Willie Nelson - The Great Willie Nelson (2004) by Willie Nelson (보컬) on maniadb.com

Now I lay me down to sleep
And if I sleep, perhaps I'll dream.
If I dream, I'll be with you,
In the shelter of your arms.
I pray that god will lengthen night,
And grant me time before the light.
For the light of day will take me
From the shelter of your arms.

And though I know it's just a dream,
A dream that soon must end,
The arms I feel, I know are real,
And I'm happy, once again.

If I die, while I am asleep,
I pray my dreams he'll let me keep,
And carry me through eternity
In the shelter of your arms.

And though I know it's just a dream,
A dream that soon must end,
The arms I feel, I know are real
And I'm happy, once again.

And if I die while I am asleep,
I pray my dreams he'll let me keep,
And carry me through eternity
In the shelter of your arms

These lines in my face, caused from worry,
Grow deeper as you walk out of sight.
Mine is the face of a fighter,
But my heart has just lost the fight.

Round one: you told me you loved me,
An' I felt my heart falling there an' then.
The last round: you walked tall an' left me,
An' I guess my heart's losing again.

Mine is the face of a fighter:
I fought for your love with all my might.
Mine is the face of fighter,
But my heart has just lost the fight.

Yes, mine is the face of a fighter:
I fought for your love with all my might.
Mine is the face of fighter,
But my heart has just lost the fight.

I've cried so much lately
That I've made out of list
The things to remember
Things to forget

But my mind can't separate
Joy from regret
I always remember the things
To forget

Things to remember
With the day that we met
The day that we parted
Things to forget

Well, why won't my heart
Let me do it this way?
With just things to remember
Today

Things to remember
Plans that were set
Plans didn't work out
Things to forget

Well, why won't my heart
Let me do it this way?
With just things to remember
Today

As you sit there in your loneliness,
Confused as you must be.
I'm sure a dozen questions come to mind.
And if you're wondering why I left you,
After all you've done for me,
I guess you'll have to blame it on the times.

The many times you had your way,
No matter what the cost.
And the many times you took for granted,
Love you now have lost.
And if I've hurt you, darling,
I don't mean to be unkind.
I guess you'll have to blame it on the times.

That small conceited world of yours,
Could never understand,
That to want to stand alone is not a crime.
And, if for one time in my life,
I'm acting like a man,
I guess you'll have to blame it on the times.

Blame it on the many times,
A hiding place I'd seek.
Afraid to say what's on my mind,
An' ashamed for being weak.
So if at last I'm seeing,
After so long being blind,
I suppose you'll have to blame it on the times.

Each time that I hold you close, here in my arms
I'm building heartaches
Each time that I kiss your lips, so sweet and warm
I'm building heartaches

And when you say you love me
We both know it's a lie
An' just a dream from which I must awake

That each sweet word you tell me
Is a heartache in disguise
So I'm building heartaches

When people ask me what I'm doin', here's what I tell
I'm building heartaches
And each kiss you give me is a tear that hasn't fell
So I'm building heartaches

And when you say you love me
We both know it's a lie
An' just a dream from which I must awake

And each sweet word you tell me
Is a heartache in disguise
So I'm building heartaches

If you can't say you love me say you hate me
And that you regret each time you held me tight
If you can't be mine forever then forsake me
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
It was right when you loved me only
But wrong when you held another tight
So before you go away and leave me lonely
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right
It's too late to say your heart is filled with sorrow
You can't undo what's done why do you try
So please help me to face the new tomorrows
If you can't undo the wrong undo the right

It's too late to say your heart...

Sweet is the song when the song is love love that has stood the test of time
And when you've heard all the songs of love will you remember mine
Gone are the times that I walked with you and held your hand in mine
Now when you hold another's hand will you remember mine
I have sat 'neath the trees while the cool summer breeze
Blew away the sands of time
And thought of days when you were near remembering when you were mine
Gone are the times when I held you close and pressed your lips to mine
Now when you kiss another's lips will you remember mine
I have sat neath the trees...

