HEY PORTER


Hey Porter, hey Porter, would you tell me the time
How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason-
Dixon line
When we hit Dixie would you tell that engineer to ring
his bell
And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up
and yell
Hey Porter, hey Porter, what time did you say
How much longer will it be 'til I can see the light of
day
When we hit Dixie would you tell that engineer to slow
it down
Better still just stop the train 'cause I'd like to
look around

Hey Porter, hey Porter, it's gettin' light outside
This old train is puffin' smoke and I have to strain my
eyes
But ask that engineer if he would blow his whistle
please
I smell frost on cotton leaves and I feel that southern
breeze

Hey Porter, hey Porter, get my bags for me
I need nobody to tell me now that we're in Tennessee
Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle
scream
We're gettin' close to home so take it easy on the
steam

Hey Porter, hey Porter, please open up the door
When they stop this train, I'm gonna get off first
'cause I can't wait no more
Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot and I didn't
mind the fair
Gonna set my feet on southern soil and breathe that
southern air

Hey Porter, hey Porter, would you tell me the time
How much longer will it be 'til we cross that Mason-
Dixon line
When we hit Dixie would you tell that engineer to ring
his bell
Ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and
yell

HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN TOP


As I look at the valleys down below
They are green just as far as I can see
As my memories return, oh how my heart did yearn
For you and the days that used to be
High on a mountain top, standing all alone
Wondering where the years of my life have flown
High on a mountaintop, wind blowing free
Thinking about the days that used to be

Well, I wonder if you ever think of me
Or has time erased your memory
As I listen to the breeze
Whisper gently through the trees
I wonder if you ever think of me

High on a mountain top, standing all alone
Wondering where the years of my life have flown
High on a mountaintop, wind blowing free
Thinking about the days that used to be
High on a mountain top, standing all alone
Wondering where the years of my life have flown
High on a mountaintop, wind blowing free
Thinking about the days that used to be

High on a mountain top
Thinking about the days that used to be
And I wonder if you ever think of me

HILLBILLY ROCK


It comes from Mississippi, and down in Alabam
Creepin' like a fever all across the land
From deep in the Delta on the Louisiana shore
The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

Some say it came from Memphis down in Tennessee
Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953
Just as long as it's greasy, as long as it's fast
As long as it's pumpin' honey, it's gonna last

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows
Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads
Burnin' like a fire runnin' wild in the woods
From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

So when the heat starts to risin' and you gotta blow some steam
Take a ride down the river, you'll see just what I mean
The juke joint's jumpin', when that cat goes on
The whole place is shakin', there's a something goin' on

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun
Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock

HOBO'S PRAYER


Under bridges, beneath trestles in the boxcars of dead trains
Livin' to beat the cold of the pouring driving rain
A silent society moves out in the night
Ragged rebels, homeless hobos and those like me who've lost the light

St. Peter is a prophet to all the hobo world
An expert on everything from caviar to girls
I met him west of Memphis on the 8th of July
He handed me a can of beans and a rusty knife

And he said "Everything out here ain't what it seems
And when you're down to nothing, just go ahead and dream
Face the fact that you're circle in a world full of squares
Trading sorrows for tomorrows, now that's the hobo's prayer"

Mother Mary is a lady from down in New Orleans
She's seen a lot of living since she was 17
She said, "I'm bona fide and worldly wise, with original parts
'Cept for what set me to traveling, I'm talking about my heart"

She said, "I can spot a broken heart from 20 miles away
So are you passing through or have you come to stay
You're running from a woman" she said with a grin
"So what've you got to say" and I said, "I am a pilgrim"

Where everything out here ain't what it seems
When I'm down to nothing, I just go ahead and dream
And face the fact that I'm a circle in a world full of squares
Trading sorrows for tomorrows, that's the hobo's prayer
Trading sorrows for tomorrows, that's the hobo's prayer

HOMETOWN HEROES


Ah Henry, you sure bought that whole James Dean thing
Right down to the end
Drinking beer, banging gears
On the outside looking in
It was a desperate time on small town stage
With no prize comin' for the coming of age
So you burned with a passion and you burned with a rage
Till the fire done pulled you in

And, me I was just a green-eyed kid
And you were two years older than me
As I look back on those days my friend
You were what we all wanted to be
Henry, you were quick with a smile
Good with a wheel, cool with the women
As you made your spiel
Like we were all gonna rise in flash of steel
In some teenage fantasy

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

Now your old man still stares at the streets sometimes
With that lost look in his eyes
And your sad momma wakes in the heat of the night
And thinks about her baby and cries
Now the all-night crew's all settled down
It's been thirteen years in the same old town
The sun comes up and the rain falls down
On that hillside where you lie

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

So look out you hometown heroes
Look out you homecoming queens
There's a bad kid comin' to the party tonight
And he's coming apart at the seams

