DWIGHT YOAKAM – Wichita Lineman

I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searchin’ in the sun
For another overload
I hear you singin’ in the wires
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation
But it don’t look like rain
And if it snows
That stretch down south
Will never stand the strain
And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

[Instrumental]

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

Is still on the line

Still on the line

And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line, that’s right

Still on the line…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Under Your Spell Again

You’ve got me under your spell again
Sayin’ those things again
Makin’ me believe that you’re just mine

You’ve got me dreamin’ those dreams again
Thinkin’ those things again
I’ve gotta take you back just one more time

I swore the last time that you let me down
That I wouldn’t see you if you came around
But I can’t tell my heart what’s right or wrong
And I’ve been so lonely since you’ve been gone

You’ve got me under your spell again
Sayin’ those things again
Makin’ me believe that you’re just mine

You’ve got me dreamin’ those dreams again
Thinkin’ those things again
I’ve gotta take you back just one more time

Well, everybody tells me that I’m a fool
That I should have never put my faith in you
Way down deep inside I guess I know it’s true
Oh, but no one else can make me feel the way you do

You’ve got me under your spell again
Sayin’ those things again
Makin’ me believe that you’re just mine

You’ve got me dreamin’ those dreams again
Thinkin’ those things again
I’ve gotta take you back just one more time
Yeah, I’ve gotta take you back just one more time

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Two Doors Down

Two doors down there’s a jukebox
That plays all night long
Real sad songs
All about me and you

Two doors down there’s a barmaid
That serves ‘em real strong
Here lately
That’s how I make it through

Two doors down there’s a heartache
That once was my friend
Two doors down there’s a memory
That won’t ever end

Two doors down there’s a barstool
That knows me by name
And we sit there together
And wait for you

Two doors down there’s a bottle
Where I take out my shame
And hold it up
For the whole world to view

Two doors down there’s a pay phone
But no calls come in
Two doors down there’s a memory
That won’t ever end

From the hotel to the barroom
Is just a stumble and a fall
And sometimes when it gets bad
I’ve been known to crawl

Freedom from sorrow
Is just two doors away
I’ll escape for a short time
But I know I can’t stay

Two doors down is where they’ll find me
When you’re finally through
Taking what’s left of my life

Two doors down is where they’ll leave me
When payment comes due
For the hours I’ve spent there each night

Two doors down I’ll be forgotten
But until then
Two doors down there’s a memory
That won’t ever end…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose

Well I’m back again for another night
Of trying to break free from this sadness that I can’t lay to rest
This old honky-tonk sure does feel like home
And the music with the laughter seem to soothe my loneliness

Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose
From the memory that’s driving me lonely, crazy and blue
It helps me forget her, so the louder the better
Hey mister turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose

If a tear should fall if I should whisper her name
To some stranger I’m holdin’ while we’re dancin’ to an old Buck Owens song
I know she won’t mind she won’t even know
She’ll be dancing with a memory crying teardrops of her own

Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose
From the memory that’s driving me lonely, crazy and blue
It helps me forget her so the louder the better
Hey mister turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose

Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose
From the memory that’s driving me lonely, crazy and blue
It helps me forget her so the louder the better
Hey mister turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose.
Yeah, mister turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Together Again

Together again
My tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights
Are now at an end

The key to my heart
You hold in your hand
And nothing else matters
We’re together again

Together again
The gray skies are gone
You’re back in my arms
Now where you belong

The love that I knew
Is living again
And nothing else matters
We’re together again

No, nothing else matters
We’re together again

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Time Spent Missing You

Nighttime gets longer each mornin’ I wake up
With sunlight that’s long overdue
I start makin’ plans for havin’ thoughts that might take up
Some of the time that I’ll spend missing you

[CHORUS:]
Winter’s come a-crawling
After fall left me calling
For an end to what spring put me through
‘Cause summer’s only blessing
Had been the warm breeze caressing
All the time that I spent missing you

Minutes of misery drag through hours of memories
Past a voice that swears they’re not true
It keeps avoiding, denying but mostly just lying
About the time that I’ll spend missing you

DWIGHT YOAKAM – The Last Time

Well, I told you once and I told you twice
But you never listened to my advice
You don’t try very hard to please me
With what you know it should come easy

[Chorus:]
Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don’t know oh no oh no

I’m sorry girl but I can’t stay
Feelin’ like I do today
It’s too much pain and too much sorrow
Guess I’ll feel the same tomorrow

[Chorus:]
Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don’t know oh no oh no

[Instrumental]

[Chorus:]
Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don’t know oh no oh no

Well, I told you once and I told you twice
That someone will have to pay the price
But here’s a chance to change your mind
‘Cause I’ll be gone a long, long time

[Chorus:]
Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don’t know oh no oh no

[Chorus:]
Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don’t know…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – The Heart That You Own

I pay rent on a run-down place
There ain’t no view but there’s lots of space
In my heart, the heart that you own

I pay the rent, pay it right on time
Baby I pay you ever single dime
For my heart, the heart that you own

