Kenny Rogers

[fox69]

"Desperado"
(originally by Eagles)

"Desperado"
(originally by Eagles)



Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
You've been out ridin fences for so long now
Oh and you're a hard one, but I know that you've got your reasons
The things that are pleasin' you, can hurt you somehow.

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy, she'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones you can't get.

Desperado, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone.

Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day
And you're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses
Come down from your fences- open the gates
It may be rainin, but there's a rainbow above you
You'd better let somebody love you, let somebody love you.

You'd better let somebody love you
Before it's too late...

 

[fox69]

"Didn't We?"

"Didn't We?"



I think of all the times, I needed you
And you would come to me, 'cos you wanted too
And we built the fire that would last thro' the night
Still be burnin' in the morning light.

Oh, it must've had a thousand ways
Of takin' our breath away
We took a chance or two, didn't we?
And made some mountains move, oh, didn't we?

From out of the blue storm clouds came
And it started rainin', we just let it rain
Oh, it must've been a careless love
Oh, it had to be a careless love.

Satin sheets
And no regrets
We had it baby
We had the best, didn't we?.

And every now and then I let my feelings show
And tho' takes me a while just to let you go
'Cause you were more than a lover and more than a friend
Never before and never again.

Oh, it must've been a careless love
Oh, it had to be a careless love.

Satin sheets
And no regrets
We had it baby
We had the best, didn't we?.

Oh, it ought to be 'you and me'
Oh, we had a good, didn't we?
Didn't we, didn't we?...

 

[fox69]

"Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"
(feat. Kim Carnes)

"Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"
(feat. Kim Carnes)



[Kenny:]
Just look at you sitting there
You never looked better than tonight
And it'd be so easy to tell ya I'd stay
Like I've done so many times

[Kim:]
I was so sure this would be the night
You'd close the door and want to stay with me
And it'd be so easy to tell ya I'll stay
Like I've done so many times

[Both:]
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
'Cause he'll always take you in
Just when you think you've really changed him
He'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer
'Cause he'll break you every time

[Kim:]
Oh, put out the light

[Kenny:]
Just hold on

[Both:]
Before we say goodbye

[Kim:]
Now it's mornin' and the phone rings
And you say you've gotta get your things together
You just gotta leave before ya change your mind

[Kenny:]
And if ya knew what I was thinkin', girl
I'd turn around if you'd just ask me one more time

[Both:]
Don't fall in love with a dreamer

[Kim:]
'Cause he'll always take you in

[Both:]
Just when you think you've really changed him
He'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer

[Kenny:]
'Cause he'll break you every time

[Kim:]
Ooooooh, put out the light

[Kenny:]
Just hold ooon

[Both:]
Before we say goodbye
Before we say goodbye
Goodbye

 

[fox69]

"Don't Look In My Eyes"

"Don't Look In My Eyes"



All my memory is safely packed
And my dreams are neatly folded away
I've got nothing to show
To a love that might have told okay
All the tables and chairs
They're standing empty and bare
And there isn't any sign
You were here
So jsut walk out of the door
Try not to get too near

You might look in my eyes
And see all the pain
And sadness deep inside
Don't look in my eyes
That's where I keep the tears I can't hide
If you've just gone, it'll be alright
I know I'll get through the night
And I even smile
As we say our goodbyes
Just don't look in my eyes

All our photographs are stored away
And our letters are there burned in the fire
There's nothing left here
That make me believer
We had nights of tender love and desire
If this seems to be gray
I'd like to hide away
There's nothing to remind me of you
When you walk out of the door
Just be sure whatever you do

Don't look in my eyes
And see all the pains
And sadness deep inside
Don't look in my eyes
That's where I keep the tears I can't hide
If you've just gone, it'll be alright
I know I'll make it through the night
And I even smile
As we say our goodbyes
Just don't look in my eyes

 

[fox69]

"Dream Dancin'"

"Dream Dancin'"



When the lights go down and the music gets pretty
Get that cheek-to-cheek look in your eye
Little boy, go, better grab your honey
Girl, you'd better grab your guy

It's time for dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing

Out on the dance floor everybody's all alone
Just squeeze my hand and then let's close our eyes
And listen to the man play on the saxophone
As we swerve 'cross the floor, just there, stars in the sky

Dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing

Close your eyes, hold me tight
Let the night last forever, let the night last forever
And I don't mind if the sun never shines
And I don't care if tomorrow never comes

As long as we are dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing

When the joint shuts down and I'm still feeling up
We go on home for a little cozy cover
For our favorite station on the radio
We'll be dancing close, we'll be dancing slow

