My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy,
and Lovin' the cowboy ways.
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes,
I burned up my childhood days.
I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter,
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long.
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them,
With the words of a sad country song.
My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.

Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery,
From being alone too long.
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare,
Knowin' well that your best days are gone.
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen,
I let the words of my YOUTH fade away.
Old worn-out saddles, and 'old worn-out memories,
BUT no one and no place to stay.

My heroes have always been cowboys.
And they still are, it seems.
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.

Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of,
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.

My Kind Of Girl

My heart takes walks with her on cold and rainy days
She leads my heart along where only love can lead the way
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl
She makes to proud to walk the streets of anywhere
And if our bed be grass or cotton she won't care
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl

[steel]

And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl
And I know she'll follow me to the end of the world
She makes me proud to say that she's my kind of girl

My Life's Been A Pleasure (i Still Love You As I Did In Yesterday)

I still love you as I did in yesterday
Many years have gone by though it seems just like a day
It's no wonder that I love you you have been so kind and true
There will never be another it will always be just you
We've come along the way together when you've proved your love is true
My life's been a pleasure and it's all because of you
And to me you'll always be just as sweet as flowers in May
And I'll still love you as I did in yesterday
[ guitar - violin ]
I still love you as I did in yesterday...
And to me you'll always be...

My Love For The Rose

Was it something I did Lord a lifetime ago
Am I just now repaying a debt that I owe
Justice sweet justice you travel so slow
But you can't change my love for the rose

My Mary

I take a trip every evening scrolling down memory lane
I'm walkin' again those familiar paths dreaming those dreams again
And I can always see my sweetheart just as she used to be
Waiting for someone at the garden gate and I know that someone is me
Big brown eyes and pearly hair and you'd tell that's Mary
Rosy cheeks and ruby lips can't you tell that's Mary
Ofttimes in the evenings we'd go scrolling
Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree
And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight
Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary
[ fiddle - guitar ]
Ofttimes in the evenings...
Oh gee wouldn't it be wonderful to open up the doors of the past
And live again as yesterday
But you know no matter where I wander no matter where I roam
There'll always be a place in my heart boys
Fofr a girl away back for a girl that I used to call Mary

My Own Peculiar Way

(I'll always love you in my own peculiar way)
It would be a comfort just to know you never doubt me
Even though I give you cause most every day
Sometimes I think that you'd be better off without me
Although I love you in my own peculiar way
Don't doubt my love if sometimes my mind should wonder
To a suddenly remembered yesterday
Cause my mind could never stay too long away from you
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way
And though I may not always be the way you'd have me be
And though my faults may grow in number day by day
Let no one ever say that I've ever been untrue
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way

My Son Calls Another Man Daddy

Each night I laid there in prison
I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine
That shone through the darkest of nights

My son calls another man daddy
He'll never know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place

Each night I laid there in prison
I pictured a future so bright
For he was the one ray of sunshine
That shone through the darkest of nights

Today his mother shares a new love
She just couldn't stand my disgrace
Mu son calls another man daddy
And longs for the love he can't replace

My son calls another man daddy
He'll never know my name nor my face
God only knows how it hurts me
For another to be in my place

My Window Faces The South

My window faces the south I'm almost halfway to heaven
Snow is falling but still I can't see fields of cotton calling to me
My window faces the south and though I am far from the Swanee
I'm never frownin' or down in the mouth my window faces the south
[fiddle - ac.guitar]
My window faces the south...
My window faces the south

Natural To Be Gone

Well you seem a little colder
When I say I must be leaving
But it's an ugly way for us to let it end
What's the use in being worried
Cause I'm going in an hour
When the time is running out that we can spend
What's the difference being different
When it's difference now that looks alike
You say I'm changing
I'm not sure that's wrong
It's just today it may be natural
Sitting here discussing it
Tomorrow just as natural to be gone

[violin]

There's no season in my mind
That I can count on for an answer
And I dug too many holes expecting snow
I'm not sure to where I'm headed now
I ride the hard line with it
If I return or when I think I might go
What's the difference being different...

Night Life

When the evenin' sun goes down

You will find me hangin' 'round

Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life

But it's my life

Many people just like me

Dreamin' of old used-to-be's

Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life

Ah, but it's my life

Listen to the blues that they're playin'

Listen what the blues are sayin'

Life is just another scene

In this old world of broken dreams

Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life

But it's my life

Oh, the night life ain't no good life

Oh, but it's my life

Yeah, it's my life