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Banjo Intro:
Chorus:
Now listen close and you can hear
Their mournful cries ring through the darkness
Lovers lost and all alone
Spirits two forever roam
Verse 1:
Like a nightbird's wail when the wind is still
The sound of river and a whippoorwill
Like the driving rain on a roof of tin
Her words of love call out to him
Fiddle Break:
Verse 2:
In the chill of the night through falling snow
Two hearts run wild nowhere to go
Crossing hills and valleys wide
To meet once more on the other side
Chorus:
Guitar/Banjo Break:
Verse 3:
It's a bitter Wind that sings her song
About a love so right and yet so wrong
And promised hearts where passions dwell
No one can see no one can tell
Verse 4:
Souls lost in time they were never found
Frozen in (?solid?) on the cold hard ground
Forever wild forever free
Wrapped in the arms of eternity
Chorus:
Mando/Fiddle Break:
Chorus:
Vocal Ending:
Lovers lost and all alone
Spirits two forever roam
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You rolled out of Rosine, a dedicated man.
You drove those country back roads to a thousand one-night stands.
The music from your mandolin, spread like wildfire in the wind,
And echoed through the hollows and the hills, so tell me, Bill:
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
Did it look like gold Kentucky when the gates swung open wide?
Bet the good Lord's got you playin' somewhere up there every night.
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
Instrumental break.
I heard you on the Opry when I was just a kid.
I tried my best to learn to sing and play the way you did.
Just like me, the day you died, the guitars and the fiddles cried.
The music ain't the same without you, Bill; we miss you still.
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
Did it look like gold Kentucky when the gates swung open wide?
Bet the good Lord's got you playin' somewhere up there every night.
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
Instrumental break.
Just like me, the day you died, the guitars and the fiddles cried.
The music ain't the same without you, Bill; we miss you still.
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
Did it look like gold Kentucky when the gates swung open wide?
Bet the good Lord's got you playin' somewhere up there every night.
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
Is the grass any bluer on the other side?
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That old photograph of ours sure looks out of place
Laying on your bag out in the hall
You're taking it to remind you of our better days
The ones you say you'll miss when you're gone
Don't lie
Don't try to fool me
Cause boy I know what's going on
Don't lie
You owe it to me
Leave well enough alone
So just go ahead and say goodbye
But don't lie
Well I've seen all her letters in the closet
Caught a trace of her perfume on you last night
So don't stand there and act so broken hearted
And tell me how it's killing you inside
Don't lie
Don't try to fool me
Cause boy I know what's going on
Don't lie
You owe it to me
Leave well enough alone
So just go ahead a say goodbye
But don't lie
Just come out and say it
Don't worry I can take it
Don't you think that I deserve the truth
Don't lie
Don't try to fool me
Cause boy I know what's going on
Don't lie
You owe it to me
Leave well enough alone
So just go ahead and say goodbye
But don't lie
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My sweetheart is gone and I'm so lonely.
He said that he and I were through.
So I started out drinkin' for pastime:
Drivin' nails in my coffin over you.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin,
Every time I drink a bottle of booze.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin:
Drivin' those nails over you.
Instrumental break.
Ever since the day that we parted,
I've been so sad and so blue.
I'm always thinkin' of you, love,
And I just can't quit drinkin' that old booze.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin,
Ev'ry time I drink a bottle of booze.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin:
Drivin' those nails over you.
Instrumental break.
You turned me down, you don't want me.
There's nothin' now I can lose.
I'm just drivin' those nails in my coffin.
An' worryin', my darlin', over you.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin,
Ev'ry time I drink a bottle of booze.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin:
Drivin' those nails over you.
Instrumental break.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin,
Ev'ry time I drink a bottle of booze.
I'm just drivin' nails in my coffin:
Drivin' those nails over you.
Yes, I'm drivin' those nails over you.
