Marty Robbins

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Sad Lover"

"The Sad Lover"

Oh I'm sad and I'm lonely for my darlin'
And I weep like I never did before
For she's far away from me and I'm dreary as can be
For I'll never see my darlin' anymore

Oh, I'd meet her each evenin' in the moonlight
And we'd wander together by the shore
Soon she gave her word to me that my blushing bride she'd be
But I'll never see my darlin' anymore

For we'd quarreled before we reached the altar
It was fate brought a stranger to her door
With his fancy ways and grace in her heart he took my place
And I'll never see my darlin' anymore

Oh the postman brought a letter just this mornin'
It was sent from a distant, foreign shore
Was a letter edged in black and it said alas, alas
You will never see your darlin' anymore

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Same Two Lips"

"The Same Two Lips"

The same two lips that once told me they loved me
Are the same two lips that now tell me goodbye
And the same two hands that once held mine so tightly
Are the same two hands that now push me aside

The same two eyes that looked at me so fondly
Are the same two eyes that look at someone else
And the same two lips I've taught to say I love you
Now teach, I love you, to somebody else

They say that time will change us all completely
And I guess that we're no different, me and you
Well there was a time we got along so sweetly
But that old feelin's gone and there's nothin' we can do

The same two arms that once held me so tightly
Are the same two arms that now hold someone else
And the same two lips I've taught to say I love you
Now teach, I love you, to somebody else

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Sea And Me"

"The Sea And Me"

The sea and me kees lonely company
The tides have come and gone just like your love for me
The tradewinds say that you'll come back someday
I think there's solitude they held take you away

Gone are the moments on dark sandy beaches
Where we get our secret randezvous
The brakers play on coral sands that say
We'll bring her home again the wind the sea and me

Gone are the moments on dark sandy beaches
Where we get our secret randezvous
The brakers play on coral sands that say
We'll bring her home again the wind the sea and me

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight"

"The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight"

How long did you think you could go on hurting me
And I'd be your fool and wait at home alone
You go out and have your fun like you were free
Tonight I'll have some pleasures of my own

'Cause the shoe goes on the other foot tonight
We'll find out if two wrongs can make a right
Tonight I'll push my heartaches out of sight
'Cause the shoe goes on the other foot tonight

Each time you walk out the door you walk on me
And leave the door wide open for the blues
You fly away from me like you were free
You must think there's wings upon your shoes

But the shoe goes on the other foot tonight
We'll find out if two wrongs can make a right
Tonight I'll push my heartaches out of sight
'Cause the shoe goes on the other foot tonight

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Story Of My Life"

"The Story Of My Life"

Someday I'm going to write
The story of my life
I'll tell about the night we met
And how my heart can't forget
The way you smiled at me

I want the world to know
The story of my life
About the night your lips met mine
And that first exciting time
I held you close to me

The sorrow in our love was breakin' up
The mem'ry of a broken heart
But later on, the joy of makin' up
Never never more to part

There's one thing left to do
Before my story's through
I've got to take you for my wife
So the story of my life
Can start and end with you

The sorrow in our love was breakin' up
The mem'ry of a broken heart
But later on, the joy of makin' up
Never never more to part

There's one thing left to do
Before my story's through
I've got to take you for my wife
So the story of my life
Can start and end
Can start and end
Can start and end with you

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Strawberry Roan"

"The Strawberry Roan"

I was hangin' 'round town, just spendin' my time
Out of a job, not earnin' a dime
A feller steps up and he said, "I suppose
You're a bronc fighter from looks of your clothes."
"You figures me right, I'm a good one." I claim
"Do you happen to have any bad ones to tame?"
Said "He's got one, a bad one to buck
At throwin' good riders, he's had lots of luck."

I gets all het up and I ask what he pays
To ride this old nag for a couple of days
He offered me ten; I said, "I'm your man,
A bronc never lived that I couldn't span."
He said: "Get your saddle, I'll give you a chance"
In his buckboard we hopped and he drives to the ranch
I stayed 'til mornin' and right after chuck
I stepped out to see if this outlaw can buck.

Down in the horse corral standin' alone
Is an old Caballo, a Strawberry Roan
His legs are all spavined, he's got pigeon toes
Little pig eyes and a big Roman nose
Little pin ears that touched at the tip
A big 44 brand was on his left hip
U-necked and old, with a long, lower jaw
I could see with one eye, he's a regular outlaw.

I gets the blinds on 'im and it sure is a fright
Next comes the saddle and I screws it down tight
Then I steps on 'im and I raises the blinds
Get outta the way boys, he's gonna unwind
He sure is a frog-walker, he heaves a big sigh
He only lacks wings, for to be on the fly
He turns his old belly right up to the sun
He sure is a sun-fishin', son-of-a-gun.

He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range
He'll turn on a Nickel and give you some change
He hits on all fours and goes up on high
Leaves me a spinnin' up there in the sky
I turns over twice and I comes back to earth
I lights in a cussin' the day of his birth
I know there are ponies that I cannot ride
There's some of them left, they haven't all died.

I'll bet all my money, the man ain't alive
That'll stay with Old Strawberry
When he makes his high dive.

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Streets Of Laredo"

"The Streets Of Laredo"

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I saw a young cowboy, all dressed in white linen
Dressed in white linen, as cold as the clay

So, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the Death March as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

Once in the saddle I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle I used to go gay
First to the cardhouse and then down to Rosy's
But I'm shot in the breast and I'm dyin' today

Bring sixteen tall cowboys to carry my casket,
Ten pretty women to sing me a song
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

Please, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
Play the Death March as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me
For I'm a young cowboy and I known I've done wrong

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Things That I Don't Know"

"The Things That I Don't Know"

I've heard it said, what you don't know
Won't make you blue
But somehow with these words I can't agree
'Cause it's not the things I know you do
That breaks my heart, you see
It's the things that I don't know that's killin' me

I don't see you when you meet him secretly
But I think your arms have held him tenderly
So it's not the things I know you do
That breaks my heart, you see
It's the things that I don't know that's killin' me

The little things that you don't notice
Hurts me so
Little things no one but me could ever know
I will keep them hidden so no one will ever see
It's the things that I don't know that's killin' me

I don't see you when you meet him secretly
But I think your arms have held him tenderly
So it's not the things I know you do
That breaks my heart, you see
It's the things that I don't know that's killin' me

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Way Of A Hopeless Love"

"The Way Of A Hopeless Love"

Why did you have to care about me
And make your plans for just we two
Well, my heart's now pledged to another
How can I ever have just you

This is the way of a hopeless love
Hopeless, dear, for you and me
I cannot hurt the one I'm pledged to
That's why I never can be free

I pledged my life before I met you
Before you made me love you so
I cannot break vows that are sacred
Although it hurts to let you go

This is the way of a hopeless love
Hopeless, dear, for you and me
I cannot hurt the one I'm pledged to
That's why I never can be free

You must try, dear, to forget me
I must forget you too, it seems
But in years to come should we remember
Let rememberance be just pleasant dreams

This is the way of a hopeless love
Hopeless, dear, for you and me
I cannot hurt the one I'm pledged to
That's why I never can be free

fox69 · 16.12.2014

"The Wind Goes"

"The Wind Goes"

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooh
The winds are set today
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh-ooh
Since you went away
There is no gladness
Since there's no you
The winds go
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

How very strange that I
Find comfort when I lie
And tell my heart that she
Belongs to me
But, still, the winds know
Because the winds go
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh