Just As I Am

The red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montana
Rode into town one day
And under his knees was a ragin' black stallion
And walkin' behind was a bay
The red-headed stranger had eyes like the thunder
And his lips, they were sad and tight
His little lost love lay asleep on the hillside
And his heart was heavy as night

Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again

A yellow-haired lady leaned out of her window
An' watched as he passed her way
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion
But cast greedy eyes on the bay
But how could she know that this dancin' bay pony
Meant more to him than life
For this was the horse that his little lost darlin'
Had ridden when she was his wife

Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again

The yellow-haired lady came down to the tavern
An' looked up the stranger there
He bought her a drink, an' he gave her some money
He just didn't seem to care
She followed him out as he saddled his stallion
An' laughed as she grabbed at the bay
He shot her so quick, they had no time to warn her
She never heard anyone say

Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again

The yellow-haired lady was buried at sunset
The stranger went free, of course
For you can't hang a man for killin' a woman
Who's tryin' to steal your horse
This is the tale of the red headed stranger
And if he should pass your way
Stay out of the path of the ragin' black stallion
And don't lay a hand on the bay

Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's ridin' an' hidin his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow
Maybe he'll ride on again

Just Breathe

Yes I understand, that every life must end, uh-huh
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh

Oh I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love
Some folks just have one, yeah, others, they've got none.

Stay with me
Let's just breathe

Practiced on my sins, never gonna let you win, uh-huh
Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh

I don't want to hurt
There's so much in this world to make me believe

Stay with me
All I see

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
But I come clean

I wonder everyday, as I look upon your face, uh-huh
Everything you gave and nothing you would take, uh-huh
Nothing you would take, everything you gave

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
But I come clean

Nothing you would take, everything you gave
Love you till I die, meet you on the other side

Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)

Woke up this mornin' with the sundown shinin' in
Found my mind in a brown paper bag again
Tripped on a cloud and fell eight miles high
Tore my mind on a jagged sky

And Lord, I just dropped in to see
What condition my condition was in
Lord, Lord, Lord
What condition my condition was in

I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and I followed it
in
Had myself crawlin' out as I was crawlin' in
Woke up so tight, Lord, I couldn't unwind
I saw so much that it blew my mind

So I just dropped in to see
What condition my condition was in

Lord, I just dropped in to see
What condition my condition was in
Lord, Lord, Lord
What condition my condition was in

Somebody painted 'April fool'
In big black letters on a dead end sign
I had my foot on the gas
And when I left the road it blew out my mind

Eight miles out of Memphis
Lord, I got no spare
Eight miles straight up
Downtown somewhere

I just dropped in to see
What condition my condition was in
Lord, Lord, Lord
What condition my condition was in

Lord, Lord, Lord
What condition my condition was in

Just One Love

Just one love that shines for me shines a light that I can see
Just one love shines for me tonight just one love shines for me tonight
Just look at all those stars up in the sky

The wind is blowing through the trees weather that's inside of me
Makes a sound that follows me around
It makes a sound haunting me to hear
It blows me round and round when you are near
Just one love...
[ guitar ]
Well babe as far as I can see stars are what they want to be
They want to be the one to make you smile
Just a little love of your heart is all they need
Just a little of your love could be for me
Just one love...
Just look at all those stars up in the sky

Just Out Of Reach

Love that runs away from me dreams that just won't let me be
Blues that keep on bothering me chains that just won't set me free
Too far away from you and all your charms just out of reach of my two empty arms
Each night in dreams I see your face mem'ries time cannot erase
Then I awake and find you're gone and I'm so blue and all alone
So far away from you and all your charms just out of reach of my two empty arms
[ keyboards - piano - strings ]
That lonesome feeling all the time knowing you could not be mine
Dreams that hurt me in my sleep vows that we could never keep
So far away from you and all your charms just out of reach of my two empty arms

Just Walkin' Out The Door

I was just walkin' out the door
It's too bad you didn't come before
I've waited so long, so long, so long
Now there's no time to wait anymore

How I cried for you day and night
For the letters that you wouldn't write
But now it's alright, alright, alright
You won't have to write anymore

Not so long ago you will never know
What this day to me would have been
But it's all changed now
Darling, anyhow
It was nice to see you again

Well, it's almost a quarter to four
Sorry, I can't stay anymore
I must be on my way
It's my wedding day
And I was just walkin' out the door

Well, it's almost a quarter to four
Sorry, I can't stay anymore
I must be on my way
It's my wedding day
And I was just walkin' out the door

Kansas City

I'm going to Kansas City, baby
Kansas City, here I come
I'm going to Kansas City, baby
Kansas City, here I come
They got some mighty pretty women there
And I'm gonna get me one

I'm gonna be standin' on the corner
The corner of 12th Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standin' on the corner
The corner of 12th Street and Vine
With my Kansas City, baby
And a jug of that Kansas City wine

Well I might take a boat
I might take a train
But if I have to walk you know
I'm going there just the same

I'm going to Kansas City, baby
Kansas City, here I come
They got some mighty pretty women there
And I'm gonna get me one
They got some mighty pretty women there
And I'm gonna get me one

Keep Me From Blowing Away

Well I spent my whole lifetime
In a world where the sunshine
Finds excuses for not hangin' 'round
I squandered emotions
On the slightest of notions
And the first easy loving I found
But soon all the good times
The gay times and play times
Like colors run together and fade
Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away

There's times when I trembled
When my mind remembered
The days that just crumbled away
With nothing to show
But these lines that I know
Are beginning to show in my face

Oh Lord if you're listening
I know I'm no Christian
And I ain't got much coming to me
So send down some sunshine
Throw out your lifeline
And keep me from blowing away

Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away

Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus

Well I guess I been hanging around too long it's just about time I was moving along
But I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
And don't you worry and don't you moan it's just about time I was moving along
But I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm a gonna leave this sinful world before the dawning
Don't you worry and don't you moan it's just about time I was moving along
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
[piano]
And when I'm dead and you carry me away
Don't you bury me deep cause I ain't gonna stay
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
Just a little bit of dirt and a little bit of gravel
Don't you weigh me down cause you know I gotta travel
I'm gonna kneel at the feet of Jesus in the morning
I'm gonna kneel at the feet...
(I'm gonna kneel at the feet...)

Lady Luck

The winners tell jokes and the losers say deal
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight
And she smiles at the winners and she laughs at the losers
And the losers say now that just ain't right

But they keep right on playing and paying and praying
That someday their luck just might change
And if you're surveying the table and you're looking for the s*****
Oh by the way sir, what is your name

Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight
She smiles on the winners and laughs at the losers
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight

I'll bet you a hundred if you've still got a hundred
One more wager, winner take all
'Cause sweet Lady Luck likes me a lot more than you
And I'm bettin' she'll come when I call

Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight
She smiles on the winners and laughs at the losers
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight

When the loser has no more to bet
And the winner's won all he can get
Lady Luck will go riding off in the moonlight
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight
Lady Luck rides a stallion tonight