Тексты песен «Jeannie C. Riley»

They say you've found somebody new but that won't stop my loving you I just can't let you walk away forget the love I have for you Yes I could find somebody too but I don't want no one but you How could you leave...

On the back side of Dallas, in the dingy bar On a wornout stool she sits And her trembling hand thumbles for another Kingsize filter cigarette She blows a puff of smoke then settles back And look across that light blue...

Wintertime comes early to the north part of this state I walk along the river where we used to come and skate The trees're now all gone and by the river there's a sign Trespassin' is a twenty dollar fine Lookin' up the...

I had a love he was mine said he'd love me all the time I was sure our love was pure if love can be Then one morning without warning truth came calling on me and her name was Louise I needn't tell you what she said I...

The class reunion invitation was delivered to me today It brought back burning mem'ries of a happy yesterday I went to my cedar chest got down on my knees The chest that once was full of hope is now a box of memories As...

A change of heart would ben' mine eventually a changin' of mind Be consider and you will find a change of heart would bein' mine Please realize it's not too late we're still the masters of our fate A type of love is...

Children go run and jump and play you'll be men and women some day Then you'll have to leave your world of make believe now children Young carefree children Children need someone to understand children need someone to...

I was raised in the middle of the cotton belt babe but I ain't gonna stay I'll lose my shape fast draggin' cotton sacks and eatin' butter beans ever day Yeah I'm a sweet young thing I just turned eighteen and I'm...

New York is a long way from Texas Vegas is a long way from Abilene I spend lots of my time flyin' out to L.A. And if you've never been there You don't know how lonesome big towns can be Oh, what I'd give to be a...

If I never love again I won't feel cheated You gave me more than I knew how to use From the day we met my journey was completed Even though my autum years won't be with you Seems like yeasterday we called each other...

When my lips get kissed it's just from force of habit For a long long time I've known what's going on His pretending hasn't fooled me for a minute And it's duty not desire that brings him home My heart is a foot stool...

Edna Burgoo wore a shoe size No 10 When the roll was called that fall and class was ready to begin She was five feet nine and showin' signs of growin' still some more Every time she'd sit down she bump her knees and...

Sometimes I wish you were a fine feathered fowl And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on her midnight growl So if you were a bird you would sing from a cage And if I were a cat I could watch you all day And I know in my...

Oh the games people now every night and every day now Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean Oh they wile away the hours in their ivory towers Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a...

Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap Well, it's just the beginnin' of a thing called the generation gap It's not the difference of age now everybody's...

Papa worked but his cheque was small mama sewed just to help us all And our old house sure needed paint and when it rained the roof would leak Well the teacher's pet was Susie Grout born with the silver spoon in her...

You ask me if we can live together Marriage doesn't fit your way of life And you say that you'll be with me forever Well if that's true, please make me your wife 'Cause if I'm good enough to be your woman, good enough...

I want to tell you all the story 'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter Who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well, her daughter came home one afternoon And didn't even stop to play And she...

Take the ribbon from my hair Shake it loose and let it fall Laying soft against your skin Like the shadows on the wall Come and lay down by my side Till the early morning light All I'm taking is your time Help me make...

We were dancin' and he led just like you used to He squeezed my hand and he teased me just like you used to And so close to my lips the words came That I almost yes I almost called your name Yes I almost called your...