Ray Price

[fox69]

"Burden Of Freedom"

"Burden Of Freedom"



I stand on the stairway my back to the dungeon
The doorway to freedom so close to my hand
While voices behind me still bitterly damn me
For seeking salvation they don't understand
Lord help me to shoulder the burden of freedom
And give me the courage to be what I can
And when I am wounded by those who condemn me
Lord help me forgive them they don't understand

Their lonely frustration descending the laughter
Erases the footprints I leave in the sand
Now I'm free to travel where no one can follow
In search of the kingdom they don't understand
Lord help me to shoulder the burden of freedom
And give me the courage to be what I can
And when I have wounded by those who condemned me
Lord help me forgive them they don't understand

 

[fox69]

"Burning Memories"

"Burning Memories"



(Burning mem'ries burning mem'ries memories of you that I can't lose)
Tonight I'm burning old love letters photographs and memories of you
Hoping somehow I'll feel better and when the smoke is gone I won't want you
Burning mem'ries teardrops fall while I am
Burning mem'ry burning all the memories of you that I can't lose
My heart to you no longer matters and I can't live alone with memories
Into the fire those dreams you've shattered
And when the smoke is gone then I'll be free
Burning mem'ries teardrops fall while I am
Burning mem'ry burning all the memories of you that I can't lose

 

[fox69]

"Burnt Fingers"
(with The Cherokee Cowboys)

"Burnt Fingers"
(with The Cherokee Cowboys)



When a man plays with fire he gets burnt fingers
When he's a playin' with desire he gets burnt fingers
When a man starts to trifel and leaves his true love all alone
He'll break her heart and break his own
When a man finds a bad girl he think it's fun
But when he comes back to his little girl the harm is done
When a man gets burnt fingers he gets the deepest kind of blues
When a man plays with fire he's bound to lose

When a man finds a bad girl...

 

[fox69]

"But I Was Lying"

"But I Was Lying"



I said congratulations and I hope you're happy
But I was lying I hope you're crying
And everytime she touches you you'll think of me
I said the best of luck to you to your new love
But I was lying no use denying
I'm not as good a loser as I thought I'd be
I hope our past is strong enough to cloud your vision
Till one day she'll even get to look like me
I hope my mem'ry crowd your mind within decision
And from force of habit you'll run straight to me
And when I said I'll see you soon let's together
I wasn't lying I hope you're crying
Tears of joy the day that you come back to me

 

[fox69]

"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"

"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"



By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hanging on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leaving
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing off the wall that's all
By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleeping

She'll turn softly and call my name out low
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Though time and time I've tried to tell her
So she just didn't know I would really go

 

[fox69]

"Cold Day In July"

"Cold Day In July"


When I left the trees, had no green leaves
Like your love everything had died
I said, If I ever come back to you
It'll be a cold day in July

The winter has made way for the springtime
And summer has now said hello
The leaves on the trees are green again
But in my heart it looks like snow

I'm going on on a Greyhound
I wish, I could afford to fly
A cry is not as strong as my love for you
And it looks like a cold day in July

 

[fox69]

"Cold, Cold Heart"

"Cold, Cold Heart"



Well, 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 game
A little memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?

Well, another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
Well, 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
Why do you run and hide from lies? To try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?

Well, there was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
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?
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?

 

[fox69]

"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 wond'ring what in the world did I do to you
Crazy for thinking my love could hold you
Crazy for trying crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you

Crazy for trying crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you

 

[fox69]

"Crazy Arms"
(with The Cherokee Cowboys)

"Crazy Arms"
(with The Cherokee Cowboys)



Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing 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
For my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time

So please take the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time
Crazy arms that reach...

 

[fox69]

"Curtain In The Window"

"Curtain In The Window"



These lyin' lips said, they'd forget
Those same lovin' arms that I miss
This foolish heart that let me part
From those sweet, tender lips, I long to kiss

I hear the ticking of the clock, as it begged me then to stop
Each picture on the wall seemed to cry
And that old rusty gate, I can hear it beg me, wait
While the curtain in the window waves goodbye

Turn around

In memory, I still can see
Two arms, that once held me tight
Oh, how I miss a tender kiss
From those lovin' lips that I kissed goodbye

I hear the ticking of the clock, as it begged me then to stop
Each picture on the wall seemed to cry
And that old rusty gate, I can hear it beg me, wait
While the curtain in the window waves goodbye
While the curtain in the window waves goodbye