"They Ain't Got 'em All"



There are still places where people like me can hang out
With nothing at all in this whole world to worry about
They ain't tore 'em all down yet and said every man for himself
Or polished them up until nothing worth keeping is left.

They ain't got 'em all
If you try here and there
You'll still find a few holes in the wall
There an endangered species but i'm keeping track
I can tell you that they ain't got 'em all.

There are still women who can walk up and change your ways
Who don't even know they're impossibly beautiful girls
Who for some crazy reason will hold you so close in the night
'Til nothing else matters and you finally start feeling all right.

They ain't got 'em all
They're still there and their wantin' and wonderfully willing to fall
There an endangered species but i'm keeping track
I can tell you that they ain't got 'em all.

They ain't got 'em all
If you try here and there
You'll still find a few holes in the wall
There an endangered species but i'm keeping track
I can tell you that they ain't got 'em all...

"They'll Never Take Her Love From Me"



If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one smiling face the gods would see
'Cause she'll walk along beside me up the golden stairs
No, they'll never never take her love from me.

What a fool I was to go and break the trust she gave
And see her love turn into sympathy
It's the one regret I'll carry with me to my grave
Oh, they'll never ever take her love from me.

I'm so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else's arms may hold her now in fond caress
But they'll never never take her love from me.

I thought I'd make her happy if I stepped aside
But I knew her love would never set me free
And even on the morning she became another's bride
I said they'll never never take her love from me.

"This Is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing)"



I came down with broken heart, just to start to my summer.
Boy when you lose the one you love, it's a stone cold bummer.
I just called you up to tell you I don't know what to say.
I wish you knew the way I felt.
This is gettin' funny, but their ain't nobody laughin' honey, come on back home.
Tell me how you feel, though I can't stand this at all.
Can't you see its a mystery, I thought I was your lover.
Yes I could fly, I could lay down and die,
Six one way, half a dozen of the other.
I could say I'm sorry baby, enough's enough.
I'm gonna break right down and ball.
This is gettin' funny, but their ain't nobody laughin' honey, come on back home.
Tell me how you feel, though I can't stand this at all.
I was out to show you what I good man I could be, you were out to hurt somebody.
Now I'm going crazy. Really did, and I ain't lying.
Get's so lonesome here in L.A., my summer's turned to autumn.
I don't if you heard it way out there were you you stay, my heart just hit rock bottom.
I'm runnin' round in circles, I don't know where I am.
Won't you atleast give me a call.
This is gettin' funny, but their ain't nobody laughin' honey, come on back home.
Tell me how you feel, though I can't stand this at all.
How do you feel?
I can't stand this all.

"This Time"



This time if you want me to come back it's up to you
But remember I won't allow the things you used to do
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line
This time will be the last time.

This time if I should feel unwanted I won't stay
Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today
It's all up to you but keep in mind
This time will be the last time.

If this time should be anything like the other times
This time will be the last time.

If this time should be anything like the other times
This time will be the last time.

"This Time Tomorrow I'll Be Gone"


Girls have been a weakness all of my life
But I made a big mistake and I took one for a wife
I've thought that she was different I could settle down
But she won't and I didn't by now I'm leavin' town.

This time tomorrow I'll be gone.
This time tomorrow I'll be gone.

[Instrumental]

I'll be a datin' those southern belles there'll be no days of blue
All the queens in New Orleans I'll get around with you
When sun went down I'll come back up I'll be countin' every hour
Till I'm back headin' south for sweet sweet magnolia flowers.

This time tomorrow I'll be gone.
This time tomorrow I'll be gone.
This time tomorrow I'll be gone.
This time tomorrow I'll be gone...