Dream, dream dancing
Dream, dream dancing

 

[fox69]

"Dreams Of The San Joaquin"

"Dreams Of The San Joaquin"


I'm sending you some money
I wish it could be more
But it's harder than I thought
To find the work I came here for

This place is just as pretty
As I pictured it to be
And a man in need of work's
An all too common sight to see

Each morning as the trucks roll in
A lucky few climb on
And the rest of us are left to wonder
Where the dream has gone
Where the dream has gone

[Chorus:]
They say the Sierras melt with the rain
And race through the valley
Like blood through the vein
Turning the lowland
From golden to green
To harvest forever
Our dreams of the San Joaquin

Every day I struggle
With the distance and the fear
That I will not return or find
A way to bring you here

My emptiness grows deeper
I feel my spirit fall
As night comes like a blanket
That brings no sleep at all

I only hope that time will find
A way to work things out
And we will be together
In the life we dream about
The life we dream about

Repeat Chorus and add line:
We'll harvest forever
In dreams of the San Joaquin

[Chorus x2]

 

[fox69]

"Elvira"

"Elvira"



Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire for Elvira.

We look like dough, lips like sherry wine
She can sure enough make my little light shine
I get a funny feelin' up and down my spine
'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine.

Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
Heigh-ho silver, away.

Elvira, Elvira
My hear's on fire for Elvira

Tonight I'm gonna meet her to hungry house cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the love I can
She's gonna jump and holler
'Cause I saved up two dollars
She's gonna search and find that preacher man.

Elvira, Elvira
My hear's on fire for Elvira

Elvira, Elvira

Elvira, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Elvira, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Elvira, na, na, na, na, na, na, na...

 

[fox69]

"Endless Love"

"Endless Love"



My Love
There's only you in my life
The only thing that's right
My first love

You're every breath that I take
You're every step I make
And I
I want to share

All my love with you
No one else will do
And your eyes
They tell me how mush you care

Oh yes, you will always be
My endless love
Two hearts
Two hearts that beat as one

Our lives have just begun
Forever
I'll hold you close in my arms
I can't resist your charms

Oh, love
I'll be the fool
For you I'm sure
And you know I don't mind

'Cause you
You mean the world to me
I know I found in you
My endless love

And love
I'll be the fool
For you I'm sure
And you know I don't mind

And yes
You'll be the only one
'Cause no one can deny
This love I have inside

And I'll give it all to you
My love

 

[fox69]

"Even A Fool Would Let Go"
(originally by Gayle McCormick)

"Even A Fool Would Let Go"
(originally by Gayle McCormick)



It's funny how love goes cause I know this would never work out
But honey how love grows even though there's no reason to doubt
This can never be you keep saying it's wrong
Neither one of us is free still I wanna hold on.

When even a fool would let go 'cause he knows that there's no use trying
Even a child says no when he knows he'll end up crying
Tell me now is it wise holding you when even a fool would let go.

My love has no reason like the words in a song that don't rhyme
My love got no season I just know that it's there all the time
Maybe just you and me I can't believe that's wrong
Talking about you and me makes me wanna hold on

When even a fool would let go 'cause he knows that there's no use trying
Even a child says no when he knows he'll end up crying
Tell me now is it wise holding you when even a fool would let go.

When even a fool would let go 'cause he knows that there's no use trying
Even a child says no when he knows he'll end up crying
Tell me now is it wise holding you when even a fool would let go.

 

[fox69]

"Evening Star"

"Evening Star"



If you never rode West of the Arizona border
You can turn the other way boy but you never get far
You be living a lie if you wanna see the wonders of the age
You must follow the evening star.

Evening star
Shine a little Heaven
On a stranger with no dream
Where you are.

You can see the loneliness I mean and if I gotta fight
I can never play somebody else's game
I can follow the evening star
Starlight, you never need somebody else's name
If you follow the evening star.

Have you ever known a sunset when the sky's on fire
How you end another day boy you've been searching too far
Like the desert I rode on any memory is lost in the restless wind
I just lie beneath the evening star.

Evening star
Shine a little Heaven
On a stranger with no dream
Where you are.

Have you ever held a woman in the California moonlight
Put your money on a good night if you never been there
It's a sight for sore eyes if you wanna see the wonders of the age
Making love beneath the evening star.

Evening star
Shine a little Heaven
on a stranger with no dream
Where you are.

You can see the loneliness I mean and if I gotta fight
I will never play somebody else's game
I can follow the evening star
Starlight, you never need somebody else's name
If you follow the evening star...