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I’m a puzzle but no pieces do I own
I’m a puzzle but no pieces do I own
She took a piece away every single day
Now I’m a puzzle but no pieces do I own
I called out her name just the same
I called out her name just the same
I called out her name but she’s on the outbound train
On a train bound to where I do not know
The church bells didn’t ring that day
The church bells didn’t ring that day
The church bells didn’t ring but the silence it did sing
As the train left for where I do not know
I’m like a bird that cannot fly
I’m like a bird that cannot fly
Like a train without a track that bird’s not coming back
On a train bound for where I do not know
Well I begged her to stay but she still flew away
On a train bound for where I do not know
She took a piece of me now all I can see
Is a train bound for where I do not know
Like a bird without feathers we’ll never be together
On a train bound for where I do not know
On a train bound for where I do not know
There is a Stingray in my Corvette
There is a Stingray in my Corvette
He looks kinda silly but he’s got no regrets
Sally wants to know why my seats are all wet
He only comes out when I drive 85
Hangs his head out the window just glad he’s alive
He’s more fun than Sally he don’t ask me to drive
He don’t want my money he just wants to survive
Mama thinks I’m crazy but Daddy don’t care
No one believes me they say he’s not there
No one can see him only just me
He’s just a lonely Stingray far from the sea
He’s just a lonely Stingray he wants to be free
He doesn’t like policemen he stings them on the head
And when we go for groceries he nibbles on the bread
He watches all my gauges so my engine won’t go dead
He wish he were a people but he’s a Stingray instead
Mama thinks I’m crazy but Daddy don’t care
No one believes me they say he’s not there
No one can see him only just me
He’s just a lonely Stingray far from the sea
He’s just a lonely Stingray he wants to be free
Pap paw, Pap paw
I wished I’d spent a little more time with you
Pap paw, Pap paw
I wished I’d learned to play the fiddle too
I’m so sorry I was too busy running
From what I know now was me
from what I know now was me
Pap paw, Pap paw
How did you plow that cotton with a forty year old mule?
Pap paw, Pap paw
I know you tried to teach me the golden rule
I’m so sorry, I was too busy running
From what I know now was me
from what I know now was me
Papaw, Papaw
I hope your waiting for me, when it’s my time to go
Pap paw, Pap paw
Get that fiddle ready cause there’s one thing I know
I won’t be sorry, cause I’m no longer running
From what I know now is me
from what I know now is me
Pap paw Pap paw
I wished I’d learned to play the fiddle too…
I took a ride on a midnight train
The conductor warned us of heavy rain
It did not matter I had to ride
River’s a rising and my baby’s on the other side
We plowed through the night and into the day
Had to make Jackson before the bridge washed away
Trees on the track and lightning in the air
The passengers eyes all filled with despair
So ride, ride that midnight train
You might make it thru but you will never be the same
So you got to ride, ride that midnight train
If you die tonight you got no one but God to blame
The bridge started crumbling as we made the grade
Too late to turn back, it’s the choice that we made
Thought I saw the angels carrying that train
As we made the other side in the driving rain
So ride, ride that midnight train
You might make it thru but you will never be the same
So you got to ride, ride that midnight train
If you die tonight you got no one but God to blame
The train pulled in the station
Now my baby’s by my side
You can’t hesitate when it’s your time to ride
Like Job our days are numbered and when it’s time to go
Nothing in this world will keep your feet on that floor
So ride, ride that midnight train
You might make it thru but you will never be the same
So you got to ride, ride that midnight train
If you die tonight you got no one but God to blame
If you die tonight you got no one but God to blame
All aboard, all aboard that midnight train
Well you know you got ride that midnight train
Grady was a business man on a train to destiny
From Boston down to New Orleans a rich man he would be
But when he met eyes with a mountain girl he never was the same
He stepped down off that train but he never got on again
There’s something about a mountain girl that will take your breath away
A river wild, a mountain high in comparison will fade
The kind of eyes that hypnotize like the first light of the day
There’s something about a mountain girl will make you throw it all away
When the train pulled in the station there were hundreds waiting there
But Grady saw only one an angel with red hair
Standing in a crowd they couldn’t take their eyes apart
The mystery of a mountain girl is deeper than the heart
There’s something about a mountain girl that will take your breath away
A river wild, a mountain high in comparison will fade
The kind of eyes that hypnotize like the first light of the day
There’s something about a mountain girl will make you throw it all away
Grady’s still a business man but not in New Orleans
He became a rich man but not in worldly things
With an angel by his side he’ll never be alone
A city boy a mountain girl and an Smoky Mountain home
There’s something about a mountain girl that will take your breath away
A river wild, a mountain high in comparison will fade
The kind of eyes that hypnotize like the first light of the day
There’s something about a mountain girl will make you throw it all away
Momma’s a callin, Daddy’s on the floor
Just came in from the howlin wind, and now he ain’t no more
Daddy worked hard, every day of his life
Now He’s gone and left his kids, and his widowed wife
Oh how-w do we make it thru
Well how how how how…….
Do we make it thru-u-u-u
Just another day
Johnny needs some shoes, and Katie wants a cat
Anna won’t stop crying, wants to know where Daddy’s at
And Billy’s done run off, and we don’t know where he went
The landlord said we’ed have to move, if we couldn’t pay the rent
Oh how-w do we make it thru
Well how how how how…….
Do we make it thru-u-u-u
Just another day
Well Billy finally did come home, and we made it just fine
Anna’s got her own two kids, and Johnny’s in the mines
You may not win the battle, but if you wanna win the war
Never let that howling wind, enter thru your door
Oh how do we make it thru
Well how how how
how…….
