1.

Mr. Jones

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

I wanna go across the river to the house on old way 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 when a bank declined their loan
Now there's nothing left inside Mr Jones

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 old way road
Cause there's nothing left inside Mr Jones
[ instrumental ]
Can't you see that it's empty now and no one really cares...

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
No there's nothing left inside Mr Jones

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2.

The End Of The Line

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

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 ever born again

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 piece 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

See what you can find at the end of the line...
[ instrumental ]
Their pennies just keep on coming in
The spirit's still soaking in his sins
Some say they're ever born again

See what you can find at the end of the line...

You can't run you can't hide
And there's no piece of mind
[ guitar ]
No no no at the end of the line
At the end of the line
At the end of the line

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3.

Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)

Harlan Howard - Buck Owens

© Briarcliff Music, BMI

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

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
[ instrumental ]
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

Excuse me I think I've got a heartache...
And I'd better say goodbye before I cry

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4.

This Broken Heart

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

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
[ instrumental ]
Every time I run away...
No with you my heart won't break anymore

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5.

I Got You

Raul Malo - Radney Foster

© Rumbalo Music, BMI

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

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
[ instrumental ]
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

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 sorrow cause I'll still have you tomorrow
And I could lose it all today but I got you
[ instrumental ]
Well it don't matter about the sorrow cause I'll still have you tomorrow
And I could lose it all today but I got you

And I wish there was a way but words could never say
The love I feel today cause I got you

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6.

From Hell To Paradise

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

For thirty years they sang the song of promised victory
But who they've fought and who was 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

From hell to paradise I'll always pay the price
From hell to paradise I'll always pay the price
[ instrumental ]
This ninety mile trip has taken thirty years to make
They tried to keep forever what was never theirs to take
Well 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

From hell to paradise I'll always pay the price
From hell to paradise I'll always pay the price
[ instrumental ]
From hell to paradise I'll always pay the price
From hell to paradise I'll always pay the price
Con ojos tiernos algun dia te mirare
Con brasos abiertos algun dia abrasare
Hay mi Havana cuando pueda regresare

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7.

A Better Way

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

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

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 it'll mend itself someday
[ instrumental ]
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

Well I hope you find a better way to get through my front door...
Well I hope you find a better way to get through my front door...

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8.

Forever Blue

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

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
Cause I'd 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

And 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

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
[ instrumental ]
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 forever blue I'll be

And I may never find another one to hold me...

So you've gone and now I don't know what to do
So I guess I'll always be forever blue

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9.

(# 74 country hit)

Hey Good Lookin'

Hank Williams

© Fred Rose Music, BMI

Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
Well 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's free
So if you wanna have fun come along with me
I said hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
[ instrumental ]
I'm gonna throw my datebook over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents
I'll keep it till it's covered with age
Because I'm writin' your name down on every page
I said hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
[ instrumental ]
I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill...

How's about cookin' somethin' up with me
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me

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10.

Children

Raul Malo

© Tree Pub, BMI

A child who is raised by an unworthy hand
Has less of a chance of being a man
Who will try to remember and then understand
Why a mother would cry while her husband lay dead

Shot down by the 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
[ instrumental ]
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 are junkies and the ladies are whores
Well the same children's lives they will always regret
Are the children who never forget

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
[ instrumental ]
For a time they were counting you out of this race
You stood up like a champion that had fallen with grace
Never showing the anguish that had covered your face
You were raped and forgotten left to die in disgrace

Shot down by the 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

Goodnight goodnight sweet child...
(Goodnight goodnight sweet child...)

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