Dwight Yoakam

[fox69]

"Long White Cadillac"

"Long White Cadillac"



Night wolves moan
Winter hills are black
I'm all alone
Sitting in the back
Of a long white Cadillac

Train whistle cries
Lost on its own track
I close my eyes
Sitting in the back
Of a long white Cadillac

Sometimes I blame it on a woman
The one that made my poor heart bleed
Sometimes I blame it on the money
Sometimes I blame it all on me

Headlights shine
Highway fades to black
It's my last ride
Sitting in the back
Of a long white Cadillac

Sometimes I blame it on a woman
The one that made my poor heart bleed
Sometimes I blame it on the money
Sometimes I blame it all on me

Train whistle cries
Lost on its own track
I close my eyes
I ain't never coming back
In a long white Cadillac

In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac
In a long white Cadillac

Ah, bye bye baby...
I'm gonna take this white trash on down the road

Psychodelic

 

[fox69]

"Louisville"

"Louisville"



I've been waiting here in Louisville
Lots of time to kill, waiting here for you
I've had to get a job in Louisville
'Cause my hotel bill is six weeks overdue

You come to see here believing
That Kentucky was half away
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
I've been waiting here in Louisville
You got until my bus leaves for LA

Let's not fool ourselves there's something wrong
You don't belong to me now I can tell
Six long weeks this took, but it's a game
You never meant to come to Louisville

You come to see here believing
That Kentucky was half away
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
I've been waiting here in Louisville
You got until my bus leaves for LA

You come to see here believing
That Kentucky was half away
I love this old river town but I never meant to stay
Six long weeks this took but it's a game
You never meant to come here anyway

I've been waiting here in Louisville
You got until my bus leaves for LA
You got until my bus leaves for LA

 

[fox69]

"Love Caught Up To Me"

"Love Caught Up To Me"



Baby, I couldn't hide
No matter how hard I tried
Was foolish to have begun
To believe I'd ever outrun

And honey I had no call
To try and escape at all
'Cause by the time I got free
Love caught up to me

Baby, I used to have ways
To avoid anyplace
That even had half the chance
To cut in on my dance

Yeah, my cool heart hung around
Only if it couldn't be found
But showed up permanently
When love caught up to me

The fascinations of each lie
I told myself were reasons why
The feeble boast I made alone
Sound faded worn and all outgrown

Hey, I could never afford
Honey, all it would cost
To replace what you do
If it ever got lost

But baby, I'd beg and steal
Just to keep how I feel
A way I never did need
Till love caught up to me

The fascinations of each lie
I told myself were reasons why
The feeble boast I made alone
Sound faded worn and all outgrown

Baby, I couldn't hide
No matter how hard I tried
Was foolish to have begun
To believe I'd ever outrun

And honey,I had no call
To try and escape at all
'Cause by the time I got free
Love caught up to me

Yeah, by the time I got free
Love caught up to me

 

[fox69]

"Love's Gonna Live Here"
(originally by Buck Owens)

"Love's Gonna Live Here"
(originally by Buck Owens)



Oh, the sun's gonna shine in my life once more
Love's gonna live here again
Things are gonna be the way they were before
Love's gonna live here again

Love's gonna live here, love's gonna live here
Love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness, only happiness
Love's gonna live here again

I hear bells are ringin', I hear birds are singin'
Love's gonna live here again
I hear bees are hummin' and I know the days are comin'
Love's gonna live here again

Love's gonna live here, love's gonna live here
Love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness, only happiness
Love's gonna live here again
Yeah, love's gonna live here again

 

[fox69]

"Lucky That Way"

"Lucky That Way"



Have you ever seen a heart as it lays dyin',
Or what's left of it's life slips away?
Well any tears that get shed ain't worth cryin',
'Cause I've seen plenty I'm lucky that way.

Have you ever heard a voice start to moanin',
After despair's choked its last words away?
Well, any worse sound defies your ears even knowin',
And, Lord, I've heard plenty I'm lucky that way.

So wrap your warm arms around me,
And let our weak hands delight love's sad face.

Then press your soft lips against me,
And let the first bets on new love be made.

