Don Williams

[fox69]

"I Can't Get To You From Here"

"I Can't Get To You From Here"



I'm glad you called me I can still feel your voice
Touch something inside me but I have no choice
But to tell you I'm no longer one of the boys
And I can't get to you from here.

No, I don't think you'd know me if you saw me up close
I've built me a family and I don't like to boast,
But I'm all settled in to what I need the most
And I can't get to you from here.

I can't turn back the years
And get crazy again and have nothing to fear
Easy as it might appear
I can't just turn back and get there from here.

I only bet when I've got all the cards
I don't take on all comers if they come to hard
I'm a daddy and a voter and I go to bed tired
And I can't get to you from here.

I can't turn back the years
And get crazy again and have nothing to fear
Easy as it might appear
I can't just turn back and get there from here.

I only bet when I've got all the cards
I don't take on all comers if they come on too hard
I'm a daddy and a voter and I go to bed tired
And I can't get to you from here.

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Think About Her No More"

"I Don't Think About Her No More"



I don't think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterday is gone, it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries to die, on the vine.

This morning at dawn Lord, I pulled into town
Had some coffee and talked with some old friends of mine
Laughing at the good times they remembered
Then I remembered a time.

mmm oooo oooo

Lord, I can still see the bright lights back in Dallas
As yesterday moves like a dream through my mind
I didn't suppose that I'd ever forget her
And you know it took such a long time

But I don't think much about her no more
Seldom if ever does she cross my mind
Yesterday is gone, Lord, it's better forgotten
Like the poison red berries that cling, to the mind...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Wanna Let Go"

"I Don't Wanna Let Go"



Road signs all show there's no cause for leaving
And the weeping wind knows that I'm broken and beaten
For my love has just hurt me like nothing I've known
How can I step aside from the feelings inside
When I don't wanna let go.

Let go when I know love will claim me again
Forget how I love her and my spirit would mend
But her memories like a fireside that warms me when cold
While it's burning I don't wanna let go.

Sweet bitter dreams gather gently inside me
As I roll with the earth finding nothing to hide me
For my love was my shelter my shore and my home
How can time repay what I gave away
When I don't wanna let go.

Let go when I know love will claim me again
Forget how I love her and my spirit would mend
But her memories like a fireside that warms me when cold
While it's burning I don't wanna let go.

While it's burning I don't wanna let go...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Want The Money"

"I Don't Want The Money"


I don't want the money, I just want your time
Life without you honey isn't worth a dime
We can think of dollars farther down the line
I don't want the money I just want your time.

An air-conditioned car won't ever cool my heels
I'd rather have your love than money for the bills
We don't need to stay with the Jones's or the rest
Those thing wont ever give me what I love the best.

I don't want the money, I just want your time
Life without you honey isn't worth a dime
We can think of dollars farther down the line
I don't want the money I just want your time.

[Instrumental]

Well, maybe Jim and Judy might have this and that
I hope where they're lookin' is really where it's at
But when it comes to money, baby it's a fact
I'd rather be loved and lean than out of love and fat.

I don't want the money, I just want your time
Life without you honey isn't worth a dime
We can think of dollars farther down the line
I don't want the money I just want your time...

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Want To Love You"

"I Don't Want To Love You"



No, no, no, I don't want to love you
And oh, oh, oh, I'm tryin' not to
No, no, no, I don't want to love you
But oh, oh, oh, I think I do.

This heart of mine it's been mistreated
Love's done me wrong time and again
After the way I've been cheated
I want you, and yet, I still can't forget
I'm so afraid to give in.

No, no, no, I don't want to love you
And oh, oh, oh, I'm tryin' not to
No, no, no, I don't want to love you
But oh, oh, oh, I think I do.

I think about you every minute
And I miss you when you're not around
And every day I'm getting' deeper in it
I'm scared to go on but the feelin's so strong
I can't turn away from you now.

No, no, no, I don't want to love you
And oh, oh, oh, I'm tryin' not to
No, no, no, I don't want to love you
But oh, oh, oh, I think I do...

 

[fox69]

"I Just Come Here For The Music"
(feat. Alison Krauss)

"I Just Come Here For The Music"
(feat. Alison Krauss)



He doesn't mean to come on too strong
It takes all the strength he's got
Just to walk up to her table
with his big ole broken heart

and he stumbles on the way
he tries his best to smile
and he finally just says forgive me
I haven't done this in a while

I just come here for the music, I get lost here in the sound
I ain't lookin' for nobody, but could I buy you one more round
Don't that fiddle play so lonesome, don't that singer play so good
I just come here for the music, how 'bout you?

