Somewhere somewhere somewhere I heard that they're all curvy and that the girls in Jersey are just fine And that the girls in Philly well now they're
There's nothing left but burning memories And that flame just won't flare up inside of me Although you're gone I see you everywhere So I keep stirring
Speed traps and weight stations and detour signs Are standin' between me and that baby o'mine Well I'm two ton over fifty miles from that stateline Speed
Standing here at Gate 15 looking at a plane I won't be on Like No 5-0-3 Lord I wish that I was goin' home I'd find the seat and settle down put my head
Now I got a story it's true as can be it's about a guy the guy is me Wake up in the morning it's always I must I gotta catch the six o'clock bus I grab
Recorded by Ernest Tubb Written by Sgt. Henry Stewart and Ernest Tubb When the postman delivered a letter It filled her dear heart full of joy But she
(Well as long as there's a truck I won't forget Korea and Operation X) I won't forget the year of '54 I drove a truck in that Korean war Haulin' GI's
You took her love away from me but that was your mistake She's gonna break your heart in two and she'll pick the time and place You know the end has come
Headin' back to sugerland U.S.A. I been so lonesome ever since I went away This time, I'm a going back to stay With my sugar in sugerland U.S.A. I gotta
I'm sittin' back easy in my easy chair watchin' the morning dawnin' fair My wife's cookin' breakfast and my little girl Is looking at her daddy like he
One more mile, one more detour That's the way goes tears and smiles I may miss you and I may wish that I have stayed But I'll be moving it one more mile
Well I have a few hours to wait while they've loaded my trailer with freight So I borrowed my buddy's old car and drove down to the dancehall and bar
To your way of thinking a promise is easy to make Cause to your kind of promise is nothing but something to break And the laugh fits your lips honey like
The poundin' of the big bustyres in a hot tarline I gotta play another matinee This old guitar's gettin' worn but not as worn as me but I just keep on
Silver rails shining ahead through the night one on the left and one on the right Ribbons of steel leading me on silver rails silver rails carry me home
Get me back to Tennessee I'm homesick for my sunny overgrown country town I thought I'd like to be a westcoast cowboy but I got lonely as the sun went
Well I'm a travelin' man made a lotta stops all over the world And in every port out Omaha I at least got lovely girl Got a pretty senorita a waitin'
Hey did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world And if you did was she crying crying And hey if you happen to see the most beautiful girl