Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton- I will always love you

If I should stayWell, I would only be in your wayAnd so I'll go, and yet I knowThat I'll think of you each step of my wayAnd I will always love youI will always love youBitter-sweet memoriesThat's all I have, and all I'm taking with meGood-bye, oh, please don't cry'Cause we both know that I'm notWhat you needI will always love youI will always love you

And I hope life, will treat you kindAnd I hope that you have allThat you ever dreamed ofOh, I do wish you joyAnd I wish you happinessBut above all thisI wish you loveI love you, I will always love

I, I will always, always love youI will always love youI will always love youI will always love you---

Caledonia

I dont know if you can see, the changes that have come over meIn these last few days, Ive been afraid, that I might drift awayIve been tellin old stories, singing songsThat made me think, about where Ive come fromAnd thats the reason why I seem so far away today.CHORUSLet me tell you that I love youAnd I think about you all the timeCaledonia youre calling me, now Im goin homeBut if I should become a strangerKnow that it would make me more than sadCaledonias been everything Ive ever had.I have moved, and Ive kept on movinProved the points that I needed provinI Lost the friends that I needed losinFound others on the wayIve kissed the girls and left them cryingStolen dreams, yes theres no denyingI ve traveled hard sometimes with conscience flyinSomewhere in the windCHORUSLet me tell you that I love youAnd I think about you all the timeCaledonia youre calling me, now Im goin homeBut if I should become a strangerKnow that it would make me more than sadCaledonias been everything Ive ever had.CHORUSLet me tell you that I love youAnd I think about you all the timeCaledonia youre calling me, now Im goin homeBut if I should become a strangerKnow that it would make me more than sadCaledonias been everything Ive ever had.

Travelin Soldier

Two days past eighteenHe was waiting for the bus in his army greenSat down in a booth in a cafe thereGave his order to a girl with a bow in her hairHe's a little shy so she gives him a smileAnd he said would you mind sittin' down for a whileAnd talking to me,I'm feeling a little lowShe said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pierHe said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't careI got no one to send a letter toWould you mind if I sent one back here to you

Chorus: I criedNever gonna hold the hand of another guyToo young for him they told herWaitin' for the love of a travelin' soldierOur love will never endWaitin' for the soldier to come back againNever more to be alone when the letter saidA soldier's coming home

So the letters came from an army campFrom California then VietnamAnd he told her of his heartIt might be love and all of the things he was so scared ofHe said when it's getting kinda rough over hereI think of that day sittin' down at the pierAnd I close my eyes and see your pretty smileDon't worry but I won't be able to write for awhile

[Chorus]

One Friday night at a football gameThe Lord's Prayer said and the Anthem sangA man said folks would you bow your headsFor a list of local Vietnam deadCrying all alone under the standsWas a piccolo player in the marching bandAnd one name read but nobody really caredBut a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

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She moved through the fair

My young love said to me "my mother won't mindAnd my father won't slight you for your lack of kind"And she stepped away from me and this she did say"It will not be long, love, till our wedding day"

She stepped away from me, and she went thro' the fairAnd fondly I watched her move here and move thereAnd then she went homeward with one star awakeAs the swan in the evening moves over the lake

Last night she came to me, she came softly inSo softly she came that her feet made no dinAnd she laid her hand on me, and this she did say"It will not be long love, till our wedding day"

Long time Gone

Daddy sits on the front porch swinging,Looking out on a vacant field.Used to be filled with burley t'bacca.Now he knows it never will.

My brother found work in Indiana,Sister's a nurse at the old folks home.Mama's still cooking too much for supper,And me, I've been a long time gone.

Been a long time gone,No, I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when.Long time gone, and it ain't coming back again.

Delia plays that ol' church piano,Sittin' out on her daddy's farm.She always thought that we'd be together,Lord, I never meant to do her harm.

Said she could hear me singin' in the choir,Me, I heard another song.I caught wind and hit the road runnin',And Lord, I've been a long time gone.

