If That Ain’t Country

Recitation: THE OLD MAN WAS COVERED WITH TATTOOS AND SCARS HE GOT SOME IN PRISON AND OTHERS IN BARS THE REST HE GOT WORKING’ ON OLD JUNK CARS IN THE DAYTIME THEY LOOKED LIKE TOMBSTONES IN OUR YARD AND I NEVER SEEN HIM WHEN HE WASN’T TIRED AND MEAN HE SOLD USED PARTS TO MAKE…

Human Emotions

LONESOME, CRYING HEARTACHES THAT’S HUMAN EMOTIONS I NEVER KNEW, LORD TILL SHE WENT AWAY BEGGING, PLEADING, FORGIVENESS THAT’S HUMAN EMOTIONS THREES NOTHING AS LONESOME AS HEARING HER SAY SHE DON’T MEAN TO HURT ME SHE JUST WANTS HER FREEDOM REVENGE AIN’T WORTH HAVING WHEN IT COMES SO SLOW VIE HURT HER TO MUCH NOW FOR…

Honey Don’t

I’VE DONE SOME RAMBLING DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI I’VE DONE SOME TIME IN TENNESSEE I SERVER MY SENTENCE IN A FENDER TWIN AMPLIFIER HONEY DON’T YOU LAT THAT SH*T ON ME HONEY DON’T YOU LAY THAT SH*T ON ME I PAID MY DUES TO THE MUSICIANS UNION HONEY DON’T YOU LAY THAT SH*T ON SLIM I’VE…

Hey Gypsy

HEY GYPSY, HEY GYPSY COME ON HOME EVEN IF ITS JUST TO PAINT YOUR WAGON. OLD HOBO, HOW LONG CAN THIS GO ON? SHE’S MENDING SOCKS AND SITTING’ HOME A NAGGING’ HEY OUTLAW, LETS SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER SHE SAID OUTLAW IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER WERE ALONE COME ON HOME HEY DRIFTER HAS YOUR FELLING…

Heads or Tails

HEADS OR TAILS, WHAT WILL IT BE? TAKE YOUR CHOICE, HIM OR ME! HEADS OR TAILS, YOU’LL HAVE TO CHOOSE HEADS YOU WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE FLIP THE COIN, TAKE A CHANCE LOVES A GAME CALLED ROMANCE EAST COME AND EASY GO ITS YOUR TURN, AND I’VE GOT TO KNOW! CHEATING WOMAN, PLACE YOUR BET…

Gone (Like)

SHE’S TAKEN TO WALKING ALONE IN THE EVENING SHE’S TAKEN TO SLEEPING ALL NIGHT IN HIS CHAIR TOGETHER THEY BOTH HAD A REASON FOR LIVING BACK WHEN THE FELLING OF LOVING WAS THERE THEN SHE TOOK TO DREAMING WHEN HE WASN’T LOOKING AND HE TOOK TO LOOKING FOR MOMENTS ALONE TOGETHER THEY DRIFTED APART FROM…

Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands

By Bill Anderson Dedication: To Whispering Bill Anderson and a friendship I value as much as any other because of his talent and also his inspiration. To Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Porter Wagoner, Ernest Tub, Hank Snow, Marty Robbins and Lefty Frizzell for singing prison songs when I was still a prisoner. WHEN I WAS…