Hank Locklin Lyrics
A Tribute to Roy Acuff King of Country Music

As Long As I Live I'll love you dear as long as I live It was easy said that night we parted that we'd forget we had e...
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain In the twilight glow I see her blue eyes crying in the rain As we kissed goodbye and parted I knew w...
Great Speckled Bird What a beautiful thought I am thinking concerning the great speckled bird Remember her name is recor...
Maple On The Hill Here upon the quiet country village stood the maple on the hill There I sat with my Jeannie of long ...
Once More Once more to be with you dear just for tonight to hold you tight Once more I'd give a fortune if I c...
Pins And Needles (in My Heart) I know not where on earth to find you I know not how or where to start I only know I'm here without ...
Precious Jewel Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered There beneath the grave lies a girl that I love She...
Wabash Cannonball From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the queen of glowin' mountains to the s...
Waltz Of The Wind You were there in my arms alone in the moonlight The trees played the waltz of the wind It was there...
Wreck On The Highway Who did you say it was brother who was it fell by the way When whiskey and blood ran together did yo...
Sings Hank Williams

Hey Good Lookin' Hey hey good lookin' whatcha got cookin' how's about cookin' something up with me Hey sweet baby don...
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so l...
Jambalaya (on The Bayou) Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne the sweete...
Long Gone Lonesome Blues I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by But when I got to the river so lonesome I wanted ...
Mansion On The Hill Tonight down here in the valley I'm lonesome and oh how I feel As I sit here alone in my cabin I can...
May You Never Be Alone Like a bird that's lost its mate in flight I'm alone and oh so blue tonight Like a piece of driftwoo...
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight I'll pretend I'm free from sorrow make believe that wrong is right Your wedding day will be tomorrow...
Why Don't You Love Me Well why don't you love me like you used to do How come you treat m like a worn out shoe My hair's s...
You Win Again The news is out all over town that you've been seen a runnin' round I know that I should leave but t...
Your Cheatin' Heart Your cheating heart will make you weep you'll cry and cry and try to sleep But sleep won't come the ...
Sings Eddy Arnold

Bouquet Of Roses I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses one for every time you broke my heart And as the door of love...
Chained To A Memory Makes no difference if we two are far apart dear I could never ever love somebody new Cause there is...
Each Minute Seems A Million Years I have no record now I pine for you are all that's on my mind I think of you both night and day each...
Heart Full Of Love I traded a heart full of love for a handful of kisses that you were just throwing away I traded a li...
I Really Don't Want To Know How many arms have held you and hated to let you go How many how many I wonder but I really don't wa...
I Walk Alone I walk alone where once we wandered it seems so strange since you are gone Till you return I'll stay...
I'll Hold You In My Heart I'll hold you in my heart till I can hold you in my arms Like you'd never been held before I'll thin...
It's A Sin It's a sin my darling how I love you because I know our love can never be It's a sin to keep this me...
Mommy Please Stay Home With Me A mother went out on a party she left at home her baby son He cried and begged her not to leave him ...
That's How Much I Love You If I had a nickel I know what I would do I'd spend it all for candy and give it all to you I'd spend...
Hank Locklin

Fourteen Karat Gold A chain of steel a wall of stone could not keep me from you But while your finger wears a ring of go...
From Here To There To You (From here to there to you) From here to there to you my letter is on its way To tell you how I miss...
Good Woman's Love I was a rover on land and on sea till a good woman's love made a new man of me Life had no meaning i...
Love Or Spite Once I know you cared for only me a love we shared I know was right Tomorrow you'll wed someone else...
Rich And The Poor Sometimes I get so lonely and I don't know what to do Though there's people all around me still I fe...
Same Sweet Girl All the years have seemed so short since I have known you And the love I've shared with you I won't ...
Seven Or Eleven A seven or eleven that would put me high But it would be just my luck to roll an old snakeye Well on...
She's Better Than Most Don't whisper gossip about her though it may be true what you say I don't want to hear it I don't ne...
Toujours Moi (always Me) When the moon is shining down down through the moss covered trees Never let to see you kiss anyone e...
You Can't Never Tell Well the other night I had a dream I dreamed I had a castle and I was a king But you can't never tel...
Irish Songs Country Style

Danny Dear Daddy was a handsome lad close on seventeen And every girl he met was mad to be Danny's queen Danny ...
Forty Shades Of Green I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea From the fishing boats at Dingle to the shores of...
Galway Bay If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, Then maybe at the closing of your day, You will sit and wa...
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen I'll take you home again Kathleen, across the ocean wild and wide. To where your heart has ever been...
Kevin Barry In MOUNT JOY jail one Monday morning High upon the gallows tree Kevin Barry gave his young life For ...
My Wild Irish Rose My wild Irish Rose the sweetest flower that grows You may search everywhere but none can compare wit...
Old Bog Road The Old Bog Road: Teresa Brayton My feet are here on Broadway This blessed harvest morn, But oh!...
Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (that's An Irish Lullaby) Over in Kelarny many years ago My mother sang a song to me in tone so sweet and low Just a simple li...
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling When Irish eyes are smiling sure it's like a morning spring In the lilt of Irish laughter you can he...
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On

