Jerry Lee Lewis

[fox69]

"I Love You Because"

"I Love You Because"


I love you because you understand, dear
Every single thing I try to do
You're always there to lend a helping hand, dear
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for the way you never doubt me
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

I love you because my heart is lighter
Every time you're walking by my side
I love you because the future's brighter
The door to happiness you've opened wide.

No matter what may be the style or season
I know your heart will always be true
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons
But, most of all I love you 'cause you're you.

 

[fox69]

"I Love You So Much It Hurts"

"I Love You So Much It Hurts"


I love you so much, it hurts me
Darling, that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
Afraid of losing you

I love you so much, it hurts me
And there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you, my Dear, forever and ever
I love so much, it hurts me so

I love you so much, it hurts me
Darling, that's why I'm so blue
I'm so afraid to go to bed at night
Afraid of losing you

I love you so much, it hurts me
And there's nothing I can do
I want to hold you, my Dear, forever and ever
I love so much it hurts me so

 

[fox69]

"I Really Don't Want To Know"
(with Gillian Welch)

"I Really Don't Want To Know"
(with Gillian Welch)



How many arms have held you
And hated to let you go?
How many, how many, I wonder
But I really don't want to know

How many lips have kissed you
And set your soul aglow?
How many, how many, I wonder
But I really don't want to know

So always make me wonder
Always make me guess
And even if I ask you
Darling, please don't confess

Just let it remain your secret
But darling, I love you so
No wonder, no wonder, I wonder
No, I really don't want to know

 

[fox69]

"I Saw Her Standing There"
(originally by The Beatles)

"I Saw Her Standing There"
(originally by The Beatles)



She was just seventeen
And you know what I mean
And the way she looked was way beyond compare
I couldn't dance with another
When I saw her standing there

Well, she looked at me and I could see
That before too long, I fell in love with her
I couldn't dance with another
When I saw here standing there

Well, my heart went boom
As I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine
Oh, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long, I fell in love with her
I couldn't dance with another
When I saw here standing there

 

[fox69]

"I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"

"I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"


In a bar in Memphis, an old man came in
I thought he was out of his his head
Being a young man, I just laughed it off
I'm dreaming that he understood

I'll never again turn the young ladies heads
Or go running off into the wind
I'm three quarters home now from the start to the end
I wish I was eighteen again

I wish I was eighteen again
My God, I'd like to go back
Where I've never been but old folks, old oaks
They stand tall but just pretend
I wish I was eighteen again

Time turns the pages and life it goes so fast
The years turn the black hair to gray
I talked to young folks but they don't understand
The things this old man's has to say

Oh, I wish I was eighteen again
Going back where I've never been
But old folks, old oaks
Standing tall, just pretend
I'll never be eighteen again

 

[fox69]

"I'd Be Talkin' All The Time"

"I'd Be Talkin' All The Time"


If I talked about the good times well they wouldn't be much the same
For seldom happy mem'ries come to mind
But if I talked about the sleepless nights that you brought my way
I'd be talkin' (talkin') talkin' all the time
For every dream that came my way a million pass me by
I thought I didn't be hurtin' more and then you said goodbye
If talking now of the good things would get you off my mind
I'd be talkin' (talkin') talkin' all the time

Mhm for every dream that came my way..
Honey I'd be talkin' (talkin') talkin' all the time

 

[fox69]

"I'd Do It All Again"

"I'd Do It All Again"


Well, the band was on its final break
When he came walking in
The lies that showed more than his age
He was drunk, worn and thin

He sat down behind the ol' piano
And he ran through a couple of notes
And he said, "Would somebody buy me a drink, boys
To kinda help me clear my throat?"

And he said, "What would you give to hear a song?
What prize do memories bring?
It ain't every day you get
To hear living legend sing"

I may forget a line or two
A few words now and then
It takes a drink to make me think
And live it all again

This gray you see don't bother Jerry Lee
And neither do these lines
I may have seen some better days, boys
But God knows, I ain't reached my prime

I've got some scars from a woman's war
And playing those one-night stands
Lord only knows, if I had the time
I'd do it all again

Yes, I could still make 'em dance
Like I did in times that's gone
And I can still make 'em cry
And I can touch 'em with a song

I can still yet turn 'em on
The way that I did back then
Lord only knows, if I had the time
I'd do it all again

 

[fox69]

"I'll Find It Where I Can"

"I'll Find It Where I Can"


Ah! It's just another wasted mornin'
While I'm holdin' up the wall
Too much tequila makes me wonder
Why I'm headin' home at all
Get that honky tonk feelin'
Every time your arms grow cold
I suppose that's the reason
I need a home away from home
So I'll say one more time
And I hope you'll understand
If I can't find it in your arms, babe
I'm gonna find it where I can
I can't refuse them lonely women
Lord, I know just how they feel
I suppose that's the reason
What you been givin' me makes me feel
Honey, I'm gettin' that honky tonk feelin'
Every time your arms grow cold
And I suppose that's the reason
I need a home away from home
So I'll say it one more time, one more time
And I hope you'll understand
If I can't find it in your arms, babe
I'm gonna find it where I can
If I can't find it in your arms, babe
I'm gonna find it where I can

 

[fox69]

"I'll Make It All Up To You"

"I'll Make It All Up To You"


Well it's true so true I didn't do right by you
Guess I didn't know exactly what to do someday I'll make it all up to you
Well it's true so true I didn't do right by you
Guess I didn't know exactly what to do someday I'll make it all up to you

When we met I thought we'd be so happy that we would be so gay
But since we met I thought we'd be so happy but now you're gone away
Lord I'm blue so blue but baby I don't blame you
Guess I didn't know the right things to do someday I'll make it all up to you

When we met I thought we'd be so happy that we would be so gay
But since we met I thought we'd be so happy but now you're gone away
Lord I'm blue so blue but baby I don't blame you
Guess I didn't know the right things to do someday I'll make it all up to you

 

[fox69]

"I'm A Lonesome Fugitive"

"I'm A Lonesome Fugitive"


Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run, the highway is my home

I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While Mama used to pray my crops would fail
I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways:
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

[Chorus]
I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run, the highway is my home

[Solo]

I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury
Of having one I love to come along
She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me
For he who travels fastest goes alone

[Chorus]

I'm on the run, the highway is my home