Loretta Lynn

[fox69]

"The Letter"

"The Letter"



Today I saw her for the first time since she left me
And she said, I've got a favor to ask of you
And I said all right what is it?

And she said, you know you always told me
If I ever needed any help just to ask you and you'd help me
And I said yeah, I remember, and she said

Well, there's this fellow that I've been going with
And I just found out that he's been slipping around me
And I thought that maybe if you'd write me a letter
And tell me that you miss me and that you still love me.
That he may find it and it might read it.
And it might make him jealous and I might not lose it

And I said, OK I'll write you the letter
Dear sweetheart just a line to let you know
That I still think about you and I still love you so
I remember your kisses and every time you held me tight
But most of all I remember the good times that we had each night
Dear sweetheart if you're lonely just let me know
For you're still my one and only and I still love you so
I'm gonna close for now sweetheart and try to go on without you
But don't forget I'll always love you no matter what you do.

So now I've written the letter the way you've asked me to
And I hope it makes him jealous the way you want it to
For I've told you I still love you and I wanna be with you
But you know sweetheart the saddest part,
I'm not pretending for I still do...

 

[fox69]

"Then And Only Then"

"Then And Only Then"


In your haste you left and said you'd be returnin'
In my sorrow I forgot to ask you when
In my lonely room I sit and count the hours
Every minute hopin' I'll look up and you'll come walkin' in
For then and only then will I stop cryin'
And this aching breaking heart of mine will mend
Not until I feel your arms around me will I be happy and I live for then and only then
[ steel ]
All that's left inside my heart is just your echo
And the tiny thread of hope to which I cling
But if I keep holding on maybe some day
You'll remember where you left me and come back for me again
For then and only then...

 

[fox69]

"There Goes My Everything"

"There Goes My Everything"



I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more
There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possesion there goes my everything

As my memory turns back the pages I can see the happy years we had before
And the love that kept this old heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of a door
There goes my reason for living...

 

[fox69]

"There's A Built-In Trouble Maker In Every Man"

"There's A Built-In Trouble Maker In Every Man"


There's a built-in trouble maker in every man
It's always been that way since time began
He lie to you make you think you're the only one
You'd better know how to keep him out of your mind
His words so sweet that he whispers in you ear
You'd better not believe everything you hear
So watch him close than love him all you can
Cause there's a built-in trouble maker in every man
Oh let me tell you somethin' here's what you gotta do
You'd better give him lovin' but he ain't been used to
Hild him in the morning squeeze him tight at night
Do the little things he loves and he would treat you right
There's a built-in trouble maker in every man
It's always been that way since time began
He lie to you make you think you're the only one
Cause there's a built-in trouble maker in every man
[ guitar + steel ]
Oh let me tell you somethin'...

 

[fox69]

"There's More To Leaving Than Just Saying Goodbye"

"There's More To Leaving Than Just Saying Goodbye"



Tell me that you don't mean the things that you say
You say you want to forgive me so you're leaving today
You don't even see these tears that blind my sight
And you don't know there's more to leaving than just saying goodbye
You know the love that I gave was a true one
But you grew restless for a differnet kind of love
So I cling to my dreams while my heart slowly dies
Don't you know there's more to leaving than just saying goodbye
Don't you know there's more to leavin' than sayin' goodbye
Lonely will follow and sadness will go where you go
Your heart will think your eyes have nothing to do but cry
Cause there's no such more to leaving than just saying goodbye

 

[fox69]

"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"

"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"



You keep a sayin' you got something for me something you call love but confess yes
You've been a messin' where you shouldn't been a messin'
And now someone else is a gettin' all your best
These boots are made for walkin' and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

You keep lyin' when you ought to be true then
And you keep loosin' when you ought enough bad
You keep a samin' when you oughta be a changin'
The what's right is right and you ain't been right yet
These boots are made for walkin'...

You keep a playin' where you shouldn't be playin'
And you keep a thinkin' that you'll never get burned
I've just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
And what he knows you ain't that time to learn
These boots are made for walkin'...
Come on boots let's walk all over

 

[fox69]

"They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy"

"They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy"


I wasn't much more than a baby I thought he was a bear
The way my daddy carried me around
They said I learned to walk while holdin' on to just one finger
On the hand of a man that stands at six-foot-three
Not old enough to understand the meaning of depression
Just something people talked about a lot
My daddy wasn't one that tried to make no big impressions
Just one heck of a man that worked for what he got
They don't make men like my daddy anymore
Guess they've thrown away the pattern through the years
In a great big land of freedom at a time we really need 'em
They don't make 'em like my daddy anymore
[ guitar ]
From the Johnson County coal camps to the hills of West Virginia
My daddy hauled the timber for the mines
Education didn't count so much as what you had born in you
Like the will to live and a dream of better times
Daddy never took a handout we ate pinto beans a bacon
But he worked to keep the wolf back from the door
And it only proves one thing to me when folks start belly achin'
They don't make 'em like my daddy anymore
They don't make men...
They don't make 'em like my daddy anymore

 

[fox69]

"Thin Grey Line"

"Thin Grey Line"



I can't say that it's black
I can't say that it's white
Is it really wrong
Is it really right.

We don't know
Where to place it
I guess we'll have
To face it.
We walk the thin grey line of love.

We shouldn't be together
We have so much to lose
One of us must make the choice
But please don't make me choose.

I feel I've got to have you
I feel the same way too
Our love should go
For we both know.
We walk the thin grey line of love.

We both tried hard to break up
But we just break each vow
If you'll just say you don't love me
I'd stay away somehow.

But you know I can't say it
And I'd die if you could
We'll break our home as if we'll go on
Walkin' the thin grey line of love.

Yes, we walk the thin grey line of love...

 

[fox69]

"Third Man"

"Third Man"



Last night I dreamed I took a walk up Calvary's lonely hill
The things I saw with my own eyes could not have been more real
I saw upon three crosses three men in agony
Two cried out for mercy and the third man he looked at me
And oh the hurt in this man's eyes that just broke my heart in two
It seemed I could hear him say son I'm doing this for you
I knelt beneath the third mean's cross and slowly bowed my head
I reached out to touch his feet and it stained my hand's with red
And when I heard him cry in pain I raised my eyes to see
The blood spilled from the third man's side and some of it spilled on me
The third man wore a crown of thorns spikes held him to the tree

And I heard him say oh my God my God why hast Thou forsaken me
And there within a mighty crowd the ones who mocked him cried
King save Thyself if thou art King and then the third man died
Suddenly I heard the thunder roll I saw the lightening pierce the sky
The third man was still hanging there and I began to cry
I saw the boulders fall and heard the breaking of the ground
Then I awoke and though I dreamed I touched my cheek and found
My eyes were wet where I had cried a dream I wished I knew
I still can hear the third man say I'm doing this for you

 

[fox69]

"This Haunted House"

"This Haunted House"



I watched you leave that's how I know you're gone
But this heart of mine keeps telling me I'm wrong
I see your face before me every night
In this haunted house when I turn off the light
Sometimes I hear you walk across the floor
And my arms reach out to hold you like before
I live for all the things we used to do
In this haunted house I filled with love for you
This haunted house I'm living in is killing me
And the ghost of your love won't set me free
Each morning finds me crying and alone
In this haunted house we used to call our home
Each morning finds me crying...