Ricky Skaggs

[fox69]

"Say, Won't You Be Mine"

"Say, Won't You Be Mine"



Can't you hear the night birds cryin'
Can't you hear that lonesome dove
Sayin' won't you come back darlin'
To the only one you love.

Meet me out on the mountain
Underneath the lonesome pine
Where we vowed we'd love each other
Darlin', say won't you be mine.

Where the moun-tain laurel's bloomin'
And the wild-wood blossom grows
There we vowed to love each other
In our child-hood long ago.

There I left my little darlin'
Lord I've rambled for so long
Many times I've prayed to see her
Now I'm on my way back home

 

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"Sea Of Regret"

"Sea Of Regret"



The love that you promised to me on that day
Is now gone forever like the vows that you made
My heart is so weak dear, it's easy to tell
Like a ship out on the ocean, I'm lost without sails.

When you walked away my heart went with you
You stole it from me on the day that we met
And now I must live my life in sorrow
No home, just a drifter on the sea of regret.

On the day I first saw you, my heart said to me
There is the angel you see in your dreams
And I know you must be, for the way that I feel
Your only a dream girl, I know you're not real...

 

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"Seven Hillsides"

"Seven Hillsides"



All night I've wrestled Jacob's angels
And prayed with Matthew, Luke and John
Struggling to find the words you face the task
That comes upon the blood red dawn.

I've buried men before their time
Of alcohol and blackened lung
But how to bury seven of these
Appalachian miners sons.
Who stormed the beaches wave on wave,
And sailed home to these rocky graves
In family plots that bared their names.

Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsides
Tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
Seven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and every one
Will turn to me for the word of God, what does this mean?
And there I'll stand good book in hand,
A shepherd to these precious lambs
What will I say, what will I say, what can I say?

To tell the truth I'd never thought much
About the will of God before.
Called to preach at seventeen
I was in love with fiery words and not much more.

The time has come to keep the faith
For others shattered by their loss.
Remind them of the loving God
Whose son like theirs paid the cost.
To save a sad and wicked world
Through sacrifice our love is heard
And pray that I believe those words.

Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsides
Tremble before my flock on seven hillsides
Seven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and every one
Will turn to me for the word of God, what does this mean?...

 

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"Shady Grove"

"Shady Grove"



Shady Grove my little miss
Shady Grove my darling
Shady Grove my little miss
I'm going back to Harlan.

Every time I walk this road
It's always dark and cloudy
Every time I see that girl
I always tell her howdy.

If you see my little miss
If you see my darling
If you see my little miss
Tell her I'm going to Harlan...

 

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"She Didn't Say Why"

"She Didn't Say Why"



I don't believe I've ever felt so lonely
My heart is never hurt this bad before
But I woke up this morning to find my one and only sayin' goodbye
Said she wouldn't be hangin' around no more

My baby walked out on me this morning
She left me behind now I'm lonely and wonderin'
If maybe there were something I could do
To make her change her mind and stay
This wonderin' why my baby left me
Is breakin' my heart and is driving me crazy
She didn't say why she was sayin' goodbye
She just walked away

I guess I'd be a fool to keep on runnin'
Cause I know it won't do no good nohow
Cause it's already passed the point of her return
I know that it's true
I guess I'd be better off to forget her somehow

My baby walked out on me this morning
She left me behind now I'm lonely and wonderin'
If maybe there were something I could do
To make her change her mind and stay
This wonderin' why my baby left me
Is breakin' my heart and is driving me crazy
She didn't say why she was sayin' goodbye
She just walked away

My baby walked out on me this morning
She left me behind now I'm lonely and wonderin'
If maybe there were something I could do
To make her change her mind and stay
This wonderin' why my baby left me
Is breakin' my heart and is driving me crazy
She didn't say why she was sayin' goodbye
She just walked away

 

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"She's More To Be Pitied"

"She's More To Be Pitied"



She's there at the bar every evening
Face powdered and cheeks painted red
Her beauty has faded too early
Brought on by the fast life she's led.

She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky-tonk wrecked her young life.

She once was the belle of the ballroom
She'd a made some man a sweet wife
But too many parties, the wrong side of town
Ruined her happy young life.

She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky-tonk wrecked her young life.

She's more to be pitied than scolded
She needs to be loved not despised
Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky-tonk wrecked her young life.

Too much beer and wine, too many good times
The lure of the honky-tonk wrecked her young life...

