Ambiguity is a word I never need
You can believe
I'll never cheat I'll never lie I'll never run
You'd never think by looking at me
I've got a real respectable job
I sell futures in the daytime
I do my best and I work real hard
I'm a member of the Lions Club
And I just joined Rotary
I make a real good contribution
To the National GNP
But when the nighttime comes
You'll find me out on the town
I've got a second job
Since she let me down
I'm a cry by night operator
I'm here every night at ten
The juke box is my time clock
Here's a quarter punch me in
I'm a cry by night operator
I'll be here 'til closing time
'Cause it's a full time job with a double shift
Trying to drink her off of my mind
No one in the office
Knows she left me all alone
My suit is pressed, my shirt is clean
My hair is perfectly combed
Once again they voted me
Employee of the year
They'd never guess behind this smile
There's a man moonlighting tears
So when the nighttime comes
I'm out on the town
I've got a second job
Since she let me down
Well I don't need no whiskey
To leave my blues behind
'Cause I got a woman
Sweeter than cherry wine
One shot of her lovin'
And I stay drunk all the time
She gives me 200 proof lovin'
Pure as any moonshine
Made down in Tennessee
I get high on her kissin' and her huggin'
200 proof lovin' is all the proof I need
Whenever I'm around her
My head spins like a top
Her touches make me dizzy
And my defenses drop
I know that I'm addicted
But I don't wanna stop
Her love is ever pure and strong
And I stay intoxicated all night long
Almost heaven West Virginia
Blue Ridge mountains Shenandoah river
Life is old there older than the trees
Younger than the mountains growing like a breeze
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain mama
Take me home country roads
All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Minty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eye
I hear her voice in ther morning hours she calls me
Radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday
You've seen enough of what the world can do
I've seen too much of it without you
So tell me now as far as we're concerned
What would it take to make a place
Where bridges never burn
We've both seen life come crumbling down
We've both lost loves that we thought were true
And now though fear keeps crowding near our minds
Inside our hearts it's time to start
To leave that all behind
Where bridges never burn
No more hard lessons to be learned
Let's take this love that we've both earned
And go where bridges never burn
Love don't carry no guarantee
But we've got everything that we need
So let's hold on as long as this world turns
And try to find some peace of mind
Where bridges never burn
I can't believe that this is happening
I can't see where this is coming from
All the years I stood beside you
Should mean something after all is said and done
These days you treat me like a stranger
And now it's coming down to this
Once you step out in the darkness
There's no reaching back for something you might miss
Into the shadow of night I watch you walking away
Leaving here with a heart of stone and lots of hell to pay
You say there's nothing left and nothing left to say
Into the shadow of night I watch you fade into gray
Heaven knows that I'm not perfect
But through it all I've done my best
And there's no way to keep you happy
If that's what it takes I guess I failed the test
I can't believe that this is happening
Something had gotten into you
You think a better life is waiting
Well for your sake I hope you find it's true
I'm overdrive from nine to five
Monday through Friday just to keep this dream alive
I need one more day of weekend
I need one more day of weekend
48 hours and I'm back to work again
I need one more day of weekend
Me and my baby we like romance
We just get started but we never get the chance
We need one more day of weekend
We need one more day of weekend
We need a three day shot of holding back that clock
We need one more day of weekend
I'm always in a hurry always on the run
I need to blow it out and have a little fun
The pace I'm living at is driving me insane
Monday comes around and I'm back at it again
It's forty hours five days a week
Two days is not enough to get me my relief
I need one more day of weekend
I need one more day of weekend
Seems like it's over before it begins
I need one more day of weekend
I'm overdrive from nine to five
Monday through Friday just to keep this dream alive
I need one more day of weekend
I need one more day of weekend
I need a three day shot of holding back that clock
I need one more day of weekend
Norman Rockwell wouldn't live around here
The rule of law is now a rule of fear
Under a city light or country moon
Someone is whistling a wicked tune
Down by the river back in the alley
Up in the mansion or the peaceful valley
Everywhere you turn it comes to this
Someone is offering a Judas kiss
Hell's gates are open real wide
Hell's gates are open real wide
From the west coast to the east side
Hell's gates are open real wide
It all started in a younger time
Now it's thirty years of slow decline
Things that then we never dreamed we'd see
Now we tolerate so easily
In the shadow there's an outstretched hand
Through its fingers trickles golden sand
Our time is ticking like an atom bomb
When it explodes which side will you be on?
Down by the river back in the alley
Up on the mountain or the peaceful valley
You better pray to God to watch for you
'Cause something else is out there watching too
Well I've got a crow I want to pick with you
Like last time when the feathers flew
You're running wild kicking up your heels
Leaving me home to pay a handful of bills
I caught you honky tonking with my best friend
The thing to do to leave you and I should've left then
Now I'm too tired to leave you but I still get sore
When you come home feeling for the knob on the door
So tell me why baby why baby why baby why
You make me cry baby cry baby cry baby cry
Well I can't help but love you 'til the day that I die
So tell me why baby why baby why baby why
Well I don't know but I've heard say
That every little dog's gotta have his day
You best pay attention don't you dare forget
That I'm just a little bitty puppy yet
I can't live with you and you know it's true
But there's no living with you now so what can I do
I'm going honky tonkin' just as fast as I can
Maybe by then you'll appreciate a good man
The sun is sinking hot red and close
Your life is coming up like an overdose
The pain you're feeling runs so deep
It even dominates your dreams when you sleep
The life you had is crashin' down
While all around a darkness settles in
Somewhere within somewhere within
We all find a place to start over again
Somewhere within somewhere within
Salvation is waitin' for you like a long lost friend
So now you're thinking that your race is run
And all you can see are the mistakes that you've done
But on a cross up on a hill
He's waiting still to take that pain from you
I'm a breed of man almost extinct
I'm not afraid of what you think
I never quit until the job gets done
Because I'm a straight shooting son of a gun
I've been to Vietnam and Korea too
And I'd have given my life for you
I won't hurt nobody if you don't cross me
I've never been in therapy
My hair is gray
But I won't let technology sweep me away
I'll find a way
To never cheat to never lie to never run
Yes ma'am or please
Ambiguity is a word I never need
You can believe
I'll never cheat I'll never lie I'll never run