Used to be I could love here for free
Way back before you bought the property
Now I pay daily on what once was mine
Lord I probably owe you for these tears that I cry

‘Cause I pay rent on a run-down place
There ain’t no view but there’s lots of space
In my heart, the heart that you own

I struggle each night to find a new way
To pay what I owe just so I can stay
I ain’t overdue so you can’t throw me out
I’ve loved here for years don’t know where I’d go now

‘Cause I pay rent on a run-down place
There ain’t no view but there’s lots of space
In my heart, the heart that you own

Yea, my heart, the heart that you own

DWIGHT YOAKAM – The Curse

Don’t you sleep
Don’t you have a single moment’s peace
Just walk through the darkness with fears that are deep
And don’t you even sleep

Don’t you smile
Don’t you have happy thoughts for a while
‘Til teardrops and sadness both go out of style
No, don’t you even smile

These are the things, I wish for you
Deep in my heart, how I hope they come true
And then you’ll know, when bad turns to worse
What it’s like to live under love’s curse

These are the things, I wish for you
Deep in my heart, how I hope they come true
And then you’ll know, when bad turns to worse
What it’s like to live under love’s curse

Don’t you try
To have a single thought that goes by
Without being haunted by memories like mine
No, don’t you even try

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Takes A Lot To Rock You

Takes a lot to rock you, baby
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby, yeah…
You make me crawl the extra mile

So much for wishful thinkin’
So much for beginner’s luck
It takes a lot to rock you baby
When it comes to love, you’re double-tough

And it takes a lot to rock you, baby
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby, yeah…
You make me crawl the extra mile

Little things that used to please you
Are all the things that I do wrong
It takes a lot to rock you baby
Tried my damndest all night long

My baby drives a big Rolls Royce
‘Cause my baby says she got no choice
My baby wear big ol’ diamond rings
‘Cause my baby says she need them things

Takes a lot to rock you, baby
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby, yeah…
You make me crawl the extra mile

Takes a lot to rock you, baby
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby, yeah…
You make me crawl the extra mile

Takes a lot to rock you, baby, yeah…
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby, yeah…
You make me crawl the extra mile

Takes a lot to rock you, baby, yeah…
It takes a lot to make you smile
It takes a lot to rock you baby, yeah…
You make me crawl the extra mile

Takes a lot to rock you, baby, yeah…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Suspicious Minds

We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, Baby
Why can’t you see
What you’re doing to me
When you don’t believe a word I’m saying?

We can’t go on together
With suspicious minds
And we can’t build our dreams
On suspicious minds

So, if an old friend I know
Drops by to say hello
Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?
Here we go again
Asking where I’ve been
Can’t you see these tears are real
I’m crying

We can’t go on together
With suspicious minds
And we can’t build our dreams
On suspicious minds…

Oh, let our love survive
I’ll dry the tears from your eyes
Let’s don’t let a good thing die
Honey, you know
I’ve never lied to you
No-o, Never lied to you

We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, Baby
Why can’t you see
What you’re doing to me
When you don’t believe a word I’m saying?

We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, Baby

We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, Baby

We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, Baby…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Send Me The Pillow

Send me the pillow that you dream on
Don’t you know that I still care for you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin’, I can dream on it too

Each night while I’m sleeping, oh so lonely
I’ll share your love and dreams that once were true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin’, I can dream on it too

Send me the pillow that you dream on
Maybe time will let our dreams come true
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin’, I can dream on it too

I’ve waited so long for you to write me
But just a memory is all that is left of you
Send me the pillow that you dream on
So darlin’, I can dream on it too
So darlin’, I can dream on it too

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Readin’, Rightin’, Rt. 23

[Chorus:]
They learned readin’, writin’, Route 23
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities’ factories
They learned readin’, writin’, roads to the north
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can’t afford
They thought readin’, writin’, Route 23
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
They didn’t know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery

Have you ever been down Kentucky-way
Say south of Prestonburg
Have you ever been up in a holler
Have you ever heard
A mountain man cough his life away
From diggin’ that black coal
In those dark mines, those dark mines
If you had you might just understand
The reason that they left it all behind

[Chorus:]
They learned readin’, writin’, Route 23
To the jobs that lay waitin’ in those cities’ factories
They learned readin’, writin’, roads to the north
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can’t afford
They thought readin’, writin’, Route 23
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
They didn’t know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery

Have you ever seen ‘em
Put the kids in the car after work on Friday night
Pull up in a holler about 2 a.m.
And see a light still shinin’ bright
Those mountain folks sat up that late
Just to hold those little grandkids
In their arms, in their arms
And I’m proud to say that I’ve been blessed
And touched by their sweet hillbilly charm

[Chorus:]
They learned readin’, writin’, Route 23
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities’ factories
They learned readin’, writin’, roads to the north
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can’t afford
They thought readin’, writin’, Route 23
Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
They didn’t know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery

Yeah, it turns out that that old highway,
Leads you to a world of misery

They found out that that old highway
Leads you to a world of misery…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Please, Please Baby

