David Allan Coe

[fox69]

"Don't Cry Darlin'"

"Don't Cry Darlin'"


Drunk.
Totally drained.
On the verge of going crazy.
On the edge of insane.
I know you'd prayed I'd make it.
But I never pulled through.
I gave up on going on girl
just like I gave up on you.

But don't you cry darlin'.
Though it's a cryin' shame.
I was hooked on that whisky so bad,
I didn't know my name when I died,
but don't cry darlin'.
You know it's not you're fault.
I was stealin' time from the devil and I
just got caught.

[Spoken:]
You know Hon,
David left you so long ago
He didn't want to darlin,
aw but his dying words told you so
But that strong stuff,
aww, it was always his weakness
But hell, any man can be a fool
And I know that he was so ashamed and sorry
For all those bad things that he did to you

But don't you cry darlin'.
Though it's a cryin' shame.
I was hooked on that whisky so bad,
I didn't know my name when I died,
but don't cry darlin'.
Well it's not you're fault.
I was stealin' time from the devil and I
just got caught.

don't you cry darlin'.

Though it's a cryin' shame.
I was hooked on that whisky so bad,
I didn't know my name when I died,
but don't cry darlin'.
Well it's not you're fault.
I was stealin' time from the devil and I
just got caught.

 

[fox69]

"Drinking Her Off My Mind"

"Drinking Her Off My Mind"


I keep runnin’ from old memory
They never fall behind
It’s time to take drastic measures
I’ll try Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus:]
Neon lights shinin’ bright
This is the first bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

That old ocean’s been callin’ her name
And the wind tells me I am to blame
So the easiest thing that I find
Is Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus 2:]
Oh neon lights shinin’ bright
Second bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

You know this could take all night
But I just got to do it right
She’ll be gone by the morning light
I’ve been Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus 3:]
Neon lights shinin’ bright
Third bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

I keep runnin’ from old memories
They never fall behind
It’s time to take drastic measures again
I’ll try Drinking Her Off My Mind.

[Chorus 4:]
Neon lights shinin’ bright
This is the fourth bar I’ve seen tonight
I wish I may I wish I might
Drink Her Off My Mind tonight.

 

[fox69]

"Even After Forever"

"Even After Forever"



Yeah the snapshot must have been taken,
Back in 1922
But it's scary how the faces,
Look so much like me and you
Maybe there are some things in this life we just keep goin through
Did it again

Sometimes when we're talkin,
You've heard it all before
Maybe we're just echoes in this life and nothin more
Makes me wonder why we make the same mistakes,
And slam the doors
Did it again

Even after forever I still love you
Even after tomorrow's yesterday
Even if you never ever
Hold me close again
Somethings even the winds of time
Just can't blow away
Love never fades

I'm watchin some old Humphrey Bogart flick
In the middle of the night
When suddenly i smell the popcorn
And I see the billboard lights
Ah, but that could be cause all of this
Came long before my life
But maybe I'm wrong

There are things the lawyers and the preachers
Still cannot explain
Ah, they don't even know what to call it
If it even has a name
Well they say there's no such thing as magic
Isn't that a shame
Well, maybe they're wrong

Even after forever I still love you
Even after tomorrow's yesterday
Even if you never ever
Hold me close again
Some things even the winds of time
Just can't blow away
Love never fades
Ahh, love never fades

 

[fox69]

"Face To Face"

"Face To Face"



Face to face toe to toe
Where we'll stop heaven knows
Arm in arm cheek to cheek
Whose to blame?
Hand in hand heart to heart
We never should have let this start
But its to late, we shared it all
So we'll just have to share the blame!

I can feel your body tremble
As I hold you in my arms
For you know another woman has my name
Now she knows its you and me
But she don't want to set me free
We've shared it all now its time to share the blame!

 

[fox69]

"Fairytale Morning"

"Fairytale Morning"



Its a fairytale morning, the ocean looks turquoise
As if it was painted that way
The waves how they rush from the shore or the island

It carries my vision away
The sun seems to blind that part of my mind
That's searching for yesterdays rhymes
Its the first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love

She lays there and tosses her head on the pillow
She peeks from the blanket to see
She looks like a child but acts like a woman
Whenever she reaches for me
Her touch burns my skin and that makes me frightened
She looks like a photograph there
Its the first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love

Yes, its hard to believe I spent all this time here alone
Trying to forget the heartaches that broke up our home
Now they're gone
Why, she's seen it all, from the start to the fall
She knew id need some place to hide
My wife, she had taking the baby and left me
With all of this hatred inside
She's been my friend, she helped me get over
And now that I'm better I see
The first day of something
And I wonder if it could be love

 

[fox69]

"Fall In Love With You"

"Fall In Love With You"



If I ever needed love, I need it now
Honey, why cant you see me through me
When I pretend that I'm to strong to bend?
This heart can mend a lover or a friend
Stop acting like you never knew me.

