Workin' Man Blues

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
But I've been a workin' man dang near all of my life
And I'll keep on workin' long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink a little beer in a tavern and sing a little bit of these workin' man blues
Sometimes I think about leavin' do a little bummin' around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
I go back workin' I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
I'll get a little bit stoned this weekend and cry a little bit of these workin' man blues
[ harmonica - piano - guitar ]
I said hey hey workin' man workin' man like me
I ain't never been on welfare and that's one place I won't be
I'll be back workin' as long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll get a little bit stoned this weekend and sing a little bit of these workin' man blues

Would You Lay With Me (in A Field Of Stone)

Would you lay with me in a field of stone
If my needs were strong would you lay with me
Should my lips grow dry would you wet them dear
In the midnight hour if my lips were dry
Would you go away to another land walk a thousand miles through the burning sand
Wipe the blood away from my dying hand if I give my love to you
Will you bathe with me in the stream of life
When the moon is full will you bathe with me
[ piano - guitar ]
Will you love me when I a'm down and out
In my time of trials will you stand by me
Would you go away to another land...

Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

If we're backin' up it's just to get a runnin' start
'Cause everything we do we do with all our hearts
And it don't really matter what they say
We wouldn't have it any other way

We play our songs and play our old guitars
And it don't really matter where we are
We wake up in a new world every day
And we wouldn't have it any other way

We wouldn't have it any other way
And it don't really matter what they say
We wake up in a new world every day
And we wouldn't have it any other way

And when it's time for us to move along
To a place we sometimes sing of in our songs
Raise your glasses high on that fine day
'Cause we wouldn't have it any other way

We wouldn't have it any other way
And it don't really matter what they say
We wake up in a new world every day
And we wouldn't have it any other way
We wouldn't have it any other way

Write Your Own Songs

You call us heathens with zero respect for the law
We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's
all
We write what we live and we live what we write is that
wrong
If you think it is Mr. Music Executive
Why don't you write your own songs
Chorus
And don't listen to mine,they might run you crazy
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too
long
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own
songs
Mr. Purified Country don't you know what the whole things
about
Is your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it
out
The world's getting smaller and everyone in it belongs
And if you can't see that Mr. Purified Country
Why don't you just write your own songs
Chorus.
So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own
songs

Wurlitzer Prize (i Don't Want To Get Over You)

I'm not here to forget you
I'm here to recall the things we used to say and do
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

I haunt the same places we used to go
Alone at a table for two
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

They oughtta give me the Wurlitzer Prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot
Playin' those songs sung blue
That help me remember you
I don't wanna get over you

A fresh roll o' quarters, same old songs
Missin' you through and through
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

They oughtta give me the Wurlitzer Prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot
Playin' those songs sung blue
They help me remember you
'Cause I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

Yesterday

(I'd like to do a song now that was recoded by a pretty pearly country group known as The Beatles I know you heard them many times from the Grand Ole Opry ha-ha...
But seriously this is the song that as a songwriter myself I appreciate very much and I'd like to do it for you and I hope you'll enjoy)

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay oh I believe in yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday
Why she had to go...
I believe in yesterday

Yesterday's Wine

Miracles appear
In the strangest of places
Fancy meeting you here
The last time I saw you
Was just out of Houston
Sit down let me buy you a beer
Your presence is welcome
With me and my friend here
This is a hangout of mine
We come here quite often
And listen to music
Partaking of yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
I'm yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine

You give the appearence
Of one widely travelled
I'll bet you've seen
Things in your time
So sit down beside me
And tell me your story
If you think
You'll like yesterday's wine
Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine

[guitar]

Yesterday's wine
We're yesterday's wine
Aging with time
Like yesterday's wine

You Always Hurt The One You Love

You always hurt the one you love the one you shouldn't hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose and crash it till the petals fall
You always break the kindest heart with a hasty word you can't recall
So if I broke your heart last night it's because I love you most of all
[ guitar - piano ]
And you always break the kindest heart...

You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine my only sunshine you make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear how much I love you please don't take my sunshine away

The other night dear as I laid sleeping I dreamed I held you by my side
When I awoke dear I was mistaken and I hung my head and cry
You are my sunshine...

You told me once dear you really loved me and no one else could come between
But now you've left me and you love another and you have shatered all my dreams
You are my sunshine...

I'll always love you and make you happy if you will only say the same
But if you leave me to love another you'll regret it all some day
You are my sunshine...
Please don't take my sunshine away

You Decide

You decide
What you need
Then you let me know
I'll be waiting here until you call
Take your time
Till you find
Which way your heart must go
And when you decide
Let me know
Don't you worry if you see me cry
I would rather hear you say goodbye
Than to be the one you're seeing, love
If I'm not the one that you're dreaming of
You decide
What you want
I'll be waiting here
You already know how much i care
You decide
And we'll just go from there