Waylon Jennings

[fox69]

"Everglades"

"Everglades"


He was born and raised around Jacksonville
A nice young man 'bout the kind to kill
But the jealous fight and the flashing blades
Sent him on the run through the everglades.
Running like the dog through the everglades.

Where a man can hide and never be found
And never have fear of the baying hounds
Better keep movin' don't stand still
If the skeeters don't get him in Gatersville.
If the skeeters don't get him in the Gatersville.

[Instrumental]

Well, the posse went in and they came back out
And said he'll die and there ain't no doubt
It's an eye for an eye the debt is paid
It won't last long in the everglades
A man can't live in the everglades.

But a man can hide and never be found
And never have fear of the baying hounds
Better keep movin' don't stand still
If the skeeters don't get him in Gatersville.
If the skeeters don't get him in the Gatersville.

[Instrumental]

Now the years went by and his girl was wed
His family gave up they thought he was dead
Now and then the people would say
They had seen him runnin' through the everglades
Runnin' like the dog through the everglades.

Where a man can hide and never be found
And never have fear of the baying hounds
Better keep movin' don't stand still
If the skeeters don't get him in Gatersville.
If the skeeters don't get him in the Gatersville...

 

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"Fallin' Out"

"Fallin' Out"



We fell into a fallin' out
You are the one that I just can't figure out
But I do believe I want to
Like a girl in a picture show
You are the one that I'd like to know
And I do, I do believe I need to
And I do, I do believe that I feel like
I'm watching a dove that's falling
It's love and it's going down
The songbird is calling a slipaway darling
So if there's a way show me how
Just to tell you I love you
You don't have to show me what's in your eyes
Find me a way to apologize and I will
I do believe I need to
And you can take forever to sympathize
But you know it's raining in my insides
'Cause I do, I do believe I love you
And I do, I do believe that I feel like
I'm watching a dove that's falling
It's love and it's going down
The songbird is calling a slipaway darling
So if there's a way show me how
Just to tell you I love you
I feel a broken heart tumblin'
Do you remember what you said way back then
You used to say I love you
And lost in the light of a second chance
I feel the rhythm but you won't dance
And I do, I do believe I need to
And I do, I do believe that I feel like
I'm watching a dove that's falling
It's love and it's going down
The songbird is calling a slipaway darling
So if there's a way show me how
Just to tell you I love you

 

[fox69]

"Falling For You"

"Falling For You"


You bring me happiness then leave me loneliness
My world is in distress yet I keep falling for you
You look into my eyes and tell the sweetest lies
You're a heartbreak in disguise yet I keep falling for you.

Oh darling, when you're near my world is happy, dear
But when you disappear I don't know what to do
I love in misery you're so unfair to me
It's such a mystery why I keep falling for you.

[Instrumental]

Oh darling, when you're near my world is happy, dear
But when you disappear I don't know what to do
I love in misery you're so unfair to me
It's such a mystery why I keep falling for you.

It's such a mystery why I keep falling for you...

 

[fox69]

"Farewell Party"

"Farewell Party"



When the last breath of life is gone from my body
And my lips are as cold as the sea
When my friends gather 'round my farewell party
Please won't you pretend you love me?

There'll be flowers from those who'll cry when I'll go
And leave you in this old world alone
Will you shed a tear at my farewell party
Or will you be glad when I'm gone?

Don't be angry with me a wanting to keep you
Till my life in this old world is done and through
You'll be free at the end of my farewell party
But I'll go away loving you.

There'll be flowers from those who'll cry when I'll go
And leave you in this old world alone
Will you shed a tear at my farewell party
Or will you be glad when I'm gone?...

 

[fox69]

"Folsom Prison Blues"

"Folsom Prison Blues"


I hear the train a comin'
It's rollin' round the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine
Since I don't know when.

Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps draggin' on
But I see a train a movin'
On down to San Antone

Bet there's rich folks eatin'
In some fancy dining car
Probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big cigars.

Well, I know I had it comin'
I know I can't be free
But them people keep on movin'
And that's what tortures me.

[Instrumental]

When I was just a baby
My mama told me son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with guns.

But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
Every time I hear that whistle
I hang my head and I cry.

If they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
Bet I'd move it on a
Little bit farther down the line.

Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I long to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my blues away...

 

[fox69]

"Folsom Prison Blues"
(originally by Johnny Cash)

"Folsom Prison Blues"
(originally by Johnny Cash)



I hear the train a comin'
It's rollin' round the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine
Since I don't know when.

Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps draggin' on
But I see a train a movin'
On down to San Antone

Bet there's rich folks eatin'
In some fancy dining car
Probably drinkin' coffee
And smokin' big cigars.

Well, I know I had it comin'
I know I can't be free
But them people keep on movin'
And that's what tortures me.

When I was just a baby
My mama told me son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with guns.

But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
Every time I hear that whistle
I hang my head and I cry.

If they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
Bet I'd move it on a
Little bit farther down the line.

Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I long to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my blues away...

 

[fox69]

"Foolin' Around"

"Foolin' Around"


I know that you've been foolin' 'round on me right from the start
So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart
When you're tired of foolin' 'round with two or three
Come on home and fool around with me.

I wasn't foolin' round the day I said I'd do
Many a night I wished that I've been foolin' too
I know it's foolish taking all this misery
When it's you a fool I'll always be.

I know that you've been foolin' 'round on me right from the start
So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart
When you're tired of foolin' 'round with two or three
Come on home and fool around with me.

[Instrumental]

Honey, fool around you'll know right where I'm at
Don't worry if I'm lonesome 'cause I'm used to that
When you're tired of foolin' round with two or three
Come on home and fool around with me.

I know that you've been foolin' 'round on me right from the start
So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart
When you're tired of foolin' 'round with two or three
Come on home and fool around with me...

 

[fox69]

"For Lovin' Me"

"For Lovin' Me"


That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone if you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me.

Don't you shed a tear for me
I ain't the love you thought I'd be
I've had a hundred just like you but don't be blue
I'll have a thousand before I'm through.

That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone if you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me.

[Instrumental]

There you go you're cryin' again
You should have known how things would end
But someday when your poor heart is on the mend
I just might pass this way again.

That's what you get for lovin' me
That's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone if you can see
That's what you get for lovin' me.

That's what you get for lovin' me...

 

[fox69]

"For The Kids"

"For The Kids"



You work like a slave for the kids
And I'd go to my grave for the kids
But we watched our love fade as we suffered that state
With this bargain we made for the kids.

Divorce is a curse for the kids
But this intention's much worse for the kids
Yes, they're now old enough and they made the strongest stuff
Still it's gonna be rough for the kids.

These teardrops that fall for the kids
You know they're really not all for the kids
But I know you don't care and the only love there
Is the love that'd be shared for the kids.

Find a new love you should for the kids
And I hope that he's good for the kids
And though I'm now out of sight if he don't treat them right
I'll be right back and I'll fight for the kids.

But I see you don't care the home that we shared
All our hopes and our prayers for the kids...

 

[fox69]

"Four Strong Winds"

"Four Strong Winds"



Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high

All these things that don't change come what may
But my good times are all gone
And I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way

I may go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that I could go to working for
Still I wish you'd change your mind
If I ask it one more time
But we've been through that a thousand times or more

If I get there before the snow flies
And things are going good
You could join me if I send you down the fare
But if you wait until it's winter it would do no good
For the winds sure can blow cold way out there

I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way