Hank Williams : Misc

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We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold

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The pastures were green and the meadows were gold

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Our love was in flower as summer grew on

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Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone The roses have faded, there's frost at my door The birds in the morning don't sing anymore The grass in the valley is starting to die And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry

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Alone and forsaken by fate and by man

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Oh Lord if You hear me please hold to my hand

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Oh please understand Oh where has she gone to, oh where can she be? She may have forsaken some other like me She promised to honor to love and obey Each vow was a play thing that she threw away The darkness is falling the sky has turned gray A hound in the distance is starting to bay I wonder I wonder what she's thinking of Forsaken forgotten without any love Alone and forsaken by fate and by man Oh Lord if You hear me please hold to my hand Oh please understand

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Oh, I can't get you off of my mind

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When I try, I'm just wasting my time

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Lord, I've tried and I've tried

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All night long I've cried

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But I can't get you off of my mind Didn't think you would leave me behind But I guess you're the two-timin' kind Do you think that it's smart To jump from heart to heart When I can't get you off of my mind Oh, I can't get you off of my mind When I try, I'm just wasting my time Lord, I've tried and I've tried All night long I've cried But I can't get you off of my mind You believe that a true love is blind So you fool every new love you find You've got stars in your eyes But they can't hide the lies Oh, I can't get you off my mind Oh, I can't get you off of my mind When I try, I'm just wasting my time Lord, I've tried and I've tried All night long I've cried But I can't get you off of my mind

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I went to the country just the other day

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To see my Uncle Bill and sorta pass the time away

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I asked him how he'd been, since last I'd passed his way

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He rubbed his chin, here's what he had to say My wife's been sick, the young 'uns too And I'm darn near down with the flu The cow's gone dry, and them hens won't lay But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK The hogs took the cholera and they've all done died The bees got mad and they left the hive The weevils got the corn and the rain rotted the hay But we're still a-livin' so everything's OK The porch rotted down, that's more expense The darned old mule, he tore down the fence The mortgage is due and I can't pay But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK The cow broke in the field and eat up the beans The darn rabbits, they got the turnip greens And my Ma-in-law just moved in to stay But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK My land's so poor, so hard and yeller You have to sit on a sack of fertilizer to raise an umbrella And it rains out here nearly every day But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK The well's gone dry and I have to tote the water Up from the spring, about a mile and a quarter My helper, he quit, for the lack of pay But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK The house it leaks, it needs a new top When it rains it wets everything we got The chimney fell down just yesterday But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK The corn meal's gone and the meat's run out Got nothin' to kill to put in the smokehouse The preacher's comin' Sunday to spend the day But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK The canned stuff's spoiled, else the jar's got broke And all we got left is one old billy goat We're gonna have a new baby about the first of May But we're still a-livin', so everything's OK My crop it rotted in the ground I asked for another loan but the banker turned me down But we're still a-livin' and we're prayin' for better days So after all, everything's in purty good shape

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I know there's never been a man in the awful shape I'm in

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I can't even spell my name, my head's in such a spin

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Today I tried to eat a steak with a big old table spoon

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You got me chasin' rabbits, walkin' on my hands and howlin' at the moon Well Sug, I took one look at you and it almost drove me mad And then I even went and lost what little sense I had Now I can't tell the day from night, I'm crazy as a loon You got me chasin' rabbits, pullin' out my hair and howlin' at the moon

Instrumental verse

Some friends of mine asked me to go out on a huntin' spree Cause there ain't a hound dog in this state that can hold a light to me I ate three bones for dinner today, I tried to tree a 'coon You got me chasin' rabbits, scratchin' fleas and howlin' at the moon

Instrumental verse

I rode my horse to town today and a gas pump we did pass I pulled him up and I hollered whoa and said fill him up with gas The man picked up a monkey wrench and wham he changed my tune You got me chasin' rabbits, spittin' out teeth and howlin' at the moon I never thought in this old world a fool could fall so hard But honey baby, when I fell the whole world must have jarred I think I'd quit my doggish ways if you'd take me for your groom You got me chasin' rabbits, pickin' out rings and howlin' at the moon

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Now you're lookin' at a man that's getting kinda mad

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I had lots of luck but it's all been bad

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No matter how I struggle and strive

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I'll never get out of this world alive My fishin' pole's broke, the creek is full of sand My woman run away with another man No matter how I struggle and strive I'll never get out of this world alive

