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Spent some time feelin' inferior
standing in front of my mirror Combed my hair in a thousand ways but I came out looking just the same Daddy said, "Son, you better see the world I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave But remember one thing don't los |
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Now a country boy named Shorty
and a city boy named Dan had to prove who could run the fastest to wed Miss Lucy's hand Now Dan had all the money and he also had the looks But Shorty musta had that something boys that can't be found in books: "Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across" That's what Miss Lucy said "Cut across Shorty, Shorty, cut across You know it's you that I wanna wed" Wait a minute Now Dan had been in training about a week before the race He made up his mind old Shorty would end in second place You know Dan with his long legs flying he left Shorty far behind Shorty heard him holler out Miss Lucy that you'll soon be mine But Shorty wasn't worried There was a smile upon his face 'Cause old Lucy had fixed the race And just like that old story about the turtle and the hare, you know that thing when Danny crossed over the finish line he found Shorty waiting there It's you that I wanna wed, no no And oh Lord it's you I wanna wed It's you that I wanna wed |
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Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you
It's late September and I really should be back at school I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more You lured me away from home just to save you from being alone You stole my heart and that's what really hurt The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax Oh, Maggie I couldn't have tried any more You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover, you wore me out All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick me in the head Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried anymore You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone You stole my heart I couldn't leave you if I tried I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand Oh Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face You made a first-class fool out of me But I'm as blind as a fool can be You stole my heart but I love you anyway Maggie I wish I'd never seen your face I'll get on back home one of these days, |
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Darling I hate to tell you but I think I?m catching a cold
Put another chair on the fire bring the bottle over here I feel I?m getting old I like your laugh and a hot romance and your orn?ry sense of humor but if it rains again like it did today I?m gonna have to leave a little bit sooner Got to get me some South America sun Honey don?t even ask me if you can come along Down at the border you need to be older and you sure don?t look like my daughter Your ridiculous age, start a state outrage and I?ll end up in a Mexican jail Darling please don?t cry you know I wouldn?t tell you no lie Look over there Oh my God don?t look now but it appears to be raining again Get upstairs pack my book of prayers Honey hurry I?m catching pneumonia I gotta move while I?m in the mood or I?ll disappear into that wall Darling please don?t curse it really couldn?t be any worse Say I?m a sun fanatic but it?s dark in your attic and your cat sleeps over my head I know I?m not a football star but I wanna little better than that So I?m much obliged for the pure white ride and a cup of tea every morning I?ll say goodbye, look your man in the eye you know I wouldn?t tell you no lie So after all, I'll see you in the fall on a brand new day, brand new way Goodbye honey, goodbye honey Goodbye honey, it ain't funny Goodbye honey, I know it ain't funny |
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Let me tell you about a place, somewhere up in New York way
where the people are so gay, twistin' the night away Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run Oh man you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know but oh man, you ought to see him go, twistin' the night away He's dancing with a chick in slacks, she's moving up and back Oh man, there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away Feel much better Here's a fellow in blue jeans, who's dancing with an older queen dolled up in her diamond rings, twistin' the night away Man you ought to see her go, twistin' to the rock and roll Here you'll find the young and the old twistin' the night away They're twistin', twistin', everybody's doing great They're twistin' man, twistin', they're twistin' the night away Twistin', you know they're twistin', twistin' the night away They're twistin', twistin', man twistin' the night away Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run Oh man you'll find young and the old twistin' the night away Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know I don't know but man you ought to see him go Twistin' the night away |
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Nineteen years old and as sweet as she could be
