BIG FOOL OF THE YEAR 

All the big fools in town got together
Every hopeless lovin' heart I know was there
We all sat around and told our own best story
Then they made me the big fool of the year.

Oh, they gave to me a little golden statue
Of the torch that I carried for you, dear
They said no one else could even come close to me
And that I was the big fool of the year.

I'll put mine up beside
Any foolish love in town
'Cause there's none can hold a light
To this torch I carried round.

I can't say I'm to proud of the honor
But then I guess I do deserve it, dear
For to love you after all you've made me suffer
Surely makes me the big fool of the year.

Yes, you've made me the big fool of the year...

BIG HARLAN TAYLOR 

(Chorus)
Oh the ways of the world, and the wants of a woman
If I figured them all out 'twould take many years

I once had a sweetheart, the fairest of maidens
She outshined all others that I'd known by far
I had a friend, a big fella, named big Harlan Taylor
Harlan had a rubber-tired, new shiny car

(Repeat chorus)

By the wants of a woman she fell for big Harlan
I tried, but in vain, for to take my own life
Suddenly I had lost all my will to keep livin'
She lost her desire to become my young wife

(Repeat chorus)

I wanted revenge and waylaid for big Harlan
Then I started wondrin' what good would it do
If a rubber-tired, new shiny car's her ambition
Then she can just have it and big Harlan, too

(Repeat chorus)

If I figured them all out it would take many years

BIG JOB 

Big job, a-pickin' up the pieces (big job)
Big job, a-makin' the rounds (big job)
Big job, of tellin' all the ladies
My pretty momma is a-comin' to town.

Now the phone is a-ringin' and the news it's a-bringin'
Is going to put an end to all of my wild night life
A greyhounds a-comin' and the wheels are a-hummin'
And my pretty mommas comin' home tonight.

Big job, a-pickin' up the pieces (big job)
Big job, a-makin' the rounds (big job)
Big job, of tellin' all the ladies
My pretty momma is a-comin' to town.

--- Instrumental ---

The lights were a-burning bright each and every single
night
Party's going on till the break of day
If I didn't make it clear ladies stay away from here
It'll be an hour and a half away.

I'm a-gonna have a
Big job, a-pickin' up the pieces (big job)
Big job, a-makin' the rounds (big job)
Big job, of tellin' all the ladies
My pretty momma is a-comin' to town.

--- Instrumental ---

Guess I better scat down to the launder mat
Wash out all of them lipstick stains
Tidy up the house a bit get everything fit
Good thing she isn't comin; ' in by plane.

I'm a-gonna have a
Big job, a-pickin' up the pieces (big job)
Big job, a-makin' the rounds (big job)
Big job, of tellin' all the ladies
My pretty momma is a-comin' to town.

Now, I'm a-gonna have a
Big job, a-pickin' up the pieces (big job)
Big job, a-makin' the rounds (big job)
Big job, of tellin' all the ladies
My pretty momma is a-comin' to town.

I'm a-gonna have a
Big job, a-pickin' up the pieces (big job)
My pretty momma is a-comin' to town.

(Big job) of tellin' all the ladies...

BILLY RAY WROTE A SONG 

Well, we left home free spirits, me and Billy Ray
He was a going to be going to be going and I was running away
Now we was broke before we got started and it got worse later on
I wrote home for money and Billy Ray wrote a song.

Now the people sure get picky when it comes to givin' a ride
It didn't take long us leavin' but I thought we'd never arrive
Now we get more rides than hitches as we hitch hiked along
I got sore feet and blisters and Billy Ray wrote a song.

Billy Ray wrote a song about everything we did
I was a-findin' fault he was findin' rhyms that fit?
Well, we did a lot of thinkin' most of my thoughts were wrong
I wanted to ride to Nashville but Billy Ray wrote a song.

Well, we got into Nashville tired, a-hungry and cold
If we'd had a dime between us we could a-called everybody we know
We found a bar still open a little band was pickin' away
And I set in to drinkin'. Billy Ray set in to play,

He was an overnight sensation I heard the radio say
Somehow they failed to mention the miles all along the way
Anyway that's how it happened, yeah, and it sure happened strong
They wrote about it happenin' Billy Ray wrote a song.

