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 A winter rediscovering the world of Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, The Carter Family, Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and many others from that era can mend any lonesome heart. This is a world of lost love and music celebration, a helluva combination. There's a world of hurt and a mountain of joy in the delivery of a single line (listen to Floyd Tillman sing "I love you so much it hurts me" or George Jones cry "a honkey tonk song"). It's about a girl that just caught the last train out of here. It's about the spirit and the flesh and the calling of the lost highway and a woman that can't be pleased and can't be left. There's wailing fiddles and a tickling of keyboards that draws up knee slappin energy that lives in the hills of back country places not found on any map. These songs came from catching a fleeting glimpse into those places. |
1. Adios
Mi Corozan | ||
Adios Mi Corozan (Rowland) Well I loved my señorita, yeah I loved her good and long Then she gone my señorita, adios mi corazon Well she gone my señorita, yeah she gone and done me wrong Adios mi señorita, adios mi corazon Well she left me all a lonely, yeah she left me feeling blue now I don't want to love another but what else can I do? Yeah she gone my señorita, said so long and then and she gone Adios mi señorita, adios mi corazon Well she left me feelin' lonesome, yeah she left me feeling bad now I don't want another lover, I want the love I had Yeah she gone my señorita, I don't know where but I know she gone Adios mi señorita, adios mi corazon top
You haven't called for days, I'm sittin' here at home starin' at the walls, drinkin' beer by the telephone You said that you would call, you said we'd talk awhile You told me not to worry babe, I could still make you smile Now I just want to know, what about tomorrow Will it bring your love to me or will it bring me sorrow Late night TV shows, a beer at 7am Drunk by lunchtime big boss man on my back again Go to the Texas Star, put away a few Listen to sad songs all night long, go home and think about you Now I just want to know, what about tomorrow Will it bring me happiness or will it bring me sorrow Dinner for one, aluminum foil pan Stick it in the oven and burn it up, throw it in the garbage can Go back to the store, buy some more brew Go back home sit by the phone and pour a toast to you Now I just want to know, what about tomorrow Will it bring you back to me or will it bring me sorrow top
Now oft the time she left me and oft the time she gone but it was only for a night or two and oft the time she'd tell me just before she'd go that this was the time that we were through Bonita gone home, she said goodnight Rick, Bonita gone home Bonita gone home, she said goodnight Rick, Bonita gone home Now I ain't worth a nickel and I ain't' worth a dime but I always thought she'd come back home to me cause oft the time she'd tell me just before she'd go that I was her sweet misery Bonita gone home, she said goodnight Rick, Bonita gone home Bonita gone home, she said goodnight Rick, Bonita gone home So take away my bourbon, take away my wine take away the nights of music too take away the sunshine bring on the lonesome me Bonita done wrote a different tune Bonita gone home, she said goodbye Rick, Bonita gone home Bonita gone home, she said goodbye Rick, Bonita gone home top
You tell me that you're going away, well I don't know what to say 'cause every day I dream, I dream of you We've been together for so long, but now you say the good times are gone Still every time I dream, I dream of you and I'll love you my whole life through, thought you would love me too Now I don't know what to do, I always thought I'd be with you and tonight I'd like to hold you tight, just to make sure that you're alright 'cause every night I dream, I dream of you I'd like to run away and hide, but you're always there inside 'cause everywhere I dream, I dream of you I'd like to dream I could forget, I'd like to dream that we'd never met but every way I dream, I dream of you and you know I'll always be true but now you want somebody new and it hurts me through and through, it breaks my heart in two and I hear you say it's over now, still I'd like to think, somehow, that every dream I'll dream I'll dream with you top
Born like thunder in a broken down bed in the winter of '48 He learned to tell a King from an Ace long before it was too late Hit the road when a kid of 12, lost an eye at the age of 19 to a mountain of a man in a barroom brawl and they say he left a little more mean Beware John Killinger, he's bringing his love to town Beware Johnny Killinger, he's bringing his love around They say he traveled throughout the west, he wasn't known to work very much and the women all knew him everywhere and they trembled at the thought of his touch and all the men in the tank town bars, they didn't take a kindly to him but hardly a one ever said a word, they just stared through the lights down dim Beware John Killinger, he's bringing his love to town Beware Johnny Killinger, he's bringing his love around He wasn't known to have a good friend except for Montana Slim and they'd meet in a town way up that way when the northwest winds blew in and they'd drink for a month without a break, people feared they were deranged and they'd leave as quickly as they could, said goodbye til the weather did change Beware John Killinger, he's bringing his love to town Beware Johnny Killinger, he's bringing his love around Well he sings to the stars and howls at the moon and prays for those in his way He lives when he can and he'll die when he must and leaves 'cause he's better off that way Ain't got no wife, ain't got no kids, ain't got no crazy little home ain't got no blood, ain't got no reason ever not want to be alone Beware John Killinger, he's bringing his love to town Beware Johnny Killinger, he's bringing his love around top