All dressed up like a downtown Christmas tree Dancin' and hummin' a rock 'n' roll melody She's the daughter of a well respected man who taught her how to jerk and understand then she became a rock 'n' roll music fan Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller Her daddy doesn't have to scold her Her partner can't hardly hold her Because she never gets any older Sweet little rock 'n' roller Shoulda seen her eyes when the band began to play and the famous singer sang and bowed away When the stars were gone she screamed and yelled hurray Ten thousand eyes were watchin' them leave the floor Five thousand tongues are screaming out "More" and "More" About fifteen hundred waiting outside the door Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller Her daddy doesn't have to scold her Her partner can't hardly hold her Because she never gets any older Sweet little rock 'n' roller |
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You ain't gonna get me honey no way
Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain escaping from my wedding day I heard the bells ringing in the local church the ceremony's nearly under way Telegrams came and the cheap champagne was driving everybody out of their brains But I convinced my best friends I lost my nerve and I pleaded I was being framed "Sailor show me which way to go" I screamed out loud "Sailor show me which way to go" Such a deadly silence due to my defiance the wedding ground to a halt Said I changed my mind ain't no use in your trying so her brother punched me in the throat her mother got hysterical the bitch was cynical father's in the corner drunk Picking myself off the floor I ran to the door damned if I was skippin' on my way "Sailor show me which way to go" You should have heard the noise Said "Sailor show me which way to go" So keep clean girlie find a man that's truly gonna love you from dusk till dawn Keep your front door key don't give him up for me 'cause tomorrow I may be gone You see, your wouldbe keepers ( ) all night creepin' nobody gonna change in there Who thinks a marriage life should be like a dog's life so let's renew it when the year runs out Sailor show me which way to go Sailor show me which way to go She had a belly full of lust but she had no bust |
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I may not seem your ideal
when you look into my eyes I don't smoke, I don't tell jokes I'm not the custom made size But baby let me take you out on the highway for awhile I'll show you where the man in me is when he doesn't hide He's cruisin' in the fast lane stuck behind the wheel Jekyll and Hyde going on inside when I'm your automobile And let me be your car for awhile child shift me into gear and I'll be there fill me up with five star gasoline I'll be your car I'll take you anywhere Don't you know I can't dance I don't dig it, I can't see it at all You say I'm just a specimen and baby I can crawl My physique just don't look the way the physiques really should But then again I've got an engine underneath my hood When I'm cutting up the road with a sports car on my tail Frankenstein's inside my mind and the wind's inside my sails |
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Did you ever stand and shiver
while looking at a freezing river Have you froze to the bone with just a coat to keep you warm to keep you from a howlin' wind to keep you from a howlin' wind Now listen Have you perished in the drizzling rain Tried to light ... a lift but all in vain With your sock on your head and that old coat on your back to keep you from the drizzlin' rain oh to keep you from the drizzlin' rain Goodbye One more time Did you sleep in a graveyard when it snowed Laid your head on a ..... With the Times on your face and that old coat on your back That kept you from a-withering away good God It just kept you from a-withering away I know And did you ride a lift on a steam train Now listen Had the misfortune not to pay your fare Thrown off the next stop Thrown in the doorway of a shop With that coat to keep you from the wind Oh that old school coat to keep you from the wind And that ain't all Have you had some good friends on the road with ya who'd stand by you through thick and thin Here's to Kevin and Ben, Susie and Len And that coat which never lets you down It never, never, never lets you down It never, never, never lets you down That old coat which never lets you down That old coat which never lets you down Kept me from the drizzlin' rain And oh, kept me from the drizzlin' rain |
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My mama 'n' papa told me son that you're just a fool
When I told 'em I was leaving home I was leaving school So then in a couple of hours I found myself Heading down that southbound road With everything I owned on my back I carried such a heavy load And it's a hard, hard road that I travel It's a hard, hard road that I travel It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line And it's a hard, hard road down the line Well I want to tell ya friends That it's good to be a traveling man 'Cause I'm doing what I want to Living just the best that I can Nobody putting rings around my neck To put me in a pigeon hole I've got my dog and my radio To listen to some rock 'n' roll And it's a hard, hard road that I travel It's a hard, hard road that I travel It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line And it's a hard, hard road down the line |
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