that's a life of a country boy he works from sun to sun He's just a hard workin' country lad but he's a happy son of a gun He's just a hard workin' country
[ Don Rich - guitar ]
home about a year ago I sure wasn't much of a man And there's still a lotta things in this old world that I don't understand But there's one thing that
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a witches dream There's a lot of things in this ole world, I don?t understand One of them's a doggone highway man One of them's a doggone highway man
[ Doyle Holly ] You turn your head each time I meet you on the street I brush your arm as you pass by but you don't speak I call you on the telephone
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When you're weary, and feeling small, When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all; I'm on your side. Oh, when times get rough And friends just can
suitcase is packed and the cab is waiting But there's one thing that I would like to say But although you go I'll have no time for hating Tomorrow's gonna
I've done everything I could to make you happy Yes, I've given everything that I could give But the best I had to offer couldn't hold you You just couldn
I'll be swingin' too a rollin' every night And chasin' all the women and tryin' to hold them tight Hittin' all the nightspots stayin' out till way past two Big daddy's
a thing or two show 'em what a country boy could do But it didn't take long to see the city life wasn't life for me But come naturally that's okay cause
Abilene, Abilene Prettiest town that I've ever seen. Women there don't treat you mean In Abilene, sweet Abilene. I set alone most every night Watch the
And I'm waiting here with my two empty arms So take care of you... Well I've never ever been to Kansas City But I've heard stories about the girl that's
[ Don Rich - fiddle, ac.guitar ]
just a havin' yourself a ball But I end up my mind today there's gotta be a better way And love's gonna come a knockin' after all Well love's gonna come
[ Don Rich ]