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all songs written by John Miller except where stated
A Deeper Hurt - A House Of Gold - All I See Is You - Beer And Whiskey - Bummin' Around
Closing Time - Crazy Heart - Don't Make Me Wait - Drinkin' About You All Night - Every Other Song
Falling In Love With You - Found A New Love - Georgia On A Fast Train
Headin' On Down The Highway - Heart On The Line - Honkin Down The Highway
I Must Have Been Out Of My Mind - I Saw The Light - I Still Miss Someone
Is Anybody Going to San Antone - Let Me Be Your Man Tonight - Living Without You - Lone Star
Lonely Footsteps - Lonesome Blue - Look Homeward Angel - Love To Give You - New Memories
Open Up Your Heart - Out In The Darkness - Rambling Man
Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache - Take Me Back To San Francisco - Tossin' And Turnin'
Tryin' To Forget About You - We've Fallen Out Of Love Again - White Freightliner Blues
LONELY FOOTSTEPS (Frank Macdonald)
Lonely footsteps follow me around
Lonely footsteps a familiar sound
Lonely teardrops a familiar taste
And lonely days and nights are mine to waste
From the outside looking in people like to give advice
Time don't wait no one son so get on with your life
Well I know friends want what's best for me
But I don't think they understand
How it feels to watch the girl you love
slip right through your hands
Lonely footsteps follow me around
lonely footsteps a familiar sound
Lonely teardrops a familiar taste
and lonely days and nights are mine to waste
Sometimes when I dream of her
everything seems so real
We're back in each other’s arms again
feeling how we used to feel
But daylight and the cold hard truth
come creeping in on me
And all that's left of the love we had
are dreams and memories and
Lonely footsteps that follow me around
lonely footsteps a familiar sound
Lonely teardrops a familiar taste
and lonely days and nights are mine to waste
EVERY OTHER SONG (Frank Macdonald )
Now I'm not chasing sympathy by bringing myself down
Games like that can only waste good time
I've just been listening to my radio and playing favourite songs
And I thought you'd like to know what's on my mind, for I find that
Every other song I hear's about drinking too much beer
And unrequited love that stays and grows
And at times like now it seems that every other song I hear
Was written and sung for me and me alone
Tonight I feel like going out and maybe having fun
Like last night and the last few nights before
But words like blue and lonely keep on coming back to me
And fun means getting drunk and on the floor, now I'm sure that
Every other song I hear's about drinking too much beer
And unrequited love that stays and grows
And at times like now it seems that every other song I hear
Was written and sung for me and me alone
SOLO
Well you said you didn't love me and I said I didn't care
But we both know what I was trying to do
Now alcohol and sad sad songs are all that keep me warm
And you don't care that I'm still loving you, and
Every other song I hear's about drinking too much beer
And unrequited love that stays and grows
And at times like now it seems that every other song I hear
Was written and sung for me and me alone
BEER AND WHISKY (Frank Macdonald)
Hey mister barman bring that bottle over here
I need another drink to take away the taste of all these tears
And I know that beer and whisky never cured a broken heart
But if it helps to get me through the night I'll count that as a start
And turn up the jukebox 'cause I think I know this song
About a man who done his woman right while she only done him wrong
And I'll drink my beer and whisky and nurse my broken heart
And I'll think about the love we had before it fell apart
Well I know that folks around me here see a drunken lonely fool
Singing songs of love gone wrong and falling off his stool
But I don't care what no-one thinks 'cept the girl who done me harm
And she's a thousand miles away in someone else's arms
So I'm here to spend some money and I'm here to spend some time
I can't go back to an empty bed while she's still on my mind
So I'll drink my beer and whisky knowing it won't cure my heart
But if it helps to get me through the night I'll count that as a start
IS ANYBODY GOING TO SAN ANTONE (Dave Kirby & Glenn Martin)
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A HOUSE OF GOLD (Hank Williams)
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I SAW THE LIGHT (Hank Williams)
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Once there was a time when I could turn my mind
back to all the happy times we shared
Now no more will I dream for I wiped my memory clean
that day you said you never cared now
I've got new memories to replace
The ones that used to let me see your face
And though I try I can't find a trace
Of the love these new memories have replaced
Nothing could compare with the way you wore your hair
Though I don't quite recall the shade
And when I'm feeling down the heartache comes around
But every day a little more it fades
I Don't want to think about you I've spent too long on my own
If I could learn to live without you I'd get along I'd get along
'Cause now I've got new memories to replace
The ones that used to let me see your face
And though I try I can't find a trace
Of the love these new memories have replaced
Of the love these new memories have replaced
