Ronnie Milsap

[fox69]

"Stranger Things Have Happened"

"Stranger Things Have Happened"


I keep talking to your picture
But a smile is all you say.
It's a lonely conversation,
But missing you is easier this way.
Last night a shadow filled the doorway,
And I heard footsteps on the stairs.
Then I woke up this morning,
And thought I saw you standing there.
Stranger things have happened,
And I'll always believe,
If stranger things can happen,
You could still come back to me.
One touch is worth a thousand pictures.
What might have been ain't worth a dime.
I just hope someday I'll hold you,
Another place, some other time.
Stranger things have happened,
And I'll always believe,
If stranger things can happen,
You could still come back to me.
If stranger things can happen,
You could still come back to me.
Stranger things have happened...

 

[fox69]

"Suburbia"

"Suburbia"


You drive in to work each day
Wondering if it's worth the pay
There's got to be a better way in Suburbia
And as your stocks and bonds mature
How come you feel so insecure
God will they ever find a cure in Suburbia?

Suburbia, keep the charcoal burning
Suburbia, as the world keeps turning
Suburbia, watch the years escaping
Still you sit there waiting in Suburbia.

I can't explain my ups and downs
They say something's going 'round
Hypoglysemia abounds in Suburbia
There's change in my anatomy
That's affecting my ability
God what will happen next to me in Suburbia.

Suburbia, keep the charcoal burning
Suburbia, as the world keeps turning
Suburbia, watch the years escaping
Still you sit there waiting in Suburbia.

Will someone come and rescue me
From all this mediocrity
To what I see on my TV
In Suburbia, keep the charcoal burning
Suburbia, as the world keeps turning
Watch the years escaping
Still you sit there waiting in Suburbia.

Suburbia, you can keep the charcoal burning
Suburbia, as the world keeps turning
Suburbia, you can watch the years escaping
As you sit there waiting in Suburbia...

 

[fox69]

"Summer Number Seventeen"

"Summer Number Seventeen"


Moonless skies, fireflies, and starlight shining in your eyes.
I remember summer number seventeen, yeah.

Holding hands, makin' plans, and building castles in the sand.
I remember summer number seventeen.

How could summer go so fast? I wish we could make it last.
What I'd give for one more day. But, time has taken you away.

When I miss your sweet kiss, I close my eyes and reminisce,
and I remember summer number seventeen.

I remember summer number seventeen.
Hey, I remember summer number seventeen.

One summer night. Yeah.

 

[fox69]

"Swing Down Chariot"

"Swing Down Chariot"


Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride?
Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
Well, I've got a home on the other side

Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride?
Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
I've got a home on the other side

Well, Ezekiel went down in the middle of a field
He saw an angel workin' on a chariot wheel
Wasn't so particular 'bout the chariot wheel
Just wanted to know how a chariot feel

Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride?
Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
I've got a home on the other side

Well, Ezekiel went down and he got on board
Chariot went a bumpin' on down the road
Zeke wasn't so particular 'bout the bumpin' of the road
Just wanted to lay down his heavy load

Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride?
Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
I've got a home on the other side

Well, I got a Father in the promised land
Ain't gonna stop until I shake his hand
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
I've got a home on the other side

Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride?
Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
I've got a home on the other side

Why don't you swing down sweet chariot, stop and let me ride?
Swing down chariot, stop and let me ride
Rock me Lord, rock me Lord calm and easy
I've got a home on the other side, yeah

 

[fox69]

"Teach Me Tonight"

"Teach Me Tonight"


Did you say that I've got a lot to learn
Well don't think I'm trying not to learn
Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it
Teach me tonight
The sky's a blackboard high above you
And if a shooting star goes by
I'll use that star to write "I love you"
A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love
Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love
Graduation's almost here my love
You'd better teach me tonight
I've played loves scenes in a flick or two
And I've also met a chick or two
But I still can learn a trick or two
Hey teach me tonight
I who thought I knew the score of it
Kind of think I should know much more of it
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it
Hey teach me tonight
The midnight hours come slowly creeping
When there's no one there but you
There must be more to life than sleeping
Single in a bed for two
What I need most is post graduate
What I feel is hard to articulate
If you want me to matriculate
You'd better teach me tonight
What do you get for lessons
Teach me... come on and teach me... teach me tonight

