Charley Pride

[Torrent Maniak]

Old Photographs

Old Photographs

Here is one that we took one Sunday afternoon I remember it was in the summer time
On the back it says eight eleven sixty five the same day you promised to be mine
But old pictures have a way of fading like a love that wasn't meant to be
Still each night I dig out the family album but old photographs sure get to me

[ piano ]
Here it is it's the last one that we took together
Though it's faded a little more than the rest
I suppose it's because of all the tearstains on it
Bit it's the one that to me you look the best
Yes old pictures have a way...
Yes old photographs sure get to me

 

[Torrent Maniak]

On The Southbound

On The Southbound

Well I woke up this morning when the cold Chicago wind
Blew my newspaper blanket off my back
Through my dirty broken window the grey sun filtered in
As I dreamed about the Southbound railroad track
I could almost hear the crickets in a sleepy cottonfield
As daddy drove our vagon to Virgin
But today I'd give a fortune for a twenty five cent meal
And I wish I was a country boy again
So let me ride on the Southbound
Back to where I came from I don't care or where I am
So let me ride on the Southbound and put me off somewhere near Birmingham
[ steel ]
What happened to my vision of a mansion on a hill
And the fame and fortune I came here to win
I've got nothing but the roaches running cross my window sill
And I wish I was a country boy again
So let me ride ...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Once Again

Once Again

The telephone rings and I tremble knowing what it means if I talk to you
Your sweet lips still whisper darling I love you and need you
And once again I'll do the things I shouldn't do
And once again I'll come to you my heart just won't let go
When you whisper my name I lose all control
And once again I'll leave my world behind and rush to you and then
I'll be happy till I leave you once again
[ guitar ]
The price we paid for love is almost too high
But I can't find the strenght to end it all
Anytime that thought awakes I could tell you then forget the minute when I hear your call
Once again I'll reach heaven in your loving arms
Only you could ever make me feel this way
And once again I'll face the bitter sweetness of your goodbye tears
And I'll live for when I see you once again yes I'll live for when I see you once again

 

[Torrent Maniak]

One Mile More

One Mile More

Old beatup suitcase on the platform a train ticket in my hand
And a train just arrivin' that'll take me as far as fourteen dollars can
But a train won't take me far enough it never has before
I gotta find how far a memory reaches and then go one mile more
I ain't never found a mountain that was high enough or a hole too dark and deep
Cause if I lose her mem'ry in a bottle of wine then she'll find me in my sleep
[ ac.guitar ]
I think of me and that old suitcase the places we both been
All the rails and jails and the cheap hotels and now we're gone again
And when I'll ride my money up and they won't let me ride no more
Then I'll wait by the track for a slow movin' freight and watch for an open door
I ain't never found a mountain...
Then she'll find me in my sleep then she'll find me in my sleep

 

[Torrent Maniak]

One Of These Days

One Of These Days

One of these days one of these days
I'll spend more time with you I'll do more things for you
To show you how much I love you one of these days
One of these days one of these days
When our children can share us when our duties can spare us
And our problems fade away one of these days
One of these days one of these days
When my job don't demand me and my work leaves some time free
When our fortune is made one of these days
[ steel ]
One of these days one of these days
Till then please believe me and don't ever leave me
Believe me when I say one of these days one of these days

 

[Torrent Maniak]

One On One

One On One

And when it's one on one she's a different kind of girl
In a lovin' kind of world where our own private day has just begun
And when it's one on one after all the daily grind
I'm the one thing on her mind when she whispers now it's one on one

She likes to have attentions and she gets it everywhere she ever goes
She loves crowds and noisy parties goin' out at night and wearin' sexy clothes
She's a lady every minute if she's working hard or out just having fun
But through it all I know she's thinking bout the time when it gets down to one on one
And when it's one on one...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

One Time

One Time

Tell me again how much you love me and that you're contented in these arms of mine
Tell me there's been no one else before me say you've only loved this way one time
Even if somebody else has kissed you say you've only known these lips of mine
Even if I'm not the first to hold you say you've only loved one time

[ steel ]
If you knew someone before I found you always keep it from this heart of mine
Never let it show when I'm around you say you've only loved this way one time
Even if somebody else...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Pirogue Joe

Pirogue Joe


Down in Louisiana where the bayou blows
Lives a little man called Pirogue Joe
He wears a red shirt and a pole cat cap
And when he walks his gum boots flip flop flap

He's got a puppet on a string and a trick yo-yo
And a pup in his pocket called Tee Me Moe
He puts on a show everywhere he goes
That's why they love little Pirogue Joe

[musical interlude]

He's fast as a lightening quick as a cat
He can out run the best musk rat
He can make a pirogue go go go
That's why they call him Pirogue Joe

He's a happy go lucky son of a gun
He always has a lot of fun
He laughs and jokes everywhere he goes
That's why they love little Pirogue Joe

[musical interlude]

He's got a spot where he likes to go
The girls all dance with Pirogue Joe
He swings them high to a doe si doe
Down where they do the fain doe doe

Eats po'boy shrimp drinks strawberry wine
Dance all night have a good time
They all keep time to the fiddler's bow
That's why they love little Pirogue Joe

[muslcal interlude to fade]

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Place For The Lonesome

Place For The Lonesome

There's a place just down the street for the lonesome
Where the sad and broken hearts come in
To pay a little Gypsy woman a dollar she'll tell me how to start a new life again
Goin' down to that place for the lonesome
Have my future read from the palm of my hand
Please tell me good news Gypsy woman that my sweet love's a comin' home again
God only knows of my big trouble I thought I had a true love a love that'll never end
Heaven only knows how much I miss her Gypsy woman say she's comin' home again
[ piano ]
When she left last night in walked sorrow with the pain so great I can hardly stand
Maybe there will be a brighter tomorrow Gypsy woman will she be home again
God only knows...
Gypsy woman will she be home again

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Play Guitar Play

Play Guitar Play


C Play, guitar play.... Take me back.... to yes-terday... G Gm let me see... cotton growin'... in the fields.... C Let me hear... my momma callin'... "Look a yon-der y'all who's comin'! G F C Down the road, he's comin' home!".... but they know i never will. G F C I left them livin' with that awful thang i done.... G F G Gm I didn't tell them I just packed my clothes and run.... C Play... Guitar play... Help me through... another day. G Gm Help me make... another dollar... before I go....... C We got time... for one more song... then we'll have... to move along... G F C another town... another crowd... Lord I wonder if they know... G F C Can they read between the lines in my songs... G F G Gm as i sing about a good boy, that went wrong... F C Guitar we got years to kill... F C Got to climb that distant hill... F C I wonder if they think of me............ Guitar play....