Conway Twitty

"Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"

"Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"


Hey!
Hello baby, Conway here
Let me lay this in your ear
Get ready to go
We gonna roll about sundown

I got some boogie woogie music
On the old 8-track
Yeah, I got the top laid back
We'll go cruisin'
We'll go foolin' around

Well here I am baby, ready to play
Slide it on in, we'll slip away
We gotta get it, we ain't got a minute to waste

I got a 6-pack of longnecks
In the trunk on ice
Oohh - but, you sure look nice
Makes me want to hug you
And kiss you all over your face

It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
You ain't had much till you
Been touched in the moonlight
You feel it most when you get
Real close and you hold on tight
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night

Stars in your eyes, wind in your hair
Oh, what a down home love affair
When we go out walkin'
We know what we're talkin' about

Listen to the wipperwills
How they sing
Just like us, they doin' their thin'
We know what we got
When the night gets hot down south

It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
You ain't had much till you
Been touched in the moonlight
You feel it most when you get
Real close and you hold on tight
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night

It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
You ain't had much till you
Been touched in the moonlight
You feel it most when you get
Real close and you hold on tight
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night

laugh... HEY!
eat your heart out children
laugh ...you know I love you
(red neckin', love makin' night)
now don't wreck-in my phone son
let him in there
hey, hey, hey
(hold on tight)
(ah yes)

It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
You ain't had much till you
Been touched in the moonlight
You feel it most when you get
Real close and you hold on tight
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night
It's a red-neckin', love-makin' night...

"Reelin' And A Rockin'"

"Reelin' And A Rockin'"


Some-times I will, then again I think I won't.
Some-times I will, then again I think I won't.
Some- times I do, then again I think I don't.

Well, I looked at my watch it was nine twenty one
'twas at a rock 'n' roll dance havin' nothin' but fun.
We were rollin' reelin' and a- rockin'.
We were reelin' and a- rockin' and rollin' till the break of dawn.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was nine thirty-two,
There's nothin' I'd rather do than dance with you.
We were rollin', reelin' and a-rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was nine forty-three,
And every time I'd spin, she'd spin with me.
We were reelin', reelin' and a-rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was nine fifty-four,
I said, "Dance ballerina girl, go, go, go!"
We were rollin, reelin' and a-rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten o-five,
Man, I didn't know whether I was dead or alive!
But I was rollin', reelin' and a-rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten twenty-six,
But I'm a keep on dancin' till I got my kicks!
We were reelin', reelin' and a- rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten twenty-eight,
I gotta get my kicks before it gets too late!
We were reelin', reelin' and a- rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten twenty-nine,
I had to hold her hand, she was still holdin' mine!
We were reelin', reelin' and a-rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, and to my surprise,
I was dancin' with a woman who was twice my size!
We were reelin', reelin' and a-rockin'.

Well, I looked at my watch, and it was time to go,
The band leader said, "We ain't playin' no mo'!"
We were reelin', reelin', and a-rockin'...

"Release Me"

"Release Me"


[Loretta:]
Release me darlin', let me go.
I don't love you anymore.
To live together is a sin.
Release me and let me love again.

[Conway:]
Oh, I have found a new love dear.
And I'll always want her near.
Her lips are warm while yours are cold.
Release me, darling, let me go.

[Both:]
Please release me, let me go.
I don't love you anymore.
To live together is a sin.
Release me and let me love again.

Please release me, let me go.
I don't love you anymore.
To live together is a sin.
Release me and let me love again...

"Rest Your Love On Me"
(originally by Bee Gees)

"Rest Your Love On Me"
(originally by Bee Gees)



Maybe you don't know me any more than I know you
And I wouldn't blame you if you walked away
I've been watching you all evening with those teardrops in your eyes
And it touches me much more than I can say
You know I hate to think that someone could have hurt someone like you
And if I was him I'd be right by your side

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me a while
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me a while

Saw you in the corner from the moment I walked in
Saw your lonely face across the room
No I won't forget you and the way it could have been
Why'd you have to leave so soon
You know I hate to think there's someone you loved instead of me
'Cause at times like this I'd be right by your side

Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me a while
Lay your troubles on my shoulder
Put your worries in my pocket
Rest your love on me a while

"Restless"

"Restless"


Restless, oh, I was so restless
Oh, what I could do
And all the time though I didn't know it
Oh, I was in love with you.

