Well I hope the years that wrinkled up our faces Have enjoyed us half as much as we did then And if I should die before you jump your traces Would you do one more favor for a friend Remember all my songs and all their meanings And remember how they helped you to believe…
You know when I first started doing this album I thought All these songs about just getting the divorce And there was one thing I wanted to tell you darling darling Before the music stops for me and you and that’s what you meant to me And even thought the divorce is final now I…
She packed her bags and moved to Florida I’ve been blue since she’s been gone And this bowling green motel room is now my old Kentucky home All she left me was some whiskey and these funny cigarettes she rolled It must have been her main intention to watch our dreams go up in smoke…
No more dirty dishes in the sink when I come home I don’t have to worry if I’ll spend the night alone I can go to sleep and leave my record player on You’re not there to hear me if I cry There’s no way to say how much your leaving turned me on I…
Just divorced was written on the window of the car It looked like a tombstone parked beside the local bar Once he’d drove it crazy now he’s driven it too far Just divorced was written on the window of the car Someone wrote in soap it’s over right across the hood On the door it…
The last verse was the hardest The hardest to get through This verse for old lost lovers This song I wrote for you She’s at the point of no return There’s no more candles left to burn She’s broken every chain That bound her to your soul She doesn’t care what’s right or wrong You’ve…
He’s taking it hard she’s taking it easy She’s living it up and he’s living it down He’s walking the floor looking for answers She’s out on the floor all over town Ain’t that the way that love goes when love goes to pieces Ain’t that the truth when you find out you’re living a…
Sweet Angeline I hope nobody ever hurts you Angeline you’re still a child But I can see the woman fighting to bust out And take you far away from me sweet Angeline Sweet Angeline you’re young and free Don’t ever let nobody get inside your mind Until you get too blind to see sweet Angeline…
Mona Lisa lost her smile The painter’s hands are trembling now And if she’s out there running wild It’s just because I taught her how The masterpiece that we had planned Is laying shattered on the ground Mona Lisa lost her smile And the painter’s hands are trembling now And the eyes that used to…
He don’t love you like I love you If he did, he wouldn’t break your heart He don’t love you like I love you He’s try-in’ to tear us apart Fare thee well, I know you’re leaving (I know you’re leaving) For the new love that you’ve found The handsome guy that you’ve been dating,…