I'm heading on down the highway
Don't care which way I'm going
I got nothing to go home for
I'm sick and tired of being alone
I'm going out to find me someone
Who's got a little bit of comfort to spare
I'm heading on down the highway
Hoping to find some loving there
I'm Heading down the highway doing about a hundred or more
Don't give a damn about no speed traps
I'm gonna keep my foot on the floor
For ever since that woman left me
I've been sitting home going insane
Now I'm heading on down the highway
hoping to find myself again
Well everything seems to be going wrong
ever since she walked away
Now I've just got to learn to be strong
I'm getting better at it every day
SOLO
heading down the highway
don't care which way I'm going
I got nothing to go home for
and I'm sick and tired of being alone
Gonna find me someone
who's got a little bit of comfort to spare
I'm heading on down the highway
hoping to find some loving there
heading on down the highway
hoping to find some loving there
RED CADILLAC & A BLACK MOUSTACHE (Willie Thompson & Lillie May)
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Don't make me wait for I've already waited
Much longer than I planned to do
It's getting late I'm feeling so frustrated
I'm tired of waiting here for you
You called and said you'd be over in a while
But that was oh so long ago
Don't make me wait or my heart will break
And I don't think I could stand the pain
Of laying down beside an empty pillow
And crying myself to sleep again
WE'VE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE AGAIN
We've fallen out of love again how many times has that been
And is it ever gonna end we've fallen out of love again
I can't stand the lonely night when you're not there
But when I turn out the light I find it very hard to care
And our darling baby girl is crying again
While we tear her world apart Thank God she's too young to understand
We've fallen out of love again how many times has that been
and is it ever gonna end we've fallen out of love again
The price of love is way too high and though we try we can't pretend
We've used up more than we could afford there's nothing left to spend
We've fallen out of love again how many times has that been
and is it ever gonna end we've fallen out of love again
And I can't stand the lonely days here on my own
But if it's got to be that way I'm prepared to play along
I'll just dry my tears away and forget about the pain
There's nothing more to say now we've fallen out of love again
We've fallen out of love again how many times has that been
and is it ever gonna end we've fallen out of love again
There's a lonely bell ringing somewhere calling me back home
I'm in the middle of nowhere with no idea just where I'm going
I see bright lights up ahead and I don't know what to do
should I stop or push on through
Well it's a long way down the road that I've already come
And I'm carrying the burden of guilt for all the things I've done
And there's a girl back there somewhere who's crying over me
Because I wanted to be free
I've been wandering so long
Left some broken hearts along the way
Never loved any one enough to stay
Still that lonely bell keeps ringing and it fills my heart with pain
But I'd rather keep travelling than ever go back home again
And the bright lights hurt my eyes and keep me from my rest
So I'm gonna stay out in the darkness
Why do you always feel like the whole damn world Is beating down on you
Don't you know somewhere there's a lone star waitin' To shine it's light on you
But you keep telling me you want to push on through
What else can a lonely heart do
Just as sure as the lone star shines Everything is gonna work out fine
As sure as the lone star shines Someday you're gonna find a love like mine
Why do you always feel like you have to go And hide yourself away
Has no one ever told you you have to crawl Out of your shell some day
There's no use sitting there with nothing to say
You're never gonna find true love that way
Don't be afraid just talk about Whatever you want to
And someday you're gonna find someone
Who'll wanna listen Who'll want to spend a little time with you
(sure as the lone star shines)
And everything is gonna work out fine As sure as the lone star shines
Someday you're gonna find a love like mine
(sure as the lone star shines)
Everything is gonna work out fine As sure as the lone star shines
Someday you're gonna find a love like mine
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FOUND A NEW LOVE (Frank Macdonald )
Found a new love found a true love
She's everything this poor boy needs for sure
I lost my blue love when I found my new love
Now I wont be lonesome anymore
Well I never ever thought my poor old heart could fall again
Chained up by an old loves memories
But since my golden dream girl came waltzing in my life
She took those chains from my heart and set me free
Now I've Found a new love found a true love
he's everything this poor boy needs for sure
I lost my blue love when I found my new love
Now I wont be lonesome anymore
Well No more sitting thinking drinking all my nights away
Wondering why her love has turned to hate
If she came running back to me saying can't we try again
I'd say sweet pie you're just in time to be too late
For I've Found a new love found a true love
She's everything this poor boy needs for sure
I lost my blue love when I found my new love
Now I wont be lonesome anymore
