Willie Nelson

[fox69]

"Sioux City Sue"

"Sioux City Sue"


Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue your hair is red your eyes are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue there ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue

I drive a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way
That's how I come to be in the state of Iowa
And I met a girl in Iowa her eyes were big and blue
I asked her what her name was she said Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
[keyboards - guitar]
I asked her if she had a beau she said yes quite a few
Still I started courtin' my Sioux City Sue
The first time that I stole a kiss I caught her stealing two
I asked her did she love me she said indeed I do
Oh Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue...
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue

 

[fox69]

"Sister's Coming Home/Down At The Corner Beer Joint"

"Sister's Coming Home/Down At The Corner Beer Joint"


Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama don't like the man that done her wrong that done her wrong
Sister's coming home mama don't like the man that done her wrong
[guitar - fiddle]
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long the whole day long
Sister's coming home mama's gonna let her sleep the whole day long
The mirror's gonna tell her how long she's been gone

Down at the corner beer joint dancin' on the rock'n roll
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul
Down at the corner beer joint dancin' on a hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
Lord her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
Lord her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
[steel]
Down at corner beer joint dancing to the rock'n roll
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul
Down at corner beer joint dancing on the hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
Than they did before than they did before
LWell her jeans fit a little bit tighter than they did before
She likes to move her soul she likes to move her soul
Sister likes to do it Lord sister likes to move her soul

 

[fox69]

"Sitting In Limbo"

"Sitting In Limbo"



Sitting here in limbo, but I know it won't be long
Sitting here in limbo, like a bird without a song
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting here in limbo, waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo, got some time to search my soul
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

I don't know where life will lead me
But I know where I've been
I can't say what life will show me
But I know what I've seen
Tried my hand at love and friendship
But all that is passed and gone
This little boy is moving on

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the tide to flow
Sitting here in limbo knowing that I have to go
Well, they're putting up resistance
But I know that my faith will lead me on

Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo, sitting in limbo
Sitting in limbo limbo limbo...

 

[fox69]

"Sitting On Top Of The World"

"Sitting On Top Of The World"



It was in the summer, not in the fall
I spent all my money on alcohol
And now you're gone, and I don't worry
Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

No need of cryin' holdin' out your hand
Cause I can get a woman, quick as you get a man
But you're gone and I don't worry
Cause I'm sitting on top of the world

If you see me stealin', don't you tell on me
I'm just stealin' back to old used to be's
Cause now you're gone, and I don't worry
'Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

It was in the summer, not in the fall
Spent all my money on alcohol
And now you're gone, I don't worry
Cause I'm sittin' on top of the world

 

[fox69]

"Sky Train"

"Sky Train"



Johnny Macon has a wife and one child on the way
And Houston's runnin' out of jobs and there are bills to pay
Johnny's flying standby to Alaska on a chance
He hears them callin' all aboard his life is not a dance
All aboard the sky train there must be better times
And we keep moving down the line all aboard the sky train

Kerry Jackson lost her man to whiskey and cocaine
And all she saw in Florida were memories of pain
And the money from the condo won't last her very long
And so she's flying out today her life is not a song
All aboard the sky train the sun will always shine
Up where those lonesome engines whine all aboard the sky train

Refugees on winds of war with nothin' in their eyes
Midnight bands on endless tours in search of endless highs
Airports in the morning ahen truth is all around
We're restless millions movin' on the lost and not yet found
All aboard the sky train there must be better times
If we keep moving down the line all aboard the sky train

 

[fox69]

"Slow Down Old World"

"Slow Down Old World"


Slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
I lived too fast
Now it's too late to worry
And I'm too blue to cry anymore
I once was a fool for the women
Now I'm just a fool nothing more
So slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore

[steel - strings]

I once had a way with the women
Till one got away with my heart
So slow down slow down old world
There's no hurry cause
My life ain't mine anymore
Cause my life ain't mine anymore

 

[fox69]

"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"

"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"


Now I'm a fellow with a heart of gold
With the ways of a gentleman I've been told
A kind of a fellow that wouldn't even harm a flea
But if me and a certain character met
That guy that invented the cigarette
I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree

That ain't that I don't smoke myself
And I don't reckon they'll injure your health
I've smoked 'em all my life and I ain't dead yet
But nicotine slaves are all the same
At a pheasant party or a poker game
Everythin's gotta stop when they have that cigarette

Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
Puff puff puff
And if you smoke yourself to death
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette

Now at a game of chance the other night
Ol' Dame Forson wasn't doin' me right
Them kings and queens just kept on comin' round
Well I got a full and I bet it high
But my plug didn't work on a certain guy
He just kept a risin' and a layin' that money down
He's raise me and I'd raise him
I sweated blood I had to sink or swim
He finally called and he didn't raise the bet
I said "aces is full pal how about you?"
He said "I'll tell you in a minute or two
But I just gotta have another cigarette"

Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
Puff puff puff
And if you smoke yourself to death
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette

[guitar - steel]

The other night I had a date with
The cutest gal in the fifty states
A highbred uptown social little dame
She said she loved me and it seemed to me
That things were like they oughta be
So hand in hand we strolled down Lover's Lane
She was oh so far from a chunk of ice
And our smoochin' party was a goin' real nice
So help and I think I'd've been there yet
But I give her a hug and a little squeeze
And she said "Willie excuse me please
But I just gotta have another cigarette"
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
Puff puff puff
And if you smoke yourself to death
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette
Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
Puff puff puff
And if you smoke yourself to death
Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait
But you just gotta have another cigarette
Just gotta have another cigarette

 

[fox69]

"So Much Like My Dad"

"So Much Like My Dad"



I know that I surprised you comin' home
It's not my usual time of year
But I've got myself a problem
And I know that I might find the answer here

Remember when I was dad's pride and joy and your little man
Every time that I got hurt, you were there to give a hand
You would pick me up and you'd kiss my hurt away
Remember what you'd say

Boy, you're gettin' more like him each and everyday
Can we have a talk like it was yesterday?
Your boy's back in trouble and he needs you right away

She said, she's gonna leave me, momma
Nothing on God's green earth will make her stay
I can't live without her, momma
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away

But if I'm so much like my dad
There must've been times you felt her way
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay

She said, she's gonna leave me, momma
But if I'm so much like my dad
There must've been times you felt her way
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay

 

[fox69]

"So Much To Do"

"So Much To Do"



My oatmeal tastes just like confetti the coffee's too strong so forget it
The toast is burning well let it there's just so much to do since you've gone
Too much to do all alone
My tie's lost I can't find the sweater there's the doorbell I hope that's your letter
My head aches I hope I feel better there's just so much to do since you've gone
Too much to do all alone
So much to do since you've gone too much to do all alone
And time time rolls on like a river and oh there's just so much to do
And I just can't do without you

 

[fox69]

"Some Enchanted Evening"

"Some Enchanted Evening"



Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger
You may see a stranger across a crowded room
And somehow you know you know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again
Some enchanted evening someone may be laughing
You may hear her laughing across a crowded room
And night after night as strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams
Who can explain it who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons wise men never try
Some enchanted evening when you find your true love
When you feel her call you across a crowded room
Fly to her side and make her your own
All through your life you may dream alone
Once you have found her never let her go
Once you have found her never her never her let go