Loretta Lynn

[fox69]

"Sweet Dreams"

"Sweet Dreams"



Sweet dreams of you every night I go through
Why can't I forget you and start my life anew
Instead of having sweet dreams about you
You don't love me it's plain I should know I'll never wear your ring
I should hate you the whole night through instead of having sweet dreams about you
Sweet dreams of you things I know can't come true
Why can't I forget the past start loving someone new
Instead of having sweet dreams about you

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Thang"

"Sweet Thang"



I slipped out of the house about sundown
While mama was a washin' her hair
And you can bet your bottom dollar she'll come lookin' for me
When she finds that I'm not there.

And if she catches her sweet thang runnin' around
I know there'll be the devil to pay
She'll come blowin' like a cyclone right through that door
And I can hear exactly what she'll say.

Well, has anybody here see sweet thang
I got a notion he'll be headed this a way
'Cause when my sweet thang is out tomocattin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play.

I wanna tell all you barroom roses
If my sweet thang does have a bite
You'd better take my advice and if you'll blink more than twice
You'd better have somethin' in your eyes.

I gave my baby all my money on payday
Except a little she don't know that I got
'Cause there's a cute little waitress at the corner cafe
And she seems to like me quite a lot.

While we were sittin' in the back booth a havin' a talk
She believed in every word that I said
When the door blew open, Loretta walked in
Yellin' loud enough to wake the dead.

Well, has anybody here see sweet thang
I got a notion he'll be headed this a way
'Cause when my sweet thang is out tomocattin' around
He finds a sandbox like this to play.

You'd better take my advice...

 

[fox69]

"Table For Two"

"Table For Two"



I come here each night
And take at your picture
I sit here and wonder
Just where I went wrong

There is no end in sight
No hope for the future
I miss you allover
Every night that you're gone

Table for two
Just me and your memory
Between you and me
It's over and done

I think of you
And cry like a baby
At a table for two
Party of one

I can't help but think
That someday you'll miss me
Some night you'll be lonely
And you'll come around

The more wine I drink
The harder it hurts me
Your chair is still empty
And the candles burned down

Table for two
Just me and your memory
Between you and me
It's over and done

I think of you
And cry like a baby
At a table for two
Party of one

At a table for two
Party of one

 

[fox69]

"Take Me Home Country Roads"

"Take Me Home Country Roads"



Almost heaven West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River
Life is old there older than the trees
Younger than the mountains blowin' like the breeze
Country roads take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia mountain mama take me home country roads

All my mem'ries gather round her miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky misty taste of moonshine teardrops in my eye
Country roads take me home...

I hear her voice in the mornin' as she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should have been
Home yesterday yesterday
Country roads take me home...
La da da da da in the mornin' as she calls me
La da da da da da da da home far away mhm

 

[fox69]

"Taking The Place Of My Man"

"Taking The Place Of My Man"


You ask why I'm wastin' myself on the wine
And if I'll come with you you show me a good time
Well haven't you noticed these rings on my hand
This bottle is taking the place of my man
They called him to dudy but I have one too
Bein' true to the man who is fighting for you
I got lonesome without him so I found me a friend
This bottle is taking the place of my man
[ steel ]
I'm not proud of this bottle just got proud in one thing
Ever since he's been gone I've been true to his name
I'll be just like he left me when he come home again
This bottle is taking the place of my man
You can buy me a drink but I think you should know
That a drink and some talk is as far as I go
I'll be nobody's woman till he holds me again
This bottle is taking the place of my man

 

[fox69]

"Talking To The Wall"

"Talking To The Wall"


Oh I might as well be talking to the wall
I've known so long with me you've been unsatisfied
So I finally found the strenght to say goodbye
Why already I forgot a million memories and leaving you was easy as could be
But I might as well be talking to the wall when I tell myself I'm not missin' you at all
Cause every time you come around I fall and I might as well be talking to the wall
[ steel ]
It seems there's not a day that some friends of mine
Don't bring back the mem'ries I'll recall
But I smile and say you know it's been a long long time
And I hardly remember him at all
But I might as well be...
Yes I might as well be talking to the wall

 

[fox69]

"Ten Little Reasons"

"Ten Little Reasons"


There's a reason I keep living while I'm dyin' slow
Everybody thinks we're happy but we're not
I don't know why but I let him keep me cryin'
So I guess one little reason's all I've got
When I lay me down to sleep I know I must wake up
And the reason that I do sure means a lot
Someday my reason will grow up and then will break up
For this one little reason's all I've got
Little handprints on the wall little footsteps in the hall
And little arms that reach out for me in the night
And when she says I love you so my mommy
I know this one little reason's my whole life
[ steel ]
Little handprints on the wall...

 

[fox69]

"Ten Thousand Angels"

"Ten Thousand Angels"


He could have caught ten thousand angels
[ ac.guitar ]
They bound the hands of Jesus in the garden where he pray
They led him through the street in shame
They spat upon the Saviour so pure and free from sin
They said crusify him he's to blame
He could have called ten thousand angels to destroy the world and set him free
He could have called ten thousand angels but he died alone for you and me
[ ac.guitar ]
Upon his precious head they placed a crown of thorns
They laughed and said behold the king
They struck him and they cursed him and mocked his holy name
And all alone he suffered everything
He could have caught...

 

[fox69]

"That Odd Couple"

"That Odd Couple"



We're that odd couple on our street
Neighbors stare and wonder
We're a man and wife in love
With each other.

Today a friend of mine came by
Said let's do the town
I can't fix you up
With a cutiest thing around.

She's what I was jokin'
When I told him patiently
The only woman that I want
Is waitin' at home for me.

We're that odd couple on our street
Neighbors stare and wonder
We're a man and wife in love
With each other.

A neighbor on our left
Talked with our neighbor on our right
A man across the street
Goes out almost every night.

I've heard a different man each night
Each is life company
They all think we're square
'Cause we're happy as can be.

We're that odd couple on our street
Neighbors stare and wonder
We're a man and wife in love
With each other.

Yes, we're a man and wife
In love with each other...

 

[fox69]

"The Blues Ain't Workin' On Me"

"The Blues Ain't Workin' On Me"



There's a new expression on my face I ain't seen in quite a while
Must be a smile
There's a new direction in my life and I can't wait to see
Where it takes me
I'm no longer lost in the past,
Even my troubles just roll off my back

No the blues ain't workin' on me, those old memories
Can't put the hurt in my heart
Baby, love is lettin' me know I'm finally free
And 'cause of you I'll always be
No, the blues ain't workin' on me

Anytime the sun would start to shine,
Some dark cloud would come around and start raining down
Since I found the shelter of your arms
I don't feel the rain no more so let it pour
Might be times when we lose our way
But I know tomorrow I'm still gonna say

No the blues ain't workin' on me, those old memories
Can't put the hurt in my heart
Baby, love is lettin' me know I'm finally free
And 'cause of you I'll always be
No, the blues ain't workin' on me