ttl_lyrics.txtBEYOND HERE LIES NOTHING

Oh well, I love you pretty babyYou're the only love I've ever knownJust as long as you stay with meThe whole world is my throneBeyond here lies nothin'Nothin' we can call our own

Well, I'm movin' after midnightDown boulevards of broken carsDon't know what I'd do without itWithout this love that we call oursBeyond here lies nothin'Nothin' but the moon and the stars

Down every street there's a windowAnd every window's made of glassWe'll keep on lovin' pretty babyFor as long as love will lastBeyond here lies nothin'But the mountains of the past

Well my ship is in the harborAnd the sails are spreadListen to me pretty babyLay your hand upon my headBeyond here lies nothin'Nothin' done and nothin' said

LIFE IS HARD

The evening winds are stillI've lost the way and willCan’t tell you where they wentI just know what they meantI’m always on my guardAdmitting life is hardWithout you near me

The friend you used to beSo near and dear to meYou slipped so far awayWhere did we go astrayI passed the old school yardAdmitting life is hardWithout you near me

Ever since the dayThe day you went awayI felt that emptiness so wideI don’t know what's wrong or rightI just know I need strength to fightStrength to fight that world outside

Since we've been out of touchI haven't felt that muchFrom day to barren day My heart stays locked awayI walk the boulevardAdmitting life is hardWithout you near me

The sun is sinking low I guess it's time to goI feel a chilly breeze In place of memories

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ttl_lyrics.txtMy dreams are locked and barred Admitting life is hardWithout you near mehummmmWithout you near me

MY WIFE’S HOME TOWN

Well I didn’t come here, dear, with a doggone thingI just came here to hear the drummer's cymbal ringThere ain’t no way you can put me downI just wanna say that hell’s my wife’s home town

Well there’s reasons for that, and reasons for thisI can’t think of any just now, but I know they existI’m sittin in the sun ‘till my skin turns brownI just wanna say that hell’s my wife’s home town home town home town

She can make you steal, make you robGive you the hives, make you lose your jobMake things bad she can make things worseShe got stuff more potent than a gypsy curse

One of these days I’ll end up on the runI'm pretty sure she'll make me kill someoneI’m going inside, roll the shutters downI just wanna say that hell’s my wife’s home town

Well there’s plenty to remember, plenty to forgetI still can remember the day we metI lost my reasons long agoMy love for her is all I know

State gone broke, the county's dryDon't be lookin' at me with that evil eyeKeep on walking, don’t be hanging aroundI’m tellin you again that hell’s my wife’s home town home town home

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IF YOU EVER GO TO HOUSTON

If you ever go to Houston better walk rightKeep your hands in your pockets and your gun belt tightIf you’re asking for trouble, if you’re looking for a fightIf you ever go to Houston, boy you better walk right

If you're ever down there on back near LamarYou better watch out for the man with the shining starBetter know where you're going or stay where you areIf you’re ever down there on back near Lamar

Well I know these streets I’ve been here beforeI nearly got killed here during the Mexican WarSomething always keeps me coming back for moreI know these streets I’ve been here before

If you ever go to Dallas, say hello to Mary-AnnSay I’m still looking along the trigger, hanging on the best I canIf you see her sister Lucy, say I’m sorry I’m not thereTell her other sister Nancy to pray the sinner's prayer

I got a restless fever burnin' in my brainGotta keep right forward, can’t spoil the gameThe same way I’ll leave here will be the way that I cameGot a restless fever burnin' in my brain

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Mr policeman, can you help me find my galLast time I saw her was at the Magnolia MotelIf you help me find her, you can be my palMr policeman, can you help me find my gal

If you ever go to Austin, Fort Worth or San Anton'Find the barrooms I got lost in and send my memories homePut my tears in a bottle screw the top on tightIf you ever go to Houston, buddy you’d better walk right

FORGETFUL HEART

Forgetful heart Lost your power of recallEvery little detail You don’t remember at allThe times we knewWho would remember better than you

Forgetful heartWe laughed and had a good time, you and IIt’s been so longNow you’re content to let the days go byWhen you were thereYou were the answer to my prayer

Forgetful heartWe loved with all the love that life can giveWhat can I sayWithout you it’s so hard to liveCan’t take much moreWhy can’t we love like we did before

Forgetful heart Like a walking shadow in my brainAll night longI lay awake and listen to the sound of painThe door has closed forevermoreIf indeed there ever was a door

JOLENE

Well you're coming down High Street walking in the sunYou make a dead man rise and holler she's the oneJolene, JoleneBaby I am the king and you're the queen

Well it’s a long old highway that don’t ever endI got a Saturday Night Special, I’m back againI’ll sleep by your door, lay my life on the lineYou probably don’t know but I’m gonna make you mineJolene, JoleneBaby I am the king and you is the queen

I keep my hands in my pocket, I’m movin’ alongPeople think they know, but they’re all wrongYou're something nice, I’m gonna bet my diceI can’t say I haven't paid the priceJolene, JoleneBaby I am the king and you're the queen

Well I fought out the hard way, I’ve had my fillYou can't fight somebody with his back to a hillThose big brown eyes, they set off a sparkIf you hold me in your arms, things don’t look so dark

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ttl_lyrics.txtJolene, JoleneBaby I am the king and you're the queen

THIS DREAM OF YOU

How long can I stayIn this nowhere café 'fore night turns into dayI wonder why I’m so frightened of dawnAll I have and all I knowIs this dream of you which keeps me living on

There’s a moment whenAll old things become new againBut that moment might have come and goneAll I have and all I know Is this dream of you which keeps me living on

I look away but I keep seeing itI don’t want to believe but I keep believing itShadows dance upon the wallShadows that seem to know it all

Am I too blind to seeIs my heart playing tricks on meI’m lost in the crowd, all my tears are goneAll I have and all I know Is this dream of you which keeps me living on

Everything I touch seems to disappearEverywhere I turn, you are always hereI’ll run this race until my earthly deathI’ll defend this place with my dying breath

From a cheerless roomIn a curtain gloom, I saw a star from heaven fallI turned and looked again but it was goneAll I have and all I know Is this dream of you which keeps me living on

SHAKE SHAKE MAMA

I got the blues for you baby when I look up at the sunI got the blues for you baby when I look up at the sunCome back here, we can have some real fun

Well it’s early in the evening and everything is stillWell it’s early in the evening and everything is stillOne more time I’m walking up around the hill

Shake shake Mama like a ship going out to seaShake shake Mama like a ship going out to seaYou took all my money and you gave it to Richard Lee

Down by the river judge Simpson’s walking aroundDown by the river judge Simpson’s walking aroundNothing shocks me more than that old clown

Some of you women you really know your stuffSome of you women you really know your stuffBut your clothes are all torn and your language is a little too rough

Shake shake Mama shake until the break of dayShake shake Mama shake until the break of dayI’m right here baby I’m not that far away

I'm motherless fatherless almost friendless too

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ttl_lyrics.txtI'm motherless fatherless almost friendless tooIt's Friday morning going to Franklin Avenue

Shake shake mama, raise your voice and bayShake shake mama, raise your voice and bayIf you're goin' on home better go the shortest way

I FEEL A CHANGE COMIN' ON

Well I'm looking the world overLooking far off into the EastAnd I see my baby comin'She's walking with the village priestI feel a change comin' onAnd the last part of the day's already gone

We've got so much in commonWe strive for the same old endsAnd I just can't waitWait for us to become friendsI feel a change comin' onAnd the fourth part of the day's already gone

Well life is for loveAnd they say that love is blindIf you want to live easyBaby pack your clothes with mineI feel a change comin' onAnd the fourth part of the day is already gone

Well now what's the use in dreamin'You got better things to doDreams never did work for me anywayEven when they did come true

You are as whorish as everBaby you can start a fireI must be losing my mindYou're the object of my desireI feel a change comin' onAnd the fourth part of the day is already gone

I'm a-listening to Billy Joe ShaverAnd I'm reading James JoyceSome people they tell meI've got the blood of the land in my voice

Everybody got all the moneyEverybody got all the beautiful clothesEverybody got all the flowersI don't have one single roseI feel a change comin' onAnd the fourth part of the day's already gone

IT’S ALL GOOD

Talk about me babe, if you mustThrow on the dirt, pile on the dustI’d do the same thing if I couldYou know what they sayThey say it’s all goodAll good, it’s all good

Big politicians telling liesRestaurant kitchens, all full of fliesDon't make a bit of difference

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ttl_lyrics.txtDon‘t see why it shouldBut it’s all rightCos’ it’s all good, it’s all good, it’s all good

Wives are leaving their husbands, they’re beginning to roamThey leave the party, and they never get homeI wouldn’t change it, even if I couldYou know what they say manIt’s all good, it’s all good, all good

Brick by brick they tear you downA teacup of water is enough to drownYou oughta know if they could they wouldWhatever going downIt’s all goodAll good, it’s all good

People in the country, people on the landSome of ‘em so sick, they can hardly standEverybody would move away, if they couldIt’s hard to believe, but it’s all goodYeaaaa!

The Widows cry, the orphans pleaEverywhere you look there’s more miseryCome along with me babe, I wish you wouldYou know what I'm sayingIt’s all good, all goodI said it’s all good, all good

A cold blooded killer stalking the townCop cars blinkin', something bad going downBuildings are crumbling in the neighborhoodBut there's nothing to worry about, 'cause it's all goodIt’s all good, I say it's all goodWhoo!

I'm gonna pluck off your beard and blow it in your faceThis time tomorrow I’ll be roaming in your placeI wouldn’t change a thing, even if I couldYou know what they sayThey say it’s all good, it’s all goodO yeah

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