'CAUSE I LOVE YOU 

I've had my problems with runnin' 'round
But now I want to settle down
There nothin' I won't do to be with you
I'm gonna start this very day
Yes, I'm gonna change my way
There nothin' I won't do 'cause I love you.

I did agree to set you free
On you I have no claim
But now I see you're for me
Won't you please take back my name.

I'm gonna start this very day
Yes, I'm gonna change my way
There's nothing I won't do 'cause I love you.

--- Instrumental ---

I did agree to set you free
On you I have no claim
But now I see you're for me
Won't you please take back my name.

I'm gonna start this very day
Yes, I'm gonna change my way
There's nothing I won't do 'cause I love you...

(ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONNA BE) STRANGERS 

All the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I'm all through ever trusting anyone
The only thing I can count on now is my fingers
I was a fool believing in you and now you are gone
[ steel - fiddle ]
It amazes me not knowing any better
than to think I'd find a love that could be true
Oh I should be taken out and tarred and feathered
to have let myself be taken in by you
From now on all my friends...

(I HEARD THAT) LONESOME WHISTLE 

I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
Got in trouble had to roam I left my gal and left my home
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darling's heart
I guess I was too young to know
They took me off that Georgia Main locked me to a ball and chain
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
[ steel ]
All alone I bear the shame I'm a number not a name
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
All I do is sit and cry when the evening train goes by
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow
I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than snow
I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia doing time
I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow

(WE'RE NOT) THE JET SET 

By a fountain back in Rome
I fell in love with you
In a small cafe in Athens
You said you loved me too

(G.J)
And it was April in Paris
When I first held you close to me
(T.W)
Rome, Georgia
Athens, Texas
And Paris, Tennessee

No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
There's no Riviera
In Festus, Missouri

And you won't find Onasis
In Mullinville, Kansas
No, we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
But ain't we got love?

No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
Our steak and martinis
Is draft beer with weiners

Our Bach and Tschaikowsky
Is Haggard and Husky
No we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
But ain't we got love?

No, we're not the jet set
We're the old Chevrolet set
The Jones and Wynette set
Ain't the flamin' suzette set
FADES-
Our Bach and Tschaikowsky
Is Haggard n'...(fades out)

4-0-33 

Well the two new people that's moved to the middle of the block
And we're at the top of the town and don't you think we're not
For we got love and happiness people envy us you see
For we found heaven right here on earth at at 4-0-33
Yes we found what most people are looking for
And it's not a lotta money to spend on a real fine car
But it's so when and where a bird flies and sings so free
And there's whole lotta winds in this little house at 4-0-33
The four thousandth block proves what true love can do
Once a lonely place but was sold to me and you
Oh all around the house you can see little children play
And they're not as a people's kids were proud to say
They are the symbol of our love for all the world to see
They're a part of heaven right here on earth at 4-0-33
And our love's on the day you can see many people drive by
For look at the house they think they fell from the sky
They say that this place would make them as happy as you and me
And the whole town's tryin' to buy our house at 4-0-33
The four thousandth block...
Oh all around the house you can see little children play...
We're not gonna sale our happy little house at 4-0-33
Wouldn't take a pretty thing for the love we had at 4-0-33

50000 NAMES 

There's teddy bears and high school rings
and old photographs that mamas bring
Of daddies with their young boy, playing ball.
There's combat boots,he used to wear,
When he was sent over there.
And there's 50,000 names, carved in the wall

There's cigarettes, and cans of beer
and notes that say I miss you dear
and children who don't say anything at all.
There's purple hearts and packs of gum
fatherless daughters and fatherless sons
and there's 50,000 names carved in the wall

They come from all across this land
In pickup trucks and mini vans
Searching for a boy from long ago
They scan the wall and find his name
The teardrops fall like pouring rain
and silently they leave a gift and go

There's Stars of David and rosary beads
and crucifixion figurines
and flowers of all colors large and small
There's a Boy Scout badge and a merit pin
Little American flags waving in the wind
and there's 50,000 names carved in the wall.

A BED FOR BABY JESUS 

Away in a manger no crib for a bed
That's the song my little three year old sang as I kissed her forehead
Then very sincere and to my surprise
A few small tears filled up in her eyes.

And then she said Daddy, where did baby Jesus lay
And I said Honey, little Jesus had to sleep on the hay
Then in her prayers that night I heard her softly say
Jesus, I'll take care of you, come live with me today.

My little girl said Daddy, take my money and buy a little bed
And put a blanket on Him and kiss His little head
You know baby Jesus need a place where He can stay all night
And you can let Him have my room Daddy, that'll be alright.

Well, she drifted off to sleep with a smile on her face
Just for certain that she'd solved the baby Jesus case
No one else could help Him on that cold, dark night
But now my little daughter had made everything alright.

Away in a manger, now He has a bed
Where the little Lord Jesus can lay down His sweet head
The stars in the sky look down where he lay
Now the little Lord Jesus don't have to sleep on the hay.

(Away in the manger no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus layed down His sweet head...)

A BEGGAR TO A KING 

I had sunk as low as a man could go
The world had turned me down
Then you picked me up
And you kissed me sweet
You changed a beggar into a king.

Yes, you took the rags from off of my back
And you gave me your love to keep me warm
Yes, you picked me up and you kissed me sweet
And changed a beggar into a king.

--- Instrumental ---

I had walked the streets
With my head bowed low
The sun for me would never shine
Then you came along into my life
And changed a beggar into a king.
Yes, you took the rags from off of my back
And you placed the crown on my head
Yes, you picked me up and kissed me sweet
You changed a beggar into a king.

You changed a beggar into a king...

A COLD DAY IN DECEMBER 

We try hard to hold on too
You lost your patience and I lost my mind
Now you asked me would I go through it
If you came back one more time.

It'll be a cold day in December
It'll be a hot day in mid July
Or a cool night in late September
Before I give our love another try.

Just as sure as California
Has a white atlantic shore
And a long eastern sunset
I won't want you for anymore.

It'll be a cold day in December
It'll be a hot day in mid July
Or a cool night in late September
Before I give our love another try.

There will be iceburgs in the arctic ocean
There will be seashells in the Florida pan
And an old heart with in me beatin'
Before I ever take you back again.

It'll be a cold day in December
It'll be a hot day in mid July
Or a cool night in late September
Before I give our love another try...

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL 

Morning comes and I'm alone ...
It's been a year since you've been gone
But it seems like yesterday ,you said goodbye
I'm finding ways to pass the time ,so i wont lose my mind
But my every waking hour I think of you
That's just a day in the life of a fool
The one who's holding out for only you
Knowing all along your love for me is true
It's just a day in the life of a fool
You would think I'd learn by now , to forget it all some how .
But my favorite memories were made with you
So every moment that I have , I live them in the past
Even though there?s no way back to where we were
That?s just a day in the life of a fool
The one who's holding out for only you
Knowing all along your love for me is true
It's just a day in the life of a fool
It's just a day in the life of a fool