Ricky Skaggs

"Heavy Traffic Ahead"
(originally by Bill Monroe)

"Heavy Traffic Ahead"
(originally by Bill Monroe)



On Saturday night when our work is done
We load our music up on the run.

Heavy traffic ahead, heavy traffic ahead
We got to ramble ramble there's heavy traffic ahead.

We pull out of Nashville right on time
The Blue Grass special heads down the line.

We traveled around from state to state
The Bluegrass boys are never late.

Late in the evening about sundown
You know we've come from some other town.

We do our work with a good will
On Friday night we head for Nashville...

"Highway 40 Blues"

"Highway 40 Blues"



Well, these Highway Forty blues,
I've walked holes in both my shoes.
Counted the days since I've been gone,
And I'd love to see the lights of home.

Wasted time and money too;
Squandered youth in search of truth.
But in the end I had to lose,
Lord above, I've paid my dues.
Got the Highway Forty blues.

The highway called when I was young,
Told me lies of things to come.
Fame and fortune lies ahead!
That's what the billboard lights had said.

Shattered dreams, my mind is numb,
My money's gone, stick out my thumb.
My eyes are filled with bitter tears,
Lord, I ain't been home in years.
Got the Highway Forty blues.

You know, I've rambled all around,
Like a rolling stone, from town to town.
Met pretty girls I have to say,
But none of them could make me stay.

Well, I've played the music halls and bars,
Had fancy clothes and big fine cars:
Things a country boy can't use,
Dixieland I sure miss you.
Got the Highway Forty blues...

"Hillbilly Highway"

"Hillbilly Highway"



My grandaddy was a miner
But he finally saw the light
He didn't have much
Just a beat-up truck and a dream about a better life
Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye
You never heard such a lonesome sound.

Pretty soon the dirt road turned
Into blacktop, Detroit City bound
Down that hillbilly highway
On That hillbilly highway
That old Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on.

Now he worked and saved his money
So that one day he might send
My daddy off to college
To use his brains and not his hands
Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye
Never heard such a lonesome sound.

But daddy had himself a good job in Houston
One more rollin' down
Down that old hillbilly highway
That old hillbilly highway
That old Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on.

Now grandaddy rolled over in his grave
The day that I quit school
I just sat around the house playin' my guitar,
Daddy said I was a fool
My mama cried when I said goodbye,
I never heard such a lonesome sound.

Now I'm standin' on this highway
And if you're going my way
You know where I'm bound
Down that old hillbilly highway
That old hillbilly highway
That old Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on...

"Hold On Tight (Let It Go)"

"Hold On Tight (Let It Go)"



Well, I know that I'm in trouble when I think I know it all
My pride always takes a bow just before I fall
But you're just as right as me and I'm just as wrong as you
We're in this love together and we're bound to see it through.

Hold on tight
Let it go
Our love is always strongest when we let our weakness show
We don't have to give in to the prideful wind that blows
If we hold on tight
Let it go.

A careless word in anger can wound another's heart
In self defence a wall is built that keeps us worlds apart
Well, I'm as much to blame as you and you're as innocent as me
There's one locked door between us and forgiveness is the key.

Hold on tight
Let it go
Our love is always strongest when we let our weakness show
We don't have to give in to the prideful wind that blows
)If we hold on tight
Let it go
Hold on tight, to the love that lives inside us
Don't hang on to the feelings that divide us.

Hold on tight
Let it go
Our love is always strongest when we let our weakness show
We don't have to give in to the prideful wind that blows
Hold on tight
Hold on tight, let it go
If we hold on tight.

Hold on tight
Let it go
Let it go, let it go...

