The Golden Ring
One time in Wellington went to the dancing
I saw sweet Mary pretty young thing
We fell to talking soon we were out walking
Promised I’d buy her a golden ring
(Background voices) “He said he’d buy her a golden ring”
I’m just a farmer’s boy don’t get no wages
Signed for a soldier to go and serve my king
I told sweet Mary when I came home again
I'd buy her that golden ring
(Background voices) “He said he’d buy her that golden ring”
Got sent across to France got dug in at the Somme
My feet froze to the bone
But ever in my head I heard the words she said
“I’ll be waiting when you come home”
(Background voices) “Said she’d be waiting when he came home”
Shipped back to London town the crowds were milling round
Tommys praises all did sing
The war to end all war I found a pawnshop door
And I bought her that golden ring
(Background voices) “He bought her that golden ring”
Came back to Wellington called on my Mary
I saw she wore her apron high
That golden ring stayed deep down in my pocket
As I kissed my love good bye
(Background voices) “As he kissed his love goodbye”
One time in Wellington went to the dancing
Saw sweet Mary pretty young thing
We fell to talking soon we were out walking
Promised I’d buy her a golden ring
Promised I'd buy her a golden ring
Gasoline
When all the world goes crazy
And I need to come alive
I jump into my buggy
Take my body for a drive
I don’t care where I’m going
I don’t know where I’ve been
I roll on down the highway
Me and my machine
Don’t pick up no hitchhiker
Want nobody by my side
A dose of speed is all I need
To cure my wounded pride
When I saw red inside my head
The lights all turned to green
I raise my eyes say ‘Praise the Lord
He gave me Gasoline’
Gasoline Don’t have to sign no truce
Gasoline Oh I just love that juice
Gasoline It feels like I can fly
Gasoline I kiss you all ‘Goodbye’
With Gasoline
Praise the Lord – He gave me Gasoline
Do this! Do that!’ can knock you flat
You feel you’re two feet tall
Jangle with those car-keys
As I walk on down the hall
Foot on the gas and brakes that squeal
Can bring such sweet relief
Underdog turns into hog
Defying all belief
Freedom is the road ahead
Freedom is the rule
Freedom is a set of wheels
Freedom is the fuel
I need to get away sometimes
I need a change of scene
How would it be for you and me
Without my Gasoline
Gasoline Don’t have to sign no truce
Gasoline Oh I just love that juice
Gasoline It feels like I can fly
Gasoline I kiss you all ‘Goodbye’
With Gasoline
Praise the Lord – He gave me Gasoline
The road goes on forever
But I’m running out of time
Turn the headlights on drive back
Across the county line
Up into my driveway
Know I should apologize
Will you be glad I’m home again
Won’t cut me down to size
I sit and take a breather
Work out what I’m gonna say
Wonder if you’re still at home
Perhaps you’ve gone away
Leave my buggy close the door
Stand and count to ten
Pat her on the hood and say
‘Soon fill you up again with Gasoline’
Gasoline Don’t have to sign no truce
Gasoline Oh I just love that juice
Gasoline It feels like I can fly
Gasoline I kiss you all ‘Goodbye’
With Gasoline
Praise the Lord – He gave me Gasoline
The Country Boy In Me
I started out with the Twist and Shout
I just loved that R and B
But that Sweet Soul Music
Made a real man out of me
I sang along with those protest songs
I sung them loud and I sung them long
I never could stand D. I. V. O. R. C. E.
I never believed there was a Country Boy in me
I never believed there was a Country Boy in me
Yee-Hi ! Yippee-ay-yayayay!
I never believed there was a Country Boy in me
I couldn’t take the sound of the banjo and the fiddle
Don’t you hate those songs where they talk all through the middle?
And why d’y’all have to come from Tennessee?
Too old to be a Punk Rocker
And too fat to be a Glam Rock shocker
I still never believed there was a Country Boy in me
I never believed there was a Country Boy in me
I never believed there was a Country Boy in me
Yee-Hi ! Yippee-ay-yayayay!