I'd like to rush into somebody's arms
And lose myself inside
But just any arms won't do
They must belong to you
I'd like to know the soothing comfort
Of a love that never dies
But just any old love won't do
That love must come from you
I've tried so hard to find someone to love
Since I lost you,
But they only make me realize
How much that I need you
I'd like to know when I grow older
Someone's heart will still be true
But just any old heart won't do
It must belong to you

Slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
I lived too fast
Now it's too late to worry
And I'm too blue to cry anymore
I once was a fool for the women
Now I'm just a fool nothing more
So slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore

I once had a way with the women
Till one got away with my heart
So slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
'Cause my life ain't mine anymore

The music's stopped, the crowd is thinnin' now.
One phase of night has reached an ending now.
And nothin', nothin' lasts forever,
Except forever, and you, my love.

And so will you, my love:
My love.

The street is dark here while I walk alone,
An' since you've gone, I always walk alone.
'Cause nothin', nothin' lasts forever,
Except forever, and you, my love.

And so will you, my love:
My love.

And so will you, my love:
Your memories always near.
Wherever I am found,
Your memories still around.

The dawn an' I arrive at home at last.
Night turns it's lonely face toward the past.
'Cause nothin', nothin' lasts forever,
Except forever, and you, my love.

And so will you, my love:
My love.

You could have your choice of guys at town why are you pickin' on me
Just snap your fingers and they'll come around why are you pickin' on me
I'm well aware of this game you've learned
To love and then leave and show no concern
And tomorrow you'll have other candles to burn
So why are you pickin' on me

You could have your choice
Why are you pickin' on me

You say your heart will never break:
I hope so, for your sake.
But happiness is sometimes hard,
For hearts to cling to.
You say he'll always be with you:
I hope so, for your sake.
But should he find somebody new,
What would you do?

If you were wrong, would you confess?
I wouldn't know, but I could guess,
That you would act the same as I,
An' cry.
And should these things ever come true,
When love is gone, what will you do?
Will you accept my love for you?
I hope so, for my sake.

If you were wrong, would you confess?
I wouldn't know, but I could guess,
That you would act the same as I,
An' cry.
And should these things ever come true,
When love is gone, what will you do?
Will you accept my love for you?
I hope so, for my sake.

I've got a new car, an' it drives just like a dream.
I've got money, an' can buy most anything.
I've got places to go an' things to do.
I've got everything, everything but you.

I've got a date book that's just bulging at the seams.
I've got the numbers of all the local queens.
They give me memories that last a day or two.
I've got everything, everything but you.

But this new car I drive don't mean anything,
Which reminds me: there's a payment overdue.
An' they say that I'm a man who's got everything.
Yeah, I've got everything, everything but you.

An' this new car that I drive don't mean anything,
Which reminds me: there's a payment overdue.
An' they say that I'm a man who's got everything.
Yeah, I've got everything, everything but you.

They're working while I'm missing you those healing hands of time
And soon they'll be dismissing you from this heart of mine
They'll lead me safely through the night and I'll follow as though blind
My future tightly clutched within those healing hands of time
They let me close my eyes just then those healing hands of time
And soon they'll let me sleep again those healing hands of time
So already I've reached mountain peaks and I've just begun to climb
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time
I'll get over you by clinging to those healing hands of time

The children are sleeping, our talk can begin
We've waited until they've gone to bed
We knew they would cry when we said goodbye
And I'd rather leave quietly instead
We can never be happy
We both know it's true
We've quarrelled from the day that we met
Our love was too weak to pull our dreams through
But too strong to let us forget
I hope we can salvage a few memories
To carry us through the long nights
The clock's striking midnight
Yesterday's gone and there's no tomorrow in sight

In our efforts to break through
The thick walls of pride
With harsh words that burned to the core
The walls still remain
But the words broke inside
And strengthened the walls even more
I hope we can salvage...

Go away; can't you see I'm cryin'?
Go back to the new love that you've found.
Don't sweet talk me, 'cause I ain't listenin',
And you'll only make things worse by hangin' round.

