Breaking my back just to know your name, seventeen tracks and I’ve had with this game.
runaway train, never goin’ back
wrong way on a one-way track
seems like i should be getting somewhere
somehow i’m neither here nor there
Trouble ahead, a lady in red
Take my advice, you’d be better off dead
Switchman’s sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you
Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind
Drive your train
Train whistle blowing makes a sleepy noise
Underneath their blankets go all the girls and boys
Rockin’, rollin’, ridin’ all along the bay
All bound for Morningtown, many miles away.
Down around the corner
A half a mile from here
You see them old trains runnin’
And you watch them disappear
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
You know I saw Miss Lucy
Down along the tracks
She lost her home and her family
And she won’t be comin’ back
Without love
Where would you be now
Without love
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With four hungry children
And a crop in the field
I’ve had some bad times
Lived through some sad times
But this time your hurtin’ won’t heal
Lucille has tore my heart up
But I still need her
You know I need her
She treat me like my heart is made of stone
She runs around and leaves me home all alone
She doesn’t answer when I call her on the phone
She messed up my mind
I’m crying all of the time
Lucille has messed my mind up
But I still love her, I really love her
I’d just got into town, I didn’t have nothin’ to do
And I happened upon this telephone booth
With a whole bunch of writin’ coverin’ one entire wall
It said, “If you ain’t afraid to spend a dime
And if you wanna have a real good time
Then just give Lucille a call.”
I don’t think I can just talk enough about Lucille
Sometime when I’m blue it seems like Lucille
Tryin’ to help me callin’ my name
Blue eyes
Baby’s got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day
Blue eyes
Baby’s got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I’ll be far away
In the twilight glow I see them
Blue eyes cryin’ in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we’d never meet again
Love is like a dyin’ ember
Only memories remain
Through the ages I’ll remember
Blue eyes cryin’ in the rain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now.
You’re here, that’s all I need to know.
And you will keep me safe,
And you will keep me close,
And rain will make the flowers grow.
‘Cause nothin’ lasts forever
And we both know hearts can change
And it’s hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
Kentucky rain keeps pouring down
And up ahead’s another town
That I’ll go walking through
With the rain in my shoes,
Searchin for you
In the cold Kentucky rain,
In the cold Kentucky rain
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It’s Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there’s not much time
You see she’s been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight
I can’t see you, Mama
But I can hardly wait
Oh to touch and to feel you, Mama
Oh I just can’t keep away
In the heat and the steam of the city
Oh its got me running and I just can’t brake
So say you’ll help me, Mama
'Cause its getting so hard…oh!!!
And she said, “Mama, its a hard life now you’re gone”
Mama, its so hard to carry on
And I feel I’m a fool who lost it all
You used to make it all so very clear
That life must go on though the end is near
Mama, its a sad and lonely life
Mama, ooh,
Didn’t mean to make you cry,
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
We’ll raise a glass and sip a drop of schnapps
In honor of the great good luck
That favored you
We know that
When good fortune favors two such men
It stands to reason we deserve it too
To us and our good fortune
Be happy, be healthy, long life
And if our good fortune never comes
Here’s to whatever comes
Drink, l’chaim, to life
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I’ll not ask for wine.