Roger Miller

[fox69]

"The Man Who Stayed In Monterey"

"The Man Who Stayed In Monterey"


Dusty streets stare at me
Looking like a daytime nightmare
I should shave, try to save
Something of the man that's still there
Not much left to say, of the man who stayed in Monterey
The stucco stores' open doors
Gape across the square and wonder
As this mans trembling hands
Tilt the bag his bottles under
Things are looking grey, for the man who stayed in Monterey
Honey, darling, sweetheart, precious angel, little dove
The man who left you is looking pretty grim
Hypnotising, paralysing wine is my new love
'Cos it makes your memory soft and dim
Now I walk from the park
Bleary eyed and droopy shouldered
Scruffy shoes, flopping loose
I know I'm looking tired and older
One more empty day, for the man who stayed in Monterey
Photographs in my lap
Sparkling colours rush up to me
From the page, brown with age
All these things I keep are truly
Flowers on the grave, of the man who stayed in Monterey
Flowers on the grave, of the man who stayed in Monterey

 

[fox69]

"The Moon Is High (And So Am I)"

"The Moon Is High (And So Am I)"


Well the moon is high and so am I the stars are out and so will I be pretty soon
And I can tell you're mad at me there you stand tellin' me goodbye
And I say no you can't go I love you so much I can't let you get away
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone
Uhhuhhuh love don't leave me don't leave me laying here
This ground is cold and chilly really don't leave your charming Billy
Way out here you hear well the moon is high and so am I
The stars are out and so will I be pretty soon
But come the dawn and it will dawn on me you're gone
Well the moon is high and so am I...

 

[fox69]

"The Riddle"

"The Riddle"


He's the riddle what has two eyes that cry constantly
For your love you guessed it's me
He's the riddle who has two arms that long deseprately
For your love you guessed it's me
And your love was once all the treasure I'd known now that's gone
Gone on wings of a wild dream now I'm all alone
One more riddle what has one heart that beats faithfully
For your love you guessed it's me

And your love was once...

 

[fox69]

"The Tom Green County Fair"

"The Tom Green County Fair"


You know it's funny how certain things stick with you thru the years,
Like how it fells to be ten years old at the County fair

Hotdog stand,
When you're hungry hotdogs smell so doggone grand
Hoppin' thru the sawdust, runnin' with my brothers
Head to toe we're smilin', at the Tom Greene county fair

Rodeo,
Tom Greene county fairs got one fine rodeo
The cowboys are the greatest, the clown he is so funny
You bust your britches laughing, at the Tom Greene county fair

Well a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're ten years old

Ferris Wheel,
Just like an airplane in the sky, that's how you feel
Look down and see the people, wave your arms and holler
Everybody's laughing at the Tom Greene county fair

Night time comes,
Up there on the bandstand we see Billy Swan
Everybody's clappin', Mum and Pop are dancin'
Sawdust is a flyin', at the Tom Greene county fair

Well a Sunday at the fair can make a memory more valuable than gold
Especially when you're ten years old

Time to go,
The pickup truck it rattles down the gravel road
And all of us kids sit backwards, lookin' thru the dustcloud
At the lights and the laughter at the Tom Greene county fair

well step right up and see the three eyed malarkey brothers
smoking one big round cigar fresh from Havana,
see the one legged chicken do the footrace with a sack of....

 

[fox69]

"The Twelfth Of Never"
(originally by Johnny Mathis)

"The Twelfth Of Never"
(originally by Johnny Mathis)



You ask how much I love you must I explain
I need you oh my darling like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you I'll tell you true
Until the 12th of Never I'll still be loving you
Hold me close never let me go hold me close melt my heart like April snow
I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhymes
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time

 

[fox69]

"The Yester Waltz"

"The Yester Waltz"


The yester waltz
Is just a waltz
Somebody played
Some yesterday
And when it played
It made someone cry
And that someone always
Remembers when it plays
The sadness of the yester waltz

The yester waltz
Is just a waltz
Somebody played
Some yesterday
And when it played
It made someone cry
And that someone always
Remembers when it plays
The sadness of the yester waltz

The yester waltz
Is just a waltz
Somebody played
Some yesterday
And when it played
It made someone cry
And that someone always
Remembers when it plays
The sadness of the yester waltz

The yester-waltz

 

[fox69]

"There I Go Dreamin'"

"There I Go Dreamin'"


Well I guess I better go and sit down by the phone
She's about call me say she's alone
I wish she could come back again ah there I go dreamin' again
Here I sit waitin' for the mail to run to bring me a letter from a sweet sweet one
But deep inside I know it pretend there I go dreamin' again
Yeah there I go makin' up things in my mind things like our love didn't end
But sure me alone that says my lonely heart can't pretend now and then
Sittin' here waitin' for the mail to run to bring me a letter from a sweet sweet one
But deep inside I know it pretend there I go dreamin' again

Yeah there I go makin' up things...
Yeah there I go dreamin' again I'm just a silly fool there I go dreamin' again
There I go dreamin again what a fool I am

 

[fox69]

"There's Nobody Like You"

"There's Nobody Like You"


The way you make love to me matches up perfectly
With pictures that I've always carried around in my mind
Honey you got it all
There's nobody like you, I just don't love you, that's all

And I try to make love to you to match it all perfectly
With pictures that you'd always carried around in your mind
But I couldn't make the fall
There's nobody like you, I just don't love you, that's all

And I'd rather hurt myself
Than to ever cause you pain
I feel like I'm stealing away with the sunshine
Leaving you stuck in the rain

The way you make love to me matches up perfectly
With pictures that I've always carried around in my mind
Honey you got it all
There's nobody like you, I just don't love you, that's all
And l'd rather hurt myself

 

[fox69]

"This Town"

"This Town"


Well if you ever want to get depressed just come to this town
Nothing to do from dinner to breakfast in this town
Four street lights and one old grocery I ain't long to stay here no siree
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
I've seen towns but no town's as bad as this town
It don't take long to feel lowdown in this town
Soon cotton's gone opened up and I'm gonna pick it
Just long enough to make enough to buy myself a ticket
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
Here I stand on the dusty road leavin' this town
A hoping that dog ain't got a full load leavin' this town
The state built new routes just for travel they got the pavement and we got the gravel
That's the reason everythin's dying around here in this town
Well there's lots of sunshine very little hay in this town
The mail don't run but every other day in this town
Four street lights and one old grocery I ain't long to stay here no siree
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
Well we don't reap we don't sow in this town
Things are so bad that the weeds won't grow in this town
One two three four five six seven this town can go to one place I'm goin' to heaven
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
(pa pa pa pa)

 

[fox69]

"Tips Of My Fingers"

"Tips Of My Fingers"


I reached out my arms and i touched you
With soft words I whispered your name
I held you right on the tip of my fingers
But that was as close as I came

My eyes had a vision of sweet lips
Yielding beneath my command
I had your love on the tips of my fingers
But I let it slip right through my hands
I let it slip right through my hands

Somebody took you when I wasn't looking
And I should have known from the start
It's a long long way from the tips of my fingers
To the love hidden deep in your heart