"Hold Whatcha Got"

"Hold Whatcha Got"



Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home, baby
Hold whatcha got and I don't mean maybe
Been a-thinking about you and I'm on my way

Don't sell the house and don't wreck the car
Stay there, honey, right where you are
Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

Well, in my mind, I can see
That's a pretty good sign that I need you
That's why I can't wait to get back home

So squeeze yourself real good and tight
And I'll be there before daylight
Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home, baby
Hold whatcha got and I don't mean maybe
Been a-thinking about you and I'm on my way

Don't sell the house and don't wreck the car
Stay there, honey, right where you are
Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

Well, when I get back, honey, I ain't leaving
I been too lonely, a little too much grieving
When I get back, honey, this time I'm going to stay

Well, we won't fuss and we won't fight
And this time things are gonna be all right
If you hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home, baby
Hold whatcha got and I don't mean maybe
Been a-thinking about you and I'm on my way

Don't sell the house and don't wreck the car
Stay there, honey, right where you are
Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home, baby
Hold whatcha got and I don't mean maybe
Been a-thinking about you and I'm on my way

Don't sell the house and don't wreck the car
Stay there, honey, right where you are
Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

Don't sell the house and don't wreck the car
Stay there, honey, right where you are
Hold whatcha got, I'm a-coming home to stay

"Home Is Wherever You Are"

"Home Is Wherever You Are"



I've traveled every highway
Down every dusty road
Beneath the silver moonlight
I counted every star that shone

I've seen all special places
Everybody wants to see
But there's no magic in the place, dear
If you're not there with me

Home is wherever you are
Home is here in your arms
With you love is safe and warm
Home is wherever you are

I've sung most every love song
Even wrote some of my own
I was born to be a dreamer
And played this guitar till I'm gone

But of all that I'm still learning
One thing I know is true
If home is where your heart is
Then my home's here with you

Home is wherever you are
Home is here in your arms
With you love is safe and warm
Home is wherever you are

Home is wherever you are
Home is here in your arms
With you love is safe and warm
Home is wherever you are

"Honey (Open That Door)"

"Honey (Open That Door)"



Honey, Honey
Honey won't you open that door
This is your sweet daddy don't you love me no more?
It's cold outside let me sleep on the floor
Honey won't you open that door

I honky-tonked around Dallas
Got in a poker game
Somebody must've been a-cheatin'
I lost everything but my name
Well I walked halfway to memphis
Finally got back home
I'd have been better off where i was
'cause here's where things went wrong

Honey, Honey
Honey won't you open that door
This is your sweet daddy don't you love me no more?
It's cold outside let me sleep on the floor
Honey won't you open that door

I went downtown to see 'ol bob
Thought he was my friend
The landlord said that bob's not here
"The Police done hauled him in!"
I ran right back to little honey's house
I got me a rockin' chair
"now honey if you don't open that door
I'm gonna rock on away from here"
Honey, Honey
Honey won't you open that door
This is your sweet daddy don't you love me no more?
It's cold outside let me sleep on the floor
Honey won't you open that door

Honey (Honey)
Honey (Honey)
Honey (Honey)
Honey (Honey)
Honey won't you open that door?

"How Mountain Girls Can Love"

"How Mountain Girls Can Love"



Get down boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right never wrong
How mountain gals can love.

Ridin' the night in the high cold wind
On the trail of the old lonesome pine
Thinkin' of you,baby, feelin' so blue
Wonderin' why I left you behind.

Get down boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right never wrong
How mountain gals can love.

Remember the night we strolled down the lane
Our hearts were gay and happy then
You whispered to me as I held you close
We hoped the night would never end.

Get down boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right never wrong
How mountain gals can love.

Get down boys, go back home
Back to the girl you love
Treat her right never wrong
How mountain gals can love...

"Hummingbird"

"Hummingbird"



Got tired of livin' in that one horse town
When to the station flagged that hummingbird down
I didn't even call to say goodbye
I couldn't stand to see that little girl cry
Now I'm walkin' to the city gonna make my name
Those lights were callin' me to fortune and fame
I had to ride that hummingbird just let me ride that hummingbird
I'm gonna make it now just any day
I've got this guitar and I came to play
Lyin' here lonely knowin' what I lost
My heart keeps asking was it worth the cost
Now ain't it funny how that always seems
Once you're standing there and the grass ain't so green
Why did I ride that hummingbird why did I ride that hummingbird
Oh today she called me on the telephone
She said hey country boy you been gone too long
And now I'm standin' at the station looking down the line
Here comes that hummingbird and she's right on time
I'm gonna ride that hummingbird just let me ride that hummingbird
I'm gonna ride just let me ride that hummingbird