Roger Miller

[fox69]

"Sorry, Willie"

"Sorry, Willie"


See her dancing see there Willie see how reckless she is
She's a wild one as everyone knows
Why what's wrong Willie you're cryin' what have I done
Sorry Willie I didn't know you didn't know
I wouldn't have said all those things that I'd known
She was your sweetheart your sweetheart your own
Don't ask how well I know her I might lie I don't know
Sorry Willie I didn't know you didn't know

I wouldn't have said...

 

[fox69]

"South"

"South"


Hot afternoon, sometime in june
Sittin' on the front porch waitin' on the moon
Talkin' to my neighbor next door ain't never ever very much fun
Go get my car, and my guitar, ride through town with the top down
Maybe I could buy me some beer, run out and look at the farms

And they call it the South, it's the land of the free
It lost the only war it ever fought in history
But I love the South, it's the land of the free
It's the land of hush your mouth, 'n Joe South
And that's home to me

She was born in '52, she finished in a Mississippi school
And something about her that turns you on
She's different, like another world
And you can tell she's not a New York girl
And something about her kiss that takes you home

But she was born in the South, Memphis, Tennessee
She was rich in looks from a poor Memphis family
But she will stay in the South, it's the land of the free
It's the land of hush your mouth, 'n Joe South
And that's home to me

California, I love you, your hills are high and your oceans blue
In LA there's always something to do, and you're never alone
But I like Fall,and I like Spring, I love snow and I love rain
And there's something about LA I can't call home

I guess I'll stay in the South, it's the land of the free
It lost the only war it ever fought in history
But I love the South, it's the land of the free
It's the land of hush your mouth, 'n Joe South
And that's home to me...

 

[fox69]

"Squares Make The World Go Round"

"Squares Make The World Go Round"


Take a little bitty town elect a mayor of the little bitty town
A square little man to make it go around squares make the world go round
Pick out a state elect a governor of the state
A square little man to make it go around squares make the world go round
(Hey) squares make the world go round sounds profane sounds profound
By government things can't be made do by hipsters wearin' rope-soled shoes
Take the whole world what does it take to make a whole world whirl
What does it take to make a whole world whirl round
Squares make the world go round pip pip pip
(Hey) squares make the world go round...

 

[fox69]

"Stephen Foster"

"Stephen Foster"


Well I was riding to the city
and my horse broke down, do-dah, do-dah
Blacksmith lived on the other side of town
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say
Well a nickel is a nickel
and a dime is a dime, do-dah, do-dah
You can't make a dollar sittin' down all the time
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say
Well I got to the city
and I went downtown, do-dah, do-dah
Cotton went up and it all came down
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say
I got a room full of people
and a handful of friends, do-dah, do-dah
That's how it goes and that's how it ends
Oh do-dah day
Well I'm gwan to run all night
Yes I'm gwan to run all day
I think Stephen Foster was ahead of his time
That's all I've got to say

 

[fox69]

"Sunny Side Of My Life"

"Sunny Side Of My Life"


Each time I see your face
It puts me back in place
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
Things that you've said and done
Tell me you're the only one
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You're the sunny side of my life and I need you
God knows I place no-one above you
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You know how I feel inside
My love's too strong to hide
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You always come around
Whenever I'm feeling down
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You're the sunny side of my life and I need you
God knows I place no-one above you
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you
You're the sunny side of my life and I need you
God knows I place no-one above you
You're the sunny side of my life and I love you

 

[fox69]

"Swing Low Swingin' Chariot"

"Swing Low Swingin' Chariot"


Swing low swingin' chariot comin' for to take me for a ride
Swing low swingin' chariot..

I know someday beyond the moon someday beyond the sun
I know the Lord got place to slept for me late down when my work is done
Son I'm singin' swing low swingin' chariot...

This heart of mine is satisfied when time is comin' I'd lay and die
I'll have me some golden streets to walk all the way
I sing swing low swingin' chariot...

 

[fox69]

"Swiss Cottage Place"

"Swiss Cottage Place"


I turned down the covers on a bed where two lovers
Found reasons to face each new day
In a room full of mem'ries in a house built for love
On a street down in Swiss Cottage Place
And my mind just surrenders to all I remember's come to steal every moment away
Yesterday's gone and where I stand here alone it's a hollow ringin' place called today
Last night I watched baby as she was boardin' a greyhound bus back to St Louis
I couldn't let her know I knew why she was leavin' not after all we've been through
Slippin' my coat from my shoulders I said hon it may get cold in St Louis
And the look in her eyes grew suddenly sad she knew that I knew what she knew
So now my mind surrenders to all I remember's come to steal every moment away
From this room full of mem'ries from this house built for love
On the street down on Swiss Cottage Place

 

[fox69]

"Swiss Maid"

"Swiss Maid"


One time a long time ago on a mountain in Switzerland yo lo lo lo lo
There lived a fair young maiden lovely but lonely oh oh
Day after day she'd find her heart away yo lo lo lo lo hey cause no love came her way
One day her papa'd say some day you'll go down to the willage in the valley
There you'll meet a nice young man ask for your hand then you'll be happy

But every day she grew unhappy on the mountain in Switzerland yo lo lo lo lo
Every day a little bit lonelier which way to turn which way to go
Day after day she'd find her heart away yo lo lo lo lo hey cause no love come her way
Some say the maidens dreams never came true she'd never got to go to the valley
If she didn't he really don't know oh oh oh did she die unhappy
Well now I'd rather think she found her love I would be rather if she'd find love
Somewhere someway yo de lay de lay lay lay lay

 

[fox69]

"T.J's Last Ride"

"T.J's Last Ride"


Saturday in the town, as we buried T.J Brown
Good man, spent his life on the K Roll ferry line
He was just a man, nothing grand, just a man
But I never heard him treat no-one unkind
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
He feried model A's to the Cape Cherado shore
Way before my poppa ever had a son
When I was eight or nine I would sit by his back porch
And he would tell me stories from back in World War one
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
T,J's wife passed on, it was back in '61
Seems like yesterday, my my how time does fly
Still I would drop by and we'd sit and reminisce
And I'd stare across the river so as not to wath him cry
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
Well now here we standwith our memories and prayers
Mourning and crying down to the youngest child
And all that's gathered here will remember T.J Brown
He will miss his river and we'll miss his old smile
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes
Let him down slow, in the ground slow
Let him down slow, it's old T.J's last ride
So let him down slow

 

[fox69]

"Tall Tall Trees"

"Tall Tall Trees"


Well if you wanna drive a big limousine I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well if you wanna own a great big mansion well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well I'm a fool over you it may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want I've got it if it's money you want I'll get it
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas I'm a fool fool fool for you

Well if you wanna take a trip across the ocean we'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall tall trees and all the waters in the seas I'm a fool fool fool for you
Well if you wanna own a great big mansion....