Music and Lyrics by Butch Hancock
Well the sun don’t sink...it don’t swim...it don’t set
Is it androids or elephants that never forget?
Have the east and the west met yet?
Baby do you love me still?
I was born under blue skies in the land of the wind
Ain’t nothin’ ever happened that can happen again
I’ve seen your savin’ grace and I’ve seen your sin
Baby do you love me still?
What’s that look in your eye?
What’s that light on the hill?
Watcha starin’ at baby...do you love me still?
It’s the same old mixture of the same old grind
When your one man band becomes a one man bind
It’s a fine line between laughin’ and cryin’
Baby do you love me still?
Up the high road to heaven...down the slow road to sleep
You just keep makin’ promises you can’t seem to keep
I woke up on the airplane with tears on my cheek
Baby do you love me still?
What’s that look in your eye?
What’s that light on the hill?
Watcha starin’ at baby...do you love me still?
There was water in the well and fire from the first
Were ya burnin’ me out or were ya quenchin’ my thirst?
How could it go so fast from the best to the worst?
Baby do you love me still?
I was born under blue skies in the land of the wind
Ain’t nothin’ ever happened that can happen again
You’ve seen my savin’ grace and you’ve seen my sin
Baby do you love me still?
Music and Lyrics by Butch Hancock
I've made a few mistakes by pitchin pennies
I've struck some matches down some dirty streets
the fires of love I've lit have burned to ashes
and now they're only smolderin at my feet
I've made a few mistakes by flippin coins
I've got the longest livin losin streak
but if you'll be a gal of mine you can make my money shine
come on baby let that Lincoln penny speak
babe you can turn my wheels of fortune
til you get some wheel of fortune all your own
but don't you turn the wheel of love unless you're watchin
cause a blind love can turn your heart to stone
I've made a few mistakes by singin love songs
when I should'a been just strummin my guitar
I used to wish on magic...I used to wish on wishin wells
but now I'm just wishin on a star
babe you can turn my wheels of fortune
til you get some wheel of fortune all your own
but don't you turn the wheel of love unless you're watchin
cause a blind love can turn your heart to stone
Music and Lyrics by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
That midnight train is a long and a slow one
The Timetable’s set,- the brakeman is tired
Your seat is reserved with exceptions for no one
No luggage allowed no ticket required.
It will be there right on time at the station
Even if midnight must come at high noon.
You will not know that train's destination
And you'll not leave late nor one minute too soon.
You may sit beside Fear and go worse than lonely
Or travel with Trust with love and faith restored
These choices you have And these choices only
When that train rolls in, and you step aboard.
Now that whistle blows, yes it’s already whining
If you listen close you can hear it soft and clear
And that headlight burns, yes its already shinin’
And you might as well choose right now, it's love or fear.
Music and Lyrics by Butch Hancock
All the street lights on main street know my shadow
All the stars up in the sky know all of my wishes
The sidewalk on your street knows my footsteps
And the stars keep telling me I’m repetitious
I keep wishin’ for you
I keep wishin’ for you
It’s more than you’d ever do in a pinch
And honey it’s a cinch
I’ll keep wishin for you
All the boys down at the pool hall have got my number
And some gal up in some hotel got my shoes
But I still got my bottom dollar
Lucky me I never lost more than I could lose
But I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It’s more than you’d ever do all alone
And if you can’t wish on your own
I’ll keep wishin’ for you
I keep wishin’ for you
I keep wishin’ for you
It’s more than you’d ever do in a squeeze
And it ain’t nothing to sneeze at
I keep wishin for you
All the dawgs down at the dumpyard can hear me whistle
When I walk through my home town wild as a stranger
But the kiss of love is hotter than a pistol
And I think it’s safe to say I love the danger
I keep wishin for you
I keep wishin for you
It’s more than you’d ever do in the wind
And when the wind don’t blow even then
I keep wishin’ for you
Music and Lyrics by Butch Hancock
I heard you say little darlin we must do or die
now everthing I'm doin I been dyin to try
but I've stayed on your farm as long as I'm gonna stay
I've watched the eggs of your chickens roll away...roll away
I've watched the eggs of your chickens roll away
it's real well known that the road gets long
that the will gets weak when the wind gets strong
but I'll stay on my feet as long as I can stay
while the soles of my shoes wear away...wear away
while the soles of my shoes wear away
at love and at war it's a mighty high cost
to keep right on a fightin when the cause is lost
if you can't make the change you'll have to pay and pay
till the seams in your pockets pull away...pull away
till the seams in your pockets pull away
my time and my attention are wearin kinda thin
you been takin it all for granted...shoulda been takin it with a grin
you paint a pretty picture but your mind goes astray
when the image of your lover fades away...fades away
when the image of your lover fades away
I like to move around...I like to travel too
sometimes I like to sit still like the mountains do
but I've stayed on your farm as long as I'm gonna stay
I've watched the eggs of your chickens roll away...roll away
I've watched the eggs of your chickens roll away
Words and music by Joe Ely
Half way to Louisanna,
Half way from Alabam
I seen Shorty runnin down the highway
Lookin like a worried man
I rolled down my window,
Told him to hop on in
I never had to stop on the old blacktop
I heard a woman yellin after him
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy"
That is what she said
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy"
"You're way up over your head."
