FIDDLE AND GUITAR BAND 

Hey, I've got a guitar, I've got a fiddle
I'll sing the low part, I'll sing the middle
Rosin up the bow and let's pick a little
Got a fiddle and guitar band.

I like old songs, I like the new
I like the glad songs, I like the blues
Well, we'll play them and another note too
With the fiddle and guitar band.

Standing on the sidewalk singin' up a storm
You ain't seen? till the day you were born?
Pickin' and a-grinnin' and a-carryin' on
We're goin' to put you on a show.

He plays a music with a cajun beat
We play it hot and you played it sweet
First thing you know you'll be tappin' your feet
To a little bit of do - se - do. oo - oo.

If you really want to make it shine
Throw up a dollar or a quarter or a dime
Everybody's gonna have a real good time
With the fiddle and guitar band.

--- Instrumental ---

Standing on the sidewalk singin' up a storm
You ain't seen? till the day you were born?
Pickin' and a-grinnin' and a-carryin' on
We're goin' to put you on a show.

He plays a music with a cajun beat
We play it hot and you play it sweet
The first thing you know you'll be tappin' your feet
To a little bit of do - se - do. oo - oo.

If you really want to make it shine
Just throw up a dollar or quarter or a dime
Everybody's gonna have a real good time
With the fiddle and guitar band.

Everybody's gonna have a real good time
With the fiddle and guitar band
Fiddle and guitar band
Everybody's gonna have a real good time
With the fiddle and guitar band.

A fiddle and guitar band, yeahh...

FINALLY FRIDAY 

I'VE GOT A HUNDRED DOLLARS SMOKING IN [G] MY BILLFOLD

I KNOW I OUGHT TO SAVE IT BUT ITS [C] BURNING A hole

RIGHT THRU MY POCKET AND [G] INTO MY SKIN

COME MONDAY MORNING I'LL BE [C] BROKE AGAIN


CHORUS:

IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY I'M [G] FREE AGAIN

I GOT MY MOTOR RUNNING FOR A [C] WILD WEEKEND

IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY I'M [G] OUT OF CONTROL

FORGET THE WORKING BLUES AND LET THE GOOD TIMES [C] ROLL


VERSE 2:

I GOT A LITTLE SUGAR BABY [G] DOWN THE ROAD

SHE IS SETTING ON READY AND [C] ROCKING ON GO

WE'LL DANCE UP A STORM AND [G] LATER ON TONIGHT

WE'LL BE WORKING ON DOING ALL THE WRONG THINGS [C] RIGHT


CHORUS

REPEAT INTRO

VERSE 3:

MONDAY I'LL BE HURTING WITH MY [G] HEAD IN A VISE

TUESDAY I'LL BE WONDERING IF I'LL [C] EVER SURVIVE

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY I'LL BE SLOWLY [G] TUNING IN

FRIDAY I'LL BE REVING UP MY MOTOR AGAIN [C]


CHORUS

FLAME IN MY HEART 

You cheated on me (you cheated me)
I tried to be fair (I tried to be fair)
But you don't believe enduring your share
But I've learned my lesson (I've learned my lesson)
And now I can say (now I can say)
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away
Your kisses don't thrill me like they used to do
Your arms only chill me I'm glad that we're through
My heart was once yearning (my heart was once yearning)
But now I can say (now I can say)
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away
You fool me a while (you fool me a while)
You thought you were wise (you thought you were wise)
You even believed I fell for your life
But the trick's turned on you (the trick's turned on you)
Now gladly I say (now gladly I say)
The flame in my heart is dying away is dying away
Your kisses don't thrill me...

FLOWERS FOR MAMA 

Papa brought flowers for mama today
And all the grown children, but it's not mother's day
I don't have no money, not even a dime
But I brought mama flowers like I have all the time.
Everyday I pick flowers from this pretty hill
A small box of Daisies and a few Daffodils
I bring them to mama at the end of the day
And say flowers for mama, here's mama's bouquet.
They brighten her face and she holds me close
She'd say they are more precious than a beautiful rose
And she wore a smile sweeter than millions of flowers
A smile that I'll carry through life?s darkest hours.
Spoken:
Now mama was lying there, yes, they tell me she passed away
And she was surrounded by flowers that out-shined my bouquet
I know mine aren't fancy but still all the while
They were placed in her hand and I know I saw mama smile.
Sang:
Flowers for mama I picked them today
Not very much, just a simple bouquet
Mom wasn't so fancy but up there above
She's the prettiest flower in God's garden of love.

FOOTLIGHTS 

I live the kinda life most men only dream of
I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
But I'm forty-one years old and I ain't got no place to
go
When it's over
So I hide my age and make the stage and
Try to kick the footlights out again.

