"Guitars That Won't Stay In Tune"



Well I grew up lean and hungry I worked hard for my money
Said I'm gonna live my life the way I please
Spent some time on the road of life saw an angel once and the devil twice
I came across some things that I don't need

Like a cold hearted women whiskey in my water
And only one way out of a motel room
Payments on the Cadillac and too many questions
And old guitars that just won't stay in tune

You know there's good and bad breaks you learn from your mistakes
It's all in how you handle them do's and don'ts
A hillbilly boy is hard to convice wild and stubborn and not much sense
But I've got enough to know what I don't want

Like a cold hearted women whiskey in my water...
And old guitars that just won't stay in tune

"Half As Much"



If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you

If you love me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you missed me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you

"Hangin' On"



It's true you have me twisted round your finger
And it seems that's where I belong
You know how to hold me, to thrill me and control me
Just enough to keep me hangin' on.

For now, tomorrow and forever
I guess I'm tied to you right or wrong
My love keeps a growing 'cause your love keeps a showing
Just enough to keep me hangin' on.

A love that's strong as mine
Will make me do most anything
Like hiding tears and heartaches
And dreaming silly dreams.

You've got me where you want me
You keep stringing me along
Just enough to keep me hangin' on.
Just enough to keep me hangin' on...

"Hank Williams Syndrome"



Ramblin' about
Down through the South
I find things are a changing a lot
Especially me
It's easy to see
Montgomery's still hot, and I'm not

I stopped by today
At Hank Williams's grave
My hero from the days of my youth
Was that him or me
That I used to be
In the times when I searched for the truth

Hank you were my inspiration
And I was obsessed with your ways
But to tell you the truth
It's no thanks to you
That I'm still living today
Hank I still love your music
And in spite of the things I've just said
You'll always be
A hero to me
But the Hank Williams syndrome is dead

The new hats are here
And it's increasingly clear
Our day is slipping on by
They're not like me and you
But that's alright, too
They could keep the music alive

Hank you were my inspiration
And I was obsessed with your ways
But to tell you the truth
It's no thanks to you
That I'm still living today
Hank I still love your music
And in spite of the things I've just said
You'll always be
A hero to me
But the Hank Williams syndrome is dead

"He Went To Paris"
(originally by Jimmy Buffett)



He went to Paris lookin' for answers
To questions that bothered him so
He was impressive young and agressive
Savin' the world on his own.

Warm summer breezes French wine and cheeses
Put his ambition at bay
The summers and winters scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away.

He went to England played the piano
And married an actress named Kim
They had a good life she was a good wife
And bore him a young son named Jim.

All of the answers and all of the questions
He locked in his attic one day
'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'
And twenty more years slipped away.

War took his baby bombs killed his lady
And left him with only one eye
His body was battered his whole world was shattered
All he could do was just cry.

While the tears were fallin' he was recallin'
Answers that he never found
So he hopped in a freighter skidded the ocean
And left England without a sound.

Now he lives in the island fishes the pilin'
And drinks his green label each day
Writin' his memoirs losin' his hearin'
But he don't care what most people say.

After eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile and say
Well, some of it's magic probably tragic
But I had a good life all the way.

He went to Paris lookin' for answers
To questions that bothered him so...

"Heartaches By The Number"


Heartache number one was when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
Heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back but never meant to stay.

I've got heartaches by the numbers, troubles by the score
Every day you love me less, each day I love you more
I've got heartaches by the numbers, a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end.

[Instrumental]

Heartache number three was when you called me
You said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on my door
I waited but you must have lost your way.

I've got heartaches by the numbers, troubles by the score
Every day you love me less, each day I love you more
I've got heartaches by the numbers, a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end...

"Heartaches For A Dime"


I called you on the phone to say I love you
That I'd stop by for you at nine
My heart broke when you said that it's all over
Someone else would take up all your time.

And that's a lot of heartaches for a dime
I'll never know what made you change your mind
I only know I've held you close and kissed you my last time
That's a lot of heartaches for a dime.