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A distant uncle passed away

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And left me quite a batch

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And I was living high until that fatal day

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A lawyer proved I wasn't born, I was only hatched Everything's against me and it's got me down If I jumped in the river I would probably drown No matter how I struggle and strive I'll never get out of this world alive

Instrumental verse x2

These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time Are full of holes and nails And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow 'Cause nothing's ever gonna be alright nohow No matter how I struggle and strive I'll never get out of this world alive

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Today, I passed you on the street

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And my heart fell at your feet

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I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

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Somebody else stood by your side

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And he looks so satisfied

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I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

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A picture from the past came slowly stealin'

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As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you

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Then suddenly, I got that old time feelin'

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It's hard to know another's lips will kiss you

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And hold you just the way I used to do

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Oh, heaven only knows how much I miss you

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I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

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Well, you're just in time to be too late

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I tried to but I couldn't wait

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And now I've got another date

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So I won't be home no more You're just in time to miss the boat So don't take off your hat and coat Be on your way, that's all she wrote 'Cause I won't be home no more

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I stood around a month or two

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And waited for your call

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Now I'm too busy pitchin' woo

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So come around next fall I scratched your name right off my slate And hung a sign on my front gate You're just in time to be too late And I won't be home no more Well, you're just in time to turn around And drive your buggy back to town You looked me up I turned you down And I won't be home no more You're just in time to change your tune Go tell your troubles to the moon And call around next May or June 'Cause I won't be home no more I used to be the patient kind Believed each alibi But that's all done, I've changed my mind I've got new fish to fry Well, you're just in time to celebrate The things you didn't calculate You're just in time to be too late And I won't be home no more

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Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh

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Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou

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My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh

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Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

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Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo

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'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chere amie'o

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Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

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Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Instrumental verse

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The Thibodaux, the Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'

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Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen

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Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh

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Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chere amie'o Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Instrumental verse

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma chere amie'o Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

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I was ridin' Number Nine

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Headin' south from Caroline

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow Got in trouble, had to roam Left my gal an' left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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Just a kid, actin' smart

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I went and broke my darling's heart

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I guess I was too young to know

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They took me off the Georgia Main

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Locked me to a ball and chain

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I heard that lonesome whistle blow All alone I bear the shame I'm a number, not a name I heard that lonesome whistle blow All I do is set an' cry When the evenin' train goes by I heard that lonesome whistle blow I'll be locked here in this cell Till my body's just a shell An' my hair turns whiter than snow I'll never see that gal of mine Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time I heard that lonesome whistle blow

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Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight

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I'm alone and oh, so blue tonight

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Like a piece of driftwood on the sea

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May you never be alone like me For I believed the lies you told to me When you whispered: "Dear, I worship thee!" Now here am I alone and blue All because I loved no one but you

Instrumental verse

I gave up my friends, I left my home When you promised you'd be mine alone Now you're gone, our love could never be May you never be alone like me In the bible, God's own words do say For every wrong some day you'll pay I pray the Lord to set me free May you never be alone like me

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Came in last night at half past ten

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That baby of mine wouldn't let me in

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So move it on over move it on over

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Move it on over move it on over

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Move over little dog cause the big dog's moving in She's changed the lock on my front door My door key don't fit no more So get it on over move it on over Scoot it on over move it on over Move over skinny dog cause the fat dog's moving in This dog house here is mighty small But it's better than no house at all So ease it on over move it on over Drag it on over move it on over Move over old dog cause a new dog's moving in

Instrumental verse

She told me not to play around But I done let the deal go down So pack it on over move it on over Tote it on over move it on over Move over nice dog cause a mad dog's moving in She warned me once, she warned me twice But I don't take no one's advice So scratch it on over move it on over Shake it on over move it on over Move over short dog cause the tall dog's moving in

Instrumental verse

She'll crawl back to me on her knees I'll be busy scratching fleas So slide it on over move it on over Sneak it on over move it on over Move over good dog cause a mad dog's moving in Remember pup, before you whine That side's yours and this side's mine So shove it on over move it on over Sweep it on over move it on over Move over cold dog cause a hot dog's moving in

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I can settle down and be doin' just fine

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Till I hear an old train rollin' down the line

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Then I hurry straight home and pack

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And if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack

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I love you baby, but you gotta understand

