ONE MORE RIDE


I long for a trip, I don't need no grip, I'm takin' one
more ride
Way out there in the prairie air, I guess it's in my
hide
For the clickity-clack of the railroad track is callin'
If a man can know where the Santa Fe goes, when she
gets under steam
And the big loud bell that bongs farewell, could hear
her whistle scream
He's bound to go where there ain't no snow a-fallin'
One more ride
One more ride

I miss the gloom, of the pale white moon that seemed to
know my name
And the tumbleweed, where the prairie dog feed, I miss
them just the same
They're all a part of the song of heart I'm singin'
I recall the tune that I sang to the moon, and it
seemed to make it smile
And I rode away at the close of day and stayed so long
in a while
But I long to be where the memory is ringin'

One more ride
One more ride

As the years go by I wonder why I long to leave my home
And to hit the trail of the iron rail away out there
alone
But my heart will sigh, 'til I know that I am leavin'
If I don't come back on a one-way track way down in
Mexico
You can find me there or any old where that tumbleweed
will grow
It's goodbye now, you'll never know I'm grieving

One more ride
One more ride
One more ride
One more ride

PAINT THE TOWN TONIGHT


You left without a sign or a warning
I'm still holding some questions in my mind
In case you might ask how I'm a doin'
Here's what I think you're gonna find

I'm tired of mopin'. hopin', waiting on the telephone
I oughta know by now you ain't a gonna come back home
I'm goin' dancin', romancin', gonna love every girl in
sight
I might worry tomorrow but I'll paint the town tonight

Well, I found me a honky tonk that loves me
And I'll close it down about daylight
'Cause me and my personal friends are a celebrating
And with every round you fade more out of sight

I'm tired of mopin'. hopin', waiting on the telephone
I oughta know by now you ain't a gonna come back home
I'm goin' dancin', romancin', gonna love every girl in
sight
I might worry tomorrow but I'll paint the town tonight
Yeah, I'm might worry tomorrow but I'll paint the town
tonight

REASONS


It was the perfect excuse to get drunk
As if lately I've needed one
It Was the perfect excuse to buy bullets
For the barrel of my favorite gun

It was the perfect way to show you
How it feels inside of me
And the perfect way to find out
How it feels to set me free

Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I thought that I had loved you
I did the best I could

Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I lost the reason for me living
And that just ain't no good

I know that three's a crowded room
But really, this won't take long
I want to meet the man, help him to understand
What he did when he broke up our home

And I'll be going now to a place I know
That's deep, dark and quiet
Away from pain and the undying shame
Of me and my unfaithful wife

Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I thought that I had loved you
I did the best I could

Reasons
I keep looking for reasons
I lost the reason for me living
And that just ain't no good
I lost the reason for me living
And that just ain't no good

RED RED WINE AND CHEATIN' SONGS


Red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Lately this bar room's where I call my home
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs

For ten long years, not one single drop
Twelve months later, well I haven't stopped
I'm covering the misery of a good love grown cold
And losing what's left of my mind and soul to that

Red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Lately this bar room's where I call my home
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs

Cigarette smoke, powder and pain
Can't make up for what is and what ain't
When the truth starts to rumble and it starts to roar
Then I ask the barmaid to pour me some more of that

Red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Lately this bar room's where I call my home
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs
Somewhere, somehow, my baby went wrong
Now it's red, red wine and cheatin' songs

REDEMPTION


Sometimes the only thing to do is turn around and go back home
When every way there is to turn has vanished and is gone
I've used up every trick that I had hidden up my sleeve
Think it's time I reconcile with what I had to leave

In a little country graveyard, in the middle of the night
I'm kneeling by the memory of the one who gave me life
She always knew me better than I'll ever know myself
I keep hearing her and Jesus say, "Surrender son and rest"

Redemption, like the moon tonight, hangs pretty, soft and low
And how it's been up until now don't matter anymore
In the middle of this darkness, I see a light that shines
Like a beacon of forgiveness saying, "Pilgrim, all is fine"

There's one more journey left for me, that's all that's left to do
And in the dirt he wrote a simple note that said, "Momma I love you"

ROCKET SHIP


I got a rocket ship baby hop right in
Well I'm gonna take you for a little spin
Buckle up honey and don't look down
We're gonna go faster than the speed of sound
Come on baby, take a trip
Ride around in my rocket ship

I got a rocket ship baby, climb aboard
It's a hot rod honey, it ain't no Ford

It's got chromium pipes and fold away wings
Yeah it's a rockin' little rig and it really swings
Well it's out of this world honey it's so hip
Come on baby in my rocket ship

It's ten, nine, eight ,seven, gonna fly you up to
heaven
Six, five, four three, come on baby take a trip with me
Three, two one, go, this things' gettin' ready to blow
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby

I got a rocket ship baby, gonna fly you around
Any minute now we'll be leavin' the ground
I'll take you to the moon and the stars above
We'll even touch down on the planet of love
You'll be amazed, you'll really flip
At the things we can do with my rocket ship

It's ten, nine, eight ,seven, gonna fly you up to
heaven
Six, five, four three, come on baby take a trip with me
Three, two one, go, this things' gettin' ready to blow
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby
I got a rocket ship baby, I got a rocket ship baby

SHAKE YOUR HIPS


I want to tell you about a dance
That's going 'round
Everybody's doing it
From the grownups down
Don't have to move your head
Don't have to move your hands
Don't have to move your lips
Just shake your hips
And do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Shake your hips baby

Now if you don't know it
Don't be afraid
Just listen to me
And do what I say

Don't have to move your head
Don't move your hands
Don't move your lips
Just shake your hips

And do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Shake your hips baby

Now ain't this easy

Well, I met a little girl
In a country town
She said what do you know
There Marty goes
I didn't move my head
I didn't move my hands
I didn't move my lips
She just shook her hips

She did the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Do the hip shake baby
Shake your hips baby

And ain't this easy

SHELTER FROM THE STORM


And here I am, and here I'll stay
I will be your shelter
A shelter for your heart
I will be a harbor when the world is cold and dark
I will stand beside you
Through this whole life long
To love you and to give you
Shelter from the storm

You are the love, love of my life

Til the stars in heaven
Fall down from the sky
Til the silent waters and the rivers all run dry
I will stand beside you
Through this whole life long
To love you and to be your
Shelter from the storm

SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU


The man on the street without any shoes
With nowhere to go and nothing to lose
Somehow I can tell what he's going through
He looks like I feel since I don't have you

Since I don't have you, I've learned to survive
On little or nothing to keep me alive
I'd turn to another but to tell you the truth
I don't have the heart since I don't have you

I start out each day without any clue
Of where I might be when my day is through
And I don't have a friend that I haven't used
To get through the night since I don't have you

Since I don't have you, I've learned to survive
On little or nothing to keep me alive
I'd turn to another but to tell you the truth
I don't have the heart since I don't have you
I don't have the heart since I don't have you

SLOW TRAIN


It's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on

Well I've got my ticket, so don't, pass me by
'Cause if I don't get on board, I just might, break down
and cry
'Cause I've just got one life, to live, on this earth
Oh, get me there, won't you please, conductor sir

'Cause it's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on

Well everybody gets a ticket, you, you and me
But it's up to you to catch a ride, now that's how it's
got to be
And if you want to ride that train to that peaceful,
promised land
Oh, you've got to give your heart to Jesus, and put your
ticket in his hand

'Cause it's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on
Oh it's a slow, slow train, but it's moving on