Dwight Yoakam

[fox69]

"Send Me The Pillow"

"Send Me The Pillow"



Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don't you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin', I can dream on it too

Each night while I'm sleeping, oh so lonely
I'll share your love and dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin', I can dream on it too

Send me the pillow that you dream on
Maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin', I can dream on it too

I've waited so long for you to write me
But just a memory is all that is left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin', I can dream on it too
So darlin', I can dream on it too

 

[fox69]

"She"

"She"



She won’t show you
What’s really real
She won’t show you
The way she feels

She won’t show
Where her heart goes
She’ll just let you
Wonder, guess, and suppose

She won’t show you
At any time
She won’t show you
What’s on her mind

She won’t show
Every place her heart goes
She’ll just let you
Wonder, guess, and suppose

She won’t show
All the dreams her heart holds
She’ll just let you
Wonder, guess and suppose

She may give a look
But you’ll never see
The truth in her eyes
She shows to me

She won’t show you
The slightest sign
She won’t show you
Might as well be blind

She won’t show
All the dreams her heart holds
She’ll just let you
Wonder, guess and suppose

And she won’t show you
What’s really real

 

[fox69]

"She'll Remember"

"She'll Remember"



She came in and she told me.
She said: "I'm leaving you."
I said: "Oh, you are?"
"Let me tell you something:
"If you leave, I suggest you stay gone.
"And I mean stay gone forever, you hear me?
Ever!
So she left, and then I missed her.
I'm not gonna go into why mister,
But there's one particular thing that she used to do late at night,
I miss that especially.
I can count off, I suppose a thousand things I miss,
But I don't wanna go into it right now.
No, I don't want to count.

One, two. One, two, three, four.

Another day I spent alone,
Here lately, I cry and only she'll remember,
Yeah, will she'll remember?
Early mornings, I just suffer through,
Since feelin' empty's what I'm bound to do,
But she'll remember, yeah, oh, she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

Late afternoon, I curl up tight,
To fight back tears I shed all night,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.
Denote a bad and right a wrong,
Its just a matter of how long,
Will life defend her, then she'll remember.

She'll try, she'll try, but there won't be,
No more escape from her old lonely memories.

Mine may be the only scars that show,
From every break one heart could know,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.
Once all that's left is what's been used,
An' any chance to hide from the truth,
Keeps gettin' slimmer, then she'll remember.

So one more day I'll spend alone,
Like every other, I'll cry and moan,
But she'll remember, yeah, whoa, she'll remember.
In early mornings, late afternoons,
Each empty night I'm still sufferin' through,
But she'll remember, yeah, she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

She'll remember.
She'll remember.
Yeah yeah, remember.
Whoa, she'll remember.
She'll remember.
She'll remember.
She'll remember.
Then she'll remember.
Then she'll remember.

When every choice filled with regret,
Even though they haven't yet,
Make her thoughts surrender,
Then she'll remember.

 

[fox69]

"Sin City"
(originally by The Flying Burrito Brothers)

"Sin City"
(originally by The Flying Burrito Brothers)



This old town is filled with sin
It'll swallow you in
If you've got some money to burn
Take it home right away
You've got three years to pay
Oh, and Satan is waiting his turn

Well, the scientists say it'll all wash away
But we don't believe anymore
'Cause we've got our recruits
In their green mohair suits
So please show your I.D. at the door

This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse
It seems like this whole town's insane
On the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

A fool came around tried to clean up this town
His ideas made some people mad
But he trusted in his crowd
So he spoke right out loud
And they lost the best friend they ever had

This old earthquake's gonna leave me in the poorhouse
It seems like this whole town's insane
On the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

Yeah on the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain

 

[fox69]

"Since I Started Drinkin' Again"

"Since I Started Drinkin' Again"



Since I started drinkin' again
Since I started drinkin' again (Hey girl)
I ain't shed one lousy tear over you
Since I started drinkin' again

Well I know that the neighbours are all a-talkin'
They swear that I have lost my mind
Ah but they do not know
That I've just gained control
Of all the heartache that you left behind

Since I started drinkin' again
Since I started drinkin' again (Ah girl)
Well I ain't shed one lousy tear over you
Since I started drinkin' again

Well I know that the boss is a-gonna fire me
When I stumble in late to work again
Ah but surprise will replace that old scowl on his face
When he sees that I do not give a damn

Since I started drinkin' again
Since I started drinkin' again (Hey girl)
Well I ain't shed one lousy tear over you
Since I started drinkin' again

Well I ain't shed one lousy tear over you
Since I started drinkin'
Since I started drinkin'
Since I started drinkin' again (Hey girl)

 

[fox69]

"Smoke Along The Track"

