L Y R I C S

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1.WINDMILLS AND WATERTANKS

BY BUTCH HANCOCK

The windmills and the water tanks all stand on solid ground

The country mailman mutters as he motors into town

The sunlight came, the sunlight went, the stars came out to see

The way I laughed at the way I cried at the way you treated me

The ocean babe is watered down but these plains are high and dry

And though you've seen your share of dreams, you've never seen me cry

The windshield and the radio play sadly through the night

A crazy blazin' fallin' star just passed me on the right

Tail lights down the highway fade low and out of sight

That farmer's dog can only bark but this cold north wind can bite

The ocean babe is watered down but these plains are high and dry

And though you've seen your share of dreams, you've never seen me cry

The windbreaks and the watersheds are growin' old this year

The moon breaks in a brand new song as I break in a tear

I've heard that all good things must end, they say what's done is done

And I guess I should be flyin' cause it's killin' me to run

The ocean babe is watered down but these plains are high and dry

And though you've seen your share of dreams, you've never seen me cry

2. BECAUSE OF THE WIND

BY JOE ELY

Do you know why the trees bend

At the west Texas border?

Do you know why they bend

Sway and twine?

The trees bend because of the wind

Across that lonesome border

The trees bend because of the wind

Almost all the time

Have you seen my Caroline

Up in Amarillo?

Have you seen my Caroline

The one that I call mine?

Well, if you see my Caroline

With her hair of yellow

If you see my Caroline

Tell her I'm doin' fine

She is to me like the breeze

That blows from Corpus Christi

She is to me like the breeze

That blows up from the sea

Now if she is like the breeze

That blows from Corpus Christi

Then I must be like the trees

'Cause Caroline blows through me

Do you know why the trees bend

At the west Texas border?

Do you know why they bend

Sway and twine?

The trees bend because of the wind

Across that lonesome border

The trees bend because of the wind

Almost all the time

3. ROAD HAWG

BY BUTCH HANCOCK

I got a road hawg on my mind

Move over, baby, look out, I'm comin' through

You're on the side of the road, I got a load on my mind

And I'm bringin' it home to you

Got a road hawg on my mind

Got a Cadillac V-8 motovatin' down the line

Don't wave your pretty fist at me, I'm on the freeway

Baby, I'm losin' time

Well, you know about a road hawg

I guess I'm one

And this road I'm a-hawggin'

Is the one you're standin' on

I got a road hawg on my mind

I got a 4-barrel carburetor, 2-barrel shotgun

And one good barrel of wine

4. STANDIN AT A BIG HOTEL

BY BUTCH HANCOCK

Well, I was standin' at a big hotel, just wishin' everybody well

If anybody paid me any mind, it was hard to tell

Then a big cop on his beat, took out his pistol and pointed at me

Lookin' down the barrel, I swore I saw the gates of hell

Standing at the big hotel

Well, I walked on down the avenue,

Just lookin' for someone that I looked like you

I couldn't see a face that seemed to ring a bell

And then I stopped beside the five and dime

Just window shoppin' and wastin' time

Along came a gal, she sold me all she had to sell

She left me standin' at the big hotel

And then I lost my mind, in the wilds of Hollywood

Then I spent some time in the shadows where I stood

And I let those cards fall just where they fell

And then I found myself, standin' at the big hotel

Lord, Lord, what's the matter with me

I pay so much for the song I sing

And all I'm doin' is singin' em to myself

It's like standin' in a stagnant stream

With no water in the world left to drink

I was down at the bottom of a dried up wishin' well

Just standin' at a big hotel

And then I lost my mind, in the wilds of Hollywood

Then I spent some time in the shadows where I stood

And I let those cards fall just where they fell

And then I found myself, standin' at the big hotel

5. GAMBLERS BRIDE

BY JOE ELY

Hello, my babe. I'm back to stay

You're sure wearing fine pretty things.

But where is your ring, your ring and chain

I gave you last summer in the fallin' rain?

"Your ring, " she said, "You've been gone so long.

I gave your ring away

I met a man, a gamblin' man.

Said he would buy me the Milky Way."

Away, Away. I've been away.

I've been so many miles.

Where is the smile that once lit your face?

It seems a tear has taken is place

"My smile, " she sighed, with a look a little wild,

"My smile it is possessed.

I met a man, a gamblin' man.

Said he would buy me happiness."

I never, I never

You know I never

I never had much to give

But I gave you my heart

Now where is your heart?

It was all that I had from the very start.

"My heart, " she cried, " It has been bought."

She looked at me with fear.

"I married that man, that gamblin' man

Who'd shoot you if he found you here."

6. FOOLS FALL IN LOVE 

BY BUTCH HANCOCK

Fools fall in love

Wise men, they fall too

Wise men hit the bottle

Lord, fools just fall on through

They fill out empty spaces

Like fingers fill a glove

I must be a fool

Because fools fall in love

Fools fall in love

Beneath the neon lights

Fools fall in love

On a long, hot summer night

They feel no hesitation

They seldom need a shove

They just start out leaning over

And then fools fall in love

Fools fall in love

It's so easy to deceive

Fools fall in love

On a long, cold winter's eve

Clouds in the sky

Snowflakes up above

The logs are on the fire

That's when fools fall in love

Fools fall in love

Like ashes in that fire

Fools fall to pieces

And the flames keep jumping higher

On and on, more and more

They never have enough

I must be a fool

Because fools fall in love

Fools fall in love

They just can't resist

Fools fall in love

They don't even have to kiss

They breathe and sigh, sound like

A lonesome mourning dove

I must be a fool

Because fools fall in love

7.IF YOU WERE A BLUEBIRD

BY BUTCH HANCOCK

If you were a bluebird, you'd be a sad one

I'd give you a true word, but you've already had one

If you were a bluebird, you'd be crying

You'd be flying home

If you were a raindrop, you'd shine like a rainbow

And if you were a train stop, the conductor would sing low

If you were a raindrop, you'd be falling

You'd be calling home

If you were a hotel, you'd be a grand one

But if you hit a slow spell, do you think you could stand one?

If you were hotel, I'd lean on your doorbell

I'd call you my home

If I was a highway, I'd stretch alongside you

I'd have you pass byways, that have dissatisfied you

If I was a highway, I'd be stretching

I'd be fetching you home

8. BBQ AND FOAM

BY ED VIZARD

Remember the night the soul band blasted?

Nothing in the world that one could say

There I first felt your touch, as your eyes cut right through me

And I knew that I would know you someday

Well I said what I meant in that hobo jungle

Still have you believe that it was true

Though I knew, as you knew, that I knew I needed you

But I never could reveal myself to you

You knew from the very first day

I never intended to stay

I don't know what I could say

I was just running away

Well it didn't end so much the way that it began

In the honky-tonk, barbecue and foam

Crystal shattered there, 'neath the chill of springtime stars

And I noticed you weren't there when I got home

I just can't blame you at all

I've been on both sides of that wall

Just one thing before you say so long

I never meant to do you any wrong

I still think about the time we had together

Never could mean more than what it means

Thank you for helping me though all that rough weather

I don't think you'll be alone, sunshine turning