As I look at the morning sky
Today the wind is blowing hard
See that bird is floating high
Pretty soon it will be tired
I spent a day all by myself
A rich man without his wealth
Sometimes I get it wrong
But I’m not the only one
The afternoon was very clear
The sun was beating down on me
I got thirsty for [...]
I’ve been lonely but I feel alright
You got another baby, hold him tight, you know
You been pushin’ and you won’t get me tonight
I’ve been your lover, but I’m not your fool
You wanna to teach me but I’m not in school, you know
You been pushin’ and you won’t get me tonight
You come a-crawlin’, but you’re much [...]
In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town
Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from all around
And all the girls from there to Austin
Were slippin’ away from home and puttin’ jewelery in hock
To take the trip, to go and listen
To the little dark-haired boy that played the Tennessee flat top [...]
My cousin’s gettin’ married at the Methodist Church
That’s why I stayed home from work
I’m supposed to hold the flowers
When the new bride kisses the groom
That’s what I’m supposed to do
So what are we doin’ with the windows rolled down
Twenty five passionate miles from town
Oh, I love her like a sister, baby but to tell you [...]
So here is the stable and there is the manger
The new Saviour sleeps on His first earthly night
The wise men brought riches but we brought a candle
It’s all that we have but it gives a good light
We are the shepherds we walked cross the mountains
We left our flocks when the new star appeared
Oh, the beautiful [...]