Yeah hang on a second
Yeah, hang on the to the rhythm, buddy

Please, please baby, baby come back home
I’s so cold and dark here all alone
If you come back I promise I’ll be good
If you come home, baby, I’ll act like I should

I laughed when you packed your bags and told me goodbye
I hollered “I don’t need you”, oh, but honey that’s a lie

Please, please baby, baby come back home
It’s so cold and dark here all alone
If you come back, I promise I’ll be good
If you come home, baby, I’ll act like I should

If you don’t come home dear, I know I’ll go insane
Sweetheart, I plead guilty, darlin’ I take all the blame

Please, please baby, baby come back home
It’s so cold and dark here all alone
If you come back, I promise I’ll be good
If you come home, baby, I’ll act like I should

Please, please, please baby, come back home
It’s so cold and dark here all alone
If you come back, I promise I’ll be good
If you come home, baby, I’ll act like I should
If you come home, baby, I’ll act like I should

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Paradise

When I was a boy my family would travel
Inta’ Western Kentucky where my parents were born
To a lost little town there thats often remembered
So many times that my memory drew warn
And daddy won’t ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said I’m sorry my son but yer too late in askin’
Mr. Peabodys’ coal trains hauled it away
Well sometimes we travel right down the green river
To the abandoned old prison down by Gadry Hill.
Where the air smelled like snakes an’ we’d shoot off pistols
Ahh but empty pop bottles is all we would kill
And daddy won’t ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where paradise lay
He said i’m sorry my son but yer too late in askin’
Mr. Peabodys’ coal train has hauled it away
Welll the coal compny’ came with the worlds largest shovel
They tortured the timber and stripped all of the land
Lord they dug for their coal til the ground was forsaken
Then wrote it all down as a the Progress Of Man
So daddy won’t ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said I’m sorry my son but yer too late in askin’
Mr. Peabodys’ coal trains hauled it away
When I die let my ashes float down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam
I’ll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waitin’
Just 5 miles away from wherever I am
Ohhh… and daddy won’t ya take me back to Mulingburg County
Down by the green river where Paradise lay
He said I’m sorry my son but yer too late in askin’
Mr. Peabodys’ coal train has hauled it away
He said I’m sorry my son but yer too late in askin’
Mr. Peabodys coal train has hauled it away
Oh Mr. Peabodys’ coal train has hauled it away.

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Only You (Can Break My Heart)

Only you can make my dreams come true
Only you can turn my skies blue
Love like ours should not be far apart
Only you can break my heart

Only you can end these sleepless nights
Only you can make things turn out right
You and you alone can keep us far apart
Only you can break my heart
Only you can break my heart

Only you can make my dreams come true
Only you can turn my skies blue
Love like ours should not be far apart
Only you can break my heart
Only you can break my heart

Only you
Only you
Only you

DWIGHT YOAKAM – No Future In Sight

The clock in your pocket keeps tickin’
But that don’t get prayed to by me
I threw away all I was given
Just so that I could be free

I’ve got no future in sight
Time won’t deny that I’m right
The past has always been bright
But I’ve got no future in sight

So, if for me you have come a-lookin’
You better knock with a gun in your hand
For boldness has started a journey
That only the graveyard will end

I’ve got no future in sight
Time won’t deny that I’m right
The past has always been bright
But I’ve got no future in sight

I made love to my pretty wife this morning
Then I kissed my sleepin’ babies goodbye
And have set forth upon those who decided
That this is the day I’d die

And I’ve got no future in sight
Time won’t deny that I’m right
The past has always been bright
But I’ve got no future in sight

DWIGHT YOAKAM – New San Antonio Rose

Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I live with a memory
Beneath the stars all alone

It was there I found beside the Alamo
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moonlit path that only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love

Moon in all your splendor knows only my heart
Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone
Her lips so sweet and tender like petals fallin’ apart
Speak once again of my love, my own

Broken song, empty words I know
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit path by the Alamo
And Rose, my Rose of San Antone

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Near You

Everywhere you go each day
I will be near you, Oh and dear you
Don’t even have to say much for me to hear you
Because it’s clear you
Have a very simple way to keep me near you

Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Every morning, night and noon
I will be near you, Oh and dear you
Won’t even have to do much for me to feel you
Are sincere you
Like a magnet pull so strong it keeps me near you

Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love

I could try to just lie and tell people I’m free
Like a wave telling sand it won’t go back to the sea
But what I say doesn’t do no good
Like I ever thought it would

Everywhere you go each day
I will be near you, Oh and dear you
Don’t even have to say much for me to hear you
Because it’s clear you
Have a very simple way to keep me near you

Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Through the power of love
Through the power of love…

DWIGHT YOAKAM – Mystery Train

Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
Train I ride, sixteen coaches long
Well that long black train got my baby and gone

Train train, comin’ ’round, ’round the bend
Train train, comin’ ’round the bend
Well it took my baby, but it never will again (no, not again)

Train train, comin’ down, down the line
Train train, comin’ down the line
Well it’s bringin’ my baby, ’cause she’s mine all, all mine
(She’s mine, all, all mine)