1.

Who Do You Pray For

Tom T. Hall

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Life has it's meaning and we know the meaning
But not in words we can say
Life has it's troubles and we know it's troubles
They're almost everyday

Who do you pray for what do say for
Someone you hold above
You tell me who you pray for
And I'll tell you who you love

There are a few things some golden rule things
That make it all worthwhile
There are a few days ah those golden blue days
Lived with the faith of a child

Who do you trust most when all your prayers go
To heaven beyond the blue
You tell me who you pray for
And I'll tell you who loves you

There is a good life livin' above strife
It's in our hopes and in our dreams
There is a real world one you can feel world
And it's all been part up to speed

Who do you pray for what do say for
Someone you hold above
You tell me who you pray for
And I'll tell you who you love

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2.

Say Something Nice About Me

Tom T. Hall

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Say something nice about me when you get to L.A.
Tell 'em I always say it's a good town
Tell 'em I know it's a long way to go to Nashville pour a drink
Tell 'em I said I'm not really dead I don't think

Say something nice about me when you get to New Orleans
Tell 'em I always dream about Bourbon Street
Horns in the night Antoine's delights walks on cobblestone streets
Say something nice about me

Say something nice about me when you get to San Antone
Tell 'em I still wear my hat and I drive a pickup
Tell 'em the strings on my guitar rings the tune about their rose
Tell 'em I'll see them all in the spring I suppose

Say something nice about me when you get to my home state
Tell 'em I've been runnin' late but I love 'em
Tell 'em I've found that the world is round and nothin' is ever free
Say something nice about me

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3.

I Expect The Tears To Come

Tom T. Hall

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I'll expect the tears to come
But right now I'm feelin' numb
When I realize what I have done
I expect the tears to come

It was just another day
You packed your things and walked away
Now as I look around this room
I know the tears are comin' soon

And I expect the tears to come...
[ guitar ]
You were my baby and my friend
The beginning and the end
But I let you get away
I want you back what can I say

I expect the tears to come...

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4.

Poor Me Pour Me Another Drink

Tom T. Hall

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Poor me pour me another drink
I ain't got no place to be tonight
Nobody wants to see me comin' lonely I don't think
Poor me pour me another drink

Poor me pour me another drink
While that someone I love is out there havin' fun
We'll both be in our beds soon me I won't sleep a wink
So poor me pour me another drink

Play the guitar
[ guitar ]
Poor ol' me pour me another drink
There's not a thing on earth I wanna do
And heaven won't be comin' back to see me I don't think
So poor me pour me another drink

Poor me pour me another drink
You can bring me one and you can bring her memory too
Oh the love that woman had for me is gone just like water down the sink
So poor me pour me another drink

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5.

Let's Do This Again Sometime

Tom T. Hall

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Let's do this again sometime
Same place same band same wine
You bring your friends I'll bring mine
And we'll do this again sometime

Old wine always makes me hum
All the old songs make me feel young
And meanwhile your smile will be on my mind
And we'll do this again sometime
[ bass - vibes ]
Let's do this again sometime
Glad rags old gags somebody grab a line
Good gals good pals Auld Lang Syne
Let's do this again sometime

Old wine always makes me hum...

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6.

I Love

Tom T. Hall

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I love little baby ducks old pickup trucks
Slow moving trains and rain
I love little country streams sleep without dreams
Sunday school in May and hay
And I love you too

I love leaves in the wind pictures of my friends
Birds of the world and squirrels
I love coffee in a cup little fuzzy pups
Bourbon in a glass and grass
And I love you too

I love honest open smiles kisses from a child
Tomatoes on a vine and onions
I love winners when they cry losers when they try
Music when it's good and life
And I love you too

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7.

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

Tom T. Hall

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I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried
It made a big impression on me although I was a barefoot kid
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did

Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town
I thought he was a hero I used to follow Clayton around
I often wondered why Clayton who seemed so good to me
Never took his guitar and made it down in Tennossee

Well Daddy said he drank a lot but I couldn't ever understand
I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five piece band
Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away
There ain't no money in it it'll lead ya to an early grave

I guess if I'd admit it Clayton taught me how to drink booze
I can see him half stoned a pickin' out the Lovesick Blues Lord
When Clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried
I know there's a lotta big preachers they know a lot more than I do
Could be that the good Lord likes a little pickin' too

Boy I hope so
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died

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8.

Counting Sorrys

Tom T. Hall

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Lady have I told you that I'm sorry
I didn't say it last time when I called
I'm sittin' here alone countin' sorrys
It's really not that many times at all

Sorry means a lot when you mean it
How will we ever know unless we try
We've laughed and joked a lot while feelin' sorry
But a sorry's not a sorry until it's cried

I'm sittin' countin' sorrys and I mean it
I'd take back every tear I caused to fall
Come on home and count the sorrys with me
Let's make sorry count for something after all
Let's make sorry count for something after all

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9.

Red Hot Memories

Tom T. Hall

© Hallnote Music, BMI

Red hot memories and ice cold beer
Lord that jukebox sounds so good to my ear
That's the reason I came in here
Red hot memories and ice cold beer

I can't believe how she burned me down
Her love made me a big man in this town
Then she tells me I'm no prize
So I just came in here to drink me down to size

Red hot memories and ice cold beer...

She took her body and one suitcase
That she'd had as much of me as she could take
That whole airport wore a frown
Just to know that something that good's leaving town

Red hot memories and ice cold beer...

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10.

I Can't Drink

Tom T. Hall

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(Ladies and gentlemen here's Tom T. Hall)

I can't drink because when I drink I break out
Windows and doors and whatever's about
I can't drink when I drink I go running amok
I caught one last week hey they're not good to eat
Oh what the hell I can't drink

I've got buddies galore who can go to the store
And they buy that old stuff by the case
And just like a chicken though he may get fat
It never shows up in his face
It does mine

I can't drink I get rich and good lookin' and I sing
I look like a kite after you've cut the string
I can't drink when I'm sober I hate telephones
Ah but give me two toddies and I call anybody
Ah what the hell I can't drink
[ piano ]
I was in an earthquake it was all a mistake
I came to and peeped through a crack
I looked at the wreckage and I said to myself
Oh have I gotta pay for all that

I can't drink because when I do I break out...

Look bartender he didn't say he didn't drink he said he can't
Maybe just one
No one ever 'splained it to me like that

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11.

The All New Me

Tom T. Hall

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The all new me that's what you see
You thought I was down but I'll be around I wanna be free
The all new you was makin' me blue
Wait'll you see the all new me

Mirrors can lie I look the same
Maybe a line or two remembers the pain
You'll be surprised at what time can do
No way you can hurt and tease the all new me
[ guitar ]
The all new me's learnin' to smile
Learnin' to walk alone just like a child
The all new you was makin' me blue
Wait'll you see the all new me

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