ROGER MILLER
THE THIRD TIME AROUND
(Smash SRS-67068)
June/1965
Produced by Jerry Kennedy
Recorded:
Feb 11/1965, Nashville (2,4,5,9,11,12)
Apr 15/1965, Nashville (1,3,6,7,8)
May 31/1965, Nashville (10)
1.
ENGINE ENGINE NO. 9
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Engine engine No 9 coming down the railroad line
How much farther back did she get off
Old brown suitcase that she carried I've looked for it everywhere it
Just ain't here among the rest and I'm a little upset
Yes tell me engine engine No 9 coming down the railroad line
I know she got on in Baltimore
A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance but it sure do make a difference
I don't think she loves me anymore
I warned her of the dangers don't speak to strangers
If by chance she find new romance warmer lips to kiss her
Arms to hold her tighter stiring new firest inside her
Oh I wish that it was me instead of he that stands beside her
Engine engine No 9...
No I don't think she loves me anymore
I don't think she loves me I don't think she loves me anymore
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2.
THIS TOWN
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well if you ever want to get depressed just come to this town
Nothing to do from dinner to breakfast in this town
Four street lights and one old grocery I ain't long to stay here no siree
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
I've seen towns but no town's as bad as this town
It don't take long to feel lowdown in this town
Soon cotton's gone opened up and I'm gonna pick it
Just long enough to make enough to buy myself a ticket
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
Here I stand on the dusty road leavin' this town
A hoping that dog ain't got a full load leavin' this town
The state built new routes just for travel they got the pavement and we got the gravel
That's the reason everythin's dying around here in this town
Well there's lots of sunshine very little hay in this town
The mail don't run but every other day in this town
Four street lights and one old grocery I ain't long to stay here no siree
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
Well we don't reap we don't sow in this town
Things are so bad that the weeds won't grow in this town
One two three four five six seven this town can go to one place I'm goin' to heaven
I'm bound to catch the next greyhound leavin' this town
[ pa pa pa pa ]
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3.
LAST WORD IN LONESOME IS ME
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
The last word in lonesome is me the last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely the last word in lonesome is me
Too bad what's happened to our good love too bad what's happened to our good love
Sometimes our best isn't quite good enough and the last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me...
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst life is a desert and love quenches thirst
We all have to hurt sometimes this is my verse and the last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me...
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4.
WATER DOG
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Oh I see you sittin' high upon the bank
You look at the little bit out of place don't you think
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
I see you clingin' to the cottonwood trunk
You lose your good fellow he got to get drunk
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
Oh now I see you sittin' in a big little bed
Think about the good times that we could've had
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
[ ac.guitar ]
I see fe fe fa fa fo fo fam I smell the breath of a guitar man
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
I say one two three six seven nineteen you beat any dadgum I ever seen
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
Well now I'm gonna look at you one more time and if it is the last time that'll be fine
Water dog water dog water got high and left you high dry water dog
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5.
I'LL PICK UP MY HEART AND GO HOME
(Roger Miller)
« © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Once again you've got me cryin' I'm a fool if I let this go on
You can hurt me without even tryin' think I'll pick up my heart and go home
I can see the first signs of autumn all at once all the flowers have gone
Certainly I feel so forgotten think I'll pick up my heart and go home
Someplace where you'll never find me
A place where I can leave your mem'ries behind me
Once again you've got me cryin'...
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6.
SWISS MAID
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
One time a long time ago on a mountain in Switzerland yo lo lo lo lo
There lived a fair young maiden lovely but lonely oh oh
Day after day she'd find her heart away yo lo lo lo lo hey cause no love came her way
One day her papa'd say some day you'll go down to the willage in the valley
There you'll meet a nice young man ask for your hand then you'll be happy
[ ac.guitar ]
But every day she grew unhappy on the mountain in Switzerland yo lo lo lo lo
Every day a little bit lonelier which way to turn which way to go
Day after day she'd find her heart away yo lo lo lo lo hey cause no love come her way
Some say the maidens dreams never came true she'd never got to go to the valley
If she didn't he really don't know oh oh oh did she die unhappy
Well now I'd rather think she found her love I would be rather if she'd find love
Somewhere someway yo de lay de lay lay lay lay
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7.
