POPULAR SONGS THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER, VOLUME FOUR: COUNTRY AND WESTERN
Pioneer Song
My father told me
If he were strong enough to flee
He’d seen the land in his dreams
He’d seen the glory
He’d seen the blood run in the streets
He’d seen the ships on the sea
Over the ocean
Over the sea
I’m going to find my true country
My true love told me
Although this life is but a dream
That she would die if I leave
But I’ve seen the glory
I’ve seen the birds upon the wing
I’ve seen the fire in the tree
Over the ocean
Over the sea
I’m going to find my new country
I’m going to find my true country
(I Don’t Want To Break)
Another Lonely Heart
You show me the stars
You show me the moon
You say all my dreams
Are coming true soon
You tell me it’s love
But I know what’s true
Cause darling you see
I’m lonely like you
I don’t want to break
Another lonely heart
And my darling
That’s just what you are
You show me the moon
You show me the stars
You tell me that things
Can stay how they are
But darling I know
Whatever you say
It’s better for you
If I walk away
It’s nice to believe
Somebody cares
It’s nice to believe
There’s somebody there
It’s nice to believe
But I know what’s true
Cause darling you see
I’m lonely like you
My Dear Friend
My dear friend
Tell me where are you going?
My dear friend
Tell me where have you been?
My dear friend
Tell me where are you going?
My dear friend
In the rain and the wind
All the hills are white with snow
But no matter where you go
In this world, my dear friend
My dear friend
You won’t find her again
You won’t find her where you go
And the hills are white with snow
In this world, my dear friend
My dear friend
Will I see you again?
Alice My Dear
Alice my dear
Where are we going?
Where do we go from here?
You’ve got some things
I know you ain’t showing
And I felt the same way last year
You say it’s time
For me to go home
But I think I’d like to stay here
I told you things
No one else knows
But you couldn’t
fight off your fears
Oh, Alice my dear
Sweetheart, Sweetheart
Sweetheart, sweetheart
I’m twisted inside
And every day
The sun hangs so high
And every night
I look at the sky
I know the moon
has something to hide
Sweetheart, sweetheart
The river is wide
And out on the sea
The moon turns the tide
But darling it seems
However I try
I can’t get across
to the other side
Sweetheart, sweetheart
You better go
By morning your tracks
Will be lost in snow
And on that bright field
Nothing will show
And in this wide world
No one will know
I Know It Wasn’t Easy
Baby, I know it wasn’t easy
Baby, I know some days were hard
I know when the fog rolls in
It’s hard to see real far
But I still don’t know
why we’re apart
Baby, I know it wasn’t easy
Baby, I know some days were hard
I know just how long it takes
To reach the nearest star
But I still don’t know
why we’re apart
Sometimes the things
you think you know
They melt away as fast as snow
But for so many years I knew
You were the only thing that’s true
Baby, I know it wasn’t easy
Baby, I know some days were hard
I know all the fireflies
That flicker in the yard
But I still don’t know
why we’re apart
Some Folks Will Tell You
Some folks will tell you
This is the end
They’ve seen the judgment coming
But I’ve got my rifle
And I’ve got my friends
And this is a big old country
All The Ladies
By the time I get to Reno
I won’t even know your name
All the ladies dance for me
By the time I get to Reno
You will hang your head in shame
All the ladies dance for me
Even with your tears
I could love you true
But my dear you proved
You’re a fool, too
By the time I get to Reno
This old house will be in flames
All the ladies dance for me
Even with your fears
I could love you true
But my dear you proved
You’re a fool too
You Will Come Back To Me Someday
You will come back to me someday
When you have finally had your way
But I’ll be sleeping in the ground
And I won’t even hear a sound
And as you stand there by my stone
You’ll realize you can’t come home
And count up all the days it’s been
Since you’ve been gone
You will come back to me someday
When all your demons fade away
But I’ll be hidden in the ground
Sleeping in caves that can’t be found
And as you stand there by my grave
With all the things you came to say
You’ll see its true
that time’s a mean old man
and we don’t choose
when we should meet our Maker
You will come back to me someday
When all this mist has burned away
But I’ll be sleeping in the ground
The next time that you come around
All songs: words by Wallace and music by Wallace, except Sweetheart, Sweetheart, Another Lonely Heart, and I Know It Wasn’t Easy, words & music by Wallace, and West Texas, music by Wallace
recorded December 2003-March 2004