"I've Got My Faults"



I'm just a man
No more or no less
Bad as the worst
Good as the best

If you like what you see
It's a pretty good bet
What you see
Is just what you'll get

And I've got my faults that I can't deny
Nobody knows that better than I do
Some not so good traits from my wilder days
I've got my faults but I do have my ways

I do have my ways
That show off the best side of me
When you least expect it
You don't know how good I can be

And I've got my faults that I can't deny
Nobody knows that better than I do
Some not so good traits from my wilder days
I've got my faults but I do have my ways

"If I Can Find A Clean Shirt"



Come on now Willie don't look at me that way
I know you like a paperback book cause I've read every page
I know what you're thinkin' and I don't think you're thinkin' at all
This is old hoss that's you're talkin' to the one with the perfect recall

No I ain't going down on the border with you tonight
Drinking tequila taking chances on our lives
All the women are crazy they like to party till daylight
On second thought if I can find a clean shirt I might

Wait a minute Waylon I ain't said a thing about that
Sometimes I just like to wear my spurs and my old Mexican hat
But we sure had fun the last time that we were down there
And we woke up you had that weird tattoo and somebody had curled my hair

No I ain't going down on the border with you tonight
Drinking tequila taking chances on our lives
All the women are crazy they like to party till daylight
On second thought if I can find a clean shirt I might

All the women are crazy they like to party till daylight
On second thought if I can find a clean shirt I might

"If I Could Only Fly"



This morning as I watched a bird
Just spread its wings and fly
It was then a thought came over me
And I wondered why can't I?
Oh why, oh why can't I?

If I could only fly, you see
A lot of problems would be gone
When you think of just how much
I'd save on shoes alone
If I could only fly

I would never tear my clothes
Climbing in and out of trees
If I could only fly, I'd never crawl
Or wear holes in my knees
If I could only fly

How I'd love to spread my wings
And streak across the sky
I'd be off to see the world
If I could only fly
But I'd always come right back

"If I Were A Carpenter"


If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby
If a thinker were my trade would you still find me
Carrying the pots I made following behind me.

Save my love through sorrow
Save your love through lonely
You can have my tomorrow
Just love me only.

[Instrumental]

If I worked my hands in wood would you still love me
Answer me say yes I would I place you above me
If I were a miller with a mill wheel grinding
Would you miss your pretty clothes and your soft shoes shining?

Save my love through sorrow
Save your love through lonely
You can have my tomorrow
Just love me only.

[Instrumental]

If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway would you have my baby?...

"If My Harley Was Runnin'"


Everybody knows that you got a job, especially me
You just keep rubbing it in, you won't let it be
You bring home the bacon and it's making me feel like a jerk
Out of all that I got, your all I got that still works

[Chorus:]

But if my harley was runnin, honey I'd show you who's boss
There are places in texas a man can still go and get lost
If my harley was runnin' I'd be gone in nothin' flat
Sooner or later I'll get it started,
And you better start thinkin' bout that

Everybody knows a man without wheels ain't much at all
When he's down on his luck, down on his pride he's down to a crawl
You got it girl, you got my world in your hand
In the back of my mind I'm making my time and making my plans

[Chorus]

"If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now"



If ole Hank, Could only see us now
If he could see what we got goin' down
We got learjets and buses, chauffeured limousines
We done moved from the Ryman, and Opry's on TV
I'd give a hundred dollars, if I could know somehow
What'd ya think, If ole Hank, could see us now

Well Nashville's got too rich, to sing the blues
They've traded in their cowboy boots for high-heeled Gucci shoes
Looks like they took the music out to lunch
Their ain't a decent yodel in the bunch
If ole Hank, could see us now

If he could see what we got goin' down
We got game shows and videos, and a lot of souvenirs
From machines and synthesizers ringin' in our ears
I'd give a hundred dollars, if I could know somehow
What'd ya think, If ole Hank, could only see us now. (Yeah)

It's still a long hard road but you know you're at the top
When the CMA awards you, for crossin' over pop
I guess they finally think we've come of age
Singin' through the smoke, strobe lights on the stage

If ole Hank, could only see us now
If he could see what we got goin' down
We got learjets and buses, chauffeured limousines
We done moved from the Ryman, and Ralph Emery's on TV
I'd give a hundred dollars, if I could know somehow
What'd ya think, if ole Hank, could see us now

We spend two hundred thousand dollars makin' compact discs
And the record never scratch and never break
Ver break, ver break, ver break, ver break. (ha ha ha)

"If She'll Leave Her Mama"



She left the cradle when she learned to crawl
With mama on the front porch she walked off
Headed for the city in a pair of high heeled shoes
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you.