"Smoke Along The Track"



One day the train was passing, I caught it coming by
To look this old world over, under god's blue sky
My darling stood there weeping as I was looking back
I kissed my baby crying in the smoke along the track

Bye, bye, so long, there's something down the track
It's calling me
Bye, bye, so long, I guess that's just the way
I'll always be
Now when I get this feeling
Don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you crying
In the smoke along the track

I like to keep on going, it helps me when I'm blue
I get the urge to travel, that's all I want to do
I know I just can't settle down because I like to roam
And when I hear that whistle blow I gotta move along

Bye, bye, so long, there's something down the track
It's calling me
Bye, bye, so long, I guess that's just the way
I'll always be
Now when I get this feeling
Don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you crying
In the smoke along the track

I know my baby loves me, I love my baby too
But she don't understand me when I'm feeling blue
And when I hear that whistle blow I hurry home to pack
And kiss my baby crying in the smoke along the track

Bye, bye, so long, there's something down the track
It's calling me
Bye, bye, so long, I guess that's just the way
I'll always be
Now when I get this feeling
Don't try to hold me back
I'll only leave you crying
In the smoke along the track

 

[fox69]

"Some Dark Holler"
(feat. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

"Some Dark Holler"
(feat. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)



I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be here alone just knowing that you're gone
As I slowly lose my mind

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me farther on down the track
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be in some big city
In a small room with your love on my mind

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me farther on down the track
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun don't never shine
Than to be here alone just knowing that you're gone
As I slowly lose my mind

So blow your whistle freight train
Take me farther on down the track
I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back

I'm going away I'm leaving today
I'm going and I ain't coming back

 

[fox69]

"Somewhere"

"Somewhere"



Somewhere tonight, two hearts both needing
Somewhere tonight, each one all alone
Somewhere tonight, a chance for them pleading
Somewhere tonight that soon could be gone,
Somewhere they might still try
Somewhere to claim love's right
Somewhere even frail trust can survive
So I don't wanna be
Somewhere tonight with my heart still needing
Somewhere tonight, a chance that is gone.
Somewhere at sometime there won't have to be
A look that we take back or touch we can't mean
Somewhere tonight it's waiting inside of you and me
Oh, I don't want to be.

Somewhere they might still try
Somewhere to claim love's right
Somewhere even frail trust can survive
So I don't wanna be
Somewhere tonight with my heart still needing
Somewhere tonight, a chance that is gone...

 

[fox69]

"Sorry You Asked?"

"Sorry You Asked?"


You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
You'll be sorry you ever asked why.

We started having problems in August last year
Some things have been kind of rough for quite a while
And you know how you think it'll work itself out
Yeah but mister that thoughts wrong by a long long mile

You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
You'll be sorry you ever asked why.

I might should have seen we were drifting apart
But I was in what I guess you'd call denial
And I had always heard you were the last one to know
Hey well buddy I was last by a long long while

You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
But you'll be sorry you ever asked why.

Ok we both have a tendency to over-react
So I can't really tell you who's at fault
There was certain third parties
Well her sister for one
Helped bring our reconciling to a drop dead halt

Aren't you sorry you asked me the reason
Why she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
But I'm sure sorry you ever asked why
Aren't you sorry you ever asked why
I'm sure sorry you ever asked why

Did I tell you how she tried to have me locked out of the house
Had to go hire a lawyer and all
But I know that was mostly her family's idea
I could hear them tell her what to say every time I'd call

[fade out]
You'll you sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And I know you were probably just acting polite
But I'm sure sorry you ever asked why
Aren't you sorry you ever asked why

 

[fox69]

"South Of Cinncinnati"

"South Of Cinncinnati"


[Chorus:]
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
Down where the Dogwood trees grow
If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon
To the home you left so long ago
If you ever get south of the Ohio River
Down where Dixieland begins
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
I'll be yours again.

She pulled the letter from the pages of her Bible
And a rose pressed inside the Book of Luke
For fourteen years she'd write each day but keep it hidden
Refused to even speak his name, but still she wrote:

[Chorus:]
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
Down where the Dogwood trees grow
If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon
To the home you left so long ago
If you ever get south of the Ohio River
Down where Dixieland begins
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
I'll be yours again.

[Instrumental]

At a cold gray apartment in Chicago
A cigarette drowns inside a glass of gin
He lies there drunk but it don't matter drunk or sober
He'll never read the words that pride won't let her send

[Chorus:]
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
Down where the Dogwood trees grow
If you ever get south of the Mason Dixon
To the home you left so long ago
If you ever get south of the Ohio River
Down where Dixieland begins
If you ever get south of Cincinnati
I'll be yours again.

Then I'll be yours again...

[Instrumental to fade]