trailer for sale or rent rooms to let 50 cents no phone no pool no pets ain t got no cigarettes two hours of pushing broom buys a 8 by 12 4 bed room i m a man of means by no means king of the road third boxcar midnight train destination bangor maine old worn out suit and shoes i don t pay no union dues i smoke old stogies i have found they re short but not too big around i m a man of means by no means king of the road i know every engineer on every train all the children and all of their names every handout in every town and every lock that ain t locked when no one s around trailer for sale or rent rooms to let 50 cents no phone no pool no pets ain t got no cigarettes two hours of pushing broom buys a 8 by 12 4 bed room i m a man of means by no means king of the road king of the road

i don t know when i ve been so blue don t know what s come over you you found someone new and don t it make my brown eyes blue i ll be fine when you re gone i ll just cry all night long say it isn t true and don t it make my brown eyes blue tell me no secrets tell me some lies give me no reasons give me alibis tell me you love me and don t let me cry say anything but don t say goodbye tell me no secrets tell me some lies give me no reasons give me alibis tell me you love me and don t let me cry say anything but don t say goodbye i didn t mean to treat you bad i didn t know just what i had but honey now i do and don t it make my brown eyes don t it make my brown eyes don t it make my brown eyes blue

there s a storm across valley clouds are rolling in the afternoon is heavy on your shoulders there s a truck out on the forelane a mile or so away and the whining of his wheels just makes it colder he s an hour away from riding on your prayer up in the sky ten days on the road barely gone there s a fire softly burning supper s on the stove but it s the light in your eyes that makes him warm hey it s good to be back home again sometimes this old far feels like a long lost friend yes hey it s good to be back home again well there s all the news to tell him how d you spend your time and what s the latest thing the neighbours say and your mother called last friday sunshine made her cry and you felt the baby move just yesterday hey it s good to be back home again sometimes this old far feels like a long lost friend yes hey it s good to be back home again oh the time that i can lay this tired old body down and feel your fingers feather soft upon me the kisses that i live for the love that lights my way the happiness that living with you brings me it s the sweetest thing i know of just spending time with you it s the little thing that makes a house a home like a fire softly burning and supper on the stove and the light in your eyes that makes me warm hey it s good to be back home again sometimes this old far feels like a long lost friend yes hey it s good to be back home again yes hey it s good to be back home again

back through the years i go wonderin once again back to the seasons of my youth i recall a box of rags that someone gave us and how my momma put the rags to use there were rags of many colors every piece was small and i didn t have a coat and it was way down in the fall momma sewed the rags together sewin every piece with love she made my coat of many colors that i was so proud of as she sewed she told a story from the bible she had read about a coat of many colors joseph wore and then she said perhaps this coat will bring you good luck and happiness and i just couldn t wait to wear it and momma blessed it with a kiss my coat of many colors that my momma made for me made only from rags but i wore it so proudly although we had no money i was rich as i could be in my coat of many colors my momma made for me so with patches on my britches holes in both my shoes in my coat of many colors i hurried off to school just to find the others laughing and making fun of me in my coat of many colors my momma made for me and oh i couldn t understand it for i felt i was rich and i told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitch and i told em all the story momma told me while she sewed and how my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes but they didn t understand it and i tried to make them see that one is only poor only if they choose to be now i know we had no money but i was rich as i could be in my coat of many colors my momma made for me made just for me

you broke his arm in houston his rib in santa fe then you drug him through the dirt in san antone and last year out in vegas you almost took him all the way then you sent him broke and busted right back home no matter how hard you throw him he just gets back on again oh i ll never understand this crazy hold you have on him rodeo rodeo are you every gonna let my cowboy go you ve got a hundred other men you don t give a damn bout him but he still loves you why i don t know rodeo rodeo from an empty cold hotel room in some state you left him in he ll call and tell me that this time he s really through i ll get to hold him through the winter but when spring rolls round again he ll jump in his truck and run right back to you you steal his love away from me 8 seconds at a time even when i m in his arm i know your still on his mind rodeo rodeo are you every gonna let my cowboy go you ve got a hundred other men you don t give a damn bout him oh but he still loves you why i don t know rodeo rodeo if you were just another women maybe i ll know what to do he might give his heart to me but he d give his life for you rodeo you ve got a hundred other men you don t give a damn bout him oh but he still loves you why i ll never know

