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01. Misery And Gin
02. Brain Cloudy Blues
03. I Think I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink
04. You’re My Favorite Memory Of All
05. Silver Wings
06. Workin’ Man Blues
07. Always Late With Your Kisses
08. Our Past May Never Cross

L.A. traffic is bad this time of year
But there's a friend of yours in California
Sure wishes you were here
And as you lay your head on your pillow tonight just remember
There's a friend of yours in California sure misses you

You've got a friend in California that misses you
You've got a friend in California that sure misses you

"Man's Gotta Give Up A Lot"

Well, a man's gotta give up a lot to keep a woman satisfied
You gotta give 'em everything you've got or they'll kick you aside
It don't take much they take 'em home with ye
It takes a whole lot to keep 'em there with ye
A man's gotta give 'em some ground to keep 'em around.

Always wanting you, but never having you,

Makes it hard to face tomorrow 'cause I

Know I'll be wanting you again.

Always loving you, but never touching you,

If the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' should disappear
And there were no wheat or barley anywhere
Would we buy our bread and butter from the Toyota man
Would an Idaho spud be stamped 'Made In Japan'
The farm just won't get tended, if the farmer isn't here
And the 'Amber Waves Of Grain' may disappear

There's a railroad train that's on it's way to no where

What makes something you can't have always look so good
Why'd do something out of reach seem so fine
What makes you thrill me more than any girl I know
I guess it's just because you can't be mine

Why can't I be contented with what belongs to me
And be satisfied with what's already mine
What makes a stolen moment such a precious thing

"Better Off When I Was Hungry"

I read they're havin' rain in California
And Lord I hope that you're not gettin' wet
That's the only way on earth I have for knowin' how you're doin'
When you left you said you call but you ain't yet.

And I think I was better off when I was hungry

"Bill Woods From Bakersfield"

[Spoken:]
Bakersfield
An oil town that really had it's boon during the heart of the depression
And Bakersfield also destined to become somewhat of a center for country music
And even as back as the early 50's it began to gain national recognition
For the popularity of songs like Dear John Letter Ferlin Husky's Gone

I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
But they won't let my secret go untold
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high
Determined I would rise above the shame
But no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me

I dreamed I saw Jesus last night
seated on a mountain in the moonlight.
His hands held a key to a cabin
that cabin I'd dreamed of all my life.

Money makes the rules we have to live by.
A home is just a place they send the bills.
God knows why we work and what we pray for.

Instrumental Intro.
One night when the moon was bright on the moonlit bay.
That is where I found my little Cherokee maid.
The memory of the that night of love, is lingering yet.
And I know I never will forget.

My little Cherokee Maiden, I love her so.
And though we're far apart.

When I was young man
I worked on my own
You had the big chore
Of makin' a home

Now that I'm the keeper
Of all that was yours
I'm head of the family

You bring me happiness and leave me loneliness
My world is in distress cause I'm falling for you
You look into my eyes and tell the sweetest lies
You're a heartbreak in disguise and I'm falling for you

Oh darling when you're near my world is happy dear
But when you disappear I'm afraid that we're through
I love in misery you're so unfair to me it's all a mystery why I'm falling for you

"The Farmer's Daughter"

Tonight there'll be candlelight and roses
In this little country chapel that's almost falling down
There'll be tears in this old farmer's eyes this evening
When I give my one possession to that city boy from town

His hair is a little longer than we're use to

"Going Where The Lonely Go"

Rollin' with the flow
Goin' where the lonely go
Anywhere the lights are low
Goin' where the lonely go

Makin' up things to do

Grandma's maiden name was Zombelines
There's ninety years to tell about in a few short lines
Born in Newton County down in Arkansas
Then in nineteen-one she married Grandpa

We laid her soul to rest one Sunday mornin'
And everybody knew she'd done her part
Don't get set to hear no hidden family legend

Green, Green Grass Of Home

The old home town looks the same,
As I step down from the train,
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
Down the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home

Now me, I work at Harold’s Super Service
We specialize in service all the way
And there’s only one thing that really bugs me
This big ole boy in his stripped down Model A

At Harold’s Super Service we do grease jobs
We fix thirty...forty flats every day
And just about the time we get real busy

It's four a.m. in New York City three a.m. in Dallas
The night is still early here in Frisco
Market street's still going the same old shows are showing
And I'm still all alone here in Frisco.