Don't take it so hard and blame yourself
'Cause you ain't the first one that she ever left
She loves her mama but she loves a good time too
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you.

Oh, you can give her love and you give her hell
No matter what you give her she wants somethin' else
You know she's gonna do exactly what she wants to
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you.

"If The Shoe Fits"


My friends all say that you're deceiving me
And things are going on that I don't see
I pay them no mind I love you so
And if you're guilty then I just don't want to know.

But if the shoe fits then wear it
If your mind hurts then bear it
It's your conscience to live with every day every night
If you find it hard sleeping
If you just lie there weeping
If the truth hurts then the shoe fits just right.

[Instrumental]

If you do wrong then it's your bill to pay
It's you there in that mirror every day
I love you and I plan to from now on
I just can't believe you do your daddy wrong.

But if the shoe fits then wear it
If your mind hurts then bear it
It's your conscience to live with every day every night
If you find it hard sleeping
If you just lie there weeping
If the truth hurts then the shoe fits just right.

If the truth hurts then the shoe fits just right...

"If You Could Touch Her At All"



Funny a woman can come on so wild and free
Yet insist I don't watch her undress or watch her watch me
And stand by the bed and shiver as if she were cold
Just to lie down beside me and touch me as if I were gold.

One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
I'd rather have one than none Lord I'm flesh and bone
Though sometimes it seems she ain't worth the trouble at all
She could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all.

Right or wrong a woman can own any man
She can take him inside her and hold his soul in her hand
Then leave him as weak and weary as a newborn child
Fighting to get his first breath and open his eyes.

One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
I'd rather have one than none Lord I'm flesh and bone
Though sometimes it seems she ain't worth the trouble at all
She could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all...

"If You Could Touch Her At All"
(performed by Willie Nelson)



Funny a woman can come on so wild and free
Yet insist I don't watch her undress or watch her watch me
And stand by my bed and shiver as if she were cold
Just to lie down beside me and touch me as if I were gold
One night of love can't make up for six nights alone
But I'd rather have one than none Lord cause I'm flesh and bone
And sometimes it seems that she ain't worth the trouble at all
But she could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all

Right or wrong a woman can own any man
She can take him inside her and hold his soul in her hand
Then leave him as weak and weary as a newborn child
Fighting to get his first breath and open his eyes
One night of love can't make up...

And sometimes it seems...

"If You Really Want Me To I'll Go"


If you really want me to, I'll go
It's not that I want to, but I'll go
If you've found somebody who could love you more than me
If you really want me to, I'll go.

I don't know just what you're tryin' to do
You told me that your love for me was true
I don't understand my love, please tell me what to do
If you really want me to, I'll go.

I need you more than you know
Ask me to do anything but go
I can hardly talk, afraid I'll cry
Just can't bring myself to say goodbye.

Don't tell me that it's over
I don't wanna know
If you really want me to
I'll go.

[Instrumental]

I need you more than you know
Ask me to do anything but go
I can hardly talk, afraid I'll cry
Just can't bring myself to say goodbye.

Don't tell me that it's over
I don't wanna know
If you really want me to
I'll go.

If you really want me to, I'll go...

"If You See Her"



If you see her and she mentions my name
Tell her the times have but I have not changed
All my friends know that I still feel the same
If you see her and she mentions my name

If you see her, ask her for me
If the dreamer in her ever set her free
Does she know now what the words I say mean?
If you see her won't you ask her for me?

Everything I told her then was true
Everything was true at the time
But time has a way of changing everything
Truth has a way of changing all the time

If you see her and she mentions my name
Tell her for me that she was not to blame
There's no reason now for her to feel ashamed
If you see her and she mentions my name

Everything I told her then was true
Everything was true at the time
But time has a way of changing everything
Truth has a way of changing all the time

If you see her and she mentions my name
Tell her the times have but I have not changed
All my friends know that I still feel the same

"If You See Me Getting Smaller"



Willie we've been constant companion
You know the light and shade
We have spent a million dollars
Find out what we made.

We have made the maidens marvel
The things we do and say
Down, down and out brother
Up, up in the way.

If you see me gettin' smaller
I'm leavin' don't be free there
Just got to get away from here
If you see me gettin' smaller
don't worry and no hurry
I've got the right to disappear.

God bless old Philadelphia
They were standing in the rain
Out in front of a main yard
Wet and lonely train.

Who knows who they came to see
A mad man full of beer
A four piece band and a charter bus
May further line career.

