Buck Owens

[fox69]

"How Long Will My Baby Be Gone"

"How Long Will My Baby Be Gone"



How long is forever
How soon is now or never
How long will these heartaches linger on
And how long will my baby, be gone.

How wide is the notion
How deep is the devotion
How long do these sleepless nights go on
And how long will my baby, be gone.

For I could never understand
How she could turn to another man.

How much does a heart ache
How deep is a heartbreak
How long do these sleepless nights go on
And how long will my baby, be gone.

For I could never understand
How she could turn to another man.

How much does a heart ache
How deep is a heartbreak
How long do these sleepless nights go on
And how long will my baby,
How long will my baby, be gone...

 

[fox69]

"Hurry Come Running Back To Me"

"Hurry Come Running Back To Me"



I've done everything I could to make you happy
Yes, I've given everything that I could use
But the best I had to offer couldn't hold you
You just couldn't seem to live the way I do.

For the glamor of the gay night life is calling
And it won't be long till you will set me free
But if your happy days should end and if lonely nights begin
Hurry come running back to me

Come running back to my two open arms
Come running back to my two wailing lips
If your happy days should end and if lonely nights begin
Hurry come running back to me.
Hurry come running back to me...

 

[fox69]

"Hurtin' Like I've Never Hurt Before"

"Hurtin' Like I've Never Hurt Before"


Yes, I'm hurtin' like I've never hurt before.

Well, every place I look I see a trail of broken hearts
Bill and Bob and Joe still wear your mark
And everybody's talking 'bout the things you did to Jim
Oh, if this is love please give it back to him.

You've got me too upset to weep too wound up to sleep
Waitin' for your knock upon my door
You've got me starin' at the skies chasin' butterflies
Hurtin' like I've never hurt before.

[Instrumental]

Well, I've been a lot of places and I've seen a lot of things
Many broken hearts and shattered dreams
I've bragged of many conquest of how love fell at my feet
Oh, is this really happening to me.

You've got me too upset to weep too wound up to sleep
Waitin' for your knock upon my door
You've got me starin' at the skies chasin' butterflies
Hurtin' like I've never hurt before.

Yes, I'm hurtin' like I've never hurt before...

 

[fox69]

"I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This A Way"

"I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This A Way"


I ain't a gonna be treated this a way
I'm gonna lay the law down here today
If you don't take on big transition
Your gonna see a change in my disposition.
'Cause I ain't a gonna be treated this a way.

Well, the time has come to face up to the truth
Who's gonna wear the pants here me or you
You'd better jumps when I say
Fro yessir nosir that ain't all
'Cause I ain't a gonna be treated this a way.

Well, I ain't a gonna be treated this a way
I'm gonna lay the law down here today
If you don't take on big transition
Your gonna see a change in my disposition.
'Cause I ain't a gonna be treated this a way.

[Instrumental]

Well, there'll be no more that workin' late at night
If it happens just as sure there's gonna be a fight
If you don't shape up our ship out
I go on a first train movin' south
'Cause I ain't a gonna be treated this a way.

Well, I ain't a gonna be treated this a way
I'm gonna lay the law down here today
If you don't take on big transition
Your gonna see a change in my disposition.
'Cause I ain't a gonna be treated this a way.

No, I ain't a gonna be treated this a way...

 

[fox69]

"I Always Get A Souvenir"

"I Always Get A Souvenir"


I'm not a stamp collector but I've got a hobby too
Bringin' home a souvenir, trinkets old and new
Feathers from a rooster fight, a whistle from a fair
I always get a souvenir to prove that I was there.

Well, I've got a piece of silky thread from bashful Mary's gown
A nugget from a stream of gold and a red nose from a clown
A horseshoe from a rodeo, a claw from a bear
Well, I always get a souvenir to prove that I was there.

I always get a souvenir everywhere I go
Well, I've got some little something from every girl I know
A pair of fuzzy bobby socks, a lock of curly hair
I always get a souvenir to prove that I was there.

