Conway Twitty

[fox69]

"Play, Ruby, Play"

"Play, Ruby, Play"


Well, Ruby, she was a redneck beauty
She loved Little Richard and sang 'Tootie Fruitie'
And wanted her name in lights and wore her dresses tight
Yeah, Ruby was a victim of circumstance
'Cause she liked to wiggle and boogie dance
Out in the country she hardly ever got the chance

She had a local band, played the local bars
Had the local boys breathin' hard
She had hillbilly eyes that could shine in the dark
She had a country soul and a rock 'n' roll heart

And her whole body shook when she stood up and played the piano
And the boys say, "Play, Ruby, play, we really like the way you do it
Play, Ruby, play, we love the way you get into it"
She made the young men scream and the old men moan
Rock on, rock on, rock on

Sometimes at night with the full moon beamin'
She would run around the mountain kickin' and screamin'
Sayin', If I don't get out on the road I'm gonna explode
Last time I saw her she was down in the city
Shakin' and shoutin', making plenty
Yeah, Ruby was a sight to behold, she was on a roll

She had a local band, played the local bars
Had the local boys breathin' hard
She had hillbilly eyes that could shine in the dark
She had a country soul and a rock 'n' roll heart

And her whole body shook when she stood up and played the piano
And the boys say, "Play, Ruby, play, we really like the way you do it
Play, Ruby, play, we love the way you get into it"
She made the young men scream and the old men moan
Rock on, rock on, rock on
Rock on, rock on, rock on

Well, Ruby, she was a redneck beauty
She loved Little Richard and sang 'Tootie Fruitie'
And wanted her name in lights and wore her dresses tight
Yeah, Ruby was a victim of circumstance
'Cause she liked to wiggle and boogie dance
Out in the country she hardly ever got the chance

 

[fox69]

"Playing House Away From Home"

"Playing House Away From Home"


I left our hometown for the weekend
On a big business deal
And I would close behind you
My excuse is sharp and drill.
My only business is our pleasure
And I don't bother things I won't

'Cause we're playing house away from home
We're playing house away from home
Our names and faces are unknown
Everyone thinks that we're man and wife
We even wear our wedding rings
and we don't try to hide this thing
'Cause we're playing house away from home.

We'll get up in the morning
I'll go my way and I'll go mine
And go home to act like strangers
And hope no one can tell
That we have left all the bills from actin' right and doin' wrong
'Cause we're playing house away from home

We're playing house away from home
We're playing house away from home
Our names and faces are unknown
Everyone thinks that we're man and wife
We even wear our wedding rings
and we don't try to hide this thing
'Cause we're playing house away from home.

Yes, we're playing house away from home...

 

[fox69]

"Please Help Me I'm Falling In Love"

"Please Help Me I'm Falling In Love"


Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you.
Close the door to temptation
Don't let me walk through.

Turn away from me, darling
I'm begging you to.
Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you.

I belong to another
Whose arms have grown cold
But I've promised forever
To have and to hold.

I can never be free, dear
Oh but when I'm with you.
I know that I'm losing
The will to be true.

Please help me, I'm falling
And that would be sin.
Close the door to temptation
Don't let me walk in.

For I musent want you
But darlin', I do
Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you.

Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you...

 

[fox69]

"Pledging My Love"

"Pledging My Love"


Forever my darling
My love will be true
Always and forever
I'll love only you.

Just promise me darling
Your love in return
May this fire in my soul, dear
Forever burn.

My heart's at your command, dear
To keep, love and to hold
Making you happy's is my desire dear
Keeping you is my goal.

I'll Forever love you
For the rest of my days
I'll never part from you
Or your loving ways.

(My heart's at your command, dear
To keep, love and to hold.)
Yeah, Making you happy's is my desire dear
Keeping you is my goal.

I'll Forever love you
For the rest of my days
I'll never part from you
Or your loving ways.

Always and forever
I'll love only you...

 

[fox69]

"Pop A Top"

"Pop A Top"


Pop a top again
I think I'll have another round
Another one my friend
Then I'll be gone
And you can let some other fool sit down.

I'd like for you to listen to a joke I heard today
From a woman who said she was through
And calmly walked away
I tried to smile and did awhile but it felt so out of place
Did you ever hear of a clown
With teardrops streaming down his face.

Pop a top again
I think I'll have another round
Another one my friend
Then I'll be gone
And you can let some other fool sit down.

All to me is misery and here I'm wasting time
'Cause a row of fools on a row of stools
Is not what's on my mind
But then you see her leaving me
Is not what I prefer
So it's either here a drinking beer
Or home rememberin' her.

Pop a top again
I think I'll have another round
Another one my friend
Then I'll be gone
And you can let some other fool sit down...

 

[fox69]

"Portrait Of A Fool"

"Portrait Of A Fool"


Paint two eyes,
Make them cry
Paint two lips,
Make them lies.
And you're painting
The portrait of a fool.

Paint one heart
That's been untrue
Paint one soul
Make it blue.
And your paintin'
The portrait of a fool.

There are somethings that look so familiar
Strange what this resemblance can be
And now as I look in the mirror
I know, I know the fool you are painting is me.

Paint one fool
Let it talk
Paint two hand
That once held it all.
And you've painted
A portrait of a fool...

 

[fox69]

"Private Part Of My Heart"

"Private Part Of My Heart"


Operator I'm calling long distance please.
Charge it to my room, 702.

Hello, baby. No there's nothing wrong
You know me when I'm away from you
You see a blue moon hanging
Low outside our window?
And it's hard to sleep with
All of those feelin's around?

Oooh, if I had wings tonight
You could imagine things
I never wanted you more
Than I want you right now.

Lookin' out at the city
It sparkles and it shines
But it holds no fascination
Compared to you.

Save me some long nights
And your wildest dreams
And all of your love
and some of that moon.

Life may take me down
A winding road.
But nothing in this world
Can change my love.

Forever you can believe
you'll always be here with me
In the warmest private part of my heart.

Right here,
In the warmest private part of my heart.
Right here...

 

[fox69]

"Proud Mary"

"Proud Mary"


Left a good job in the city
A workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost a minute of sleep
While worryin' 'bout the way
Things might have been

The big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
Rollin', rollin',
Rollin' on the river.

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Copped a lot of cane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.

The big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
Rollin', rollin',
Rollin' on the river.

If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find the people who live
You don't have to worry if you have no money
People on the river are happy to give

The big wheels keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keeps on burnin'
Rollin', rollin',
Rollin' on the river.

Rollin' rollin'
Rollin' on the river
Rollin' rollin'
Rollin' on the river...

 

[fox69]

"Pure Love"

"Pure Love"


Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning
Pure love, baby it's pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love.

I wake up with sunshine, (Sunshine), laying beside me
And Bluebirds singing right outside my window
Soft warm kisses, (Kisses), say good morning, then I get breakfast in bed
You know you make me so happy. (Make me so happy.)

Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning,
Pure love, you're the picture of pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love.

Pure love, baby it's pure love
Milk and honey and Captain Krunch and you in the morning
Pure love, you're the picture of pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love.

Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love
Ninety-nine and forty-four one hundreds percent pure love

 

[fox69]

"Race Is On"

"Race Is On"


I feel tears wellin' up goin' deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a break
And a stab of loneliness so sharp and painful
That I might ever shake.

You might think I'm a takin' it hard
Oh, she wrote me off with a call
Don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
I may break right down and bawl.

Well, the race is on
And here comes pride
Up the backstretch
Heartaches are going to the inside.

My tears are holding back tryin' not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all.

One day I ventured in love
Never once suspectin' what the final result would be
I lived in fear of waking up each morning
And findin' that you're gone from me.

Achin' and pain in my heart for today
Was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
I came out in second place.

Well the race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all...