Dwight Yoakam

[fox69]

"Honky Tonk Man"
(originally by Johnny Horton)

"Honky Tonk Man"
(originally by Johnny Horton)



[Chorus:]
Well I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone, I'm on the telephone singing
Hey, hey, mama can your daddy come home

Now I'm living wild and dangerously
But I've got plenty of company
When the moon comes up and the sun goes down
I can't wait to see the lights of town

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone, I'm on the telephone singing
Hey, hey, mama can your daddy come home

A pretty little girl and a jug of wine
Well that's what it takes to make a honky tonk time
With the juke box moaning those honky tonk sounds
I can't wait to lay my money down

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop
I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old juke box
But when my money's all gone, I'm on the telephone singing
Hey, hey, mama can your daddy come home

 

[fox69]

"How Long Was It"

"How Long Was It"



Don't look inside
No, don't look there
'Cause you might find
Yourself somewhere

Walkin' 'round
Lost and alone
Without one clue
That it's a long way home

Years and years
Is a lot of time
To drag your heart across
Every rock you find
Hate is deep
And its pull is strong
But the passion's short
Then it's a long way home

I can't take
One single step for you
But I might just help
To find some small pathway through

Don't look back
'Cause you might see
Just how far
All that used to be

Just let your mind
Think on what's gone
And then you'll know
That it's a long way home

Yeah, you'll know
That it's a long way home

You'll find out
That it's a long way home

There ain't no doubt
That it's a long way home

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)"
(originally by Buck Owens)

"I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)"
(originally by Buck Owens)



Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
I don't care if the bells don't chime
Just as long as you love me
And I don't care if the tops don't spin
I don't care if the gins won't gin
Just as long as you love me

So darling, let it rain, let it snow
Let the cold north winds blow
Just as long as you love me
North or south, east or west
You know I will stand the test
Just as long as you love me

Well, I don't care if the birds don't sing
I don't care if the bells don't ring
Just as long as you love me
And I don't care if the world don't turn
I don't care if the fires won't burn
Just as long as you love me

So darling, let it rain, let it snow
Let the cold north wind blow
Just as long as you love me
North or south, east or west
You know I will stand the test
Just as long as you love me
Oh, darling, just as long as you love me

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Need It Done"

"I Don't Need It Done"



Honey you sure do it well
But I don't need it done
I know if I did it with you
It'd be a whole lot of fun
I'll send my regrets
Oh but I won't hedge my bets
I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

Baby you sure look fine
But I don't need it done
So I won't waste your time
Better let you run
I'll just move along
Oh I don't mind waking up all alone
'Cause I found real true love
Now I don't need it done

I don't need it done
Lord, I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

I don't need it done
I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

Well it's been a long day all right
But I don't need it done
You say I could stay all night
Until the morning comes
It's not easy but
I've got to give up all you got
Yeah I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

Don't need it done
I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

I don't need it done
I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

Don't need it done
I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
I don't need it done

I don't need it done
I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

Don't need it done
I don't need it done
Yeah, I found a real true love
Now I don't need it done

Don't need it done...

 

[fox69]

"I Got You"

"I Got You"



I've had to buy back damn near everything I own
From a little man whose name is Saul
And has a lot of money to loan
I drive a beat up '67 Chevrolet
With a torn up seat
That pokes a brand new hole in my back near every day
I got a letter from the folks over at Bell
Just to let me know my next phone call
I could walk outside and yell
Hey, I know my life seems a mess
But honey, things to me still look real swell

'Cause I've got you to see me through
Yeah, I've got you, oh, to chase my blues
I've got you to ease my pain
Yeah, I've got you, girl, to keep me sane
So let 'em do what they want to do
'Cause it don't matter, long as I got you

I've got the landlord breathing down my neck for rent
Oh, he don't give a damn about my kids or where the money was spent
And after all those years of payin' union dues
It sure didn't seem to count for much when we got our layoff news
I got a note from the man over at the bank
Said the next ten gallons of gas I buy won't be going in my tank
Hey, I know I might seem near dead
But honey, I think I might just get well