I know that I'd be crazy,
If I took you back again.
But this foolish heart of mine,
Might just weaken and give in.
So go away,
I feel much better when you're gone.
For you're the one who made me cry.
Now let me cry alone.

I know that I'd be crazy,
If I took you back again.
But this foolish heart of mine,
Might just weaken and give in.
So go away,
I feel much better when you're gone.
For you're the one who made me cry.
Now let me cry alone.

Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,
Or any place on earth that you may be.
Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,
And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me.

This room could not hold me for one short minute;
If you weren't here with me, I'd soon be gone.
That chair is just a chair when you're not in it.
It takes more than rooms and chairs to make a home.

Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,
Or any place on earth that you may be.
Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,
And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me.

Time, someday, may cause this house to crumble,
But we'll move into another, love and all.
And if time, someday, should make your footsteps stumble,
I'll be there to catch you, should you fall.

Home is where you're happy and I'm happy here with you,
Or any place on earth that you may be.
Home is where you're happy, just any house will do,
And I'll feel at home as long as you're with me.

I'm so ashamed of my eyes
'Cause they still cry for you
After they both watched my hand
Wave goodbye to you

And I've told them time and time again
That this will never do
And I've told them
How you always laughed at teardrops

I'm so ashamed of my arms
For missing you
Last night I woke up just in time
To see them reach for you

And now my heart confesses
It's still wants you too
I'm so ashamed of them all
For loving you

I'm so ashamed of my eyes
'Cause they still cry for you
After they both watched my hand
Wave goodbye to you

I've told them time and time again
That this will never do
And I've told them
How you always laughed at teardrops

I'm so ashamed of my arms
For missing you
Last night I woke up just in time
To see them reach for you

And now my heart confesses
It's still wants you too
I'm so ashamed of them all
For loving you

This looks like a December day.
This looks like a "time to remember" day.
And I remember the spring, such a sweet tender thing.
And love's summer college,
Where the green leaves of knowledge,
Were waiting to fall with the fall.

And where September wine,
Numbed the measure of time.
Through the tears of October, now November's over,
And this looks like a December day.

This looks like a December day.
It looks like we've come to the end of the way.
And as my memories race back to love's eager beginning,
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending:
The ending that won't go away.

And as my memories race back to love's eager beginning,
Reluctant to play with the thoughts of the ending:
The ending that won't go away.

And this looks like a December day.

I'd be the last one to tell you that you shouldn't go
And the first to say be happy if you can
But you lie and hurt someone who needs and loves you so
Do you mind too much if I don't understand
I suppose that you're convinced this is the thing to do
Life is short and sweet break all the hearts you can
I guess I shouldn't be surprised it's all a game to you
But do you mind too much if I don't understand
Forgive me but it all seems so unreal to me
And my heart and me we'd made so many plans
But that's all over now there's nothing left to do
But do you mind too much if I don't understand
(Do you mind too much) if I don't understand

Who do I know in Dallas who can I call on the phone
Who do I know in Dallas that will help me forget she's gone
Shirley consoled me in Phoenix and Jeannie in old San Antone
But who do I know in Dallas that will help me forget that I'm alone
( steel )
I can't spend the night without someone the lonelies will drive me insane
So who do I know in Dallas that will make me be happy I came
Who do I know in Dallas that will make me be happy I came

I let my mind wander
And what did it do
I just kept right on goin'
Until it got right to you
Can't trust it one minute
It's worst than a child
This old face without conscience
And it's driving me wild
When I let my mind wander

I try to keep my mind busy
With thoughts of today but
In terrible memories
Seem to lure it away
My lonely heart wonders
If there'll ever come a day
When I can be happy
But I can't see no way
Cause I let my mind wander

Touch me, touch the hand of a man
Who once owned all the world
And touch, me touch the arms
That once held all the charms
Of the world's sweetest girl
Touch me, maybe someday you may
Need to know how it feels when you lose
And so touch me, you'll know
How you feel with the blues

Watch me, watch the eyes
That have seen all the heartache
And pain in the land
And be thankful you're happy though
Standing so close to the world's bluest man
Don't forget me, take a good look
At someone who's lost everything he can lose
And then touch me and you'll know
How you'd feel with the blues

Don't forget me take a good look...

