Loretta Lynn

[Torrent Maniak]

Close My Eyes

Close My Eyes

I know he knows I'm bad so why don't he close my eyes
Cause as long as they stay open I can see where my heart lies
It's burried at his beat and when he steps on it it cries
Everybody knows I'm bad so why don't they close my eyes
My blue eyes are open wide and I can see her take my place
I know still I can feel the dirt he's throwin' in my face
He is every breath I breathe so how could I survive
Everybody knows I'm bad so why don't they close my eyes
[ steel ]
My blue eyes are open wide...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

Well I was born the coal miner's daughter in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler
We were poor but we had love that's the one thing that daddy made sure of
He shovel coal to make a poor man's dollar
My daddy worked all night in the Vanleer coal mine all day long in the field hoein' corn
Mommie rocked the baby that night and read the Bible by the coal oil light
And everything would start all over come break of morn
Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay
Mommie scrubbed our clothes on a washboard everyday
Why I've seen her fingers bleed to complain there was no need
She's smiled in mommie's understanding way
In the summertime we didn't have shoes to wear
But in the wintertime we'd all get a brand new pair
From a mail order catalog money made by selling a hog
Daddy always managed to get the money somewhere
Yeah I'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter
I remember well the well where I drew water
The work we done was hard at night we'd sleep cause we were tired
I never thought I'd ever leave the Butcher Holler
But a lots of things have changed since the way back then
And it's so good to be back home again
Not much left but the floor nothing lives there anymore
Just the mem'ries of a coal miner's daughter

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Color Of The Blues

Color Of The Blues

Up above me are the skies like the twinkle in your eyes
These things are the colors of the blues
In the mail your letter came the ink and paper looked the same
Blue must be the color of the blues
Bluebird's singin' in the trees seems to sympathize with me
But he ain't singin' like he used to do
The pearly waters in the sea are as cold as you left me
Blue must be the color of the blues
[ piano ]
There's a rainbow overhead with more blue than gold and red
Blue must be the color angels choose
A blue suit you proudly wore when you left to return no more
Blue must be the color of the blues
Blue days come and blue days go how I feel nobody knows
Life is mighty empty without you
There's a blue note in each song that I sang since you've been gone
Blue must be the color of the blues

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Country Bumpkin

Country Bumpkin

He walked into the bar
And parked his lanky frame upon a tall bar stool
With a long soft southern drawl
Said, I'll just have a glass of anything that's cool.

A barroom girl with wise and knowing eyes
Slowly looked me up and down
And she said, I wonder how on earth
That country bumpkin found his way to town.

And she said, Hello country bumpkin
How's the frost out on the pumpkin.
I've seen some sights but man you're somethin'.
Where'd you come from country bumpkin?

Just a short year later in a bed of joy
Filled tears and death like pain
Into this wondrous world of many wonders
Another wonder came.

That same woman's face was wrapped up
In a raptured look of love and tenderness
As I marvelled at the soft and warm
And cuddly boy child, feeding at her breast.

And she said, Hello country bumpkin
fresh as frost out on the pumpkins
I've seen some sights but babe you're somethin'
Mommy loves her country bumpkin.

Forty years of hard work later
In a simple quiet and peaceful country place
The heavy hand of time had not erased
The raptured wonder from my woman's face.

She was lying on her death bed
Knowing fully well her race was nearly run
But she softly smiled and looked into
The sad eyes of her husband and her son.

And I said, So long country bumpkins
The frost is gone now from the pumpkins
I've seem some sights and life's been somethin'.
See you later country bumpkins.

See you later country bumpkins....

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Country Christmas

Country Christmas

Mommie pop the popcorn and we string it on the tree
Apples nuts and candy oh what a Christmas feel
Daddy play the organ and we'll all sing Silent Night
We'll have a good old country Christmas alright
A good old country Christmas that's what it's gonna be
With all the family gathered round our pretty Christmas tree
We'll open up our presents Christmas Eve about midnight
We'll have a good old country Christmas alright
[ guitar ]
Aunt Annie Belle will be here uncle Bill and darn our kids
We'll make ballets on the floor just like we always did
Gradnama bake the pies and cakes oh what a pretty sight
We'll have a good old country Christmas alright
A good old country Christmas...
A good old country Christmas...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Country In My Genes

Country In My Genes

Well, they say that I'm too country, the way I look and sound.
They wanna to make me over, just a little more uptown.
Say I need to change my image, now tell me what's that mean.
Don't they know I've got country in my genes?

Well, I can't help the way I talk, I wouldn't change it if I could.
Sophisticated ain't my style, but country fits me good.
I ain't ashamed to wear what's been handed down to me.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I've got country in my genes, country in my blood.
It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of.
It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see.
I'm just an old hillybilly with a country song to sing.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

Oh that Earl Scruggs.

If country's hit the big time, me, I'm still the same.
I ain't above my raisin' and I ain't about to change.
I wouldn't trade my Wranglers for the finest gaberdine.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I've got country in my genes, country in my blood.
It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of.
It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see.
I'm just an old hillybilly with a country song to sing.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

I've got country in my genes, country in my blood.
It goes back generations. It's something I'm proud of.
It's something I was born with, what you get is what you see.
I'm an old Kentucky hillybilly with a country song to sing.
Lord, I've got country in my genes.

Lord, I've got country in my genes.

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Crazy

Crazy

Crazy crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy crazy for feeling so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then some day you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry why do I let myself worry wondering what in the world did I do
Oh crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you
Crazy for thinking...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Crazy Out Of My Mind

Crazy Out Of My Mind

I'm through the place where I don't know my name
It's a world for the lonely go insane
I've brought along the little pieces of me he left behind
Got no place to go but crazy out of my mind
I've got no place to go but crazy out of my mind over baby
He's the last thing I remember that I won't forget in time
Got no place to go but crazy out of my mind

I've watched him leave with hurt clear out of sight
And from that day on my mind just don't work right
What a little sence left in me I'll leave here in this wine
Got no place to go but crazy out of my mind
I've got no place to go...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Cry Cry Cry

Cry Cry Cry

Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down
I think you only live to see the lights uptown
I wasted my time when I would try try try
Cause when the lights have lost their glow you'll cry cry cry
Soon your sugar babies will all be gone
You'll wake up some cold day and find you're alone
You'll call for me but I'm gonna tell you bye bye bye
When I turn around and I walk away you'll cry cry cry
You're gonna cry cry cry and you cry alone
When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own you're gonna cry cry cry
[ guitar ]
I lie awake at night and wait till you come in
You stay a little while and then you're gone again
Every question that I ask I git a lie lie lie for every lie you tell you're gonna cry cry
When your fickle love gets on oh no one will care for you
When you come back to me for a little love that's true
I'll tell you no and then you'll ask me why why why
When I remind you all of this you'll cry cry cry
You're gonna cry cry cry and you'll cry and then
It'll hurt when you think of a fool you've been
You're gonna cry cry cry you're gonna cry cry cry

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Dark Moon

Dark Moon

Dark moon a way up high up in the sky
Oh tell me why oh tell me why you've lost your splendor
Dark moon why is the cause your light withdraws
Is it because is it because I've lost my love

Mortals have dreams of love's perfect schemes
But they don't realize that love can sometimes bring
Dark moon a way up high...
[ ac.guitar ]
Mortals have dreams...
Dark moon a way up high...