We pulled in to Tuscaloosa
found a bar by the side of the road
I ordered us a order of french fries
Shorty went to lighten his load
When the waitress happened to see him,
I never seen any woman so sore
The skillet come flyin' out the kitchen
And Shorty runnin' out the door
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy"
That is what she said
"I'm gonna strangle you Shorty, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy"
"You're way up over your head."
We pulled in to Texarkana
Shorty sweatin his short lifespan
But sure as the wind gonna blow again
Here come that woman with that fryin' pan
I ran east and Shorty ran West
I never seen which way he went
Next day I saw his picture in the paper he was lyin
By a fryin pan whose handle was bent
Chorus 2x
Music and Lyrics by Joe Ely
I went to see the gypsy,
but her mobile home was gone
And all that was left of the gypsy
was her tire tracks cross the lawn
I headed out across the flatlands
in a rooster tail of dust
Lookin' to find some peace of mind
from someone I could trust
I tried to hide the pain,
but the pain it would not hide
And when I tried to tell the truth,
the truth turned around and lied
We were flyin' too high for each other
Too High for our own good will
I wish you would take me off of this mountain
back to my old molehill
Take me off of this mountain
back to my old molehill
I decided to call my doctor,
but my doctor was not home
So I thought I'd call my lawyer,
but my lawyer didn't have a phone
The sky is a fallin' on me babe
ever since you decided to leave
I have this fear that the atmosphere
is gettin' too thin to breathe
I tried to hide the pain,
but the pain it would not hide
And when I tried to tell the truth,
the truth turned around and lied
We were flyin' too high for each other
Too High for our own good will
I wish you would take me off of this mountain
back to my old molehill
Take me off of this mountain
back to my old molehill
I thought I'd just go fishiin'
but the fish were not amused
And I caught myself just wishin
that I was in the fishes shoes
Just swimmin in some deep blue water
not a care in my head
Watchin' some fool with a line and pole
hidin' by the riverbed
I tried to hide the pain,
but the pain it would not hide
And when I tried to tell the truth,
the truth turned around and lied
We were flyin' too high for each other
Too High for our own good will
I wish you would take me off of this mountain
back to my old molehill
Take me off of this mountain
back to my old molehill
Music and Lyrics by jimmie dale Gilmore
Deep eddy blues É not much to lose
Time on my hands Éno news no news
Far from my heart Élost in my mind
Deep eddy blues Ésometime sometime
The bar next door to heartbreak hotel
My friends held more than they could sell
Unfaithful heart where will you turn
Deep eddy blues Éso much to learn
The soundman smiles Éthe joke’s on me
How many miles before I’m free
Oh just let go Éblue diamond shine
The sky’s aglow Éi see a sign
Music and Lyrics by Joe Ely
She was raised on a river
By a chapel where the church bells pealed
Between a line of peach trees
And a brown ol' tabacco field
Her eyes they shone of turquoise
And her hair was a waterfall
And everyone from all around
Swore that she'd go far
Chorus
They sing of her beauty in Georgia
And on the Carolina Coast
And down in the Neon of Nashville
They almost seem to sing of her
Like she was a ghost
The city lights lured her
And the glitter of the Silver Stage
Her beauty was so astounding
That it made her too easily made
High Society dragged her down
To Where the lonliness was too much
to bear
And she faded from the limelight
And no one knew just where
Chorus
They sing of her beauty in Georgia
And on the Carolina Coast
And down in the Neon of Nashville
They almost seem to sing of her
Like she was a ghost
Now some one said they saw her
Years later at the bottom of Main
Fifth of whiskey in her hand
Codine in her brain
When they hummed her song about the peach trees
And a brown tabacco field
Her eyes grew distant- she whispered, Listen
"There's the chapel where the church bells pealed."