If I only had one arm to hold you
Well better yet if I had none at all
Then I wouldn't have two arms that ache
For you there'd be one less mem'ry to recall
If I only had one ear to listen to
The lies that you told to me
Then I more closely resemble
The half a man that you've made of me
If I only had one leg to stand on
Then how much how much truer picture you'd see
'Cause then I more closely resemble
The half a man that you've made of me

Each time you hurt me, you say you're sorry.
I try to understand, and say: "OK."
But there must be an end to understanding,
And the end of mine can't be too far away.

I try to understand that you're "only human".
And "we all make mistakes" every day.
But there must be an end to understanding,
And I know that I just can't go on this way.

Don't you know that love and understanding go together:
Ask too much of one and both will die.
And there must be an end to understanding,
And I know, someday, I'll reach the end of mine.

Don't you know that love and understanding go together:
Ask too much of one and both will die.
And there must be an end to understanding,
And I know, someday, I'll reach the end of mine.

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you all the clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Just think of the teardrops the heartaches and sorrow you'll save
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you have broken so free
And to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me

I think I should speak to you stranger your problem is clear now to me
You think that the whole world's against you and tell everyone that you see
Just suffer in silence speak no bitter words the world offers no sympathy
Though trouble surrounds you and you long to be heard just suffer in silence like me

I'll give you a lesson in living I hope it stays with you awhile
You're the reason for all of your sorrows so just suffer in silence and smile
Suffer in silence speak...

Didn't sleep a wink last night,
'Cause you walked out the night before.
Just been sittin' here, rottin', hoping you'd come knockin',
Knocking at my door.

Watched the moon pass by my window,
The stars faded out of sight.
The sun came into view, an' still I thought of you,
An' I didn't sleep a wink last night.

Tryin' to remember what I'd done,
To make you treat me so.
What have I been guilty of?
Well, I'd just like to know.

Thought if we could talk it over,
Maybe I could make things right.
'Cause until I'm forgiven, I'm exisitin', I'm not livin',
An' I didn't sleep a wink last night.
I didn't sleep a wink last night.

There goes the man who gave his heart to someone,
I feel sorry for him.
For that someone just gave her to me.
Now, he's the loser an' it hurts so much to lose.
An' I feel sorry for him,
'Cause the loser, I know, could have been me.

Oh, how he loved her:
I'm sure he must have loved her almost as much as me.
But fate has frowned on him,
Then turned around and smiled on me.

There goes a man who gave his heart to someone,
I feel sorry for him.
'Cause that someone just gave her to me.

If things were different:
If he had won her heart instead of me,
I wonder if he'd find the time,
To offer sympathy.

There goes a man who gave his heart to someone,
I feel sorry for him.
For that someone just gave her to me.

I've searched through each moment of each passing hour,
But your memory grows stronger, I find.
Oh, they tell me, in time, I'll forget you,
But somehow, I can't find the time.

They tell me, in time, I'll find another,
An' happiness, again, will be mine.
Oh, they tell me, in time, I'll forget you,
But somehow, I can't find the time.

Somethin' each moment reminds me of you:
You always end up on my mind.
Oh, they tell me, in time, I'll forget you,
But somehow, I can't find the time.

Somethin' each moment reminds me of you:
You always end up on my mind.
Oh, they tell me, in time, I'll forget you,
But somehow, I can't find the time.

Discontent, you must leave
Leaving love, leaving me
So go away for your dreams to come true
But should young dreams grow old
And warm friendships grow cold
There'll be someone waiting for you

And if you ever find
That fate is unkind
An' the devil starts taking his dues
When your fair weather friends
Leave when fair weather ends
There'll be someone waiting for you

You'll always have someone who loves you
You're never alone, don't you see
And when your world's slowing down
You'll need someone around
Let that someone always be me

You'll always have someone who loves you
You're never alone, don't you see
And when your world's slowing down
You'll need someone around
An' let that someone always be me