"This Train (Russell's Song)"



Gotta catch a new train... I gotta go
This train is getting just a little too old

Gotta find a new way... to live my life
Any other way has got to be alright

Shame on you girl... same ol' you
Same ol' trouble you're always
Puttin' me through

Same ol' me girl... body and soul
This train's a runnin' on out of control

I ain't gonna waste my time here...
Messin' with you
I ain't gonna wind up anywhere near
Where I want to

I ain't gonna waste my time here...
Messin' with you
I ain't gonna wind up anywhere near
Where I want to

Gotta find a new way... to live my life
Any other way has gotta be alright

Gotta catch a new train... I gotta go
This train is runnin' on out of control
This train is movin' just a little too slow

"Till I Gain Control Again"



Just like the sun over the mountain top
You know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my morning time
Like sunlight dancing on your skin.

And I have never gone so long just for telling lies to you
What you've seen is what I've been
There is nothing that I can hide a few
You see me better than I can.

Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you will hold me now
Till I gain control again.

Just like a lighthouse you must stand alone
And mark the sailor's journey's end
And no matter what sea that I've been sailing on
I'll always roll this way again.

Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you will hold me now
Till I gain control again...

"Time Between Bottles And Wine"



With iron in my brain I'd laid down to rest
Not carin' if I live or die
Woke up a freezin' with rain pourin' down
So hard I can't open my eyes.

I been chased from the yard with dogs at my heels
Searchin' for shelter at times
But there's nothing so hard for a man on the bum
As the time between bottles of wine.
The time between bottles of wine.

Beggin' for pennies just one sweet taste
Of the nectar that kills the man's soul
Sweet piece of mind excuses my pride
Just somethin' that keep out the cold.

It's too late for me to start living again
The good life is too far behind
I never remembere the things that I've had
Till the time between bottles of wine.
The time between bottles of wine.

If mama could see me she wouldn't believe
I even resemble her son
She would throw her life to make me a man
And she's proud the child that she's done.

What one love created another destroyed
The story is older than time
The tale of a man who just can't stand
The time between bottles of wine.

The time between bottles of wine.
The time between bottles of wine.
The time between bottles of wine...

"Time To Bum Again"


Woman you get meaner every day
And your naggin' is hard to stand
So I'll pack my things and I'll be on my way
'Cause it's time to bum again.

This house gets smaller with every day
And the walls are closin' in
I guess I've said all there is to say
And it's time to bum again.

The time has come to bum again
I'm gonna see all the places I ain't been
Woman you've stirred up the wild, wild wind
And it's time to bum again.

[Instrumental]

I'll visit my buddy out in Bakersfield
We soldiered together years back
We'll talk night and day till there's no more to say
Then I'll head on down the track.

I may come back in a year or two
And you may not desire me then
There are some things that a man must do
And it's time to bum again.

The time has come to bum again
I'm gonna see all the places I ain't been
Woman you've stirred up the wild, wild wind
And it's time to bum again.

Woman you've stirred up the wild, wild wind
And it's time to bum again...

"Time Will Tell The Story"


It seems I see you everywhere
You and your new lover there
Time will tell the story of your new love
Do you think he'll ever be
The man you've tried to make of me
Time will tell the story of your new love.

The day when he's a used-to-be
He'll be just as blue as me
Losing all that he dreams of
Time is all it takes to tell
The story that I know so well
Time will tell the story of your new love.

[Instrumental]

The day when he's a used-to-be
He'll be just as blue as me
Losing all that he dreams of
Time is all it takes to tell
The story that I know so well
Time will tell the story of your new love.

Time will tell the story of your new love.
Time will tell the story of your new love...

"To Beat The Devil"



It was winter time in Nashville
Down on Music City Row
I was lookin' for a place to get
Myself out of the cold
To warm the frozen feelin'
That was eatin' at my soul
And keep the chilly winds off my guitar.

My thirsty wanted whiskey
And my hunger needed beans
But I guess it'd been a month of payday
Since I heard that eagle scream
So with a stomach full of empty
And a pocket full of dreams
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
Actually I guess you'd call it a tavern
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling
Sawdust on the floor friendly shadows.

I saw that there was just
An old man sittin' at the bar
In the mirror I could see him
Checkin' me and my guitar
He said come up here boy
Show us what you are
I said I'm dry, he bought me a beer
He nodded at my guitar.