They say it's raining in Chicago and it's cold and clear in Denver
Been windy all night long here in Frisco
Troley cars are clinging the big Bay Town's swinging

"Home Is Where A Kid Grows Up"

It may be down the south in Alabama
Or maybe just a little old one horse town
It could be on the back streets of Chicago
But if it's home it's still the greatest place around.

Home's where a kid grows up'

I never seen you look quite so sad
An' I never felt me feel quite so bad
An' I know we both feel that we've been had
I guess that we're just not that strong

'Cause I lost my woman and you've lost your man
Who knows who's right or who's wrong?
But I still got my guitar and I've got a plan

"I Can't Be Myself"

It's a way of mine to say just what I'm thinking
And to do the things I really want to do
And you want to change the part of me I'm proud of
So I can't be myself when I'm with you

Oh you never liked the clothes I wear on Sunday

I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain And the North
Pole I have charted Still I can't get started with
You On the golf course, I'm under par Metro

Goldwyn have asked me to star I've got a house, a
Showplace Still I can't get no place with you
'Cause you're so supreme lyrics I write of you, I

I didn't mean to miss you but I do
I didn't mean to want you but I do
I didn't mean to think about you
Thought I could do with out you
I didn't mean to love you but I do
I didn't mean to tell you so
I didn't mean to let you know
I didn't mean to come back to you

"I Don't Have Any More Love Songs"

There's been some things that I've wanted to say a long time
Never have I spent a day without you on my mind
I've tried a lot of song and I need to try one that's new
I don't have anymore love songs to try on you.

We just can't ever get it together it seems

I just wanna look at you one more time
I always like to know how much I leave behind
Let this be the picture that I'll always have in mind
I just wanna look at you one more time

If I can't do you right I'll never do you wrong
That's why I think it's best for me to move along
I won't ever be myself unless I'm free to roam

Could be holding you tonight
Could be doing wrong or doing right
You don't care about what I think
I think I'll just stay here and drink

Hey, putting you down won't square the deal
A least you'll know what I feel
Hey, take all the money in the bank

I wish things were simple like they used to be
When cowboys rode horses, and were heroes to me
My Mother was a lady, and my Dad was a man
And I wish things were simple again

I wish things were simple, like when I was a kid
A man just got paid for the work that he did
And a song could be played for a nickel back then

There's not much a man can do inside a prisoner
Just take his memory trips and fights the pain
And a word from home can mean so much to a prisoner
It's been years since that last letter came

Not a day goes by that I don't think of mama
And my nights are filled with thoughts of sweet Marie
And old friends I ran around with keep on running through my mind

"I'd Rather Be Gone"

I feel like a stranger in this home I built for you
And I can't understand this awful change you're going through
But lately, I've been watching you grow colder every day
And I'd rather be gone, than in your way

I'd rather be gone, than in your way

After you have finished all your running round
And you find the cards against you stacked
After you are weary and so sick inside
I'll always be glad to take you back

After life has taught you dear to really care
After all the rest is through with you
Just give me a ring and you will find me here

Down every road there's always one more city
I'm on the run, the highway is my home
I raised a lot of cane back in my younger days
While Mama used to pray my crops would fail
I'm a hunted fugitive with just two ways:
Outrun the law or spend my life in jail

I'd like to settle down but they won't let me

Merle Haggard - I'm A White Boy

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Yeah I'm bringin' home some good news
Got some things you'll be glad to hear
Like I'm leavin' town and I'll be back
Around just long enough to get my gear
There won't be any goodbye kiss'in
Well I'm puttin' on my leavin' shoes
This is the end we're through it's over

"I've Done It All"

Did you ever steal a quarter when you was 10 years old?
Ever wear a brogan with a hole in the sole?
Did you ever ride a freight train while runnin' from the law?
I've done it all, lawd lawd, I've done it all.

