Waylon Jennings

[fox69]

"Pick Up The Tempo"

"Pick Up The Tempo"



Some people are saying that time
Will take care of people like me
That I'm living too fast
And they say I can't last much longer.

But little they see
That their thoughts of me is my saviour
And little they know
I might live forever.

So pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
And the drummer's been draggin' too long.

Time'll take care of itself
So just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home.

I'm wild and I'm mean
I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy
I'm good and I'm bad
And I'm happy and sad and I'm lazy.

I'm quiet and I'm loud
and I'm gatherin' a crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall
but I learned it all in the Navy.

So pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
And the drummer's been draggin' too long.

Time'll take care of itself
So just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home.

Yeah, pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home...

 

[fox69]

"Pick Up The Tempo"
(duet with Willie Nelson)

"Pick Up The Tempo"
(duet with Willie Nelson)



Some people are saying that time
Will take care of people like me
That I'm living too fast
And they say I can't last much longer.

But little they see
That their thoughts of me is my saviour
And little they know
I might live forever.

So pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
And the drummer's been draggin' too long.

Time'll take care of itself
So just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home.

I'm wild and I'm mean
I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy
I'm good and I'm bad
And I'm happy and sad and I'm lazy.

I'm quiet and I'm loud
and I'm gatherin' a crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall
but I learned it all in the Navy.

So pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home
The singer ain't singin'
And the drummer's been draggin' too long.

Time'll take care of itself
So just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home.

Yeah, pick up the tempo just a little
And take it on home...

 

[fox69]

"Pickin' White Gold"

"Pickin' White Gold"


Down in the place where I call home
I've been workin' my fingers to the bone
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold.

All day long in Louisiana sun
Pickin' and a pullin' white cotton by the tons
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold.

I fill my sack and I put it on my shoulder
And then I take one again
OId man cotton won't let me make a nickel
Till I get it to a cotton gin.

So I bent my back till I think it's gonna break
Try to keep a thinkin' how much I'm gonna make
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold.

[Instrumental]

There's a little girl I call Bellie all day
She works alongside of me
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold.

Her lips are soft as a cotton in a hand
And side by side we're makin' our plans
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold.

There's a little house with a little solid ground
That would make a mighty pretty home
All we need is little money down
And we could call it our home.

I can't rest till I get through
I need the money for what it can do
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold
Pickin' white gold, pickin' white gold...

 

[fox69]

"Precious Memories"

"Precious Memories"



As I wander on life's pathway
Know not what the future holds
As I ponder hope grows fonder
Precious sacred seems unfold.

Precious mem'ries how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold.

Precious mem'ries how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold.

Precious mem'ries how they linger
How they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight
Precious sacred scenes unfold...

 

[fox69]

"Pretend I Never Happened"
(originally by Willie Nelson)

"Pretend I Never Happened"
(originally by Willie Nelson)



Pretend I never happened
Erase me from your mind
You will not want to remember
Any love as cold as mine.

I'll be leavin' in the mornin'
For a place I hope I find
All the place must be better
Than the ones I leave behind.

I don't suppose you'll be unhappy
You'll find ways to spend your time
But if you ever think about me
If I ever cross your mind.

Just pretend I never happened
Erase me from your mind, girl
You will not want to remember
Any love as cold as mine.

I don't suppose you'll be unhappy
You'll find ways to spend your time
But if you ever think about me
If I ever cross your mind.

Just pretend I never happened
Erase me from your mind, girl
You will not want to remember
Any love as cold as mine...

 

[fox69]

"Put Me On A Train Back To Texas"

"Put Me On A Train Back To Texas"



I've been on the road most all of my life
Traveled from coast to coast
In search of some pleasures and treasures and things
Whatever pleased me the most.

Like bandanas and blue jeans and old cowboy clothes
That bring back an old country song
About rough rides and red eyes and old broken bones
And railroad tracks running back home.

Put me on a train back to Texas
I've been where the highwaymen roam
Put me on a train back to Texas
Wake me up when we reach San Antone.
Wake me up when we reach San Antone.

