In Fort Worth Dallas or Houston or in San Antone There's a little girl waitin' for me and she's all alone In Beamount Lubbock or Austin or in El Paso
I was born in East Virginia North Carolina I did go There I met the fairest maiden her name and age I did not know Her hair it was a light brown color
Excuse me I think I've got a heartache and I'd better say goodbye before I cry They just don't know how lost I feel without you My teardrops never see
I don't love you like I used to do but I'm afraid to tell you so I've got half a mind to leave you but only half the heart to go Words to tell you just
I don't believe I'll fall in love today old memories of you stand in your way I just can't make my heart find someone new it's always much too busy loving
He was born and raised around Jacksonville A nice young man not the kind to kill But the jealous fight and a flashing blade Sent him on the run through
I want a girl whose heart has been broken by a love that has passed her by I want a girl whose lips have been taken by lips that have kissed and lied
Well back in the country in my hometown I'm the coolest fastest man around I got a hot rod car and you oughta see it run I went out ridin' with a friend
I'm just driftwood on the river floating down the tide I don't care where this old river carries me I keep drifting just because my heart is broken inside
Well thunder roll and lighting flashing right through the middle of it I'll go dashing Goes it show how far I'll go for you if you want me to Hurricane
If you don't wanna kiss me say so baby Somebody else will somebody else will well you know they will If you don't wanna kiss me say so baby Somebody else
Come all ye fair and tender ladies take warning how you court young men They're like a star on a summer morning they first appear and then they're gone
I sell the morning papers sir my name is Jimmy Brown Everybody knows that I am the best newsboy in town You could hear me yelling Morning Star runnin'
It's been so long darling since I had to go away It's been so long darling and I'll never forget that day Although you never mentioned it you cried that
I will miss you when you go much more than you'll ever know But I'll have a memory to keep you near In my heart you will remain but it just won't be the
I know that you've been foolin' round on me right from the start So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart When you're tired of foolin' round
There's a wedding today mine I know a heart that's so gay mine Just over the hill I know I will be able to see The old church steeple and all the people
I've seen the way you handle other guys I watched the water fall from their eyes Your little world of love is so unfair It'd be a nice place to visit
