Charley Pride

[Torrent Maniak]

Tennessee Girl

Tennessee Girl

Well I left home at a crack of dawn just about a year ago
I thumbed my way cross the USA and I learned a lot I didn't know
The Primised Land that I thought I'd find was always just ahead of me
Until one day when I realized I left it back in Tennessee
And that's why I'm going back to my Tennessee girl and a Tennessee way of life
And I'm gonna ask my Tennessee girl to be my Tennessee wife

Tonight I slept in a hobo camp workin' out like dog by day
I never got enough to get ahead just enough to make my way
Cold and tired when the evening come all I had to ease my mind
Was thinkin' bout the place I started from and the girl that I left behind
And that's why I'm going back...

There ain't no place that I been at all that I would gonna settle in
And every town that I travel through made me wanna go home again
The green green grass and the rollin' hills seem to keep a callin' me
Back to the place where I was born and the girl that I long to see
And that's why I'm going back...
I'm going back...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

That Was Forever Ago

That Was Forever Ago

Tonight it's been six lonely days since you called me to tell me we're through
To think just last week you loved me so but that was forever ago
I've cried all my tears sure there's none anymore my heart is empty and cold
The future is black cause I can't go back cause that was forever ago
[ dobro ]
Our yesterdays were filled with sweet dreams what happened I'll never know
But yesterday's gone and I must go on cause that was forever ago
I've cried all my tears...
Cause that was forever ago

 

[Torrent Maniak]

That's My Way

That's My Way

Beside the cottonfield I was born underneath the tree was my home
A flock of geese flew overhead
Wind from the wings fall down to me come go with us that's my way
It grieves me much to see you cry I'll break a heart with my goodbye
I warned you ahead of time
I could never say I'm sorry but it has to be that's my way
That's my way to try to find a place I've never been
Before directions master me and distance is my friend
I try to put a lifetime into each and every day that's my way
I yearn to love but it can't be for fear of what's inside of me
With the each day setting of the sun
A passin' train stirs my soul like winds of long ago that's my way
That's my way that's my way that's my way

 

[Torrent Maniak]

That's The Chance I'll Have To Take

That's The Chance I'll Have To Take

Troubles and a worried mind it seems that's all I've ever known
But now I'll leave it all behind if you'll just leave me alone
And if I go on loving you if to leave is a mistake
If I'm wrong in what I do that's the chance I'll have to take

[ dobro - fiddle ]
Don't bother now to waste the time saying things you've said before
I've heard it all a hundred times but I won't listen anymore
And if I go on loving you...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

That's The Only Way Life's Good To Me

That's The Only Way Life's Good To Me

Got the blues in Batton Rouge walked a mile or two then caught her eye
I got out in Memphis she smiled at me and slowly said goodbye
She asked me if I'd like to tag along a little farther down the line
But travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me

Here I am in Memphis without a dime or a place to sleep
Sure is hot and sweaty the tar is even bubbling on the street
None of this bothered me that's the only cup o'tea that I can drink
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me

I may move on in the morning and never know just how long I'll stay
Sometimes I'll stay a month or two sometimes I don't even stay a day
No one tried to tie me down and it's quite a friendly town I'll stick around
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me

I've tried a lot of steady jobs but never seen one make me happy yet
I've lived my life so many ways tried everything and now I know what's best
I wouldn't trade with anyone a billion dollars wouldn't move me none
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me
Cause travelin' round and bein' free that's only way life's good to me

 

[Torrent Maniak]

That's Why I Love You So Much

That's Why I Love You So Much

You stood by me whenever times were bad and never once did I hear you complain
You always made the best of what little bit we had
And held your head up proud to wear my name
And that's just one of the reasons why I love you so much
You are the reason that I live
I know I've got a woman that no other man can touch
Who gives me all the love she has to give
[ guitar + steel ]
You've sacrificed for dreams of mine that never did come true
You've done without to satisfy my needs
And everytime I've tried and failed I've found new strength in you
For not one time did you lose faith in me
And that's just one...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

The Choices She Made

The Choices She Made

She didn't have to marry down so far
Fool with raising babies, or drive an older car
She didn't have to give so much, and be so underpaid
Lord I don't know how she's living, with the choices she made

She didn't have to wear those bargain threads
Or roughen up those dainty hands, mopping floors and changing beds
She had it sweet on easy street, with a hand she could have played
But she threw out all her aces for the choices she made

She'll stand there in defiance, of a logic she ignored
With a strangely peaceful peaceful smile, upon her face
Using up her youth on some old cowboy
Who's try'n' to pay the bills on hope and faith

Time goes by, it doesn't change a thing
But she still thinks, it's worth it all, to wear that little ring
And I still lay beside her wishing, I was worth the price she paid
All teary eyed and thankful for the choices she made

For the choices she made

 

[Torrent Maniak]

The Power Of Love

The Power Of Love

Love didn?t have much to work with
When it got a hold of me
Still recovering from my last time out
Doing my best to learn to live without it
Just when I thought all my feelings had died
Something came over me that can?t be denied

Don?t under estimate the power of love
You?re never down so low that it can?t lift you up
Don?t under estimate what it can do
I?m living proof of the power of love

It didn?t hit me like lightening
From a dark and stormy sky
It came on more like a peaceful wind
It made me feel like trying again
I didn?t realize how good it could be
Until love worked its magic on me

Don?t under estimate the power of love
You?re never down so low that it can?t lift you up
Don?t under estimate what it can do
I?m living proof of the power of love

Don?t under estimate the power of love
You?re never down so low that it can?t lift you up
Don?t under estimate what it can do
I?m living proof of the power of love

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Then Who Am I

Then Who Am I

If he's the one that's always on your mind the only one who's love can satisfy
If he's the one that keeps your heart alive then who am I who am I
Am I no more than just a rock you needed for a stepping stone
Until the right one came along
If he's the one that live with you inside then who am I who am I
[ guitar ]
Am I no more than just a fool that held you up when you were down
Until your true love could be found
If he's the one that live with you inside then who am I who am I
Yes who am I who am I

 

[Torrent Maniak]

There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me

There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me

Well Hank I never met you but I sure heard you sing
At a little bitty port down in Mississippi you filled my heart with dreams
I got an old guitar and I learned how to sing as you did the Lovesick Blues
So Hank if you're listenin' there's one just for you
There's a little bit of Hank in me
Cause I caught it in my voice of the radio '53
And I've done your songs in the cotton fields and on coast to coast TV
And every time I sing Kaw-Liga there's a little bit of Hank in me

[ guitar ]
Well I'll bet I've done Your Cheatin' Heart at least a million times
And Hank you're still the jukebox king from LA to Caroline
No music has no boundary it comes from the heart
And where my music comes from Hank you play the leading part
There's a little bit of Hank in me...
And every time I sing Kaw-Liga there's a little bit of Hank in me