. . .
|
|
I made it through my rock and roll years
With a spent dream and
A few dollar bills
I don't know what i learned
I don't know what i know
And if i don't now i never will
Bridge 1:
I ain't seen it all but it's plain to see
I just might be an endangered species
Like an old gray fox i know how he feels
With the new hats snapping at my heels
I ain't sure what it's all about
I ain't in but don't count me out
Bridge 2:
They all like to dance but if you want to dance with me
You might be dancing with an endangered species
I wasted some time
With some women i found
At no time ever settlin' down
With one over here and one over there
And that's where-nobody cares
Bridge 3:
But a man in love is what i want to be
I guess-that makes me an endangered species
. . .
|
|
Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
Around the curve come a passanger train
Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead he's been a long time gone
Been a long time gone a long time gone
If you wanna get to heaven gotta D-I-E you gotta put on your coat and T-I-E
Wanna get the rabbit out of the L-O-G
You gotta make a cold motion like D-O-G like D-O-G like D-O-G yeah
( steel )
Well I got a good woman what's the matter with me
What makes me wanna love every woman I see
I was tri'fling when I met her now I'm tri'fling again
And every woman she sees looks like the place I came in
Looks like the place I came in place I came in
I got my name painted on my shirt I ain't no ordinary dude
I don't have to work I don't have to work
. . .
|
|
Verse 1:
G
Gotta catch a new train... i gotta go
C/G G
This train is getting just a little too old
Gotta find a new way... to live my life
C/G G
Any other way has got to be alright
Verse 2:
G
Shame on you girl... same ol' you
C/G
Same ol' trouble you're always
G
Puttin' me through
Same ol' me girl... body and soul
C/G G
This train's a runnin' on out of control
Chorus:
C/G
I ain't gonna waste my time here...
G8 Messin' with you
C/G
I ain't gonna wind up anywhere near
F C/G G
Where i want to
Chorus.
Verse 3:
G
Gotta find a new way... to live my life
C/G G
Any other way has gotta be alright
Gotta catch a new train... i gotta go
C/G G
This train is runnin' on out of control
C/G G
This train is movin' just a little too slow
. . .
|
|
Straight out of nowhere
And a little bit out of our minds
We were courting disaster
With one foot over the line
It was one for the show
And two for ol' Shorty and me
We were the wild ones
We had the town up a tree
(CHORUS)
We were the wild ones
The ones they couldn't control
We were survivors
Good hearts, body and soul
We were the winners
Cause we didn't know we could fail
We were the wild ones
And we had the world by the tail
She was a lady
When a lady wasn't easy to be
Hangin' in limbo
She started hangin' with me
We were the music
Cause we had a song we could sing
We were the wild ones
And we had the world on a string
(CHORUS)
We were the wild ones...
We had the world by the tail.
. . .
|
|
|
. . .
|
|
Verse 1:
D A
I grew up in Wyoming
D
In and around Jackson's hole
A
In the shadows of the Tetons
Where summers are hot
D
And winters unbearably cold
G
But the Spring and the Fall
D
Are always as good as it gets
A
For over 70 years now
D
I'd watch the sun rise and set
Verse 2:
A
I've been a cowboy
D
Working the round-ups in spring
A
I've lived in the mountains
Hunted the grizzly
D
Trapping the rivers and streams
G
Always the loner
D
I've treasured my freedom the most
A
And though i never married
D
As a young man i might have come close
Verse 3:
G
From somewhere back east
She came to the valley
D
With a man who did her no good
G
He was fast with the ladies
A tin horn gambler
D
And a cheat whenever he could
G
She had no friends or family
D
Most of the time he was gone
A
He died in a card game
D
And she found herself all alone
Verse 4:
G
Alone and afraid and left unprotected
D
'Cause he was all that she had
G
Maybe i should have
But i never told her
D
So she never knew he was bad
G
But i'll always remember
D
Standing and watching her cry
A
There was no one to help her
D
But i was determined to try
Verse 5:
A
I mended her fences and
Fixed up her cabin
D
I had everything looking good
A
I laid by her food
And wood for the winter
D
Helping wherever i could
G
The more i was around her
D
The more i wanted to be
A
There was something about her
D
That brought out a good side of me
Verse 6:
G
I went into town,i brought a new outfit
D
I got me a haircut and shave
G
I'd trek through the snow
For no good reason
D
Just to go by her cabin each day
G
I don't know about love
D
But i was quite taken in by it all
A
Till her brother came in the Spring
D
And he took her back to St. Paul
Verse 7:
A
I don't go down to Jackson
D
Ain't nothing there but motels and bars
A
Too damn many tourists
No place to hide
D
They'll find you wherever you are
G
They like to call me old timer
D
I am getting older i guess
A
But i don't like the changes
D
'Cause i've seen it all at its best
Verse 8:
A
When my life is over
D
I don't want to be left in town
A
But up in the mountains
There is a place
D
I've marked off my own piece of ground
G
High in the Tetons
D
Above and away from it all
A
From the top of old Grand
I bet on a clear day - you can see
D
All the way to St. Paul
. . .
|
|
|
. . .
|
|
|
. . .
|
|
Today was supposed to be
Just another day
Before the meeting of our minds and
What you had to say
It's been a long time comin' and
I guess i never saw
I'll have a short time adjusting to it all
You have come to your conclusion
You no longer care for me
And that we don't belong together
I suppose we sould agree
There is nothing i can do
Now that you've made up your mind
But could you come back and see me sometime
Chorus:
Is there any way that you could leave a little at a time
I need the time to make adjustments of the heart and of the mind
It might be that you'll remember some old feeling left behind
And if you do would you come back and see me sometime
I am left with no defenses
For i have no control
And for the first time in my manwood
I'll do what i am told
It's all over but the leaving you're
Determined now to do
I'll have the burden of gettin' over you
There's no need to be suspicious i have
Nothing left to hide
It's all out in the open i have
Nothing left inside
Just seeing you would be enough
It's all i have in mind
So could you come back see me sometime
Chorus.
. . .
|
|
I blew in from Texas
And you don't know who I am
Most of you could care less
And the rest don't give a damn
But you might take special notice
When you take a look at me
I'm everything you've ever been
And ever want to be
My game is the winner take all
I live on the edges
So i'm subject to a fall
I ain't never been a loser
I ain't never gonna be
I'm like runnin' in a ringer
You don't mess around with me
I've got money in my pocket
I've got money in the bank
If I look like a poor boy
I've got much more than you think
I got a woman on my right arm
Woman on my left
When it comes to women,Lord
I just can't help myself
I know it's not the right thing to do
But I could never change
Even if I wanted to
So if you are a lady
Anf if you always want to be
I'm a living lovin' legend
You don't mess around with me
She's got honey drippin' off her lips
So good you can taste
A walkin' aphrodisiac
Too damn good to waste
Prancin' like a thoroughbred
Out to win the race
It don't matter how good lookin'
Or how good she may be
There's just one foregone conclusion
You don't mess around with me
. . .
|
Switch to English 