it s too fast it s too slow it s too country too rock and roll it s too happy to sad to short or it s way too long yeah and it s too bad they don t just chorus play the song play the song turn it up loud enough we all can sing along and let the people decide if the music is right or it s wrong man it s a shame instead of playing the game play the song play the song it s too garth too george strait too right down the center too left of the plate the hook s too weak or the subject matter s way too strong whatever yeah and it s too bad they don t just repeat chorus bridge and it s too bad if you ask me our song s gotta be so darn p c so damn p c repeat chorus play the song play the song play the song play the song play the song play the song

no i don t mind if you sit down if you want to i ll only be here few i m waitin for someone yes i m drinkin wine one more would be just fine to pass the time while i m waitin for someone i guess he s runnin late oh i hate these blind dates waitin for someone what s that no not me i m still single and free someday i wanna be i m just waitin for someone yea i like this song too why sure i ll dance with you just one or two while i m waitin for someone oh my it s getting late i ve been here since 8 guess he s not gonna show sometimes that s how it goes waitin for someone it s really not that far but you can walk me to my car now here we are waitin for someone yea i ve had a nice time too sure i d love to hear from you you know i think i m through waitin for someone cause to tell you the truth i was just waitin for someone like you

started out just nails and leather built to last and made for weather can t think of nothin better than what i m wearin on my feet they make me taller than i really am ain t nothing they can t withstand a symbol o the workin man and old cowgirls like me chorus boots are made for sawdust floors stirrups on a quarterhorse to kick yourself when ya been a fool climbin up on barstools two steppin under neon lights ain t too bad in a barroom fight and kickin open swingin doors that s what boots are for been resoled a dozen times crushed some cans and soaked some wine aww but that s what makes them shine they re a part of me they ve seen lovers come and go til we met the right pair at the rodeo oh that s just the way love goes some things are meant to be repeat chorus kickin off when you re tired and sore

he said i ll call you hon when i get there ten minutes later he was in the air she dropped the kids at school and headed home walked in and turned the front room tv on she could tell that there was something wrong every channel had the same thing on now seven years have come and gone away but she s still hurting like its yesterday cuz she wants to put her arms around his neck and look in his eyes so blue and say honey i don t regret a single day i spent with you she wants to tell him that she loves him so and will until the day she dies it ain t that she can t let him go she just wants to say goodbye he sits beside her in the nursing home through her silver hair he runs a comb he hangs their wedding picture on the wall she don t remember who he is at all he tells her stories about the life they ve lived from their first kiss to their last grandkids for seven months now she just sits and stares but if she wakes up he s gonna be right there cuz he wants to put his arms around her neck and look in her eyes so blue and say honey i won t forget a single day i spent with you he wants to tell her that he loves her so and will until the day he dies it ain t that he can t let her go he just wants to say goodbye no it ain t let that we can t let them go we just want to say goodbye

someday when i grow up i m gonna put away these dreams and stop believing in foolish things i ll get my feet on the ground stop shooting for the moon i hope i don t grow up any time soon yea someday when i grow up it won t all be about fun that honeydew list will finally get done i ll start watching more news and less cartoons well i hope i don t grow up any time soon garage full of toys and still i want something new that s just the boy in the man coming through it s a serious job raising this family two little kids well three counting me someday when i grow up i m gonna really watch my will and i ll eat more salad and a lot less cake i ll sing all serious songs and not these silly tunes well i hope i don t grow up any time soon garage full of toys and still i want something new that s just the boy in the man coming through it s a serious job raising this family two little kids well three counting me i ll empty my pockets before my bibs get washed ask for directions before we get lost i ll stop believing we can be the next johnny and june well i hope i don t grow up any time soon yeah i hope i don t grow up any time soon

