1.

The Fireman

Wayne Kemp - Mack Vickery

© Tree Pub, BMI

Call me the fireman cause that's my name
I'M makin' my rounds all over town a puttin' out ole flames
Everybody'd like to have what I got
Well I cool 'em down when they're smolderin' hot
I'm the fireman that's my name

Last night they had a bad one a mile or two down the road
Well my buddy walked out left his woman burnin' out of control
Well I was down there in about an hour or so
And with a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go
I'm the fireman that's my name

They call me the fireman honey that's my name
Makin' my rounds all over town a puttin' out ole flames
Everybody'd like to have what I got
Well I cool 'em down when they're smolderin' hot
I'm the fireman that's my name
[ guitar ]
I got a fire engine red thunderbird automobile
In a minute or less I can be dressed to kill
I work twenty-four on and twenty-four off
When they get hot they just give me a call
That's why they call me the fireman honey that's my name

They call me the fireman baby that' s my name...

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2.

Somehow Without You

Wayne Kemp - Robert Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

I built a house in the valley cause that's what you wanted
There's nothing that's too good for you
On the left is a river that runs through the city
That means more to you than I do

On the right stands a mountain that we climbed together
And made love in the soft morning dew
Now all I have left is a small piece of paper
That gives the right to love you

But the sun never shines in the deep dark mines
Neath the mountain with the soft morning dew
But I love these hills and I always will
And I'll make it somehow without you
[ guitar ]
I dig the coal from the mountains that goes to the city
That keeps your whole world shining bright
And it's good to know I can still do something
To keep the one I love satisfied

But the sun never shines in the deep dark mines...

There'll be a low mournful sound when this mountain comes down
And that's when I'll be over you

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3.

A Little Bit Weaker

Wayne Kemp - Robert Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

I hold my head up high when you walk by
Tears well up but you're never gonna see me cry
I'll say hello just like there's nothin' wrong
But I get just a little bit weaker from tryin' to be strong

I see that you've been seeing someone else
Well I wish I had the heart to see someone else myself
But I'd rather sit right here alone
And get just a little bit weaker from trying to be strong
[ guitar ]
I guess I'm hanging round so you can watch me bawl
Last night I got loaded and I don't drink at all
I'm losin' my will and the strength to carry on
And I'm gettin' just a little bit weaker from trying to be strong

I'm losing my grip I'm barely hanging on
I've got some pride left but it won't last too long
I can feel an unhappy ending coming on
and I'm gettin' just a little bit weaker from trying to be strong

Weaker and weaker weaker and weaker
Weaker and weaker weaker and weaker

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4.

Don't Send Me No Angels

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

When the storm clouds gather and I'm losing my way
She stands right beside me she lights up my day
She's the one thing I've found right in my whole life long
She's the words and music to the world's finest song

Lord let me keep her at least for a while
I promise I'll love her till I walk my final mile
When your trumpets are sounding and you're calling me home
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own
[ piano ]
She stayed with me through the hard times that still going on
That old feeling between us is still coming on strong
When my eyes close forever and my last breath is gone
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own

Lord let me keep her at least for a while
I promise I'll love her till I walk my final mile
When my eyes close forever and my last breath is gone
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own
Don't send me no angels cause I've got my own

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5.

Crying For Their Mama's

Jason Allen

© Tree Pub, BMI

A barstool is just a big highchair for grown up fools to cry on
The jukebox pacifies them all night long
Suckin' on a longneck bottle keeps their mouth shut for awhile
The bartender just a babysitter
To give another bottle to make them feel better
Sittin' around playin' their little games together
And cryin' for their mama's that's gone

She dropped him off on her way to work and he ain't seen her since
That was three days ago she didn't know he took the money to pay the rent
He bought a beer with a fifty got change for a twemty
Didn't even see the deal go down
When he's drinkin' he ain't the smartest man in town

A barstool is just a big highchair for grown up fools to cry on
And the jukebox pacifies them all night long
Suckin' on a longneck bottle keeps their mouth shut for awhile
A barroom is just a big playpen
They pout for awhile then they're fightin' again
Sittin' around tellin' each other their men
And cryin' for their mama's that's gone
[ guitar ]
A barstool is just a big highchair for grown up fools to cry on...

The bouncer he can whip their bottom
It's a big job 'cause there's quiet a lot of 'em
Sittin' around tellin' each other they're men
And cryin' for their mama's that's gone

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6.

