If you ever go out to the circus Where the Wallendas walk on the wire I'll tell you a tale to remember When the white horses leap rings of fire It
Now, I don't mind workin' hard You can't burn me down They ain't made a job That I can't work my way around Sometime, I do it for the money Sometime,
Oh, Ellis Island was swarming Like a scene from a costume hall Decked out in the colors in Europe And on fire with the hope of it all There stood my
Eight years old with a flour sack cape tied all around his neck He climbed up on the garage, he's figurin? what the heck Screwed his courage up so tight
When I was a young man my daddy told me A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto You're gonna have to learn
I played the Red River Valley He'd sit in the kitchen and cry Run his fingers through seventy years of livin' "I wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled
I'd play the Red River Valley And he'd sit out in the kitchen and cry And run his fingers through seventy years of livin' And wonder, "Lord, has ever'
Well, don't you take it too bad If you're feelin' unlovin' If you're feelin' unfeelin' If you're feelin' alone Don't take it too bad 'Cause it ain't
I was feelin' depressed, I was feelin' real low down I felt so bad, I could not get my butt up off the grounds I was mopin' around the house I was bumpin
Well I wished I was in Austin, hmm, in the Chili Parlor Bar Drinkin' Mad Dog Margaritas and not carin' where you are Here I sit in Dublin, hmm, just rollin
Don't let the sunshine fool ya Don't let the bluebirds do ya And don't let the women do ya Put your hand in mine
Well, I wake up every morning Lord and what do I see? I got a fool in my mirror and he's lyin' to me He says, oh, man, she's comin' back, you just hide
I found comfort and courage in bottles of whiskey I swear to you friends that that life is some risky I have backed away quickly from those who tried
Who walked out when the times got hard When the truck broke down in the whole front yard It wasn't me, it wasn't you Who shot pool all night long Wound
Don't be a stranger If you're looking for a friend If you want an even break You've got to learn to bend You don't have a song If you don't know how
Forever ain't easy to come by For always ain't never to sure For certain is less than you hoped for For someone it's hard to endure Foresaken must
A hand is just another kind of hammer made of steel Beating blindly on the anvil a hammer cannot feel But a hand is for reaching out and touching all
In Fort Worth all the neon's burnin' bright Pretty lights red and blue But they'd shut down all the honky tonks tonight And say a prayer or two if they