Did you ever spend a winter in a dirty jail?

Lights in the parlor fires in the grate
LoOk on the mantle says its getting late
Urtains on the window snowy white

The parlors pleasant on Sunday night
Ida Red Ida Red
I'm a plumb fool bout Ida Red

Merle Haggard - Anyone Ought To Know

A D A
Sittin in a road side tavern the only cowboy seated here alone
E A
Every night a lonely lady wants to tell me all about her broken home
D A
It's like they can see inside my mind they act as if they know I'll understand

"If I Had Left It Up To You"

You made plans to leave a thousand times I know
And a thousand times I should have let you go
But each time I'll always beg you back somehow
If I'd left it up to you it'd all be over now

It'd all be over now cept the crying

If we make it through December
Everythings gonna be all right I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shivver when I see the fallin snow

If we make it through December
I got plans of bein in a warmer town come summer time
Maybe even California

The Blood Red Sun Beat Down And Baked The Red Clay Ground
Dust Kicked Up Around His John Deere Wheels
No Trace Of Rain In Sight A-gain He'll Lose The Fight
And Have To Watch His Crops Die In The Fields

They Stood There Both In Tears --- His Wife Of Many Years
Said John You Know I Hate To Lose Our Farm
He Looked Into Her Eyes Then Looked Up At The Skies

"Irma Jackson"

I'd love to shout my feelin's from a mountain high
Tell the world I love her and I will till I die
There's no way the world will understand that love is colour blind
That's why Irma Jackson can't be mine.

I remember when no one cared about us bein' friends

JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through the land
A carpenter true and brave
He said to the rich give your goods to the poor
And they laid Jesus Christ in the grave

He went to the sick and he went to the poor

I wanted more from life, than four kids and a wife
And a job in a dark Kentucky mine
A twenty acre farm, with a shackey house and barn
Thats all I had and all I left behind.

But at gambling, I was lucky, and so I left Kentucky
And left behind my woman and my kids
Into the gay casinos, of Nevada's town of Reno

"Leonard"

When Leonard finally came to California
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
And he came to hang a gold one on the wall.

The town in which he lived is not important

Lord, don't give up on me
I'll be right some day
Lord, don't tune me out, don't turn away
I'm just a wandering pilgrim, all alone
And lord, I'm only halfway home

Wait just a little longer, I need some time
Make me just a little stronger, so I can climb

Merle Haggard
Title Losin' in Las Vegas
Lyrictext
I'm losin' in Las Vegas
The only thing I'm losin' is you
My dreams of winnin' all your love
Just don't stand a chance of comin' true

"Love And Honor"

Love and honor a promise to obey
Sacred vows that we both made yesterday
But when someone tempted you you ease to cross the line
And I'll bet love and honor never cross your mind.

You're the woman that once gave me her hand

"Love Has A Mind Of Its Own"

Forgetting you, darling, is not my decision
For love has a mind of its own
I'd love to forget every time that you kissed me I'd love to forget that you're gone
And I'd gladly hold back each tear that I'm crying
But love has a mind of its own
Love is a ruler the greatest of kings

21 год тюрьмы без досрочного, только мама пыталась меня исправить. Мама пыталась, мама пыталась может быть всё было иначе, еслиб я её послушал виноват только я, а мама пыталсь

"Man From Another Time"

I lost a woman
I believe to be perfect for me
You could replace her
But you're so much younger than me

Our lives are so different

Mary's mine and she'll always be till the end of time
She gave her heart to me
No truer love could I ever find
Than Mary's love and Mary's mine

I once lived the life without meaning
Just the face with no place in this world
At last I found reason for living

"Misery And Gin"

Memories and drinks don't mix too well
And jukebox records don't play those wedding bells
Looking at the world through the bottom of a glass
All I see is a man who's fadin' fast.

