Randy Travis

[fox69]

"Are The Good Times Really Over?"
(originally by Merle Haggard)

"Are The Good Times Really Over?"
(originally by Merle Haggard)



I wish a buck was still silver and it was back when the country was strong
Back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along
Before the Beatles and yesterday when a man could still work and still would
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good

Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell
With no kind of chance for the flag or the liberty bell
I wish a Ford or a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good

I wish Coke was still cola and a joint was a bad place to be
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV
Before Microwave ovens when a girl could still cook and still would
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good

Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell
Standup for the flag and let's all ring the liberty bell
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy that'll still last ten years like they should
The best of the free life is still yet to come
And the good times ain't really over for good

 

[fox69]

"Are We In Trouble Now"

"Are We In Trouble Now"


It wasn't just the music
It wasn't just the wine
Some other kind of magic
Sending shivers up my spine
And I was falling
And I fell for you and how
Darling, are we in trouble now?

They say we're grown up
We've been searching all this time
And I wouldn't own up
Never would admit to flying blind
But in the darkness
We found each other anyhow
Darling, are we in trouble now?

When we talk it over
Our love was a cry from a distant shore
Then we found each other
And all that we'd been searching for

And I'm done denying
Yeah, I guess by now you know
I'm through with trying
Can't bring myself to let you go
And all these feelings
Said we never would allow
Darling, are we in trouble now?
Darling are we in trouble now?

 

[fox69]

"Are You Washed In The Blood"

"Are You Washed In The Blood"


Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are you washed in the blood?
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless, are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are you walking daily by the Savior's side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

Are your garments spotless, are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

 

[fox69]

"Around The Bend"

"Around The Bend"


Just around the bend nobody knows
Still that's where everybody wants to go
Might be a mile right up ahead
All I really know is that I'm not there yet

When I was a child I thought as a child
And I had no fear of all things wild
Crawl turned to a walk, walk turned to a run
Run turned to a leap, hair in the wind
Taking that one step forward around the bend
Here I go

I don't know what waits but I am not afraid
I'll just make my own sweet way around the bend

See I've been alone and I've been loved
I've turned the other cheek, I've taken off the gloves
I still got the fight, still the thirst
I just keep on searching for better or worse
Here I go

I don't know what waits but I am not afraid
I'll just make my own sweet way around the bend

One day I'll wake on a distant shore
My soul someplace it's never been before

I don't know what waits but I am not afraid
I'll just make my own sweet way around the bend
Here I go

 

[fox69]

"Away In A Manger"

"Away In A Manger"


Away in a manger, no crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing the Baby, He wakes
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle, 'til morning is nigh

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me I pray
Bless all the dear children In Thy tender care
And take us to heaven to live with Thee there
And take us to heaven to live with Thee there

 

[fox69]

"Baptism"

"Baptism"


The summer breaze
Made ripples on the pond
And rattled through the reeds
And the willow trees boyond.

Daddy, in his good hat
Mamma in her sunday dress
Watched with pride as I stood there
In the water up to my chest.

And the preacher spoke
About the cleansing blood
As I sank my toes
Into the east tennessee mud.

Then it was down with the old man
And up with the new
Raised to walk in
The way of life and truth

I didnt see no angels
Just a few saints on the shore
But I felt like a new born baby
Cradled up in the arms of the Lord.

[Instrumental]

Amazing grace
Oh, how sweet the sound
There was glory in the air
There was dinner on the ground.

And my sins which were many
Were washed away and gone
Along with a buffalo nickel
I forgot to leave at home.

That semed like such a small
Small price to pay
For the blessed peace of mind
That came to me that day.

It was down with the old man
And up with the new
Raised to walk in
The way of life and truth.

I didnt see no angels
Just a few saints on the shore
But I felt like a new born baby
Cradled up in the arms of the Lord.

This road is long and dusty
Sometimes a soul it must be cleansed
And I long to feel that water
Rushing over me again.

[Instrumental]

I didnt see no angels
Just a few saints on the shore
But I felt like a new born baby
Cradled up in the arms of the Lord.

But I felt like a new born baby
Cradled up in the arms of the Lord...

 

[fox69]

"Before You Kill Us All"

"Before You Kill Us All"


Must be doing something wrong baby I don't know
But the goldfish are floating at the top of the bowl
And the dog, he won't eat, he just lays around
All night long he makes a lonesome sound
I know I had it coming and it's all my fault
But baby come back before you kill us all

The way the plants are dying, you'd swear it's fall
Looks just like autumn up and down the hall
And I talk to them baby like you're supposed to do
But they're tired of hearing about me missing you
And I know you told me not to call
But baby come back before you kill us all

Well it's a desperate situation,
I got a strong will to survive
But if this place is any indication
I may not make it out alive

Well it's an eerie feeling in the still of the night
Knowing that the cat's down to three more lives
Well you've turned us all into nervous wrecks
We just sit around and wonder who's gonna be next
And I know I had it coming and it's all my fault
But baby come back before you kill us all

Baby come back before you kill us all, (baby come back)
Baby come back before you kill us all (baby come back)
(Baby come back)...

 

[fox69]

"Better Class Of Losers"

"Better Class Of Losers"


I'm getting out of this high-rise penthouse suite
Where we pretend life's rosy and sweet
I'm going back to the folks that I used to know
Where everyone is what they seems to be

And these high-class friends that you like to hang around
When they look my way they're always looking down
I'm tired of spending every dime I make
To finance this way of life I've learned to hate

I'm going back to a better class of loser
This up-town living's really got me down
I need friends who don't pay their bills on home computers
And who buy their coffee beans already ground
You think it's disgraceful that they drink three-dollar wine
But a better class of loser suits me fine

You say the grass is greener on the other side
From where I stand I can't see grass at all
And the concrete and the steel won't change the way you feel
It takes more than caviar to have a ball

I'm going back to a better class of loser
This up-town living's really got me down
I need friends who don't pay their bills on home computers
And who buy their coffee beans already ground
You think it's disgraceful that they drink three-dollar wine
But a better class of loser suits me fine

You think it's disgraceful that they drink three-dollar wine
But a better class of loser suits me fine

 

[fox69]

"Beyond The Reef"

"Beyond The Reef"


Beyond the reef
Where the sea is dark and cold
My love has gone
And my dreams grow old

There'll be no tears
There'll be no regretting
Will she remember me
Will she forget?

I'll send a thousand flowers
When the trade winds blow
I'll send my lonely heart,
'Cause I love her so

Someday I know
She'll come back again to me
'Til then my heart will be
Beyond the reef

I'll send a thousand flowers
Where the trade winds blow
I'll send my lonely heart,
'Cause I love her so

Someday I know
She'll come back again to me
'Til then my heart will be
Beyond the reef...

 

[fox69]

"Big Butter And Egg Man"
(originally by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)

"Big Butter And Egg Man"
(originally by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)



Now she wants a butter an egg man
From way out in the west
She wants somebody who's workin' all day
So she's got money when she wants to play

Now pretty clothes they'll never be mine
But what she told me the other day
I hope she don't change her mind
Now she wants a butter an egg man
A great big butter and egg man
From way down south