Jerry Reed

[fox69]

"Sweet Memories"

"Sweet Memories"



Sweet memories sweet memories

My world is like a river as dark as it is deep
Night after night the past slips in and gathers all my sleep
My days are just an endless stream of emptiness to me
Filled only by the fleeting moments of her memories

Sweet memories sweet memories

She slipped into the silence of my dreams again last night
Wandering from room to room she's turning on each light
Her laughter spills like water from the river to the sea
I'm swept away from sadness clinging to her memory

Sweet memories sweet memories

 

[fox69]

"Take A Walk"

"Take A Walk"



Now I've seen that hungry look you've been giving my woman
And I know what's going on in the back of your mind
So you better do yourself a big favor and hear me closely
Cause fellow I'm just gonna tell you this one time

You better take a walk son stop looking at my woman
You better go and find yourself another chick someplace
Yes you better take a walk boy stop eyein' my pride and my joy
Or I'm gonna make a few changes in your face

You think I don't know what you've been thinking
That you'd like to take my woman away from me
But she's mine and she's gonna stay that way forever
And you ain't gonna take nothing but the time to leave
Tell him guitar

If there's a brain left in your head son you better use it
And try to talk your feet into moving you out of this town
Cause if you keep trying to push yourself off on my woman
You might just wind up pushing little daisies up from the ground

So you better take a walk son stop looking at my woman...
Tell him guitar

 

[fox69]

"Take It Easy (In Your Mind)"

"Take It Easy (In Your Mind)"



(Take it easy in your mind take it easy in your mind)

Well you wake up in the morning and your hands are shakin' and your nerves are all uptight
Your back is sore and your head's a splittin' cause you ain't slept all night
You stumble to the kitchen, you light that cigarette sit around and hack and cough
Finish your coffee kiss your pretty little wife and you're off

Honey you gotta rush off down to the office after all you're a big ole wheel
And all that wheelin' and all that dealin' is the biggest reason why you're ill
Cause the boss gets mad when business is bad and the pressure never seems to stop
If you ain't careful you're gonna blow your top

So take it easy in your mind
Just take it easy and you will find
That you'll live longer brother you'll get further down the line
If you'll just take it easy in your mind
Take it easy and take it slow
Enjoy the good life it's yours you know
Well every cloud is silver-lined and you can make your own sunshine
If you'll just take it easy in your mind

(Take it easy in your mind take it easy in your mind)

Well your next door neighbors went and bought a new car one of them great big shiny ones
So you run downtown get one that's bigger cause you ain't about to be out-done
It's called Keeping Up With The Jones's that's the little game you play
Well there's another bill son you don't know how you're gonna pay

You can't explain them headaches and big old bags underneath your eyes
So you pay thirty-five dollars an hour to get yourself psychoanalyzed
You lay there and tell that doctor how your head's all in a mess
And what he tells you will sound something like this

Just take it easy in your mind...

C'mon c'mon
(Take it easy in your mind)
You better
(Take it easy in your mind)
Just take it easy in your mind
Just take it easy and you'll find

 

[fox69]

"Talk About The Good Times"

"Talk About The Good Times"



Huh, yeah
Here we come

Well I remember when I was just children
A time when people used to treat the neighbor like a fellow man
And all their singin' and their big prayer meetin's
When a man was proud to walk up and shake his neighbor's hand

Oh, You talk about the good times, talk about the good times
Oh, if you ever needed help, a friend was there
Some good neighbor, helped lift your burdens
Oh and the simple joys of life your friends would share

But the times are harder and the people are changin'
Today most folks couldn't tell you, who their next door neighbors are
All the guns are loaded, the front doors are bolted
Ain't this ol' world takin' hate and fear just a little too far

Let's talk about the good times, let's talk about the good times
I wish, I could just go back to the days I'm speakin' of
When a friend would meet you and a smile would greet you
What this ol' world needs now is old fashioned love

Play the guitar
Well alright

Well, my old granddaddy, God rest his soul now
Well we had a big long talk together the day he died
He said, "Son this world is so full of hate and venom
An' I can't wait to leave this ol' place and rest on the other side"

"Oh, you talk about the good times, talk about the good times
When I'm gonna see all the friends I knew in the good ol' days
We'll have a big hand shakin', sit and talk together
Sit down by the river Jordan and sing our blues away"

Hey, you talk about the good times, talk about the good times
Talk about the good times, yeah

 

[fox69]

"Texas Bound And Flyin'"

"Texas Bound And Flyin'"



Well if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'

Ive got my 10 in the wind
let it all hang out again
Cause how're you gonna win
if you ain't trying

Well now we're all back together
and we're burnin' up the road
and that old sheriff's doggin' us today
He thinks he's really got it cookin'
plans to do a lot of bookin'
only trouble he keeps lookin'
where we've already been!

So if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'

Well if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'

Ive got my 10 in the wind
let it all hang out again
Cause how're you gonna win
if you ain't trying

Now 'Smokey and the Bandit'
is a tale you don't forget
everytime you time your hear
an engine scream and whine
You have to think about ol' Bandit,
ol' Buford, Frog, and Fred, and Snowman
Their story is a legend
that will live on in time!

