Leave a lotta happy tracks as you go down life's road
Leave a lotta happy tracks everywhere you go
Leave a lotta happy tracks and keep this in mind
Others will have to follow in the path you leave behind
[ steel ]
As you walk the tangle streets of life notice your fellow man
And when he gets in trouble lend him a helping hand
Sow good seeds in your fields of life as you go along
Let others reap your happiness a long time after you're gone
Leave a lotta happy tracks...
[ steel ]
Don't ever use a good friend for a personal game
To game wealth and lose one friend would only be in vain
Let your happy tracks be many leave them everywhere you go
Others will have to harvest each and every seed you sow
Worry why do I let myself worry
Wond'ring what in the world did I do
Oh crazy for thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying
And I'm crazy for loving you
I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While mama used to pray my crops would fail
Now I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail
I'd like to settle down but they won't let me
A fugitive must be a rolling stone
Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run the highway is my home
[ guitar ]
I'm lonely but I can't afford the luxury
Of having the one I love to come along
She'd only slow me down and they'd catch up with me
For he who travels fastest goes alone
And now that I found you new horizons I see
Come take my hand and walk through this world with me
[ guitar ]
Walk through this world with me go where I go
Share all my dreams with me I've searched for you so
It seems some poeple have no feelings at all
For them to break a heart is some sorta fun
Well I'm afraid that's not my way of thinking at all
Cause it's the hardest easy thing I've ever done
[ steel ]
Ever since I left blue tears have fallen
My friends say just forget her dry your eyes
And it sounds so simple when I hear them say it
But it's the hardest easy thing I've ever tried
Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
And that tears are only rain to make love grow
But my love for you could never grow no stronger
If I live to be a hundred years old
Oh it's crying time again...
[ guitar - piano ]
Now you say you found someone that you love better
That's the way it's happened every time before
And it's sure as the sun comes up tomorrow
Crying time will start when you walk out the door
She's gone gone gone gone gone gone cryin' won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster than train flies further on down the track
[ steel ]
I've lost every right to be happy when I lost the heaven I found
She warned me she'd leave and she left me before my first tear hit the ground
She's gone gone gone...
[ piano ]
If I only knew where to find her I'd crawl to her on my hands and knees
Each tick of the clock so remind her she's one second farther from me
If you lived in my world awhile you'd soon forget just how to smile
In my world there's a million ways to cry
If you had my eyes you could see how someone's changed my destiny
I'm a man who can't live and yet can't die
Cause I still got room for one more heartache I could still sway up a tear or two
Yes I still got room for one more heartache so come home anytime you're ready to
[ ac.guitar ]
I know I should find myself another who won't do the things that you do
But my eyes just look right to others cause they're waiting and watching for you
I know that you're another man's possession
And it's wrong to steal the key that fits his door
I know it's wrong to play in raging water
But my weaken will possess me find the shore
Wanting you but never having you
How much longer can I stand it where this patience draw the line
Wanting you but never having you
Will soon destroy what's left of my mind
I can't help it if my selfish heart desires you
I can't help it if I stare with hungry eyes
Each time that you come near me fashion candles
And the fire inside starts burning me alive
Other arms may tempt me but don't let that bother you
For even if they tempt me I'll never be untrue
All the time yes darling all the time
Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you