Theres A Little Bit Of Hank In Me lyrics

Everybody says you let me down I should be ashamed to take you round

Makes no difference what you used to do darling I could never be ashamed of you
Maybe you were reckless yesterday but together we can find a brighter day

In my heart I know that you'll come true darling I could never be ashamed of you

[ steel ]

All the happiness I've ever known came the day you said you'd be my own

Well Hank I never met you but I sure heard you sing

At a little bitty port down in Mississippi you filled my heart with dreams

I got an old guitar and I learned how to sing as you did the Lovesick Blues
So Hank if you're listenin' there's one just for you

There's a little bit of Hank in me

Cause I caught it in my voice of the radio '53

Tonight my head is bowed in sorrow I can't keep the tears from my eyes

My son calls another man daddy the right to his love I've been denied
My son calls another man daddy he'll never know my name nor my face

God only knows how it hurts me for another to be in my place

[ steel ]

Each night I lay there in prison I pictured a future so bright

Well why don't you love me like you used to do

How come you treat me like a worn out shoe

My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue

Why don't you love me like you used to do
Ain't had no lovin' like a huggin' and a kissin' in a long long while

We don't get nearer or further or closer than a country mile

Why don't you spark like you used to do

When my baby moved out and the blues moved in there wasn't nothing I could do

But mosey around with my head in my hands oh Lord what am I comin' to

I just keep moanin' moanin' the blues
I wrote a nice long letter sayin' mama please come home

Your daddy is lonesome and all I do is moan

I've been lovin' that gal for so doggone long I can't afford to lose her now

If the wife and I are fussin' brother that's our right

Cause me and that sweet woman's got a licence to fight

Why don't you mind your own business mind your own business

Cause if you mind your own business then you won't be mindin' mine
On the woman on our party line's a nosey thing

She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring

I can see your 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 see your mansion on the hill

Do you recall when we parted the story to me you've revealed

Yes you said you could live without love dear in your loveless mansion on the hill

[ piano ]