Do we make it thru-u-u-u
Just another day
I’m tired of walking down this road alone
I’d give everything I’ve ever owned
If I could get back the seeds I’ve sewn
Up and down this lonesome road
I’m mending fences that I tore down
Re-building bridges I burned to the ground
I’ve walked a mile in my own shoes
Trying my best to get back to you
I’ve been up and I’ve been down
In for a penny in for a pound
But all I hear is that high lonesome sound
What goes up must come down
I’m mending fences that I tore down
Re-building bridges I burned to the ground
I’ve walked a mile in my own shoes
Trying my best to get back to you
I’m like a bird that can not fly
No matter how hard that I try
But I keep looking into the sky
Cause one day I’ll fly in the by and by
I’m mending fences that I tore down
Re-building bridges I burned to the ground
I’ve walked a mile in my own shoes
Trying my best to get back to you
I’m mending fences that I tore down
Re-building bridges I burned to the ground
I’ve walked a mile in my own shoes
Trying my best to get back to you
Watcha gonna do when the well runs dry?
Watcha gonna do when the water gets high?
Watcha gonna do when the pigs all fly?
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Watcha gonna do when the tractor won’t go?
Watcha gonna do when the mule gets slow?
Watcha gonna do when the rooster won’t crow?
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Sit on the porch all day
Sit on the porch all day
Watcha gonna do when the pigs all fly?
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Watcha gonna do when it rains all day?
Watcha gonna do when the chickens won’t lay?
Watcha gonna do when there ain’t no hay?
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Watcha gonna do when the seeds don’t grow?
Watcha gonna do when the creek won’t flow?
Watcha gonna do when granny won’t hoe?
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Sit on the porch all day
Sit on the porch all day
Watcha gonna do when the pigs all fly?
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Gonna sit on the porch all day
Well my baby she called me, she called me late last night
Said she had been thinking about our awful fight
About our awful fight
She said she might be willing to give it another try
Never thought I’d hear those words a tear rolled down my eye
A tear rolled down my eye
Well baby don’t you worry I know I got ways to go
But I’ll be looking in your eyes before the rooster crows
Before the rooster crows
Well I thought that I had lost her, I thought that she was gone
But her love was stronger than my selfish need to roam
My selfish need to roam
Well baby don’t you worry I know I got ways to go
But I’ll be looking in your eyes before the rooster crows
Before the rooster crows
So when my baby called me just to give it another try
Never thought I’d hear those words a tear rolled down my eye
A tear rolled down my eye
I’ll be looking in your eyes before… the rooster crows
Well I’m going down to the rendezvous
It’s down around Mountain View
Gonna pass the shine and have a good time
Down at the Rendezvous
Mighty fine folks they come from all over
In the back they got Fido and Rover
They bring their Martins and tater salad
Gather round the fire to sing us a ballad
On a moonlit night you might see a dog fight
But we’re gonna have a good time
Well I’m going down to the rendezvous
It’s down around Mountain View
Gonna pass the shine and have a good time
Down at the Rendezvous
It’s on a creek they call the Syllamore
Bout as pretty as heaven’s door
Wild hog smoke coming off the gril
They pass the jug to cut the chill
So throw another log on the big bonfire
Cause we’re gonna have a good time
Well I’m going down to the rendezvous
It’s down around Mountain View
Gonna pass the shine and have a good time
Down at the Rendezvous
Hippies and rednecks they coexist
Like tents and RVs
You get the jist
Down by the creek where the Whipporwills sing
Pushin my baby in the old tire swing
Talkin trash and passin the mash
Love is in the air
Well I’m going down to the rendezvous
It’s down around Mountain View
Gonna pass the shine and have a good time
Down at the Rendezvous
Down at the Rendezvous
He said he was a Christian but we know that wasn’t true
He also said he loved his wife but that was a lie too
The whiskey and the women was just to help him thru
No crime had been committed except a broken vow to you
Now your wife is my mother but you ain’t no kin of mine
If daddy was still alive he’d shoot you in the spine
He loved her every day he lived till he died in her sweet arms
But since I am the constable my feelings aren’t my own
Aw but if you don’t stop hurting her… you’re gonna wind up gone
Well you’re gonna wind up gone, and no one will mind
There’s places in these hills, that no dog can find
So you better treat her right, and if I see just one more tear
They won’t find your body for at least… fifty years
So if you don’t stop drinkin, and runnin all around
You better catch the next train, leaving this old town
And if I catch her crying, your days on earth are done
You’re gonna wind up gone before the rising sun
Well you’re gonna wind up gone, and no one will mind
There’s places in these hills, that no dog can find
So you better treat her right, and if I see just one more tear
They won’t find your body for at least… fifty years
Well I did all right on Friday night the bartender helped me thru
But I woke up on Saturday and awful shade of blue
I think I might have said some things and burned a bridge or two
But this fools crown doesn’t look much like gold
it’s an awful shade of blue
Blue is the color of lonely
Like the ocean far from the shore
It’s also the color of my baby’s eyes
Lord I hope she walks thru that door
And if I had just one more chance
I would steal all the paint in the world
At least the color of my broken heart…
That awful shade of blue
Sunday started much better till I sat on that long wooden pew
I’m like a broken string on a kite floating away without you
Well I’m not sure how much anyone knew
But those stares just may be a clue
I guess it’s clear my condition is clear
It’s an awful shade of blue
Blue is the color of lonely
Like the ocean far from the shore
It’s also the color of my baby’s eyes
Lord I hope she walks thru that door
And if I had just one more chance
I would steal all the paint in the world
At least the color of my broken heart…
That awful shade of blue
That awful shade of blue
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