Conway Twitty

[fox69]

"Cheatin' Fire"

"Cheatin' Fire"


Cheatin' fire, it's gonna burn higher
Still we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
Every night the same ole thing, we just pour fuel on the flames
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone'll get burned

Here we are again too far gone to gain control
And we can't find a way to kill the flame
We get lost in our love, don't know which way to turn
So we'll just build a fire and let it burn

Cheatin' fire, it's gonna burn higher
Still we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
Every night the same ole thing, we just pour fuel on the flames
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone'll get burned

It doesn't feel so wrong 'cause the fires gone out at home
And right now this feeling's more than we can stand
We find we're just too weak to fight this strong desire
And tonight will build another cheatin' fire

Cheatin' fire, it's gonna burn higher
Still we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
Every night the same ole thing, we just pour fuel on the flames
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone'll get burned

Cheatin' fire, it's gonna burn higher
(Cheatin' fire, higher and higher)
Still we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
Every night the same ole thing, we just pour fuel on the flames
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone'll get burned

Cheatin' fire, it's gonna burn higher
(Cheatin' fire, higher and higher)
Still we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
Every night the same ole thing, we just pour fuel on the flames
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone'll get burned

Cheatin' fire, it's gonna burn higher
(Cheatin' fire, higher and higher)
Still we lay here in the ashes unconcerned
Every night the same ole thing, we just pour fuel on the flames
Before this cheatin' fire goes out someone'll get burned

 

[fox69]

"Child With Child"

"Child With Child"


She was still just a baby in her mama's eyes.
Daddy's little girl only yesterdaym my how time flies.
She learned all about romance from watching TV
And in one night alone with the boy down the street.

Child With Child. Mother to be.
Carryin' a secret she know she can't keep.
Child With Child. Lying awake.
Thinking about all the hearts she will break.

Will her friends all whisper when she passes by?
Will there be shame or love in her daddy's eyes?
She can run from her hometown but she can't run away
From the new life inside her growing each day.

Child With Child. Mother to be.
Carryin' a secret she knows she can't keep.
Child With Child. Lying awake.
Thinking about all the hearts she will break.

She's just a Child With Child...

 

[fox69]

"City Lights"

"City Lights"


A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The great white way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The cabarets and honky-tonks their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.

Lights that say forget her name in a glass of sherry wine
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights.

The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights...

 

[fox69]

"Clinging To A Saving Hand"

"Clinging To A Saving Hand"


Sing me a song of praise and glory
Help this wandering child to understand.
That when I close my eyes in sleep eternal
I'll be clinging to a saving hand.

I want you to sing to me about the rock of ages,
And sing about eternity so sweet.
So that when I take my last breath of life
I'll awaken at my saviour's feet.

I want you to tell me about Paul and Matthew
And sing about my dear saviour's birth
And tell about his trials and tribulations.
While he walked upon his heathen Earth.

Come on and sing me a song of praise and glory
Help this wandering child to understand.
That when I close my eyes in sleep eternal
I'll be clinging to a saving hand.

I'll be clinging to a saving hand...

 

[fox69]

"Close Enough To Love"

"Close Enough To Love"


Your eyes reflect the sadness
Inside your broken heart
You're afraid to love again so openly
I'd gladly spend my lifetime
Repairing every part
Oh, that's close enough to love for me.

And if you're hung up on the memory
Of some other man
When you close your eyes, if it's still him you see
If I can't have you completely
I'll cherish what I can
Oh, that's close enough to love for me.

Pickin' up the pieces
Is hard to do alone
And now your mind is set on stayin' free
I just want to hold you
Until the hurt is gone
Oh, that's close enough to love for me.

I just want to hold you
Until the hurt is gone
Oh, that's close enough to love for me...

 

[fox69]

"Clown"

"Clown"


You love the way it makes me feel when I can't catch my breath
Like walkin' on a high wire, Lord, it scares me half to death
You're always high above me and I'm always fallin' down
Our love's just a circus baby, and I'm just the clown.