Been a long time gone,Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when.Long time gone, and it ain't comin' back again.

Now me, I went to Nashville,Tryin' to beat the big deal.Playin' down on Broadway,Gettin' there the hard way.Living from a tip jar,Sleeping in my car.Hocking my guitar,Yeah, I'm gonna be a star.

Now, me and Delia singing every Sunday,Watching the children and the garden grow.We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin',But the music ain't got no soul.

Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard,They've got money but they don't have Cash.They got Junior but they don't have Hank.I think, I think, I think, the rest is,A long time gone,

No, I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when.Long time gone, and it ain't coming back.

I said a long time gone,No, I ain't honked the horn since I don't know when.Long time gone, and it ain't coming back again.

I said a long time, long time, long time gone.Well, it's been a long time.

Long time, long time, long time gone,Oh, it's been a long time gone.

Long time, long time, long time gone.Yeah, yeah.

The Gambler

On a warm summer's eveOn a train bound for nowhereI met up with the gamblerWe were both too tired to sleepSo we took turns a-starin'Out the window at the darknessThe boredom overtook us,And he began to speak

He said, "Son, I've made a lifeOut of readin' people's facesKnowin' what the cards wereBy the way they held their eyesSo if you don't mind me sayin'I can see you're out of acesFor a taste of your whiskeyI'll give you some advice"

So I handed him my bottleAnd he drank down my last swallowThen he bummed a cigaretteAnd asked me for a lightAnd the night got deathly quietAnd his face lost all expressionHe said, "If you're gonna play the game, boyYou gotta learn to play it right

You've got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayAnd know when to runYou never count your moneyWhen you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countingWhen the dealin's done

Every gambler knowsThat the secret to survivin'Is knowin' what to throw awayAnd knowin' what to keep'Cause every hand's a winnerAnd every hand's a loserAnd the best that you can hope for is to dieIn your sleep

And when he finished speakin'He turned back toward the windowCrushed out his cigaretteAnd faded off to sleepAnd somewhere in the darknessThe gambler he broke evenBut in his final wordsI found an ace that I could keep

You've got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayAnd know when to runYou never count your moneyWhen you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin's done

You've got to know when to hold 'em(when to hold 'em)Know when to fold 'em(when to fold 'em)Know when to walk awayAnd know when to runYou never count your moneyWhen you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin's done

You've got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayAnd know when to runYou never count your moneyWhen you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin's done

Both sides now

Rows and flows of angel hairAnd ice cream castles in the airAnd feather canyons everywhere,I've looked at clouds that way.

But now they only block the sun,They rain and they snow on everyoneSo many things I would have done,But clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides nowFrom up and down and still somehowIt's cloud illusions I recallI really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels,The dizzy dancing way that you feelAs every fairy tale comes real,I've looked at love that way.

But now it's just another show,You leave 'em laughing when you goAnd if you care, don't let them know,Don't give yourself away.

I've looked at love from both sides nowFrom give and take and still somehowIt's love's illusions I recallI really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud,To say "I love you" right out loudDreams and schemes and circus crowds,I've looked at life that way.

Oh but now old friends they're acting strange,They shake their heads, they say I've changedWell something's lost, but something's gainedIn living every day.

I've looked at life from both sides nowFrom win and lose and still somehowIt's life's illusions I recallI really don't know life at all

I've looked at life from both sides nowFrom up and down, and still somehowIt's life's illusions I recallI really don't know life at all

It's life's illusions I recallI really don't know lifeI really don't know life at all

Wagon Wheel

Heading down south to the land of the pinesI'm thumbing my way into North CarolineStaring up the road and pray to God I see headlightsI made it down the coast in seventeen hoursPicking me a bouquet of dogwood flowersAnd I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So rock me momma like a wagon wheelRock me momma any way you feelHey, momma rock meRock me momma like the wind and the rainRock me momma like a south bound trainHey, momma rock me