I wont be lonesome anymore
TOSSIN' & TURNIN' (Frank Macdonald & John Miller)
Tossin' and turnin' walking the floor
lonely heart yearning for a love I don't have no more
I know that you're with him guess he's holdin' you tight
while I'm tossin' and turnin' lonely heart yearning all through the night
I might fall to dreaming but then I'd dream about you
waking up all alone in the dark don't get easy to do
Your tender body nowhere in sight
and I'm tossin' and turnin' lonely heart yearnin' all through the night
Tossin' and turnin' walking the floor
lonely heart yearning for a love I don't have no more
I know that you're with him guess he's holdin' you tight
while I'm tossin' and turnin' lonely heart yearning all through the night
The clock beside the bed keeps ticking on
and I can't seem to sleep at all since you've been gone
Lord I'm lonesome and here comes the light
and I've been tossin' and turnin' lonely heart yearnin' all through the night
Tossin' and turnin' walking the floor
lonely heart yearning for a love I don't have no more
I know that you're with him guess he's holdin' you tight
while I'm tossin' and turnin' lonely heart yearning all through the night
GEORGIA ON A FAST TRAIN (Billy Joe Shaver)
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Used to think our love was strong
Suddenly it’s all gone wrong
and I don’t think I can take it anymore
If you’re so sure inside that our love has died t
hen what are you still hiding round here for
They say when romance ends someone will always win
is that what you were trying to prove
If it is you’ve passed the test but Honey I’m not impressed
I guess that it was just my turn to lose
CHORUS
Now I’ve got a deeper hurt than anyone could understand
then again no one else will ever know
For I’ve got a deep, deep heart that I can hide my sorrow in
I’m not gonna wear it like a badge anymore
Finally came to understand that it was over when
I saw your bags packed in the hall
Can’t look you in the eye too scared that I might cry
I just stare blindly at the wall
I know it seems absurd but I can’t find the words
to say exactly what is on my mind
You offered me a way to have the final say
but I think I’ll pass this time
CHORUS REPEAT
Mmm, mmm, mmm… ah
I’ve got a deep, deep heart that I can hide my sorrow in
I’m not gonna wear it like a badge anymore
(Frank Macdonald & John Miller)
CHORUS
Lonesome blue lonesome blue my poor heart is lonesome blue
how I long to hold you tight cry myself to sleep each night over you I'm lonesome blue
I had a love not anymore now I've got heartache and I'm walking the floor
you're running around with someone new and leaving your old lover boy lonesome blue
REPEAT CHORUS
days go on crawling by I sit here alone just wondering why
the hands of time don't seem to move and I'm stuck here on my ownsome lonesome blue
well I pray some day your love will come back home to me for if you don't return I'm always gonna be
REPEAT CHORUS
(Frank Macdonald )
now you're the coldest girl I ever did know did someone break your heart a long time ago
if you're looking for love you ain't letting it show open up your heart for me
for I'm the sweetest guy you ever could meet and I'm about to sweep you right off your feet
we'll be living on a loving street if you open up your heart for me
CHORUS
open up your heart open up your heart forget about that lonesome love it's time for a brand new start
take a chance with me I'll set your loving free we were meant to be c'mon and open up your heart for me
'cause falling in love is so easy to do with a guy like me and a girl like you
there ain't no fun in being lonely and blue open up you heart for me
for your the cutest girl I ever did see and I'm gonna win your love for me
but you gotta forget your old used to be and open up your heart for me
REPEAT CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL
REPEAT CHORUS
imagine how it could be if you'd open up your heart for me
(John Miller)
Spent my whole life running round took a red paint brush to every town every party's favourite clown that's me
But lately I've been feeling strange as if my life's about to change 'til I reach the point of danger I know where I'll be
CHORUS
Just bumming around I've been doing it for so long now singing songs I picked up along the way
Just bumming around I ain't thinking about settling down maybe I'll get around to it some day
INSTRUMENTAL
You may sit and wonder why I'm content to lead this life I've always been a party guy they say
If you look where the lights are bright there you'll find me every night I don't care if it's wrong or right I'm happy to stay
REPEAT CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL
REPEAT CHORUS
maybe I'll get around to it some day
(John Miller)
Honey you're the kind of girl that I've waited for all of my life maybe longer
Now I've met you I might not have to wait anymore and my feelings keep on getting stronger 'cause
CHORUS
I've got love to give you a little gift from me you only have to Say the words and it's yours to keep
I've got love to give you and it comes for free you only have to fall in love with me
Heaven knows I never thought I'd meet a girl like you and I gave up trying long ago
Now it seems as if my dreams are going to come true and there's something I want you to know
REPEAT CHORUS
Can I combine your heart with mine until our lives should end can't you see I'd hate to be left on my own again when