IT HAPPENED JUST THAT WAY
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way
Well I was born in the boomer's shack bout that far from railroad track
Choo-choo ratled my window pane and the sheet iron roof tells me evertime it rains
Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way
Well I went to a one room school walked to and from this school
I carried my lunch in a paper sack twas one mile over two miles back
Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way
And now my brother worked hard in the grain papa drove a choo-choo train
One sister was a righteous girl but the other was a woman of the world
Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way
Well yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way
Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea yea well yea yea yea yea it happened just that way
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8.
GOOD OLD DAYS
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Rah rah rumble seats and running boards them was the good old days
Knee pants and dime a dance girls oh Lord them was the good old days
Them was the good old days with Model A's and radios boh dee odee oh doh
Rah rah rumble seats and running boards them was the good old days
Rudy Vallee oh you kid them was the good old days
Everybody eatin' up everything he did them was the good old days
Them was the good old days they had the foxtrot the charleston to the nickleodeon
Well rah rah rumble seats and running boards them was the good old days
Pa pa pa pa them was the good old days...
Them was the days when a cat was the cats meow if he had himself a racoon coat
A root toot tootie and a razzamataz sit down you're rockin' the boat
Yeah them was the good old days...
[ trumpet ]
Rah rah rumble seats and running boards them was the good old days
Knee pants and dime a dance girls oh Lord them was the good old days
Them was the good old days...
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9.
ONE DYIN' AND A BURYIN'
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Well I think I finaly found me a sure fire way to forget
It's so simple I'm surprised I hadn't done thought of it before yet
It's full proof well it's full hardly maybe but who know
Anywhere here I am walkin' toward where the cold dark waters flow
It's all it takes's one dyin' and a buryin' one dyin' and a buryin'
Some cryin' six carryin' me I wanna be free oh oh I wanna be free
Free from all this heartache and regret
And free from pinin' for the love I can't forget
The love that once was warm and then just somehow turned to hate
Made my life a prison from which there's only one escape
That's one dyin' and a buryin' one dyin' and a buryin'
Some cryin' six carryin' me I wanna be free
One dyin' and a buryin' one dyin' and a buryin'
Some cryin' six carryin' me I wanna be free
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10.
KANSAS CITY STAR
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Got a letter just this mornin' it was postmarked Omaha
It was typed and neatly written offerin' me this better job
Better job with higher wages expences paid and a car
But I'm on TV here locally and I can't quit I'm a star
Haha I come on TV a grinnin' wearin' pistols and a hat
It's a kiddie show and I'm a hero at the youner set
I'm the No 1 attraction in ever super marked parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City no thanks Omaha thanks a lot
Kansas City star that's what I are yodel-de-la-de you oughta see my car
Drive a big old Cadillac with wired wheels got rhinestones on the spokes
I got credit down at the grocery store and my barber tells me jokes
And I'm the No 1 attraction in ever super marked parking lot
I'm the king of Kansas City no thanks Omaha thanks a lot
[ trumpet ]
Kansas City star that's what I are...
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11.
BIG HARLAN TAYLOR
(Roger Miller)
« © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I once had a sweetheart the fairest of maidens
She outshined all others that I'd known by far
I had me a friend named Big Harlan Taylor Harlan had a rubber tied new shiny car
All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
If I figured them all up it could take many years
[ ac.guitar ]
By the wants of a woman she fell for Big Harlan
I tried but in vain for to take my own life
Suddenly I had lost all my will to keep living
She'd lost her desire to become my young wife
All the ways of the world...
[ ac.guitar ]
Well I wanted revenge and we laid for Big Harlan
Then I started wondering what good would it do
If a rubber tied new shiny car's her ambition
And I just let her hat and Big Harlan too
All the ways of the world...
If I figured them all up it could take many years
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12.
SWING LOW SWINGIN' CHARIOT
(Roger Miller)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Swing low swingin' chariot comin' for to take me for a ride
Swing low swingin' chariot..
I know someday beyond the moon someday beyond the sun
I know the Lord got place to slept for me late down when my work is done
Son I'm singin' swing low swingin' chariot...
This heart of mine is satisfied when time is comin' I'd lay and die
I'll have me some golden streets to walk all the way
I sing swing low swingin' chariot...
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