Said it's a tough life ain't it
I just looked at him
And he said you ain't
Makin' any money are you
I said you been readin' my mail
He just smiled and said let me see that guitar
I got somethin' you oughta hear
Then he laid it on me.

If you waste your time a talkin'
To the people who don't listen
To the things that you are sayin'
Who do you thinks gonna hear
And if you should die explainin'
How the thing they complain about
Or the things they could be changing
Who do you thinks gonna care.

There were lots of other singers
In the world turned deaf and blind
Who were crucified for what they tried to show
Now their voices have been scattered
By the swirling winds of time
And the truth remains that no one wants to know.

Well, the old man was a stranger
But I'd've heard his song before
Back when failure had me locked out
On the wrong side of the door
No one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
And lonesome was more than a state of mind

You see the devil haunts a hungry man
And if you don't wanna join him
Well, he's gotta figure out someway to beat him
And I ain't sayin' I beat the devil
But I drink his beer for nothin'
And then I stole his song

You can still hear me singin'
To the people who don't listen
To the things that I am sayin'
Prayin' someone's gonna hear
And I guess I'll die explaining
How the things that they complain about
Are things they could be changin'
Hopin' someone's gonna care.

I was born to be a singer
And I'm bound to die the same
But I've got to feed this hunger in my soul
If I never have a nickel
I won't even die in shame
'Cause I don't believe that no one wants to know...

"Today I Started Loving You Again"



Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
And today I started loving you again.

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun.

Oh, today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
And today I started loving you again.

I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
And today I started loving you again...

"Tomorrow Night In Baltimore"



Her head rolls back and forth
Against the billows of her long black shiny hair
As she contemplates the ecstasy
Of another love she wishes was there.

If she could only realize
That the love I have could beckon her command
Instead of laughing endlessly
And pushin' back advances with her hands.

Every night I see her leave
A nightmare of illusions when she's gone
And it leaves a granite statue
In a man with a pain that lingers on.

The gaudy goodbye can't replace
The girlish giggle of her sweet hello
But tonight I've made my crumbled mind up
That I'll never, ever let her go.

Many nights I've watched her tease
By shifting all her weight from hip to hip
And with her hands brush back the falling strands
That cover up her satin lips.

She struts upon the stage and her fallen victims
Are calling out for more
But she leaves 'em stranded helplessly
And exits to her dressing room door.

Tonight I'm gonna take her
I've infiltrated past the guarded door
But she just hurries by me
Carrying all those scanty costumes that she wore.

And asks a sawed off cigar smoking cat
If he would open up the door
Then she told them to load the baggage
'Cause they open tomorrow night in Baltimore.

God if I have to crawl
I'm gonna be there tomorrow night in Baltimore...

"Too Close To Call"



I have battled with the demons for my soul
Like a soldier unafraid, stood straight and tall
With strong convictions fought for what I thought was right and wrong
But I wonder when it stands in judgement hall
Will it go down as one too close to call

I have faced that cunning ennemy called time
For awhile I held him cold and to a draw
As he rode away he said another place and day
'Cause you can't erase the writing on the wall
Although this one was just too close to call

As I wrestled with my deepest fear in life
I was captured by the shadows on the wall
I was brave but just the same, I was glad when morning came
Because now and then the footsteps in the hall
Remind me it was just too close to call

I have watched my mind dance too close to the edge
As I stood among the crowd to see it fall
Sometimes now I cling to what I hope is sanity
I stagger on this fine like that I walk
And wonder is it just too close to call

"Too Dumb For New York City"



When I first saw New York city
I was green down to the core
You could see my red neck glowing
For a mile or maybe more
Between the hustlers and the hookers
I must have made their day
Cause they peeled me like an apple, Lawd
And sent me on my way

When you're pushed and shoved and almost mugged
It ain't no place to be
So I came to one conclusion
New York ain't for me

From sea to shining sea
And coast to coast
Somewhere in the middle
Is the land I love the most
I ain't California pretty
I can't survive the Great White Way
I'm too dumb for New York city
And too ugly for L.A.

