"I Think It's Time She Learned"



How many times must I tell her
How many times must I say
I won't be around to pick her up again
From now on she'll have to find her own way.

How many years have I loved her
While she stood by so unconcerned
But the things she don't know I'll teach her when I go
She's been wrong and I think it's time she learned.

I think it's time she learned
Love can't live when love is not returned
She thought that I would always stand by
But she's been wrong and I think it's time she learned.

I think it's time she learned
Love can't live when love is not returned
She thought that I would always stand by
But she's been wrong and I think it's time she learned.

She's been wrong and I think it's time she learned...

"I Tremble For You"


This world that I live in is empty and cold
The loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul
I'm no child of destiny and no fortune's son
I've just chased you so long now I'm too weak to run.

A new day is here but nothing is new
Alone in my room I tremble for you.

[Instrumental]

I know I'll return to the backstreets again
To find what I need to prove I'm a man
And there I'll treat shame like an old friend from home
That I can lean on till my mis'ry is gone.

A new day is here and nothing is new
I'm a picture of weakness as I tremble for you...

"I Walk The Line"
(originally by Johnny Cash)



I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the ties that bind
Because you're mine I walk the line.

I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself by myself when each day is through
I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine I walk the line.

I'll admit that I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine, let me, I walk in the line.

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time...

"I Won't Be Home No More"



Well, you're just in time to be too late
I tried to but I couldn't wait
And now I've got another date
And I won't be home no more.

You're just in time to miss the boat
So don't take off your hat and coat
Be on your way that's all she wrote
I won't be home no more.

I hung around a month or two
And waited for your call
Now, I'm too busy pitchin' woo
Come around next fall.

I scratched your name right off my slate
And hung a sign on my front gate
You're just in time to be too late
And I won't be home no more.

Well, you're just in time to turn around
And head your buggy back to town
You looked me up, I turned you down
And I won't be home no more.

You're just in time to change your tune
Go tell your troubles to the moon
And call around next May or June
I won't be home no more.

I used to be the patient and kind
Believed each alibi
That's all done, I've changed my mind
I've got new fish to fry.

You're just in time to celebrate
The thing you didn't calculate
You're just in time to be too late
And I won't be home no more...

"I Wonder Just Where I Went Wrong"


Your love, I'm no longer sure of
Seems there's times you'd rather be alone
And if I'm losing you tell me what did I do
Oh, I wonder just where I went wrong.

Even though I still feel the same
I can't help but feel I'm to blame
Have I done all that I can do to show my love for you
Oh, I wonder just where I went wrong.

[Instrumental]

Even though I still feel the same
I can't help but feel I'm to blame
Have I done all that I can do to show my love for you
Oh, I wonder just where I went wrong.

Oh, I wonder just where I went wrong...

"I'll Find It Where I Can"
(performed with James Garner)



It's another wasted morning
And I'm bouncing off the wall
Too much swarming makes me wonder
Why I'm headed home at all

I get that honky-tonk feeling
Every time your arms grow cold
That could be the reason
I need a home away from home
So I'll say it one more time
And I hope you understand
If I can't find it in your arms, babe
I'll find it where I can

I can't refuse them lonely women
Lord, I know just how they feel
So I'll keep right on pretending
What you've been giving me is real

I get that honky-tonk feeling
Every time your arms grow cold
That could be the reason
I need a home away from home
So I'll say it one more time
And I hope you understand
If I can't find it in your arms, babe
I'll find it where I can

Yes, I'll say it one more time
And I hope you understand
If I can't find it in your arms, babe
I'm gonna get it where I can

"I'll Go Back To Her"



I'll go back to her where I'm wanted
And maybe I can make up for the wrong
Inspite of all I've done she still wants me
So I'll go back to her where I belong.

Walking out on her wasn't easy
But without a second thought I left her there
I gave my all and did it all to please you
But the more I seem to do the less you care.

So I'll go back to her where I'm wanted
And maybe I can make up for the wrong
Inspite of all I've done she still wants me
So I'll go back to her where I belong.

I'll go back to her where I'm wanted
And maybe I can make up for the wrong
Inspite of all I've done she still wants me
So I'll go back to her where I belong...

