Patty Loveless

[fox69]

"Chains"

"Chains"


Bought a ticket to Seattle but I can't get to the plane
Everytime I leave you I keep running out of chain
I hunger for your love it never gives me any slack
But if I ever break away, I'm never coming back to these

Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break these
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
These love taking, heart breaking, cold, hard, lonely making chains

You never try to hold me 'till you see me walking out
I guess you'd rather be with me than ever be without
You call me back and kiss me and my heart begins to sink
When I know that all you're doing's taking up another link in these

Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break these
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
These love taking, heart breaking, cold, hard, lonely making chains

Love was never meant to be a one-way street
I was never meant to be falling at your feet
You got me where you want me and I don't know what to do
You don't belong to me but I belong to you in these

Chains, chains, shackles and chains
No matter what it takes some day I'm gonna break these
Chains, chains, shackles and chains
These love taking, heart breaking, cold, hard, lonely making chains

 

[fox69]

"Cheap Whiskey"

"Cheap Whiskey"


He sits all alone in his easy chair
Staring back on all his lost yesterdays
Long before he encountered the bottle
And the demons that drove her away
In his hand he is holding her photograph
Her image all tear-stained and worn
Tonight he's embracing reality
And he curses the day he was born

And the darkness still echoes her warning
You can't have two loves in your life
Now the things that still haunt him
Till the day he dies
Is the smell of cheap whiskey
And the sound of goodbye

Since the hour she left he's been sober
And each breath that he draws makes him think
Of the love of his life lost forever
When he traded her love for a drink

And the darkness still echoes her warning
You can't have two loves in your life
Now the things that still haunt him
Till the day he dies
Is the smell of cheap whiskey
And the sound of goodbye

And the darkness still echoes her warning
You can't have two loves in your life
Now the things that still haunt him
Till the day he dies
Is the smell of cheap whiskey
And the sound of goodbye

 

[fox69]

"Christmas Day At My House"

"Christmas Day At My House"


It's Christmas Day At My House
There's Smells of Cloves And Spice
Yonder Stands Momma And Stove,
Fixin Pumpkin pie
With A Twinkle In Her Eye
It's Christmas Day At My House
And Underneath The Tree
Yonder Stands A Pretty Little Doll Smilin
Up At Me, As Pretty As Can Be

Well It's Jingle This And Jingle That
Grandpa In His Jingle Hat
Bells Are Ringing On The Sleigh
And On The Snow We Go
OHHH HHH
It's Christmas Day At My House

It's Christmas Day At My House
We'll Go To Grandmas's
Place I'll Show Her My Pretty Little Doll
Dressed In Queen Anne Lace
Can't Wait to See Her Face
It's Christmas Day At My House
The mountains Glisten White
Dollies Peakin Through The Snow
With Berries Red And Bright
It's Such A Pretty Sight

My Dollies Such A Sight

 

[fox69]

"Christmas Time's A-Comin'"

"Christmas Time's A-Comin'"


Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
And I know I'm goin' home.

Snow flake's a-fallin'
My old heart's a-callin'
Tall pine's a-hummin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'.

Can't you hear them bells ringin', ringin'
Joy, don'tcha hear them singin'
When it's snowin', I'll be goin'
Back to my country home.

Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
And I know I'm goin' home.

White candle's burnin'
My old heart's a-yearnin'
For the folks at home when
Christmas Time's A-Comin'.

Can't you hear them bells ringin', ringin'
Joy, don'tcha hear them singin'
When it's snowin', I'll be goin'
Back to my country home.

Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
And I know I'm goin' home.

Holly's in the window
Home where the wind blows
The cane foam's a-runnin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'.

Can't you hear them bells ringin', ringin'
Joy, don'tcha hear them singin'
When it's snowin', I'll be goin'
Back to my country home.

Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
And I know I'm goin' home.

Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
And I know I'm goin' home

 

[fox69]

"Cold, Cold Heart"
(originally by Hank Williams)

"Cold, Cold Heart"
(originally by Hank Williams)



I tried so hard, my dear, to show
That you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do
Is just some evil scheme

A memory from your lonesome past
Keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold, cold heart?

Another love before my time
Made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now
For things I didn't do

In anger unkind words are said
That make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold, cold heart?

You'll never know how much it hurts
To see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love
Yet you're afraid to try

The more I learn to care for you
The more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold, cold heart?
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold, cold heart?

 

[fox69]

"Color Of The Blues"
(originally by George Jones)

"Color Of The Blues"
(originally by George Jones)



Up above me are the skies
Like the twinkle in your eyes
These things are the color 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 sittin' in the tree
Seems to sympathize with me
For he's not singin' like he used to do

The pretty waters in the sea
Feel as cold as when you left me
Yes, blue must be the color of the blues

There's a rainbow overhead
With more blue than gold or red
Blue must be the color angels choose

And the blue look that you 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 sing since you've been gone
Blue must be the color of the blues
Yes, blue must be the color of the blues

 

[fox69]

"Crazy Arms"
(originally by Ray Price)

"Crazy Arms"
(originally by Ray Price)



Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
And the storm is brewin' in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now, you're not mine

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
My yearnin' heart keeps sayin', you're not mine
But my troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonesome all the time

Please take these treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday these crazy arms will hold somebody new
But right now I'm so lonesome I could die

Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
For my yearnin' heart keeps sayin', you're not mine
But my troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonesome all the time
Oh, you're someone else's love now, you're not mine

 

[fox69]

"Daniel Prayed"

"Daniel Prayed"


Gather round ladies, gather round
Hear the news that's comin' down
The ships are in and the sails are down
The boys are back in town

Get your skirts down off the rack
The boys are in and the boys are back
And no time now for takin' slack
The boys are back in town

Well the boys are back in town
Your true love can be found
Gather round the old playground
The boys are back in town

They've been gone for quite a while
Man, it's good to see 'em smile
Now they're loaded up on style
Gonna raise some hell, 'cause don't you know
The boys are back in town

Well the boys are back in town
Your true love can be found
Gather round the old playground
The boys are back in town

Well the boys are back in town
Your true love can be found
Gather round the old playground
The boys are back in town

 

[fox69]

"Diamond In My Crown"

"Diamond In My Crown"


As each long day rolls by and falls behind me
In the lonely night there's a peacefulness I've found
Though I'm weary even then when I rise to start again
There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

I have wasted all that life has laid before me
I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown
But I shall not disavow all these ties that bind me now
There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

Shining down some day I know
Brighter than all their streets of gold
When the burdens that I carry I will lay down
And the sorrows I have known
I'll see them all overthrown
There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

Then the closer I will be to my sweetest victory
There'll be a diamond a diamond in my crown

 

[fox69]

"Don't Let Me Cross Over"
(originally by Carl Butler and Pearl)

"Don't Let Me Cross Over"
(originally by Carl Butler and Pearl)



Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
I'm tempted my darlin'
To steal you away
Don't let me cross over
Stay out of my way
You know that I love you, and I'm not the stealin' kind
But I'm faced with heartache at love's cheating line

[Chorus:]
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another and can never be mine
I know one step closer will be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line

I tried to forget you, but what else can I do
When your eyes keep saying that you love me too
I know if I lose you, not a dream do I have left
I don't wanna cheat dear, but I can't help myself

[Chorus:]
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line
You belong to another and can never be mine
I know one step closer will be heaven divine
Don't let me cross over love's cheating line

Don't let me cross over love's cheating line...