Mr. Jones
(Raul Malo)

I wanna go across the river
To the house on oldway road
Where my life began and ended all the same
I remember Chris and Johnny
childhood friends of mine
Who grew wise enough to
learn to play the game

As I walked up to the front yard
There were children playing there
And I thought someday this
may be my home again
But how soon I learned my lesson
Through the windows they threw stones
And said there's nothing
left inside Mr. Jones

I went next door to ask the neighbor
If they knew what happened here
To the place where all my memories remain
As they recalled and tried to answer
Tears rolled down their eyes
But the best reply they had was made in vain

Seems the folks that used to live there
Worked hard for all their means
But their means could never take them to an end
There was hope down in the city
Then a bank declined their loan
Now there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones

Chorus
Can't you see that it's empty now
And no one really cares
For even I must try to save my own
You should turn around and get back on that
Lonely oldway road
'Cause there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones

Repeat chorus

I'm going back across the river
To see if I can find
The place where life can start and end all the same
But no matter where I'm going it will dwell inside my bones
That there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones
No there's nothing left inside, Mr. Jones

The end of the line
(Raul Malo)

You walk on higher ground
Like the holy ghost I haven't found
The mighty words you speak
They bounce off the strong but
are heard by the weak

Their pennies just keep on coming in
Their spirits are still soaking in their sins
Some say they're even born again

Chorus
See what you can find at
the end of the line
There's no end in time at
the end of the line
There's no peace of mind
at the end of the line

The time has finally come
To relinquish the throne
that doesn't belong
For only you can tell if the
pardon will come or will you
burn in hell

You tried to recover dirty Stones
>From love filthy games played on the road
Now it is you who stands alone

Repeat chorus

See what you can find at the
end of the line
There's no end in time at the
end of the line
There's no peace of mind at the
end of the line
You can run but you can't hide

Their pennies just keep on coming in
The spirits still soaking in his sins
Some say they're even born again

Repeat chorus

Excuse me (I think I've got a heartache)
(Harlan Howard and Buck Owens)

They just don't know
How lost I feel without you
My teardrops never see the light of day
I laugh and joke each time they talk about you
But if they heard my heart they'd hear it say

Chorus
Excuse me, I  think I've got a heartache
There's an aching deep inside
And it just won't be denied
Excuse me, I think I've got a heartache
And I'd better say goodbye before I cry

I guess it's pride that makes me hide my sorrow
I live a lie in all I do and say
My lips may lie and paint a bright tomorrow
But if I told the truth I'd have to say

Repeat chorus

And I'd better say goodbye before I cry

This broken heart
(Raul Malo)

This broken heart will never love again
Because I don't want it to
You came along and showed me
I was wrong
To think that I could never love you

Every time I run away
I know you'll always stay

This broken heart will wear the pain she bore
With you my heart won't break anymore

Every time I run away
I know you'll always stay

This broken heart
Will wear the pain she bore
With you my heart won't break anymore
No, with you my heart won't break anymore
 

I got you
(Raul Malo and Radney Foster)

It's one of those days
When trying to make a dollar's
got me wearing thin
And what I thought was right
Just turned out to be wrong again
You know it don't pay
To have a broken back from
carrying all those worries 'round
Honey I have found

Chorus
I got you to make me love you
I got you to make me care
I got you right here beside me
When nothing else is there
It don't matter about the money
'Cause I got your lovin' honey
And I could lose it all today
But I got you

You know me well
Well enough to know if it's me
or only my foolish pride
That make me say the things to
you that only make you cry
And you can tell
When the time is right to hold
me tight or let me go
Darling I need you so

Repeat chorus

I wish there was a way
But words could never say
The love I feel today
'Cause I got you
 

From hell to paradise
(Raul Malo)

For thirty years they sang the
song of promised victory
But who they've fought and who has won
Didn't matter much to me
I see them driving down the streets
In their fancy shiny cars
Crowds of people to their feet
Their faces full of scars

No pleasantries, no luxuries
No little children's milk
While minister's wives spent
all their lives
In China's finest silk
My back's been broken many times
But my spirit lingers on
The day it comes my way on
freedom's ship
I will be gone