Well I like to go out and run around and spend all night out on the town, me and my buds we just get up and go And have some honky tonkin fun and then go back home to my hun now I can't believe she wants to let me know Well I know my edges ain't real smooth and I drink until I cannot move but it ain't like I'm something she don't know We gone and laid down these here roots so why she want her walking boots I can't believe she wants to let me go Now this ol' hearts a breakin' cause she ain't here with me I remember way back in the day when she liked my company I sit all day and watch TV, I'm still the same ol' same ol' me I can't believe she wants to let me go Now this ol' hearts a breakin' cause she ain't by my side I remember way back in the day when she was satisfied I sit all day and drink my beer, I'm the same ol' same ol' sittin' here I can't believe she wants to let me go top
I can tell that you're changin', you're so far away it seems and soon you'll be rearrangin' every one of my dreams Yes I know you'll be leavin', off to find a better day but tonight let's keep believin' that we can dance the night away So tonight put a ribbon in your hair, tonight take the stockings from your drawer Tonight wear your very finest dress, and be my little lady with your pearls and curls once more There'll be time enough for grievin', time enough for the pain but tonight's for make believin' you'd like to hold me close again Yes tonight we'll be forgettin', we'll do the crawl and the two step too Yes, we'll do that fancy steppin', the way you always liked to do So tonight put a ribbon in your hair, tonight take the stockings from your drawer Tonight wear your very finest dress, and be my little lady with your pearls and curls once more top
Hey lordy mama, walkin' in the mornin' rain, hey lordy mama, walkin' in the mornin' rain come on girl now, help me ease my pain Hey lordy mama, where you been so long. I said hey lordy mama, where you been so long come on girl, help me sing my song Hey lordy mama, walkin' down the rocky road, hey lordy mama walkin' down the rocky road come on girl, help me ease my load I had a gal, she's so good, but I didn't treat her like I should, she loved her sugar daddy she loved her sugar daddy it's true and I'd be her sugar daddy but she left me feelin' blue yeah that gal, she's so kind, but I didn't keep her on my mind, she loved her sugar daddy she loved her sugar daddy it's true and I'd be her sugar daddy but she left me feelin' blue Hey lordy mama walkin' in the mornin' rain, I said hey lordy mama walkin' in the pourin' rain come on girl, now, help me ease my pain top
Funny how love fades away, fadin' from bright to gray One day you're oh so fine, next day she's changed her mind And now another's gonna hold her tight and you know it don't feel right True love's so hard to lose, you get those lonesome blues Heartache from dusk til dawn since my true love's been good One day you're oh so good, next day misunderstood And now another's gonna hold her tight and you know it don't feel right True love's so hard to lose, you get those lonesome blues Longing for yesterday when love was here to stay when she would hold your hand, never alone again And now another's gonna hold her tight and you know it don't feel right True love's so hard to lose, you get those lonesome blues top
We once thought we were forever that we would always be together We once thought every song was just for us We once thought the tender night was for to hold each other tight to sleep in our love our warmth and trust but now it's cheap hotels and honky tonk girls ever since you've been away yes it's cheap hotels and second hand thrills and that's what my life is today We once thought we'd never part, we'd always have each others heart we would swing in swings and dance in the sun We once thought the stars were diamonds and that church bells were always chimin' and that our love would always be the only one but now it's cheap hotels and honky tonk girls ever since you've been away yes it's cheap hotels and second hand thrills and that's what my life is today Well, now I eat in greasy spoons and I drink from dusk til noon and I spend my time a wonderin' where you are Oh that man that's a holdin' you, is his love as good or as true? Oh if you ever need me you know I won't be far but now it's cheap hotels and honky tonk girls ever since you've been away yes it's cheap hotels and second hand thrills and that's what my life is today top
I don't like it, you're breakin' my heart and I don't like bein' torn apart I don't like it, no no no, I think that you'd better go I don't like it, you're bringing me down, and I don't like it when you're around I don't like it, no no no, I think that you'd better go I don't like it, you're mean and you're cruel, and I don't like being played a fool and I don't like anything you do, well I don't even really like you well, I don't like it, you're making me sad, and I don't like how you look so glad I don't like it, no no no, I think that you'd better go and I don't like it, feeling this blue, and I don't like this lovin' you and I don't like anything you do well I don't even really like you I don't like how I want you to stay, and how you're gonna leave anyway I don't like it, no no no, I think that you'd better go top
Well I was born a ramblin' man, yeah I was born for distant lands never meant to settle down, yeah I was born to move around Then she came to me, yeah she was all I could see I held her close every night, I heard that train roll out of sight Well I dreamed of things to be, a life just her and me Hand in hand and happy times and leave my ramblin' days behind Well I lost my wonderin' ways, yeah I forgot my ramblin' days and for so long it was so fine, now that side's hers and this side's mine Well I feel so doggone ill when that train rolls over the hill headin' out to open sky I'd like to see before I die but I just sit, my bags unpacked, I hear that train rollin' down the track I hear that lonesome whistle whine, as that side's hers and this side's mine top
Snow snow soft snow, your cover is everywhere there's snow on the mountains and snow in the valleys and snow on the trees so bare Drop lord I will drop, everything for a song I got a gal she'll be with me all the winter long Hey, hey oh hey, the stars are shinin' bright, there's a chorus singing merry-do under the winter moonlight Fire in the fire place, it warms me to the bone I'll sit right here with her by my side and no more I'll ever roam I'll sit right here with her by my side and no more I'll ever roam top
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