REPEAT CHORUS
you only have to fall in love with me
(John Miller)
What you gonna do now your love has flown away
it's hard to pull through when you've said all that there was to say
And you've put your heart on the line waiting for that midnight train...It was running late again
There is no reward for unrequited love to win and it seems so hard when those tears start to flowing again
And you've put your heart on the line and that train just didn't come though you waited there so long
Now it's been so long since you had someone to love you you try to be strong when you know that it's not easy to do
When you've put your heart on the line waiting for that midnight train...It was running late again
you've put your heart on the line and that train just didn't come though you waited there so long you waited there so long
(John Miller)
CHORUS
look homeward angel it's time to go for you can't stay around here anymore
I've loved you so long now we must part look homeward angel the devil's got my heart
once I was happy you were here with me now I'm in barstool heaven with a bottle for company
drinking devil's liquor till I can't see I think it's time you said goodbye to me
REPEAT CHORUS
I would throw away the bottle but he stays my hand I wish that he had picked upon some other sinner man
now it looks like heaven's finally gone and closed the door look homeward angel i can't love you anymore
REPEAT CHORUS
look homeward angel the devil's got my heart
(John Miller)
Here I sit bleary eyed I haven't slept a wink all night for thinking about you
and as the sun begins to rise I realise just why I'm feeling so blue
I reach for your pillow to run my fingers through your hair and that empty space reminds me that you're no longer there
The coffee pot holds one more cup just enough to wake me up to face the day
But there's no one there to share it so I think I'll skip my breakfast again today
I don't have much appetite it's no fun eating on your own
when that empty chair at the table reminds me how it feels to be alone
And I can't get used to feeling this way I sit and blame myself for your going away
I can't get used to feeling so blue and the life I longed for ain't worth living without you
I'm gonna have to spend my days walking in a kind of haze since you went away
And every night that I don't sleep it makes me wearier with each passing day
Wish I knew where you had gone I'd run out and beg you to come home
For when I look around me every little thing reminds me that you're gone
And I can't get used to feeling this way I sit and blame myself for your going away
And I don't know when I've ever been so blue how can I go on living without you
(Frank Macdonald & John Miller)
Your kiss awoke me from a dream of a love that never could have been Old memories fade from view now all I see is you
Your smile could melt the coldest heart with a love that never will depart My grey sky's turned to blue now all I see is you
I'll forget the fears that used to haunt me My broken heart lies firmly in the past
I hear you say you want me and my heartaches disappear Now I've found a love I know will last
Your touch could dry an angel's tears Your voice is music to my ears My lonely days are through now all I see is you
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I'll forget the fears that used to haunt me My broken heart lies firmly in the past
I hear you say you want me and my heartaches disappear Now I've found a love I know will last
Your touch could dry an angel's tears Your voice is music to my ears
My lonely days are through now all I see is you And I can't believe it's true now all I see is you
I MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF MY MIND
(John Miller)
CHORUS
Well I must have been out of my mind treating you so unkind And making you think that I don't love you no more
Don't you worry your sweet little head I didn't mean a word I said
I must have been out of my mind Honey will you still be mine
Well sometimes folks act a little crazy without no reason or rhyme
And it seems to me in some strange way that my brain's been working overtime
I've been thinking thoughts I never ought to ever want to be And I just don't know what's come over me
REPEAT CHORUS
Well I guess there's just no explaining the way I acted before
And I've got no right to start complaining If you say that you won't be home no more
I'm truly sorry I made you worry won't you hurry on back to me 'cause without you girl my world is misery
REPEAT CHORUS
I must have been out of my mind Honey will you still be mine
(John Miller)
Take me back to San Francisco to the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind
I've always lived on the wrong side a constant companion of crime
Now they've locked me down in this dirty old town To die ahead of my time
The further I travelled from home Lord The farther my life went astray
Now i wait for the breath of the angel of death to take my freedom away
Take me back to San Francisco to the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind
Father I won't ask for earthly forgiveness It's not fair that you should decide
Only the Lord can grant me that reward when I get to the other side
But won't you please tell the warden to grant me my final request
Make him carry me away to the city on the bay And lay my poor soul to rest, make him