"I'm A Long Way From Home"


I'm a long way from home and so all alone
Homesick like I never thought I'd be
I'm a long way from home, everything is wrong
Someone please watch over me.

I'm not acustomed to this feeling
Loneliness is burning in my soul
Sometimes the mind is so mistreating
I wish I'd stayed at home like I was told.

[Instrumental]

I wish I knew the force within me
That keeps my mind out of control
What makes me reach for things that I can't see
I wish I'd stayed at home like I was told.

I'm a long way from home and so all alone
Homesick like I never thought I'd be
I'm a long way from home, everything is wrong
Someone please watch over me...

"I'm A Ramblin' Man"



I've been down to Mississippi
Down through New Orlean
Yes I have
I've played in California
There ain't too much I haven't seen
No there ain't
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man
Don't fool around with a ramblin' man.

Left a girl in West Virginia
Up there where that green grass grows
Yes I did
Got a girl in Cincinatti
Waitin' where the Ohio River flows
Oh, girl
I'm a ramblin' man.
Don't give your heart to a ramblin' man.

You better move away
Your standing to close to the plain
Once I mess with the ol' mind
Your little ol' heart won't be the same
But I'm a ramblin' man
Don't mess around within your ramblin' man.

You better not
Well, up in Chicago
I was known as quite a boy
Yes I was
Down in Alabama
They call me the man of joy
Still do
Well, I'm a ramblin' man
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man.

You better move away
Your standing to close to the plain
Once I mess with the ol' mind
Your little ol' heart won't be the same
Oh, I'm a ramblin' man
Don't mess around with any ol' ramblin man...

"I'm Doing This For You"


I'm coming back to you one more time
To give you one more chance to clear your mind
I know how much you don't want to be free
So I'm doing this for you, not for me.

All you have to do is apologize
I'll be there soon as I dry my eyes
I know how much you don't want to be free
So I'm doing this for you, not for me.

[Instrumental]

All you have to do is apologize
I'll be there soon as I dry my eyes
I know how much you don't want to be free
So I'm doing this for you, not for me.

I'm doing this for you, not for me...

"I'm Gonna Leave (While I Still Love You)"



You took the little gifts I gave as though
Afraid each one contained some sort of bribe
And so the joy you might have had from someone giving
'Cause they can has been denied

And now the frown of discontent upon your face
Grows deep and felt with time
And I'm gonna leave while I still love you

I know there's no way that I can
Make up to you for whatever wrong
Has caused you all the pain and sorrow
That your heart has lived on for so long

And the wall you've built between us
Higher now and harder now to climb
And I'm gonna leave while I still love you

I wish that I could be all the reasons
That you need to go on live'n'
I wish that I could give you what you want
So I can get what I'm not gett'n'

But happiness is not a gift
That I can bring you tied with pretty ribbons
And so before I'm left with only bitterness
And memories of bad times

Baby I'm gonna leave while I still love you
Baby I'm gonna leave while I still love you

"I'm Little"



Sometimes I look up at my dad
And he looks a hundred feet tall
So if I hadn't learned to yell real loud
He might never see me at all
'Cause

I'm little, I'm little
I'm little so what can I say
I'm little, I'm little
But I'm gonna grow up some day

My mom says where ever I go
I always leave a big mess
And as long as it takes her to clean up my room
She may be right I guess

I'm little, I'm little
I'm little so what can I say
I'm little, I'm little
But I'm gonna grow up some day

Sometimes I think Mom and Dad
Are always pickin' on me
But if you won't tell, I'll tell you the truth
I do a lot more than they see
'Cause

I'm little, I'm little
I'm little so what can I say
I'm little, I'm little
But I'm gonna grow up some day

I'm little, I'm little
I'm little so what can I say
I'm little, I'm little
But I'm gonna grow up some day

But I hope I never do

"I'm Living Proof (There's Life After You)"



You were the toast of the town
And I was the one that you chose
You took me the long way around
But that's what it takes, I suppose

A fool can get lost in a dream
Desire always covers the wrong
Nothing is as bad as it seems
'Cause I've learned to live with you gone

I'm living proof, there's life after you
After all I've been through
I'm living proof, there's life after you

Yes, a fool can get lost in a dream
Desire always covers the wrong
But nothing is as bad as it seems
'Cause I've learned to live with you gone

I'm living proof, there's life after you
After all I've been through
I'm living proof, there's life after you

After all I've been through
I'm living proof, there's life after you

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"



Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide it's face and cry.