And I'll do tricks for you, just like you want me to
I'll do anything it takes just to hang around
I'll paint a smile for you to cover up my frown
'Cause our loves a circus and I'm just the clown.

Everyone's in love with you, but they just look at me and laugh
And I'll bet when they see me cry, they think it's just an act
Ah, but someday when it's over and we bring the big top down
You can say it was one big circus and I was just the clown.

And I'll do tricks for you, just like you want me to
I'll do anything it takes just to hang around
I'll paint a smile for you to cover up my frown
'Cause you love the circus, but you don't love the clown...

 

[fox69]

"Cold, Cold Heart"

"Cold, Cold Heart"


I tried so hard my dear
To show that you're my every dream
Yet you are afraid each thing I do
Is but some evil scheme.

In anger unkind words are said
That make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold, cold heart.

 

[fox69]

"Come See About Me"

"Come See About Me"


Somebody listen
I'm a voice in the distance
Crying, come see about me
I am a stranger in a world filled with anger
Come see about me.

I'm gettin' weary tryin' to carry
This load all by myself
I'm bone tired and fallin'
Can't you hear me callin'
I need somebody's help

I am a young man
Growing wild across this land
Come see about me
I'm fourscore and twenty
I ain't got anybody
Come see about me.

I'm somebody's children
Alone and forsaken
A wave that's lost at sea
I'm right here behind you
I'm all around you
So slow down turn around
And you will see.

I am your mother
Your sister and your brother
Come see about me
I am a baby
my mother ain't no lady
Come see about me.

I am your maker
The giver and the taker
Come see about me...

 

[fox69]

"Comfy 'N Cozy"

"Comfy 'N Cozy"


Here we are in a warm embrace
As cozy as a kitten by a fireplace
The lights are dim with a mellow glow
The musics playin' soft 'n low.

And everything's rosy, oh yea
Comfy 'n cozy, uh huh
Everything's rosy, yea, yea
Comfy 'n cozy, hmm, hmm, hmm

Let's forget the whole world outside
Nothing else matters just you and I
Let's unhook the old telephone
'Cause we just want to be left alone.

With everything's rosy, yea, yea, yea
Comfy 'n cozy, uh huh, huh
Everything's rosy, yea, yea, yea
Comfy 'n cozy, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm

Wanna put another log on the fireplace
But I can't stand leavin' your embrace, hmm, hmm, hmm hmm

Baby now, everything's rosy, oh yeah
Comfy 'n cozy, uh huh
Everything's rosy, oh yeah
Comfy 'n cozy, uh huh
Everything's rosy, yea, yea
Comfy 'n cozy

 

[fox69]

"Country Bumpkin"

"Country Bumpkin"


He walked into the bar
And parked his lanky frame
Upon a tall bar stool
With a long soft southern drawl
Said, I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool.

A barroom girl with wise and knowing eyes
Slowly looked me up and down
And she said, I wonder how on earth
That country bumpkin found his way to town.

And she said, Hello, country bumpkin,
How's the frost out on the pumpkin.
I've seen some sights but man you're somethin',
Where'd you come from country bumpkin?

Just a short year later in a bed of joy
Filled tears and death like pain
Into this wondrous world of many wonders
Another wonder came

That same woman's face was wrapped up
In a raptured look of love and tenderness
As I marvelled at the soft and warm
And cuddly boy child feeding at her breast.

And she said, Hello, country bumpkin,
Fresh as frost out on the pumpkins
I've seen some sights but babe you're somethin',
Mommy loves her country bumpkin.

Forty years of hard work later
In a simple, quiet and peaceful country place
The heavy hand of time had not erased
The raptured wonder from my woman's face.

She was lying on her death bed
Knowing fully well her race was nearly run
But she softly smiled and looked into
The sad eyes of her husband and her son.

And I said, So long country bumpkins,
The frost is gone now from the pumpkins,
I've seem some sights and life's been somethin'
See you later country bumpkins.

See you later country bumpkins...