Take me back to San Francisco to the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind
Guess I was just a kid acting smart pretending I was a man
And I swear it's just breaking my heart That I'll never see that Golden Gate again
So won't you please tell the warden to grant me my final request
Make him carry me away to the city on the bay And lay this poor sinner to rest, make him
Take me back to San Francisco to the only city that called me a friend
Carry me up to the cross on Mount Davidson And scatter my soul to the wind, scatter my soul to the wind
(Frank Macdonald )
Well it's Saturday night I'm feeling all right I'm holding a dollar or two
Me and the boys been making some noise with a table full of drinking to do
There's a honky tonk band taking the stand making them old
And I'm shooting some pool and acting the fool trying to forget about you
CHORUS
Forget about you I'll forget about you It's easy to say I'm feeling okay but Lord it's so hard to do
The day you walked out my life cut my heart like a knife
Now there's nothing to do but keep pushing on through trying to forget about you
Well I've been working all week now I'm dead on my feet Earning an honest man's pay
Dragging on home to sit all alone wishing my nights away
But when the working's all done and the weekend comes I know what I'm gonna do
I'll be drowning my blues in roadhouse booze trying to forget about you
REPEAT CHORUS
And everyone thinks I'm the life of the party Always the first to start singing a song
Hanging out with the crowd laughing just a little too loud And all the time your memory's lingering on
And now it's Saturday night I'm feeling all right I'm holding a dollar or two
Me and the boys been making some noise with a table full of drinking to do
There's a honky tonk band taking the stand belting out the Lovesick Blues
And I'm shooting some pool and acting the fool trying to forget about you
REPEAT CHORUS
Now there's nothing to do but keep pushing on through trying to forget about you
(John Miller)
If you need a little loving baby I'll be around Need some turtle doving baby I won't let you down
If you like some hugging darling I can hold you tight Won't you let me be your man tonight
I'm looking out for someone to share this life of mine Come along and join in the fun we'll have a real good time
You don't have to worry 'cause you know I'll treat you right Won't you let me be your man tonight
Well I'm partial to some kissing and I bet you taste divine Find out what you're missing baby put your lips to mine
I don't know if you want me but I'm hoping that you might Won't you let me be your man tonight
Well I knew you were the one dear when I first saw your eyes Now like the big game hunter I'm out to claim my prize
I'll cast my fishing pole your way and hope you'll take a bite Won't you let me be your man tonighT
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(LIVE ONLY: Well I knew you were the one dear when I first saw your eyes Now like the big game hunter Oooh Whee!)
I'll cast my fishing pole your way and hope you'll take a bite Won't you let me be your man tonight
Won't you let me be your man tonight
(Frank Macdonald & John Miller)
I ain't doing too well this morning I'm wasted all over again
I woke up in my clothes lord only know where my misery's gonna end
But every evening it's the same old story one more and I feel all right
But one becomes four and a whole lot more until I'm drinking about you all night
Well after all this time you're still on my mind when I thought you were gone for good
It's like your memory's pouring the beer and the wine and I drink it all up like a good fool should
But I'm the only fool I'm fooling if I think it's gonna be all right
'Cause hard as I try I can't get by unless I'm drinking about you all night
Well I wake up every morning and tell myself that today's gonna be the day
When I'm gonna start pulling myself into line but I know that I don't mean a word I say
'Cause every evening it's the same old story one more and I feel all right
But one becomes four and a whole lot more until I'm drinking about you all night
Yeah one becomes four and a whole lot more until I'm drinking about you all night
(John Miller)
CHORUS
Closing time closing time has come around Closing time closing time has let me down
I had some sorrows that I was trying to drown It's too late now closing time has come around
I'd like to get my hands on the man who invented this closing time
'Cause I bet he never had a broken heart or trouble on his mind
I bet he never got on his knees crying Mister Bartender please won't you let me stay
For if I've got to go heaven knows I don't think I'll live to drink another day
REPEAT CHORUS
Things ain't always been this bad Once I had me a sweetheart that I could call my own
My love for her was strong but I waited too long to tell her And now I'm all alone
Like old Kaw-Liga Lord I never said a word When I should have told her from the start
Oh why did I hesitate now it's too late She has called closing time on her heart
REPEAT CHORUS
It's too late now closing time has come around
I STILL MISS SOMEONE (J.R. Cash)
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WHITE FREIGHTLINER BLUES (Townes Van Zandt)
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CRAZY HEART (Maurice Murray & Fred Rose)
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