1.

Goin' Home To The Rock (Intro) / Gideon Tanner

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

He's goin' home to the rock
He's goin' home to the rock
He's gonna meet the man by and by

He's goin' home to the rock...

Now just look the whole town has turned up today
To say the last prayer for me
The Lord only knows how surprised they would be
If they knew I could see them and could hear what they say
Oh if they knew I could see them and could hear what they say

Some say I was a good man some disagree
Some folks are sad some are glad to see the last of me
I know I was a happy man most of my days
And do it all if I had time to it was worthy to me

I'm the last of my family so I'm taking my name
No children do I leave behind
To sing Rock Of Ages for the all worn out cowboy
You can take away my body but the spirit is alive
Oh you can take away my body but the spirit is alive

Some say I was a good man some disagree...
Some say I was a good man some disagree

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2.

No Good Texas Rounder

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

Excuse me ma'am I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening
There's a new band in town I'd like to take her down to see 'em
The fiddle player used to be my neighbor and he never slept a day in his life
He plays the Strawberry Roan when he gets going he can play all night

And her mama said
He's a no good Texas cowboy child
He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild then he'll leave you
He's a no good Texas rounder girl
Got a one track mind and he ain't on true love
And that's for sure she said I've met his kind before
I've met your kind before

Excuse me ma'am I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening
My intentions are good I'm a man of honor
Please ignore any rumors that have blackened my name
I'm just an innocent boy how could I be to blame
We'll be late for the show and I took her hand and said let's go

And her mama said...

Excuse me ma'am I'd like your daughter's hand for the evening
I think you know the band I'd like to take her down to see 'em
I'd been led to understand the fiddler was your man
That's why he never slept a day in his life
He plays the Strawberry Roan just to get you going then you play all night

And her daughter said
He was no good Texas fiddler m'am
He'll love you up and he'll drive you wild then he'll leave you
He was no good Texas fiddler m'am
Got a one track mind and had on true love
And that's for you've met his kind before
Even like his kind before

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3.

(# 3 country hit)
(# 4 pop hit)

Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

with Kim Carnes

Just look at you sitting there you never looked better than tonight
And it'd be so easy to tell you I'd stay like I've done so many times
I was so sure this would be the night you closed the door and want to stay with me
And it'd be so easy to tell you I'd stay like I've done so many times

Don't fall in love with a dreamer cause he'll always take you in
Just when you think you really change him he'll leave you again
Don't fall in love with a dreamer cause he'll break you every time
Oh could I fly just hold on before we say goodbye

Now it's morning and the phone rings
And you say you've gotta get your things together
You just gotta leave before you change your mind
And if you knew would I was thinking girl I turned around
If you'd just ask me one more time

Don't fall in love with a dreamer cause he'll always take you in...
Before we say goodbye goodbye

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4.

The Buckeroos

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

I've been riding all night just to get here
Don't you be throwing us out so soon
Across the whole damn South with cotton mouth
Now we got some drinking to do
We've been stuck on the range for 45 days
And that's a long long time
We ain't leaving this place till there's a smile on our face
And the whole room is a friend of mine

So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down
And let's hear the jukebox roll
We've been livin' on bacon and beans playin' the Jacks and the Queens
But we still got some money to blow
And the times ain't wild enough we dig our spurs in the make 'em jump
We're ridin' shotgun with the devil we're the buckaroos

My name is Gideon Tanner I've been a man of good manners
I won't dance 'til the ladies ask me
I simply tip my hat I smile and sit back
And then I wait for that friendly stampede
I started dancin' so tight that this girl turned white
I thought she must be passin' away
I said now don't let me down cause when I hit this town
I've got to live my whole life in a day

So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down...
[ guitar ]
And if the times ain't wild enough we dig our spurs in the make 'em jump
We're ridin' shotgun with the devil we're the buckaroos
We're ridin' shotgun with the devil we're the buckaroos
We're ridin' shotgun with the devil we're the buckaroos

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5.

You Were A Good Friend

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

If I close my eyes it doesn't hurt quite so bad
Cause tonight I just lost the best friend I ever had
You were a maverick runnin' all the way from New Orleans
We'd tell stories round the camp fire late at night
When it was down to just you and me

Good friend why did you have to go
Just when I was gettin' to know you I'll sing this song to show
You were a good friend they don't make 'em quite like you
And in my memory you'll always be a good good friend to me

You said I have a home boy haven't seen it for so long
Said I'm going home boy when the work is done I can feel it in my bones

Good friend why did you have to go...
[ guitar ]
Good friend why did you have to go...
And in my memory you'll always be a good good friend to me

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6.

