Charley Pride

[Torrent Maniak]

Anywhere (just Inside Your Arms)

Anywhere (just Inside Your Arms)


There are places to go where the cold north wind blows
Mountain's tall and the seashore have its charms
But the best place for me darling where I want to be
Is anywhere just inside your arms
Anywhere just inside your arms to be with you is where I want to be
Just as long as you're there then darling I won't care anywhere just inside your arms
[ fiddle ]
If you like gay Paris Mexico or Tennessee where I want to go please let me tag along
Anywhere in this land I just wanna be your man anywhere just inside your arms
Anywhere just inside...
Yes anywhere just inside your arms

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Apartment No.9

Apartment No.9

Just follow the stairway to this lonely world of mine
You'll find me waiting here in Apartment No 9
Not so very long ago you walked away from me
And after all the plans we made you decided to be free
Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me
And the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9
[ piano - steel ]
I'll keep waiting in this lonely room just in case you change your mind
You'll find me waiting here in apartment No 9
Loneliness surrounds me...
And the sun will never shine in Apartment No 9

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Atlantic Coastal Line

Atlantic Coastal Line

Everybody calls me Bo I got no money but I hold my row
Some folks say I'm just a no good kind
But I can ride for miles in old boxcar smoke cigarettes butts and used cigars
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Hear that lonesome whistle whine smell that perfume of Georgia pines
See that big moon roll above hobo's life is a life I love
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Well I had me a woman in Albany but a rowdy way's made a wreck of me
I had to get away before I lost my mind
But as long as this rattler takes me around there ain't one woman gonna tie me down
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Hear that lonesome whistle whine Alabama and Caroline
Florida Georgia Tennessee hobo's life is a life for me
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
I make my coffee in a can this hobo ain't worried man
Morning sun greets me with the shine
I go south when the trade winds blow and I go north where there ain't no snow
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Hear that lonesome whistle whine smell that perfume of Georgia pines
See that great big moon above this hobo's life is a life I love
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line
Ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line ridin' the Atlantic Coastal Line

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Baby Is Gone

Baby Is Gone

The world goes around and the young men get old
The people next door are all down with the cold
The stars are in the heaven that's where they belong
They don't shine in my world since baby is gone
If I were a writer I'd write me a song and all I could say is my baby is gone
[ ac.guitar ]
They had a farsail downtown yesterday
They say that newport house will be finished right away
The weatherman says sunshine but I know he's wrong
But I don't really care cause baby is gone
If I were a traveler I'd go to Hongkong and try to forget that my baby is gone
[ ac.guitar ]
The sheep're in the meadow the cows're in the corn
And I'm here a wishing I'd never been born
The newspaper said bout the world's goin' wrong
Ain't worried bout the world cause baby is gone
If I were a singer I'd sing me a song but who wants to sing when his baby is gone

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Back To The Country Roads

Back To The Country Roads

I can see the sadness in your eyes knowing that I'm going to leave
If I told you the reason you'd never understand cause the truth you never could see
So I'm goin' back to the country roads back where the tall corn grows
Back where the stream is running free
Back where the air is clear back where I can hear the whippoorwills sing me to sleep

I've enjoyed the sweetness of your smile
And your soft touch that warms me when I'm cold
If you want me you can find me look down that country road
I'll be walking and looking for my soul
So I'm goin' back...
The whippoorwills sing me to sleep

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Banks Of The Ohio

Banks Of The Ohio

(spoken)
I asked my love to take a walk
Just to walk just a little way
As we talked of our future wedding day
And when she said she could never be mine
(sung)
I placed a knife against her breast
As into my arms she pressed
She cried oh please don't murder me
I'm not prepared for eternity

(chorus)
Only say that you'll be mine
In no other arms entwined
Down beside where the waters flow
Down by the banks of the Ohio

[ mandolin - banjo ]
I started home tween twelve and one
I cried my God what have I done
I've killed the only one I loved
Because she would not be my bride

repeat chorus

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Before I Met You

Before I Met You

I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time but that was before I met you
I never saw one that I wanted for mine but that was before I met you

I thought I was swingin' the world by the tail, I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you

I wanted to ramble and always be free but that was before I met you
I said that no woman could ever hold me but that was before I met you

I thought I was swingin' the world by the tail, I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you

They tell me I must reap just what I have sown but darlin' I hope it's not true
For once I made plans about living alone but that was before I met you

I thought I was swingin' the world by the tail, I thought I could never be blue
I thought I'd been kissed and I thought I'd been loved
But that was before I met you
But that was before I met you

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Best Banjo Picker

Best Banjo Picker

I didn't think too much about books and schoolin'
Cause there are more important things to do
I'd just sit out in the yard and pick my ol' banjo
Tryin' to do what the big hillbillies do
I would sit there by the hour pickin' Wildwood Flower
Wore my little fingers to the bone
I said I'll never rest till I am the very best
The best banjo picker in this whole country
[ banjo ]
I said someday I know I'll win my fame one day all the world will know my name
I'll work so very hard with that ol' banjo tryin' to do what the big hillbillies do
I would sit there all alone tryin' to pick out Home Sweet Home
While evrybody played out in the yard
I said I'll never stop till I've reached the very top
When I'm the best banjo picker in this whole country
[ banjo ]
Well the years have passed I haven't change my mind I still pick the banjo all the time
Because I know someday I'm bound to learn to play all the things the big hillbillies do
I just sit here in my shop pickin' Foggy Mountain Top tellin' everybody help theirselves
Cause before I go to rest I'm gonna be the very best
The best banjo picker in this whole country
(I'm gonna learn how to play this thing
I'm gonna play the banjo just like Sonny Osborne yes sir Sonny I'm gonna learn)

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Best In The World

Best In The World

I know she's gonna get me back when I get home again
Cause she pretends to get upset when I call her little girl
And as we lie there trying to outlove each other
Knowing there never could be any other
I realize I'm up against the best in the world

I always liked competition but I've never had it so strong
Cause she likes to play her little games every day and I'm happy just to play along
She says honey you know that I love you more than you could ever love me
And as I leave for the day I just laugh and say
Little girl when the night comes we'll see
Cause I know she's gonna get me back...
Yes I realize I'm up against the best in the world

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Billy Bayou

Billy Bayou

Back about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a red headed son
No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe
So they just called him Billy Bayou

Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days

Billy was a boy kinda big for a size
Red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the Little Big Horn

Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days

One sad day Billy cried, "Ho, ho
I can whip the feathers of Geronimo"
He smarted off, the chief got mad
That like, ended our Louisiana lad

Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days

One day in 1878
A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there and run
He wound up married 'cause he did neither one

Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
You're walkin' on quicksand and walk slow
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days