Billy Ray wrote a song about everything he knew
If I'd a known what I know now, well, I'd-a been writting too
Billy Ray sure had it made and I'm still taggin' along
I'm a-writing home for money, Billy Ray' still writes the songs...

BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART 

When I was young and went to school they taught me how to write
To take the chalk and make a mark and hope it turns out right
Well that's the way it is with love and what you did to me
I wrote it so you'd know that I was yours eternally.

(Chorus)
But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of my heart
It's too late to clean the slate and make another start
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're far apart
My tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of my heart.

If you'd been true the way you should and not have gone astray
These tears would not have fallen down and washed the words away
No need to talk, 'cause if the chalk should write those words again
It will be for someone else not things that might have been.

(Chorus)
But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of my heart
It's too late to clean the slate and make another start
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're far apart
My tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of my heart...

BLINDFOLD OF LOVE 

I keep bumpin' into trees
Eyes wide open I can't see (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love
I can't find my way downtown
Everything spins around and around (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love.

I was hooked right from the start
And it's tearing me apart
That little girl's got a bear hug on my heart
I stay worried all the time
I can't get it off my mind (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love.

(Mississippi downtown, Mississippi downtown.)

I'm as lost as I can be
Being in love is killin' me (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love.
I can't see across the street
To recognize the friends I meet (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love.

I was hooked right from the start
And it's tearing me apart
That little girl's got a bearhug on my heart
I stay worried all the time
I can't get it off my mind (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love.

(Mississippi downtown, Mississippi downtown.)

Well, I was a-hooked right from the start
And it's tearing me apart
That little girl's got a bearhug on my heart
I stay worried all the time
I can't get it off my mind (mississippi downtown)
We're in the blindfold of love.

(Mississippi downtown.)
We're in the blindfold of love.

BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY 

Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue
It was on the moonlight night the stars were shining bright
It whispered from on high your love has said goodbye
Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining
Shine on the one that's gone and said goodbye
I said the blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining...
Well it was on the moonlight night...
Well it was on the moonlight night...

BLUE SIDE OF LONESOME 

I'm calling to tell you it's over yes darling you're now free to go
You're saying you're sorry you hurt me but you can hurt me no more I know
You're asking me where this call comes from oh I hope that you won't interfere
If your new romance turns out a failure here's where to find me my dear
I'm just on the blue side of lonesome right next to the Heartbreak Hotel
In a tavern that's known as Three Teardrops on a barstool not doing so well

The floor's got a carpet of sorrow but no one can weep in the aisle
And they say someone broke the bar mirror with only the ghost of a smile
The hands of the clock never alter for things never change in the place
There's no present no past and no future we're the ones who have lost in love's race
I'm just on the blue side of lonesome...

BOAT OF LIFE 

My friend, is the going rough with troubled seas around
To angry when you set your soul and dark clouds on you frown
Have you ever looked for bread and only found a stone
But it's because you're paddeling your boat of life alone.

--- Instrumental ---

Is the raft you once had charted now both blurred and marred
Is you soul and body weary, the task of rowin' hard
Have you ever looked for joy and disappointment known
But it's bacause you're paddeling your boat of life alone.

--- Instrumental ---

My friend there is one who knows your every fault and sin
And he knows your trouble and your whole dear life of sin
So why not call on Jesus, He'll help you safely on
Oh, my friend, it's foolish to paddle all alone...

BODY MAN 

Well, here we are again, tonight, alone, just us two
Where lights are dim and true is comin' through
There's no one else in this old world as far as we're concerned
We built us a fire so let it burn.

When you look at me like you do right now, I go to pieces
'Cause I know what's on your mind, it's just me
You've got that love me look in your eyes like you've had so many times, and how
Loving you could never be better than it is right now.

Tomorrow night we'll meet again and once more fan the flame
'Cause loving you the way I do, stays the same
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
And love could never be better for you and me.

When you look at me like you do right now, I go to pieces
'Cause I know what's on your mind, it's just me
You've got that love me look in your eyes like you've had so many times, and how
Loving you could never be better than it is right now.

Loving you could never be better than it is right now...