Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963 - 1973 lyrics

He said pardon me for bein' so bold but you got a cigarette that's already rolled

I gave him one he lit it in his own good time

The smoke in that poolroom hung like a fog

When he talked it sounded like a growling dog
He said would you care for a dollar on the five or nine

Now this man was ugly and his eyes were mean

His clothes were dirty but his hands were clean

Oh please let me prove my love for you don't make me suffer I beg of you
I wanna show only real love can do oh please let me prove my love for you
Our love in the past has left its mark so now you resist this love of ours
You're so afraid that I won't be true oh please let me prove my love for you
[ strings ]
I wanna show only real love can do oh please let me prove my love for you

To your way of thinking a promise is easy to make

Cause to your kind of promise is nothing but something to break

And the laugh fits your lips honey like a hand fits the glove
And your kind of woman don't understand my kind of love

The heartaches you caused me don't cause you the least bit of shame

And I guess if I let you you'd hurt me all over again

I guess you think you broke my heart but I don't mind that we're apart

As sure as there's another dawn you can bet that I will be a long time gone
For every time you lied to me I told myself that this can't be

I know I was completely wrong you can bet that I will be a long time gone

[ dobro ]

My mind's been on you day and night but now I finally saw the light

If you wonder why I always look so bad and even when I smile I still look sad

Well it's just because I've lost the only love I've ever had
Now I'm livin' in tumble down shack on shabby little street on the hill in Lonelyville

If you think I'm livin' pretty well it's true

But there's nothing else that's left for me to do

For as long as I can remember I've worked down in this pit

But today it's all over for this is the day I quit

I'm gonna take my sweet little Ginny and make her my own

We gonna move down in the valley and built ourselves a home
This is the last day in the mines

[ guitar ]

Well I swing that pick move that shovel and time goes so slow

Some folks call me a laughin' boy some say I'm a clown

But till you've tried my way of life don't ever put it down

And if it feels good do it if it hurts just let it lie
Now there's no mistery to it just a better way to look at life

Some folks worry bout growin' old but that don't bother me

Old age is one thing I hope that I live long enough to see

Sometimes I'm so hurt and disappointed by the crazy things you always do

Then I'm packin' everything and I'm gone like before
But that's not all I keep coming back for more

Coming back to try to survive again too bad I have to love you like I do

I tell myself you need me but I know just what's in store

But that's not all I keep coming back no more

George I was just a layin' here thinking I'm blind for that I was all alone

Old timer if you weren't here to guide me I'd be lost and they'd never find my bones

I just came here to the North Woods for some thinking

A man's just gotta rest once in a while
And I'm really glad you're still around to guide me

It seems to me we walked a hundred miles

The place I would like to see I know but not the place where you told me to go

So anything that moves will be OK I'll take anything leaving town today
You may think that I'm joking when I'm talking

But to get away from you I may try walking

I want something that's moving right away I'll take anything leaving town today

I got a sudden urge to get away