Ricky Skaggs

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"Memories Of Mother And Dad"

"Memories Of Mother And Dad"



Mother left this world of sorrow
Our home was silent and so sad
Dad took sick and had to leave us
I have no home No mother nor dad

There's a little lonesome grave yard
On these tombstones it did say
On mother's "gone but not forgotten"
On dad's "we'll meet again someday"

I often go out to the graveyard
Where they laided them down to rest
I can almost hear them whisper
Trust in god He'll do the rest

Their souls have gone up to heaven
Where they'll dwell with god above
Where they'll meet there friends and loved ones
And share with all his precious love

 

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"Mighty Dark To Travel"

"Mighty Dark To Travel"



It's mighty dark for me to travel
For my sweetheart she is gone
The road is rough and filled with gravel
But I must journey all alone

To me she was a little angel
Sent down to me from God above
It was on the day that I first met her
That I told her of her love

It's mighty dark for me to travel
For my sweetheart she is gone
The road is rough and filled with gravel
But I must journey all alone

Many a night we'd stroll together
Talkin' of our love so fair
My love for her will never vanish
For I know I'll meet her there

It's mighty dark for me to travel
For my sweetheart she is gone
The road is rough and filled with gravel
But I must journey all alone

Travelin' down this lonesome highway
Thinkin' of my love that's gone
Knowin' soon we'll be together
She's the only love I've known

It's mighty dark for me to travel
For my sweetheart she is gone
The road is rough and filled with gravel
But I must journey all alone

It's mighty dark for me to travel
For my sweetheart she is gone
The road is rough and filled with gravel
But I must journey all alone

 

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"Mosaic"

"Mosaic"



Carve my name upon a tree
A knife into the bark
Trying to make a mark
So they'd remember me

Wanting to matter to someone
Maybe be a reason why
Be the apple of an eye
Before my life is done

(And all I'm sayin')
I'm in a place where
(All I'm prayin')
I see my face in

(Your mosaic)
And I am a piece
In the deal
And it is real

Tell me who it is you see
A little piece of colored stone
And placed here on its own
To me a mystery

So many grains of sand
Could they all be the same
Or would each see their name
Engraved upon your hand?

(And all I'm sayin')
I'm in a place where
(All I'm prayin')
I see my face in

(Your mosaic)
I am a piece
In the deal
And it is real

I catch a glimpse of
Your lovely ideal
And that can be enough
That can be enough

(And all I'm sayin')
I'm in a place where
(All I'm prayin')
I see my face in

(Your mosaic)
You are a piece
With the deal
And it is sealed
It is sealed

 

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"Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home"

"Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home"



One night while the moon from heaven was shining
My mother was praying for me to come home
She asked her dear lord watch o'er me out yonder
To send me back home to never more roam.

When I left my old home way back in the mountains
I said I'd return with honor and fame
But a young reckless heart turned wrong at the crossroads
And now as I go home I bring mother shame.

When I got to the place where I spent my childhood
The silvery moon was shining so bright
When I asked my dear friends to tell me of mother
They said she was called on to heaven last night.

She told them of how she was longing to see me
How lonely her home since I went away
Said darling repent and ask for forgiveness
And meet mother there in heaven some day.

Mother has gone to live with the angels
Her soul is at rest around the great throne
Now I have no one left here to advise me
For mother no longer awaits me at home...

 

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"Mother's Only Sleeping"

"Mother's Only Sleeping"



Mothers not dead, she's only a sleeping
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping
They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away.

Well I left my old home way back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother was called to heaven that day.

Oh, how we miss her around the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back the mountains
Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills...

 

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"My Deceitful Heart"

"My Deceitful Heart"



My deceitful heart keeps changing its mind
Hurting everyone but me
Each time I fall in love it's soon that I find
My fickle heart longs to be free.

Don't fall love with me let me warn you from the start
I'm so in love with you but I know I'll break your heart
Yes I'll only break your heart.

Gee but your wonderful and I'd like to make you mine
But I don't think my love could ever stand the test of time
Could ever stand the test of time...

