Shelter Of My Arms

Now I lay me down to sleep and if I sleep perhaps I'll dream
And if I dream, I'll be with you in the shelter of your arms
I pray that God will lengthen night and grant me time before the light
For the light of day will take me from the shelter of your arms

And though I know it's just a dream, a dream that soon must end
The arms I feel, I know are real and I'm happy once again
And if I die while I am asleep, I pray my dreams He'll let me keep
And carry me through eternity in the shelter of your arms

And though I know it's just a dream, a dream that soon must end
The arms I feel, I know are real and I'm happy once again
And if I die while I am asleep, I pray my dreams He'll let me keep

Shotgun Willie

Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie's got all of his family there

Well, you can't make a record if you ain't got nothing to say
You can't make a record if you ain't got nothing to say
You can't play music if you don't know nothing to play

Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie's got all of his family there

Now, John T. Floores was a-working for the Ku Klux Klan
At six foot five, John T. was a hell of a man
Made a lot of money selling sheets on the family plan

Shotgun Willie sits around in his underwear
Biting on a bullet and pulling out all of his hair
Shotgun Willie's got all of his family there

Silent Night

Silent night holy night all is calm all is bright
Round young virgin mother and child holy infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night holy night shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar heavely hosts sing hallelujah
Christ the Saviour is born Christ the Saviour is born
[ guitar ]

Since I Fell For You

When you just give love, and never get love,
Youd better let love depart.

I know its so, and still I know,
I cant get you out of my heart.

You made me leave my happy home.
You took my love, and now youve gone,
Since I fell for you...

My life has been such misery and pain.
I guess I'll never be the same,
Since I fell for you...

Well its too bad, and its too sad,
That I'm in love with you...

When you love me, and then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.

I guess I'll never see the light.
I get these blues most every night,
Since I fell for you...

Well its too bad, and its too sad,
That I'm in love with you...

When you love me, and then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.

I guess I'll never see the light.
I get those blues most every night,
Since I fell for you...

Since you loved me, then you snubbed me
I prayed you put no one above me
Now I'm black and blue since I fell for you

Sioux City Sue

Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue your hair is red your eyes
are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue there ain't no gal as true
as my sweet Sioux City Sue

I drive a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way
That's how I come to be in the state of Iowa
And I met a girl in Iowa her eyes were big and blue
I asked her what her name was she said Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
[ keyboards - guitar ]
I asked her if she had a beau she said yes quite a few
Still I started courtin' my Sioux City Sue
The first time that I stole a kiss I caught her stealing
two
I asked her did she love me she said indeed I do
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue

Sister's Coming Home - Down At The Corner Beer Joint

Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama don't like the man that done her wrong that done her wrong
Sister's coming home mama don't like the man that done her wrong
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long
The mirror's gonna tell her how long she's been gone

Down at the corner beer joint dancin' on the rock'n roll
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul
Down at the corner beer joint dancin' on a hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
Lord her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
Lord her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
[ steel ]
Down at corner beer joint dancing to the rock'n roll
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul
Down at corner beer joint dancing on the hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
LWell her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
She likes to move her soul she likes to move her soul
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul

Sitting In Limbo

Sitting here in limbo, but I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting here in limbo, waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo, got some time to search my soul
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo limbo limbo...

Sixteen Tons

Some people say, a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood, and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning, when the sun didn't shine
I p***** up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one morning, it was drizzling rain
Fighting and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Can't no-a high-toned woman, make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me coming, better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you then the left one will

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

Sky Train

Johnny Macon has a wife and one child on the way
And Houston's runnin' out of jobs and there are bills to pay
Johnny's flying standby to Alaska on a chance
He hears them callin' all aboard his life is not a dance
All aboard the sky train there must be better times
And we keep moving down the line all aboard the sky train

Kerry Jackson lost her man to whiskey and cocaine
And all she saw in Florida were memories of pain
And the money from the condo won't last her very long
And so she's flying out today her life is not a song
All aboard the sky train the sun will always shine
Up where those lonesome engines whine all aboard the sky train

Refugees on winds of war with nothin' in their eyes
Midnight bands on endless tours in search of endless highs
Airports in the morning ahen truth is all around
We're restless millions movin' on the lost and not yet found
All aboard the sky train there must be better times
If we keep moving down the line all aboard the sky train

Slow Dancing

My love is cruel as the night
She steals the sun and shuts out the light.
All of my colors turn to blue
Win or lose.

Slow dancing.
Slow dancing.
Slow...dancing.

Scarlet eyes and a see through heart
I saw it coming right from the start.
She p***** me up but had me down on my knees
Just a begging her please.

Take me slow dancing
Slow dancing
Slow...dancing

I don't why a man
will search for himself in his woman's eye.
No I don't know why a man
sees the truth but needs the lie.
My love is restless as the wind.
She moves like a shadow across my skin.
She left with my conscience
and I don't want it back.
It just gets in the way.

Slow dancing.
Slow dancing.
Slow. (x3)