Blue Side Of Lonesome I'm calling to tell you it's over yes darling you're now free to go You're saying you're sorry you h...
Bonaparte's Retreat Met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie Neath the stars above she was the sweetest girl I eve...
Forgive Me I left you and left you broken hearted I left you and now I can't forget I thought then that I could...
I'll Go On Alone We're traveling down two different roads in world so far apart You want me yet there's someone else ...
Last Thing On My Mind (Are you going away with no word of farewell will there be not a trace left behind) Well I could hav...
Maiden's Prayer When the evening falls twilight shadows find There beneath the stars an Indian maiden divine The moo...
Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On Send me the pillow that you dream on don't you know that I still care for you Send me the pillow tha...
Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight Silver dew on the blue grass tonight how it shines in the moon silvery light Oh my darling far from ...
Singing The Blues Well I never felt more like singing the blues cause I never thought that I'd ever lose Your love dea...
Who Can I Count On Who can I count on if I can't count on you I never counted on you makin' me blue They say you're run...
The Ways Of Life

Candy Kisses Candy kisses wrapped in paper mean more to you than any of mine Candy kisses wrapped in paper you'd ...
I Love You Because I love you because you understand dear every single thing I try to do You're always there to lend a ...
Kentucky Waltz We were waltzin' that night in Kentucky beneath that beautiful harvest moon I was a boy that was luc...
Little Bit Lonesome A little bit lonesome a little bit blue all by my ownsome thinkin' of you Wondering how come you do ...
Rosalita Rosalita my little rose of the rancho you won my heart down by the Rio Dry your eyes dear and don't ...
Slowly Slowly I'm falling more in love with you Slowly you're winning a heart that can be true Now I can't ...
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me (Oh they'll never never take her love from me) If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares...
Too Close To Her (and Too Far From You) I was just lonesome I was just blue and I was too close to her and too far from you We shared a glas...
We're Gonna Go Fishin' Bring along your fishin' pole and leave your dirty dishes Meet me by the fishin' HOLE and wear your ...
Foreign Love

Blue Hawaii Night and you and blue Hawaii the night is heavenly and you are heaven to me Lovely you and blue Haw...
Filipino Baby When the warship left Manila sailing proudly o'er the sea Many sailors hearts were filled with sad r...
Foreign Love Harbor lights are ahead and bright they're shining I can feel the thrill of coming home But I know m...
Foreign Love Affair I wonder how many poor boys like me are still in love with a foreign memory And how many poor girls ...
Fraulein Far across deep blue water lives an old German's daughter By the banks of the old River Rhine Where ...
Geisha Girl Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand Well you've met her in a teahouse on the ...
Lili Marlene Underneath the lantern by the barrack's gate Darling I remember the way you used to wait Twas there ...
Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Mademoiselle of gay Paris think back think back remember me Mademoiselle Mademoiselle i...
Mexicali Rose Mexicali Rose stop crying I'll come back to you some sunny day Every night you know that I'll be pin...
The Mayor Of Mac Lellan Florida

If Loving You Means Anything I don't blame you for not trusting me just yet Someone's hurt you and you're not willing to forget ...
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 I'd gladly hold...
Only A Fool Only a fool could keep on loving you If it's crazy to love you then I'm crazy cause I do You don't c...
She's As Close As I Can Get To Loving You Her hair should be a little darker and her eyes should be a deeper blue She's not perfect but I'm ha...
Sweet Memories My world is like a river As dark as it is deep Night after night the past slips in And gathers all m...
Wishing It Was You Tomorrow when I'm walking down the isle I'll try to hide my heartache with a smile Cause when I look...
Bummin' Around

Happy Journey

Happy Journey Happy journey and auf wiederseh'n oh my darling till we meet again Happy journey happy journey don't...
I Can See An Angel Walkin' I can see an angel walkin' someone else is by her side I can hear an angel talkin' and she looks so ...
I Can't Stop Loving You I can't stop loving you so I've made up my mind To live in memory of old lonesome times I can't stop...
I Need You Now If I ever needed you I need you now I can't remember when I've ever been so blue If I ever needed lo...
Johnny My Love (grandma's Diary) (Johnny my love Johnny my love Johnny my love Johnny my love) While looking through an old trunk as ...
Keeper Of The Key You have gone and yet I'm still your prisoner Althought you're with your new love I'm not free For y...
Let Me Be The One Let me be the one to walk with you when you want somebody to talk with you Anything that makes you h...
Oh How I Miss You (since You Went Away) Oh how I miss you since you went away oh how I need you more every day I'll be so happy when you're ...
One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart) One has my name the other has my heart With one I'll remain that's how my heartaches start One has b...
You're The Reason (Walking the floor feeling so blue smoke cigarettes drink coffee too) Honey you're the reason I don'...
And Danny Davis And The Nashville Brass

