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Elvira
(originally appeared on Fancy Free,
this is a newly recorded version)
Elvira, Elvira, my heart's on fire, for Elvira.
Eyes that look like heaven, lips like cherry wine
That girl can sure enough make my little light shine
I get a funny feelin' up and down my spine
'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine.
So I’m singin'
Elvira, Elvira, my heart's on fire for Elvira.
Giddy Up, Oom Poppa Oom Poppa Mow Mow
Giddy Up, Oom Poppa Oom Poppa Mow Mow
High-ho Silver, away.
Tonight I'm gonna meet her at the Hungry House Cafe
I'm gonna give her all the love I can, yes I am.
She's gonna jump and holler
’Cause I’ve saved up my last two dollars
We're gonna search and find that preacher man.
And I’m singin’
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Louisiana Red Dirt Highway
Pulled out the driveway past an old tar paper shack
Standing at her mail box an old woman waves as I look back
I'm gonna miss my family and I'll need all the letter that they'll send
It's gonna be a long time before I travel down this red dirt road again
Louisiana red dirt highway I've been down a million times
With the tin barns and the pine trees I'm gonna take'em with me in my mind
I'm gonna take'em to the city where a man can make good money so they say
I'm already pretty lonesome and my tires ain't even slung off all the clay
The mud drips would make their own design and they'd zig zag for miles
And the one lane bridge that runs across the creek that I swan in as a
child
The sawmill was thirty miles away and my daddy brought it wood
Mama done the cookin' and the cleanin' and taught us what was good
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Beyond Those Years
(originally appeared on
Monongahela,
this is a newly recorded version)
Full moons and empty promises
We were only high school kids
We got so close that we closed our eyes
To the facts of life.
We were married in the spring
Not long before the baby came
Your mama said she couldn't bare the shame
Your dad refused to give the bride away.
Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standing here?
And that love would find it’s way
Through all those tears
Beyond those years.
Eighteen standing in the shoes of a man
The weight of the world in my unskilled hands
One by one as the dreams fell through
I took my failures out on you.
But you held on when it made no sense
And cleaned the face of the innocent
You were so strong to be so young
And now look just how far we've come.
So many times we wanted to act our age
Call it off and go our separate ways
Against the odds we grew up too fast
And on our own, yeah we made it last
Oh we made it last.
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Wish You Could've Been There
Finally jumped into the deep end like daytime in the evenin'
It got dark out there so fast it took everything I had
All the fears that I've been facin', the mistakes I kept on makin'
I changed them all that day, I chased them all away
I guess you saw this comin' long before I did
You never wondered if I could you only wondered when
Wish you could've been there to see me
You always believed me even when I couldn't believe myself
Wish you could've been there to see this
The moment that I witnessed, every single word you said come true
Wish you could've been there
Wish you could've been there
Tonight I'll close my eyes and sleep for the very first time
I'll dream of waking up next to you
You can't count on second chances, Lord knows I've had a few
You gave me all the answers, it was up to me to choose
It took so long for me to realize what you already knew
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Lucky Moon
(originally appeared on
Unstoppable,
this is a newly recorded version)
I was there in the very next
room
She thought I was down the hall
She was talking on the phone like women do
She didn’t know I could hear at all.
I heard her say to her very best friend
He doesn’t love me like I did back then
She said lately I’ve been so alone
So tomorrow morning I’ll be gone.
Lucky moon stay out tonight, sunlight stay away
I’ve got one more chance to make things right
We’ve gotta make her want to stay
It’s up to me and you, lucky moon.
Make reservations at her favorite restaurant
Candle light and expensive wine
Try to let her know that she’s the one that I want
Gotta show her while I’ve still got time.
I can’t believe how stupid I’ve been
God knows I love her like I did back then
Better take to heart her warning
Somehow change her mind by morning.
The first star I see tonight
I wish I may, I pray she might
Find a little magic in the moonlight.
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Sacrifice...For Me
Boy grew up Caroline, tobacco farm on the mountain
side
Played football for the high school team, fell in love with Sally Jean
Heard the call of his Uncle Sam, headed off to Vietnam
When he comes home, gonna settle down
But somewhere in a river the soldier dies for me
Navaho boy stares at the sky tired of the reservation life
He has hopes he has dreams, joins the United States Marines
A Marine works hard, he pulls his weight
His people are proud, he's a hero they say
When he comes home, gonna be a great day
But somewhere in desert the marine dies for me
So I can live in the land of free
Raise my kids, live my dreams
There's a price for liberty
Sacrifice...for me
Punches that clock at a half past eight just like any other day
Brooklyn fireman called home, gonna be late somethin' big's goin' on
The world has changed in just one day
The devil himself sent those planes
When he gets home, gonna hold his wife
But somewhere in a tower the fireman dies for me
Long black wall, fields of green
Pillar of fire, distant beach
Cross of white, a hero dies
Sacrifice...for me
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