Chorus
>From hell to paradise
I'll always pay the price
>From hell to paradise
I'll always pay the price

This ninety mile trip
has taken thirty years to make
They tried to keep
forever what was never theirs to take
I cursed and scratched the devil's hand
As he stood in front of me
One last drag from his big cigar
And he finally set me free

Repeat chorus twice

Con ojos tiernos algun dia te mirare
Con brases abiertos algun dia abrasare
Hay mi Havana cuando pueda regresare

Translation:
With tender eyes someday I'll look at you
With open arms someday I'll embrace you
My old Havana someday I will return
 
 

We spent the night in a hobo town
Like a pair of runaways
We lit a fire and sang the songs
We learned from yesterday
Settled down and built a house
With our own sweatin' hands
What happened next I'll never know
Or never understand

Finished with my working day
And headed straight for home
I looked inside the bedroom door
And you were not alone

Chorus
Well I hope you find a better way
To get through my front door
The roads you take don't let you see
I don't love you anymore
And if you find a broken heart
Somewhere along the way
Don't you dare pick it up
I'll mend itself someday

You thought my life was over now
Well honey you thought wrong
I found myself someone to love
Who'll love me all night long
All the things you left behind
I threw them all away
You never cared enough about
The things I had to say

Repeat chorus twice
 

Forever blue
(Raul Malo)

Why was I so wrong when
everything was right
I thought that you would long for
My arms to hold you tight
You never even called or
stopped to say hello
So now I'm sad and blue
While you're just glad to go

Remember all the times when
you were missing me
Because I'd be gone so long
But not eternally
I always turned around to find
my way back home
But the only thing I found was
I found myself alone

I may never find another one to hold me
I may never find another one so true
Maybe I'll just never find another you

Chorus
Forever lonely, forever blue
Forever knowing that you were true
Forever thinking you'd love me too
So you've gone and now I don't
know what to do
So I guess I'll always be forever blue

Will you be so kind as to leave
my heart alone
That's where it needs to be so
it won't hurt no more
As long as you're around and
not here with me
My smile will be a frown and
forever blue I'll be

I may never find another one to hold me
I may never find another one so true
Maybe I'll just find myself all
sad and lonely
Maybe I'll just never find another you

Hey good lookin'
(Hank Williams sr.)

Hey good lookin' what cha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me
I'm free and ready so we can go steady
How's about keepin' steady company

I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin' free
But if you wanna have fun
come along with me

Hey good lookin' what cha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me

I'm gonna throw my date book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep 'til it's covered with age
Because I'm writing your name
down on ever page

Hey good lookin' what cha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me

I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancin' free
But if you wanna have fun
come along with me

Hey good lookin' what cha got cookin'
How's about cookin' something up with me
How's about cookin' something up with me
How's about cookin' something up with me
 

Children
(Raul Malo)

A child who is raised by an unworthy hand
Has less of a chance being a man
Who will try to remember and then understand
Why a mother would cry
while a husband lay dead
Shot down by a gun of a runaway train
Called life in the fast lane
it all ends the same
Well the same children's lives
they will always regret
Are the children who never forget

A man ends up tired and walking alone
On a street corner singing for a penny a song
What he cannot remember was never his own
That's the answer he gives
when he speaks of his home
Well the streets are my life
I don't know anymore
Where the children's are junkies
and the ladies are whores
Well the same children's lives
they will always regret
Are the children who never forget

Chorus
Goodnight, goodnight sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels
to forget for awhile
To forget of the life
that's been handed to you
Where everything's real,
yet nothing is true
Well perhaps you can change
what the cards always read
For the children who never forget

For a time they were counting
you out of this race
You stood up like a champion
that had fallen like grace
Never showing the anguish
that had covered your face
You were raped and forgotten
left to die in disgrace
Shot down by a gun of a runaway train
Called life in the fast lane
it all ends the same
Well the same children's lives
they will always regret
Are the children who never forget

Repeat chorus twice

Goodnight, goodnight sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels
to forget for awhile
 
 

 
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