Waylon Jennings

[fox69]

"The Last Letter"

"The Last Letter"



Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old.

I can't offer you diamonds or mansions so fine
And I can't offer you clothes your young body crave
But if you'd love me and say that you'll always be mine
Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow, you'll save honey.

When you are weary and tired of another man's gold
If you ever get lonesome remember this letter my own
But don't try to answer though I've suffered sorrow untold
If you don't love me I wish you would leave me alone...

 

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"The Most Sensible Thing"

"The Most Sensible Thing"



I've taken chances on everything in my life
Even against all the odds I've rolled the dice
Count me in on any deal that comes around
Right or wrong never slowed me down.

I've always loved you silent but strong
Deep down in your heart you've always known
It's just that I've made more mistakes than any man under the sun
You're the only sensible thing I've ever done.

Never complaining back when the times were bad
Even when your faith in me was all we had
Loving me wasn't worth the price you paid
Darling, I've been wrong this is all I can say.
I've always loved you silent but strong
Deep down in your heart you've always known
It's just that I've made more mistakes than any man under the sun
You're the only sensible thing I've ever done.
You're the only sensible thing I've ever done...

 

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"The Race Is On"

"The Race Is On"


I feel tears wellin' up cold and deep inside
Like my heart's sprung a big break
And the stab of loneliness, sharp and painful
That I may never shake.

You might say I was taking it hard
Oh, she wrote me off with a call
But don't you wager that I'll hide the sorrow
When I may break right down and bawl.

[Chorus:]
Well, the race is on
And here comes pride up the backstretch
Heartaches a-going to the inside
My tears are holding back
And tryin' not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all.

[Instrumental]

One day I ventured in love, never once suspectin'
What the final results would be
How I lived in fear of waking up each mornin'
And finding that you're gone from me.

There's aches and pain in my heart
For today was the one that I hated to face
Somebody new came up to win her
I wound up in second place.

[Chorus:]
Well, the race is on and here comes pride
Up the backstretch
Heartaches a-going to the inside
My tears are holding back
And tryin' not to fall
My heart's out of the running
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartaches
And the winner loses all...

 

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"The Road"

"The Road"



Back home the family's eatin' dinner
There's a fire in the fireside warm and bright
But I won't be there today 'cause I've got a debt to pay
And they don't let black sheep stray from the road.
No they don't let black sheep stray from the road.

My throat is out crying for water
Lord, that wind is blowing cold
That guard is watching me like a hawk up in the tree
And I'm longing to be free from the road
Yes, I'm longing to be free from the road.

Every bone inside my body's aching
And that guard don't care if I live or die
He told me yesterday son don't try to get away
For I'll lay you down to stay by the road
Yes, I'll lay you down to stay by the road...

 

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"The Taker"

"The Taker"



He's a giver, he'll give her the kind
Of attention that she's never known
He's a helper, he'll help her to open
The doors that she can't on her own.

He's a lover and he'll love her in ways
That she's never been loved before
He's a getter, he'll get her by gettin' her
Into the world she's been hungerin' for.

He's a charmer, he'll charm her with money
And manners that I never learned
He's a leader, he'll lead her across
Pretty bridges he's plannin' to burn.

He's a talker, he'll talk her right off of her feet
But he won't talk for long
'Cause he's a doer, and he'll do her the way
That I'd never, damned if he won't do her wrong.

He's a taker, he'll take her to places
And make her fly higher than she's ever dared to
He'll take his time before takin' advantage
Takin' her easy and slow.

And after he's taken the body and soul
She gives him he'll take her for granted
Take off and leave her taken all of her
Pride when he goes.

He's a taker, he'll take her to places
And make her fly higher than she's ever dared to
He'll take his time before takin' advantage
Takin' her easy and slow...

 

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"The Ways Of The World"

"The Ways Of The World"



When it comes to our love all hope is gone
I guess a friend is all I meant to be
I just can't find the right touch for turning you on
Or the words or the ways that could make you love me

The ways of this old world are not always fair
And most things are never what we hope to find
In search of a feeling that never was there
I went out of my way to go out of my mind

When it comes to our love all hope is gone
I guess a friend is all I meant to be
I just can't find the right touch for turning you on
Or the words or the ways that could make you love me

The ways of this old world are not always fair
And most things are never what we hope to find
In search of a feeling that never was there
I went out of my way to go out of my mind

The ways of this old world are not always fair
And most things are never what we hope to find
In search of a feeling that never was there
I went out of my way to go out of my mind

 

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"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)"

"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)"



I'm not here to forget you
I'm here to recall the things we used to say and do
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

I haunt the same places we used to go
Alone at a table for two
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

They ought to give me the Wurlitzer prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot
Playin' those songs sung blue
They help me remember you
I don't wanna get over you

A fresh roll of quarters, same old song
Missin' you through and through
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

They ought to give me the Wurlitzer prize
For all the silver that I let slide down the slot
Playin' those songs sung blue
They help me remember you
'Cause I don't wanna get over you

I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you

 

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"Them Old Love Songs"

"Them Old Love Songs"



Down the dusty Dixie road
My old Levi's draggin' tracks
Nobody cares about where I'm going
They all know I'm coming back.

Wish I had me a true fine woman
Let her rock me all night long
Baby we could get it together
Like people do in them old love songs.

I can hear somebody laughin'
Funny how it makes me sad
Lord I wish it was Sunday morning
Saturday night sure looking bad.

Wish I had me a true fine woman
Let her rock me all night long
Baby we could get it together
Like people do in them old love songs.

I wish I had me a true fine woman
Let her rock me all night long
Baby we could get it together
Like people do in them old love songs.

Yeah baby, we could get it together
Like people do in them old love songs...

 

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"Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"

"Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"



Just'a good ol' boys
Never meanin' no harm.
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they was born

Staightnin' the curves
Flatnin the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
But the law never will

Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.

Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.

I'm a good ol' boy
You know my momma loves me
But she don't understand
They keep a showin my hands and not my face on TV

OH YEA

 

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"These New Changing Times"

"These New Changing Times"


I'll play the tambourine follow the sun
I'll never let you down in these new changing times.

You're going places in these new changing times
Making your mark in this world is a long straight line
You need someone to go, to go along with you
To love you and help you and to do what you'll wanna do.

I'll play the tambourine follow the sun
I'll never let you down in these new changing times.

[Instrumental]

You have all your dreams in these new changing times
If they seem out of reach just keep this thought in mind
You need someone to go, to go along with you
To love you and help you and to do what you'll wanna do.

I'll play the tambourine follow the sun
I'll never let you down in these new changing times...