'Cause I've got you to see me through
Yeah, I've got you, oh, to chase my blues
I've got you to ease my pain
Honey, I've got you, oh, to keep me sane
So let 'em do what they want to do
'Cause it don't matter, long as I got you
Yeah, let 'em go right ahead and sue
'Cause it don't matter, long as I got you

 

[fox69]

"I Hear You Knockin'"

"I Hear You Knockin'"


[Chorus:]
I hear you knockin'
I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
But it's no use, baby
Your calling is all in vain

No use you crying
You done the lying
You tried to cheat
Baby, you're to blame
But it's no use, baby
Your crying is all in vain

I packed my suitcase
I bought my ticket
It won't be long, and I'll be on my way
'Cause I'm a leaving, yeah, I'm a leaving, and
I'm going away to stay

[Chorus:]
I hear you knockin'
I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
But it's too late, baby
Your calling is all in vain

[Instrumental]

I packed my suitcase
I bought my ticket
It won't be long, and I'll be on my way
'Cause I'm a leaving, yeah, I'm a leaving, and
I'm going away to stay

I hear you knockin'
I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
But it's no use, baby
Your calling is all in vain

[Instrumental]

I hear you knockin'
I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
But it's too late, baby
Your calling is all in vain

I hear you knockin'
I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
But it's too late, baby
Your calling is all in vain

I hear you knockin'
I hear you callin'
I hear you every time you say my name
But it's too late, baby
Your calling is all in vain

I hear you knock, knock, knock
I hear you call, call, call
I hear you ...

 

[fox69]

"I Said (Paradise Reprise)"

"I Said (Paradise Reprise)"



When I was a boy my family would travel
Inta' Western Kentucky where my parents were born
To a lost little town there that's often remembered
So many times that my memory drew warn

And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away"

Well, sometimes we travel right down the green river
To the abandoned old prison down by Gadry Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes, we'd shoot off pistols
Ahh, but empty pop bottles is all we would kill

And daddy won't me take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away"

Well, the coal company came with the worlds largest shovel
They tortured the timber and stripped all of the land
Lord, they dug for their coal 'til the ground was forsaken
Then wrote it all down as a the 'Progress Of Man'

So daddy won't you take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal trains hauled it away"

When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just 5 miles away from wherever I am

Ohh, and daddy won't you take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away"

He said, "I'm sorry my son but yer too late in askin'
Mr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away
Oh, Mr. Peabodys' coal train has hauled it away"

 

[fox69]

"I Sang Dixie"

"I Sang Dixie"



I sang Dixie, as he died
But people just walked on by, as I cried
The bottle had robbed him, of all his rebel pride
So I sang Dixie, as he died

He said way down yonder in the land of cotton, old times there ain't near as rotten
As they are on this damned old L.A. street
Then he drew a dying breath, and laid his head against my chest
Please Lord, take his soul back home to Dixie

And I sang Dixie, as he died
But people just walked on by, as I cried
The bottle had robbed him, of all his rebel pride
So I sang Dixie, as he died

He said listen to me son while you still can, run back home to that Southern land
Don't you see, what life here has done to me
Then he closed those old blue eyes, and fell limp, against my side
No more pain, and now he's safe back home in Dixie

And I sang Dixie, as he died
But people just walked on by, as I cried
The bottle had robbed him, of all his rebel pride
So I sang Dixie as he died

I sang Dixie as he, died

 

[fox69]

"I Wanna Love Again"

"I Wanna Love Again"



I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.
Go back before I cried, or ever tried,
To understand life without you.
I wanna hold your hand, and just pretend,
We're starting out brand new.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

I wanna love again, and softly mend,
Any ache we ever knew.
Then kiss till there's no place, not one small space,
That our lips leave unused.
I wanna have what takes my breath away,
Be just the slightest touch from you.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

Baby there are countless reasons why,
This is something only fools would try.
But life sure gets lonely with just pride,
So if you'll risk yours, I'll risk mine.

I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.
Aw, go back before I cried, or ever tried,
To understand life without you.
I wanna hold your hand, and just pretend,
We're starting out brand new.
I wanna love again, feel young again,
The way we did when it was true.

 

[fox69]

"I Want You To Want Me"

"I Want You To Want Me"


I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me
I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?

[Solo]

I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I want you to want me