Tom T. Hall

[fox69]

"Me And Jesus"

"Me And Jesus"


Well
Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about

I know a man who once was a sinner
I know a man that once was a drunk
I know a man, once was a loser
But he went out one day and made an altar out of a stump

Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about

Jesus brought me through all o' my troubles
Jesus brought me through all o' my trials
Jesus brought me through all o' my heartaches
And I know that Jesus ain't gonna forsake me now

Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about

We can't afford any fancy preachin'
We can't afford any fancy church
We can't afford any fancy singin'
But you know Jesus got a lot of poor people out doin' his work

Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about

Me and Jesus got our own thing goin'
Me and Jesus got it all worked out
Me and Jesus

 

[fox69]

"Me And Jimmie Rodgers"

"Me And Jimmie Rodgers"


Me and Jimmie Rodgers used to ride them rollin' boxcars in the summer time
Jimmie he'd play his guitar I'd lay back and watch the stars and sip my wine
Me and Audie Murphy used to crawl out on our bellies through the German lines
Audie I won't leave you here
I'll pull you through cause you know you're a friend of mine
Me and Phil Rizzuto didn't we move like lightnin' round there on the double play
I'd look over in the stands and Marilyn would see me and she'd smile and wave
Hell no Coach Lombadi this old broken back ain't nothin' if the game is saved
And fellers if I don't pull through just put a little golden football on my grave
John Wayne he once said to me them Japs they'll take that Island
And we've got to save the old Red White and Blue
Someone's got to swim out to that submarine and warn 'em
You know T I hate like hell to ask you to
Me and Sugar Ray we used to spar together up there an old Stillman's Gym
Knowin' someday it would be the garden and the championship for me or him
And Coop if no one in this town is man enough to back you when Frank Miller comes
Come High Noon I'll walk with you I've had a few but I know how to use a gun

Betty Grable don't you cry you know you can be a star
And with my drinkin' I'd just hold you back
So go on sign the contracts kid
I'll read about you in some old newspaper from some rack
Cause me and Jimmie Rodgers we still ride them rollin' boxcars in the summer time
Jimmie he plays his guitar I lay back and watch the stars and sip my wine
Me and Audie Murphy we still crawl out on our bellies through the German lines
At away there's scooner shoot that ball to me and I swear we'll get two this time
(So what's old Hank I said Hank I wrote a real good song and he said lemme hear it
I went out of a truck to give my guitar to rest is hist'ry)

 

[fox69]

"Molly And Tenbrooks"

"Molly And Tenbrooks"


Run O Molly run, run O Molly run
Tenbrooks gonna beat you to the bright shinin' sun
To the bright shinin' sun O Lord to the bright shinin' sun

Tenbrooks was a big bay horse he wore that shaggy mane
He run all around Memphis he beat the Memphis train
Beat the Memphis train O Lord beat the Memphis train

See that train a-comin' it's comin' round the curve
See old Tenbrooks runnin' he's strainin' every nerve
Strainin' every nerve O Lord strainin' every nerve

Tenbrooks said to Molly what makes your head so red?
Runnin' in the hot sun puts fever in my head
Fever in my head O Lord fever in my head

Molly said to Tenbrooks you're lookin' mighty squirrel
Tenbrooks said to Molly I'm a-leavin' this old world
Leavin' this old world O Lord leavin' this old world

Out in California where Molly done as she pleased
Come back to old Kentucky got beat with all ease
Beat with all ease O Lord beat with all ease

The women all a-laughin' the child'n all a cryin'
The men all a-hollerin' old Tenbrooks a-flyin'
Old Tenbrooks a-flyin' O Lord old Tenbrooks a-flyin'

Kyper Kyper you're not a-ridin' right
Molly's beatin' old Tenbrooks clear out sight
Clear out of sight O Lord clear out of sight

Kyper Kyper Kyper my son
Give old Tenbrooks the bridle let old Tenbrooks run
Let old Tenbrooks run O Lord let old Tenbrooks run

Go and catch old Tenbrooks and hitch him in the shade
We're gonna bury old Molly in a coffin ready made
Coffin ready made O Lord coffin ready made

 

[fox69]

"More About John Henry"

"More About John Henry"


(The Storytellers and I were doin' a show down in Meridian, Mississippii
And these friends of mine came up
And brought me this real old book about John Henry
And they told me if they let me read this old book I'd probably write a song about it
And they did and I did and I called it More About John Henry)

First of all John Henry was a black man he was born where the sun don't ever shine
He was six feet tall he didn't know his own strength
But he did not swing the hammer all the time
Of course he didn't John Henry had some women on his mind
There was a woman cross the street named Poor Selma
Loved John Henry like a natural man
John Henry quit Poor Selma just like he was quittin' work
He loved that stinger-ree of Julie Anne
And what is it a stinger-ree is somethin' else you understand
There was a man named Stacker Lee in Argenta a little man with a big 44
You know he shot his woman down and took a shot at Poor Selma
But ol' Stacker won't be shootin' anymore
He had to quit it John Henry laid him dead on the floor
John Henry threw Stacker Lee in the river then he said I've got a say so to say
He broke out in a song that was wrote by Blind Leonard
He said Julie Anne I'm singing my say
He said I love you but I do not like your lowdown ways
Well John Henry went to a conjurin' woman said this misery ain't no way to live
Somebody's back door creeping on my pretty Julie Anne
Conjure woman had a say so to give
She said John Henry she said that's just the way things is
Well John Henry went to a hell bustin' man said I'm tormented deep in my soul
Well that hell buster prayed John Henry's sins away
And they tell me that the thunder did roll
Sweet Jesus what a frightenin' sight to behold
From that day on John Henry was a changed man all he did was just work all the time
Well he worked till the muscles in his body gave out
Then he kept right on a workin' in his mind
Don't do it cause a man ain't supposed to work all the time
Julie Anne said John Henry I love you Poor Selma said John Henry you're my man
Ruby said I'm gonna cook ye up some greens and some lean meat
With corn bread in a four foot pan
With lotsa cracklins but John Henry was a diff'rent kinda man
Well they allow that hard work killed John Henry hmm
I'm gonna leave that allowin' up to you hmm
Well was he killed by hard work or was he killed by bad women
Be sure that this ain't happenin' to you
Quit working when your day's work work is through
Cause a man ain't supposed to work all the time
And ain't that just the way the things is
A stinger-ree is somethin' else you understand
Quit working when your your day's work is through God bless you