Pretty Boy Floyd

Woody Guthrie

© Woody Guthrie Publishing, BMI

I was raised in the Cookson Hills where the smoke gives away the stills
And the old folks tell the stories to the young
They tell about Charles Floyd who's name was Pretty Boy
And they say the first toy he played with was a gun

In the year of '29 in hard depression times
Pretty Boy had a run in with the law
A handsome man at twenty-one he was friends with everyone
Except the man who owned the bank at Sallisaw

It was early in the fall when a good man of the law
Lay dyin' where somebody shot him down
Thoug the evidence was thin when they brought the verdict in
they gave Pretty Boy fifteen long years in the pen

In an Oklahoma town Pretty Boy rolled and hit the ground
Through the window of a train that was prison bound
Two long years was hit and miss he's at the top of the list
Pretty Boy made enemy number one

But everbody kept him hid for the good things that he did
Cause everbody was his friend in Sequoia County

On an Indiana farm he took refuge in the barn
Cause the law meant to do some harm to Pretty Boy Floyd
Across an open field he ran why he did we don't understand
That' s when the devil shook the hand of Pretty Boy Floyd

But everbody kept him hid for the good things that he did
Cause everbody was his friend in Sequoia County

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7.

Hole In My Heart

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

If I could only hold her I know I could show her
That I love her and I always will
But it's over I know and it's time to let go
But there's a flame burning inside me still

I tried to drown it by drinking what in the world was I thinking
It's been out of control from the start
One love's like a flame that can't be contained
It's burning a hole in my heart
[ fiddle - piano ]
If I could hold on a little longer hang up the phone be a little stronger
She'll come back if I don't fall apart
For love is like a flame that can't be contained
It's burning a hole in my heart

For love's like a flame that can't be contained
It's burning a hole in my heart

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8.

I'm The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised

Wayne Kemp - Bobby Borchers - Mack Vickery

© Tree Pub, BMI

I can't sell my mama short on lovin' me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
Mama tried to stop me short of stealing
I guess that's why I had to steal that car

Mama told me not to smoke it
But it made me fly and took me far away
And I turned out to be the only hell my mama ever tried to raise

Then I rolled into Atlanta
With stolen plates and almost out of gas
I had to get myself some money
Lately I've learned how to get it fast

For the neon angels wanted me and I just had to get downtown
For I reached into the glove box another liquor store went down

Precious mem'ries take me back to them good ole days
Let me hear my mama singing Rock of ages cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my mama ever tried to raise

Then they put my hands behind me
I kicked and fought and tried hard to resist
But they just clamped them handcuffs tighter
Till I felt that metal bite into my wrist

They took my belt and my billfold
My fingerprints a profile of my face
And then they locked the way the only hell my mama ever tried to raise

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9.

Lesson In Love

Wayne Kemp - Robert Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

You're gonna get a lesson in love you're gonna get a lesson in love
He's got all the makin's of someone used to takin' and never givin' anything up
Baby you can take it from me he'll take anything you'll give away free
He wasn't sent from up above you're gonna get a lesson in love

There ain't no doubt about it I can barely do without it
And I'll probably have a lotta lonely days
I know I can't buy it so I won't even try it
Your love is for givin' away
But I don't understand it how you can go and hand it
To someone who is treatin' you so bad
Go have a swingin' good time I'll be hangin' round on this line
When you find out you've finally been had

You're gonna get a lesson in love you're gonna get a lesson in love
He's got all the makin's of someone used to takin' and never givin' anything up
You ain't gonna listen to me so go ahead and get your degree
He wasn't sent from up above and you're gonna get a lesson in love
[ guitar ]
You're gonna get a lesson in love...

I don't mean to be a preachin' but he's gonna do the teachin'
And you're gonna get a lesson in love

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10.

One Piece At A Time

Wayne Kemp

© Tree Pub, BMI

Now I left Kentucky back in '49
Went to Detroit got a job on assembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on Cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
Cause I've always wanted me one that was long and black

One day I derived myself a plan
That should be the envy of any man
I'd sneak it out of here in the lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand

We're gonna ride around in style we're gonna drive everbody wild
Cause we got the only one there is around

So the next day when I punched in
With my lunchbox and the help from my friend
I left that day with the lunchbox full of gears
Now I've never considered myself a thief
But General Motors wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years

Now the first day I got me a fuel pump
The next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all the chrome
Now the little stuff I could get out
My lunchbox like nuts and bolts and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's motor home

Up to now my plan went alright
Till me and this friend tried to put it together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong
The transmission was a '53 the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone

So we drilled it out so it would fit
And with just a little bit of help from an adopter kit
We had that engine hummin' like a song
Now the headlights they was a hell of a sight
We had one on the left and two on the right
But when we pulled the switch out all three came on

Now the back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got through
that's when we noticed that we only had one fin
Now about that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubt
But she opened the door and said honey take me for a spin

So we drove uptown to get my tags
And just for hell we made the main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
Up at the courthouse they didn't laugh
Cause to type it up it took the whole damn staff
And when we got through the title weighed sixty pounds

We're gonna drive around in style we're gonna drive everbody wild
Cause we got the only one there is around

A breaker for that southbound psychodelic Cadillac there
You got a copy on this super trooper come on
Yeah go ahead super trooper you got the pack rat here
Yeah 10-4 buddy that sure is a pretty thing
I bet it cost you a little bit didn't it a negative on the cost
You might say we went right up to the factory and picked it up
It's cheaper that way
Yeah what model is that thang
It's a 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 automobile
It's a 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 automobile

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