Ricky Skaggs

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"There's More Pretty Girls Than One"

"There's More Pretty Girls Than One"



There's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls than one
Any old town that I ramble all around in
There's more pretty girls than one

Mama talked to me last night
She gave to me some good advice
She said, son you ought to quit this old ramblin' all around
And marry you a sweet loving wife

There's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls than one
Any old town that I ramble all around in
There's more pretty girls than one

Honey, look down that old lonesome road
Hang down your pretty head and cry
'Cause I'm thinking all about them pretty little gals
And hoping that I'll never die

There's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls than one
Any old town that I ramble all around in
There's more pretty girls than one

There's more pretty girls than one
More pretty girls than one
Any old town that I ramble all around in
There's more pretty girls than one

 

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"Think Of What You've Done"

"Think Of What You've Done"



Is it true that I've lost you?
Am I not the only one?
After all this pain and sorrow
Darlin', think of what you've done.

Heart to heart, dear, how I need you
Like the flowers need the dew
Lovin' you has been my life blood
I can't believe we're really through.

Is it true that I've lost you?
Am I not the only one?
After all this pain and sorrow
Darlin', think of what you've done.

I look back to old Virginia
Where the mountains meet the skies
In those hills I learned to love you
Let me stay there till I die.

Is it true that I've lost you?
Am I not the only one?
After all this pain and sorrow
Darlin', think of what you've done.

Is it true that I've lost you?
Am I not the only one?
After all this pain and sorrow
Darlin', think of what you've done...

 

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"This Weary Heart You Stole Away"

"This Weary Heart You Stole Away"



I wait for you dear all night long
It seems you never do get home
I fall asleep at the break of day
Just to drive these awful blues away.

Wake up sweetheart the night has passed
You slept your troubles all away
Get ready now to love again
This weary heart you stole away.

I heard you crying in your sleep
You said you found somebody new
So I'll live on and just pretend
I could never love no one but you.

How can you treat me like you do
You know I've never done you wrong
My heart will always worship you
But still each night I'm left alone...

 

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"This World Is Not My Home"

"This World Is Not My Home"



This world is not my home
I'm just a passn through
My treasures and my hope
Is placed beyond the blue
Many friends and kindred
Have gone on before
And I cant feel at home
In this world anymore

O Lord you know
I have no friend like you
If Heavens not my home
O lord what will I do
Angels beckon me
To Heavens open door
And I can't feel at home
In this world anymore

Over in gloryland
They'll be no dyin' there
The saints all shouting
victory
And singing everywhere
I hear the voice of them
Who've gone on before
And I cant feel at home
In this world anymore

Heavens expecting me
That's one thing I know
I fixed it up with Jesus
A long time ago
He will take me through
Though I am weak and poor
And I cant feel at home
In this world anymore

If you get there before me
Ill be there just the same
You'll hear me when I shout
O glory to his name!
Ill fly away with Him
My savior I adore
And I cant feel at home
In this world anymore.

 

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"Time Is A Bandit"

"Time Is A Bandit"



Darling darling have you seen us
Just tryin' to find one hour in twenty four twenty four
To dedicate to the love between us
Before one of us is up and out the door out the door
Time is a bandit time is a thief
It's lyin' under handed tryin' to steal you away from me
We'd better treasure the precious moments
We live so fast they're few and far between far between
And when we have a chance for a little romance
We'd better lock the clock outside and hide the key hide the key
Time is a bandit time is a thief...
Time is a bandit time is a thief...

 

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"Toy Heart"

"Toy Heart"



Darling, you toyed with toy heart
I think you played the game right from the start
This toy heart was broken when parting words were spoken
Darling, you toyed with a toy heart.

You played with my poor heart like a toy
That toy broke and then we had to part
It never can be mended I hope this romance's ended
Darling, you toyed with a toy heart.

Now darling my time will come some day
Time alone will heal my broken heart
The clouds will roll away, the sun will shine someday
Darling, you toyed with a toy hear.

Now darling you know you've done me wrong
Your love for me has passed and gone
I'll find somebody new, I hope that they'll be true
Darling you toyed with a toy heart...

 

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"Two Highways"

"Two Highways"



Two highways lay before me
Which one would I choose?
Down one lane I'd find happiness
And down the other I would lose
There is no one that I can trust
I must decide alone
My decision is an awful one
Which road will take me home?

In the mornin' would I wake to find
Down the wrong road I had gone?
Will I hear the melodies
I've searched for oh so long
Only time will tell
If I have made a loser's choice
Hello sadness, cries my inner soul
Goodbye lover, moans my voice.

Perils today are many
As I set out on my way
If I lose your love, I know that I
Can't call it back someday
Rambler, lonely rambler
Just calls any place his home
But Nashville's lights,
How beautiful you shine.

Wishing now that you had found
A word or two to say
But the morning came and we both knew
My eyes gave it away
As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye
I thought, Only time will tell
And you can't draw water from an empty well.

In the mornin' would I wake to find
Down the wrong road I had gone?
Will I hear the melodies
I've searched for oh so long
Only time will tell
If I have made a loser's choice
Hello sadness, cries my inner soul
Goodbye lover, moans my voice.

Two highways lay before me...

 

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"Uncle Pen"

"Uncle Pen"



Oh, the people would come from far away,
To dance all night to the break of day.
When the caller would holler: "Do Si Do",
They knew Uncle Pen was ready to go.

Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!

Well, he played an old tune they called the "Soldier's Joy",
And he played the one they called the "Boston Boy".
Greatest of all was the "Jennie Lynn",
To me, that's where the fiddlin' begins.

Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!

I'll never forget that mournful day
When old Uncle Pen was called away,
He hung up his fiddle and he hung up his bow,
And he knew it was time for him to go.

Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!

Late in the evening, about sundown,
High on the hill, an' above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lord, how it rang,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing!...

 

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"Used To Be"
(originally by Bill Monroe)

"Used To Be"
(originally by Bill Monroe)



Well, you don't love me anymore, my darling
I'm just a used to be to you
Those cold cold kisses that you gave me, little darling
Proved to me you found somebody new.

Tomorrow's just another lonesome day
And I know you'll want me far away
Well, you don't love me anymore, my darling
I'm just a used to be to you.

Gone are the good old days that we spent together
And I don't know if I can stand the pain
Of knowing that you'll soon be gone forever
And I'll never know your love again...

 

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"Voices Singing"

"Voices Singing"



I found some shade beneath a willow tree
I fell asleep and started dreaming
That everything created here on earth all had voices singing
Every rock and every blade of grass even the ivy that was clinging
Every leaf and every drop of rain all had voices singing.

It brought the angels down in my dream so clear
Then the Lord sat down so that he could hear
The sea and waves were rushing to the shore
With the joy that they were bringing
A sound so perfect that it made me cry to hear their voices singing.

And as the Lord sat down the angels hovered near
But they made no sound so that he could hear
I couldn't help but want to add my own to the praises that were ringing
Then over all the world there fell a hush to hear my one voice singing
Gloria I heard voices singing
I heard voices singing...