She doesn't mean to seem so cold
He's just asking' for a dance
And lord knows her body's willing
but her heart can't take that chance

She doesn't want to hurt his feelings
he's got an understanding smile
like he can she's healing
Could he sit here for a while

I just come here for the music, I get lost here in the sound
I ain't looking for nobody, buy you could buy me one more round
yeah, that fiddle plays so lonesome, and that singer is so good
I just come here for the music, just like you

I just come here for the music, how 'bout you?

 

[fox69]

"I Keep Putting Off Getting Over You"

"I Keep Putting Off Getting Over You"


I keep your picture on my dresser
I keep your pillow on the bed
I keep believin' you still love me
I keep sayin' you'll come back again.

I keep a light on in the window
I keep it burnin' day and night
I keep sayin' didn't mean it
When you said goodbye.

Oh, I keep puttin' off gettin' over you
'Cause that would be to hard to ever do
I just can't believe you and I are through
So I keep puttin' off gettin' over you.

[Instrumental]

I know you told me to forget you
Said go and find me someone else
But I keep sayin' youre going to come back
So I keep livin' all by myself.

Oh, I keep puttin' off gettin' over you
'Cause that would be to hard to ever do
I just can't believe you and I are through
So I keep puttin' off gettin' over you.

Oh, I keep puttin' off gettin' over you
'Cause that would be to hard to ever do
I just can't believe you and I are through
So I keep puttin' off gettin' over you...

 

[fox69]

"I Need You To Want Me"

"I Need You To Want Me"


I don't need a fortune teller
I don't need me no M.D.
I don't need some slick suit that's passed the bar.
I don't need a politician
Or some preacher on T.V.
Folks to tell me how I've done so far.

I just need you
I need you to want me
I want you to love me
The way I love you
Oh, for a friend
A friend you can count on
Be there for me and I'm yours till the end.

Sagan's slingin' big bang
Nader's workin' on control
Einstein's Mr. Relativity
I don't need no revelation
Mystics cloud up things for me
And I don't need another mystery.

I just need you
I need you to want me
I want you to love me
The way I love you
Oh, for a friend
A friend you can count on
Be there for me and I'm yours till the end.

[Instrumental]

I just need you
I need you to want me
I want you to love me
The way I love you
Oh, for a friend
A friend you can count on
Be there for me and I'm yours till the end...

[Instrumental to fade]

 

[fox69]

"I Recall A Gypsy Woman"

"I Recall A Gypsy Woman"


Silver coins that jingle jangle,
Fancy shoes that dance in time
Oh, the secrets of her dark eyes,
They did sing a gypsy rhyme
Yellow clover in tangled blossoms
In a meadow silky green
Where she held me to her bosom,
Just a boy of seventeen

[Chorus:]
I recall a gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin against the moonlight
And the taste of life's sweet wine

Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows
And stir the darkness in my mind
Oh, gentle woman you sleep beside me
Little know who haunts my mind
Gypsy lady, I hear your laughter
And it dances in my head
While my tender wife and babies
Slumber softly in their beds

[Chorus:]
I recall a gypsy woman
Silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin against the moonlight
And the taste of life's sweet wine...

 

[fox69]

"I Sing For Joy"

"I Sing For Joy"


When I was younger, the hunger came calling
And humbly I answered each rising and falling
I will not surrender at this wiser and tender age
I turn the page.

[Chorus:]
And I sing for Joy
For the smile that it brings, from the heart
Through these guitar strings
It was only noise, till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy
I sing for Joy.

When I was lonely, my angel found me
She sweetly and gently wrapped her arms around me
And the demons that chased me, gave up and faded away
Now I can sing.

[Chorus:]
And I sing for Joy
For the smile that it brings, from the heart
Through these guitar strings
It was only noise, till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy
I sing for Joy.

[Instrumental]

Who could come nearer, to making life clearer
The time we're together grows dearer and dearer
When I must travel and I have to leave her alone
She's in my song.

[Chorus:]
And I sing for Joy
For the smile that it brings, from the heart
Through these guitar strings
It was only noise, till her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy
I sing for Joy.

Of her love put a song
In the soul of this good ole boy
I sing for Joy...