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I was drinking in a bar in Nashville
It was getting close to midnight.
I was thinking I should get out of here
so I said to the bartender
give me just one more beer.
A girl was singing and dancing.
She danced good and was pretty too.
I sat and watched her swirl
then she sidled up to me.
She said: buy me a beer, cowboy,
and I will sing and dance for you.
I looked into her dark brown eyes.
Blond hair with the cutest curl.
I called out to the bartender
bring me two more beers, bartender,
one for me and one for
my honky-tonk girl.
We drank beer, and she told me her story.
She said my husband, he left me,
he took my heart, and he took my money,
he went off with a young, young girl
and left me sad and lonely.
So I come here to this bar, it's true
to sing and dance for cowboys
just like you.
This was all too sad to hear
but it's the same all over the world.
So I said bring me two more beers,
bartender, one for me and one for
my honky-tonk girl.
She said I get my kicks
from guitar licks.
So I come here to this bar,
for just a beer or two
and sometimes I will go home
with cowboys just like you.
It's the same all over the world
so I said, bartender, bring me
two more beers, one for me
and one for my
honky-tonk girl.
It's the same all over the world
so I said, bartender, bring me
two more beers, one for me
and one for my
honky-tonk girl.
Love is like a flame
that flickers in my heart.
When I hear your name,
it tears me apart.
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
While my love may flicker.
While you could be gone.
Maybe it’s forever.
My love’s still burning on.
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
Love is like a flame
Burning in my soul.
I wish I could see you again
before my heart grows cold
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
Love is like a flame
that flickers in my heart.
My heart still yearns.
The flame still burns.
For you.
The river is wide
Anthony Hawkins
Take me to the river
Lay me down, let me sleep
Take me to the river
The river is wide, the river is deep.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
You may say I’m a sinner
I have nothing more to hide
Help me cross the river
The Lord is waiting on the other side.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
You may say I’m a sinner
Forgive all I did that’s wrong
Help me cross the river
Bathe my soul in song.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
Reprise
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
I was drinking in a bar in Nashville
It was getting close to midnight.
I was thinking I should get out of here
so I said to the bartender
give me just one more beer.
A girl was singing and dancing.
She danced good and was pretty too.
I sat and watched her swirl
then she sidled up to me.
She said: buy me a beer, cowboy,
and I will sing and dance for you.
I looked into her dark brown eyes.
Blond hair with the cutest curl.
I called out to the bartender
bring me two more beers, bartender,
one for me and one for
my honky-tonk girl.
We drank beer, and she told me her story.
She said my husband, he left me,
he took my heart, and he took my money,
he went off with a young, young girl
and left me sad and lonely.
So I come here to this bar, it's true
to sing and dance for cowboys
just like you.
This was all too sad to hear
but it's the same all over the world.
So I said bring me two more beers,
bartender, one for me and one for
my honky-tonk girl.
She said I get my kicks
from guitar licks.
So I come here to this bar,
for just a beer or two
and sometimes I will go home
with cowboys just like you.
It's the same all over the world
so I said, bartender, bring me
two more beers, one for me
and one for my
honky-tonk girl.
It's the same all over the world
so I said, bartender, bring me
two more beers, one for me
and one for my
honky-tonk girl.
Love is like a flame
that flickers in my heart.
When I hear your name,
it tears me apart.
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
While my love may flicker.
While you could be gone.
Maybe it’s forever.
My love’s still burning on.
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
Love is like a flame
Burning in my soul.
I wish I could see you again
before my heart grows cold
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
Love is like a flame
that flickers in my heart.
My heart still yearns.
The flame still burns.
For you.
The river is wide
Anthony Hawkins
Take me to the river
Lay me down, let me sleep
Take me to the river
The river is wide, the river is deep.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
You may say I’m a sinner
I have nothing more to hide
Help me cross the river
The Lord is waiting on the other side.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
You may say I’m a sinner
Forgive all I did that’s wrong
Help me cross the river
Bathe my soul in song.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
Reprise
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
I keep on loving you
though you’ve been gone,
Such a long, long time gone.
I keep on loving you.
though you’ve been gone,
such a long, long time gone.
Why’d you leave?
I will never know.
Why’d you leave?
