It’s getting near dawn
When lights close their tired eyes
I’ll soon be with you, my love
Give you my dawn surprise
I’ll be with you, darling, soon
I’ll be with you when the stars start falling
I’ve been waiting so long
To be where I’m going
In the sunshine of your love
You know, she came to see him one last time
Ah, and we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
“This time, he’s over her for good”
He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they’ll carry him away
He stopped loving her today
Even flow
Thoughts arrive like butterflies
Oh, he don’t know
So he chases them away
Someday yet he’ll begin his life again
Whispering hands, carry him away
Him away, him away
Yeah!
Woo
Oh yeah yeah
Carry me back to old Virginny
There’s where the cotton and the corn and taters grow
There’s where the birds warble sweet in the spring time
There’s where the darky’s heart am longed to go
Up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
I do a little thinkin bout a girl named Rose
Hell don’t care but Heaven knows
I’m up in Indiana where the tall corn grows
Mama say a prayer for your only son
God, forgive him, all the wrong he’s done
All he ever wanted is to have some fun
And now he’s up in Indiana till his time is done
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can’t go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can’t go back there
I wish I had you
To talk to
Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight, still burning bright
Through the sycamores for me
The new-mown hay sends all its fragrance
Through the fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash
How I long for my Indiana home
Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she called to me
“Virgil, quick, come see,
There goes Robert E. Lee!”
Now, I don’t mind chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
You take what you need
And you leave the rest
But they should never
Have taken the very best
Walkin’ home from church on Sunday with the one ya love
Just laughin’, talkin’, making future plans
And when you see the folks ain’t lookin’
Well, you might steal a kiss or two
While you’re sittin’ in the porch swing, holdin’ hands
In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby’s sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets are singing in the fields near by
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home
'Tis summer, the darkies are gay
The corn top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom
While the birds make music all the day
The young folks roll on the little cabin floor
All merry, all happy, and bright
By 'n by hard times comes a-knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home, good night
Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills
Summer was a-coming-in but fast
Lots of daffodils were showing off their stills
Riding home together, I could almost hear them whisper:
“Go on! Kiss her! Go on and kiss her!”
Ridin’ along in my calaboose
Still tryin’ to get her belt aloose
All the way home I held a grudge
For the safety belt that wouldn’t budge
Cruisin’ and playin’ the radio
With no particular place to go
You make my balls so blue, you hurt them badly
You make my balls so blue, they’re hangin’ sadly
What did they do to you that you hate them so?
Don’t run from me, they’re all beat up like a tacklin’ dummy
Up in the morning till the rising sun
Gonna run all day till the runnings done
Ho Chi Minh is a sonofabitch
Got the blue balls, crabs, and the seven-year itch
Up in the morning watch the north wind rise
Bringin’ fire down from the skies
Hey, we got a long way to go
So keep on lovin’ and make it slow
We’re goin’ home
Won’t be long
Hearing my song
That lovin’ you ain’t never done no wrong
I love you, for sentimental reasons
I hope you do believe me
I’ve given you my heart
I love you, and you alone will live for me
Please give your loving heart to me
And say we’ll never part
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you
Tomorrow I’ll miss you
Remember I’ll always be true
And then while I’m away
I’ll write home everyday
And I’ll send all my loving to you
She said, “I have to go home
‘Cause I’m real tired you see
Now I hate sleepin’ alone
Why don’t you come with me?”
I said, “My baby’s at home
She’s probably worried tonight
I didn’t call on the phone
To say that I’m alright”
Diana walked up to me
She said, “I’m all yours tonight”
And then I ran to the phone
Sayin’, “Baby I’m alright”
I said, “But unlock the door”
'Cause I forgot the key
She said, “He’s not coming back
Because he’s sleeping with me”
Your cheatin’ heart
Will make you weep
You’ll cry and cry
And try to sleep
But sleep won’t come
The whole night through
Your cheatin’ heart will tell on you…
And he don’t know
That I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive
Slashed my name into his leather seats
Took a Louisville slugger to both headlights
Slashed a hole in all four tires
Maybe next time he’ll think before he cheats