonder what I found out We all got tog...

Verse 1: C/G Am I can here the wind blowin' through my mind F G C/G Just the way i...

Boy, this week sure had a lot of Mondays I ain't never seen it quite so hard Getting over a Sunday before I guess there's a simple solution Good times sometimes...

Honey how you've changed it makes me wonder have I ever really known you How could you abuse and use the kindeness and tenderness that I have shown you If I hav...

(Johnny Wright - Jack Anglin) The days have been long and I have been lonesome Recalling the dreams that never came true Nights have been lonely but now that's ...

I could lay aside my better judgement I could turn my back on all the pain Make believe you mean it when you touch me And be fool enough to think you'd change ...

What makes me wanna roam when I got so much love at home What makes a man wander what makes a man wander The whistle of a train does something to my brain What ...

Staring at the door Every night I'm thinking more and more About walkin' out that door I know someday I will Though I'm standing still someday I will I know so...

WHAT'S LEFT OF ME WRITER HARLAN HOWARD I've been cheated, mistreated, broken man, defeated No one wanted or needed any part of me I've been bothered and shatter...

(Bob McDill) Whatever gets you through the night Whatever makes everything all right I'm not the kind to judge you See what you do is all right with me Whateve...

When you're 4 or 5 years old It's really hard to make up your mind What you want to be when you grow up After all you do have a lot of choices I might drive a ...

As we sat on the front porch, Of that old grey house where I was born and raised Stared out at the dusty fields, Where daddy always worked hard every day I thin...

Verse 1: D G D As we sat on the front porch of that old grey house where i was born and r...