Time for a Country Music Thread

nice tune

Another reason I love Country music:

Someday Soon

There's a young man that I know whose age is twenty-one
Comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service, he's lookin' for his fun
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon

My parents can not stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me cryin'
I would follow him right down the roughest road I know
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon

But when he comes to call, my pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days

So blow, you old Blue Northern, blow my love to me
He's ridin' in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon

When he comes to call, my pa ain't got a word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days

So blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's ridin' in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon
Someday soon, goin' with him



I heard Suzy Boggus last night and love her version, but my favorite was a recording in the 70's by Kathy Barnes..still, a great song.

yeah, suzy updated it...i'll have to look for Barnes

What a coincidence with Someday Soon!

My daughter and I are coming up with song lists to perform at an outdoor jam in August. The latest list she emailed me contained a dozen obscure songs, ten of which I've never heard. I emailed her back yesterday and asked if she knew this Suzy Boguss song. I love it.

I have to let you know...it was written and sung by Ian & Sylvia back in 1964...just one of the many Canuck influences on country music.

Blizzard
Jim Reeves


There's a blizzard comin' on how I'm wishin' I was home
For my pony's lame and he can't hardly stand
Listen to that northern sigh if we don't get home we'll die
But it's only seven miles to Mary Anne
It's only seven miles to Mary Anne

You can bet we're on her mind for it's nearly suppertime
And I'll bet there's hot biscuits in the pan
Lord, my hands feel like they're froze and there's a numbness in my toes
But it's only five more miles to Mary Anne
It's only five more miles to Mary Anne

That wind's howlin' and it seems mighty like a woman's screams
And we'd best be movin' faster if we can
Dan just think about that barn with that hay so soft and warm
For it's only three more miles to Mary Anne
It's only three more miles to Mary Anne

Dan get up your ornery cuss or you'll be the death of us
I'm so weary but I'll help you if I can
All right Dan perhaps it's best that we'll just stop awhile and rest
For it's still a hundred yards to Mary Anne
It's still a hundred yeards to Mary Anne

Late that night the storm was gone and they found him there at dawn
He had made it but he couldn't leave ol' Dan
Yes they found him there on the plains his hands froze to the reins
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne
He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off
Joe Nichols

She said I'm going out with my girlfriends
Margaritas at the holiday inn
Oh have mercy my only thought
Was tequila makes her clothes fall off
I told her put an extra layer on
I know what happens when she drinks patron
Her closets missing half the things she bought
Yea tequila makes her clothes fall off

She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink

Them panty hose aint gonna last too long
If the dj puts bon jovi on
She might come home in a table cloth
Yea tequila makes her clothes fall off

She can handle any champagne brunch
A bridal shower with Bacardi punch
Jello shooters full of Smirnoff
But tequila makes her clothes fall off

She'll start by kicking out of her shoes
Lose an earring in her drink
Leave her jacket in the bathroom stall
Drop a contact down the sink

She don't mean nothing
She's just havin fun
Tomorrow she'll say oh what have I done
her friends will joke about the stuff she lost
Yea tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh tequila makes her clothes fall off
Oh tequila makes her clothes fall off

They Oughta Name a Drink After You
John Prine

Oh I get drunk most every night
Seems like all we do is fight
The more I drink
The less I feel blue
Sometimes I feel like an awful fool
Spendin' my life on an old bar stool
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

If this date were to be our last
I'd never sit down this glass
It'd take all the booze in the world
To forget you
You've left my heart a vacant lot
I'll fill it with another shot
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Looks like I had my fill
Guess I better pay my bill
When I started out I only meant to have a few
Someone just said that you left town
I better get a double round
And yes I guess they oughta name a drink after you

Saddest Vacant Lot in All the World
Grandaddy

She's in the kitchen,
Crying by the oven
It seems she really loved him

He's so drunk he's
Passed out in a Datsun
That's parked out in the hot sun
In the saddest vacant lot in all the world

Boldly going
Where he rarely knows
But he'll miss her when he goes

What a shame
As she drifts out of reach
While he's still drunk asleep
In the saddest vacant lot in all the world

Country Feedback
R.E.M.

This flower is scorched
This film is on
On a maddening loop
These clothes
These clothes don't fit us right
I'm to blame
It's all the same
It's all the same

You come to me with a bone in your hand
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out

We've been through fake-a-breakdown
Self hurt
Plastics, collections
Self help, self pain,
EST, psychics, f**k all
I was central
I had control
I lost my head
I need this
I need this
A paper weight, junk garage
Winter rain, a honey pot
Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged
A hotline, a wanted add
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need
I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need
I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need
I, I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I, I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had

At birth Mom and Papa called their little boy Ned
He raised him on the banks of a river bed
A houseboat tied to a big tall tree
A home for my Papa and my Mama and me

The clock strikes three and Papa jumps to his feet
Already Mama's cooking Papa something to eat
At half past Papa he's ready to go
He jumps in his pirogue headed down the bayou

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana rivers
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He's settin' traps in the swamp catchin' anything he can
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man

The muskrat hids hangin' by the dozens
Even got a lady mink, a muskrat's cousin
Got 'em out drying in the hot, hot sun
Tomorrow Papa's gonna turn 'em into mon

They call Mama Rita and my Daddy Jack
Little baby brother on the floor that's Mack
Bren and Lin are the family twins
And big brother Ed's on the bayou fishing

