Willie Nelson

[fox69]

"Blame It On The Time"

"Blame It On The Time"



As you sit there in your loneliness
Confused as you must be
I'm sure a dozen questions come to mind

And if you're wondering why I left you
After all you've done for me
Guess you'll have to blame it on the times

The many times you had your way
No matter what the cost
And the many times you took for granted
Love you now have lost

And if I hurt you, darlin'
I don't mean to be unkind
Guess you'll have to blame it on the times

That small conceited world of yours
Could never understand
That to want to stand alone is not a crime

And if for one time in my life
I'm acting like a man
I guess you'll have to blame it on the times

Blame it on the many times
A hiding place I'd seek
Afraid to say what's on my mind
And ashamed for being weak

So if at last I'm seeing
After so long being blind
I suppose you'll have to blame it on the times

 

[fox69]

"Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger"

"Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger"



Well he rode into Blue Rock dusty and tired and he got him a room for the night
he lay there in silence with too much on his mind still hoping that he was not right
He found them that evening in a tavern in town in a quiet little out of the way place
And they smile at each other when he walked through the door
And they died with their smiles on their faces
They died with their smiles on their face
Don't boss him don't cross him he's wild in his sorrow he's ridin' and hidin' his pain
Don't fight him don't spite him let's wait till tomorrow maybe he'll ride on again

 

[fox69]

"Bring It On"

"Bring It On"



They say there is no game without pain
Well I must be get in love
and I give it all that I got to bring it on
It seems that I've been here before
So if this means that I'm be here as more
Bring it on

It's written in good book that we'll never be ask
To take anymore then we can
Sounds like a good plan so bring it on

If I can see it or feel it
I don't worry said someone
I had I to say I agree
Bring it on
I know you're out there cuz I hear you breathing
but it still don't mean nothing to me
Bring it on

It's written in good book that we'll never be ask
To take anymore then we can
Sounds like a good plan so bring it on

It's written in good book that we'll never be ask
To take anymore then we can
Sounds like a good plan so bring it on
Bring it on
Bring it on
It's just one more storm in the sea
Bring it on
Bring it on
Bring it on
It's just one more storm in the sea
So bring it on

 

[fox69]

"Buddy"

"Buddy"



Laugh with me, buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Don't ever let me start feelin' lonely
If I ever needed you, buddy
You know how I really do, buddy
Don't ever let me start feelin' lonely
I cry at the least little thing, buddy
And I'll die if you mention her name, buddy
Talk to me, buddy
Stay with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Let's talk about things as they were, buddy
Before I got mixed up with her, buddy
Laugh with me buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get the best of me, buddy

 

[fox69]

"Caldonia"

"Caldonia"



Walking with my baby, she got great big feet
Long, lean and cranky and ain't had nothing to eat
But she's my baby, I love her just the same
I'm crazy about my baby 'cause Caldonia is her name
Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
I love you, I love you just the same
I'm crazy about you, baby, 'cause Caldonia is your name

You know my mother told me to leave Caldonia alone
No kidding, that what she said
She said, "Son, the woman ain't no good, leave her alone"
But mama didn't know what Caldonia had been putting down
So I'm going down to Caldonia's house and ask her just one more time

Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
I love you, love you just the same
I'm crazy about you, baby, 'cause Caldonia is your name

 

[fox69]

"Can I Sleep In Your Arms"

"Can I Sleep In Your Arms"


Can I sleep in your arms tonight lady it's so cold lying here all alone
And I have no hold to hold on you and I assure you I'll do you no wrong

Don't know why but the one I love left me left me lonely and cold and so weak
And I need someone's arms to hold me till I'm strong enough to get back on my feet
Can I sleep in your arms...
[piano]
Can I sleep in your arms...
[guitar - harmonica]

 

[fox69]

"Caribbean"

"Caribbean"


Have you ever been down to Haiti
when the summer sun was sinkin' low
There's nothing but romance just everywhere you glance
And the native hearts are all aglow

But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene
They all stare like a statue out of stone
When they realize what's before their eyes
the other girls are left all alone

Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'
When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm
And from miles away you can see her sway
To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms

Up in a tree so high way up in the sky
sits a wide eyed monkey on a limb
He wonders why the people go to so much trouble
just to try to be like him

He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand
that makes a heart feel so sublime
And before too long he starts singing the song
and then he gets in the Conga line

[ac.guitars]

Columbus searched for spices but he missed the nicest
part of the Caribbean
He didn't see the charms and the open arms
it was the gold that he was seein'

But I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed
cause we're on our honeymoon
I'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this
but you were five hundred years too soon

Down in the Caribbean...

 

[fox69]

"Changing Skies"

"Changing Skies"


There's a bird in the sky
Flying high, flying high
To a place from a place
Changing skies, changing skies
There are clouds in the sky
Clouds of fear and despair
But love like ours never dies
Changing skies, changing skies

[guitar]

Little bird have you heard
Freedom lies, freedom lies
But love like ours never dies
Just changing skies, changing skies

 

[fox69]

"Cherokee Maiden"

"Cherokee Maiden"



One night when the moon was bright on the moonlit bay.
That is where I found my little Cherokee maid.
The memory of the that night of love, is lingering yet.
And I know I never will forget.

My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so.
And though we're far apart.
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her,
For anybody else's heart.
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip,
And I'll carry her away with me.
And straight as an arrow flies,
We'll ride to paradise,
My sweet little chickadee,
My little Cherokee Maiden and me.

My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so.
And though we're far apart.
I know I'll never be tradin' my love for her,
For anybody else's heart.
Someday I'll make a trip back to that Cherokee Strip,
And I'll carry her away with me.
And straight as an arrow flies,
We'll ride to paradise,
My sweet little chickadee,
My little Cherokee Maiden and me.

 

[fox69]

"City Of New Orleans"

"City Of New Orleans"



Ridin' on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee
And rolls along past houses farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name and freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles

Good morning, America. How are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels rumbling 'neath the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel
Mothers with their babes asleep rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel

Good morning, America. How are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Night time on the City of New Orleans changing cars in Memphis Tennessee
Halfway home we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
And all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again the passengers will please refrain
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues

Good morning, America. How are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done