And any man who knows a thing knows He knows not a damn, damn thing at all And every time I felt the hurt And I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the
Uh, yeah, Somalia Yeah, I spit it for my block, it's an ode, I admit it Here the city code is lock and load, any minute is rock 'n' roll And you rock
She shot me, she shot me, bang, bang, she shot me She shot me, she shot me, bang, bang, she shot me She shot me, she shot me, bang, bang, she shot me
when I heard the call Like a voice in the wilderness, that calls to us all So I took to the gypsy life, in the city of love And I walked with the troubadours
change what I am I was a young troubadour, when I rode in on a song I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone I was a young troubadour, when I rode in
Just walked down the street to the coffee shop Had to take a break I'd been by her side for eighteen hours straight Saw a flower growin' in the middle
Well, the House of Cash just burned down All the way to the cold hard ground The doctors came from all over town To see the memories scattered all around
I was there in my trailer down at the jobsite The day that this stranger walked in His face looked so sad and he carried a set of blueprints And as I
Play me a dancer, a hold her hander, old honky tonker Pull her up closer, slow romancer Make her fall in love with me song The room is swimmin' with
Been in the saddle since the sun came up Rounding up strays in this old West Texas dust She's been packing her things since I put coffee on By sundown
Don't go in the summertime It's too hot and the rooms are high But if you go in the fall you'll have a ball There's so much to see and do when you're
The first time I met her, she walked right up to me And said you're who I've wanted to find There was a man she had seen in her dreams And it was me
A banker and a farmer discuss the bottom line It ain't rained and all the crops are dying on the vine Give me more time, you gotta give me more time
Diamonds on the windshield, as heaven starts to cry In his rearview mirror, his angel waves goodbye She knows he's gotta go, she knows he's one of them
Hey baby won't you take a little ride with me Have a look around, see what we can see I've got the paddle, I've got the boat Come on baby I know she'll
I?m on my way to Amarillo I can?t seem to get my fill of That little West Texas town I?ve got a sweet thing built right Betty Head to toe, she?s mighty
Now, Smackwater Jack he bought a shotgun 'Cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation He just a-let it all hang loose, he didn't think about the
When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift
