I'm just waking up now, in the tears of the ones I love It's quiet, I'll bet that everybody thinks I'm done Two years I've been lost, now I remember who I was Who I was, who I was I know I hurt you, I was so unkind I was ungrateful, I wasted your time

See these eyes so green I can stare for a thousand years Well it's been so long It's been so long Just be still with me I've been putting out fire (it's been so long, so long, so long) Colder than the moon And I've been putting out the fire with gasoline

Lord it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do we take it from here? Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars It's been the same way for years We need a change Somebody told me, when I came to Nashville "Son, you finally got it made" Old Hank made it

Seems like the other day My baby went away She went away 'cross the sea It's been two years or so Since I saw my baby go And then this letter came for me It said that we was through She found somebody new Oh, lemme think, lemme think, what shall I do?

Why go home? Why go home, why go home, why go home, why go home What you taught me (why go home) She scratches a letter Into a wall made of stone Maybe someday Another child Won't feel as alone as she does It's been two years

We had an apartment in the city, Me and Loretta liked living there. It's been years since the kids had grown, A life of their own left us alone. John and Linda live in Omaha, And Joe is somewhere on the road. We lost Davy in the Korean war, Still don't

The words I hear are of scrambled letters Guess it's been there for years It never let me know I was alright What you wanted was impossible to define What you wanted was a mystery to me It's hard to believe You could be such a disease I can no longer

After all, I'm just a man I'm a blue collar man had a hammer in my hand For the last few years of my life Working double overtime While you sleep alone at night Baby I know it's been a long hard ride Sometimes I forget to say I love you But baby please

We gon' be rich forever Been winning so many years And the future is bright Now it's very clear That we gon' be rich forever, and ever, and ever On the way we shed some tears Every day we sacrifice Regardless of how it goes down Life goes on

If ya want to get to get to know me it ain't that hard It's sitting on some Goodyears there in the yard Baptized in dirty water, handed down to me from my father Got some dents, got some dings, been my best friend since I was 16 If ya wanna know, wanna