Why did you go?
I think about you
all of the time.
I miss your body
next to mine,
though you’ve been gone
such a long, long time gone.
Why’d you leave?
I will never know.
Why’d you leave?
Why did you go?
I keep on loving you
though you’ve been gone,
such a long, long time gone.
I have burning love for you
though you’ve been gone,
such a long, long time gone.
You will miss me when I’m gone
Anthony Hawkins
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song,
if we never get to make it right,
you will miss me when I’m gone.
The day that I met you
I loved you from the start.
You said that you loved me too,
and that came from the heart.
We said we would get married,
have a house and children too.
Then you got that work in Baton Rouge,
be gone a week or two.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song
if we never get to make it right,
you will miss me when I’m gone.
The day after you had gone
and I was feeling blue
someone came a-calling,
your best friend, Bobby Drew.
Now, Bobby, he said to me
I know you’re feeling blue.
Come out to the bar with me
we’ll have a drink or two.
Now I promise what I’m telling you
is everything that’s true.
We went out to Joe Casy’s bar
for just a drink or two.
When we drove back home in Bobby’s car
We stopped out near the bayou.
He said c’mon just a kiss or two.
I said to Bobby I would not cheat on you.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song
if we never get to make it right
you will miss me when I’m gone.
Now what I’m telling you
is everything that’s true.
Bobby tried to make me do
things I didn’t want to do.
When you came home you found
the word had spread all over town
that I was cheating on you
with your best friend Bobby Drew.
You would not believe me
that what I’m telling you,
I was never cheating,
but you told me we were through.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song,
if we never get to make it right
you will miss me when I’m gone.
You would not believe me
that what I’m telling you,
I was never cheating,
but you told me we were through.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song,
if we never get to make it right
you will miss me when I’m gone.
I was sure I loved you
Anthony Hawkins
I was sure I loved you,
but I just needed time.
I was sure I loved you,
and that you would be mine
You told me that you loved me,
and that you would be true.
I was sure I loved you,
and that I would be too.
I was sure I loved you.
Always had you on my mind,
but I just needed time.
That’s the day you said,
you were leaving me behind.
I was sure I loved you,
but I just needed time.
I was sure I loved you,
and that you would be mine
You told me that you loved me,
and that you would be true.
I was sure I loved you,
and that I would be too.
I was sure I loved you.
Always had you on my mind,
but I just needed time.
That’s the day you said,
you were leaving me behind.
Going back baby
Anthony Hawkins
Well I told my baby
I’m going back today.
Well I told my baby
I got no reason to stay.
It’s a long road ahead
And it ain’t no better that way.
Chorus
I’m going back baby.
I got no reason to stay.
It’s a long road ahead
And it ain’t no better that way.
So pack your bags.
We’re leaving on the night train.
There ain’t no reason
For us to remain.
I’m going back baby,
I got no reason to stay.
Chorus
I’m going back baby.
I got no reason to stay.
It’s a long road ahead
And it ain’t no better that way
Chorus
I’m going back baby
I got no reason to stay.
It’s a long road ahead
And it ain’t no better that way.
Cadillac Blues
Anthony Hawkins
Got a Cadillac groove
Really make you move
Got the Cadillac blues
Got nothing to lose.
I want it back
My Cadillac
They took it away
I could not pay
Got a Cadillac groove
Really make you move
Got the Cadillac blues
Got nothing to lose
Gonna get it back
My Cadillac
Gonna make my day
Got the money to pay
Got my Cadillac back
All shiny and black
Got a Cadillac groove
Really make you move
I was drinking in a bar in Nashville
It was getting close to midnight.
I was thinking I should get out of here
so I said to the bartender
give me just one more beer.
A girl was singing and dancing.
She danced good and was pretty too.
I sat and watched her swirl
then she sidled up to me.
She said: buy me a beer, cowboy,
and I will sing and dance for you.
I looked into her dark brown eyes.
Blond hair with the cutest curl.
I called out to the bartender
bring me two more beers, bartender,
one for me and one for
my honky-tonk girl.
We drank beer, and she told me her story.
She said my husband, he left me,
he took my heart, and he took my money,
he went off with a young, young girl
and left me sad and lonely.
