Willie Nelson

[Torrent Maniak]

Black Rose


Way down in Louisiana amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a domineerin' hen and a rose of a different name
The first time I fell lightly I was standing in the drizzlin' rain
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin and a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time the second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple handed man and help me leave that black rose alone

[ harmonica ]
When the devil made that woman Lord she threw the pattern away
She was built for speed with the tools you need to make a new fool every day
Way down deep and dirty on the darker side of shame
You caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin with a rose of a different name
The devil made me do it the first time...
The devil made me do it the first time...
[ guitar - harmonica ]

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Blackjack County Chain

I was sittin' beside the road in Blackjack County
Not knowing that the sheriff paid a bounty
For men like me who didn't have a penny to their names
So he locked my leg to thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain

All we had to eat was bread and water
Each day we had to build that road a mile and a quarter
Black sneak whip would cut our backs when some poor fool complained
But we couldn't fight back wearin' 35 pounds of Blackjack County chain

And then one night while the sheriff was a sleepin'

We all gathered round him slowly creepin'
And heaven help me to forget that night in the cold cold rain
When we beat him death with thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain

Now the whip marks have all healed and I am thankful
That there's nothing but a scar round my ankle
Most of all I'm glad no man will be a slave again
To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
To a black sneak whip and thirty-five pounds of Blackjack County chain
[ guitar ]

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Bloody Mary Morning

It's a Bloody Mary morning,
Baby left me without warning
Sometime in the night
So I'm flyin' down to Houston
Forgetting her's the nature of my flight

As we taxi toward the runway
With the smog and haze
Reminding me of how I feel
Just a country boy who's learnin'
That the pitfalls of the city
Are extremely real

All the night life and the parties
And temptation and deceit
The order of the day
Well it's a Bloody Mary mornin'
Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA

It's a Bloody Mary morning...

[guitar]

Our golden jet is airborn
And flight Fifty cuts a path
Across the mornin' sky
And a voice comes on the speaker
Reassuring us flight Fifty
Is the way to fly

And a hostess takes our order
Coffee tea or something stronger
To start off the day
Well it's a Bloody Mary morning
Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA
It's a bloody mary morning...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Blue Christmas

I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing dear if you're not here with me
I'll have a blue Christmas for certain
And when that blue blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doing alright with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas
[ guitar ]
And when those blue heartaches start hurtin'
I'll have a blue mem'ry for certain
You'll be doing alright...
You'll be doing alright...
But I'll have a blue blue Christmas

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

In the twilight glow I seen her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again
Love is like a dying ember
And only memories remain
And through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In the land that knows no parting
Blue eyes crying in the rain

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Blue Hotel

I'd like to say that I tried.
Fits in with all deceptions and lies.
And empty tables with food, untouched.
I couldn't see the future,
and I liked it too much.
I've been goin' from door to door
with nothing to sell.
Wanderin' like a fool through the halls of a blue hotel.

Chorus:
Go on and rain down on us,
Go on and rain,
Go on and rain down on us,
I give up, I give up.

Somethin' about her is cold,
blowin through the trees,
leavin me wrong.
As the words come out,
I get confused, I get shattered like a lightbulb in October.
She's inside me like a secret,
and I got no one to tell.
And wanderin' like a fool through the halls of blue hotel.

Chorus

I give up, I give up

Choir:
Go on and rain down on us.
Go on and rain down

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Blue Rock Montana

Well, he rode into Blue Rock, dusty an' tired,
An' got him a room for the night.
He lay there in silence with too much on his mind.
Still hopin' that he was not right.

But he found them that evenin' at a tavern in town,

In a quiet little out of the way place.
An' they smiled at each other when he walked through the door.
An' they died with their smiles on their faces.

They died with their smile on their face.

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Blue Skies

Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but blue skies from now on

Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly by

Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on

(Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see)

Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Nothin' but blue skies from now on

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Bonaparte's Retreat

I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Texas
Beneath the stars up above she was the sweetest girl I ever did see
So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the guitars played the Bonaparte's Retreat

All the world was bright as I held her on that night

And I heard her say please don't you ever go away
And so I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
And kissed her while the guitars played the Bonaparte's Retreat
[ guitar ]
All the world was bright...
[ guitar ]
So I held her in my arms...

 

[Torrent Maniak]

Born To Lose

I'm born to lose
I've lived my life in vain
Every dream
Has only brought me pain
All my life
I've always been so blue
Born to lose
And now I'm losing you

Born to lose
It seems so hard to bear
How I long
To always have you near
You've grown tired
And now you say we're through
Born to lose
And now I'm losing you

[dobro]

I'm born to lose
My every hope is gone
It's so hard to face
An empty dawn
And you were all
The happiness I knew
I'm born to lose
And now I'm losing you