Last Letter

Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
I cannot offer you all the clothes that your young body crave
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
Just think of the teardrops the heartaches and sorrow you'll save
While I am writing this letter I think of the past
And of the promises that you have broken so free
And to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me

Last Stand In Open Country

i was looking for America, in a western movie
saw a young gun slinger with something to prove
and i came lookin'... like anybody else,
i came searchin'...like anybody else
lookin' for that golden calf.

and i came shooting for the stars, like any young blood
i found a fat cat city and crooked judge
i killed anything standing in my path
i killed anything till i laid my hands
laid' em on the golden calf

CHORUS:
now it's our last sand in open country
this is my last chance to be with you
this is the last dance for this kind of man
i'm still lookin' for somthing to prove

i come around full circle, aged like an old dog
lookin' at them young bucks just green as frogs
but i ain't layin' back no time to laugh
i ain't layin' back
there's new kids a comin gunning for that golden calf

i was was looking for America in a western movie
i saw pike bishop stridin' through aqua verde
he was headin down that dusty path
headin down that blood path
runnin from his crooked past
hes lookin for another life
sick of chasin' down that golden calf

repeat chorus

but theres always someone faster
someone quicker on the draw
someone with a hunger closin' in
some younger steppin up to be
the next out law

repeat chorus

oh i'm still looking for something to prove
this is our last stand...
this is our last stand...
this is our last stand...
this is our last stand...

Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning

The postman delivered
A "past due" bill notice
The alarm clock rang two hours late
The garbage man left all the trash
On the sidewalk
And the hinges fell off of the gate

And this morning at breakfast
I spilled all the coffee
And I opened the door on my knee
But the last thing I needed
The first thing this morning
Was to have you walk out on me

Last night you came home late
And I knew you'd been drinking
By that old mellow look on your face
I thought, "It don't matter
'Cause it's the holiday season"
And you fill such a big empty space

But then I laid down beside you
And I wanted your lovin'
Because your love makes my life complete
But the last thing I needed
The first thing this morning
Was to have you walk out on me

So excuse me for lookin'
Like my world just ended
And excuse me for lookin'
Like I just lost my best friend
And excuse me for livin'
And being forgiving
So just go on if you want to be free

But the last thing I needed
The first thing this morning
Was to have you walk out on me

Last Thing On My Mind

It's a lesson too late for the learning made of sand made of sand
And in the wink of an eye my soul is turning in your hand in your hand
Are you going away with no word of farewell
And will there be not a trace left behind
I could have loved you better I didn't mean to be unkind
You know that was the last thing on my mind

You got reasons of plenty for going this I know this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing please don't go please don't go
Are you going away...
[ guitar ]
Are you going away...
You know that was the last thing on my mind

Laying My Burdens Down

Well, I used to walk stooped from the weight of my tears
But I just started laying my burdens down
I used to duck bullets from the rifle of fear
I just started laying my burdens down

Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down

The flesh ain't nothing but the bark on a tree
I just started laying my burdens down
The tree ain't nothing but the soul in me
And I just started laying my burdens down

Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down

My soul took love on a hell of a ride
I just started laying my burdens down
A soul ain't nothing but the car love drives
I just started laying my burdens down

Oh well, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down

Love said, "Mama, can I come on home?"
I just started laying my burdens down
And God said, "Son, you ain't never been gone"
I just started laying my burdens down

Oh well, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down
Oh, I'm laying 'em down
I just started laying my burdens down

Let It Be Me

I bless the day I found you I want to stay around you
And so I beg you let it be me
Don't take this heaven from one if you must cling to someone
Now and forever let it be me
Each time we meet love I find complete love
Without your sweet love what would life be
So never leave me lonely tell me you love me only
And that you'll always let it be me
[ sax ]
Each time we meet love...

Let Me Talk To You

Just one more dance
Just one more chance
So I can talk to you
Don't live too fast
Forget the past
And I will try to prove
I would do anything you want me to
Don't run around
Don't paint the town
Let me talk to you
Don't go too far
With that crowd at the bar
That's not the way to win
Please fall in love again
Give me your heart
So I can start
To build our life anew
I know you've paid
So if you're afraid
Let me talk to you

Let The Rest Of The World Go By

With someone like you a pal good and true
I'd like to leave it all behind and go and find
A place that's known to God alone just a spot we could call our own
We'll find perfect peace where joys never cease
Somewhere beneath the stary skies
We'll build a sweet little nest somewhere out in the west
And let the rest of the world go by
[ guitar - piano ]
With someone like you...
And let the rest of the world go by

Let's Pretend

Let's pretend we're strangers for tonight.
Let's pretend we've never hurt each other.
If you'll pretend I never made you cry,
Then I'll pretend you didn't find another.
Let's pretend our love is just beginning,
Make believe that it was true love at first sight.
And even though my love has never really ended,
Let's pretend we're strangers for tonight.
Instrumental break.
Let's pretend our love is just beginning,
Make believe that it was true love at first sight.
And even though my love has never really ended,
Let's pretend we're strangers for tonight.

Life Turned Her That Way

If she seems cold and bitter I beg of you
Just stop and consider all she's gone through
Don't be quick to condemn her for things she might say
Just remember her life turned her that way
She's been walked on and stepped on so many times
And I hate to admit it but that last footprint's mine
She was crying when I met her she cries harder today
But don't blame her life turned her that way
[ piano ]
She's been walked on...
So don't blame her life turned her that way