Now my daddy was a hard shelled alabama preacher
My mama was a dedicated a sunday school teacher
My brother went a college and got a phd
Daddy said the only dud in the family was me
He said boy you ain't never gonna amount to a thing
All you do is sit around with that silly l

All the good times they sing of in songs
We live night and day for so long
Till the love that was so right went wrong
Now all my good times are gone

Together the laughter came easy and free
But I was laughing with you while you were laughing at me
Now the life of the pa

I'll start reliving my yesterdays while all my tomorrows die

I just lost my last hope of happiness I watched her as she walked away
My mind was still numb by her leaving I guess for it thought of nothing to say
But a moment from now when her steps fade away like the echo of her las

Always late mhm with your kisses
Baby won't you come to my arms sweet darling and stay
Always late mhm with your kisses oh why oh why do you want to do me this way

How long do you think I can wait when you know you're always late
Always late mhm with your kisses oh why oh why d

I've held it all inward god knows i've tried
It's an awful awakenin' in a country boy's life
To look in the mirror in total surprice
At the hair on my shoulders the age in my eyes

Amanda light of my life
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife
Amanda light of my li

Anywhere I am when the sun goes down
There ain't no other place that I'd rather be
Just give me some coffee for my cup and a songbird to wake me up
And the good warm sun to shine a little all day on me

I know I don't have a lot healt and happiness is all I've got
But I know

Girl you're gettin' that look in your eyes and it's startin' to worry me
I ain't ready for no family ties nobody's gonna hurry me
Just keep it friendly girl cause I don't want to leave
Don't start clinging to me girl cause I can't breathe

Baby baby don't get hooked on me
Ba

I see a bad moon risin' I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightenin' and I see bad times each day
Don't fool round tonight it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise

I hear hurricane a roarin' I know the end is comin' soon
And I hear river's ov

Yesterday I had a future and I was happy
I had your love and the whole wide world was mine
I had money to spend and a woman who called me darling
Oh that was before I found the wine

Cause before I found the wine my life had meaning
There were happy days at my house all the

Flyin' cross the desert in a TWA saw a woman walkin' cross the sand
She'd walked thirty miles on route to LA to get a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man

Milo de Venus was a beautiful lass she had the world in the palm of her hand
She lost both

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving
Cause I've left that girl so many times before

By the time I reach Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll probably stop at

Been pushin' that diesel since early dawn
Ain't had no sleepin' I don't know how long
Whole lotta trouble makin' them curves
Now I need a little something to settle my nerves

So hey little waitress make a coffee strong
A pack of king size filters and a country song
Litt

Gonna catch a freight train down if I can Lord
I don't care where it goes
Gonna climb a mountain the highest mountain Lord
Gonna jump off there ain't nobody gonna know

Can't you see can't you see what that woman she's been doin' to me
Can't you see can't you see what that w

Carolyn let me tell you what i've heard about a man today
He didn't come home from work and he went away
Till he came to a city bright in the nighttime like day
There they say he met up with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet
Their warm lips like a honeycomb dripped with ho

Back porch preacher preachin' at me acting like he wrote the golden rules
Shaking his fist and screechin' at me shoutin' from his soap box like a fool
Come Sunday morning he's lyin' in bed his eyes all red from the wine he's had
Wishing he was dead when he oughta be headin' for Sunda

[ Connie ] Lord bless your children who walk in perfection who'll manage to Master your will Give them their share of sweet milk and wild honey Provide bread of life till they're filled Feed the child

Lord bless your children who walk in perfection
Who'll manage to Master your will
Give them their share of sweet milk and wild honey
Provide bread of life till they're filled

Feed the children but give me the crumbs from the table
I'll wait for them down on my knees
I'd

Oh the crystal chandeliers light up the paintings on your wall
The marble statuettes are standing stately in the hall
But will the timely crowd that has you laughing loud help you dry your tears
When the new wears off of your crystal chandeliers

I never did fit in too well with

Well a country boy named Shorty and a city boy named Dan
Had to prove who could run the fastest to win Miss Lucy's hand
Now Dan had all the money and he also had the looks
But Shorty must've had somethin' boys that can't be found in books

Well cut across Shorty Shorty cut acros

I remember when I was a lad times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver lining behind every cloud
Just poor people that's all we were tryin' to make a livin' out of black land dirt
We'd get together in a family circle singin' loud

And daddy sings bass mama sings te