Mamma says home's where the heart is
Like Bob Wills said in a poem
My heart is there in the middle of Texas
Beside the old Alamo.

Like my broken in saddle and old leather boots
I'm worn but I'm still going strong
Cowboys can tell when the season is changing
And I think it's time to move on.

Put me on a train back to Texas
I've been where the highwaymen roam
Put me on a train back to Texas
Wake me up when we reach San Antone.
Wake me up when we reach San Antone...

 

[fox69]

"Ragged But Right"

"Ragged But Right"


Well, I've come here to tell you boys
I'm ragged but I'm right
I'm a tramp and a rounder
I stay out late at night.

I pour a high steak
Three times a day for my board
That's more than any loafer
In this old town can afford.

A big electric fan
Keep me cool while I sleep
A little baby boy
Play's around daddy's feet.

I'm a rounder, I'm a gambler
Lord, I lead every fight
I tell you boys
I'm ragged but I'm right.

[Instrumental]

When I got married
I knew I'd settled down
I built a little lovenest
Right near in my hometown.

Now, I've got a family
One that I'm proud of
I know that they'll be happy
'Cause I'm the one they love.

A big electric fan
Keep me cool while I sleep
A little baby boy
Play's around daddy's feet.

I'm a rounder, I'm a gambler
Lord, I lead every fight
I tell you boys
I'm ragged but I'm right...

 

[fox69]

"Rainy Day Woman"

"Rainy Day Woman"


Oh rainy day woman
I've never seem to see you for the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine,rainy day woman

That woman of mine she ain't happy
Unless she finds something wrong and has someone to blame
If it ain't one thing it's another one on the way

Oh rainy day woman
I've never seem to see you for the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine,rainy day woman

I woke up this morning to the sunshine
It sure as hell looks just like rain
I know where to go on a cloudy day

[Chorus x2]

 

[fox69]

"Reno And Me"

"Reno And Me"



Reno and me hit the freeway, south out of town on the run
Reno was driving he asked me to roll him one
I turned on the radio, I found us some sweet Emmylou
I sang the harmony, low down and out of key
Reno just howled at the moon

Somewhere outside Kansas City, on a highway that leads to Cheyenne
The radio put a song by a mexican band
Well I guess we were lost in thoughts of brown skin girls, took a couple
Wrong turns in a row
Reno and me just laughed and agreed
It don't matter which way you go

It don't matter which way you go, when you're calling the highway your home
Every old town is your past burning down, it don't matter which way you go

All of our old friends got married, doing all of their business in town
Climbing a ladder that leads to a hole in the ground
Reno and Me talked it all out, one thing that we'll never know
What's the point of a race where you stay in one place
Believing there's somewhere to go

It don't matter which way you go, when you're calling the highway your home
Every old town is your past burning down, it don't matter which way you go

It don't matter which way you go, when you're calling the highway your home
Every old town is your past burning down, it don't matter which way you go

 

[fox69]

"Revelation"

"Revelation"



Somewhere in Vietnam a 19-year-old soldier
Walked out of a barroom
And he said, I must be seeing things
That bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
In Bellfast Ireland a little lady
Dropped her shovel in her garden
She raced across the yard
And ask her neighbor Mrs Clancy, what was that.

In Memphis Tennessee a teacher
Raised the window, closest the river
And the children in her classroom swore
They'd heard a choir singing down the street
In Washington DC
A private secretary's lips began to quiver
And the President just put aside his papers
And rose quickly to his feet.

I lay in a cheap motel in the arms
Of someone else's woman
When a loud explosion rocked the room
And turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street
With hardly any clothes on
As the sky lit up my heart stood still
And I could feel my face was turnin' white.

All at once the clouds rolled back
And there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
And I realized the saddest eyes
I'd ever seen were lookin' straight at me
I guess I was awakened by
The penetrating sounds of my own screamin'
And it didn't take me long to stumble
Out of bed and fall down on my knees.

As tears rolled down my face I cried
Dear God, I'm thankful I was only dreamin'
And if I never go to hell, Lord
It'll be because you scared it out of me...