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My Home's In Alabama
Drinkin' was forbidden in my Christian country home
I learned to play the flattop on them good ol' Gospel songs
Then I heard about the barrooms just across the Georgia line
Where a boy could make a livin' playin' guitar late at night
Had to learn about the ladies, too young to understand
Why the young girls fall in love with the boys in the band
When the boys turn to music, the girls just turn away
To some other guitar picker in some other late night place
Yeah, held on to my music, I let the ladies walk away
Took my songs and dreams to Nashville then I moved on to L.A.
Up to New York City all across the USA
I lost so much of me but there's enough of me to say that my
Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
What keeps me goin' I don't really know
Can't be the money Lord knows I'm always broke
Could it be the satisfaction of bein' understood
When the people really love ya and let you know when it's good
Oh I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
And someday when I make it, when love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my
Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
And my home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
Why Lady Why
Why lady why can't I leave you alone
I try lady try but the feeling's too strong
You stay on my mind feel just like a fool
Why lady why can't I get over you
Why lady why it was easy before
I try lady try but it ain't easy no more
To be on my way would be the best thing to do
Why lady why can't I get over you
Why lady why can't I leave you alone
I try lady try but the feeling's too strong
To be on my way would be the best thing to do
Why lady why can't I get over you
The Closer You Get
The closer you get, the further I fall
I'll be over the edge now in no time at all
I'm fallin' faster and faster and faster with no time to stall
The closer you get, the further I fall
The things that you say to me
The look on your face
Brings out the man in me
Do I see a trace in your eyes of love
The closer you get, the further I fall
I'll be over the edge now in no time at all
I'm fallin' faster and faster and faster with no time to stall
The closer you get, the further I fall
Could I be dreamin'
Is this really real
'Cause there's something magic
The way that I feel in your arms tonight
The closer you get, the further I fall
I'll be over the edge now in no time at all
I'm fallin' faster and faster and faster with no time to stall
The closer you get, the further I fall
Keep fallin', oh, yeah, yeah, keep fallin', mm, fallin', oh, yeah, yeah, I'm fallin'
Yes, I'm fallin' (Yes, I'm fallin' Yes, I'm fallin')
Yes, I'm fallin' (Yes, I'm fallin' Yes, I'm fallin')
Yes, we're fallin' (Yes, we're fallin' Yes, we're fallin')
The closer you get, the further I fall
I'll be over the edge now in no time at all
I'm fallin' faster and faster and faster with no time to stall
The closer you get, the further I fall
The closer you get, the further I fall
I'll be over the edge now in no time at all
I'm fallin' faster and faster and faster with no time to stall
The closer you get, the further I fall
Lady Down on Love
It's her first night on the town since she was just eighteen
A lady down on love and out of hope and dreams
The ties that once bound her now are broke away
And she's like a baby, just learning how to play
She never thought that love could ever end so soon
Her mind drifts back in time to a mid-summer moon
When he asked her to marry and she glady said O.K
And a woman came to be from the girl of yesterday
Now she's a lady down on love
She needs somebody to gentley pick her up
She's got her freedom, but she'd rather be bound
To a man who would love her and never let her down
Well, I know a lady that's down on her love
'Cause I used to hold her and have that special touch
But work took me a way from home late at nights
And I wasn't there when she turned out the lights
Then both of us got lonely and I gave into lust
And she just couldn't live with a man she couldn't trust
Now she's a lady down on love
She needs somebody to gently pick her up
She's got her freedom, but she'd rather be bound
To man who would love her and never let her down
Now she's a lady down on love
Dixieland Delight
Rollin' down a backwoods Tennessee by way
One arm on the wheel
Holdin' my lover with the other
A sweet, soft, Southern thrill
Worked hard all week, got a little jingle
On a Tennessee Saturday night
Couldn't feel better, I'm together
With my Dixieland Delight
Spend my dollar
Parked in a holler
'Neath the mountain moonlight
Hold her up tight
Make a little lovin'
A little turtle dovin'
On a Mason-Dixon night
Fits my life, oh so right
My Dixieland Delight
White tail buck deer munchin' on clover
Red tail hawk sittin' on a limb
A chubby old groundhog, croakin' bullfrog
Free as the feelin' in the wind
Home grown country girl gonna give me a whirl
On a Tennessee Saturday night
Lucky as a seven livin' in heaven
With my Dixieland Delight
Spend my dollar
Parked in a holler
'Neath the mountain moonlight
Hold her up tight
Make a little lovin'
A little turtle dovin'
On a Mason-Dixon night
Fits my life, oh so right
My Dixieland Delight
Spend my dollar
Parked in a holler
'Neath the mountain moonlight
Hold her up tight
Make a little lovin'
