I'm supposed to shake his hand and walk all smiling Make believe that you don't mean a thing to me I'm supposed to offer my congratulations but I'm not
Nobody knows about the jailhouse blues Till you get within four walls The old jailer man turns the big black keys That's when your spirit falls Then
She's a railroad lady just a little bit shady spending her days on a train Once a semi good looker but the fast rails they took her Now she's trying just
I don't trust you anymore Don't shoot me that old lie don't tell me that you're still mine You're saying things like you said before but I don't trust
She said If I ever deceived her She'd be gone before I could count ten I guess that I didn't believe her 'Cause look at the trouble I'm in She's gone
Her hands are burned From the torch that she carries Her closets are full of old dreams She can't wear I sit beside her But it's you on her mind It's
You were no stranger when he introduced you to me But you pretended not to know me sweetheart Though I tried hard not to cry I found a teardrop in my
Funny I keep running funny I keep running running into memories of you Met your new sweetheart today the one who stole your love away The love you promised
I've been throwin' horseshoes Over my left shoulder I've spent most all of my life Searchin' for that four-leaf clover Yet, you run with me Chasin' my
I got out my old teardrops tonight just to try to be on again for size I know that I'll be needing them before too long so I'm making preparations to
What good did you get out of breaking my heart Did you feel of me when you said we must part Did it make you happy to see my teardrops start What good
Is it only that you're lonely and I happen to be near Will a beautiful beginning soon be ending with a tear Is it only that you're lonely for two arms
She left me this morning midnight was turning day She left me this morning midnight's turning day I didn't have no blues untill my good gal went away
Signed sealed and delivered a pack that's containing my heart To open remove the wrapper but please don't tear it apart You tore up this heart when you
James River is long and it's narrow it's rocky and wide and deep The women are dark eyed beauties and the men don't ever sleep A dark eyed bundle of a
You want me to love just you while you love your share ain't that being a little unfair It's me stay home while you stay gone till you decide to care
Well you can't grow a crop when it's dew at the plow You can't get milk from an old dry cow You can't keep a woman if you don't know how It's bad when
Darkness fell, my day was night But heart, you did, you did what's right Because if she really cared for me Wish she would be with us tonight Thanks