 

[fox69]

"Tennessee Christmas"

"Tennessee Christmas"


Come on weather man give us a forecast snowy white
Can't you hear the prayers of every child like heart tonight
Rockies are callin', Denver snow fallin'
Somebody said it's four feet deep, but it doesn't matter
Give me the laughter, I'm gonna choose to keep.
Another tender Tennessee Christmas,
The only Chirstmas for me
Where the love circles around us
Like the gifts around our tree.
Well I know there's more snow up in Colorado
Than my roof will ever see
But a tender Tennessee Christmas
Is the only Christmas for me.
Every now and then I get a wanderin' urge to see
Maybe California, maybe Tinsel Town's for me
There's a parade there, we'd have it made there
Bring home a tan for New Year's Eve
Sure sounds exciting, awfully inviting,
Still I think I'm gonna keep.
Another tender Tennessee Christmas,
It's the only Christmas for me
Where the love circles around us
Like the gifts around our tree.
Well they say in L.A. it's a warm holiday,
It's the only place to be
A tender Tennessee Christmas,
It's the only Christmas to me.
It's the only Christmas to me
Come on let us have
An every now and then
A tender Tennessee Christmas.
Tender Tennessee Christmas...

 

[fox69]

"That Girl Who Waits On Tables"

"That Girl Who Waits On Tables"


I watch her pickin' up their tips off the tables
And see them smile as she brings another round
That dress she's wearin' shows she's all woman
And it reminds me I once had what they want now.
That girl who waits on tables used to wait for me at home
And she waited till all her love was gone
I'm too late but I still worship the floor she's dancin' on
That girl who waits on tables used to wait for me at home.
I see her playin' that ol' juke box with their dimes
It's a song about a fool who did her wrong
And I'll wait for her again till closin' time
But when she goes home tonight I'll be alone.
That girl who waits on tables used to wait for me at home
And she waited till all her love was gone
I'm too late but I still worship the floor she's dancin' on
That girl who waits on tables used to wait for me at home.
That girl who waits on tables used to wait for me at home...

 

[fox69]

"The Future Is Not What It Used To Be"

"The Future Is Not What It Used To Be"


I left Decatur helping to forget her
Bought a ticket to Skowhegan, Maine
I wound up in Seattle too drunk and too rattled
To know that I caught the wrong train.
I met some fast easy women and some hard drinking men
Trying to drown the sorrow in me
Aah I once had a lot but the future is not
Not what it used to be.
Aah the years they went by and I went steadily down
Til I had no place to go
Made the soup lines by morning and the dives every night
Wrecking my body and soul.
And then I met a lady and in time she made me forget
Yes her love set me free
Aah we ain't got a lot but the future is not
Not what it used to be.
Oh I never thought I could live to get over
For the past cut a hole deep in me
But there's a chance I'll be here a while longer
At least now I wanna be.
Somebody told me that you were in town
I found out today
And you know that I'm sorry to hear that you're down
But what can I say.
That I know your sorrow and I know your pain
Don't you know I know your need
I used to love you a lot but the furture is not
Not what it used to be...

 

[fox69]

"The Old Rugged Cross"

"The Old Rugged Cross"


On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true
Its shame and reproach gladly bear
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away
Where His glory forever I'll share
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

 

[fox69]

"These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)"

"These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)"


A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you.
You came, you saw and you conquered me
When you did that to me I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of March that made my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer.
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
Oh, how strange, how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me.
They seem to bring you near to me
The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside dance invitations
Oh how the ghost of you clings.
These foolish things remind me of you.
These foolish things remind me of you...