Tom T. Hall

[fox69]

"Watertown Tennessee"

"Watertown Tennessee"


I got a little farm and it's mostly rock it ain't too much but it's all I got
Bluebirds singing in the evergreen trees in Watertown Tennessee
Hey Watertown Tennessee
People in Watertown will never do die when they reach a hundred they can truly fly
Sail into heaven on a southerly breeze in Watertown Tennessee
Hey Watertown Tennessee

I had me an outhouse down by the creek prettiest outhouse you ever did see
Flood came along now I'm up the creek in Watertown Tennessee
Hey Watertown Tennessee
Well a big old redhawk circling around looking for a chicken down here on the ground
Sometimes he gets as high as me in Watertown Tennessee
Hey Watertown Tennessee

When I get to heaven if I ever do die I'm a gonna cut me a hole in the sky
Sittin' in a mansion and all I'll see is Watertown Tennessee
Hey Watertown Tennessee
Now if you want to be famous and you want to be rich
People in Watertown taught me a trick
I'm gonna tell it if I stay around long whups that's the end of this song
Called Watertown Tennessee

 

[fox69]

"Way I've Always Been"

"Way I've Always Been"


I took your picture from the table and now I'm finally alone
Took your number from my rolodex I might get weak and call your phone
I got my chainsaw from your brother I did all of this and then
There ain't nothing new about me I'm just the way I've always been
Stopped at Harry's for a cold beer and Danny won the football pool
John Garcetti's back to drinking they caught his kids with drugs at school
And everybody has their problems now you're gone and mine begin
There ain't nothing new about me I'm just the way I've always been
I'm just the way I've always been I love you now I loved you then
Same old faults and same old friends I'm just the way I've always been

Your uncle called about my pickup he'd like to use it for a day
I told him come ahead and get it cause I don't need it anyway
He doesn't know that you don't live here I guess I'll have to tell our friends
Cause there ain't nothing new about me I'm just the way I've always been
I'm just the way I've always been...

 

[fox69]

"Way We Were"

"Way We Were"


Memories light the corners of my mind
Misty water colored memories of the way we were
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then or has time rewritten every line
If we had a chance to do it all again tell me would we could we
Memories may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember we simply choose to forget
So it's the laughter we will remember
Whenever we remember the way we were the way we were

 

[fox69]

"We're All In This Thing Alone"

"We're All In This Thing Alone"


(Hey there) you know she left me (hey there) I've been crying
In a boat on a plane in a train in a house by the phone
(Hey there) we're all in this thing alone

You can't smile for me I can't cry for you we can't be alone together that makes two
Like trees that fall in forest no one hears crying done alone don't call for tears
(Hey there) you know she left me...

Ain't it strange how we think money knows when Friday comes
Calls don't know bout Sunday and our heartaches twice as done
It hurts although it's killed you through and through
My eyes all red from tears aren't really blue
(Hey there) you know she left me...

 

[fox69]

"What A Song"

"What A Song"


You know they played that melody the first time that you danced with me
And way back then I didn't even know the words
Then they played that song again when our love came to an end
It was the saddest happy song I ever heard
What a song what a song you know I've heard it for so long
You know it seems to be the theme song from my whole life
A simple tune simple lines but every time it comes to mind
I always think oh what a song what a song

Well I don't know who made it up I only know the way it touched
The very heart and soul of me with every note
When everything it said and done when all the other songs're sung
I hope they play the greatest song they ever wrote
What a song what a song...

 

[fox69]

"What Have You Got To Lose"

"What Have You Got To Lose"


Well, I've been in some bars
Where they serve it in big silver goblets and pewter and brass
And I've been in some joints
Where they serve it in paper cups and maybe an old water glass
But it's always the same in the old drinking game
When you drink and you try to forget
One woman who loved you and another who didn't
And I ain't seen one winner yet

[Chorus:]
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze and the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose

Well, I've been in some towns with some high rollin heavies
And I know some unknown new stars
The big equalizer is a good drink of liquor
When they all belly up to the bar
Some cry for fame, some cry for money

And some people reach for the stars
But when a honky tonk heart starts crying for a honky tonk
You can't get a word in edgewise

[Chorus]

Now an old country boy just can't sit on the porch
And watch while the world passed by
No, he's got to be part of some social endeavour
So he gets him a jug and he tries
He'll play that old jukebox and chase them old hides
About daylight come to in his room
When that sun's coming up, he's about halfway to hell
And about half way back home around noon.

[Chorus x2]

 

[fox69]

"When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore"

"When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore"


You were meant for me and there ain't no two ways about it
Even on my darkest days oh they couldn't make me doubt it
Someday things are gonna be the way they were before
When nobody wants your body anymore
Leave me I don't worry darling you'll be back
Honey I'm not bragging I'm just statin' facts
The ocean always brings each piece of driftwood back to shore
When nobody wants your body anymore

I know they have you now sweetheart they don't know what they got
Heaven is still heaven when the weather ain't so hot
When all is done that will be done you'll knock upon my door
When nobody wants your body anymore
Leave me I don't worry...
Unless somebody wants my body before

 

[fox69]

"Whiskey Castles"

"Whiskey Castles"


When I'm drinking I start building whiskey castles
Castles that grow tall throughout the night
When morning comes you never do remind me
I've been building whiskey castles all my life
As far as I'm concerned you deserve one a castle with a garden fair and bright
You've stayed with me and never once seemed sorry
I've been building whiskey castles all my life

Lord I'm so tired of building whiskey castles castles that dissolve in morning light
I would rather dream with you than be without you
I've been building whiskey castles all my life
As far as I'm concerned...

 

[fox69]

"Who Needs A Baby"

"Who Needs A Baby"


Well I ask myself who needs a baby they sometimes cry
I ask myself who needs a baby they sometimes lie
Then I ask myself who needs a baby they make you blue
Who needs a baby baby I need you
Knowing you depend on me makes me just want to shout
Knowing that you're happy that's what it's all about
So when they tell me that I'm just babying you
I ask myself who needs a baby baby I need you

Knowing you depend on me...
I ask myself who needs a baby baby I need you

 

[fox69]

"Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs"

"Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs"


I met him in a hospital about a year ago
And why I still remember him I guess I'll never know
He'd lie there and cry out in a medicated fog,
"Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"

"Four hundred hogs, they just standin' out there
My wife can't feed 'em and my neighbors don't care
They can't get out and roam around like my old huntin' dogs
Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"

His face was lean and his hands were rough
His way was hogs and his nature was tough
His doctors tried to tell him that he may not live at all
But all he ever talked about was who's gonna feed them hogs

"Four hundred hogs, they just standin' out there
My wife can't feed 'em and my neighbors don't care
They can't get out and roam around like my old huntin' dogs
Here I am in this dang bed and who's gonna feed them hogs?"

Four hundred hogs comes to eight hundred hams
And that's a lot of money for a hog-raisin' man
Four hundred hogs comes to sixteen hundred feet
The market's up and there are people a-waitin' on that meat

Well, the doctors say they do not know what saved the man from death
But in a few days he put on his overalls and he left
That's all there is to this small song but waitress, before you leave,
Would you bring me some coffee and a hot ham sandwich, please?

Four hundred hogs they're just standing out there
His wife couldn't feed 'em and his neighbors didn't care
They couldn't get out and roam around like his old huntin' dogs
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