I throw my old guitar across the stage and
Then my bassman takes the ball
And the crowd goes nearly wild to see
My guitar nearly fall
After twenty years of pickin' we're still alive
And kickin' and kickin' down the wall
Tonight we'll kick the footlights out
And walk away without a curtain call.

Tonight we'll kick the footlights out again
And try to hide the mood we're really in
Might not put on our old Instamatic grin
Tonight we'll kick the footlights out again.

I live the kinda life most men only dream of
And I make my livin' writin' songs and singin' them
But I'm fortysome years old and I ain't got no place to
go
When it's over
So I hide my age and make the stage and
Try to kick the footlights out again...

FOREVER'S HERE TO STAY 

She stepped out of the Taxi, with a suitcase in her hand
And a hand bag too full for her to hold
I felt her body tremble as I took her in my arms
And she whispered, don't ever let me go

(Chorus:)
The I watched her hang her dresses up and close the closet door
And I watched her put her satin things away
Somehow now I know she won't be leaving anymore
I do believe forever's here to stay

It's good to hear her foot steps just walking down the hall
Lord, I wondered would I hear those sounds again
We're picking up the pieces, and putting away the past
We've got a lot of broken dreams to mend

(Repeat chorus)

I do believe forever's here to stay

FORGIVE ME NOW 

I lost her love and started drinking trying hard to stop from thinking
And I found that it was not the thing to do
But I can't stop my heart from throbbin' couldn't ease the pain by sudden
Forgive me now and I will always do what's right
It's my fault my heart is broken angry words that we have spoken
I'm so sorry now for I have seen the light
Humbly hope that you still love me for I swear by stars above me
Forgive me now and I will always do what's right
Now I see I was mistaken and my heart is slowly breakin'
For I know that I was wrong right from the start
Let's renew our romance dear please just give once more chance dear
Forgive me now and I will always do what's right
It's my fault my heart is broken...

FORTUNE I'VE GONE THROUGH 

I've had a lot of pleasure on the worthless foolish pleasures
I sincerly lost a fortune when I lost you
I would've changed all of my decisions if I had yesterday permission
No one knows the fortune I've gone through.

I never knew that I could waste it
Till it was much to late to change it
Like a fool I didn't know my world was you
There's no way to count or measure
For like the cost of love on paper
No one knows the fortune I've gone through.

--- Instrumental ---

I never knew that I could waste it
Till it was much to late to change it
Like a fool I didn't know my world was you
There's no way to count or measure
For like the cost of love on paper
No one knows the fortune I've gone through.

No one knows the fortune I've gone through...

FOUR-O-THIRTY-THREE 

We're the two new people that moved to the middle of the block.

An' we're the talk of the town, an' don't you think we're not.

For we've got love an' happiness; people envy us, you see.

For we found Heaven right here on earth at Four-O-Thirty-Three.



Yes, we found what most people are lookin' for.

An' there's not a lotta money to spend on a real fine car.

But it's a window where a bird flies an' sings so free.

An' there's a whole lotta windows in this little house at Four-O-Thirty-Three.



The 4,000 lot proves what true love can do.

Once a lonely place that was sold to me an' you.



Oh, all around the house you can see little children play.

An' they're not all other people's kids, we're proud to say.

They are the symbol of our love for all the world to see.

They're part of Heaven right here on earth at Four-O-Thirty-Three.



At all hours of the day, you can see many people drive by.

For a look at the house they think fell from the sky.

They think that this place would make them happy as you an' me.

Now the whole town's tryin' to buy this house at Four-O-Thirty-Three.



The 4,000 lot proves what true love can do.

Once a lonely place that was sold to me an' you.



Oh, all around the house you can see little children play.

An' they're not all other people's kids, we're proud to say.

They are the symbol of our love for all the world to see.

They're part of Heaven right here on earth at Four-O-Thirty-Three.



We're not a-gonna sell our happy little house at Four-O-Thirty-Three.

Wouldn't take a pretty penny for our lucky little house at Four-O-Thirty-Three...

FOX ON THE RUN 

She walks through the corn leadin' down to the river
Her hair shone like gold in the hot mornin' sun
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
And left me to die like a fox on the run
Like a fox, like a fox, like a fox on the run.

Now everybody knows the reason for my fall
A woman tempted me down in Paradise Hall
This woman tempted me and she took me for a ride
I'm like a lonely fox cause I need a place to hide.

She walks through the corn leadin' down to the river
Her hair shone like gold in the hot mornin' sun
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
And left me to die like a fox on the run
Like a fox, like a fox, like a fox on the run.

--- Instrumental ---

Oh, we'll drink a glass of wine boys to fortify our
souls
We'll talk about the world and the friends we used to
know
I see a string of girls who had put me on before
The game is nearly over and the hounds're at the door.

She walks through the corn leadin' down to the river
Her hair shone like gold in the hot mornin' sun
She took all the love that a poor boy could give her
And left me to die like a fox on the run
Like a fox, like a fox, like a fox on the run...