[Instrumental]

Well, I took a burned out piston from a winning racer car
Well, I've even got a G string from Gene Sheppard's guitar
I've collected everything, soap to silverware
I always get a souvenir to prove that I was there.

Well, now I'm not bragging when I say with women I have dealt
Well, you can tell I've been there by the notches on my belt
Yes, I've collected different things from every love affair
I always get a souvenir to prove that I was there.

I've got a fine collection but you're my pride and joy
You're the one I like the best, you make me a happy boy
To trade you for a million things hon, I wouldn't dare
'Cause you and me are gonna get me another souvenir...

 

[fox69]

"I Am A Rock"

"I Am A Rock"


A winters day in a deep and dark December
I am alone gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I am a rock, I am an island.

[Instrumental]

I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship
Friendship causes pain
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain
I am a rock, I am an island.

[Instrumental]

Don't talk of love
Well, I've heard the word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber
Of feelings that have died
If I'd never loved,
I never would have cried
I am a rock, I am an island

I have my books and my poetry to protect me
I'm shielded in my armour
Hiding in my room safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock, I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries...

 

[fox69]

"I Betcha Didn't Know"

"I Betcha Didn't Know"


Well, I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know that I was gonna love you so
I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know I ain't never gonna let you go.

Well, I can tell by that look in your eyes
That there's somethin' you're wantin' to say
You done found somebody new
And now you wanna go away.

Well, I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know that I was gonna love you so
I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know I ain't never gonna let you go.

[Instrumental]

Well, I ain't a been hanging around for my health
'Cause you're rough on a good man's heart
And you better postpone all of your pains
'Cause we ain't never gonna part.

Well, I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know that I was gonna love you so
I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know I ain't never gonna let you go.

[Instrumental]

Well, there ain't no use in you a squirmin' around
And lookin' at me that a way
For I ain't never gonna let you go
And I really mean what I say.

Well, I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know that I was gonna love you so
I betcha didn't know
I betcha didn't know I ain't never gonna let you go.

No, I ain't never gonna let you go...

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Stop My Loving You"

"I Can't Stop My Loving You"


You turn your head
Each time I meet you
On the street
I brush your arm
As you pass by
But you won't speak
I call you on
The telephone
But can't get through
But I, can't stop my loving you.

Can't sleep at night
Can't hold you tight
Since this loneliness
Replaced the love we knew
I still hang around
Though you turned me down
For I, can't stop my loving you.

[Instrumental]

So many times
I've tried to find
Somebody new
To feel again
The feeling
I once felt with you
Though some one else
Is doin' things
I used to do
I can't, stop my loving you.

Can't sleep at night
Can't hold you tight
Since this loneliness
Replaced the love we knew
I still hang around
Though you turned me down
For I, can't stop my loving you...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today"

"I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today"


I don't believe I'll fall in love today
For if I did I know I wouldn't stay
I just can't make my heart find someone new
It's always much too busy lovin' you

[Chorus:]
Each night I pray I'll wake at dawn and find
Another in my heart and on my mind
Then I'll awake and hear my poor heart say
That I don't believe I'll fall in love today

[Instrumental]

I don't believe I'll fall in love today
Old memories of you stand in the way
You come between us like you always do
Somehow they never measure up to you

[Chorus:]
Each night I pray I'll wake at dawn and find
Another in my heart and on my mind
Then I awake and hear my poor heart say
That I don't believe I'll fall in love today...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)"

"I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)"


Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
I don't care if the bells don't chime
Just as long as you love me.
And I don't care if the tops don't spin
I don't care if the gins won't gin
Just as long as you love me.

So darling let it rain, let it snow
Let the cold north wind blow
Just as long as you love me.
North or south east or west
You know I will stand the test
Just as long as you love me.

[Instrumental]

Well, I don't care if the birds don't sing
I don't care if the bells don't ring
Just as long as you love me.
I don't care if the world don't turn
I don't care if the fire don't burn
Just as long as you love me.

So darling let it rain, let it snow
Let the cold north wind blow
Just as long as you love me.
North or south east or west
You know I will stand the test
Just as long as you love me.

Oh darling, just as long as you love me...