A little turtle dovin'
On a Mason-Dixon night
Fits my life, oh so right
My Dixieland Delight
Rollin' down a backwoods Tennessee by way
One arm on the wheel
Holdin' my lover with the other
A sweet, soft, Southern thrill
Worked hard all week, got a little jingle
On a Tennessee Saturday night
Couldn't feel better, I'm together
With my Dixieland Delight
Dancin', Shaggin' On The Boulevard
Well the Magic Attic's where the music rolls
And the Army-Navy's got ol' Jackie Soul
Down on Peaches Corner there are Good Ol' Boys
And Mother Fletchers makin' lots of noise
They're dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Well the Tams are playin' at the Port-O-Call
And the Drifters underneath the Boardwalk
At the Spanish Galleon and Ol' Fat Jacks
Jukebox playin' and the place is packed
You bet they're dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
You know they're dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Got the top down and the traffic's slow
Sun Fun Week and we all go
Where the girls are sunnin' and a lookin' good
Well I never met 'em but I wish I could
And we'd go dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
We'd go dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Well the Embers singin' up on Ocean Drive
And the Castaways are gettin' loud tonight
At the Electric Circus they all gettin' down
And the Carousel's spinnin' 'round and 'round
See them dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
I see 'em dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Well I'm hangin out down at Sloppy Joes
They may doze but they never close
And the Bama Boys at the Bowery
They can't dance but they play for free
But they like dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
They know dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
They wrote dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Shaggin' on the boulevard
Dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Dancin' shaggin' on the boulevard
Sad lookin' Moon
I thought that you could fly
I thought that you had wings
I guess that I believed
You'd never say goodbye
But my world stopped turnin' 'round
The stars turned upside down
It knocked me to the ground on my knees
Now there's a sad lookin' moon
Shinin' down on me
There's a sad lookin' sky
As far as I can see
I always believed
And I thought the stars could see
But there's a sad lookin' moon
Shinin' down on me
I shared with you my dreams
I gave you everything
I opened up my heart
And I gave you my ring
Well I spent days and nights
Just thinkin' about the time
When you would be mine all my life
Now there's a sad lookin' moon
Shinin' down on me
There's a sad lookin' sky
As far as I can see
I always believed
And I thought the stars could see
But there's a sad lookin' moon
Shinin' down on me
There's a sad lookin' moon
A sad lookin' moon
There's a sad lookin' moon
Shinin' down on me
Of Course I'm Alright
Why do you ask
Of course I'm alright
I guess I wasn't thinking
I'd run into you tonight
Do I seem surprised
I guess you caught me off guard
Yes I'm really doing fine
No it hasn't been that hard
How 'bout you
Getting on with your life
There's so much to tell you
That I won't even try
My, its good to see you
How long has it been
I must admit I think about you
Every now and then
Like when I open my eyes
When I lay down at night
Every moment ever since
The day you said goodbye
But you'll never know
'Ccause I keep it inside
How am I doing without you
Of course I'm alright
Well to tell you the truth
I guess I have felt better
God just look at you wow
You make it look so easy
I can see it on yout face
Everything we used to be
Is gone without a trace
If you wanna know
Right now I'm sinking fast
Girl you always could see
Right behind this mask
But I won't give it away
Gonna keep it inside
How am I doing without you
Of course I'm alright
If you don't want to know the truth
Of course I'm alright
Calling All Angels
Calling, calling all angels
Oh I'm calling, calling all angels
The night was still, the moon was bright
When he saw a distant light
So he started walkin' till he found
A church outside of town
And he stumbled in and closed the door
Said why I'm here, I'm not sure
It's my baby that I'm lookin' for
Can't she see I'm down on my knees
I've been calling, calling all angels
Bring my baby back
Oh you must know where she's at
Tell me what to do
I know she's one of you
I'm down on my knees, tell her please
That I love her so
Tell me preacher, man to man
Will you do all that you can
I've done wrong, this I know
And I really hurt her so
It's a lonely world I'm livin' in
An ocean of tears I been cryin'
In this greatest hour of need
What can be done for a fool like me
Oh, I'm calling, calling all angels
Bring my baby back
Oh you must know where she's at
Yes I've been a fool
And I know that she's one of you
Now do this for me, tell her please
And if she's lonely
I'll make her understand
That these arms can carry
Both of us back to heaven again
Yes I've been a fool
And I know that she's one of you
Do this for me
Tell her please
Calling, calling all angels
Hear me calling, calling all angels
Oh I'm calling, calling all angels
Hear me calling, calling all angels
Oh I'm calling, calling all angels
Hear me calling, calling all angels
Oh I'm calling, calling all angels
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