HONKY TONK CROWD


When I was a baby, my sweet momma told me
Go around this world and see all that you can see
Find a good woman, get a job and settle down
But I could not stay away from the lights of town

I had to go where the music is loud
I fell in with the honky tonk crowd

So let the jukebox play, let's dance all night
When you get down on the floor you know you've got it right
Where there's a neon light, that's where I'll be found
'Cos, I feel right at home with the honky tonk crowd

There's was debutante in Dallas, that nearly blew my mind
She was raised on caviar and real fine wine
She didn't like Hillbilly music, that was more than I could take
I left that lovely little cowgirl waiting in the Lone star state

'Cos I had to go where the music is loud
I'm right at home with the honky tonk crowd

So let the jukebox play, let's dance all night
When you get down on the floor you know you've got it right
Where there's a neon light, that's where I'll be found
Well, I feel right at home with the honky tonk crowd
Where there's a neon light, that's where I'll be found
'Cos I feel right at home with the honky tonk crowd

And that's when I woke up

HONKY TONKER


Well, every evening when the news is over
And the moon is a climbing high
I crank up my old pickup trick
And baby down the road I fly
Just to find a spot down in the parking lot
Of a place they call Big Jeans
Then I walk on in and the night begins
In the same familiar scene

I'm a honky tonker
And I feel all right
Yeah, I'm a honker tonker
I'm a neon light

Well, my momma told me and my poppa told me
"Son there's more to life than beer
Why ain't you more like your brother Drew
He's a petroleum engineer
Why don't you cut your ties with all them old bar flies
And try to straighten up your life
You need to quit that drinkin'
Start a thinkin' 'bout a house, some kids and a wife"

But daddy, I'm a honky tonker
Yeah, and you can't dig that
I'm a honky tonker
I'm a juke joint cat

Yeah they tell me I'm lazy baby tell me I'm crazy
Tell me I'm not so smart
Just the same ole sins I say it's self-defense
Well, I sure got a happy heart
All right, all right

Well, every evening when the news is over
And the moon is a climbing high
I crank up my old pickup truck
And baby down the road, baby down the road I fly

I'm a honky tonker
Honey, that's my style
Said I'm a honky tonker
Yeah, I'm a deuces wild
Wild, wild, wild, wild, wild
I'm a honky tonker
And I can't help that
Yeah, I'm a honky tonker
Just a juke joint cat
Honky tonkin'
That's just fine
Yeah, honky tonkin'
Baby gonna walk no line
No, no, no

I AIN'T GIVING UP ON LOVE


It's a long long way to the top of the world of love
We've been climbing, but we didn't climb high enough
You told me that you loved me, but not enough to change
your name
We wound up in the ashes, but we sure went down in flames
I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you
Lord I feel a little shattered, been a little battered
My heart's black and blue
Well we turned love every way but loose
Now we're gonna turn it that way too
I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you

It's a long way back when you've gone as far as you can
go
The wheels of love are a turning, they're just a turning
a little slow
I'm hurting just a little and you're bound to hurt a
little too
And it's gonna take a lotta woman to love me like you
used to do

I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you
Lord I feel a little shattered, been a little battered
My heart's black and blue
Well we turned love every way but loose
Now we're gonna turn it that way too
I ain't giving up on love, I'm just giving up on you

I WANT A WOMAN


I want a woman who's strong good and kind
She's got a heart as big as Texas and walks a straight and narrow line
She can lift you up with a flash of her smile
Stand right beside you, cross that extra mile
That lovin' woman with the heart of a child

I want a woman with a sweet and tender touch
One who will pay the price for love without asking, 'How much?'
One who will keep me warm when the nights are cold
Face of an angel and heart of gold
That lovin' woman, with a fire down in her soul

Whenever she needs someone to hold her, I'll be there right by her side
Whenever she needs a shoulder to cry on, she can always cry on mine
Through thick and thin together, down the road come rain or shine
I want a woman like that to be all mine

Whenever she needs someone to hold her, I'll be there right by her side
Whenever she needs a shoulder to cry on, she can always cry on mine
Through thick and thin together, down the road come rain or shine
I want a woman like that, to be all mine
I want a woman like that, to be all mine

I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU


If somebody breaks your heart
And tears your world apart
Baby, I'll be there for you
If somebody treats you unkind
And brings troubles to your mind
Baby, I'll be there for you

I'll be there everyday
loving you in every way
I'll stand beside you, your whole life through
I'll be true

If somebody hurts you bad
Makes you blue, makes you sad
Baby, I'll be there for you

I'll be there everyday
loving you in every way
I'll stand beside you, your whole life through
I'll be true

If somebody makes you cry
I'll kiss every teardrop dry
Baby, I'll be there for you
Baby, I'll be there for you