Grow My Hair

Gonna grow my hair long again

Gonna find my own groove

Gonna play them old songs again

See how they improve

Diamonds and tears

Made me so rich

Life is worth living

It’s a son of a bitch

Gonna grow my hair long again

Slow down my life

Gonna fall in love again

Slow dance with my wife

I pray for peace

Pray for that white dove

Pray for forgiveness

Pray for love

Gonna grow my hair long again

Like a red-headed stranger

Trust the hair on my neck again

When I get close to danger

I know that the dancing

Needs the music

They both need each other

Most times that’s the trick

Gonna grow my hair long again

Gonna grow my hair long again

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Butterflies

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies

With arms wide open you gather up the wind

Well you’re such a nice soft silhouette

With that sun going down

And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

There’s a cool breeze blowing down my back

This is the best part of the day

You wave like a little schoolgirl at the sailboats

That are slipping across the bay

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies

With arms wide open you gather up the wind

Well you’re such a nice soft silhouette

With that sun going down

And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

That straw hat you look like a cowboy’s girl

And the yellow butterflies circling about your feet

I might have just glanced into the future

To a place where the sunshine, you and I will meet

Yeah

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies

With arms wide open you gather up the wind

Well you’re such a nice soft silhouette

With that sun going down

And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

Well you’re out there dancing with the butterflies

With arms wide open you gather up the wind

You’re such a nice soft silhouette

With that sun going down

And that pink sky that you’ve been dancing in

And that pink sky baby that you’ve been dancing in

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Man in Black Passed

Ain’t no trains should run today

The man in black has passed away

Uh huh huh

He sang for prisoners

Gave them hope and joy

Became a great man from a cotton-picking boy

Mm mm mm

Heard the news this morning at 7

Another Highwayman has gone to Heaven

But there ain’t no train should run today

The man in black has passed away

Mm mm mm

Him and Luther

They found a sound

And it was Ira Hayes and Sunday Morning Coming Down

But there ain’t no train should run today

The man in black has passed away

Mm mm mm

Preached the word

With Billy Graham

But he never forgot about the common man

Mm mm mm

Followed June in September

They were a loving couple we should all remember

But there ain’t no train should run today

The man in black has passed away

Uh huh huh

There ain’t no trains should run today

The man in black has passed away

Mm mm mm

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Nobody Minds If I Don’t Drink

Laying around here letting my body mend

I felt the rage of another good friend

He took a lot before he finally struck

Didn’t take long to sober me up

No it didn’t take long to sober me up

I wondered if I’d get fired or not

Wasn’t the first time that we fought

He gave me a sad song a smile and a wink

He said I wouldn’t mind if you didn’t drink

I wouldn’t mind if you didn’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

That’s not the way this old body thinks

When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

So now my reputation’s not good

So many reasons to quit and I know I should

This situation’s not easy at all

Wherever I run there’s always a wall

Wherever I run there’s always a wall

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

That’s not the way this old body thinks

When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

I lost my job my friends and my wife

Thought long and hard about taking my life

There’s always been someone to keep me on track

Now I’m alone, they all turned their backs

Now I’m alone, they all turned their backs

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

That’s not the way this old body thinks

When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

That’s not the way this old body thinks

When I get good and drunk my attitude stinks

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Nobody minds when I don’t drink