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Tonight the rain that's falling
Only adds to my heartache
It runs quietly down my window
Like the tears upon my face
And each time the lightning flashes
And I hear the thunder roar
I'm reminded of the closing of the door
I'm not over you
The storm still rages
The waves of pain remind me
That we're through
I'm slowly drowning
In a sea of endless heartbreak
I'm going under
'Cause I'm not over you
I keep holding to your memory
But my hopes are sinking fast
The chance that you'll come back to me
Now fades into the past
Can I find a way to let you go
Somewhere down deep inside
By reaching for the healing hands of time
I'm not over you
The storm still rages
The waves of pain remind me
That we're through
I'm slowly drowning
In a sea of endless heartbreak
I'm going under
'Cause I'm not over you
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Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin the Bluegrass Express
This train will soon be gone
And I'm goin home
On the Bluegrass Express
He'll cross the river in New Port Town
Louisville, Lexington, he's south bound
Richmond, Winchester, Bowling Green
Prettiest place I've ever seen
Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin the Bluegrass Express
This train will soon be gone
And I'm goin home
On the Bluegrass Express
Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin the Bluegrass Express
This train will soon be gone
And I'm goin home
On the Bluegrass Express
Ridin' the Bluegrass Express
Ridin the Bluegrass Express
This train will soon be gone
And I'm goin home
On the Bluegrass Express
And I'm goin home
On the Bluegrass Express
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Theres a picture that I carry
One we made some time ago
When they ask who's in the picture with me
I say just someone I used to know
Just someone, I used to spend some time with
Just a flame, thats lost its glow
But I don't them of the nights I cried without you
I say just someone I used to know
Just someone, I used to run around with
Just a friend from long ago
I don't tell them, how lost I am without you
I say just someone I used to know
I say just someone I used to know
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Darlin we've been through some hard times
And regrets I've had a few
I gave my best to make you happy
It wasn't good enough for you
So today its all over
I'll be seeing you around
I'm standing up and stepping over
Moving on to solid ground
Cause life's about choices and I've made a few
To start living for myself now and honey not for you
But you better get it straight now I ain't leaving this town
Baby from now on I'll be standing on solid ground
You taught me life is what you make it
That's a simple line but true
But when it comes to how you're living
The choice is really up to you
Keep your eye upon tomorrow
Live your dreams and make em last
Take the time to smell the roses
And learn a lesson from the past
(chorus)
So darling thank you for the good times
Tears will never need to fall
It's not the end it's the beginning
Of a new day after all,
I'll just try to keep my head high
Even when they get me down
I'll take a stand and keep on standing
High upon the solid ground
(chorus again)
You can count on it baby, I'll be standing on solid ground
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Like the weather your heart changes with each season
Springtime summer fall and winter too
Though I know I'll never understand the reason
I still wonder why each season changes you
It was springtime when I found you like the flowers
And our love grew warmer with the summer sun
In the fall I could see our love was changing
It broke my heart to see what wintertime had done
Like the weather your heart changes...
Came the spring again you said that you were sorry
And the summer brought a golden memory
In the fall I saw your love was changing
And the winter brought the same old misery
Like the weather your heart changes...
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Listen to the rain a-fallin'
Can't you hear that lonesome sound
Oh, my poor old heart is breakin'
'Cause my sweet love ain't around.
Lord, I think I'll start to ramble
Got to leave this weary town
This old place is way too lonely
'Cause my sweet love ain't around.
On that train tonight I'm leavin'
And don't ask me where I'm bound
I can't stay here any longer
'Cause my sweet love ain't around.
Memories come back to haunt me
My dream house has done fell down
This old world is dark around me
'Cause my sweet love ain't around.
Something tells me that I'm losing
'Cause these weary blues I've found
Oh, my baby left this morning
Lord, my sweet love ain't around.
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There are many people
who will say they're Christians
and they live like Christians on the Sabbath day
But come Monday morning, til the coming Sunday
They will fight their neighbor all along the way
{chorus}
Oh you don't love God, if you don't love your neighbor
if you gossip about him, if you never have mercy
if he gets into trouble, and you don't try to help him
then you don't love your neighbor, and you don't love God
In the Holy Bible, in the Book of Matthew
Read the 18th chapter in the 21st verse
Jesus plainly tells us that we must have mercy
There's a special warning in the 35th verse
Oh you don't love God, if you don't love your neighbor
if you gossip about him, if you never have mercy
if he gets into trouble, and you don't try to help him
then you don't love your neighbor, and you don't love God
There's a God almighty, and you've got to love him
if you want salvation and a home on high
If you say you love him while you hate your neighbor
then you don't have religion, you just told a lie
Oh you don't love God, if you don't love your neighbor
if you gossip about him, if you never have mercy
if he gets into trouble, and you don't try to help him
then you don't love your neighbor, and you don't love God
Oh you don't love God, if you don't love your neighbor
if you gossip about him, if you never have mercy
if he gets into trouble, and you don't try to help him
then you don't love your neighbor, and you don't love God
then you don't love your neighbor, and you don't love God
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When love is faithful, strong and true
When the breath of life is given you
When flowers bloom in early spring
That's the time in heaven when the angels sing
(Chorus)
Where angels sing above the blue
A promise of a world that's new
And tear dimmed eyes no more will be
When the angels sing for you and me
Be a shining light as you pass through
Remember the promise He gave to you
Hold to His word trust everything
Live forever in heaven where the angels sing
Where angels sing above the blue
A promise of a world that's new
And tear dimmed eyes no more will be
When the angels sing for you and me
Where angels sing above the blue
A promise of a world that's new
And tear dimmed eyes no more will be
When the angels sing for you and me
(Tag)
When the angels sing for you and me
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Now you bake right, Martha White
Goodness gracious, good and light, Martha White
For the finest biscuits, cakes and pies,
Get Martha White self-rising flour
The one all purpose flour,
Martha White self-rising flour's
Got Hot Rise
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