 

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"Myra"

"Myra"


Her name is Myra and her golden skin
Is tanned by the sunshine and the wind
She doesn't wear make-up and she firmly believes
In everything that Jesus came to teach

I am the opposite of her gentle ways
Yet, she remembers me each time she prays
Her heart ignoring what her eyes can see
One summer day she fell in love with me

What a pity that it cannot last
Before too many summer days have passed
She will be changing and I'll set her free
Myra, you have meant so much to me

Myra, Myra, Oh, what can I say
Go join the world and I will stay
Our lives, so different, it will kill your love
Maybe, I'll die with it when it does

 

[fox69]

"Mysterious Fox Of Fox Hollow"

"Mysterious Fox Of Fox Hollow"


The mysterious fox of fox hollow
He doesn't have many friends
He hides in the forest behind a big rock
He sniffs with his nose in the wind

[Chorus:]
You'll never see him
There's no need to look
He'll hide in the grass or he'll hide in a bush
Sometimes he will run and jump over a log
For he is afraid of your dog - woof! woof!

The mysterious fox of fox hollow
He plays with a foxy old bunch
He comes out at night to steal chickens
And someday he might steal your lunch.

[Chorus]

The mysterious fox of fox hollow
You asked me how I know
Tough I've never seen him one day at the barn
I saw his tracks in the snow.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Nashville Is A Groovy Little Town"

"Nashville Is A Groovy Little Town"


My plane set down in Nashville at a quarter after 2
A little while and I'd be on my way back home to you
While I was waitin' for my flight, got out and looked around
Nashville is a groovy little town

I met some entertainers and they had an extra girl
I told them I was just a tourist out to see the world
From one place to another, yes we really made the rounds
Nashville is a groovy little town

Next day they all took me in just like they did before
I guess I'm trying to tell you I won't be home anymore
Now this may sound poetic, but I'm happy as a clown
Nashville is a groovy little town

Remember how I used to sit and drink and play guitar
And I'd get up and sing for all those folks at Jody's bar

Well I found out it ain't too bad, the way I pick and sound
Nashville is a groovy little town

You know that nest egg that we buried in the bank awhile
Take it out and spend it darlin', dress yourself in style
You have always been a swinger and now I won't be around
Nashville is a groovy little town

I've got myself a little shack out on ol' hickory lake
And now and then I get a gig and buy myself a steak
Y'know, they published one of my old songs, they're showing it around
Nashville is a groovy little town

You remember all those tranquilizers that I used to take
Well I'm not on those anymore, I'm on old hickory lake
So when you start cryin' here's the best one-liner I have found
What else you got? yes, Nashville is a groovy little town

 

[fox69]

"Negatory Romance"

"Negatory Romance"


He's wantin' her more than he's wantin' his wife
Buddy that's a good way to screw up your life
He sneaks off to see her when he gets a chance
That's a perfect example of a negatory romance
Sneakin' in the back door that ain't no 10-4 it's a negatory romance
It's a real breaker maker when your heart is a taker it's a negatory romance

Now girl don't go chasin' a man who ain't free
You know there are plenty of fish in the sea
So girl don't go chasin' whatever wears pants
That's another example of a negatory romance
Sneakin' in the back door...

Slippin' around on the back streets of life
Changin' your handle for one cheatin' night
Slidin' off your gold band just so you can dance
That's another example of a negatory romance
Sneakin' in the back door...

 

[fox69]

"Never Having You"

"Never Having You"


I guess I'll go through life never having you
I guess I'll go out of this world never having you

There's no way for me to love you
At this late day it wouldn't be the same
There's no way for me to win you I'm
So far behind it's so late in the game
I know I'll go through life never having you
I guess I'll go out of this world never having you

I'll go through life never having you
I guess I'll go out of this world never having you

I must believe in reincarnation
I got to have another chance with you
You're wrapped up in your situation
You are music and I'm so far out of the tune

I guess I'll go through life never having you
I guess I'll go out of this world never having you

I get mad when I think about it
I know I'm a free thinking fool
This hunger is eatin' my heart out
I'm a lunitic and you are so super cool

I guess I'll go through life never having you
I guess I'll go out of this world never having you

 

[fox69]

"No New Friends Please"

"No New Friends Please"


I'd like to be your friend but think of all the friends I've been
I never thought there'd come a day I never thought I'd hear me say
I'd disappoint you in the end no new friends please no new friends for me

Memories of old acquaitances keep on coming back
Some I met at garden parties buddies by the railroad track
I'd like to be your friend...

What we are is self-appointed there's nothing we can do
We'd lose touch with one another and that ain't fair to me or you
I'd like to be your friend...