rowboatrow me to the shoreshe don'twanna be my friend no moreshe dug a holein the bottom of my soulshe don'twanna be my friend no more pick me upgive me some food to eatin your truckgoin' no placeI'll be hometalkin' to nobodyyou'll be strangeyou'll be far away big fat moonand my body's out of tunewith the burnin' wavesshe's a billion years awaydogfood on the floorand I've been like this beforeshe is alland everything else is small pick me upgive me some alcoholin your truckplayin' the radioI'll be homewith the gasolineyou'll be stonedyou'll be far away rowboatrow me to the shoreshe don'twanna be my friend no moreshe dug a holein the bottom of my soulshe is alland everything else is small

The lights In the harbor Don't shine for me I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea Sea of heartbreak Lost love and loneliness Memories of your caress So divine I wish you were mine Again my dear I am on this sea of tears Sea of heartbreak How did I lose you Oh where did I fail Why did you leave me Always to sail Oh what I'd give to sail back to shore Back to your arms once more Come to my rescue Come here to me Take me and keep me Away from the sea

You wired me awakeand hit me with a hand of broken nails.You tied my lead and pulled my chainto watch my blood begin to boil. But I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run.I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run. Too cold to start a fire I'm burning diesel, burning dinosaur bones.I'll take the river down to still water and ride a pack of dogs. I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run.I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run. When the forest burns along the road like God's eyes in my headlights. When the dogs are looking for their bones and it's raining icepicks on your steel shore. I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break myI'm gonna break my rusty cage and run.I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run.I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run.I'm gonna breakI'm gonna break mygonna break my rusty cage and run.

So blueLonesome, tooBut still true Rosie haunts meMakes me think of you You're the one rose that's left in my heart, dearI love you, adore you, I do Each night in dreamland we wander alongTelling love stories a-newWhen from a blue sky a black cloud came rollingBreaking my heart in twoOh we ought not to partI have said from the startYou're the one rose that's left in my heart Oh we ought not to partI have said from the startYou're the one rose that's left in my heart

Take one fresh and tender kiss Add one stolen night of bliss One girl, one boy, some grief, some joy Memories are made of this. Don't forget a small moonbeam Fold it lightly with a dream Your lips and mine to sip the wine Memories are made of this Then at the wedding bells One house where lovers dwell Three little kids for the flavor Stir carefully through the day See how the flavor stays These are the dreams that we must savor With His blessings from above Serve it generously with love One man, one wife, one love for life Memories are made of this

Country boy, ain't got no shoes Country boy, ain't got no blues Well, you work all day while you're waitin' to play In the sun and the sand, with a face that's tan But at the end of the day, when your work is done You ain't got nothin' but fun Country boy, you got a shaggy dog Country boy, up a hollow log Well, he comes in a run, when you pick up your gun And with a shell or two, and your dog and you When you get your rabbit, you'll skin his hide He's gonna be good fried Country boy, you got alot to lose Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes Country boy, ain't got no ills Country boy, don't owe no bills You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm While you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook If everything's gonna turn out right, you're gonna fry fish tonight Country boy, got alot to lose Country boy, how I wish I was in your shoes Country boy, you got work to do Country boy, in the morning dew You gotta plant the seed, you gotta cut the weeds There's many a row you know you gotta hoe When it's quittin' time, and your work is through There's alot of life in you Country boy, you lucky thing Country boy, I wish I was you, and you were me

JesusI don't wanna die aloneJesus oh JesusI don't wanna die alone My love wasn't trueNow all I have is you Jesus oh JesusI don't wanna die alone JesusIf you hear my last breathDon't leave me hereLeft to die a lonely deathI know I have sinned but Lord I'msuffering Jesus Oh JesusIf you hear my last breath JesusI don't wanna die aloneJesus oh JesusI don't wanna die alone My love wasn't trueNow all I have is you Jesus Oh JesusI don't wanna die alone JesusJesusAll my troublesAll My painWill leave meOnce again All my troublesAll my painWill leave me once again All my troublesAll my painWill leave me once again Once again

Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down I went down by an old country church I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch And as he reached his mother's grave I saw that drunkard kneel and pray Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down Bring my darling boy to me Was his mother's dying plea And as he staggered through the gate Alas, he came just one day too late Three years have passed since she went away Her son is sleeping beside her today And I know that in heaven his mother he'll see For God has heard that drunkard's plea Lord have mercy on me Was the kneeling drunkard's plea And as he knelt there on the ground I know that God in heaven looked down

There's a southern accent, where I come from The young'uns call it country The Yankees call it dumb I got my own way of talkin' But everything is done, with a southern accent Where I come from Now that drunk tank in Atlanta'sJust a motel room to meThink I might go work OrlandoIf them orange groves don't freezeI got my own way of workin'But everything is run,with a southern accentWhere I come from I got my own way of workingWhen everything is wrongWith a southern accentWhere I come from For just a minute thereI was dreamingFor just a minuteit was all so realFor just a minute she was standing there,with me There's a dream I keep havingWhere my mama comes to meAnd she kneels down over by the windowAnd says a prayer for meI got my own way of prayin'But everyone's begunWith a southern accentWhere I come from We have our own way of livin'But everything is doneWith a southern accentWhere I come from

I give my woman half my money at the general storeI said, "Now buy a little groceries, and don't spend no more."But she gave ten dollars for a ten cent hatAnd bought some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat. When I give her ten more dollars for a one way ticketShe was mad as she could beThen I bet ten more that if she ever leftShe'd come a-crawlin' back to meWhen I woke up this mornin' and I turned my headThere wasn't a cotton pickin' thing on her side of the bedI found a little old note where her head belongedIt said, "Dear John, honey, baby, I'm long gone." When I heard a whistle blowin', and the big wheels a-turnin'I was scared as I could beI put on my overalls and I headed to townGonna bring her back with me. I asked the man down at the stationif he'd seen her thereI told him all about her pretty eyes and long, blonde hairHe spit his tobacco, said, "I'll be dad blamed......I believe I did see her leavin' on the east bound train." I bought a round trip ticket on the east bound trainI was broke as I could beBut when I come back,gotta buy another ticketGotta bring her back with me. Well, I got off the train somewhere in ArkansasAnd I worked up the guts to call my Mother-In-LawShe said, "I'll tell you where she is, if you act right.""She's workin' four to twelve at Trucker's World tonight." When I walked in she saw me, and she took off her apronAnd she grabbed her goin' home hatShe bought a ticket with her tipsAnd now we're curled up on the sofa, me and her...and that mean eyed cat