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Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down - Lyrics |
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Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down - Lyrics |
Tear The Woodpile Down
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Written
by Marty Stuart |
| Well I went to town
last Friday night (Tear the woodpile down) I raised Cain with all my might (Tear the woodpile down) Took along that gal of mine (Tear the woodpile down) She was looking mighty fine (Tear the woodpile down) Tear the woodpile down, Tear the woodpile down All the way down to the ground I'll tear the woodpile down Got locked up in that county jail (Tear the woodpile down) Had no one to throw my bail (Tear the woodpile down) That old judge said ninety days (Tear the woodpile down) Boy you better change your ways (Tear the woodpile down) Tear the woodpile down, Tear the woodpile down All the way down to the ground I'll tear the woodpile down Taxpayer dollar ain't worth a dime (Tear the woodpile down) Government's got us in a bind (Tear the woodpile down) Think I'll run for president (Tear the woodpile down) I won't have to pay no rent (Tear the woodpile down) Tear the woodpile down, Tear the woodpile down All the way down to the ground I'll tear the woodpile down |
Sundown In Nashville
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Written
by Dwayne Warwick |
| The sign says "Welcome
to Nashville" From whatever road you've been down It seems like the first of the milestones For here is the city, the town It's a quaint, old mystical city Where legends and idols have stood It's a place, where dreams come to harbor A country boy's Hollywood But it's lonely at sundown in Nashville That's when beaten souls start to weep Each evening at sundown in Nashville They sweep broken dreams off the street You'll walk, down 16th to Broadway Into a world of heartache and pain Where hillbilly honky tonk angels Cry out, from the dark side of fame You'll find, some discarded love songs And tear stains all over the ground In a city where dreams get shattered And swept to the outskirts of town But it's lonely at sundown in Nashville That's when beaten souls start to weep Each evening at sundown in Nashville They sweep, broken dreams off the street They sweep, broken dreams off the street |
A Matter Of Time
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Written
by Marty Stuart |
| She's a taker, such a
taker A careless heartbreaker She'll torture and tangle your mind, yes she will She's gonna cheat you, mistreat you She'll say "I love you" and then she'll leave you It's only a matter of time Friend, I oughta know Some day you'll say 'I told ya so" I loved her and once called her mine She'll cast her sweet spell Then put you through a living hell It's only a matter of time I'm a fool, such a fool Aw, look at me now I let her put me in this dark, neon mine You ought to forget her She's gonna leave you for someone better It's only a matter of time Oh friend, I ought know Some day you'll say 'I told ya so" I loved her and once called her mine She'll cast her sweet spell Then put you through a living hell It's only a matter of time It's only a matter of time |
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Holding On To Nothing |
Written
by Jerry Chesnut |
| We're holding on with
nothing left to hold onto I'm so tired of holdin' on to nothin' The years have shown no kindness For the hard times we've been through We've squeezed the life from every dream And go right on a bluffin' With really nothin' left to hold onto Oh, why do we keep holding on With nothing left to hold onto Let's be honest with each other That's the least that we can do I feel guilty when they envy me and you We're holding on with nothing left to hold onto We were young and foolishly mistaken Victims of a passion, much too strong to be denied With only tears to show for all the years that we've been fakin' God only knows how long, how hard we've tried Oh, why do we keep holding on With nothing left to hold onto Let's be honest with each other That's the least that we can do I feel guilty when they envy me and you We're holding on with nothing left to hold onto We're holding on with nothing left to hold onto |
Truck Drivers' Blues
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Written
by Marty Stuart |
| Oh, these truck
drivers' blues Oh, these truck drivers' blues Hey I got me a rig, it takes the curves Two tons of steel shakin' my nerves Pumpin' them brakes, slammin' them gears Seems like I ain't been home in ten years Oh, these truck drivers' blues I've been on that road all day and all night And I look like I've come from a rooster fight Takin' caffeine, hot steam, runnin' real fast 'Cause the last few miles have been draggin' by fast I'm a haulin' cows and shuckin' that corn Been drivin' big ole trucks since I was born Talkin' 'bout oh these truck drivers' blues Oh these truck drivers' blues Hey I got me a rig, it takes the curves Two tons of steel, shakin' my nerves Pumpin' them a brakes and a slammin' them gears Seems like I ain't been home in ten years Oh, these truck drivers' blues I got a little doll baby waitin' back home She talks sweet to me when I am gone A little blonde-on-blonde hillbilly honey Like it says on my truck, her name is Connie, Connie, Connie Connie I got her up there on the dashboard of my dreams Can't wait to get back home if ya know what I mean Oh, these truck drivers' blues Oh, these truck drivers' blues Hey I got me a rig, it takes the curves Two tons of steel, shakin' my nerves Pumpin' them brakes, slammin' them gears Seems like I ain't been home in ten years Oh, these truck drivers' blues Oh, these truck drivers' blues Oh, these truck drivers' blues |