Tonight I need that woman again

Oh you poor broke mixed up mess of a heart
Yeah a little bitty woman gonna tear you all apart
I warned you a thousand times but you wouldn't listen nor pay no mind
You poor broke mixed up mess of a heart
Yeah I watched her buy her tickets in Charlotte North Carolina
I heard her say oneway please to Denver
She's goin' to meet that other guy and it won't do us no good to cry
Cause she's wearin' his ring on her finger

"Mother, The Queen Of My Heart"

I had a home down in Texas down where the bluebonnets grew
I had the kindest old mother how happy we were just we two
Till one day the angels called her that debt we all have to pay
She'd call me close to her bedside these last few words to say.

Son don't start drinking and gambling promise you'll always go straight

I married me a hippy
Ran away with a stingy haired blonde
Lord, I married me a hippy
Ran away with a stingy hair-ed blonde
Now we're both old and happy
Fishing on our own golden pond
Yea, I love my biker baby
She loves her guitar picking pal

"My Favorite Memory"

The first time we met
Is a favorite memory of mine
They say time changes all it pertains to
But your memory is stronger than time

I guess, everything does change

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and southpaws,
Good dogs and all kinds of cats.
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs,
But I stand right here where I'm at,
'Cause I wear My Own Kind Of Hat.

There's two kind of lovers and two kind of brothers,
And two kind of babies to hold.

My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers

C F C
For years and years I rambled I drank my wine and gambled
F C G7 C
But one day I thought I would settle down

There's a circle of people
Where I'm no longer welcome
And I'm ashamed to say
That I'm no longer fit

I could sober up tomorrow
And face my friends again
But I've got

"Nobody's Darlin' But Mine"

Come lay by my side little darlin'
Come lay your cool hand on my brow
Promise me that you will always be
Nobody's darlin' but mine.

You're as sweet as the flowers of springtime

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take no trips on LSD
We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

"Old Fashioned Love"

Got that old fashioned love in my heart
And there it will always remain
Like an ivy clinging vine clinging closer all the time
Through these years and these tears just the same.

Got that old fashioned fate in my heart

The old man from the mountain's coming home, home, home
Thought I'd better warn you so I called you on the phone
Get rid of Joe, the grinder, you better be there alone
The old man from the mountain's coming home

I've been working in the sawmill, I'm all uptight and tense
I got wind that someone's been diggin' under my back fence
Thought I'd better call you'll and let you know today

The southeast Georgia red clay dust is groundin' to my blue jeans
A heavy hundred pound cotton sack draggin' along behind
Wanting to leave this place so bad, I forget how I got here
Workin' my way back home, one row at a time

It's a long old cotton road between here and Waco
Then, three days a-thumbin' through that California line
And two more days of pickin' to that house, just south of Fresno

"Peach Picking Time In Georgia"

When it's peach picking time in Georgia
Apple picking time in Tennessee
Cotton picking time in Mississippi
Everybody picks on me

When it's roundup time in Texas

Every time it rains, it rains
Pennies from heaven
Don't you know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven

You'll find your fortunes falling
All over the town
Make sure that your umbrella

Love's always lovely, when first two lovers meet*
Hand in hand, arm in arm, walkin' down the street.
Always seen together, in everything they do.
Love is always pretty, when it's new.

Love is always special, especially to the heart.
When it's love on sight, and all is right, and there's no doubt from the start.
Before it starts to crumble, there'll be many shades of blue.

"Railroad Lady"

She's a railroad lady just a little bit'shady
Spending her days on a train
She's the semi good looker but the fast rails they took her
Now she's trying just trying to get home again.

South station in Boston to the stockyards of Austin

"September In Miami"

September in Miami marks the time and the place
I first laid eyes on you
I was there to spend the winter
Keepin' warm the only way I knew.

It was way down in the fall before I realized at all

"Sing Me Back Home"

The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.' (Let him...)

