Marty Stuart - Lyrics

Arlene

Rollin' down the highway, runnin' by the cotton fields
Saw a sign I know I want to see again
Pretty young woman wearing skin-tight britches
And a t-shirt wetter than a snakeskin
Somebody said her name was Arlene
And her daddy is a shotgun toting kind of country man
I just said "what was that name again"
Ain't nobody gonna scare me away
Gonna hold my breath till I take her away

Arlene, hey are you comin' into town
Arlene, don't let your daddy tie you down
When you're sneaking out that window baby
Don't you make a sound
Do you want to boogie, are you into fool, fool, foolin' around

Well daddy ain't a working, he's a sitting in lawn chair
Chewin on a mighty plug of Redman
Pretty as a picture and he's got her chopping cotton
Like a convict sweating on a chain gang
Somebody oughta break her out of that scene
She's enough to make you wanna do the old man in
Hey, what was that name again
Ain't no use in tryin' to settle me down
I'm a fool, I'm a downright clown clown for Arlene

Arlene, hey are you comin' into town
Arlene, don't let your daddy tie you down
When you're sneaking out that window baby
Don't you make a sound
Do you want to boogie, are you into fool, fool, foolin' around

Sitting in a bacco patch feeling like a weasel
I'm a waitin' on the lights to go dim
Wonderin' if my backside might be full of bullet shots
Before she gets away from him
Ain't nobody gonna scare me away
Gonna hold my breath till I take her away

(Repeat chorus)

When you're sneaking out that window baby
Don't you make a sound
Do you want to boogie, are you into fool, fool, foolin' around
Come on Arlene
I see you got that red dress on
This is it

All Because of You

Well, things are gonna change for me these nights
Don't want out my head and feel all right
Dark side of my mind ain't made one sound
Feel like someone else, but I don't feel down

And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new

Hey I want you by my side so I can see
The way you look at life it's good for me
There's something going on that I ain't had
Don't feel so afraid and don't feel sad

And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new

Now you're my baby
Yeah, you're my baby
Hey, you're my baby
Yeah, you're my baby

And so I want to think, from my heart
Give you something back, do my part
To love you like I should and start right now
If I know what to do, if I know how

And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new

And it's all because of you
The things you say and do
It's all because of you
I'm feeling something new

The Shape I'm In

Go down yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown, have a rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Has anybody seen my baby
This livin' alone will drive you crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I'm gonna go down to the river
But I ain't gonna jump in no no
I'll just be looking for my baby
And I hear that's where she's been, Oh

Out of nine lives, I've spent seven
Working it day by day trying to get to heaven
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

I've just spent sixty days in the jailhouse
For having the crime of having no dough
Here I am back out on the street
With the crime of having nowhere to go

Save your neck, save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Save your neck, save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Hometown Heroes

Ah Henry, you sure bought that whole James Dean thing
Right down to the end
Drinking beer, banging gears
On the outside looking in
It was a desperate time on small town stage
With no prize comin' for the coming of age
So you burned with a passion and you burned with a rage
Till the fire done pulled you in

And, me I was just a green-eyed kid
And you were two years older than me
As I look back on those days my friend
You were what we all wanted to be
Henry, you were quick with a smile
Good with a wheel, cool with the women
As you made your spiel
Like we were all gonna rise in flash of steel
In some teenage fantasy

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

Now your old man still stares at the streets sometimes
With that lost look in his eyes
And your sad momma wakes in the heat of the night
And thinks about her baby and cries
Now the all-night crew's all settled down
It's been thirteen years in the same old town
The sun comes up and the rain falls down
On that hillside where you lie

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

Honky Tonker

Well, every evening when the news is over
And the moon is a climbing high
I crank up my old pickup trick
And baby down the road I fly
Just to find a spot down in the parking lot
Of a place they call Big Jeans
Then I walk on in and the night begins
In the same familiar scene

I'm a honky tonker
And I feel all right
Yeah, I'm a honker tonker
I'm a neon light