Going, Going, Gone
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Written
by Marty Stuart |
| Just another stranger
in a lonesome town One more lonely night without a home I can't sleep for lookin' back on all the wasted years I've lived a life that's going, going, gone When I was young, I gave myself to the reckless life Met trouble along the way at every turn Always searchin' for some peace to feed my restless soul Never caring 'bout the bridges I always burn Just another stranger in a lonesome town< One more lonely night without a home I can't sleep for lookin' back on all the wasted years I've lived a life that's going, going, gone The fields of discontent have never let me down And the mirror tells the story all its own There's just one thing that I know about tomorrow When it's all said and done, I'll be alone Just another stranger in a lonesome town One more lonely night without a home I can't sleep for lookin' back on all the wasted years I've lived a life that's going, going, gone Oh I've lived a life that's going, going, gone |
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The Lonely Kind |
Written
by Marty Stuart |
| Silence once held its
splendor Tonight cuts like a knife This room may as well be a dungeon There's nothin' where once there was life This bed where I don't do much sleeping Is useless since you've been gone This pillow where I lay my head May as well be a mound of stone Heartaches ain't nothin' but sadness Teardrops ain't nothin' but blue Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' That's what's left of me without you There's pain in my heart, and a break in my mind That makes me, the lonely kind That makes me, the lonely kind When you passed the point of returnin' I felt it was nothing but wrong Feelings of cauldrons of mystery They leave but they're never gone I can still feel the mist of your memory Still feel the touch of your hand Can't help but wonder where you are Are you lovin' some other man Heartaches ain't nothin' but sadness Teardrops ain't nothin' but blue Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' That's what's left of me without you There's pain in my heart, and a break in my mind That makes me, the lonely kind Heartaches ain't nothin' but sadness Teardrops ain't nothin' but blue Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' That's what's left of me without you There's pain in my heart, and a break in my mind That makes me, the lonely kind That makes me, the lonely kind |
A Song Of Sadness
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Written
by Marty Stuart |
| Sing me a song of
sadness Sing a song that knows heartache and pain A song to let me down easy Till I can put my broken heart together again There's no use pretending any longer You're never comin' back, you're really gone The silence in this house is loud as thunder Never knew it hurt so bad To be so all alone Sing me a song of sadness Sing a song that knows heartache and pain A song to let me down easy Till I can put my broken heart together again Tomorrow's far away as eternity Today is just another stepping stone It's funny how nothing really matters When the one that you love Breaks your heart Then moves along Sing me a song of sadness Sing a song that knows heartache and pain A song to let me down easy Till I can put my broken heart together again Till I can put my broken heart together again |
Picture From Life's Other Side
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Written
by Hank Williams, Sr. |
| In the world's mighty
gallery of pictures Hang the scenes that are painted from life There's pictures of love and of passion And there's pictures of peace and of strife They hang pictures of youth and of beauty Of old age and the blushing young bride They all hang on the wall but the saddest of all Are the pictures from life's other side Just a picture from life's other side Someone has fell by the way A life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy some day There's a poor old mother at home She's watching and waiting alone Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear It's just a picture from life's other side The first scene is that of a gambler Who had lost all his money at play And he draws his dead mother's ring from his finger As she wore long ago on her wedding day It's his last earthly treasure but he stakes it And he bows his head and his shame he might hide But when they lifted his head well they found he was dead That's just a picture from life's other side Just a picture from life's other side Someone has fell by the way A life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy some day There's a poor old mother at home She's watching and waiting alone Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear It's just a picture from life's other side The next was the scene of two brothers Whose pathways so different had led Well one lived the life of a rich man And the other one, he begged for his bread Then one dark night they met out on the highway Your money or your life, the old thief cried And then with his knife, he took his own brother's life That's just a picture from life's other side Just a picture from life's other side Someone has fell by the way A life has gone out with the tide That might have been happy some day There's a poor old mother at home She's watching and waiting alone Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear It's just a picture from life's other side |
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