 

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"Shepherd's Voice"

"Shepherd's Voice"



When I was fresh from God
The first thing I heard
As I came into this life

The sound of fear ringin' in my ear
My own voice
As life hit me and I cried

As I grew through the years
The chorus of temptation
Beckoned me to come and sing a part

But Jesus was the name
That rolled from my mama's tongue
And settled in my heart

Now what I'm listening for
Through all the noise
A whisper in my ear
The Shepherd's voice

The confusion that bustle brings
The pretty song the siren sings
The sound of thief against forbidden fruit

A fallen man who screams in pain
A groaning earth beneath the strain
Who could hope to ever hear the truth?

Oh, what I'm listening for
Through all the noise
A whisper in my ear
The Shepherd's voice

When I am tired
And I am weary
Of this life and I am done

I will close my eyes
And let my spirit still
Until I hear the Son

Yeah, what I'm listening for
Through all the noise
A whisper in my ear
The Shepherd's voice

And what I'm listening for
Through all the noise
A whisper in my ear
The Shepherd's voice

 

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"Simple Life"

"Simple Life"



I live a simple life
I work all day I sleep all night
A couple kids that need a nap
Big dog and a little cat
Wife that barks but rarely bites
So I live the simple life.

I live a simple life
A good coat when the cold winds bite
Leather boots for my bare feet
Now and then a steak to eat
I pick with the boys on Friday night
So I live a simple life.

My favorite book was wrote about
A man that died to save my soul
And my favorite thing to hear is
Daddy, I'm so glad you home
And my favorite woman is 5'3"
With long black hair and green eyes
Still I live a simple life.

I live a simple life
Couple of friends I really like
A little house outside of town
An old car that gets me around
Complications may arise
But I live a simple life.

And I live a simple life
Cell phone when my old car dies
The Internet to show me where
GPS to get me there
Everywhere there's satellites
Oh, I live a simple life.

My favorite book was wrote about
A man that died to save my soul
And my favorite thing to hear is
Daddy, I'm so glad you home
And my favorite woman is 5'3"
With long black hair and green eyes
Still I live a simple life.

 

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"Sis Draper"

"Sis Draper"



Kick your shoes off in the corner mama
Tuck the babies all up snug
Sis Draper's comin' over, we all gonna cut a rug
When you see that lantern swingin' yonder
Comin' up the Holler Road
Them dogs'll get to barkin'
Ought to tie em all up with a rope

You boys better get in tune
Sis Draper's gonna be here soon
Don't shoot no dice nor get too tight
If you're gonna pick with Sis tonight

She came down from the Boston mountains
There was lightnin' in the air
Honey on them fiddle strings
Magnolia in her hair
She's a diamond in the rough
If you can't see the shine that's tough
Play all night for the likes of us
Sis Draper's got the touch

She'll play all night if she feels like it
Have some fruit punch if you spike it
Sis don't care who don't like it
See, ol' Sis has got a Hell of a bow arm on her

She stepped up and sawed one off
And uncle Cleve dropped his jaw
Said she's the best I ever saw
She must be from Arkansas

I think Grandpa used to date her
Grandma says she still hates her
All the fellas stand up straighter
In the presence of Sis Draper

Sis Draper is the devil's daughter
Plays the fiddle Daddy bought her
Plays it like her mama taught her
She's a travelin' Arkansawyer

Put her fiddle in a box
Said it's getting awful late
She's on her way to Little Rock
And Little Rock can't wait

So we all stood out in the yard
Hands all full of watermelon
Watcher her leave watched her go
Wishin' I was in that wagon

Sis Draper is the devil's daughter
Plays the fiddle Daddy bought her
Plays it like her mama taught her
She's a travelin' Arkansawyer

 

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"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
(originally by Mel Tillis)

"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
(originally by Mel Tillis)



So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal
So complete front to back, that's my pal
Toasted by the sun and I'm a son of a gun
If she don't make my five o'clock shadow come around at one.

You can bet your boots had walked for miles through the snow
Just to see her tooth face smile they mentioned on the radio
If you don't think she's lot of fun just ask the man who once wants
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal.

So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's for me
She's just like a money bag guarantee
Like a barfly goes for drink, like the bobysocks go for Frank
And just like Jesse James, he'd go for money in the bank.

From head to toes she's a perfect size, she's a whiz
Always wears her forty-five gun that is
She's got a look that's so impressin', she's got furs that's sorta fashion
So round, so firm, so fully packed, that's my gal...

If you don't think she's lot of fun just ask the man who once wants
So round so firm so fully packed that's my gal