Waylon Jennings

[fox69]

"Slow Rollin' Low"

"Slow Rollin' Low"



I got a slow rollin' low
Ain't a mother would want me
Done got me so down bent out of round
Don't know my head from my toes.

Ain't a hand here to hold
Ain't a shoulder to cry on
Ain't a lesson to learn or a corner to turn
Twixt the dyin' and me.

Lord, I wanted to be
Something you could depend on
Lawdy, Lawd, woe is me
Ain't a body would care.

I got a slow rollin' low
Forgot the words to my song
Ain't that just like a fool to want a ride
On them trains when the train is all gone.

 

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"Small Packages"

"Small Packages"



Tall, don't always mean bigger
Short, don't ever mean small
If you make up your mind you never can tell
You could be the biggest and the bestest of all.

'Cause some things come in small packages
Sometimes heroes do too
If you have the courage and you have the heart
That hero just might be you.

Loud, don't always mean stronger
Shy, don't ever mean weak
The less you can say sometimes can mean more
If you choose to use the right words to speak.

'Cause some things come in small packages
Sometimes heroes do too
If you have the courage and you have the heart
That hero just might be you.

Some things come in small packages
Sometimes heroes do too
If you have the courage and you have the heart
That hero just might be you...

 

[fox69]

"Smokey On Your Front Door"

"Smokey On Your Front Door"



You got a Smokey on your front door
A Smokey on your back door, too
Lord-a-mercy, Buddy, I wouldn't wanna be in your shoes
I can hear you talkin', I can hear you singin' the blues
You got a Smokey on your front door
A Smokey on your back door, too

You got a woman on the East Coast
One on the coast out West
One wants a baby, one wants a brand new dress
No way around it, you're gonna spend some money,I guess
With a woman on the East Coast
One on the coast out West

Diesel is up, the freight is down
I believe they're jerkin' you boys around
Somebody oughta tell 'em if they don't know
Little wheels turnin' makes a big wheel roll

You got a Smokey on your front door
A Smokey on your back door, too
Lord-a-mercy, Buddy, I wouldn't wanna be in your shoes
I can hear you talkin', I can hear you singin' the blues
You got a Smokey on your front door
A Smokey on your back door, too

 

[fox69]

"So Good Woman"

"So Good Woman"



Just so good woman Lord you're just too good for me
The way I am is the way I'll always be
You know I'll run around all of my life
You could've done better cause you been a good wife
You're so good woman Lord you're just too good for me.

You're so good lookin' Lord you could've done better than me
You're so good lookin' no you could've done better than me
Look at them men lookin' you too while you're lookin' at me and I'm happy you do
You're so good lookin' Lord you could've done better than me, yeah.

Look at the man lookin' at you too
But you're lookin' at me Lord, I'm happy you do
You're so good lookin' Lord you could've done better than me
And you're so good woman you're just too good for me...

 

[fox69]

"So You Want To Be A Cowboy Singer"
(performed with Tony Joe White)

"So You Want To Be A Cowboy Singer"
(performed with Tony Joe White)



[Tony:]
City light are shining like diamonds
Coming from the southwestern lows
Big jet engines screaming like ten thousand horses
Another town, another show.

[Waylon:]
I don't talk about the women that I've known from time to time
You know that I just can't be alone
You know there's no one waiting for me anywhere
That I love, like I love the one at home, love the one at home.

[Chorus:]
So you want to be a cowboy singer
It can make you rich or make you poor
Just turn it loose, let it out, and hook em' down the road
There's always room for one more.

[Waylon & Tony:]
Sometimes when I look into the mirror
I can see that I've been crazy now and then
The lines on my face won't tell you where I'm going
But it sure as hell can tell you where I've been.

[Chorus:]
So you want to be a cowboy singer
Pick them ol' guitars every night
If you're ever down around Corpus Christi Texas
Be sure to tell them all, I said, ''Hi.''
"tell 'em me an' ol' Waylon said hi.''...

 

[fox69]

"Song For The Life"

"Song For The Life"



I don't drink as much as I ought to
Lately it just ain't my style
And the hard times don't hurt like they used to
They pass quicker like when I was a child.

And somehow I've learned how to listen
And it sounds like the sun going down
In the magic that morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found.
It keeps my feet on the ground.

The mid summer days ain't so heavy
They just flow like a breeze through your mind
And nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for some old lonesome time.

And somehow I've learned how to listen
And it sounds like the breeze dying down
In the magic that morning is bringing
There's a song for a friend that I have found.

She keeps my feet on the ground...

 

[fox69]

"Sorrow (Breaks A Good Man Down)"

"Sorrow (Breaks A Good Man Down)"


Disappointments weigh so heavy
Leave it's wreckage all around
Once a good man, once respected
Sorrow breaks a good man down.

Had a good love, had a good life
Now the sadness all around
Dread the darkness, hate the daylight
Sorrow breaks a good man down.

I remember all the good times
When the world was ours to claim
Then she left me, took the sunshine
Every night wind speaks her name.

Can't stop loving, can't stop living
There's no answer to be found
No ambition, just existing
Sorrow breaks a good man down.

[Instrumental]

I remember all the good times
When the world was ours to claim
Then she left me, took the sunshine
Every night wind speaks her name.

Can't stop loving, can't stop living
There's no answer to be found
No ambition, just existing
Sorrow breaks a good man down.

Sorrow breaks a good man down...

 

[fox69]

"Spanish Johnny"
(performed with Emmylou Harris)

"Spanish Johnny"
(performed with Emmylou Harris)



Those other years the dusty years
We drove the big herds through
I tried to forget the miles we rode
And Spanish Johnny too.

He'd sit beside a water ditch
When all his herd was in
And he'd never harm a child
But sing to his mandolin.

The old talk, the old ways
And the dealing of our game
Spanish Johnny never spoke
But sang a song of Spain.

And his talk with men was vicious
Talk when he was drunk on gin
Ah, but those were golden things
He said to his mandolin.

[Instrumental]

We had to stand, we tried to judge
We had to stop him then
For the hand so gentle to a child
Had killed so many men.

He died a hard death long ago
Before the road come in
And the night before he swung
He sung to his mandolin.

Well, we carried him out in the morning sun
A man that done no good
And we lowered him down in the cold clay
Stuck in a cross of wood.

And the letter we wrote to his kinfolk
To tell them where he'd been
And we shipped it out to Mexico
Along with his mandolin...

 

[fox69]

"Sparkling Brown Eyes"

"Sparkling Brown Eyes"



There's a ramshackle shack in old Caroline
It's callin' me back to the woman of mine
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love.

When the whippoorwills called on the hills far away
We're gonna sing a little song we're gonna hear them say
My love for you will never ever die
We bid everything sail away to the sweet by and by.

Those two brown eyes that sparkle with love
Came down to me from heaven above
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love.

There's a ramshackle shack in old Caroline
It's callin' me back to the woman of mine
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love.

When the whippoorwills called on the hills far away
We're gonna sing a little song we're gonna hear them say
My love for you will never ever die
We bid everything sail away to the sweet by and by...

 

[fox69]

"Stop The World (And Let Me Off)"

"Stop The World (And Let Me Off)"


Stop the world and let me off
I'm tired of going round and round
I've played the game of love and lost
So stop the world and let me off.

My dreams're shattered don't you see
Now you no longer care for me
I miss the wonder of your kiss
How could you leave me here like this?

Stop the world and let me off
I'm tired of going round and round
I've played the game of love and lost
So stop the world and let me off.

[Instrumental]

Stop the world and let me off
I'm tired of going round and round
I've played the game of love and lost
So stop the world and let me off...