And if I died at twenty-three Would you bury me in the sunshine? Please let me know that you?re still mine Though I?m gone My love for you is oh-
I'm gonna take a freight train down at the station, Lord I don't care where it goes Gonna climb a mountain, the highest mountain, Lord And gonna jump
Took my fam'ly away from my Carolina home Had dreams about the West and started to roam Six long months on a dust covered trail They say heaven's
I say, how can you say Where I'll be from day to day When I don't even know myself But the life that I lead Is so full of mysteries That's why I'm always
Many a time I feel so lonesome Many a day I've been so doggone tired When I get lonesome, yes I do I think about true love And when I think about true
if i die at 23 won't you bury me in the sunshine? please let me know that you're still mine. though i'm gone, my love for you is, oh, so strong. and
Tried to keep me wonderin' All the time Didn't think I knew, Lord What you was up to But everywhere you go Met them friends of mine And you know
I've tasted sour And I've tasted sweet Seen bitter days draw a tear I've been swept off my feet Seems I've been here many times before Every time
where ya are As you stomp your feet to a country guitar You can have fun I'm tellin' you can When you stomp your feet to a hillbilly band Everynight
Am I the kind of man That lives by his heart Who believes in God almighty Not fearin' the devil or the dark Always there when you need me to be
I know that sometimes you think I don't love you ...but I can't act like we just met all the time And I can say without adoubt you're the only love I
I've been down around Houston,Texas Where the sun shines most of the time I've been driving about six hours Tryin' to reach that Arkansas line But Texarkana
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Lord I've always been a drifter, seems like I was always passing through I never met anybody or anything, I just had to come back to you But the minute
Well I told you once and I told you twice And I ain't gonna tell you no more You don't do nothin' that I tell you And now you're tellin' me to walk
I guess I?m traveling, my last mile Don?t feel like, I?ve got a place to go Just been here thinkin?, if I got somethin? in this life to show Chorus-
Well my idea of a good time Is walkin' my property line And knowin' the mud on my boots is mine Watchin' them leaves Turnin' from green to gold