Chorus
They sing of her beauty in Georgia
And on the Carolina Coast
And down in the Neon of Nashville
They almost seem to sing of her
Like she was a ghost
By Butch Hancock
once followed by the wind
once led astray by strangers from the shadows
magnetized by teardrops fallin from clear blue eyes
once forgotten by my friends
but remembered well by those who went before me
revitalized by raindrops fallin from clear blue skies
see there...it's just the way I told you it would be
see where...all the trouble lies
will you stay and let my lonely heart behold you
or fade away like mornin stars from the mornin skies
once followed by the wind
once chased around by demons from the darkness
preconditioned by lies and fantasy
once forsaken by my friends
but forgiven time and time again by sweethearts
reconditioned by someone who fell for me
Words and Music by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Well you may dance the night away and laugh among the stars,
And you may spill the milk away and cry among the bars.
And you may wake the rafters and break the heart of stone,
But you've got to go to sleep alone.
You've got to got to go to sleep alone.
You've got to got to go to sleep alone.
And even if you're lying with somebody,
Still you've got to go to sleep alone.
Well you may climb the golden stairs somewhere past Jacob's Ladder.
And you may put on golden airs and help the rich get sadder.
And you may learn the golden rule and sit on a golden throne,
But you've got to go to sleep alone.
You've got to got to go to sleep alone
You've got to got to go to sleep alone.
And even if you're lying to somebody,
Still you've got to go to sleep alone.
Well you may wake up in the night And wonder if you're dreaming,
And referee the fight between the being and the seeming.
And when the victor holds your hand up to the great unknown,
You've got to go back to sleep alone
You've got to got to go to sleep alone
You've got to got to go to sleep alone.
And even if you're lying with somebody you really love,
Still you've got to go to sleep alone.
Words and music by Joe Ely
If you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
I'll tell you a tale to remember
When the white horses leap rings of fire.
It was a cold night in Oklahoma
The show was about to begin
The animals, they were all restless
When the star pony broke from her pen.
Now she was a mare of high spirit
Like a whore on a saturday night
Kickin' and buckin' past the men who were brushin'
The elephants lyin' on their sides.
Close to the tents set a lantern
Dangerously next to the hay
That mare headed straight for those lantern
Some fool had put there by mistake.
Up stepped some Indian Cowboy
His lasso he whirled through the air
In the full dead middle of danger
He roped that run-away mare.
The elephants raised up their trumpets
Two of them broke from their chains
Stampeded that Indian cowboy
Who had saved the Big Top from flames.
So if you ever go out to the circus
Where the Wallendas walk on the wire
Remember that Indian Cowboy
When the white horses leap rings of fire.
Remember that Indian Cowboy
When the white horses leap rings of fire.
By Al Strehli
Love done left me
Walked right out the door
Found herself a train passing through
Left me here wondering just what to do
Train please don’t whistle that way no more
Please don’t whistle that way no more
Love done left me Ð walked right out the door
Who can I talk to
When my day ain’t right
Who’ll be talking me to sleep
When I awake in the middle of the night
Train please don’t whistle that way no more
Please don’t whistle that way no more
Love done left me Ð walked right out the door
Whose gonna laugh at
Every little thing I do
Who’ll be holding me close
Making me glad when the day is through
Train please don’t whistle that way no more
Please don’t whistle that way no more
Love done left me Ð walked right out the door
My baby’s gone now
Walked right out of sight
Left me here sitting on my own
Counting sheep and talking in my sheep
Train please don’t whistle that way no more
Please don’t whistle that way no more
Love done left me Ð walked right out the door
by Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock
You’re gonna be sad til you stop hurtin
For the sake of findin peace of mind
Rise up from there throw back the curtain
That covers your heart and makes you blind
See the way true love has left you
For a lie that you must feed
See the way true love has left you
For what you want but just don’t need
You’ll bind the wound til you stop bleedin
For the love you gave but could not take
For a love that burns for a love that’s leadin
Straight to the heart that will never break
See the way true love has left you
Face to face with all mankind
See the way true love has led you
From place to place from time to time
You’ll take your chances down random rivers
Bound for glories beyond the sea
You’ll find some keepers and some forgivers
Deep in the heart of eternity
See the way true love’s outguessed you
Sometimes with scandals sometimes with schemes
See the way true love has blessed you
Far beyond your wildest dreams