"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"


You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down
Oh, Ruby don't take your love to town.

It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
I know Ruby, that I'm not the man I used to be
But Ruby, I still need your company.

[Instrumental]

It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But I've heard them say it won't be long until I'm not around
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town.

She's leaving now for I just heard the slammin' of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before
If I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to town...

"Sad Songs & Waltzes"


I'm writing a song all about you
A true song as real as my tears
But you've no need to fear it
'Cause no one will hear it
'Cause sad songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year

I'll tell all about how you cheated
I'd like to the whole world to hear
I'd like to get even with you
'Cause you're leavin'
And songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year

It's a good thing that I'm not a star
You don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it
No one will play it
Cause sad songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year

[Steel]

Well it's a good thing that I'm not a star
You don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it
No one will play it
'Cause sad songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year

"Sally Was A Good Old Girl"



Sally used to carry my books to school
Sally was a good ole girl
Helped me with my homework 'cause I was a fool
'Cause Sally was a good ole girl.

If you wanted just a kiss or a little bitty squeeze
She was always willing to do her best to please
Yeah, girls were made to love and not made to tease
Sally was a good ole girl.

Yeah, Sally was a good ole girl
Sally was a good ole girl
No matter what the request
She gave it her best
Sally was a good ole girl.

Oh well, Sally's folks were poor but she helped all she could
Sally was a good ole girl
Hardest working girl in the neighborhood
Sally was a good ole girl.

Well, she walked up and down the street all day
Selling neck ties to the one's who'd pay
If they couldn't afford it then she'd give them away
'Cause Sally was a good ole girl.

Yeah, Sally was a good ole girl
Sally was a good ole girl
No matter what the request
She gave it her best
Sally was a good ole girl.

Well, Sally was a good ole girl
Sally was a good ole girl
No matter what the request
She gave it her best
Sally was a good ole girl.

Well, Sally was a favorite with all of the men
'Cause Sally was a good ole girl
All of the ladies despised her then
'Cause Sally was a good ole girl.

Well, the women talked about her
but Sally didn't care
She kept on a workin' and a doin' her share
She wound up married to a millionare
Sally was a good ole girl.

Yeah, Sally was a good ole girl
Sally was a good ole girl
No matter what the request
She gave it her best
Sally was a good ole girl.

Well, Sally was a good ole girl
Sally was a good ole girl
No matter what the request
She gave it her best
Sally was a good ole girl...

"Same Old Lover Man"


I'm not some long lost someone
Just dropped in to say hello
I'm the same old lover man
Baby, lost so long ago.
'Cause I was born to believe
I never could deceive, believe me.

I hear no children's voices
Have they gone back to school
It's the same old lover man
Baby, still actin' like some kinda fool.
Yes, I was born to believe
I never could deceive, believe me.

[Instrumental]

It's cold outside your window
Please let me in the night is wild
I'm the same old lover man
Baby, not some lonesome innocent child.

Yes, I was born to bring a grief
Though I never was a thief
I'm the same old lover man
Baby, just dropped in to say what's new.

Yes, I was born to bring a grief
I never could deceive, believe me...

"San Francisco Mabel Joy"
(originally by Mickey Newbury)



His daddy was an honest man a red dirt Georgia farmer
His mama lived her young life having kids and bailing hay
He had fifteen years and an ache inside to wander
Jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in LA.

The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
Most days he went hungry then the summer came
He met a girl known on the Strip as San Francisco's Mabel Joy
Destitution's child born on an LA street called Shame.

Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
Laughter found the mornings that brought the meaning to his life
Night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
With dreams of Georgia cotton and a California wife.

Sunday morning found him neath the red light at her door
A right cross sent him reelin' and put him face down on the floor
In place of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
He said your Georgia neck is red but Sonny you're still green.

He turned twenty one in a grey rock Federal prison
The judge had no mercy on this Waycross Georgia boy
Starin' at those four grey walls in silnce Lord he'd listen
To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy.

Sunday morning found him neath the red light at her door
With a bullet in his side he cried have you seen Mabel Joy
Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
She left this house four years ago she was lookin' for some Georgia farm boy...

"Sandy Sends Her Best"


This letter that I'm writing would probably be
The hardest thing I'll ever do
But you see there's something you should know
I guess I should be the one to tell you.

While you failthfuly waited for me
I met someone new and I fell
Though you may not wanna hear it
Sandy sends her best and she and I both wish you well.

Sure you know as well as I
Mem'ries have a way of hangin' in your mind
And there's a lot about you
I know I'll remember for a long, long time.

But she's the girl that I love now
I guess more than I love my life itself
I pray you hold your no hurt feelings
Sandy sends her best and she and I both wish you well.