Call Me Up (The Phone Is In The Cradle)

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

My friends they don't talk much bout the legend
And my friends they don't talk much anyway
When they do I know I better listen
Cause my good friends just naturally know the right things to say

They say call me up the phone is in the cradle
Get yourself a liver to my door
But if you saw any plan and if you got the time
We could talk the night away

I don't got so lonely and I've gotta
He said it's tough to be the only man alive
He said I'd give a river for just somebody to talk to
With thunder and lightin' out for bitin' we came strollin' by

She said call me up the phone is in the cradle...
[ sax ]
Now Rose was a queen of the all night cowboy
She said Texas boy you seem kinda shy
Don't you expect the in boss invitation
Just knock on the wall track down the hall and drop on by

She said call me up the phone is in the cradle...
Call me up the phone is in the cradle ...

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7.

These Chains

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man
Doin' what I can to get out of here
And these chains won't keep me from seein' my freedom
Changin' my name and start over again

I was a fool for a good looking woman
Till I found out the hard way there was some other man
Now what else could I do how could anyone blame me
To stand in this smile and with a gun in his hands

These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man...

She had a known reputation but I paid no attention
Good love and affection can make anything right
But judge had no mercy for my infatuation
Said killin's the sin boy you gotta pay the price

These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man...

Down the hall there's a window you can barely see through it
Deep in the night I see the lights of town
And I started to thinking that a mystical ladder
Is as high as these walls and I'm climbin' it right one by one

These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man...
These chains won't keep me from bein' a free man...

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8.

Somebody Help Me

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

Morning sunshine through the curtain throws a Rorschach on my wall
Waking up wide asleep I try unraveling it all
By all rights I should be dead from this bullet hole in my head
Oddly enough I seem to be alive
Greatly dismayed I discover that the feel under the covers
With the red toe walks can possibly be mine

Won't somebody help me you've got to help me
Because wine and too much wine and a female friend of mine
Rode a Mustang through my mind last night

It was a Saturday I don't matter day
We were drinking at the old Red Log
And another and another with my long lost brother
Till the room began to fog
Then a fine looking woman walked by looked me in the eye
Heaved a sigh and took me by surprise
I said sit down and take your place of my long lost brother ace
Who had just caved in and passed out on the floor

Won't somebody help me

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9.

One Place In The Night

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

Girl don't wait up tonight
Don't live on the lie cause you'll be sleeping alone again
I know my intentions were the best
I had it all worked out you see but you deserve a whole lot better than me

You need a man whose heart is only one place in the night
Who'll stay right here and just be satisfied
You need a man who won't disappoint you every time
I call and say my plans have changed so don't wait up tonight
[ steel ]
Stop me now I've gone and talked too much again
You know I do that now and then
So pay no attention to me if I say your name
A thousand times again and again
Just don't listen to me

You need a man whose heart is only one place in the night...
You need a man whose heart is only one place in the night

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10.

Sayin' Goodbye / Goin' Home To The Rock (Requiem)

Kim Carnes - Dave Ellingson

© Appian Music, ASCAP

I watched every sun up comin' over my tin cup
Seen every moon changin' while I slept with the sky
Felt the chill in the north wind find holes that I can't mend
This West Texas cowboy is restless again

Campfire light dancin' on the smiles of some good friends
Wearin' the hard times in the lines on their faces
Now the seasons are changin' and it's time I was leavin'
Cause this West Texas cowboy is restless again

So I'm sayin' goodbye ridin' away
Sayin' goodbye again
Wishin' you well miss you until
I come back again next year

Let's sing of the good days and drink to the ladies
Till the whiskey's all gone and their pleasure is mine
Come sit here beside me sweet lullaby me
This West Texas cowboy is restless again

Sayin' goodbye ridin' away...
Sayin' goodbye ridin' away...
Sayin' goodbye ridin' away...

He's goin' home to the rock
He's goin' home to the rock
He's gonna meet the man by and by

He's goin' home to the rock...
He's goin' home to the rock...
He's goin' home to the rock...
He's goin' home to the rock...

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