I'm running from the cold up in New EnglandI was born to be a fiddler in an old time string bandMy baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo nowOh, north country winters keep a-getting me downLost my money playing poker so I had to leave townBut I ain't turning back to living that old life no more

So rock me momma like a wagon wheelRock me momma any way you feelHey, momma rock meHey, rock me momma like the wind and the rainRock me momma like a south bound trainHey, momma rock me

Walkin' to the south out of RoanokeCaught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long tokeBut he's a heading west from the Cumberland gapTo Johnson City, TennesseeAnd I gotta get a move on before the sunI hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only oneAnd if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free

So rock me momma like a wagon wheelRock me momma any way you feelHey, momma rock meOh, rock me momma like the wind and the rainRock me momma like a south bound trainHey momma rock me

Oh, so rock me momma like a wagon wheelRock me momma any way you feelHey, momma rock me (mama rock me, mama rock me)Rock me momma like the wind and the rainRock me momma like a south bound trainHey, ey yeah momma rock me (you can rock me, rock me)

Homeward Bound

I'm sitting in the railway station.Got a ticket for my destination.On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.And every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.

[Chorus]Homeward bound,I wish I was,Homeward bound,Home where my thought's escaping,Home where my music's playing,Home where my love lies waitingSilently for me.

Every day's an endless streamOf cigarettes and magazines.And each town looks the same to me,The movies and the factoriesAnd every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be,

[Chorus]

Tonight I'll sing my songs again,I'll play the game and pretend.But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrityLike emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.

[Chorus]

Silently for me.

From this moment

(I do swear that I'll always be there.I'd give anything and everything and I will always care.Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow,For better or worse, I will love you withEvery beat of my heart.)From this moment life has begunFrom this moment you are the oneRight beside you is where I belongFrom this moment on

From this moment I have been blessedI live only for your happinessAnd for your love I'd give my last breathFrom this moment on

I give my hand to you with all my heartCan't wait to live my life with you, can't wait to startYou and I will never be apartMy dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I liveI will love you, I promise you thisThere is nothing I wouldn't giveFrom this moment on

You're the reason I believe in loveAnd you're the answer to my prayers from up aboveAll we need is just the two of usMy dreams came true because of you

From this moment as long as I liveI will love you, I promise you thisFrom this momentI will love you as long as I liveFrom this moment on

If tomorrow never comes

Sometimes late at nightI lie awake and watch her sleepingShe's lost in peaceful dreamsSo I turn out the lights and lay there in the darkAnd the thought crosses my mindIf I never wake up in the morningWould she ever doubt the way I feelAbout her in my heartIf tomorrow never comesWill she know how much I loved herDid I try in every wayTo show her every dayThat she's my only oneIf my time on earth were throughAnd she must face the world without meIs the love I gave her in the pastGonna be enough to lastIf tomorrow never comes'Cause I've lost loved ones in my lifeWho never knew how much I loved themNow I live with the regretThat my true feelings for them never were revealedSo I made a promise to myselfTo say each day how much she means to meAnd avoid that circumstanceWhere there's no second chanceTo tell her how I feelIf tomorrow never comesWill she know how much I loved herDid I try in every wayTo show her every dayThat she's my only oneIf my time on earth were throughAnd she must face the world without meIs the love I gave her in the pastGonna be enough to lastIf tomorrow never comesSo tell that someone that you loveJust what you're thinking ofIf tomorrow never comes

When you say nothing at all

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heartWithout saying a word, you can light up the darkTry as I may I could never explainWhat I hear when you don't say a thing

[Chorus]The smile on your face let's me know that you need meThere's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave meThe touch of your hand says you'll catch me if wherever I fallYou say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loudBut when you hold me near, you drown out the crowdTry as they may they can never defineWhat's being said between your heart and mine

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Love me

I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. He said,"Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so."

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, insteadOf her, I found this letter, and this is what it said:

If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.I'll meet you when my chores are through;I don't know how long I'll be.But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.And between now and then, till I see you again,I'll be loving you. Love, me.