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began to die
That means he's lost his will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

I'm so lonesome I could cry

"I've Always Been Crazy"



I've always been crazy and the trouble that it's put me through
I've been busted for things that I did, and I didn't do
I can't say I'm proud of all of the things that I've done
But I can say I've never intentionally hurt anyone

I've always been different with one foot over the line
Winding up somewhere one step ahead or behind
It ain't been so easy but I guess I shouldn't complain
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane

Beautiful lady are you sure that you understand
The chances your taking loving a free living man
Are you really sure you really want what you see
Be careful of something that's just what you want it to be

I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
Nobody knows if it's something to bless or to blame
So far I ain't found a rhyme or a reason to change
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane

"I've Been A Long Time Leaving"



I've been a fool I've been a fool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' but I'll be a long time gone

Loved you so much I loved you so much
I stayed around when I should've moved along
I've been a long time leaving but I'll be a long time gone
Hello highline hello highway here come a big ole semi my way
I stick up my thumb hear the truck come trees goin' by lookin' like a fly
On my big legs are my Levi's hup hup hup hup
I've been a fool...

Hello highline hello highway...

"I've Been Needing Someone Like You"


I just came in to drown some sorrow
I'll be leavin' town tomorrow
Just another bum that's passin' through
Hitchin' rides when I ain't walkin'
Ain't had time to do no talkin'
Woman I've been needin' someone like you.

Say my eyes are filled with sadness
Well, they once were filled with gladness
Once I loved someone I thought was true
But I found her with another
Since that day there's been no other
And woman I've been needin' someone like you.

[Instrumental]

Back then my better judgement failed me
Tried to kill him and they jailed me
And though that happened back in '62
Can't hold the job 'cause no one wants me
With the past like mine that haunts me
Woman I've been needin' someone like you.

The luck of love and conversation
Kills the man like snow starvation
Five long years that's all that I've gone through
Now you say that's all behind me
It was meant for you to find me
Woman I've been needin' someone like you.

Yes, woman I've been needin' someone like you...

"I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"


I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
I'm losing weight and turning mighty pale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

Well, every night you drag me where the bright lights're found
There ain't no way to slowin' you down
I'm about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
I'm losing weight and turning mighty pale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

[Instrumental]

I thought the day I met you you were meek as a lamb
Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
Now the pace we've been living takes the wind from my sails
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
I'm losing weight and turning mighty pale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail...

"I've Got Eyes For You"



When I look at you I think many strange things
And it's hard to express all of my feelings
I belong to a girl you hang around with
But I must admit I've got eyes for you.

I had to call and tell you just how I felt
You should know by now that
When you're near my heart melts
I belong to a girl you hang around with
But I must admit I've got eyes for you.

Eyes for you, eyes for you
Yes I must admit I've got eyes for you.

In my sleep I call your name
No one to blame I can't explain
And every time I see you it's the same thing
And I try to escape from looking your way.
I belong to a girl you hang around with
But I must admit I've got eyes for you.

Must admit I've got eyes for you, mhm
I must admit I've got eyes for you...

"I've Got Me A Woman"



I've got me a woman she's a pretty good woman at that
We live with a monkey and a Chinese acrobat
She calls me Tex and makes me wear a cowboy hat
But I don't care 'cause she's a pretty good woman at that

I like nothin' better than to spend my nights at home
Listen to my baby when she plays my slide trombone
She talks in tongues, boy that really turns me on
With a woman like that, a man need never to roam

Some folks get themselves together
Some folks stay in Tennessee
But I don't care where I'm goin'
Just as long as that woman stays with me

Nothin' in the world'd make me treat that woman mean
She shaves my beard and she keeps my tractor clean
She burns my food, makes me eat turnip greens
But I don't care 'cause she's the best little woman I've seen

Some folks get themselves together
Some folks stay in Tennessee
But I don't care where I'm goin'
Just as long as that woman stays with me