So I come here to this bar, it's true
to sing and dance for cowboys
just like you.
This was all too sad to hear
but it's the same all over the world.
So I said bring me two more beers,
bartender, one for me and one for
my honky-tonk girl.
She said I get my kicks
from guitar licks.
So I come here to this bar,
for just a beer or two
and sometimes I will go home
with cowboys just like you.
It's the same all over the world
so I said, bartender, bring me
two more beers, one for me
and one for my
honky-tonk girl.
It's the same all over the world
so I said, bartender, bring me
two more beers, one for me
and one for my
honky-tonk girl.
Love is like a flame
that flickers in my heart.
When I hear your name,
it tears me apart.
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
While my love may flicker.
While you could be gone.
Maybe it’s forever.
My love’s still burning on.
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
Love is like a flame
Burning in my soul.
I wish I could see you again
before my heart grows cold
Love burns, love burns
Love yearns, love turns
Love is like a flame
that flickers in my heart.
My heart still yearns.
The flame still burns.
For you.
The river is wide
Anthony Hawkins
Take me to the river
Lay me down, let me sleep
Take me to the river
The river is wide, the river is deep.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
You may say I’m a sinner
I have nothing more to hide
Help me cross the river
The Lord is waiting on the other side.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
You may say I’m a sinner
Forgive all I did that’s wrong
Help me cross the river
Bathe my soul in song.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
Chorus
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
Reprise
The river is long, hallelujah
The river is wide, hallelujah
The Lord is waiting, hallelujah
on the other side.
I keep on loving you
though you’ve been gone,
Such a long, long time gone.
I keep on loving you.
though you’ve been gone,
such a long, long time gone.
Why’d you leave?
I will never know.
Why’d you leave?
Why did you go?
I think about you
all of the time.
I miss your body
next to mine,
though you’ve been gone
such a long, long time gone.
Why’d you leave?
I will never know.
Why’d you leave?
Why did you go?
I keep on loving you
though you’ve been gone,
such a long, long time gone.
I have burning love for you
though you’ve been gone,
such a long, long time gone.
You will miss me when I’m gone
Anthony Hawkins
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song,
if we never get to make it right,
you will miss me when I’m gone.
The day that I met you
I loved you from the start.
You said that you loved me too,
and that came from the heart.
We said we would get married,
have a house and children too.
Then you got that work in Baton Rouge,
be gone a week or two.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song
if we never get to make it right,
you will miss me when I’m gone.
The day after you had gone
and I was feeling blue
someone came a-calling,
your best friend, Bobby Drew.
Now, Bobby, he said to me
I know you’re feeling blue.
Come out to the bar with me
we’ll have a drink or two.
Now I promise what I’m telling you
is everything that’s true.
We went out to Joe Casy’s bar
for just a drink or two.
When we drove back home in Bobby’s car
We stopped out near the bayou.
He said c’mon just a kiss or two.
I said to Bobby I would not cheat on you.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song
if we never get to make it right
you will miss me when I’m gone.
Now what I’m telling you
is everything that’s true.
Bobby tried to make me do
things I didn’t want to do.
When you came home you found
the word had spread all over town
that I was cheating on you
with your best friend Bobby Drew.
You would not believe me
that what I’m telling you,
I was never cheating,
but you told me we were through.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song,
if we never get to make it right
you will miss me when I’m gone.
You would not believe me
that what I’m telling you,
I was never cheating,
but you told me we were through.
Chorus
I know you think I did you wrong
but like the words in this song,
if we never get to make it right
you will miss me when I’m gone.
I was sure I loved you
Anthony Hawkins
I was sure I loved you,
but I just needed time.
I was sure I loved you,
and that you would be mine
You told me that you loved me,
and that you would be true.
I was sure I loved you,
and that I would be too.
I was sure I loved you.
Always had you on my mind,
but I just needed time.
That’s the day you said,
you were leaving me behind.
I was sure I loved you,
but I just needed time.
I was sure I loved you,
and that you would be mine
You told me that you loved me,
and that you would be true.
I was sure I loved you,
and that I would be too.
I was sure I loved you.
Always had you on my mind,
but I just needed time.
That’s the day you said,
you were leaving me behind.