Maybe someday you'll forgive me
Realize that some things happened for the best
If it's any consolation after all the others
Until her I loved you best.

By the time you read this letter we'll be gone
I guess that's all there is to tell
But before I say goodbye
Sandy sends her best and she and I both wish you well.

I pray you hold your no hurt feelings
Sandy sends her best and she and I both wish you well...

"Satin Sheets"



Wish I was a millionaire
I'd play rock music and grow long hair
I tell you boys I'd drive a new Rolls Royce
Pretty women hangin' on me
I'd give 'em all the third degree
Satin sheets to keep 'em off of the streets.

Hallelujah, hear me talkin' to ya
Praise the Lord and pass the tambourine
Great Jehova, you'll come over
As soon as ya see me boogie woogie cross the silver screen.

Hang 'em high and hang 'em low
Put 'em in the eyes wherever I go
Keep 'em all night feelin' just right

Hallelujah, hear me talkin' to ya
Praise the Lord and pass the tambourine
Great Jehova, you'll come over
As soon as ya see me boogie woogie cross the silver screen...

"See You Around (On Your Way Down)"


He offers you so many things that I can't give
I know your young heart just can't turn him down
And like you say you're free and it's your life to live
See you around on your way down.

You're much too young to know
The value of a love that's true
I don't think he'll ever learn to love you
Or think half as much of you as I do.

You can't see me your head is too high in the clouds
But I'll be waiting on my side of town
In case you need me and you will I have no doubt
See you around on your way down.

[Instrumental]

Like you say you're free and it's your life to live
See you around on your way down.

I'll see you around girl on your way down...

"Settin' Me Up"
(originally by Dire Straits)



Well, you say I'm the greatest bound for glory
But the word is out and I learned
I got the latest side of the story
You're pullin' out before you get burned.

Your hands are squeezin' me down to the bone
I've never seen you breakin' before
Stands to reason I'm a leaving you alone
What are you taking me for.

Settin' me up to put me down
Making me out to be your clown
Settin' me up to put me down
You better give it up baby, quit your messin' around.

You think I care about your reaction
You think I don't understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action
Now you talk about another man.

Settin' me up to put me down
Making me out to be your clown
Settin' me up to put me down
You better give it up baby, quit your messin' around.

Settin' me up to put me down
Making me out to be your clown
Settin' me up to put me down
You better give it up baby, quit your messin' around...

"Shadow Of Your Distant Friend"



Like a muddy river running wild and deep
You've got a flaming memory that keeps burning me
Just when I think you love me, doubt creeps in
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend.

It's a major heartache when you lose your trust
When you love the feeling, it begins to rust
Just when the sun is shining,clouds set in
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend.

I still feel the past each time you touch me
Will the fire in your mind never end
I'm so afraid our love may turn to ashes
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend.

You know I really love you, but your heart's confused
By that aching fever that keeps haunting you
Just when I think it's over, it starts again
I still feel the shadow of your distant friend...

"Shakin' The Blues"



Young girl out of season
You do know how to shine
You got a unnatural hold on me
But the truth is I don't mind

Having a good time shakin' the blues

Young man brass and cocky
Old man's got his pride
They got a unmutual disrespect
So dissatisfied

Having a hard time shakin' the blues

Hank calls him watasha
Willie calls him the hoss
He might have been uncommonally out of control
As best as I recall

Having a high time shakin' the blues

He's been king of the mountain
Had a good time livin' what the good life brings
So you best not count him down and out
Cause he'll be here, til' he hears the fat lady sing

Young girl out of season
You do know how to shine
You got a unnatural hold on me
But the truth is I don't mind

Having a good time

Having a good time

Having a good time

Shakin' the blues

"She Called Me Baby"


She called me baby, baby all night long
Used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I woke and she was gone
There's no more baby, baby all night long.

She called me baby, baby all night long
Kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if she'd just come back home
And call me baby, baby all night long.

[Instrumental]

She called me baby, baby all night long
Held me up so high and made me strong
Now each time in dreams just like a song
I still hear baby, baby all night long.

I still hear baby, baby all night long...

"She Comes Running"


When loneliness is knocking at my mind
Happiness is something I can't find
Pleasure seem forty miles behind
She comes running.

[Instrumental]

If I stand in someone else's rain
Feelin' forty million miles of pain
She know just what and who's to blame
She comes running.

[Instrumental]

If my dreams all turn to seas
If my flowers turn to breeze
She knows exactly what I need
She comes running.

[Instrumental]

On the day the world puts me down
In some empty space in the ground
I'll bet if I make a sound
She'll come running...