On the river floats Papa's great big boat
That's how my Papa goes into town
It takes every bit of a night and a day
To even reach a place where people stay

I can hardly wait until tomorrow comes around
That's the day my Papa takes his furs to town
Papa promised me that I could go
He'd even let me see a cowboy show

I saw the cowboys and Indians for the first time then
I told my Pop I've gotta go again
Well, Papa said, son, we've got lines to run
We'll come back again but first there's work to be done

He's got fishin' lines strung across the Louisiana rivers
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He’s setting traps in the swamp catchin' anything he can
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man

Gotta make a living, he's a Louisiana Man
Gotta make a living, Louisiana Man

Oh Lord I'm Tired

Standing on the corner of a busy street
Looking for your face in every crowd I meet
Searching every honky tonk in this town
Trying to find the places where you hang around
Oh Lord, I'm tired, tired of living this old way.

--- Instrumental ---

Well, I've been searching for you baby night and day
Wondering if your love will ever come my way
My time is running out and I'm slowing down
Tired of being just another hang around
Oh Lord, I'm tired, tired of living this old way.

--- Instrumental ---

There ain't no happiness in anything I do
I find myself so lonely when I'm not with you
What makes you just the kind of girl a guy could love
You've got so many others that you're thinking of
Oh Lord, I'm tired, tired of living this old way.

Oh Lord, I'm tired
Tired of living this old way...

We're learning this tune by Steve Holy...damn catchy

I've Got A Brand New Girlfriend

(Spoken)
she said, "i need sometime to find myself,
i need a little space to think.
maybe we should start seeing other people.
baby, things are moving way to fast for me."
so, i picked up what was left of my pride,
and i put on my walking shoes,
and i got up on that high road,
and i did what any gentleman would do..
i, um...


i got a brand new girlfriend.
we went and jumped off the deep end,
flew out to LA for the weekend,
spent the whole day, lyin' on the beach,
wearin' nothin' but a smile,
playin' kissy-kissy, smoochy-smoochy,
talkin' mooshy-mooshy bout nothin'.
man, i think im on to somethin',
because i feel just like a kid again.
i got a brand new girlfriend.

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i love it when she calls me butter cup,
laughs and says i left the toilet seat up,
she pops a top for me a cold beer,
and says my buddies always welcome here.
when i get hungry, she takes me out.
i ride the shotgun like a shitzu hound.
my tails a waggin', my tongues hangin' out,
it makes me wanna shout...




wooo...
cute, cute, cute...

she likes to write our names in the sand.
shes hearing wedding bells and making plans.
shes gonna hang around a while i guess.
she hasnt even told me she loves me yet.



she makes me feel just like a kid again,
i gotta brand new girlfriend.

Nice one.

Is Anybody Goin To San Antone
Charley Pride

Rain drippin off the brim of my hat
Sure is cold today
Here I am walking down 66
Wish she hadn't done me that way
Sleeping under a table in a roadside park
A man could wake up dead
But it sure seems warmer than it did
Sleeping in my king size bed

Is anybody going to San Antone
Or Phoenix Arizona
Anyplace is all right
As long as I can forget I've ever known her

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Wind quippin down the neck of my shirt
Like I ain't got nothing on
But I'd rather fight the wind and rain
Than what I've been fightin at home
Yonder comes a truck with the US Mail
People writin letters back home
Tomorrow she'll probably want me back
But I'll still be just as gone

Is anybody going to San Antone
Or Phoenix Arizona
Anyplace is all right
As long as I can forget I've ever known her


Is Anybody Goin To San Antone lyrics
Charley Pride lyrics
Always choose country music lyrics at cmlyrics.com
Accurate lyrics for personal and educational purposes only

You won't believe me, Edgar, but I was just going to post this one when I saw you'd already represented Charley:

JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME

So I feel so blue sometimes I wanna die
And so I've got a broken heart so what
They say that time will heal all wounds in mice and men
And I know that someday I'll forget and love again

But just between you and me, I've got my doubts about it
Cause just between you and me, you're too much to forget

[Steel gee-tar!]

So I've lost the only girl I ever loved
And so I've never felt so low so what
I'll just tell myself each time I wanna cry
That someday time will dry the teardrops from my eyes

But just between you and me, I'm not so sure about it
Cause just between you and me, you're too much to forget

You're too much to forget

I believe you. Many times, I think of a song I haven't heard in a long time and that same day hear it played on the radio.

And I'll raise you one...

YOU DONE ME WRONG
by Ray Price

Well, you tell me that you care
But now you're gone, you got me cryin'
No use denyin', you done me wrong
If I could look inside your heart
Maybe I would know the reason
Why you are leavin' me all alone.

Well, you know it's not so
When you say you tried, well, you know you lied
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
Won't you tell me, baby, why
You went and left me here so lonely
I miss you only, for I love you.

Did I ever make you sad
So you'd be mad enough to hurt me
And de-sert me for so long
Well, you're tellin' ever'one
What you done, you think it's funny
Well, listen honey, you done me wrong.

Well, you know it's not so
When you say you tried, well, you know you lied
I didn't do one wrong thing to you
Won't you tell me, baby, why
You went and left me here so lonely
I miss you only, for I love you.

Ray Price is one of my all time favorites.

Man, what a great song...I had forgotten all about it

20 years ago I used to play at an open-mic hosted by a former fiddler in Ray's band; in fact he would play that tune and it was gorgeous.
Thanks Garg.