Roger Miller

[fox69]

"Pardon This Coffin"

"Pardon This Coffin"


Pardon this coffin, please step aside
Pardon this coffin, my brother just died
Now don't you give me no ornary look or I'll knock you down
I'm taking this coffin, putting it six foot down
I'm telling you, six foot down

He was a champion, he was a chief
'til he lost that good job and went on relief
Then came the downfall of spirit and mind
The devil took to him, and he took to wine

So I'm telling you
Pardon this coffin, please step aside
Pardon this coffin, my brother just died
Now don't you give me no ornary look or l'll knock you down
I'm taking this coffin, putting it six foot down
I'm telling you, six foot down

Yeah, not many mourners, but I'm not suprised
Not many mourners, just me and two guys
Where's all them others that claimed they's his friend
Not many mourners, it's a sad way to end

So Pardon this coffin, please step aside
Pardon this coffin, my brother just died
Now don't you give me no ornary look or I'll knock you down
I'm taking this coffin, putting it six foot down
I'm telling you, six foot down

 

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"Pillow"

"Pillow"


Pillow you're catching my tears again
Why can't these lonely nights come to an end
I once loved someone, but now she is gone
Oh why must I cry on and on

Pillow you're catching all of my blues
I lay here crying every night through
She won't even write me, or call on the phone
Oh why must I cry on and on

Darling, oh darling, wherever you are
Come back, oh come back
Don't wander too far

Pillow I guess we'll go through it tonight
I can't help my feelings, I can't hold them back
I know it's foolish, and I know she's gone
Oh why must I cry on and on

 

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"Playboy"

"Playboy"


Well they call me a playboy
while I'm makin' my rounds
Chasing the bright lights
of every night spot in town
Tho' I never show it
my hearts breaking in two
Yes they call me a playboy
but I'm just lonesome for you
I once had a real love
that was when I had you
But I'll never feel love
with somebody new
This false pride I'm wearing
is to cover my blues
They call me a playboy
but I'm just lonesome for you

 

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"Please Release Me"

"Please Release Me"


Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release me and let me love again

I have found a new love, dear
And I'll always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Release me, my darling, let me go

Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together is a sin
Release me and let me love again

Release me and let me love again

 

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"Pleasing The Crowd"

"Pleasing The Crowd"


Maybe you didn't do the song right child
Maybe the band played too loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
And now you're crying on my shoulder
But child for crying out loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
You can never make 'em all happy

You just try to keep tryin'
Your shackles and freedoms are all in your mind
So maybe you didn't do the song right child
Maybe the band played too loud
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd
The name of the game is pleasing the crowd

 

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"Poor Little John"

"Poor Little John"


Little John lived on a mountainside,
Never thought much about taking on a bride,
Finally he upped and he married one day,
She didn't like the country so she done run away

Poor little John, poor little John,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone

Little John say what a fool I be,
Hot tone woman make a monkey outa me,
Life gets lonesome on the mountainside,
Guess that's the reason little John sit and cried

Poor little John, poor little John,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone
What you gonna do, livin' all alone,
Your Mama used to love you but your Mama's gone

Little John don't know what he gonna do,
Lose one woman, don't wanna try for two,
Guess he'll get along without no help,
Live all his life on the mountain by hisself

 

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"Precious Baby"

"Precious Baby"


I'd try for you, die for you
My number one desire is you
Your mama must be elegant
Your papa should be president

I never thought that I would say
The things that I told you today
But I meant every word, love I don't mean maybe
'Cos I like you and I need you and I want you
Precious baby

Me, I'm arrogant, I talk too much
And I know I don't deserve your touch
When God made you he made something
To tantalise the inside of me
Precious baby

Whoever said no love is lost must have been mistaken 'cos
Lord there's precious little love around
But if I had your love, love I'd take your lovely face
I'd show it off all over town

And then I'd live for you, and when day was through
That's when I'd hurry home to you
And meet you in the hall, now that's more than halfway
And I'd hold you every night and I'd call you every day
Precious baby

I'd hold you every night and I'd call you every day
'Cos I like you and I need you and I want you
And I love you

Precious baby
Precious baby
Precious baby

 

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"Private John Q."

"Private John Q."


Well I read in the papers and I see it on the televison
Everybody's scared about the World War Three
Here I am a single boy unemployment and everything
Somebody better stop and worry bout me
Well can't you just see me now chin up chest out
A-hup two three fout all day through
Everybody seems to be worried about a somethin' other
Who's gonna worry bout Private John Q rumbumbaduba
Sometimes I get dishearted and try hard not to think about it
Heaven knows it's hard to keep from lettin' it get me down
But I'll stand proud when everybody else will be
Runnin' helter-shelter for a shelter underground
Well can't you just see me now...
When I's a little boy I used to sit and dream of travelin'
To lotsa foreign countries on a sight seein' tours
The way it's lookin' now I can stop savin' money maybe
Go free sponsored by a Third World War
Well can't you just see me now...
Well can't you just see me now...

 

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"Qua La Linta"

"Qua La Linta"


Old men and young boys make the finest of friends
The old one speaks wisdom and the young comprehends
The ladies come later and life takes a turn
And the boy starts forgetting everything that he's learned

Singing qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day

Good wine and women get better with age
It's a story book life and I'm a-turning the page
The good times are waiting and I'm on my way
Singing qua la la la la la linta qua la linta la da day

Hey qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day

Old man I miss you, I remember you well
You taught me that life was both heaven and hell
And life's what you make it, you can go either way
Singing qua la la la la la linta qua la linta la da day

Hey qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day
Hey ho lo lo lo hey ho lo lo lo
Tra la lista lay
Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day

Qua la la la la la linta
Qua la linta la da day

 

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"Rainbow Valley"

"Rainbow Valley"


I'm going home, to Rainbow Valley
I've been away, away too long
Going to see those purple mountains
Smell the meadows green, and hear the Bluebirds song

When I started to roam
I was barely seventeen
Guess a man has to roam
'fore he learns what home can mean

Goin' home, to Rainbow Valley
Gonna settle down
Right there in my home town

Yes it's a one whistle town
Lots of others are the same
'cept that folks lend a hand
And they call you by your name

Goin' home, to Rainbow Valley
Gonna settle down
Right there in my home town