So if I can keep it on the ground
when I put that hammer down
then I'll be Texas bound and aflyin'

 

[fox69]

"Thank You Girl"

"Thank You Girl"



Thank you girl for lovin' me (for lovin' me)
Thank you girl for lovin' me (lovin' me)

I never thought that I would find a girl like you
A girl to make me feel the way you do
Before you came along nobody noticed me
I thought that I was born to be a loner
Until your love took me and made me over

So I wanna thank you girl for lovin' me
I wanna thank you girl for all the happiness you brought to me
Thank you girl for lovin' me (for lovin' me)
I wanna thank you girl (thank you girl) for lovin' me (for lovin' me)

Your love has changed my life so many ways
Lovin' you is wakin' up to happy days
I know before the sun goes down I'll be with you
And you and me babe we'll go capture some rainbows
Go chasin' dreams for just as long as the wind blows

So I wanna thank you girl for lovin' me...

This spell you put on me is strong and I can't break it
If I could find a cure for you I would not take it
Without your lovin' me I know I can't go on
But just as long as we are close together
We're gonna make it babe and that's all that matters

So I wanna thank you girl for lovin' me...

Thank you baby (thank you girl) for lovin' me (for lovin' me)
Thank you baby (thank you girl) for lovin' me (for lovin' me)

 

[fox69]

"That Lucky Old Sun"

"That Lucky Old Sun"



Up in the mornin' out on the job
Work like the devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But just roll around heaven all day

Well I fuss with my woman I toil with my kids
Sweat till I'm all wrinkled and gray
While that lucky old sun ain't got nothin' to do
But just roll around heaven all day

Good Lord above don't you hear me pinin'
I got teardrops in my eyes
Oh send down the cloud with the silver linin'
Lift me to paradise

Lord won't you show me the river take me across
Let me wash all my troubles away Lord
Like the lucky old sun give me nothin' to do
But just roll around heaven all day

Well now good Lord above can't you hear me pinin'...

 

[fox69]

"That's All Part Of Losing"

"That's All Part Of Losing"



Your memory just won't let me be
Keeps reminding me that I was wrong
And without your love I just can't go on

And I've learned to cry since you said goodbye
And I know that I will lose my mind most any day
But baby that's the price that you pay

Cause that's all part of losing that's all part of losing
Learning how to cry and wishing you could crawl off and die
That's all part of losing

Since you're mine no more life ain't worth living for
Now I know that you are everything to me
My mistakes were made but baby baby how I paid

And I spend my time searchin' through my mind
Hoping I can find a way to say I'm sorry
Sorry for the fool I've been beggin' baby try me again

Cause that's all part of losing that's all part of losing
Crying begging please and learning how to crawl on your knees
That's all part of losing baby baby that's part of losing
All part of losing
Crying begging please...

 

[fox69]

"The Bird"

"The Bird"



Well my throat was dry and it was getting late
I was at this bar on the interstate
When this guy with this bird on his shoulder walked through the door
He proceeded to tell me the wildest thing
Sir this bird of mine can sing
Like no other bird you ever heard before
Well I kinda looked at the guy and said oh really
He turned to the bird and said do ole Willie
When the bird started singing I almost fell in the floor

Whisky River take my mind
Don't let her memory torture to me
Whisky River don't run dry
You're all I've got take care of me

Well if that ain't the durndest thing
I thought son what a heck of a thing
A man could get rich making that bird sing
And I could feel this wild idea coming on strong
And besides I'm sitting here with two weeks pay
And I'd probably blow it on beer anyway
Hey wait â??til you hear him sing like George Jones

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
Soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

I said well that does it sir
Yep I'd like to buy that bird
Five hundred dollars to take him off your hands
Well he thought for a while and he said alright
And he handed me the bird and he said good night
He counted my money and out the door he ran

Well I was thinking I'd found the rainbow's end
That the money would soon be pouring in
When suddenly the bird flew out the door and was gone
Well then it hit me and I got boiling made
Cause I knew right then I'd been had
And as he flew off into the night he was singing this song

On the road again
I just can't wait to get on the road again
Somebody stop that bird
Well love is making money with my friends
I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
My bird
I Just can't wait to get on the road again
I find love is making money with my friends
I can't wait to get on the road again
Somebody give me a B B gun
On the road again
I want that bird
Just can't wait to get on the road again
This is for the birds
Love is making money with my friends

 

[fox69]

"The Lady Is A Woman"

"The Lady Is A Woman"



She's elegant she's gracious a lady of the finest social set
And you're the rich man that can buy her all the world
And what she wants she gets
You give her charge accounts and check books
Thinkin' that's the way to keep her satisfied
But what she needs the most
Is what no charge account or check book ever buy

The lady is a woman even you should understand
While the lady may need soft things the woman needs a man
Yes the lady is a woman that you can be certain of
While your lady wants for nothing still your woman wants for love

Well all I do is drive your limousine and chauffeur you to where you'd like to go
But when I look at your lady even I can see there's somethin' you don't know
You give her ev'rything she wanted but not one of the things she really needs
Yes you still may have your lady but lately now your woman comes to me

Your lady is a woman even you should understand
While your lady may need soft things still your woman needs a man
Your lady is a woman that you can be certain of
While your lady wants for nothing still your woman wants for love