Sing me back home with a song I used to hear

Well not long ago I was a happy man
Money in my pockets with the rings on my hands
My money's all Gone and I'm feelin' low
Standin' on the corner of Skid Row

My girl friend left me she don't want me no more
We had a great big fight just a night before
She said I got no class because she knows

"Someday When Things Are Good"

Someday when things are good, I'm gonna leave you.
I can't seem to go when things are bad.
I'll be one more love that you can dream about,
And one more man that you can say you've had.

You'll always be the kind to dream of yesterday.

La la dee wo wo wo awooo
Does anyone need a good songman 'cause all the songs I do
Hey - I gotta song about me, how about you?
Does anyone need a good songman cause all the songs I sing
Hey - I gotta song for the loner and one for the gang.

I gotta song about wrong and one about right
And most of the songs I do are songs that I write

Ain't nobody here to hear me sing the blues
Water all up the house and in my shoes
Snakes and things coming through the window screen
Talkin' 'bout ole stormy New Orleans

Ain't nobody here to hear this poor boy cry
Water up in the house about ankle high
Everything in town is blown to smithereens

Album: Swinging Doors and The Bottle Let Me Down (1966)

This old smoke filled bar is something I'm not used to
But if gave up my home to see you satisfied
And I just called to let you know where I'll be living
It's not much but I feel welcome here inside

And I've got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool

"Teach Me To Forget"

You taught me how to love with all my heart
With all my soul I trusted you
And now you say we'll have to live apart
A thing I don't know how to do

You say someday I'll find somebody new

I get this going fever everytime I hear a tune
That talks about South Texas where the cactus is in bloom
I feel I oughta be there every evening after dark
To hear the fiddler fiddlin' around a tune called Old Joe Clark

We played that show in Tulsa then it was Ft Worth bound
We headed south on 35 to that South Texas town
It's a different world and a lot of fun if you like that country sound

I am just an Indian and once this was my land
Now it's been taking from me by the coming of a white man
And the anger makes my blood run hot and heavy in my veins
Everytime I think about the coming of the trains.

The day was hot and dusty in the year of '69
As we heard the whistle blowing somewhere down the line
That was the year I rode with Frank and Jesse James

"The Girl Turned Ripe"

Well the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today
Had an uncle who was farmin' down in Tennessee
And I stopped by to see him there brought this friend with me
He had a daughter seventeen whose name was Clementine
And sure enough they fell in love her and this friend of mine
He said the girl turned ripe and the pickers came today

We left out of Tucson with no destination in mind
We were runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind
And the border meant freedom, a new life and romance
And that's why we thought we should go
And start our lives over on the seashores of old Mexico

Our first night in Juarez, we lost all the money we had
One bad senorita made use of two innocent lad

"Silver Ghost"

On a cold and rainy night I was sittin' in the light
Oh my switchman shack of mine post on the mountain
The storms were pretty bad and the telephone was dead
But it was just eleven hours till the dawn.

Then much to my surprice the telegraph jumped in the light

Bet it ain't a-rainin' back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet mama's in the kitchen cookin' fried chicken
Wishin' that I hadn't went wrong

Oh, but mama don't you worry
Everything's gonna be alright
They're teachin' us a lot of new things in here

[Verse]
If this night should last forever and we'd never have to face
What tomorrow would bring
Well if time stood still tonight I'd keep holding you tight
Throughout eternal flame
But this old world's going to keep on turning
And the morning sun will soon be shining bright
And we'll always remember these memories we're making tonight

We used to laugh a lot
We never cried
But things are all different now
Since your sweet love has died
Seems we've lost the way to find
All the good times we found before
Yeah, we used to laugh a lot
Things aren't funny anymore

The sun goes down and leaves me sad and blue
The iron curtain falls on this cold war with you
For you won't speak and I won't speak it's true
Two stubborn people with a cold war to go through

Why oh why should love ever come to couples like you and me?
Whose cold, cold wars are never done and whose hearts just can't be free
So let's do right or let's just say we're through

"This Song Is For You"

This song is for you, you know who you are
I won't embarrass you for callin' out your name
You're here every night, several night of drinks
Wearin' your superficial smile

