Roger Miller

"Tomorrow Night In Baltimore"

"Tomorrow Night In Baltimore"


Her head rolls back and forth
against the billows of her long black shiny hair
As she contemplates the ecstasy
of some other love that now she wished was there

If she could only realise that the love I have could beckon her command
Instead of laughing endlessly and pushing back advances with her hands

Every night I see her leaves a nightmare of illusions when she's gone
And it leaves a longing feeling in a man with a pain that lingers on

The gaudy goodbye can't replace the girlish giggle of her sweet hello
But tonight I've made my crumbled mind up that I'll never ever let her go

Too many nights I've watched her tease by shifting all her weight from hip to hip
And with her hands brush back the falling strands that cover up her satin lips

She struts upon the stage and her fallen victims are calling out for more
But she leaves them stranded helplessly and exits to her dressing room door

Tonight I'm gonna take her, I've infiltrated past the guarded door
But she just hurries by me carrying all those scanty costumes that she wore

And she asks a sawed off cigar smoking cat if he would open up the door
Then she told him to load the baggage because they open tomorrow night in Baltimore

God' if I have to crawl, I'm gonna be there tomorrow night in Baltimore

"Train Of Life"

"Train Of Life"


I sit alone at my table and watch all the others have fun
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track a watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future livin' on things that I've done
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track just a watchin' the mainline run
Train train oh let me ride don't leave me train of life train train

I got no one to call me their darling to hug me and call me their hon
I'm tired of sittin' on the side of track just a watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future...

"Trouble On The Turnpike"

"Trouble On The Turnpike"


Well it wasn't long ago that my true blue Sally
Said she's gettin' tired of livin' in the valley
Went to go back to Louisian' see Big Papa he's a gumbo man
Trouble on the turnpike trouble on the road
Trouble on the turnpike too big a load
Yeah ha-hoopa-do-ee goodbye valley for my Sally and me

Well to keep Sally happy I'll do what I can
To keep her that way takes a whole lot of man
A Louisiana woman is tired of California ain't enough gumbo here for me
Trouble on the turnpike...

"Under Your Spell Again"

"Under Your Spell Again"


You've got me, under your spell again
Saying those things again
I gotta take you back just one more time
I swore the last time that you let me down
that I wouldn't see you if you came around
But I can't tell my heart what is right or wrong
And I've been so lonely dear since you've been gone
You've got me, under your spell again
Saying those things again
You've got me dreaming those dreams again
Thinking those things again
I gotta take you back just one more time
You've got me, under your spell again
Saying those things again
You've got me dreaming those dreams again
Thinking those things again
I gotta take you back just one more time

"Vance"

"Vance"


He was born one mornin' it was cold and it was snowin'
And from the start he never had a chance
And though the doctors said he couldn't live his mama had some faith to give
And they brought him to her and his mama named him Vance
He was sick a long time then I used to sit by him
I'd rub his head he would squeeze my hand
But he never cried he'd grit his teeth and smile at me cause he couldn't speak
And that's when I began to respect the little man
And I think Vance was three right about then
He started school and one day he came home and at the doorway
I could tell the little man didn't want to come inside
He'd met a girl but her boyfriend Smitty
Had caught him walkin' home with her and nearly killed Vance
But then Vance never cried and the only thing that Smitty hurt was pride
And he said papa do you become a man when you're twenty one
And I said age doesn't make a man a man my son
He looked at me so puzzled with eyes so young and kind
And I think Vance was seven about that time
I guess they say that first love is the very best
At least it was with Vance cause he'd scratched Becky on his desk
But Becky went with Smitty and Vance was very small
And he used to dream what it'd be like to be tall
And then a few years later Vance came in one day
And told me and his mama that he had to go away
To be fitted for a uniform and though his mama shed a tear
He kissed her and said he'd see us in two years
And he looked at me and said papa I'm gonna be a man
Well two years to the day Vance came walkin' in the driveway
And I didn't recognize him from his size till he got near
He came in and he hugged his mama
And said hey papa little man wanna go with me somewhere and grab a beer
So we're sittin' at this table when this fella at the bar started buggin' Vance
Callin' him soldier but Vance kept his cool
And he said papa that guy is Smitty and he's to be pitied now
Cause that's the same guy that used to bully me in school
Then Smitty said the wrong thing when he brought up Becky's name
And Vance finally stood and said boy what did you say
And it did my heart so much good when Vance hit ole Smitty
And it took two of Smitty's friends to carry him away
Well Vance left the very next mornin' and it was cold and it was snowin'
And from the first life hadn't been much fun
But he had finally made a stand and he'd become a self made man
And incidentally he had just turned twenty one

"Walkin' In The Sunshine"

"Walkin' In The Sunshine"


Walking In the Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walking In The Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
La la la la la dee oh,
Whether the weather be rain or snow
Pretending can make it real
A snowy pasture, a green and grassy field
Walking In the Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walking In The Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
La la la la la dee oh,
Whether the weather be rain or snow
Pretending can make it real
A snowy pasture, a green and grassy field
Walking In the Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong
Think about a good time had a long time ago
Think about forgetting about your worries and your woes
Walking In The Sunshine, sing a little sunshine song
Walking In the Sunshine, singing a little sunshine song
Put a smile upon your face as if there's nothing wrong

"Wanda Iguana"

"Wanda Iguana"


Wanda Iguana and Tommy the Toad
They got together and went on the road
And they sang the songs of the heart and the land
And they had a pretty good band
And they played tootle it
Larry the Lizard and Lou Ladybug
Cute as a button and cutting a rug
And forming a circle and dancing around
They laughed so hard they both fell down
But they went
Bonny the Bluejay and his dad and mom
Flew two hundred miles to see Wanda and Tom
And they couldn't get close enough to even see the band
They turned around and didn't even land
But they heard

"Water Dog"

"Water Dog"


Oh I see you sittin' high upon the bank
You look at the little bit out of place don't you think
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
I see you clingin' to the cottonwood trunk
You lose your good fellow he got to get drunk
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
Oh now I see you sittin' in a big little bed
Think about the good times that we could've had
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog

I see fe fe fa fa fo fo fam I smell the breath of a guitar man
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
I say one two three six seven nineteen you beat any dadgum I ever seen
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
Well now I'm gonna look at you one more time and if it is the last time that'll be fine
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog

"What I'd Give To Be The Wind"

"What I'd Give To Be The Wind"


I watch the wind blow brown leaves to the ground
And blow along the sidewalks of this town
I can see the wind as it blew her hair
Time and time again
Oh what I'd give Lord to be the wind

Oh what I'd give to be the wind
To be free to leave this awful place I'm in
It's hopeless "cos I haven't got a penny
Or a friend
Oh what I'd give Lord to be the wind

This same wind tomorrow will be gone
To blow across the cottonfields of home
It will gently touch the lovely face I long to touch again
Oh what I'd give Lord to be the wind
Oh what I'd give to be the wind...