I never believed there was a Country Boy in me
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
Then I heard a song on my old radio
She was singing sweet, she was singing low
She took up on that Bluegrass harmony
I got those shivers all down my spine
And I knew that music - That was mine!
I knew there was a Country Boy in me
And now I believe there’s a Country Boy in me
And now I believe there’s a Country Boy in me
Yee-Hi ! Yippee-ay-yayayay!
And now I believe there’s a Country Boy in me
Yee-Hi ! Yippee-ay-yayayay!
And now I believe there’s a Country Boy in me
And now I believe there’s a Country Boy in me
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e the Lord – He gave me gasoline
Found Love
I’m troubled, Oh so troubled
I’m troubled all the time
If the Lord won’t see my trouble
I know I’m gonna lose my mind
‘Cus I found love (I found love y’all)
And her Daddy says I should be younger
I found love (I found love y’all)
And her Mommy givin’ me the eye
I found love (I found love y’all)
Just gotta satisfy this hunger
I found love
Gonna keep her till the day I die
When I was sweet sixteen
The girls all cried
‘Go scurry on home to mother’
When I was twenty one there wasn’t one who looked my way
When I was thirty two they said ‘Hey, look at you!’
Then they went home with my brother
Now they stand in line think I’m fine with my hair all grey
I found love
And her Daddy says I should be younger
I found love
And her Mommy givin’ me the eye
I found love
Just gotta satisfy this hunger
I found love
Gonna keep her till the day I die
I still got fuel in my tank
And money in the bank
No kids to spoil the party
Lookin for a match? I’m quite some catch it seems!
Those Facebook eyes
Grew twice their size
When they saw real live Daddy comin’
Was it the bulge of my wallet in the pocket of my old blue jeans?
I found love
And her Daddy says I should be younger
I found love
And her Mommy givin’ me the eye
I found love
Just gotta satisfy this hunger
I found love
Gonna keep her till the day I die
I found love
And her Mommy says I should be younger
I found love
And her Daddy givin’ me the eye
I found love
Just gotta satisfy this hunger
I found love
Gonna keep her till the day I die
I’m troubled, Oh so troubled
I’m troubled all the time
If the Lord don’t see my trouble
I know I’m gonna lose my mind
I’m troubled, Oh so troubled
I’m troubled all the time
If the Lord don’t see my trouble
I know I’m gonna lose my mind
Steady At The Wheel
When I woke with you this morning
I knew you didn't want me there
I asked 'Should I be leaving?'
You said you didn't care
As I packed my bag you told me
You needed time to be alone
As I closed your door you were talking on the phone
But I'm steady at the wheel, wheel, wheel
I'm steady at the wheel, wheel wheel
My mind's like a rearview mirror
I don't know just how I feel
I'm steady at the wheel, wheel, wheel
I'm steady at the wheel, wheel, wheel
My mind's like a rearview mirror
I don't know what I feel
But I'm steady at the wheel
There's a sign up on the highway
Says I've done 400 miles
This gas won't last forever
But I won't slow down for a while
I wonder if he's passed me by
The guy you had to call
I wonder why I'm missing you at all
But I'm steady at the wheel....
The rain whips at the windshield
The blades can't wipe it clear
Are you telling him about me
Should I shed a tear?
All this mouth and not much money
You always said I was no good
But who's the saint and who's the sinner?
You didn't treat me like you should
But I'm steady at the wheel.....
Eleutra Chicken
It so damn hot I just one big wet spot
A shame I ain’t no swimmer
Under a shady tree beside the blue blue sea
I know I picked me a winner
Bahama Mama jus hear what I say
Don’t you Big Girl get no thinner
When you home by me you need your energy
To fry that ‘Leutra chicken for my dinner
Hey hey yah yah
Hey hey yah yah
Hey hey hey
Hey hey yah yah
Hey hey yah yah
Hey hey hey
Now we all munch and crunch
Reporter from The Punch
Say ‘White Boy! You some sinner!’
But all my Mama say is that she home all day
Fryin’ Leutra chicken for my dinner
Hey hey ………
She stirrin’ in that pot. The stove get hot hot hot
And we watch that gravy thicken
Oh she look so sweet when she say ‘Hon’ come eat’
And serve me fried Eleutra chicken
Hey hey …….
Y’all can walk the walk. Y’all can talk the talk
And make your high hair kinda shimmer
But when your man come home you make him all your own
And fry him Leutra chicken for his dinner
Hey hey ……
Just one kind of loneliness
So many numbers in my call-book
But the calls they never come
So many glasses in my kitchen
But I only use the one
So many weeks since I was walking
With somebody in the sun
So many lifetimes since my body
Was touched by anyone
Always say I’m feeling fine
When you ask me how I am
Say that I sleep well at night
And that I’m a lucky man
Won’t ever let you see those signs
Of the hurt deep down inside
Always going to tell you
I’m all right
There’s a thousand kinds of happiness
A million ways to love
But there’s just one kind of the loneliness
That I’ve got too much of
There’s a thousand kinds of happiness
A million ways to love
But there’s just one kind of the loneliness
That I’ve got too much of
Instrumental break
So many weeks since I was walking
With somebody in the sun
So many lifetimes since my body
Was touched by anyone
Won’t ever let you see those signs
Of the hurt deep down inside
Always going to tell you
I’m all right
There’s a thousand kinds of happiness
A million ways to love
But there’s just one kind of the loneliness
That I’ve got too much of
There’s a thousand kinds of happiness
A million ways to love
But there’s just one kind of the loneliness
That I’ve got too much of
There’s just one kind of the loneliness
That I’ve got too much of
Stay With Me
Everytime I make you cry I know I’ll be sorry
Everytime I make you cry I know that I’m wrong
I don’t know why I want you to worry
Deep down inside I know I’m not strong
I know I’m not strong
Won’t you stay with me Just till the morning
Won’t you stay with me And sleep by my side
If you stay with me You can leave when it’s dawning
Please just stay with me Until it gets light
Until it gets light
Everytime I come home tired And you sit there waiting
Everything that I’ve been through Won’t leave my mind
Sometimes I need to clear my head Not start thinking
That’s the time I say those words And act so unkind
I act so unkind
Won’t you stay with me Just till the morning
Won’t you stay with me And sleep by my side
If you stay with me You can leave when it’s dawning
Please just stay with me Until it gets light
Until it gets light
Instrumental break on refrain
Won’t you stay with me Just till the morning
Won’t you stay with me And sleep by my side
If you stay with me You can leave when it’s dawning
Please just stay with me Until it gets light
Until it gets light
Hymn
So strange the ways of womankind
So strange the ways of man
So strange I should be shattered to the core
For the first time in a lifetime
Know exactly who I am
Don't want to be downhearted any more
I started out with nothing
And I'll end up just the same
Unless there's some exception to the rule
You said you'd help me overcome
This mortal sin of shame
When I'd shown you I was nothing but a fool
So hard to heal a broken heart
So hard to change a mind
So hard to make cold water taste like sweet red wine
It was never my intention
To deny you at first light
Always hoping you would never see the signs
Now all the hopes I ever had
Have turned back into fears
I’m deaf to all the world without your music in my ears
The doorway to redemption
Slowly closing in my face
I may never find a love to take your place
Instrumental on refrain
We walked down by the riverside
You took your hand from mine
My pleading and my prayers were all in vain
You needed someone faithful
And to love the faithless kind
Could never give you pleasure only pain
Now all the hopes I ever had
Have turned back into fears
I’m deaf to all the world without your music in my ears
The doorway to redemption
Slowly closing in my face
I may never find a love to take your place –
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