Now this song’s almost over and I’m starting to think

Maybe I wouldn’t mind if I didn’t drink

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Long Lazy

You can’t jump rope yesterday

It might be hopscotch tomorrow

So let’s play outside today

I’ll carry you all the way

That’s the thing that needs doing

I’ll be your long lazy

Late evening sunlight

When you’re feeling dark as midnight

If we unplug the phone it won’t ring

If I get some bait we can go fishing

We probably won’t catch a thing

We can sit and let those crickets sing

That’s the thing that needs doing

I’ll be your long lazy

Late evening sunlight

When you’re feeling dark as midnight

I’ll be your long lazy

Late evening sunlight

I’ll be your long lazy

Late evening sunlight

When you’re feeling dark as midnight

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I’m in Love with my Wife

Sometimes it takes the moonlight

Dancing in my baby’s eyes

Or whispers in the wind

Before I realize

I don’t need a chauffeur

I lead a charmed and happy life

I don’t have much money

Oh but I’m lucky

I’m still in love with my wife

Sometimes it takes candles

And a glass of red wine

To capture her in the moment

Piece of perfect time

I don’t need a chauffeur

I lead a charmed and happy life

I don’t have much money

But I know I’m lucky

Cause I’m still in love with my wife

I don’t need a chauffeur

I lead a charmed and happy life

I don’t have much money

But I know I’m lucky

Cause I’m still in love with my wife

I’m still in love with my wife

Yes I’m still in love with my wife

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Coyote Crazy

I’m coyote crazy

From staring at the sun

Ooo ooo

And I’m coyote crazy

Looking for a better place to run

You have never run with me before

Now you know where I rest

The river where I take my water

Walk it up to my chest

I’m coyote crazy

From staring at the sun

Ooo ooo

And I’m coyote crazy

Looking for a better place to run

Every night I crawl inside the sundown

Underneath the moon I reappear

Sometimes I sneak up on my own shadow

And ask myself what the hell am I doing here

I’m coyote crazy

From staring at the sun

Ooo ooo

I’m coyote crazy

Looking for a better place to run

Now I’m coyote crazy

Starting to figure out what I am

Ooo ooo

I’m coyote crazy

With one eye on the rifle man

I’m coyote crazy

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Fairy Tales

I believe in fairy tales

Run away lovers when all else fails

Take my hand and see where it leads

There’s  angels help us with our needs

Cause I believe in fairy tales

I believe in fairy tales

Rainbow islands where lovers sail

I believe you’re my princess from the East

There comes a dragon, I’ll slay the beast

Cause I believe in fairy tales

Starlight is shining it’s light on you

I see the princess coming through

I’ve loved you since we first met

I know I’ll love you ‘til they lay me to rest

Cause I believe in fairy tales

I believe in fairy tales

I believe in fairy tales

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Sioux City Sue Revisited

Friday night stockyard bars at Sioux City

A blues band down at Rhonda’s Speak Easy

At the Cattlemen’s bartender’s smothering one of 5 customers

Pretty woman drunk and so sad

I think she may be Sioux City Sue

Well my hand is broke from a fight I may have picked

The stockyards have beat me again

The fog from the river is a curtain for an actress

Pretty woman drunk and so sad

I think she may be Sioux City Sue

I listen but the whiskey is waxing my ears

She said nothing is pretty anymore

The manure painted panels have given up their white

Says that pretty woman drunk and so sad

I think she may be Sioux City Sue

I laid down in the snow and in my stock trailer

I locked the keys in my pickup truck

She found a blanket in her car covered me up as she left

Such a pretty woman drunk and so sad

I think she may be Sioux City Sue

Sioux City Sue

Sioux City Sue

Ain’t no girl sweet as my sweet Sioux City Sue

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Sober

Well I’m a honky tonker

That ain’t drinking any more

But I still play music

In bars with dance floors

Sometimes I swear that music

Sounds like angels in my head

But I get to drinking whiskey

And the devil leaves me for dead

I can’t say for sure

I won’t drink no more

I can’t say that my lost days are over

But thank God

Thank God

I’m, I’m staying sober

Only time will tell

But time don’t show its hand

There’s so many guys just like me

Playing in bands

This song is going out

On the wings of a prayer

So let me find those pickers

Where there’s whiskey in the air

I can’t say for sure

I won’t drink no more

I can’t say that my lost days are over

But I thank God

Well I thank God

That I’m staying sober

Well I thank God

I thank God

I’m staying sober

One day at a time

Lord, grant me serenity

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Tombstones and Statues

There was an angel holding a bird

I had to stop for the night

It was a statue that looked so real

In that fading evening light

And I was looking for protection

From that worry in my mind

But I found salvation

Just across that county line

Between the light and darkness eyes fail

You can only feel

Tombstones and statues are there to remind you

Things you cannot see are real

I was looking for protection

From the worry in my mind

But I found salvation

Just across that county line

Tombstones and statues are there to remind us

Tombstones and statues are there to remind us

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