 

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"My Father's Son"

"My Father's Son"



My history is no secret, It's written in the stones
In the hill beside this river,Rest my mother gentle bones.

And daddy there beside her, On my mothers next of kin
And their legacy passed down to me, The sons of mountain men.

Raised to be a miner, By a miners callised hands
Has my youth between these mountains, Where i grew to understand.

That family was the word of God, And faith was its demand
And life and death is sinking, From the coal beneath this land.

Well, a rich man writes the book of laws A poor man must defend
But the highest laws are written On the hearts of honest men

If that cup is passed to me To do what must be done
When they lay me down remind them I was just my father's son.

I've walked among these people Heard the stories that they tell
I've crawled beside them in the mines And touched the walls of hell.

I've shared their sacred secrets Known their triumph and their pain
And right or wrong i'll stand with them On the final judgement day.

They say God gives his comfort When the time of trouble comes
They say we'll own no share of peace Til we lay down our guns.

But will my boy have the chance to do The things i've never done
Or will he like me be told to be Must be his father's son.

Well a rich man writes the book of laws A poor man must defend
But the highest laws are written On the hearts of honest men.

When that cup is passed to me To do what must be done
On chunk of coal just carve these words I was just my father's son...

 

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"My Little Georgia Rose"
(originally by Bill Monroe)

"My Little Georgia Rose"
(originally by Bill Monroe)



Now come and listen to my story
Story that I know is true
'Bout a rose that blooms in Georgia
With hair of gold and a heart so true.

Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Way down where the tall pines grow
There's my sweetheart of the mountain
She's my little Georgia rose.

Her mother left her with another
A carefree life she had planned
Maybe now she's a lady
One her mother could not stand.

Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Way down where the tall pines grow
There's my sweetheart of the mountain
She's my little Georgia rose.

We often sang old songs together
I watched her do her little part
She'd smile at me and I would tell her
That she was my own sweetheart.

Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Way down where the tall pines grow
There's my sweetheart of the mountain
She's my little Georgia rose.

Way down in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Way down where the tall pines grow
There's my sweetheart of the mountain
She's my little Georgia rose...

 

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"New Star Shining"

"New Star Shining"



They didn't own a house
No crib, no toys were waiting
Still, they had their love for
The childthey were anticipating.

He was born one winter night
On a road between two towns
They wrapped Him up so warm and tight
And said, "It looks like heaven's come down."

There was a new star shining in the sky up above
By His light that winter night they found peace and perfect love
If we want to find it, I know we always will
'Cause that new star is shining for us still.

They worried how to feed Him.
Simple trade was all they knew
It was hard enough to make ends meet
When they were only two.

But the cold, the dark, and hunger,
Couldn't take away their joy
And they knew that they would find a way
For that precious baby boy.

There was a new star shining in the sky up above
By His light that winter night they found peace and perfect love
If we want to find it, I know we always will
'Cause that new star is shining for us still.

If we want to find it, I know we always will
'Cause that new star is shining for us still...

 

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"Nothing Can Hurt You"

"Nothing Can Hurt You"



There's a time in the morning when I feel a cold chill
And I try and forget what I know
It amazes me darling how your words haunt me still
Though they're spoken so long ago

'Cause nothing can hurt you
Nothing can hurt you
No one can hurt you
Like someone you love

Well I finally got over the words that you said
That were spoken in anger to me
Well the words lose their power but they're never quite dead
You'll forget them but you can't forget me

'Cause nothing can hurt you
Nothing can hurt you
No one can hurt you
Like someone you love

Why do we do it what can we gain
By hurting each other so bad
Every time we go through it it turns out the same
Left over from a love that don't last
There's a time in the morning when I roll back to sleep
'Cause I don't want to remember our past
It amazes me darling how the heartaches we keep
Left over from a love that don't last

'Cause nothing can hurt you
Nothing can hurt you
No one can hurt you
Like someone you love

Nothing can hurt you
Nothing can hurt you
No one can hurt you
Like someone someone you love