How you fantasize, telling little lies
Fairy tales are all you ever see
Don't you realize how you hypnotize
Anyone who's fool enough to look back into your eyes?
And fall in love with you

If I ever wanted someone babe I need you now
Please don't place your self above me
Just out of reach when you could learn to teach
Me to begin loving you again
Why are you doing this to me?

 

[fox69]

"Family Album"

"Family Album"



On Sunday after church there'd always be a picnic
There'd be kinfolks callin' until dawn
Me I'd play the guitar and my Uncle Merle would sing
And grandpa he'd play that fiddle all night long
Now the women folk they would work out in the kitchen
You could smell that food for miles and miles around
Paw he was prayin' my brother Jack would bring him down some moonshine
Just so's that he could warsh those viddle down
As soon as all the kids got tired of playin' horseshoes
Mama she'd call me over to her side
You know she'd say I'd like to take some pictures
You could see her face light up with pride
And then she'd bring out that worn out family album
Its faded pictures some with corners torn
She'd laugh and poin and tell me funny stories
And look she'd say why that's the day that you were born
And I'd sit and reminisce each picture with her
And I'd listen to her laughter and her sighs
But underneath I knew how much I'd hurt her
For I'd put teardrops in my mama's eyes

In my mama's eyes I've never done a wrong thing
I was still a baby in my mama's eyes
That old family album she'll keep on her night stand
Right next to the Bible until the day she dies

Through all those years in prison she stuck by me
And she came to visit anytime she could
Well I remember at my trial when she testified she loved me
And she told the judge I'd always been so good
Then later through the fame she watched me blossom
From just a local country singer to a great big star
She listened to all my records for the hidden meanings
And she came to hear me sing in all those dim lit bars
And she read all the things they wrote about me
But she knew deep in her heart that it was lies
No she don't hide her head in shame when someone says my name
You'll find no teardrops in my mama's eyes
In my mama's eyes...
Right next to the Bible until the day she dies

 

[fox69]

"Family Reunion"

"Family Reunion"



Mama taught us how to sing in harmony
Grandma used to stomp her foot and slap her knee
I can still hear daddy singin'
Down by the old mill stream
When uncle Jim played the fiddle
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing

And it echoed down the mountains
To those Georgia pines
Ran through Tennessee just like that old moonshine
Old Joe Clark Cripple Creek Annie Get Your Gun
I guess my old time favorite was yhat Fox on the Run
Like a fox, like a fox on the run

Grandpa played the dobro till the break of dawn
Me I had this guitar and I'd strum along
Carol played the washboard and the tamborine
Little Mary Beth would always help us sing
And it echoed down the mountains...
Mama taught us how to sing in harmony
Grandma used to stomp her foot and slap her knee
I can still hear daddy singin'
Down by the old mill stream
When uncle Jim played the fiddle
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing

And it echoed down the mountains
To those Georgia pines
Ran through Tennessee just like that old moonshine
Old Joe Clark Cripple Creek Annie Get Your Gun
I guess my old time favorite was that Fox on the Run
Like a fox, like a fox on the run

 

[fox69]

"Fish Aren't Biting Today"

"Fish Aren't Biting Today"



Take the jib sail down boys take the jib sail down
Turn this ship around boys before we run aground
The fish aren't bitin' today boys fish aren't bitin' today
I'm gonna lay on my bunk and get drunk as a sunk cause the fish aren't bitin' today

There's six foot waves and my stomach craves some good old Antiguan Rum
I took some away for a rainy day and the rain she is startin' to come now
Take the jib sail down boys...

There's a northern wind and the lights are dim like a good fresh Cuban cigar
I got me a hunch where there might be a bunch in the Captain's pickle jar
So take the jib sail down boys...

The fish aren't bitin' today boys...

 

[fox69]

"Folsom Prison Blues"

"Folsom Prison Blues"



When I was just a baby, my mama told me son
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno, Lord just to watch him die
Now I'm in the Folsom Prison, I'm starin at the sky

I hear the train a comin, it's rollin round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine woman, since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, the time keeps draggin on
And those wheels keep rollin on down to San Antone

If they freed me from this prison and that railroad train was mine
You can bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I long to be
And those wheels keep rollin, Lord they would not torture me

I know there's rich folks out there in those fancy dining cars
I know they're drinkin coffee lord, smokin big cigars
But I know I had it comin, I know I can't be free
But those wheels keep rollin, Lord that's what tortures me

If they freed me from this prison and that railroad train was mine
You can bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I long to be
And those wheels keep rollin, Lord theyw ould not torture me

I hear the train a-comin, it's rollin round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine woman since I don't know when
Well I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin on
And those wheels keep rollin on down to San Antone

I hear the train a-comin, it's rollin round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine woman since I don't know when
Well I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin on
And those wheels keep rollin on down to San Antone

I don't care if I do die, do die, do die, do die, do die