I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away,In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.I'll meet you when my chores are through,I don't know how long I'll be.But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.And between now and then, till I see you again,I'll be loving you. Love, me.Between now and then, till I see you again,I'll be loving you. Love, me.

Song For Ireland

Walking all the day near tall towers where falcons build their nestsSilver winged they fly, they know the call of freedom in their breastsSoar Black Head against the skyBetween the rocks that run down to the seaLiving on your western shore, saw summer sunsets, asked for moreI stood by your Atlantic sea and sang a song for IrelandTalking all the day with true friends, who try to make you stayTelling jokes and news, singing songs to pass the night awayWatched the Galway salmon run like silver dancing darting in the sunLiving on your western shore saw summer sunsets, asked for moreI stood by your Atlantic sea and sang a song for IrelandDrinking all the day in old pubs where fiddlers love to playSomeone touched the bow, he played a reel, it seemed so fine and gayStood on Dingle beach and cast, in wild foam we found Atlantic BassLiving on your western shore, saw summer sunsets asked for moreI stood by your Atlantic sea and sang a song for IrelandDreaming in the night, I saw a land where no man had to fightWaking in your dawn, I saw you crying in the morning lightLying where the Falcons fly, they twist and turn all in you e'er blue skyLiving on your western shore, saw summer sunsets asked for moreI stood by your Atlantic sea and I sang a song for Ireland

The Voyage

I am a sailor, you're my first mateWe signed on together, we coupled our fateHauled up our anchor, determined not to failFor the hearts treasure, together we set sailWith no maps to guide us we steered our own courseRode out the storms when the winds were gale forceSat out the doldrums in patience and hopeWorking together we learned how to copeChorus:Life is an ocean and love is a boatIn troubled water that keeps us afloatWhen we started the voyage, there was just me and youNow gathered round us, we have our own crewTogether we're in this relationshipWe built it with care to last the whole tripOur true destination's not marked on any chartsWe're navigating to the shores of the heartChorus 2x

The Town I loved so well

In my memory, I will always seeThe town that I loved so wellWhere our school played ball by the gas yard wallAnd they laughed through the smoke and the smellGoing home in the rain, riding up the dark lanePast the jail, and down behind the fountainThose were happy days in so many, many waysIn the town I loved so well

In the early mornin' the shirt factory hornCalled women from Creggan', the moor and the bogWhile the men on the dole played a mother's roleFed the children and then walked the dogAnd when times got tough there was just about enoughAnd they saw it through without complainin'For deep inside was a burning prideIn the town I loved so well

There was music there in the Derry airLike a language that we all could understandI remember the day that I earned my first payWhen I played in a small pick-art bandThere I spent my youth, and to tell you the truthI was sad to leave it all behind meFor I learned about life, and I found a wifeIn the town I loved so well

But when I returned, how my eyes have burnedTo see how a town could be brought to it's kneesBy the armoured cars and the bombed-out barsAnd the gas that hangs on to every breezeNow the army's installed by that old gas yard wallAnd the damn barbed wire gets higher and higherWith their tanks and their guns, oh my god, what have they doneIn the town I loved so well

Now the music's gone but they carry onFor their spirits be bruised, never brokenThey will not forget but their hearts are setFor tomorrow they'll have peace once againFor what's done is done and what's won is wonAnd what's lost is lost and gone for everI can only pray for a bright, brand new dayIn the town I loved so well

Islands in the stream

Baby when I met you there was peace unknownI set out to get you with a fine tooth combI was soft insideThere was something going on

You do something to me that I can't explainHold me closer and I feel no painEvery beat of my heartWe got something going on

Tender love is blindIt requires a dedicationAll this love we feel needs no conversationWe ride it together, ah haMaking love with each other, ah ha

Islands in the streamThat is what we areNo one in betweenHow can we be wrongSail away with meTo another worldAnd we rely on each other, ah haFrom one lover to another, ah ha