Well, my momma told me and my poppa told me
"Son there's more to life than beer
Why ain't you more like your brother Drew
He's a petroleum engineer
Why don't you cut your ties with all them old bar flies
And try to straighten up your life
You need to quit that drinkin'
Start a thinkin' 'bout a house, some kids and a wife"

But daddy, I'm a honky tonker
Yeah, and you can't dig that
I'm a honky tonker
I'm a juke joint cat

Yeah they tell me I'm lazy baby tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm not so smart
Just the same ole sins I say it's self-defense
Well, I sure got a happy heart
All right, all right

Well, every evening when the news is over
And the moon is a climbing high
I crank up my old pickup truck
And baby down the road, baby down the road I fly

I'm a honky tonker
Honey, that's my style
Said I'm a honky tonker
Yeah, I'm a deuces wild
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
I'm a honky tonker
And I can't help that
Yeah, I'm a honky tonker
Just a juke joint cat
Honky tonkin'
That's just fine
Yeah, honky tonkin'
Baby gonna walk no line
No, no, no

Do You Really Want My Lovin'

I've heard everybody talkin' and the word is in the air
That you made plans to say goodbye and leave me standing here
Well, you say that you don't love me but I can't believe that's true
Baby let me know if it's really so and tell me what are you gonna do
And tell me

Do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love

Well how can you be so heartless, how can you be so cold
I should have sent you on your way a long, long time ago
Ah but I don't want to lose you 'cause I still love you so
So if you don't fee,l the way I feel, well it's time you let me know
And baby

Do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love

Do you need someone to hold you
Do you need someone who cares
Do you need someone to keep you warm at night
When no one else is there

I've heard everybody talking and the word is in the air
That you've made plans to say good bye and leave me standing here
Well, you say that you don't love me but I can't believe it's true
Baby let me know if it's really so and tell me
What are you gonna do
And tell me

Do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love

Tell me do you really want my lovin'
Do you really want my huggin'
Do you really want someone that's true
Do you really want my love

Maria (Love To See You Again)

From the Fairbanks of Alaska
Through the Rockies I did run
Down the trail from Appalachia
Hiding from a long-armed lawman's gun
Stowed away in San Francisco
Down to Baja with the wind
Ah Maria, love to see you again

Ensenada was my harbor
And through the low life I did roam
There my sweet Maria found me
Took my hand and took me home
There she healed me in the waters
Of her love and tenderness
Ah Maria, love to see you again
Ah Maria, love to see you again

Sergeant Lopez can't be trusted
Though my Maria pays him well
For his silence is my freedom
And what he knows he mustn't tell
Wanted posted from Alaska
Murder in the first degree
They say that gringo in that picture
Looks a lot like me

See the walls of steel and concrete
Staring at me in the cold
Soon the chaplain will be callin'
Oh God have mercy on my soul
And when the faceless man he asks me
What might last request might be
Ah Maria, love to see you again
Ah Maria, love to see you again
Ah Maria

Heart Of Stone

I ain't afraid of your bad-mouth gun
You can shoot and run any time babe
I'll survive in the ice-cold stare
That you learned to wear so unkindly
Bette Davis and Patsy Cline
Ain't got nothin' on you
Hillbilly angel and Hollywood
I see through you
Babe I see right through you

You'll never break this heart of stone
No matter how you try
I ain't the one who's all alone
You'll never break this heart of stone

I know you're lookin' at someone new
So here's to you, what's the mystery
Do you want me to fall apart
Honey in my heart, it's history
Pardon me if I missed a cue
For someone who cares
You just wanted to drive me on
But you won't wear
Babe you just can't tear me

You'll never break this heart of stone
No matter how you try
I ain't the one who's all alone
You'll never break this heart of stone

Ah you'll never break this heart of stone
No matter how you try
I ain't the one who's all alone
You'll never break this heart
You'll never break this heart
You'll never break this heart of stone

Beyond The Great Divide

There'll be greener pastures
Across that border line
We'll see new horizons, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

Pools of clear blue waters
Star light in the sky
You'll be mine forever, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

Somewhere in the distance
Northern lights will shine
You'll be there beside me, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide

You'll be mine forever, my darlin'
Far beyond the great divide