Now’s the time to say good-bye to all our company
M-I-C (see you real soon)
K-E-Y (Why? Because we like you)
M-O-U-S-E
You didn’t have to be so nice
I would have liked you anyway
If you had just looked once or twice
And gone upon your quiet way
Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break
If you should leave
And see me go
You made promises you didn’t always keep
But I guess that’s what youth is for
I give you presents but you throw them all away
I’ve been under the impression that I mattered to you more
Just when I need you
You pack your things and go
When the rooster crows at the break of sun,
Look at your window and I’ll be gone.
You’re the reason I’m traveling on,
But don’t think twice, it’s all right.
Well, I heard some people talkin’ just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you’ll soon find out it’s true
And then you’ll have to eat your lunch all by yourself
‘Cause I’m already gone
And I’m feelin’ strong
I will sing this vict’ry song, woo, hoo,hoo,woo,hoo,hoo
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood.
That although you said you’d go,
Until you did I never thought you would.
But you didn’t have to cut me off,
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing.
And I don’t even need your love,
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough.
No you didn’t have to stoop so low,
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number.
I guess that I don’t need that though.
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know.
Old friend
Why you so shy?
Ain’t like you to hold back
Or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it.
I hoped you’d see my face and be reminded
That for me it isn’t over
Never mind
I’ll find someone, like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
I have a friend,
He’s my dear old friend
The kind of friend you can depend on
The kind of friend who’ll say
“Can you lend me a dollar or two or three or four
In fact, could you lend me just a little bit more?
And I borrowed your car
I didn’t go far
I left your car keys in the yard
I was out of gas
I was driving real fast
How was I supposed to know whose yard it was…”
A friend is a friend,
Nothing can change that
Arguments and squabbles
Can’t break the contract
That each of you make,
To the death, 'til the end
Deliver your future
Into the hands of your friend.
Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you the way I do
It’s me and you
And as the years go by
Boys, our friendship will never die
You’re gonna see
It’s our destiny
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
Through the years
You’ve never let me down
You’ve turned my life around
Falling like feathers to the floor
Falling like feathers to the floor
You gave me things I’ve never seen
You made my life a waking dream
But we are dead
Falling like ashes to the floor
Falling like ashes to the floor
And on up into heaven I did ride
When I got there they did say
John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
Oh, you can’t get to Heaven in an old Ford car
'Cause an old Ford car won’t get that far
Oh, you can’t get to Heaven in a ping pong ball
'Cause a ping pong ball is much too small
Oh, you can’t get to Heaven in a limousine
'Cause the Lord ain’t got no gasoline
Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason’s Lodge
I’m going back to Mountain City,
Where I can make another run,
Load my trunk with Moonshine whiskey,
I am a brave Bootlegger’s son.
Yeah I sold that corn,
To the Circuit Judge,
On the Public Square,
To Mayor Trent,
But I met with trouble,
On the tracks one night,
With a drunken man,
I commenced to fight.
Yeah I fought five rounds,
Then I put him away,
With a wicked jab,
From a razor blade,
And the women screamed,
As the bottles broke,
On stoney ground,
Where the blood did flow.
Choo choo, choo choo cha boogie
Woo woo, woo woo cha boogie
Choo choo, choo choo cha boogie
Take me right back to the track, Jack.
Pardon me, boy,
Is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?