Lonely, oh, I was so lonely
Oh, why, why I was blue
And all the time that I didn't know it
Oh, I was in love with you.

Restless and lonely, something was wrong
My life was not complete
Searching for something I did not know what
Until you came to me.

Restless, oh, I was so restless
Oh, what I could do
And all the time though I didn't know it
Oh, I was in love with you...

"Reuben James"

"Reuben James"


Reuben James in my song you'll live again
And the phrases that I rhyme
Are just the footsteps out of time
From the time when I knew you, Reuben James.

Reuben James all the folks
Around Madison Caunty cussed your name
Just a no count sharecroppin' colored man
Who'd steal anything that he can
And they always laid the blame on, Reuben James.

Reuben James you still walk
The furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt the wrinkled brow
The calloused hand upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now, Reuben James.

Flora Gray the gossip of Madison County died with the child
And although your skin was black
You were the one who didn't turn your back
On a hungry white child with no name, Reuben James.

Reuben James with your mind on my soul
And Bible in your right hand
You said turn the other cheek
There's a better world waitin' for the meek
In my mind these words remain from, Reuben James.

Reuben James you still walk
The furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt the wrinkled brow
The calloused hand upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now, Reuben James.

Reuben James one cold dark day
They brought you from the fields
And that lonely pinebox came
Just a preacher me and the rain
To sing one last refrain for, Reuben James.

Reuben James you still walk
The furrowed fields of my mind
The faded shirt the wrinkled brow
The calloused hand upon the plow
I loved you then and I love you now, Reuben James...

"Ribbon Of Darkness"

"Ribbon Of Darkness"


Ribbon of darkness over me
Since my true love walked out the door
Tears I never cried before
Ribbon of darkness over me.

Clouds're gathering o'er my head
It chills the day and hides the sun
And shrouds the night when day is done
Ribbon of darkness over me.

Rain is fallin' on the meadow
Where once my love and I did lie
Now she's gone from the meadow
My love goodbye.

Ribbon of darkness over me
Where once the world was young as spring
Where clouds're bloomin' birds did sing
Ribbon of darkness over me.

In this cold room lying
Don't want to see no one but you
Lord I wish I could be dying
To forget you.

How I wish your heart could see
My mind just takes the breaks of day
Come on back and take away
Ribbon of darkness over me.

Come on back and take away
Ribbon of darkness over me...

"Right In The Palm Of Your Hand"

"Right In The Palm Of Your Hand"


A willin' woman
A willin' man
A five room house
And a wedding band
Believer, believer.

Once it begins
You know it don't take long
Til like two people in a heartbreak song
And wonder, I wonder.

Ain't it just like a woman
Yeah, and ain't it just like a man
Chasin' the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand.

We can't take back those things we said
So we watch it pass in seperate beds
Changing, were changing.
Too little love and too much pride
You won't give in and neither will I
We're like children, children.

Ain't it just like a woman
Yeah, and ain't it just like a man
Chasing the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand.

Feet on the floor, holding my head
Sitting alone on the edge of the bed
I been thinking, thinking.
Trying to find where we went wrong
I turned around Lord, and you were gone
It's over, it's over.

Ain't it just like a woman
Yeah, and ain't it just like a man
Chasing the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand.

Ain't it just like a woman
Oh, and ain't it just like a man
Chasing the rainbow and looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand.

Right in the palm of your hand.

Right in the palm of your hand...

"Rising Above It All"

"Rising Above It All"


I can't count the times because of me your heart's been broken
And I have seen you hurt because of angry words I've spoken
But somehow you always knew when I hurt you I never meant to
We keep rising above it all like the sun on wings of morning
And the hurt can't make us fall we keep rising above it all
I have seen the pain that brought your eyes to overflowing
Oh and I've been so ashamed but then you have your way of knowing
Through it all you could still see you and me the way it should be
We keep rising above it all...
We keep rising above it all...