I made my way to Tinseltown
To Hollywood and Vine
Out among those pretty faces
I'd surely find a place for mine
The way I walk-the way I talk
They'll hang on every word
But don't call me, I'll call you
Was all I ever heard

In L.A. what they're thinking
Ain't what they talk about
At least in New York city
There's never any doubt

From sea to shining sea
And coast to coast
Somewhere in the middle
Is the land I love the most
I ain't California pretty
I can't survive the Great White Way
I'm too dumb for New York city
And too ugly for L.A.

I'm too dumb for New York city
And too ugly for L.A.

"Too Far Gone"



I can tell that somewhere
There's someone you loved more than me
Someone you loved more than me
And it hurts to say it
But you have the right to be free
I know that's the way it should be
But I'm too far gone, too far gone
I've loved you so much for so long
I'm too far gone.

If ever your new love should
Hurt you or make you feel blue
Hurt you or make you feel blue
Remember your old love will still be around loving you
I'll be around loving you
'Cause I'm too far gone, too far gone
I've loved you so much for so long
I'm too far gone...

"Trouble Man"



I was so ugly the doctor slapped my momma when I was born
Then he took out his pocket knife and cut off my horns
He said, "Lady if you ain't already picked out a name
Go ahead on and call him Trouble Man"

He's gonna be wild
I'm giving you warning
He's gotta have room
Keep an eye on him

I grew up with long and lean and hungry looks
I learned you can't go nowhere when you go by the book
People all around me earthbound, I learned how to fly
Upside, downside, outside, sailing on by

Out of my reach
Out of my hands
Out of control
Trouble Man

I've been so far in all directions as you can get
I ain't never had enough of anything yet
I have women that tore me apart without any reason
I say, "Baby I don't get mad I just get even"

I don't explain
If you don't understand
I'm my own man
Trouble Man
Trouble man

"Tryin' To Outrun The Wind"



He's a sad song singer he plays a gut-stringer
With vagabond fingers that follow his mind
To far away places he reaches for traces
And touches the faces he's long left behind

He'll keep you from knowing where he's been or going
You'll see the distance right there in his eyes
Just short of stealing he'll take your feelings
Pull at your heart strings till they come untied

Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome
Her memory turns over and over again
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
Trying to outrun the wind

Well I've laughed with the sunshine cried with the rains
I've had some bad nights with the best of the blues
And I go on pretending with long haired women
I still get crazy when I think of you

Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome
Her memory turns over and over again
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
Trying to outrun the wind

He's like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
Trying to outrun the wind

"Tulsa"


When I left Tulsa Jamie was an innocent young lady
God only knows why she gave herself to a guy like you
She called me cryin' said she was gonna have your baby
You just turned your back on her like all cowards do.

I swore I'd get you for what you're puttin' her through
And the only reason I ain't got you
Jamie cried and begged me not to
She still loves you for some reason

But don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
If the sun goes down on you
If you're still here you're goin' down too
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa.

[Instrumental]

Jamie is the only thing I ever really cared for
She don't deserve this kind of shame
She's carryin' the child that you're to blame for
You just laughed and said
There ain't no way it's gonna get your name.

But I swore I'd get you for what you're puttin' her through
And the only reason I ain't got you
Jamie cried and begged me not to
But I ain't through with you yet
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa.

Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa.
Better not let the sun set on you in Tulsa.
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa...

"Turn It All Around"


You can see forever standin' on a mountain top
The only way to break the drop is find the long way down
It's not that I'm complainin', I know I've had my day
I'd just like to find a way to turn it all around

[CHORUS:]
Boots and jeans and diamond rings and limosines that I got for a song
Knowin' all along the way I'll wake up one day and find it gone
It's not that I'm complainin', I know I've had my day
I'd just like to find a way to turn it all around

[CHORUS:]
Boots and jeans and diamond rings and limosines that I got for a song
Knowin' all along the way I'll wake up one day and find it gone
It's not that I'm complainin', I know i've had my day
I'd just like to find a way to turn it all around