got her daddy s eyes and her mama s hair that newborn baby lyin there a grandpa holds his first grandchild that s a cryin smile in another town there s a long white dress little church crammed full to sunday best bride s father walks her down the aisle that s a cryin smile it s a goodbye kiss first day of school a doctor callin with a good news a sinner standin in the pure gettin born for the second time it s snapshots laid out on the floor or a loved one back home from the war makes tears fall like rain from a sunny sky that s a cryin smile forty years he punched that clock for a pat on the back and a gold watch they called it goin out in style that s a cryin smile it s a goodbye kiss first day of school a doctor callin with a good news a sinner standin in the pure gettin born for the second time it s snapshots laid out on the floor or a loved one back home from the war makes tears fall like rain from a sunny sky that s a cryin smile a nursin home has an empty bed four generations bow their heads god welcomes home another child ain t that a cryin smile

hey let s pretend we never met like we ain t fallen in love yet i will chase you down the kitchen you can chase round to bed we will set the neighbors talkin with our hoopin and our hallin 1 2 3 it s hide and seek go i ll find you and you ll find me tag you re it pretend we never met hey before our love life goes to snorin let s act like we re on our honeymoon in an effort to avoid the borin stay by far of somethin we can t do oh let s pretend we never met like we ain t fallen in love yet i will chase you down the kitchen you can chase round to bed we will set the neighbors talkin with our hoopin and our hallin 1 2 3 it s hide and seek go i ll find you and you ll find me tag you re it pretend we never met aye watchu gonna do when i close my eyes oh don t tell me let it be a surprise i ll stop right this is kinda frightenin but dang it makes it so excitin oh let s pretend we never met like we ain t fallen in love yet i will chase you down the kitchen you can chase round to bed we will set the neighbors talkin with our hoopin and our hallin 1 2 3 it s hide and seek go i ll find you and you ll find me tag you re it pretend we never met 1 2 3 it s hide and seek go i ll find you and you ll find me tag you re it pretend we never met

her name was sarah jean it was a night like this in front of the dairy queen well she gave me my first kiss i was just ten years old so i never knew she was teaching me how to love you after the high school dance in my old man s car holding carol and i tried to go too far but she said no i didn t have a clue she was teaching me how to love you every hand we hold every bridge we burn every story told is another lesson learned a few years ago i met jill one night and then i loved her so but i didn t treat her right but she left me there with my heart broken in two she was teaching me how to love you every hand we hold every bridge we burn every single story told is another lesson learned so if i should glance in your rear view mirror at every failed romance that brought you here honey i can t be hurt by what i see they were teaching you how to love me they were teaching you how to love me

he s a cowboy who rode his dreams into the purple sky drove a million head of cattle cross the great divide mmm he loved the jfc that s made way into his heart upon a melody she sang a song just like a bird and then just flew away he still lives with the pain yeah he s a cowboy he s gettin old now every night he drifts off chasin the prairie wind he s our guest but come mornin he s back again it s a lonesome love but he s a cowboy it s a rough ride ridin into the rain it s a tough life livin life against the grey but he ll hold on tight until the day he dies he s a cowboy he s a cowboy searchin for the broken trail that leads him back to her the crack of dawn bring s just another day of hurt mmm he s thinkin now boy of findin a place to rest his weary mind longin for the night he takes his final ride to the other side yeah he s a cowboy it s a rough ride ridin into the rain it s a tough life livin life against the grey but he ll hold on tight till the day he dies he s a cowboy he s a cowboy oh uh oh ride em cowboy

this last year s been a whirlwind but we re doing well we re told been up and down the highway and on the radio we sold a lot of our first record we even had a hit now the bigwigs back in nashville say we better kick it up a bit the critics all are waiting to see what we will do for much anticipated album number two some say we re going pure country some say we should turn pop they ve all got their opinions how to take us to the top our new image consultant says we need a fresh hairdo as if that s gonna make or break album number two the critics all are waiting to see if we come through so much contemplating for album number two now you might think we re crazy but is it really all that hard just cut some songs that made you sing them from the heart but if we are mistaken and our career is through we ll bid our fans a fine farewell with album number two the critics all are waiting but it s really up to you we d sure appreciate it if you bought album number two they say it s either sink or swim with album number two

