Early Tracks lyrics

Let me tell you ‘bout the girl of mine
Got her walkin' down th'assembly line
She bring the paycheck home to me
My baby, she worships me

She like the way I walk
She like the way I talk
That woman can't let me be
My baby, she worships me

Go tell her, she pays the bill
She make the payment on my Coupe de Ville
She leave a 20 for me every day

Darlin', I could tell we're through
That leavin' look's all over you
I'll be waitin' here no matter what you do
Call me if you need a fool

Go and find another guy
And if he don't believe your lies
You know there's someone who'll swear every word is true
Call me if you need a fool

They're just not makin' fools the way that they used to

Daddy used to tell me "Don't you drag your feet"
"Never seen a good intention that a man could eat"
Well, I got about a million things I need to do
I don't wanna think about nothin' but you

Everybody talk about Maybellene
Yellow Rose Of Texas and the Sweet Sixteen
Well, I don't wanna hear about no Peggy Sue
I don't wanna think about nothin' but you

About the time that Daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store, when I was thirteen
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen

So l asked if I could have one someday when I grew up
Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up
She really blew up, and she didn't understand
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

Everybody's out to get me
See it in their eyes
Hardly see the way they look at me
When I go cruisin' by

Cadillac, Cadillac
I'm a Coupe de Ville built for thrill
Cadillac

I got chrome everywhere I need it
Rolled and pleated front to back
If you don't think I got it made
You ought to see me dressed in black

Cadillac, Cadillac
I'm a Coupe de Ville built for thrill

Here I am again, now, acting like a crazy fool
Every time I get to rockin', I always run into you
I never did understand why you want to be so cruel

Well, Annie, is tonight the night?
Do you think the moon is right?
You don't have to tell me you will
Just say that you might

I know you told me once
I guess you coulda told me twice

You know that it's been such a long time, honey
Since I've been ridin' next to you
I ain't a-waitin' in no long line, honey
You know I'm only passin' through

Well, I got here without warning
Well, I'm leavin' in the mornin'
You won't find me hangin' ‘round your door tomorrow like your other men
Hey darlin', squeeze me in

I've been sleepin' by the road side, honey

Baby, last night I was watchin' my headlights flashin' on the guard rail
Now it's early in the mornin' and I'm still runnin' like the devil was on my trail

Well, say why why why would a man treat a woman that way?
I say cry cry cry, she's never gonna make me stay

Now I'm ridin' on the wheels of fortune
I'm spinnin' like a weather vane
I feel my shotgun when I see my shadow

Here I am sittin' on your porch, dear
Beggin' you darlin', let me in
In total submission I have come here
Oh sweetheart, I know how bad I've been

I won't let my dog sleep in your hallway
I won't spit my tobacco on your floor
I'll come runnin' when you call me
If you just opened up your door

If you tell me you still love me
I won't drink or cuss no more

Well, sittin' in the depot long before the break of day
I just bought my ticket, Lord I hope the bus ain't late
I'll have a cup of coffee and a sandwich from the microwave

Now I'm gonna see my baby if it's the last thing I ever do
Got this sittin' in the station sick and tired of waitin'
Continental Trailways blues

Well rollin' out for Houston, man we're finally rollin' now

I don’t fall in love as a rule
Because it always makes me look like a fool
Well, it keeps me up late
I can’t concentrate
And I pride myself on keepin’ my cool
But I got to admit
I’m just a little bit in love with you

Now, I don’t want you gettin’ me wrong
Because I don’t sit up at night by the phone
Well, if you come around
I let my guard down

I cried so hard
You know I can’t do more
It’s a turn of the card
It’s a close of the door
The lies you told
You know they hurt so deep
So I go home and cry myself to sleep

Day after day
You been treatin’ me bad
My friends’ll come up and say
Why do you take all of that?
And it’s makin’ me moan
And it’s makin’ me weep

(steve earle’s version)
The first time I laid eyes on you
I checked myself right out of this world
One thing will bring me back from this heart attack
And that’s your sweet lovin’, girl

Ooh, your huggin’ and kissin’
Mmm, made my lights come on
You put the crush on me
Little girl, can’t you see I’m gone