BLUE TRAIN (Beasley Smith) « © '58 Peer International » There's an engine at the station and the whistle blows my name It's callin' callin' callin' come and get aboard the train My baby's gone and I'm alone to live in misery I'm gonna call and make a reservation for me Gonna ride a blue train gonna ride a blue train Gonna ride a blue train gonna ride a blue train I'm gonna climb aboard and ride and until I learn to smile I'll be knockin' out the blues while I'm knockin' out the miles With my guitar beatin' rhythm to the click-clack of the wheels I'm gonna sing the blues cause that's the way that I feel Gonna ride the blue train... Conductor go and tell the man to shovel on the coal It doesn't seem as half as bad as long as I can roll Give me another ticket and I'll stay and ride with you There's nothing left to live for in the world we're rollin' through Gonna ride the blue train... **********	COUNTRY BOY (Johnny Cash) « © '57 Hi-Lo Music » Country boy ain't got no shoes country boy ain't got no blues Well you work all day while you're wantin' to play In the sun and the sand with a face that's tan But at the end of the day when your work is done you ain't got nothin' but fun Country boy ain't got no ills country boy don't owe no bills You get a wiggly worm and then you watch him squirm While you put him on a hook and you drop him in a brook And if everything's gonna turn out right you're gonna fry fish tonight Country boy you're lucky free country boy I wish I was you and you was me [ guitar ] Country boy got work to do country boy in the morning dew You gotta cut the weeds you gotta plant the seeds There's many a row you know you gotta hoe But when it's quittin' time and your work is through there's a lot of life in you Country boy got a shaggy dog country boy up a holler log Well he comes in a run when you pick up your gun And with a shell or two and your dog and you When you get your rabbit you'll skin his hide he's gonna be good fried Country boy you got lots to lose country boy how I wish I was in your shoes **********
IF THE GOOD LORD'S WILLING (Jerry Reed Hubbard) « © '57 Vector Music » If the good Lord's willing and the creek stays down I'll be in your arms time the moon come around For a taste of love that's shining in your eyes If the rooster crows at the crackin' of the dawn I'll be there just as sure as you're born If the good Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise I'll comb my hair down brush my teeth shine up slick up dress up neat Get everything looking just right cause I want to look pretty when I see you tonight Just as sure as the rabbits are a jumping in the hollow I'll be there you can bet your bottom dollar If the good Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise [ guitar ] If the good Lord's willing and the creek stays low I'll be there a knockin' at your door With a hug and a kiss for the one I idolize I'll wear my suit my Sunday best I'll be there lookin' my best If the good Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise I'll feed the mules and stop the hogs feed the cows and chop all the logs Get all of my working done cause tonight we're gonna have lots of fun Just as sure as there ever was a preacher man I'll be there with a ring for your hand If the good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise **********	(I HEARD THAT) LONESOME WHISTLE (Hank Williams - Jimmie Davis) « © '54 Peer International » I was ridin' No 9 headin' south from Caroline I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow I got in trouble had to roam I left my gal and left my home I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darling's heart I guess I was too young to know They took me off to Georgia Main locked me to a ball and chain I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow [ guitar ] All alone I bear the shame I'm a number not a name I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow All I do is sit and cry when that evening train goes by I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow I'll be locked here in this cell till my body's just a shell And my hair turns whiter than snow I'll never see that gal of mine I'm in Georgia doin' time I heard that lone-vow-vow-some whistle blow **********
ROCK ISLAND LINE (Johnny Cash) « © '57 Hi-Lo Music » Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans There's a big tollgate down there and you know If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate Well you don't have to pay the man no toll Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and said I got livestock I got livestock I got cows I got pigs I got sheep I got mules I got all livestock Well he said you're all right boy you don't have to pay no toll You can just go right on through so he went on through the toolgate And as he went through he started pickin' up a little bit of speed Pickin' up a little bit of steam He got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said Well I fooled you I fooled you I got pigiron I got pigiron I got old pigiron Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road Rock Island Line it's a road to ride Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road Well if you ride you got to ride it like you finally get your ticket At the station for the Rock Island Line Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain Round the curve came a passenger train North bound train on the southbound track he's alright a leavin' but he won't be back Well the Rock Island Line... Oh I may be right and I may be wrong but you gonna miss me when I'm gone Well the engineer said before he died There were two more drinks that he'd like