You still wear the wedding band and you left hard work in hand

Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been

I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today, I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few millions tears I cry

Be close to me but please don't ever love me
Don't let your feelings carry you that far
I'll hold you in my arms, buy you clothes and pretty charms
And I'll give you everything except my love

Because there's too many bridges to cross over
Too many places I ain't been
Yeah, there's too many fields of tempting clover

I sit alone at my table and watch all the others have fun
And I'm tired of sittin' on the sidetrack, watchin' the mainline run
I'm tired of havin' no future, livin' on things that I've done
And I'm tired of sittin' on the sidetrack, watchin' the mainline run

Train, train, don't leave me
Oh, train, train of life

You can find me in a dim light bar-room
If your coldness should ever turn warm
But the chances of you ever changing
Are as slim as your two loving arms

So I'm turning off a memory
As quickly as time will allow
Yes, I'm turning off a memory

Дядюшка Лем

Леди из Гарден Клаб говорят:
Его дом позорит наш город
Если мэр хочет, чтобы его переизбрали
Ему лучше позаботиться о его сносе

Они хотят покрыть его цветами

"Wake Up"

Wake up, don't just lay there like cold granite stone
Wake up, we're too close to be alone
Wake up and please darling, hold me if you would
Don't just lay there like you've gone away for good

There's too many empty pages with so many things in store

Way Back In The Mountains
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by Max D. Barnes and Merle Haggard
[3/4 time]

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How far can a man stretch a dollar
C7 F

"We Never Touch At All"

We're caught in a trap like prisoners in a cage
Growing old from hate not from age
The runnin' love we had is down to crawl
We hardly ever talk and we never touch at all

You go out with someone else while I'm out with someone too

What I Hate by Merle Haggard

(key of G)

What I hate is

A statesman speaking out of both sides of his mouth

What love can do
Is build a bridge for two
And make our dreams come true
That's what love can do.

What love can do
Is make his need to live
And make you want to give

"When My Last Song Is Sung"

When my last song is sung and my lifes work is done
And my old faithful guitar loses tone
You won't find me troubled then, wishing I could sing again
When my last song is sung I'll be gone.

What a gift the Lord has shared with a man who never cared

Where's all the freedom that we're fightin' for?
Is it still our creed from shore to shore?
Every soldier fights, should we read him his new rights?
There's not that many to read any more
Where's all the freedom that we're fightin' for?

Where's all the freedom that we fought to save?
Is it gone for good with yesterday?

The old man paid no mind to color
'Cause he knew that I'd been down and out
Old Joe said that I was a soul brother
From the things I'd been singin' about

Well, he liked how I played my old guitar
So he sit down beside me to sing.
And together we hummed out an old timey blues

Who do I know in Dallas?
Who can I call on the phone?
Who do I know in Dallas?
Who'll make me forget she's gone?

I can't spend the night without someone
The loneliness will drive me insane
Who do I know in Dallas?

Hey why am I drinkin'? 'Cause there's no really reason to quit
And why am I thinkin'? God knows I'm trying to forget
And why does that woman who stay on my mind night and day?
And why am I drinkin'? Why am I hurtin' this way?

Is love just another word for mem'ry?
And is love just another word of pain?
The question is that love we really answered

It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
I been a workin' man dang near all my life
I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
Sing a little bit of these working man blues

I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay

Wouldn't that be something
If I spread my wings and showed you I could fly away?
Wouldn't that be something
If I ask you to fly with me on some wild and windy day?

Wouldn't that be something
If we both fell together and you threw your arms
Around me like you needed me

"You Still Have A Place In My Heart"

If the one you'd think is true ever turns his back on you
You've still got a place in my heart
If every road you take proves you've made a big mistake
Baby you've still got a place in my heart.

If I'm a fool to pray that you'll come back some day

"You're The Only Girl In The Game"

What a twisted game you're playin'
With the highest takes of all
Somewhere along the way the rules got changed
From this narrow ledge we're walkin'
And there's no way you can fall.