Тексты песен «Tom T. Hall»

Take these arms of mine, throw them away They're just souvenirs of some other day Take these lips of mine, they're useless to me They're just souvenirs of things that used to be They're just souvenirs and who needs 'em...

I don't know what I'm doing here, I could be someplace else Like in Atlanta drinkin' wine, wine, wine I don't know what I'm doing here, I should be someplace else Like in Kentucky drinkin' 'shine, 'shine, 'shine The...

I saw an eagle catch a fish crossed my fingers made a wish He flew away to clear blue skies the way an eagle flies I saw the sun rise o'er the sea through the clouds he winked at me Brightened up and seemed to say here...

You know what I've been doin' honey since you said goodbye I've been gettin' close to walkin' my one millionth mile I walked the floor so much just thinkin' where could you be St. Louis named a shoe after me St. Louis...

I was sittin' down in Hong Kong in a bar Picking and a singing my way west with my guitar I talked to some old sailor just to pass away the time And he said something that stuck in my mind He said the story of your...

Summer comes laughing to strawberry farms Have you ever been there, where the wind never blows Summer comes early to strawberry farms Oh the sun always shines but an orphan can't go My mother is dead, she doesn't care...

Out on the edge of town I bought a two room brick Moved in as soon as I got the plumbin' all fixed Making them payments worked my fingers to the bone Anything I had to do to get myself a home There was water in the...

It wasn't much but I sold it all and I moved to San Antone Knowing in my heart that Texas had to be my home I fell in love with Texas, I was happy I was free But Texas never fell in love with me I found out my style...

I rolled into Connersville in 1961 with what was left of my last army pay I had a letter with me from a buddy living there He said you stop and see me if you're ever up this way Need I say he was surprised to find me at...

You gotta be thankful for the Bible, Jesus and your mom and dad For your bike and for your clothes and for your butter and for your bread For your shoes and socks and underthings and all the clothes you wear And be...

That song is driving me crazy, I gotta hear it again First time I heard it I was with some friends It's a simple little song you can sing along with an old time melody So would you play that crazy little song again for...

It's not my sun, man, and if it's not shinin' When I wake up tomorrow morning, hmm, that'll be all right with me They're not my birds, man, and if they're not singin' When I wake up tomorrow morning, hmm, that'll be all...

If you love somebody enough You'll follow wherever they go That's how I got to Memphis That's how I got to Memphis If you love somebody enough You'll go where your heart wants to go That's how I got to Memphis That's...

You know you can't live in the water, you'd just be wet all the time Your hands would get wrinkled, your face would turn blue And you'd wind up on somebody's line That's why you can't be a fish, water is not what you do...

The Carter boys were born one and after another In a little old country place I was the last and the death of my mother And I know it was a pretty bad trace We'd get to drinking I'd do the singing And they taught me to...

I don't know why it is every time I take a trip It's always raining somewhere down the line This particular night was in Prestonsburg, Kentucky I stopped to give a country boy a ride I saw him running toward the car,...

Oh, the little lady preacher from the limestone church I'll never forget her, I guess She preached each Sunday mornin' on the local radio With a big black Bible and a snow-white dress She was nineteen years of age and...

I was there on the day the monkey came into this world His face was round and reddish and his hair was slightly curled He didn't look too different from the others I had seen Who'd-a-thought he was the answer to the...

Ain't it strange how people change and almost overnight Who once was a country girl is now a, a socialite We're proud for you, but when you're through And seek some common ground Oh, we miss you on the old side of town...

On Fourth Street in Louisville in 1978 Stranded in a honky-tonk, somewhere 'tween dates There was a little band playin' as I sipped my beer But I never thought that I'd hear what I'd hear There was a young man pickin'...