Charley Pride

[Torrent Maniak]

Poor Boy Like Me

Poor Boy Like Me

She grew up in the backwood country found her dreams in movie magazines
Now she's gone looking for her castle what chance is there for a poor boy like me
City lights oh you took my darling and the love that she promised me
After wine and big city parties what chance is there for a poor boy like me

Sold my house to Raverend Smith last Sunday left my farm with Abraham McGee
Had to go and rescue my darling from the life like your city folks lead
I found her dressed in fancy silks and satin spending money like it grew on trees
Living high in a big white mansion what chance is there for a poor boy like me
What chance is there for a poor boy like me

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Pretty House For Sale

Pretty House For Sale

Well hello there come on in I'm expecting you my friend
Yes you came to see the house that is for sale
All the neighbors are so fine they're the friendly helpfull kind
There's so many extras here that you'll enjoy
See the fireplace in the den have the bar she had filled in
And the paintings aren't they pretty on the wall
All the curtains and the shades all she had them custom made
You can have them don't want nothing left at all
A home where love once lived and died where a million mem'ries hide
It revolves to talk a story they could tell
Now a stranger came to town and my world came tumbling down
Now our home is just a pretty house for sale
[ steel ]
A home where love once lived...
Yes our home is just a pretty house for sale

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Put Back My Ring On Your Hand

Put Back My Ring On Your Hand

I had the world in my hand when you were in my arms
And our love seems to grow everyday
Then like a fool I wasn't true brought shame and hurt to you
Now the time has come for me to pay
Now the whole world is empty without you you're my life my dreams and my plans
I'll do anything to make it up to you and put back my ring on your hand
[ fiddle ]
There was a time I made you cry each time you said goodbye
And walked away leaving me all alone
I broke your heart hurt your pride and now you're not here by my side
Now I see I've done the same thing to me
Now the whole world is empty...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Right To Do Wrong

Right To Do Wrong

You gave me every right to love you now you prefer that I leave you alone
You push me away from you and every time you do
You're giving me the right to do wrong
You don't seem to notice that I need you if you care at all it's never shown
Each time you wound my pride by pushing me aside
You're giving me the right to do wrong
By causing me to turn to nameless faces for a love that I can't find at home
By forcing me to look in other places you're giving me the right to do wrong
Perhaps the day will come when you want me
But you'll find the love I had for you is gone
Then while I'll live in shame you can share the blame
Forgiving me the right to do wrong forgiving me the right to do wrong

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Roll On Mississippi

Roll On Mississippi

Walking along, whistling a song, bare foot and fancy free
A big riverboat, passing us by, she's headed for New Orleans
There she goes, disappearing around a bend
Roll on Mississippi, you make me feel like a child again

Cool river breeze, like peppermint leaves, the taste of it takes me back
Chewing on a straw, torn overalls, can't hold an old straw hat
Muddy river, just like a long lost friend
Roll on Mississippi, you make me feel like a child again

Roll on Mississippi, big river roll
You're the childhood dream, I grew up on
Roll on Mississippi, carry me home
Now I can see I've been away too long
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on

When the world's spinning round, too fast for me, I need a place to dream
So I come to your banks, I sit in your shade, and relive the memories
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Roll on Mississippi, you make me feel like a child again

Roll on Mississippi, big river roll
You're the childhood dream that I grew up on
Roll on Mississippi, carry me home
Now I can see I've been away too long
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on

Mississippi roll on
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on
Roll on, Mississippi, roll on

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Searching For The Morning Sun

Searching For The Morning Sun

Standin' in a pouring rain on a cold Chicago day
A worn and battered suitcase in my hand
Watch the trains pullin' in and out the people are rushin' about
Wondering what goes to the making of a man
Searching for the morning sun and anyplace and everyone
Lord I've got a troubled mind looking for something that I might never find
[ ac.guitar ]
Sittin' on a crowded train a ticket in my right hand
Nothing but confussion on my mind
Now there's been several towns thought I'd lay my wandering down
I tried 'em once then I left them all behind
Searching for the morning sun...
Searching for the morning sun..
Looking for something that I might never find

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Seven Years With A Wonderful Woman

Seven Years With A Wonderful Woman

Tonight as I lie here I'm sleepless any thoughts are flooding my mind
They're thoughts of peace and not trouble peace of a wonderful kind
Peace that I have a good woman a woman whom I adore
Tonight is our anniversary we were wed seven years ago
Seven years with a wonderful woman seven years with a love that won't end
Seven years with a wonderful woman will inspire any poor man
[ fiddle - steel ]
The moon sends its beams through our window they dance on your angel like face
They tell me you're God's gift from heaven a gift of his wonderful grace
I'll just slip out of bed while you sleep dear and bow with my knees to the floor
To thank God for seven years with you and to pray for seventy more
Seven years with a wonderful woman...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

She Loves Me The Way That I Love You

She Loves Me The Way That I Love You

She's the closest thing to happiness I found since losing you
My chance to live and love again just someone that I turn to
No I can't love her completely she knows what I'm going through
Cause she loves me the way that I love you
She's all the strenght I'll ever need to get me over you
She'll help me make you someone in the past that I once knew
She's beside me when I need her and these arms she'll never use
Cause she loves me the way that I love you
She wants me to want her the way that I want you
But now she's just someone to help me ease the hurt you put me through
No she won't erase your footprints but in time she'll fill your shoes
Cause she loves me the way that I love you
No she won't erase your footprints...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

She Made Me Go

She Made Me Go

Everybody thinks that I walked out on her they're calling me a no good so and so
Why can I make them see that though I walked away
I didn't want to leave she made me go
What makes them think I'll give up everything I love
There's a lot of things that they don't know
I've been accused of everything she's guilty of I didn't want to leave she made me go
She told everyone I didn't want to stay but I'll tell you her story isn't so
I'd give anything if it were that way I didn't want to leave she made me go
[ fiddle ]
With her act I guess that she has fooled the town
With her phoney tips she's quite a show
My heart tells me that I'm the biggest fool around
Cause I love her though she made me go
She told everyone...
I didn't want to leave she made me go

 

[Torrent Maniak]

She's As Close As I Can Get To Loving You

She's As Close As I Can Get To Loving You

Her hair should be a little darker and her eyes should be a deeper blue
She's not perfect but I'm happy I found her
Cause she's as close as I can get to loving you
She doesn't know she's being used and it would break her heart in two
If she knew that she was playing the part I planned for you
I should be ashamed to love her the way that I do
But she's as close as I can get to loving you
[ piano ]
You'd've prove of the way that she dresses
From her ear-rings to the style of her shoes
I conquer everything that I remember and she's as close as I can get to loving you
She doesn't know she's being used...
But she's as close as I can get to loving you