If you see me gettin' smaller
I'm leavin' don't be free there
Just got to get away from here
If you see me gettin' smaller
don't worry and no hurry
I've got the right to disappear...

"If You Were Mine To Lose"



If you were mine to lose I'd gladly let you go
'Cause that would mean you once belonged to me
I'd gladly take the heartache of losing you some day
'Cause then at least I'd have the memory.

Through all the years I've known you you've never noticed me
Just a friend that's all I've been to you
I'd gladly let you break my heart for just one memory
Just to know that you were mine to lose.

If I could only hold you just one time
for one short moment heaven would be mine
If you were mine to lose I'd gladly let you go
Just to know that you were mine to lose.

I could only hold you just one time
for one short moment heaven would be mine
If you were mine to lose I'd gladly let you go
Just to know that you were mine to lose...

"If You're Goin' Girl"



If you're goin' girl in the summertime
Then you'd better take the shinin' sun
And you'd better take all the golden fields
And the perfume of the clover and the corn

If you're goin' girl in the winter time
Then you'd better take all the sparkling snow
And you'd better take the fresh cut firewood
And the smooth red wine that kept us warm

‘Cause if I ever walk in the sun again
It'd be too much for me to understand
And if I ever drink warm red wine again
I'd find myself reaching for your hand

And much more than this
All those things we had
I want you to keep all of your days
May your memories never make me sad
And I wish you love always

"In This Very Same Room"


That's the very same door that I carried her through
On the night we were married last June
And right overthere is the very same chair
That she sat in when she said we're through.

Overhere you can see where I got on my knees
And I begged but her heart was a stone
Overhere's where I cried did you know I'd died
Right here in this very same room.

[Instrumental]

To your right there's a crib and it's never been used
Perhaps that's why we're apart
And there sits a phone that she used on alone
To make plans with her new sweetheart.

Then she walked overhere and she picked up her things
Then left me alone in the gloom
Overhere's where I cried did you know I'd died
Right here in this very same room.

Right here in this very same room...

"It Should Be Easier Now"


Now that I've made up my mind you're gone
It should be easier now
Perhaps now my heart will stop hanging on
It should be easier now.

The lesson I've learned from you gold can't buy
A heart can be broken and still survive
Thanks to you now a much wiser man am I
And it should be easier now.

[Instrumental]

The worst now is over I've stood the test
It should be easier now
They say everything happens for the best
It should be easier now.

The wounds in my heart you've carved deep and wide
Hollowed and washed by the tears I've cried
But now there'll be more room for love inside
And it should be easier now...

"It'll Be Her"



If anyone ever finds a better way to love
It'll be her lovin' me
If anyone ever goes out of their way to show they care
It'll be her lovin' me.

She's every woman I've ever known rolled up in one
If I'm ever loved any more she'll be the one
To get it done the way it should be
It'll be her lovin' me.

If ever I'm down and out and need someone to love
It'll be her lovin' me
When everyone else is cold and I need someone warm to hold
It'll be her lovin' me.

She's every woman I've ever known rolled up in one
If I'm ever loved any more she'll be the one
To get it done the way it should be
It'll be her lovin' me.

She's every woman I've ever known rolled up in one
If I'm ever loved any more she'll be the one
To get it done the way it should be
It'll be her lovin' me...

"It's All Over Now"



Well my baby used to stay out all night long
She made me cry she done me wrong
Come home each morning tellin' me them same old lies
But now the table has turned and it's her turn to cry.

Because I used to love her
But it's all over now
Oh yes, I used to love her
But it's all over now.

Well, she started runnin' round with every man in town
Spending all my money playin' a high class game
She would never change no matter how I tried
But the table has turned and it's her turn to cry.

Because I used to love her
But it's all over now
Oh yes, I used to love her
But it's all over now.

I used to wake up in the morning get my breakfast in bed
When I was worried she would ease my achin' head
Now she's here and there with every guy in town
Still tryin' to take me for that same old clown.

Because I used to love her
But it's all over now
Oh yes, I used to love her
But it's all over now...

"It's Alright"



J. J. Cale's my hero, best I ever heard
But you gotta sing a little louder, hoss, 'cause I can't hear the words
Some folks call it rock and rol, others call it blues
But I detect a country soul, when I seen his cowboy shoes
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright

George might show up flyin' high, if George shows up at all
But he may be, unconsciously, the greatest of them all
From the Beatles and me in Nashville, to the billies and the Rolling Stones
If we all sounded like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright

Jesse she's my woman boys, poor little ugly thing
She tells me just how smart I am, so I'll teach her how to sing
When I'm wrong and then she nails me, I get her with the same old line
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright