Randy Travis

[fox69]

"Love Is A Gamble"

"Love Is A Gamble"


Back when I was still in school
I got taught as a rule
That my heart could always fool my head
So I tripped and fell a lot
Learning what true love was not
Till one evening Mama said we ought to talk

[CHORUS]
She said love is a gamble
It's a chance that you take
You lay your heart down
And you bet it won't break
You bet your sweet dreams
Won't get tattered and torn
But when that happens
You must shake off those blues
Just remember you've got nothing to lose
But you've had true love since the day you were born
Since the day you were born

Then she told me all she knew
About what makes true love true
And it hasn't much to do with heat
Young hearts race and then grow still
Passion cools and always will
But a river just keeps filling up the sea

[CHORUS]
You see love is a gamble
It's a chance that you take
You lay your heart down
And you bet it won't break
You bet your sweet dreams
Won't get tattered and torn
But when that happens
You must dream up some more
When you find it you'll have seen it before
But you've had true love
Since the day you were born

[CHORUS]
Love is a gamble
It's a chance that you take
To lay your heart down
And you bet it won't break
You bet your sweet dreams
Won't get tattered and torn
But when that happens
You must shake off those blues
And just remember you got nothing to lose
You've had true love
Since the day you were born
Since the day you were born

 

[fox69]

"Love Lifted Me"

"Love Lifted Me"


I was sinkin' deep in sin
Far from the peaceful shore
Very deeply stained within
Sinking to rise no more.
But the master of the sea
Heard my despairing cry
And from the waters lifted me
Now safe am I.

Love lifted me
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me.

Love lifted me
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me.

All my heart to him I give
Ever to him I'll cling
In his blessed presence live
Ever his praises sing.

Love so mighty and so true
Merits my soul's best song
Faithful, loving service too
To him belongs

Love lifted me
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me.

Love lifted me
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me.

Love lifted me

 

[fox69]

"Memories Of Santa Fe"

"Memories Of Santa Fe"


As blue shadows fall
Across the canyon wall
The cattle are quiet and still
Dusty, sore and tired
I build myself a fire
As a full moon
Peaks over the hills.

A blanket for my bed
A saddle for my head
I'll sleep
But in my dreams I'll stray
Back across the miles
To where my darlin' smiles
In memories of old Santa Fe.

Adios mi corinyo
She told me that day
As I kissed her softly
And then rode away.
Now I lie beneath the stars
Without her in my arms
So lonesome
And so far away
But each night
I go back there
In my dreams
And in my prayers
And in memories of old Santa Fe.

Adios mi corinyo
She told me that day
As I kissed her softly
And then rode away.

[Instrumental]

She's waitin'
There I know
But for now
All I can hold
Are my memories
Of old Sata Fe...

 

[fox69]

"Messin' With My Mind"

"Messin' With My Mind"


I said one thing I'd never do was care
Or hang around for too long anywhere
I could always move ahead
With nothing left behind
Then you started messin' with my mind

This town was just another place to play
Have some fun and then be on my way
You were just another way for me
To pass some time
Then you started messin' with my mind

[Chorus:]
I can't believe how much my mind has changed
Or the way my life's been rearanged
I swore one thing I'd never do
Was be the stayin' kind
Then you started messin' with my mind

[Instrumental]

The first in line for party time, was me
Always the last to leave or try to be
I never thought I'd wanna change
I suited me just fine
Then you started messin' with my mind

[Chorus:]
I can't believe how much my mind has changed
Or the way my life's been rearanged
I swore one thing I'd never do
Was be the stayin' kind
Then you started messin' with my mind

I swore one thing I'd never do
Was be the stayin' kind
Then you started messin' with my mind...

 

[fox69]

"Mind Your Own Business"
(originally by Hank Williams)

"Mind Your Own Business"
(originally by Hank Williams)



If the wife and I are fussin' brother that's our right
'Cause me and that sweet woman's got a license to fight
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
'Cause if you mind your business then you won't be mindin' mine

Oh the woman on our party line's the nosiest thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Well if you mind your business then you won't be mindin' mine

I got a little gal that wears her hair up high
The boys all whistle when she walks by
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
Well if you mind your own business you sure won't be minding mine

If I want to honky tonk around 'til two or three
Now, brother that's my headache don't you worry 'bout me
Just mind your own business mind your own business
If you mind your business then you won't be mindin' mine

Mindin' other people's business seems to be high-toned
I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business
If you mind your own business you'll stay busy all the time

 

[fox69]

"Mining For Coal"

"Mining For Coal"


I've searched the world over all of my life
Just looking for something
To make my love shine
Like a candle that burns in the night
But I came up with nothin'
'Til I looked in your eyes
Deeper and deeper inside.

And all of the treasures
I found in your soul
Was like finding a diamond
When you're mining for coal.

I've been a fool for glitter and gold
And women that sparkle shiny and cold
Like a statue carved out of ice
They shimmer like tinsel
On a blue Christmas night
But they never were quite so bright.

As all of the treasures
That loving you holds
It's like finding a diamond
When you're mining for coal.

I was a miner
And you were a rock in the dust
But you became flawless
When you were you polished by love.

And when I found you
I lost all control
I found me a diamond
Just mining for coal.

And when I found you
I lost all control
I found me a diamond
Just mining for coal...

 

[fox69]

"My Daddy Never Was"

"My Daddy Never Was"


My boss will tell you that I've been to work all week on time
That I ain't had no liquor on my breathe
Ain't no kinda' secret, I've been known to take a drink
And it's made me do some things that I regret

Loretta said this ain't no kind of way to raise a family
And one night she called it quits and called a cab
She left her clothes out on the clothes line
And the dishes in the sink
So I guess she knows that she ain't coming back

Well I just want to see my kids
I just want to hold my girls
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothing else in this ole world
I just want to be around enough to know that they've been loved
I just want to be their daddy, my daddy never was

Now lately she's been knowin' this old boy she met in church
And I can't say she's wrong for wanting more
I gave him the right to tell my wife that I can't come around
The night I knocked a hole in her front door
And Loretta tooks my keys and she made me wait outside
But she didn't call the law she called a cab
And as I pulled away I saw something in her eyes
So I reckon that she knows I ain't so bad

I just want to see my kids
I just want to hold my girls
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothing else in this ole world
I just want to be around enough to know that they've been loved
I just want to be their daddy, my daddy never was

Well my boss will tell you that I've been to work all week on time
And I ain't had no liquor on my breathe

 

[fox69]

"My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)"

"My Heart Cracked (But It Did Not Break)"


You're spreadin' lies, all over town
About the way you brushed me off and put me down
Well, I'm here to say, make no mistake
My heart cracked, but it did not break.

I can't deny, the hurt was deep
The way you slammed that door
And walked right out on me
But I'm telling you, get one thing straight
My heart cracked, but it did not break.

Shatterd dreams, lay everywhere
Broken promises, are all we share
I finally took, all I could take
My heart cacked, but it did not break.

[Instrumental]

Well I was blue, but not for long
'Cause this brand new love
I got has made me strong
And I'm over you, and all the ache
My heart cracked, but it did not break.

Shattered dreams, lay everywhere
Broken promises, are all we share
I finally took, all I could take
My heart cracked, but it did not break.

My heart cracked, but it did not break...

 

[fox69]

"My House"

"My House"


My house is no mansion
But it still holds my treasures
Things that will never be sold
There's a few things in this world
That just can't be measured
By money, by silver and gold

My house is filled with the things that I love
From her smile in the mornin'
To her soft goodnight hugs
Her whisper, her laughter
Everything that she does
My house is filled with the things that I love

This old bed that we sleep on
Don't have satin covers
But it holds some great memories
No decorations can make better lovers
In her arms I feel like a king
My house is filled with the things that I love
From her smile in the mornin'
To her soft goodnight hugs
Her whisper, her laughter
Everything that she does
My house is filled with the things that l love
Yes, my house is filled with the things that I love

 

[fox69]

"My Mary"
(originally by Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson)

"My Mary"
(originally by Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson)



I take a trip every evening scrolling down memory lane
I'm walkin' again those familiar paths dreaming those dreams again
And I can always see my sweetheart just as she used to be
Waiting for someone at the garden gate and I know that someone is me
Big brown eyes and pearly hair and you'd tell that's Mary
Rosy cheeks and ruby lips can't you tell that's Mary
Ofttimes in the evenings we'd go scrolling
Hand in hand together beneath the pepper tree
And I can feel her hand in mine as I sit alone tonight
Dreaming of the times I spent with Mary

Ofttimes in the evenings...
Oh gee wouldn't it be wonderful to open up the doors of the past
And live again as yesterday
But you know no matter where I wander no matter where I roam
There'll always be a place in my heart boys
Fofr a girl away back for a girl that I used to call Mary