I can't live without you if the love was goneEverything is nothing if you got no oneAnd you just walk in the nightSlowly losing sight of the real thing

But that won't happen to us and we got no doubtToo deep in love and we got no way outAnd the message is clearThis could be the year for the real thing

No more will you cryBaby I will hurt you neverWe start and end as oneIn love foreverWe can ride it together, ah haMaking love with each other, ah ha




Islands in the streamThat is what we areNo one in between

Country roads

Almost heaven, West Virginia,Blue ridge mountain, Shenandoah river,Life is old there, older than the trees,Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belong,West Virginia,Mountain mamma, take me homeCountry roads

All my memories, gather round herMiner's lady, stranger to blue waterDark and dusty, painted on the skyMisty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eye

Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belong,West Virginia,Mountain mamma, take me homeCountry roads

I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls meRadio reminds me of my home far awayDriving down the road I get a feelingThat I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belong,West virginia,Mountain mamma, take me homeCountry roads

I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls meRadio reminds me of my home far awayDriving down the road I get a feelingThat I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me homeTo the place I belong,West Virginia,Mountain mamma, take me homeCountry roadsTake me home, country roadsTake me home, country roads

This I promise you

My love, here I stand before youI am yours now from this moment onTake my hand, only you can stop me shakingWe'll share forever, this I promise you

(chorus 1)And when I look in your eyesAll of my life is before meAnd I'm not running anymoreCause I already know I'm homeWith every beat of my heartI'll give you my love completelyMy darling, this I promise you

My love, I can feel your heartbeatAs we dance now closer than beforeDon't let go, cause I could almost cry nowThis is forever, I make this vow to you

(chorus 2)And when I look in your eyesAll of my life is before meAnd I'm not running anymoreCause I already know I'm homeWith every beat of my heartI'll give you my love completelyMy darling, this I promise youMy darling, this I promise youMy darling, this I promise you

Whiskey in the Jar

As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains.I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was countin'.I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier.I said stand o'er and deliver or the devil he may take ya.

Musha ring dumb a do dumb a da.Whack for my daddy-o,Whack for my daddy-o.There's whiskey in the jar-o.

I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny.I took all of his money and I brought it home to Molly.She swore that she'd love me, never would she leave me.But the devil take that woman for you know she tricked me easy.


Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber.Takin' my money with me and I never knew the danger.For about six or maybe seven in walked Captain Farrell.I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels.


Now some men like the fishin' and some men like the fowlin',And some men like ta hear a cannon ball a roarin'.Me? I like sleepin' specially in my Molly's chamber.But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah.


And I got drunk on whiskey-oAnd I love, I love, I love, I love, I love, I love my Molly-o.

The Water is wide

The water is wide,I can't cross over,And neither have I wings to fly.Build me a boatThat can carry twoAnd both shall row, my love and I.

There is a shipAnd she sails the sea.She's loaded deep,As deep can be.But not so deepAs the love I'm in,I know not how I sink or swim.

Oh love is handsomeAnd love is fine,The sweetest flowerWhen first it's new.But love grows oldAnd waxes coldAnd fades away like Summer dew.

Build me a boatThat can carry twoAnd both shall row, my love and I,And both shall row, my love and I.Galway Girl

Well, I took a stroll on the old long walkOf a day -I-ay-I-ayI met a little girl and we stopped to talkOf a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ayAnd I ask you, friend, what's a fella to doCause her hair was black and her eyes were blueAnd I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl

We were halfway there when the rain came downOf a day -I-ay-I-ayAnd she asked me up to her flat downtownOf a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ayAnd I ask you, friend, what's a fella to doCause her hair was black and her eyes were blueSo I took her hand and I gave her a twirlAnd I lost my heart to a Galway girl

When I woke up I was all aloneWith a broken heart and a ticket homeAnd I ask you now, tell me what would you doIf her hair was black and her eyes were blueI've traveled around I've been all over this worldBoys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl

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