I am a gambler God knows I’ve been around I lived it up and now I’m livin’ it down I’ve played some hunches boys and I’ve played some blues But a man with nothin’ ain’t got Nothing To Lose. I thought my woman was my ace in the hole But when she left me I…
Well the old man looked down and this grandson And he whispered this Penny’s for good luck And then he opened his hand and showed him the coin And the date on The Penny was 1911 And he said when you get older boy maybe you’ll understand You see this Penny don’t shine anymore like…
I keep running from old memory They never fall behind It’s time to take drastic measures I’ll try Drinking Her Off My Mind. [Chorus:] Neon lights shining bright This is the first bar I’ve seen tonight I wish I may I wish I might Drink Her Off My Mind tonight. That old ocean’s been calling…
The roses just bloomed in the garden today The water still runs by the creek by the way That old mother hen is refusing to lay Our bank note long over due Our family reunion is finished and done We all played horseshoes, but none of us won We all agreed that it could have…
In an Alabama graveyard on a December day A young man with a guitar stares in to space and plays no one there to listen No on there but him And the Ghost of Hank Williams sings “Your Cheatin Heart” again [Chorus:] Marty Robbins, Pasty Cline, Ernest Tubb, and Red Solvine Jimmy Rodgers, and old…
It’s not hard to tell an orchid from a rose Roses have thorns everybody knows And the orchid is the sweetest flower that grows No it’s not hard to tell an orchid from a rose Some men search for roses heaven knows There’s one thing that’s prettier than any rose They’ll walk past an orchid…
Daddy worked hard all life sweating in some factory Goodyear tire and Rubber, was the only life he knew They gave him a gold watch after 20 years of service The retired and moved to Florida with my mama Lou. They left Akron far behind and sold the house we lived in Nothing there but…
Fast cars and whiskey are just like a woman There good for the taking but hard to let go And gambling’s as easy as working the pipeline Or busting some broncs in a cheap rodeo [Chorus:] If the proofs in the pudding The cakes in the oven You might as well pack up your things…
Those Harley’s they cost so much money A Honda is all he could buy He covers it up on his car port, If anyone saw it he’d die. He acts just as tough as his buddies They drink Harley Davidson beer. And he tells anyone that will listen, He’s buying a panhead next year. And…
“I was ah reading an article in a magazine from France recently and ah they was talking about David Allan Coe as a songwriter and ah. They were saying how ah my song, Jack Daniel’s, If You Please, that I wrote in 1956, ah really changed country music back in the 60’s and then in…