Have you ever watched a couple where a woman stands cryin',
While begging the other to please stay?
The awful truth is, it ain't the worth the cryin',
Lord, I've watched plenty: I'm lucky that way.
Lord, I've watched plenty: I'm lucky that way.

 

[fox69]

"Man Of Constant Sorrow"

"Man Of Constant Sorrow"



I am a man of constant sorrow
I’ve seen trouble all my days
And I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised
The place where he was born and raised

For six long years I’ve been in trouble
No pleasures here on earth I found
For in this world I’m bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now
He has no friends to help him now

So it’s fare thee well my old true lover
I never expect to see you again
For I’m bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I’ll die upon this train
Perhaps he'll die upon this train

You can bury me in some dark holler
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave
While he is sleeping in his grave

Maybe your friends think that I’m just a stranger
My face you never will see no more
But there is one promise that is given
I’ll meet you on God’s golden shore
He'll meet you on God’s golden shore

 

[fox69]

"Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't"

"Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't"


[Spoken]
"Ah, this is just something I worked up.
I'll do it for you.
Maybe you like it, maybe you don't"

Hey girl, hey girl
You warned me to go
But girl, but girl
Little did I know
All the things you told me
About what lay in store
Would only make me want you more

No, not a word
Had one chance to save me
From your love
That wicked love

There's not a prayer
Left for me escaping
From your love
Yeah, that wicked love

Hey girl, hey girl
I begged and hollered please
But girl, but girl
Even from my knees

All the things you told me
About what lay in store
Only made me want you more

No pain can stop
Or rid me what I'm needing
From your love
That wicked love

'Cause what I crave all night
And end each day still seeking
Is your love
Yeah, that wicked love

Hey girl, hey girl
I tried to understand
But girl, but girl
There ain't no way I can

'Cause all the things you told me
About what lay in store
Only made me want you more

Yeah, all those things you told me
About what lay in store
Yeah, they only made me want you more

 

[fox69]

"Mercury Blues"

"Mercury Blues"



Well if I had money
Tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
Lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well the girl I love
I stole her from a friend
He got lucky, stole her back again
She heard he had a Mercury
Lord she's crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well hey now mama
You look so fine
ridin round in your Mercury 49
Crazy bout a Mercury
lord I'm crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well my baby went out
She didn't stay long
Bought herself a Mercury, come a cruisin home
She's crazy bout a Mercury
Yeah she's crazy bout a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

Well if I had money
I tell you what I'd do
I'd go downtown and buy me a Mercury or two
Crazy bout a Mercury
I'm gonna buy me a Mercury
And cruise it up and down the road

 

[fox69]

"Miner's Prayer"

"Miner's Prayer"



When the whistle blows each morning
And I walk down in that cold, dark mine
I say a prayer to my dear Savior
Please let me see the sunshine one more time

When oh when will it be over
When will I lay these burdens down
And when I die, dear Lord in Heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

I still grieve for my poor brother
And I still hear my dear old mother cry
When late that night they came and told her
He'd lost his life down in the Big Shoal Mine

When oh when will it be over
When will I lay these burdens down
And when I die, dear Lord in Heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

I have no shame, I feel no sorrow
If on this earth not much I own
I have the love of my sweet children
An old plow mule, a shovel and a hoe

When oh when will it be over
When will I lay these burdens down
And when I die, dear Lord in Heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

Yeah, when I die, dear Lord in Heaven
Please take my soul from 'neath that cold dark ground

 

[fox69]

"Missing Heart"

"Missing Heart"



I am a missing heart
With no place left to start
To ever find my way
Around these empty parts
I am a missing heart

I am an open wound
In need of time and room
With the space to heal
Any loss that looms
I am an open wound

I searched so long
And all that I found is now gone
Because anywhere
I looked was always wrong

I am a pleading voice
Lacking any choice
But to be the truth
Over all the noise
I am a pleading voice

I am a vacant stare
Ignoring every glare
That might prove to hold
Just the slightest dare
I am a vacant stare
ignoring every glare

I searched so long
And all that I found is now gone
Because anywhere
I looked was always wrong

I am a missing heart
with no place left to start
To ever find my way
Around these empty parts
I am a missing heart