"She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)"


Well, now I can see
You're dancin' every dance with her
And it seems to me
You're dancin' much too close to her.

When you sat at our table
You sat next to her
But I know that it's true
She loves me, she don't love you.

Well, let me tell you friend I'm wise to your lies
Even tellin' me that I'm the guy for her
And if a little thing you do and say
Has given you away you're in love with her.

Well, just one more dance with her
And friend you're gonna see
Oh, what it's like to hit the floor
And do a little dance with me.

Here's your coat there's the door
I think you better leave
'Cause I just know that it's true
She loves me, she don't love you.

[Instrumental]

Well let me tell you friend I'm wise to your lies
Even tellin' me that I'm the guy for her
And if a little thing you do and say
Has given you away you're in love with her...

"She Was No Good For Me"


She was a good looking woman no doubt
A high steppin' mover that men talk about
But everything bad in me
She brought it out
And she was just no good for me

She was wonderfully wicked and wild
With the looks of a woman
And the ways of a child
She could twist me or turn me
With a look or a smile
And she was just no good for me

[Chorus:]
Don't be taken by the look in her eyes
If she looks like an angel
It's a perfect disguise
And for somebody else she may be
But she was just no good for me

I'm just a fool for a looker i guess
When it comes to beauty
Lord knows she was blessed
I thought i could change her
And i did my best
But she was just no good for me

[Chorus]

"She's Gone, Gone, Gone"


She said if I ever deceived her
She'd be gone before I could count ten
Well, I guess that I didn't believe her
'Cause look at the trouble that I'm in.

And now he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Cryin' won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster the train
Flies farther on down the track.

[Instrumental]

If I only knew where to find her
I'd crawl there on my hands and knees
But each tick of the clock is a reminder
She's one second farther from me.

And now he's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
Cryin' won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster the train
Flies farther on down the track...

"She's Looking Good"



Everybody that I see
Says she's looking good
There's no doubt about it
She's looking good.

There's just one thing that worries me
It happened this way before
She's looking good and I'm afraid
She'll find what she's looking for.

There was a time her love was mine
And I was her whole world
But from time to time she changed her mind
Then she's a different girl.

She'll paint her face and comb her hair
A picture that I adore
And I die each time so afraid she'll find
What she's looking for.

Mhm, she's looking good.
Mhm, she's looking good...

"She's Too Good For Me"
(originally by Sting)



She don't like to hear me sing
She don't want no diamond ring
She don't want to drive my car
She won't let me go that far

She don't like the way I look
She don't like the things I cook
She don't like the way I play
She don't like the things I say

Oh, the games we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me

She don't like the jokes I make
She don't like the drugs I take
She don't like the friends I got
She don't like my friends a lot

She don't like the clothes I wear
She don't like the way I stare
She don't like the tales I tell
She don't like the way I smell

Oh, the games we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me

Would I prefer him if he washed himself more often than he does?
Would I prefer him if he took me to an opera?
Because he thought I'd fall for him
This phony perfect man, he'll always be my [?]

She don't wanna meet my folks
She don't wanna hear my jokes
She don't like to fix my tie
She don't even wanna try

She don't like the books I read
She don't like the way I feed
She don't wanna save my life
She don't wanna be my wife

Oh, the games we play
She's too good for me
She's too good for me

She's too good for me
She's too good for me
She's too good for me
She's too good for me

"Shine"



My friends never understood my rough and rowdy ways
They think I'm the only fool my daddy ever raised
But I'm gonna shine shine shine shine see me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar you're gonna see me shine.

Here's to the ones who do believe and disbelieve somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars Lord if they could see me now
See me shine shine shine shine see me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar that's gonna make me shine.

I don't need fancy ladies wasting up my time
Give me tender loving care and the one that's mine
Make me shine shine shine shine shine make me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar you're gonna see me shine.

I like living easy I like being free
Living free and easy brings out the best in me
Makes me shine shine shine shine shine make me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar you're gonna see me shine...

"Shooter's Theme"



Shooter you are a friend of mine
I never know for sure what's on your mind
Your imagination's working overtime but I don't mind
Shooter you are a friend of mine.

You've got the whole world by the tail
A little puppy on your trail
You even have a friend no one can see
Not even me.

Shooter you are a friend of mine
I never know for sure what's on your mind
Your imagination's working overtime but I don't mind
Shooter you are a friend of mine.

You're my son it's plain to see
Your mom says you're a lot like me
And I wouldn't have it any other way
Shooter you are a friend of mine.

Even though you are a child
Your life makes my life worthwhile
Shooter you are a friend of mine
Shooter you are a friend of mine...