BROTHERS OF A BOTTLE 

Bartender,come over here.
I want to buy the next round of beer.
Boys,name your poison,don't nobody pass-
We're all brothers of a bottle an' glass.

The happiest moment,that I've ever known.
Was the day,that she told me,she would be my own.
But the bluest moment,that ever could be.
When she said,she loved someone much better,than me.

Bartender.....

Well,I once had a buddy,as fine as could be.
We trusted each other completely,you see.
Well,then I betrayed him,just like any wretch
No one,but a woman could make you do that.

Bartender.....

When God made man,I guess this made him sad.
For now they're all good and none are all bad.
Then he made woman to cheat and deceive.
There's been hell ever since,the snake tempted Eve.

Bartender.....

BROWN TO BLUE 

We stood there in the courthouse room
So close yet far apart,
You had brought your lawyer
And I'd brought a broken heart,
The judge pronounced the words
The way you wanted him to do,
And changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue.

I couldn't keep my tears from falling,
On the courtroom floor,
By law, they took away my rights,
To love you anymore,
My world just seemed to stop,
While I stood there so close to you,
They changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue.

The judge forgot to tell me
How I'd live my life alone,
What I would do without you
After loving you so long,
He didn't seem to care that
I am still in love with you,
He changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue.

I couldn't keep my tears from falling,
On the courtroom floor,
By law, they took away my rights,
To love you anymore,
My world just seemed to stop,
While I stood there so close to you,
They changed your name from Brown to Jones,
And mine from Brown to blue...

BUBBLES IN MY BEER 

Tonight in a bar alone I'm sitting apart from the laughter and the cheer
 While scenes from the past rise before me just watching the bubbles in my beer
 A vision of someone who loved me brings along silent tears to my eyes
 Oh I know that my life has been a failure just watching the bubbles in my beer
 [ steel - fiddle ]
 I'm seeing the road that I've travelled a road paved with heartaches and tears
 And I'm seeing the past that I've wasted while watching the bubbles in my beer
 As I think of the heart that I've broken and the chances I know have passed me by
 And the dreams that I've made now are empty as empty as the bubbles in my beer

BULL MOUNTAIN LAD 

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

I've seen his moma cryin' while he was a-runnin' wild
I heard his daddy say, boy, you're no son of mine
I watched his uncle whip him hard with a double plow line
I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Well, I seen his moma barefoot in the cold winter time
His dad would lay out drinkin' for weeks on the wine
I've seen the children hungry and cry at supper time
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouble in my time.

Well, I've heard moma prayin', read the bible late at night
His dad would say it's bedtime, woman, blow out the light
I've see her do the washin', the clothes freezin' on the line
I've seen a lot of trouble in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouible in my time.

Just a poor mountain lad
The devil must have been his dad
Lord, I've seen a lot of trouible in my time...

BURN THE HONKY TONK DOWN 

I work on the mountain cuttin' the timber
I work till my fingers are sore
Cutting the timber, goes through the saw mill
To build another honky tonk bar.

While down in the valley she's spendin' my money
Havin' herself quit a ball
Spending my money I earn at the sawmill
To build another honky tonk bar.

--- Instrumental ---

Early each mornin' I'm back on that mountain
Wishin' her lies were the truth
Cutting the tiber that goes through the sawmil
To build another honky tonk bar.

But tonights all over
I'm through cuttin' the timber
I know right where she''ll be found
I look through the window
And if she's still in there
I'm gonna burn a honky tonk down.

--- Instrumental ---

Yes tonights all over
I'm through cuttin' the timber
I know right where she''ll be found
I'll look through the window
And if she's still in there
I'm gonna burn another honky tonk down.

I'll look through the window
And if she's still in there
I'm gonna burn another honky tonk down...

BURNING BRIDGES 

Found some letters that you wrote me this mornin'
And they told of a love we once knew
Now they're gone, I burned them to ashes
Don't want nothin' to remind me of you.

Burning bridges behind me
It's to late to turn back now
Burning bridges behind me
All I want is to forget you somehow.

Sold the house we once planned together
I said goodbye to the friends we once knew
Then I moved to a faraway city
Trying hard to forget about you.

Burning bridges behind me
It's to late to turn back now
Burning bridges behind me
All I want is to forget you somehow.

All I want is to forget you somehow...

BURY IT WITH JOHNNY 

Johnny went off to fight the war.
They had no idea what lied in store.
Off to fight from some unknown shore.
To help his country settle the score.

Elizabeth was left behind.
The only true love he'd ever find.
She said I'll wait right here for you.
I'll stay loyal and see you through.

Elizabeth was good with a pen.
She would write Johnny every
now and again.
But Johnny could never capture
the words.
To tell her how much she meant
to him.

She walked down to the post office today.
Her stomach quivering with so much to say.
Hello Johnny, I write with good news.
Johnny, we have a baby on the way.

The letter should be reaching Johnny soon.
We believe the clock read five past noon.
Well dressed men came to the door.
Elizabeth fell crying and landed on the floor.

The sun today will never rise.
People gathered today to cry
their eyes.
The folded flag was presented by the
men.
Elizabeth addressed the men
and rose again.

She said.

This flag may represent freedom,
It maybe its a symbol of this war.
You can bury it with Johnny,
because to us he was fighting
for so much more.

Two weeks went by, they
felt like years.
Many Kleenex tossed away they
were all drenched in tears.
The mailman came and knocked
on the door.
He said, "Hello sweety, there is just
one more."

He didn't stop loving her that day.
Johnny finally found the pen.
He told her all he had to say.
He told Elizabeth, "I can't wait to
meet our baby and see your
beautiful face again."

BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW 

(Both)
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So she may know where I am sleeping
Then perhaps she'll weep for me.

(Porter)
My heart is sad I am lonely
For the only one I love
When will I see her oh no never
'Til we meet in heaven above.

(Both)
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So she may know where I am sleeping
Then perhaps she'll weep for me.

--- Instrumental ---

(Pamela)
He told me that he loved me deeply
How could I think him untrue
Until an angels softly whispered
He had proven untrue to you.

(Both)
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
Under the weeping willow tree
So he may know where I am sleeping
Then perhaps he'll weep for me.

(Pamela)
So he may know where I am sleeping
(Both)
Then perhaps he'll weep for me...

BUSTED 

My bills are all due and the babies need shoes,
But I'm Busted
Cotton's gone down to a quarter a pound
And I'm Busted
I got a cow that's gone dry
And a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills
Getting bigger each day
The county's gonna haul my belongings away,
But I'm Busted
So I called on my brother to ask for a loan
'Cause I was Busted
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone,
But I'm Busted
My brother said, "there's not a thing I can do,
My wife and my kids
Are all down with the flu
And I was just thinkin' about callin' on you,
'Cause I'M Busted."
Lord, I ain't no thief, but a man can go wrong,
When he's Busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone,
But I'm Busted
Now the fields are all bare
And the cotton won't grow
Me and my family's gotta pack up and go
But I'll make a living, just where, I don't know
'Cause I'm Busted

C. C. WATERBACK 

CC Waterback one tequilla sunrise
 One's for my aching head the other's for my bloodshot eyes
 Last night I let it all hang out I guess that's how my head got sore
 CC Waterback I can't stand the pain no more
 
Last night we got invited to a party at the Jones' place
 For fun and games and booze and things I guess I must drunk a case
 But that lady of mine drank warm red wine til she couldn't even find the door
 She wound up on the Jones' bed and I wound up on the floor
 CC Waterback one tequilla sunrise...
 [ trumpet ]
 CC Waterback one tequilla sunrise...