to try The conductor said what could they be a hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea Well the Rock Island Line... **********	CRY CRY CRY (Johnny Cash) « © '55 Hi-Lo Music » Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down I think you only live to see the lights uptown I wasted my time when I would try try try Cause when the lights have lost their glow you'll cry cry cry Soon your sugar daddys will all be gone You'll wake up some cold day and find you're alone You'll call for me but I'm gonna tell you bye bye bye When I turn around and walk away you'll cry cry cry You're gonna cry cry cry and you cry alone When everyone's forgotten and you're left on your own you're gonna cry cry cry [ guitar ] I lie awake at night to wait till you come in You stay a little while and then you're gone again Every question that I ask I get a lie lie lie For every lie you tell you're gonna cry cry cry When your fickle love gets on oh no one will care for you When you come back to me for a little love that's true I'll tell you no and then you'll ask me why why why When I remind you all of this you'll cry cry cry You're gonna cry cry cry and you want me then It'll hurt when you think of the fool you've been you're gonna cry cry cry
PORT OF LONELY HEARTS (Johnny Cash - Jack Clement) « © '55 Hi-Lo Music » A ship came in but it was empty and it sailed back out to sea again Now there's the sail on the horizon and now I wait until your ship comes in And I'll be waiting in the port of lonely hearts watchin' for your topsail on the sea Prayin' that my ship of love will come to the port of lonely hearts where I will be [ guitar ] I'll brave the storm until you're with me Cause the wind and rain can't change a love that's true I'll be alone until you anchor and then I'll leave this lonely port with you Till then I'm waiting...	LIFE GOES ON (Johnny Cash) « © '58 Hi-Lo Music » My baby left me just the other day I guess the things will never be the same But I must forget that she is gone cause time goes by and life goes on Making plans shaking hands try to prove that I'm a man It's hard to do but I must try cause life goes on and so will I [ guitar ] It's been kinda tough these last few days trying to act normal and be gay It's not easy to be all alone but time goes by and life goes on If I see her anywhere I hope she thinks that I don't care For after night there comes the dawn yes time goes by and life goes on **********
DOWN THE STREET TO 301 (Jack Clement) « © '58 Jack Music » There's a boy across the street lately he's looked very neat Seems he's always on the run down the street to 301 (Seems he's always on the run down the street to 301) Saturday he mows the lawn it's about a crack of dawn Nine o'clock the work's all done down the street to 301 (Nine o'clock the work's all done down the street to 301) When it's back to school this fall winter's chill may end it all But for now there's lots of fun with the girl at 301 (But for now there's lots of fun with the girl at 301) Maybe they will never wed sure they may break up instead But for now she is the one the girl who lives at 301 (But for now she is the one the girl who lives at 301) [ piano ] The boy who lives across the street has a reason to be neat He's in love and on the run with the girl at 301 (He's in love and on the run with the girl at 301) Don't you tell 'em to beware of a summer love affair You know she is only one the girl that live at 301 (You know she is only one the girl that live at 301) **********	SUGARTIME (Charlie Phillips - Odies Echols) « © '58 Hi-Lo Music » Well now sugar in the morning sugar in the evening sugar at suppertime Be my little sugar and love me all the time Honey in the morning honey in the evening honey at suppertime Be my little honey and love me all the time Put your arms around me swear by stars above You'll be mine forever in the heaven of love Sugar in the morning sugar in the evening sugar at suppertime Be my little sugar and love me all the time [ guitar ] Now sugar time is anytime that you're near oh you're so dear Now don't you roam just be my honeycomb and live in a heaven of love Well sugar in the morning... **********
GUESS THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY (Jack Clement) « © '58 Jack Music » Well you ask me if I'll forget my baby I guess I will someday I don't like it but I guess things happen that way You ask me if I'll get along I guess I will someway I don't like it but I guess things happen that way God gave me that girl to lean on then he put me on my own Heaven help me be a man and have the strenght to stand alone I don't like it but I guess things happen that way You ask me if I'll miss her kisses I guess I will everyday I don't like it but I guess things happen that way You ask me if I'll find another I don't know I can't say I don't like it but I guess things happen that way God gave me that girl... **********	DON'T MAKE ME GO (Johnny Cash) « © '57 Hi-Lo Music » You take my hand and smile at me but I can tell you'd rather be Alone or with somebody else you know And when your eyes're looking to mine that old time love light doesn't shine But let me try again don't make me go I want you don't make me go my heart would break I'd miss you so Treatin' love for sympathy is all to me What's this lovesick heart to do when it cries for only you Hold me close I love you so don't make me go [ guitar ] I'm sorry that I never knew the way to show my love for you I took too much for granted all the time Two hearts in love must give and take when one heart feels the other breaks Don't make me go I wanna show this love of mine I want you don't make me go...
BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN (Jack Clement) « © '57 Jack Music » (Dream on dream on teenage queen pretties girl we've ever seen) There's a story in our town of the prettiest girl around Golden hair and eyes of blue how those eyes could flash at you (How those eyes could flash at you) Boys hung round her by the score but she loved the boy next door Who worked at the candy store (Dream on dream on teenage queen pretties girl we've ever seen) She was tops in all they said it never once went to her head She had everything it seemed not a care this teenage queen (Not a care this teenage queen) Other boys would offer more but she loved the boy next door Who worked at the candy store (Dream on dream on teenage queen you should be a movie queen) He would marry her next spring saved his money bought a ring Then one day a movie scout came to town to take her out (Came to town to take her out) Hollywood could offer more so she left the boy next door workin' at the candy store (Dream on dream on teenage queen see you on the movie screen) Very soon she was a star pretty house and shining cars Swimming pool and a fence around but she missed her old hometown (But she missed her old hometown) All the world was at her door all except the boy next door Who worked at the candy store (Dream on dream on teenage queen saddest girl we've ever seen) Then one day the teenage star sold her house and all her cars Gave up all her wealth and fame left it all and caught a train (Left it all and caught a train) Do I have to tell you more she came back to the boy next door Who worked at the candy store (Now this story has some more you'll hear it all at the candy store) **********	THERE YOU GO (Johnny Cash) « © '56 Hi-Lo Music » You're gonna break another heart you're gonna tell another lie [ guitar ] Well here I am and there you go you're gone again I know you're gonna be the way you've always been Breakin' lies and tellin' lies is all you know Another guy gives you the eye and there you go There you go you're gone again I should have known I couldn't win There you go you're by his side You're gonna break another heart you're gonna tell another lie [ guitar ] Because I love you so I take much more than I should take I want you even though I know my heart is gonna break You build me up and for a while I'm all aglow Then your fickle heart sees someone else and there you go There you go you're gone again... ********** I WALK THE LINE (Johnny Cash) « © '56 Hi-Lo Music » Mhm I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds because you're mine I walk the line [ guitar ] Mhm I find it very very easy to be true I find myself alone when each day's through Yes I'll admit that I'm a fool for you because you're mine I walk the line [ guitar ] Mhm as sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night And happiness I've known proves that it's right because you're mine I walk the line [ guitar ] Mhm you've got a way to keep me on your side You give me cause for love that I can't hide For you I know I'd ever try to turn the tide because you're mine I walk the line [ guitar ] Mhm I keep a close watch... **********
HOME OF THE BLUES (Johnny Cash - Lily McAlpin - Glen Douglas) « © '57 Hi-Lo Music » Just around the corner there's heartaches down the street that losers use If you can wade in through the teardrops you'll find me at he Home of the Blues I walk and cry while my heartbeat keeps time with the drag of my shoes The sun never shines through this window of mine it's dark at the Home of the Blues Oh but the place is filled with the sweetest mem'ries mem'ries so sweet that I cry Dreams that I've had left me feeling so bad I just want to give up and lay down and die So if you just lost your sweetheart and it seems there's no good way to choose Come along with me misery loves company You're welcome at the Home of the Blues [ guitar ] Just around the corner there's heartaches down the street that losers use If you can wade in through the teardrops you'll find me at he Home of the Blues Yeah you're gonna find me at the Home of the Blues **********	NEXT IN LINE (Johnny Cash) « © '57 Hi-Lo Music » The next in line will be someone who loves you the next in line is me cause it's my time Now how long will it be till you win my misery You'd better be prepared to linger when you get to me The time has come for you to love me if you ever are Come to me now so I can make you mine I watch them rush to you so fast I waited so I'll be the last It's my time cause I'm the next in line [ guitar ] The next in line will want your love forever the next in line is me and here I am Give me a day or two and I'll get prove to you You'd been my baby long ago if you'd turn out a few This old heart can't take much more a waitin' for your love I'm tired and we're runnin' short the time I'll make you love me more than everyone before It's my time to try cause I'm the next in line [ guitar ] I stood and watched you take their hearts and break 'em one by one My time is comin' so I waited while you had your fun Now I'm through a waitin' way behind it's my time cause I'm the next in line **********