Blue Moon Of Kentucky I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue Blue moon...
Flying South Winter's gone and summertime's a coming and where I am ain't where I wanna be I can hear my southern...
Laura (what He's Got That I Ain't Got) Laura hold these hands and count my fingers Laura touch these lips you once desired Lay your head up...
Little Acorns Give my mama credit cause my mama said it so your little acorns made of love If that's how you're sl...
Melody Of Love Hold me in your arms dear, dream with me. Cradled by your kesses tenderly. While a choir of angels f...
Once A Day When you found somebody new I thought I never would Forget you for I thought then I never could But ...
Please Help Me I'm Falling Please help me I'm falling in love with you Close the door to temptation don't let me walk through T...
My Love Song For You

I Came So Close To Living Alone I came close so close to failure I came close to losing my home I know the kids still love me and th...
I'm Slowly Going Out Of Your Mind I'm slowly a going out of your mind Lately your kisses are cold they're not the same Little by littl...
Longing To Hold You Again All alone here am I so lonely I could cry cause I'm longing to hold you again Missing you is all I d...
Love Song For You I am writing this song for you let me see do I know what to say For the old words of love won't do l...
Lovin' You (the Way I Do) Everyday darling come what may I'll go on loving you the way I do I could have spent a lifetime of l...
Loving Arms Loving arms will wait for you sweet sweet dreams that won't come true I just got to see you one more...
Minute You're Gone The minute you're gone I cry the minute you're gone I die Before you walk out of sight I'm like a ch...
Tender Side Of Me You'll always have the tender side of me forever in my heart you'll always be I'll prove my love eac...
This Song Is Just For You

I Gotta Talk To Your Heart I've gotta talk to your heart you have no right to make me cry The love I've shone for you these yea...
One Step Ahead Of My Past The love that I've waited and longed for is here in my arms at last But she doesn't know all about m...
Other Side Of The Door When we say goodnight I leave my hope I leave my dreams I leave my heart On the other side of the do...
Paper Face I still have the photograph that you gave me I'll treasure it until the day I die My only happiness ...
Second Fiddle Seems I'm always right behind never first in line A winner maybe I'm not meant to be Number one woul...
Simple Things I can't buy you pretty things I can't give you diamond rings All I have to offer is simple thing my ...
This Song Is Just For You Of all the songs the world is singing of dreams that do and don't come true I guess I've sung about ...
Time Nor Tide Time nor tide will never change its way love like mine goes on day after day True as stars that twin...
Welcome Home Mr. Blues There is someone at the door guess I'd better go see Who'd be comin' round at this hour callin' on m...
You Only Want Me When You're Lonely You only want me when you're lonely when no one else want you it seems And even though you call me d...
Once Over Lightly

Back Street Affair You didn't know I wasn't free when you fell in love with me And with all your young heart you learne...
Before I'm Over You I just can't get it through my head you love another now instead Can't make myself believe we're rea...
Faith And Truth Faith and truth I bear unto you Until the last beat of my heart your my world and all my dreams come...
Fool No.1 Am I fool number one or am I fool number two How many other fools have been fooled by you I suppose ...
I Don't Hurt Anymore I don't hurt anymore all my teardrops are dried No more walking the floor with that burning inside J...
I Walk The Line I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out...
I'll Be There (if You Ever Want Me) There ain't no chain strong enough to hold me ain't no breeze big enough to slow me Never have seen ...
My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You I may say that I don't care hold my head up in the air Even tell my friends I'm glad that you don't ...
No One Is Sweeter Than You Just a little bit of loving and you would have my heart Just a little kiss to prove you love me true...
Shame On You Shame shame on you shame shame on you Took my heart as a token when we heard it was broken Hide your...
Tennessee Border Her eyes were brown her hair was auburn her smile was like an angel dear She was her daddy's only da...
Together Again Together again my tears have stopped falling the long lonely nights are now at an end The key to my ...
Wild Side Of Life You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you you asked me not to call you on the phone But there's som...
Softly