[Instrumental]

I went downtown to join the merry makers
I told myself that here's where I belong
I thought that I was doin' fine without you
And then I heard somebody play our song.

And that's a lot of heartaches for a dime
I'll never know what made you change your mind
I only know I've held you close and kissed you my last time
That's a lot of heartaches for a dime.

That's a lot of heartaches for a dime...

"Heartaches Older Than You"



I've had a life time of memories like you
I couldn't get over even if I wanted you
It's really not somethin' I don't wanna do
But I've got heartaches older than you

I've seen that kind of look in other eyes before
This time may be different I'm not sure
Do you really understand what your young heart desires
If you're just playin' around, you're playin' with fire

I've had a life time of memories like you
I couldn't get over even if I wanted you
It's really not somethin' I don't wanna do
But I've got heartaches older than you

"Heaven Or Hell"
(originally by Willie Nelson)



Sometimes it's heaven and sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know
Sometimes I take it as far as I can
Sometimes I don't even go.

My front tracks're headin' for a cold water
Well, my back tracks're covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know.

Heaven ain't walkin' on a street paved with gold
Hell ain't a mountain of fire
Heaven is layin' in my sweet baby's arms
Hell is when baby ain't there.

My front tracks're headin' for a cold water
Well, my back tracks're covered with snow
Sometimes it's heaven sometimes it's hell
Sometimes I don't even know.

(Sometimes it's heaven sometimes it's hell)
(Sometimes I don't even know)...

"Her Man"



I'm gonna change my ways of doing things around here
I'm turning over a new leaf gonna get myself in gear
Cause I've got a woman who's better than most
And I've made a mess of her plans
So startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man

I've been a wild catter and a go go getter
Been an SOB right down to the letter
I've had misadventures I even got pictures
Of even more than I can stand
So startin' today all I want a be is her man

I'm gonna give it all back cause all I've done is take
I've put her on the back burner while I was out on the make
But I've got a woman who's good enough to give me
A second chance again
So starting today all I'm gonna be is her man

I've been a wild catter and a go go getter
Been an SOB right down to the letter
I've had misadventures I even got pictures
Of even more than I can stand
So startin' today all I want a be is her man

I'm a little bit late but I'm wise enough
I'm taking her by the hand
Startin' today all I want a be is her man

"Hey Good Lookin'"



Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

I'm free and ready,
So we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken
How's about keepin' steady company?

I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?

"Hey Willie"



Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train
And go back to Phoenix to a far brighter day
Where stars were for shining in the Arizona sky
And music meant more than fortune or fame

Willie, we wandered from border to border
Singing our stories and living our songs
Seems the farther we go, all that grows closer
Is a mind full of memories we made years ago

Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train
And go back to Phoenix to a far brighter day
Where stars were for shining in the Arizona sky
And music meant more than fortune or fame

We rolled through the towns like a bus load of gypsies
Motels and hotels ain't no place to stay
The favors we're taking, the money we're making
Won't pay for the living,we're giving away

Hey Willie let's pack up and catch us a slow train
And go back to Phoenix to a far brighter day
Where stars were for shining in the Arizona sky
And music meant more than fortune or fame

"High Time (You Quit Your Lowdown Ways)"



Well, I'm sick and tired of wakin' up sick and tired
As of today there's gonna be some changes made
Well you might as well keep your feet on the ground
Cause I won't stand still for your movin' around.

It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
Anything to the talk I hear over town
Is it really true girl that
You go on the deck up and down.

Now the word as well as I can recall
Everywhere you've been
you've been the belle of the ball
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways.

I remember one time now way back down on the farm
My daddy had a dominiker hen but she wouldn't stay home
Well, now she could fly higher than a jet airplane
But not after daddy clipped her little ol' wings
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways.

