I take the chance to lose my soul my life my pride I take the chance to be with you I've tried to live my life the best I can I've prayed I'd never cheat
He made the night a little brighter wherever he would go The old lamplighter of long, long ago His snowy hair was so much whiter beneath the candle glow
Here today and gone tomorrow Our love would always be a hit and run affair I know you love me, but I'm just a wanderer Today I love you but tomorrow I
If there's water in the desert, sand out in the sea If you were not an angel, sweet as you could be You could turn the night today, make all my dreams
(I wanna go home, I wanna go home,) (Oh, how I want to go home.) Last night, I went to sleep in Detroit City, And I dreamed about those cotton fields
I peeked in to say good night When I heard my child in prayer "Send me, God, some scarlet ribbons Scarlet ribbons for my hair" All the stores were closed
Morning comes and spreads Tomorrow on my bed so softly I can feel the darkness grow Leaving like the girl Who walked across my world And took the
Well come all you children give a listen to me let me tell you bout a new boogie beat There's no hesitation it's sweepin' the nation It's the Rhumba Boogie
How I'd love to be around you When the lonely night surrounds you How I'd love to be alone with you What I'd give to have the power To read your mind
And I still do darling many happy years have passed away since you and I Were tiny little boy and girl playing neath the summer sky Do you recall the
Last night, all alone in a bar room, Met a girl with a drink in her hand, She had ruby red lips and coal black hair. And eyes that would tempt any man
Dear heart, wish you were here to warm this night My dear heart, seems like a year Since you've been out of my sight A single room, a table for one
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain Telling me just what a fool I've been I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain And let me be alone again
Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh, how I feel As I sit here alone in my cabin I can see your mansion on the hill Do you recall when
You say tomorrow you're going It's so hard for me to believe I'm making plans for the heartaches 'Cause you're making plans to leave The tears for me
In my adobe hacienda There's a touch of Mexico Cactus lovelier than orchids Blooming in the patio Soft desert stars And the strum of guitars Make every
A million miles from nowhere a million miles from you A million miles from nowhere alone broken hearted and blue Memories of you and the love you once
I never thought I'd fall in love again I played the game before but just couldn't win I tried so hard to live my life alone when deep inside I knew that