And Then And then I slowly took you in my arms and held you And then I found your waiting lips and then I kis...
From Heaven To Heartache From heaven to heartache is such a long way to go From holdin' an angel to onlyness in her soul I sa...
Happy Face When the key turns in my front door then the real me starts to show I take off my happy face and let...
Imagination Running Wild Just like all the other times as we entered Across the white dance floor then to the bar I thought I...
It Hardly Hurts Anymore It hardly hurts anymore the heartache's almost gone away It hardly hurts anymore except each night a...
Softly Softly so softly you stole into my life Gently you kissed me soft as a feather ever so lightly Slowl...
Today I Started Loving You Again Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been I got over you just lo...
Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day Where the blue of the night meets the gold of the day someone waits for me And the gold of her hair ...
With One Exception I've seen lots of pretty faces in a million different places And it's hard for me to keep from doing...
Lookin' Back

Cry Cry Darling Cry cry darling that's what I do if you'd leave me with the blues Cry cry darling that's all I do if...
He'll Have To Go Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone Let's pretend that we're together all alone I'll te...
I Don't Know Why (i Just Do) I don't know why I love you like I do I don't know why I just do I don't know why you thrill me like...
My Blue Heaven When whippoorwills call and evening is nigh I hurry to my blue heaven I turn to the right a little w...
My Heart Cries For You My heart cries for you sighs for you dies for you And my arms long for you please come back to me I...
My Melancholy Baby Come sweetheart mine don't sit and pine Tell me of the cares that make you feel so blue What have I ...
She Thinks I Still Care She thinks I still care Just because I asked a friend about her just because I spoke her name somewh...
When I Grow Too Old To Dream When I grow too old to dream I have you to remember But when I grow too old to dream your love will ...
When I Lost You I lost the sunshine and roses I lost the heavens of blue I lost the beautiful rainbow I lost the mor...
Please Help Me I'm Falling

Foreign Car There's nothin' in the world that pleases me Like a pretty little girl from across the sea But the t...
Hiding In My Heart You were hiding in my heart you were in that way down deep I never knew that you were there why I mu...
I'm So Tired Of Goin' Home All By Myself I'm so tired of goin' home all by myself Please darling don't place my love on the shelf The day you...
It's A Little More Like Heaven I have sailed the peaceful water salty ocean deep and blue Felt the rapture of the dawning thrilled ...
Livin' Alone (Livin Alone A Man may be wealthy, with more than his share, He may be able to go anywhere. He may...
My Old Hometown I've seen Big Ben in London town the lights of gay Paris The charming seems the foreign lands leave ...
Seven Days (hummin' Song) Hmm hmm hmm hmm I'm lonely hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmI'm blue Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm I miss you hmm hmm hmm hm...
When The Band Plays The Blues Go on tonight to the party with him and while you're dancing so closely with him Don't let me cross ...
The Girls Get Prettier

Girls Get Prettier (every Day) Everytime I look at you I pinch myself can it be true This lovely girl is really mine any wonder I f...
Honey Song (honey I'm In Love With You) HONEY SONG (G, C, D7) A7 G Honey, I'm in love with | you _ _ _ | A7 I love everything you | do _ ...
I Love You A Thousand Ways I love you I'll prove it in days to come I swear it's true darling you're the only one I think of yo...
It's Another World It's another world when I'm with you Roses everywhere blue skies up above everybody is in love It's ...
My Happiness Evening shadows make me blue when each weary day is through How I long to be with you my happiness E...
Put Me In Your Pocket Put me in your pocket so I'll be close to you No more will I be lonesome and no more will I be blue ...
There's More Pretty Girls Than One There's more pretty girls than one there's more pretty girls than one Every town I ramble around the...
Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again Tie me to your apron strings again I know there's room for me upon your knee Bring back all those ha...
Why Baby Why Tell me why baby why baby why baby why You make me cry baby cry baby cry baby cry Well I got a crow ...
Country Hall Of Fame

Four Walls Out where the bright lights are glowing you're drawn like a moth to a flame You laugh while the wine...
High Noon (do Not Forsake Me) Do not forsake me oh my darling on this our wedding day Do not forsake me oh my darling wait wait al...
Lovesick Blues I got a feelin' called the blues oh Lord since my baby's said goodbye Well I don't know what I'll do...
Night Train To Memphis Take that night train to Memphis take that night train to Memphis And when you arrive at the station...
Peace In The Valley Oh well I'm tired and so weary but I must go along Till the Lord will come and call call me away oh ...
Signed Sealed And Delivered Signed sealed and delievered a package containing my heart To open remove the wrapper but please don...
T For Texas (blue Yodel No.1) T's for Texas T's for Tennessee T's for Texas T's for Tennessee T's for Telma that made a wreck out ...
Walking The Floor Over You I'm walking the floor over you I can't sleep a wink that is true I'm hoping and I'm praying as my he...
When I Stop Dreaming When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life ...