My baby's mad she's fightin' at cause I've been gone too long She told me on the phone that she don't like my being gone Though my feet are pointin' west
Soda shop children to five o'clock bars a giant step in just a few years Freckle faced girls to painted up women from chocolate cup Sundays to bottles
In your eyes I see a sign of sadness on your lips I taste a touch of fear You can ease my mind with all those pretty words you're saying It's the worse
Beautiful lies beautiful lies each word is a heartache in perfect disguise I can't help but listen and then realize the words you have spoken are beautiful
If he brings you happiness then I wish you both the best It's your happiness that matters most of all But if he ever breaks your heart if the teardrops
Beyond the storm must come the rainbow beyond the darkness the light must glow Beyond the shadow the sun will shine and someday your heart will be mine
Gasping for air, I come up from your lips Amazed by the beauty at my fingertips Awed by the softness and warmth of your touch Bottle, bottle, why do I
White lightnin', it's said will shatter your head And drive the old memories right out of your frame So I got me a bottle and I open the throttle But
(He's the bubblegum bandit) He stands knee high tall with the western draw he got fun watchin' TV He rides a broomstick horse and has an endless source
Out of words to say I turned and walked away Told her not to worry I'd be back another day but I won't When she sees we're through I know what she'll
I am free as the trees free to wander anywhere I please What all this world and the seven seas Couldn't call me away if I could stay in these arms holding
Black satin slippers and the long flowing gown walking on the clouds never looking down Baby that's you baby that's the way I look at you But that's all
I've got an old slatch hat got my roll on my shoulder I'm as free as the breeze I'll do as I please just a bummin' around I've got a million friends I
Have you ever stopped and listened at the way that a city sheds its tears At the streams of the junky who needs nothing more than just a needle by I can
Fell in love in the wink of an eye with the girl who was called Butterfly She said she loved me so she could not let me go but still I had to say goodbye
Say child have you seen the Bourbon Street queen She's feeling it revealing it down in New Orleans that Cajun Stripper queen Dance dance dance little
Maybe I am not that one and only guy whose touch will thrill you to the sky And bring the lovelight to your eyes Until the day the love you dream of comes
Coffee cup coffee cup talk to me tell me I'm not in misery Tell me she's not really gone tell me we're not here alone Hey little coffee cup talk to me