Every night it's the same I hear you callin' my name You're lyin' next to me I give into your charms You disappear in my arms I realize it's just a dream Desperately, I long to feel your touch But you left me all alone in love And now I shake the sle
Grandpa Charles smoked and drank whiskey But he died in 43 Nobody like him in all my kin Untill my brother and me He died in a small town so far back They didn't know what hit him maybe a heart attack That was a drag on my grandma you know She never
Didn't have to turn my head whenever you walked in The only one to let these chills roll down my skin My heart beats faster I hear your name I feel my confidence slippin' away Thought I was doin' fine 'bout to get you off my mind I see your face and
So long Rayne, Louisiana Never see me no more Hundred dollars thirty days in the slammer I'd rather hit the road I found I'm goin' crazy Every day here the same I'm bound to go to the city Where nobody knows my name How many days can I walk this road
When I loved you, you didn't want me You turned me away from the door of your heart When I loved you You loved me too but you didn't know it darling Till another won my heart Well, I got the message you sent by a friend Telling me that you want to be
Here we are What is left of a husband and a wife Four good kids Who have a way, of getting on with their lives I'm not old But I'm gettin' a whole lot older everyday It's too late to keep From goin' crazy I've got to get away C H O R U S : The reason
Here in the mornin' things sure look different You are still beautiful I am all gone Deep in the night with a bottle of courage A man will say anything from bein' alone C H O R U S: But don't let it go to your heart I know you've been tryin' to find
I got no time for the corner boys Down in the street making all that noise Or the girls out on the avenue `cause tonight i wanna be with you Tonight i'm gonna take that ride Across the river to the jersey side Take my baby to the carnival And i'll ta
Hey bus driver keep the change, bless your children, give them names, don't trust men who walk with canes drink this and you'll grow wings on your feet Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train Christmas crier bustin' cane, he's in