I get up in the mornin', I drink a cup of coffee I look out of the window, I try to get started I turn it all over, I plough it all under I plant 'em
She hates my mama, she hates my daddy too She loves to tell me, she hates the things I do She loves to lie beside me almost every night She's no lady,
I park my Pontiac down the hill out in back Late every afternoon with a coke and a cigarette And all of the neighbors there They see a nice old man And
A friend of mine, he said to me "A skinny girl is a misery" I shook my head because I knew he couldn't be right But that's when I thought back to just
And his hand it fell behind her As his arm it reached around And she looked out the window And she watched the shade go down It was a private conversation
Hello I'm the guy who sits next to you And reads the newspaper over your shoulder Wait Don't turn the page I'm not finished Life is so uncertain Here
Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's breaking Though there are clouds in the sky You get by If you smile through your fears and
I have a dream that everywhere I go Almost everyone captures my eyes And they find me so fascinating Had end in kidding quite looking interesting A very
Pass me not, oh gentle Savior Hear my humble cry While on others Thou art calling Do not pass me by I'm calling Savior, Savior Hear my humble cry While
Well, you hear about all these women Raising about their funky, funky, funky, funky men They've got some trifling husbands Lord knows, they've got a lot
The summer wind Came blowin' in from across the sea It lingered there To touch your hair and walk with me All summer long We sang a song and then we
The sun she went down like a curtain And Lord, Memphis looks, looks bigger at night And all the tattooed boys in their uniforms They stepped in and out
You've got a friend in me, you've got a friend in me When the road looks rough ahead And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed You just remember
I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army
A buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air The monkey thought that everything was on the square The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it's breaking Though there are clouds in the sky, you get by If you smile through your fears and
I was blue, just as blue as I could be Every day was a cloudy day for me Then good luck came a-knocking at my door Skies were gray but they're not gray
As performed by Lyle Lovett for the film Quiz Show: See the shark with teeth like razors You can read his open face And Macheath, he's got a knife,