you ask me if there s still a chance to rekindle our burned out romance well you re a true blue die hard country fan let me say it in a way that you ll understand with george straight s a rock star where s that leather pants if alan joins a boy band and all he does is dance when hank junior s a preacher and his hell raising days are through then maybe just maybe maybe i ll come back to you now i m not saying there s no chance at all but it don t take no crystal ball to see the chance is mighty slim chris gains or me are coming back again when willy gives the weed up and cuts off all his hair when george jones finally says he need s his rocking chair when dolly gets a breast reduction down a size or two then maybe just maybe maybe i ll come back to you when toby keith burns the flag and buys a foreign car paisley takes the stage and forgets how to play guitar when we sell a million copies of album number two huh we ve sold how many now i said maybe yeah maybe maybe i ll come back to you yea maybe just maybe maybe i ll come back to you that s right

there must be a real good reason why he ain t home yet there must be a real bad wreck slowing him down i m hoping he blew a tyre his old truck flipped and caught on fire cause god help my man if he s fooling around if he s fooling around with some hussy he knows while i m cooking his dinner and washing his clothes if he thinks he can come home and climb into my bed he s got another thing coming upside his head i hope there was a homeless hooker that he gave a hug to i pray that s her lipstick on his shirt this morning i found these seven numbers i see in his pocket better win the lottery cause god help my man if he s fooling around if he s fooling around with some hussy he knows while i m rocking his babies and washing his clothes if he thinks he can come home and climb into my bed he s got a frying pan coming upside his head i hope he s got a real good lawyer cause he s gonna need one cause you know my daddy is the judge here in this small town by the time i m through i m getting my half and i m taking his too cause god help my man if he s fooling around yeah god help my man if he s a fooling around

this mornin the pews were hay bales the pulpit a saddle thrown over a stall the floor just a carpet of sawdust the babtistry just a rusty ol traun there were no stepals there were no hymnals but heaven came down there were no suits just worn out boots standin on holy ground i guess its true if even two are gathered in his hands thats where jesus is somewhere they were gathered and prayin their alter a footlocker thrown in the sand sundays at home just a memory but there in that tent they still felt his hand there were no stepals there were no hymnals but heaven came down there were no suits just worn out boots standin on holy ground i guess its true if even two are gathered in his hands thats where jesus is on an airplane or this old bus in a silence he always meets us where there s stepels where there s no hymnals heaven comes down in our sunday shoes or in our cowboy boots it is all holy ground i guess its true if even two are gathered in his hands thats where jesus is this is where jesus is

he was different he was one of a kind as far as daddies went and not just cause he was mine he could build anything with his two calloused hands my ol man he drove an old truck he could ve had a newer one floorboards full of rust but he sure loved the way it d run i learned to drive in it in the pastures on our land with my ol man one day he caught me in a lie and with his belt he tanned my behind and i saw the teardrops in his eyes falling down just as hard as mine when you re born a farmer it s what you want your son to be he was brokenhearted when i said i m going to tennessee but he sold that old truck and stuck the money in my hand my ol man when i got on that big greyhound with my bags full of songs and my guitar i remember looking down and him yelling son remember who you are he fought a good fight but in the end it took him down we told him goodbye and then we prayed him in the ground now he s with jesus walking in the promised land my ol man and i m so proud when people say just how much i am like my ol man

didn t try to fall in love with you tried everything that i could do to keep from falling like i ve done so many times tried to wash it all away in anything and every day i think of all the things you said when we were all alone i saw daylight in your eyes i saw daylight in your eyes wish i could but i can t say tomorrow s still a day away i always love the time that i can spend with you who can know and who can tell i never seen a wishin well that held what its supposed to hold but who knows maybe somewhere there might be i saw daylight in your eyes i saw daylight in your eyes time will come and time will go and i believe in things i know been doing it a long time guess i can again win or draw no chance to lose picture cards can t picture you but i can see you like you are if i just close my eyes