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When the Lord made me, he made a ramblin' man Some folks might say that I'm no good That I wouldn't settle down if I could But when that open road starts to callin' me There's somethin' o'er the hill that I gotta see Sometimes it's hard but you gotta understand When the Lord made me, He made a ramblin' man I love to see the towns a-passin' by And to ride these rails 'neath God's blue sky Let me travel this land from the mountains to the sea 'Cause that's the life I believe He meant for me And when I'm gone and at my grave you stand Just say God called home your ramblin' man

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You ask me, stranger, why I make this journey

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Why I cross three thousand miles of rolling waves

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Like so many others my love was killed in action

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So I'm here searching for his grave Somewhere among the many thousand Of all the Americans who died, true and brave That's where I know I'll find him resting So I'm here searching for his grave Beside each crossmark there all around me I'll kneel down and gladly say a prayer For all the dear loved ones home across the ocean Whose hearts like mine lie buried over here Somewhere among the many dozens Of all the Americans who died true and brave That's where I know I'll find him resting So I'm here searching for his grave

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There's a road that straight and narrow that the saints have travelled on

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Filled with all the tribulations of the martyrs that have gone

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If you're grateful for their victory and for showing us the way

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Give thanks for all your blessing, get on your knees and pray

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Thank God for every mountain and each sea

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Thank God for every flower and each tree

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Thank God for giving life to you and me

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Wherever you may be, thank God There's a world of pain and sorrow, filled with selfishness and greed There remains that Glory Fountain to supply our every need You can find it in the temple with a welcome on the door But be sure to count your blessings before you ask for more Thank God for every flower and each tree Thank God for every mountain and the sea Thank God for giving life to you and me Wherever you may be, thank God

Last verse, not sung by Dylan:

Be forgivin' to the wayward like the Master told us to When He said, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do" They would change their way of livin' if they could but understand So remember they're your brothers, they need a helpin' hand

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Wait for the light to shine

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Pull yourself together and keep looking for the sign

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Wait for the light to shine When the road is rocky and you're carrying a load Wait for the light to shine If you find you're friendless on that weary, lonesome road Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine... Don't forget your brother as you travel through the land Wait for the light to shine He may be in trouble, he may need a helping hand Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine... Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine Pull yourself together and keep looking for the sign

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Wait for the light to shine

Additional verses, not sung by Bob Dylan

If your life is empty and you're on your last go round Wait for the light to shine If you hear the chime-knells on the highway you have found Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine When your friends forsake you and you haven't got a dime Wait for the light to shine Don't let trouble fool you and your sins will all be gone Wait for the light to shine Don't forget it's darkest just before the break of dawn Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine Wait for the light to shine Keep these words before you as you walk that narrow line Wait for the light to shine

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I've got a good woman at home who thinks I do no wrong

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But sometimes Lord, she just ain't always around

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And you know that's when I fall, I can't help myself at all

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And I get whiskey bent and hell bound Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put a cold one in my hand 'Cause you know I love to hear those guitar sounds Don't you play "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" 'cause I'll get all balled up inside And I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound Sure enough about closing time, (I'm) about stoned out of my mind And I end up with some honky-tonk special I found Just as sure as the morning sun come, thinking of my sweet girl at home And I need to get whiskey bent and hell bound Play me some songs about a ramblin' man, put old Jim Beam in my hand 'Cause you know I still love to get drunk and hear country sounds But don't you play "Your Cheatin' Heart" 'cause that'll tear me all apart I'll get whiskey bent and hell bound

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Yeah, old Hank's songs always make me feel low down

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Well why don't you love me like you used to do?

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How come you treat me like a worn out shoe?

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My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue

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Why don't you love me like you used to do?

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Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin'

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In a long, long while

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We don't get nearer or further or closer

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Than a country mile Why don't you spark me like you used to do And say sweet nothing's like you used to coo I'm the same old trouble that you've always been through Why don't you love me like you used to do? Well, why don't you be just like you used to be How come you find so many faults with me Somebody's changed so let me give you a clue Why don't you love me like you used to do? Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' In a long, long while We don't get nearer or further or closer Than a country mile Why don't you say the things you used to say What makes you treat me like a piece of clay My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue Why don't you love me like you used to do?

Hank Williams : Misc

Alone And Forsaken

Can't Get You Off Of My Mind

Everything's OK

Howlin' At The Moon

I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)

I Won't Be Home No More

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

May You Never Be Alone

Move It On Over

Ramblin' Man

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

Thank God

Wait For The Light To Shine

Whiskey Bent And Hellbound

Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used To Do)?