Hillbilly Shakespeare

I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost

For a life of sin, I have paid the cost

When I pass by, all the people say

"There goes another guy down the lost highway"

Just a deck of cards and a jug of wine

And a woman's lies make a life like mine

From the day we met, I went astray

I started rollin' down that lost highway

I was just a lad, nearly twenty-two

Neither good nor bad, just a kid like you

But now I'm lost, too late to pray

And I've paid the cost on the lost highway

Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round

On this road of sin or you'll be sorrow bound

Take my advice, you'll curse the day

You started rollin' down that lost highway

You started rollin' down that lost highway

You started rollin' down that lost highway

Left my home down on the rural route

I told my pa I'm going steppin out and get the

Honky tonk blues, (honky tonk blues)

Yeah the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)

Oh Lord I got

Honky tonk blues

I went to a dance, I wore out my shoes

Woke up this mornin wishin I could lose

Them jumpin honky tonk blues, (honky tonk blues)

Yeah the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)

Oh Lord I got

Honky tonk blues

Stopped into every place in town

This city life has really got me down

I got the honky tonk blues, (honky tonk blues)

Yeah the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)

Oh Lord I got

Honky tonk blues

I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm

And scat right back to my pappy's farm

And leave the honky tonk blues, (honky tonk blues)

Yeah the honky tonk blues (honky tonk blues)

Oh Lord I got

Honky tonk blues

Oh Lord I got

Honky tonk blues

Oh Lord I got

(Honky tonk blues)

I got the honky tonk blues

Listen to the rain a-fallin'

Can't you hear that lonesome sound?

Oh, my poor old heart is breaking

'Cause my sweet love ain't around

Lord, I think I'll start to ramble

Got to leave this weary town

This old place is way too lonely

'Cause my sweet love ain't around

On that train tonight, I'm leavin'

And don't ask me where I'm bound

I can't stay here any longer

'Cause my sweet love ain't around

'Cause my sweet love ain't around

'Cause my sweet love ain't around

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill

He sounds too blue to fly

The midnight train is whining low

I'm so lonesome, I could cry

I've never seen a night so long

When time goes crawling by

The moon just went behind the clouds

To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep

When leaves begin to die?

That means he's lost the will to live

I'm so lonesome, I could cry

The silence of a falling star

Lights up a purple sky

And as I wonder where you are

I'm so lonesome, I could cry

Your cheatin' heart will make you weep

You'll cry and cry when you try to sleep

But sleep won't come the whole night through

Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

When tears come down like fallin' rain

You'll toss around and call my name

You'll walk the floor the way I do

Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

Your cheatin' heart will pine someday

And crave the love you threw away

The time will come, and you'll be blue

Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

When tears come down like fallin' rain

You'll toss around and call my name

You'll walk the floor the way I do

Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

I wandered so aimless, life filled with pain

I wouldn't let my dear savior in

Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

Just like a blind man, I wandered along

Worries and fears I claimed for my own

Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I was a fool to wander and stray

Straight is the gate and narrow the way

Now I have traded the wrong for the right

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light

No more darkness, no more night

Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight

Praise the Lord, I saw the light

I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream

Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme

A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart

Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart

Another love before my time makes your heart sad and blue

And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do

In anger, unkind words are said that make teardrops start

Why can't I free your doubtful mind, and melt your cold, cold heart

You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry

You know you need and want my love, but you're afraid to try

Why do you run and hide from life, to try it just ain't smart

Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me

But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory

The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart

Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart

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

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

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

My fishing pole's broke, the creek is full of sand

My woman ran away with another man

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

A distant uncle passed away

And left me quite a batch

And I was living high until that fatal day

A lawyer proved I wasn't born, I was only hatched

Everything's again' 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

These shabby shoes I'm wearing all the time

Is full of holes and nails

And brother if I stood on a worn out dime

I bet a nickel I could tell you it was head or tails

I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow

'Cause nothing's ever gonna be alright, no how

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

No matter how I struggle and strive

I'll never get out of this world alive

No matter how I struggle and strive...

All you wanna do is sit around and pout

Well I've had enough and so I'm getting out, I'm leaving now

(I'm leaving now)

I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow

Well I been in the doghouse so doggone long

When I get a kiss I think there's something's wrong, I'm leaving now

(I'm leaving now)

Well I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow

(I'll go find a girl that wants to treat me right

You go get yourself a man that wants to fight, I'm leaving now)

I'm leaving now

(Well, I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow)

Well, you start your jaws a-wagging and you never stop

You never shut your mouth until I blow my top, I'm leaving now

(I'm leaving now)

I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow

I remember back when you were nice and sweet

(Things have really changed, you'd rather fight than eat,) I'm leaving now

I'm leaving now

I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow

I'm gonna do some riding on the midnight train

I'm taking everything except my ball and chain, 'I'm leaving now

I'm leaving now

(Well, I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow)

I'm a long gone daddy, I don't need you anyhow

Tonight down here in the valley

I'm lonesome and oh how I feel

As I sit here alone in my cabin

I can see your mansion on the hill

Do you recall when we parted

The story to me you revealed

You said you could live without love dear

In your loveless mansion on the hill

I've waited all through the years love

To give you a heart true and real

'Cause I know you're living in sorrow

In your loveless mansion on the hill

The light shines bright from your window

The trees stand so silent and still

I know you're alone with your pride dear

In your loveless mansion on the hill

In your loveless mansion on the hill

In the great book of John, you're warned of the day

When you'll be laid beneath the cold clay

The angel of death will come from the sky

And claim your poor soul when the time comes to die

When the angel of death comes down after you

Can you gladly say that you have been true

For you'll have to go all the way by yourself

When God shall send down the angel of death

When the lights all grow dim and the dark shadows creep

And the ones who love you are gathered to weep

Can you truly say with your dying breath

You're ready to meet the angel of death?