"Hittin' The Bottle Again"



Well I don't know who or where I am
I don't know who do give a damn
It's a hell of a mess that I've got me in
Hittin' the bottle again

I can't walk so I can't go home
No need to talk cause I'm alone
If I stay here they're gonna lock me in
Hittin' the bottle again

Hittin' the bottle again ever than I've drunker been
Or is it drunker than I've ever been hittin' the bottle again

Well I tried to quit for a wife of mine
I tried to quit but I changed my mind
Every once in awhile and a now and a then
Hittin' the bottle again

Hittin' the bottle again...

"Hold On I'm Comin'"
(performed with Jerry Reed)



Don't you worry don't be sad
Just lean on me girl when times are bad
When the day comes and you're down
In a river of trouble and about to drawn
Just hold on I'm comin', hold on I'm comin'.

I'm on my way your lover
If you are cold I will be your cover
Don't have to worry cause I'm here
No need to suffer baby I'm here
Just hold on I'm comin', hold on I'm comin'
Hold on I'm comin', just hold on I'm comin'.

Reach out to me for satisfaction, yea
Baby, just call my name now for quick reaction.

[Instrumental]

Don't you worry don't be sad
Just lean on me girl when times are bad
When the day comes and you're down
In a river of trouble and about to drawn
Just hold on I'm comin', hold on I'm comin'.

Hold on I'm comin', hold on I'm comin'
Baby, hold on I'm comin', hold on I'm comin'...

"Honky Tonk Blues"
(originally by Hank Williams)



Well, I left my home down on a rural route
And I told my folks I'm goin' steppin' out
To get the honky tonk blues the jumpin' honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blues.

In and out of every joint in this town
The city life has really got me down
I got the honky tonk blues the honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blues.

I'm gonna slap my boogie underneath my arm
Scud right back in my pappy's farm
And lose these honky tonk blues the jumpin' honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blues.

Well, I left my home down on a rural route
And I told my folks I'm goin' steppin' out
To get the honky tonk blues the jumpin' honky tonk blues
Well Lord, I got 'em, I got the honky tonk blues...

"Honky Tonk Heroes"



Low down leaving sun,
I've done did everything that needs done
Woe is me, why can't i see
I best be leaving well enough alone

Them neon light nights,couldn't stay out of fights
Them keep a-haunting me in memories
There's one in every crowd
for crying out loud
Why was it always turning out be me

Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
It seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me

Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
It seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me

Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
It seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me

"Honky Tonk Women"


I met her, just a barroom queen in Memphis
She tried to make me upstairs for a ride
She had to carry me right across her shoulder
'Cause I just can't seem to drink her off of my mind
She's a honky tonk woman
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme the honky tonk girl.

I met her either say in New York City
I had to put up a one heck of a fight
The lady said she'd covered me with roses
She broke my nose and then she broke my mind.
She's a honky tonk woman
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme the honky tonk girl.

[Instrumental]

She's a honky tonk woman
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme the honky tonk girl.

She's a honky tonk woman
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme the honky tonk girl.

She's a honky tonk woman
Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme, gimme the honky tonk girl...

"Honky Tonkin'"



When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go
Come to see me baby, and bring along some dough
And we'll go Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honey Baby
We'll go Honky Tonkin' 'round this town.

When you and your baby have a fallin' out
Just call me up sweet mama and we'll go steppin' out
And we'll go Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honey Baby
We'll go Honky Tonkin' 'round this town.

We're goin' to the city, to the city fair
If you go to the city then you will find me there
And we'll go Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honey Baby
We'll go Honky Tonkin' 'round this town.

When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go
Come to see me baby, and bring along some dough
And we'll go Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin'
Honky Tonkin', Honey Baby
We'll go Honky Tonkin' 'round this town.

"House Of The Rising Sun"



There is a house down in New Orleans
They call the Rising sun
It's been the ruin of many poor boys and me
Oh God, I'm one.

My mother was a taylor
She sowed these old blue jeans
My father was a gambler
Lord, down in New Orleans.

Go tell my baby sister
Not to do the the things I've done
Outshine that house down in New Orleans
They call the Rising sun.

There is a house down in New Orleans
they call the Rising sun
It's been the ruin of many poor boys and me
Oh God, I'm one...