- LYRICS -
LIKE A COUPLE OF KIDS IN LOVE
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
Verse 1
Look at that boy and girl coming down the street
She’s walking slow, he’s talking low and sweet
Staring in each other’s eyes
Letting the world pass by
He teases and he tickles and she giggles and she gives him a shove
Can’t help acting like a couple of kids in love
Verse 2
Look at that little old lady and that gray haired man
Sitting on a park bench, whispering and holding hands
She wants to reminisce,
He wants to steal a kiss
He’s sneaking in a squeeze ‘til she slaps him on his knees with her
glove
Can’t help acting like a couple of kids in love
Bridge
That’s what we all love to see
That’s how we all want to be
Verse 3
All of our friends are laughing about you and me
The parties we miss, the movies that we never see
The times we just don’t show up,
The way we just won’t grow up
No matter what they tell us it’s something that they’re all jealous
of
Can’t help acting like a couple of kids
Can’t help acting like a couple of kids
Can’t help acting like a couple of kids in love
A couple of kids in love - back to top
Volver, Volver
By F.Z. Maldanodo
Additional English lyrics by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
Verse
Este amor apasionado
Anda todo alborotado por volver;
Voy camino a la locura
Y aunque todo me tortura, se querer.
Nos dejamos hace tiempo,
Pero se llego el momento de perder.
Tu tenias mucha razon,
Le hago caso al corazon
Y me muero por volver.
Chorus
Y volver, volver, volver,
A tus brazos otra vez,
Llegare hasta donde estes
Yo se perder, yo se perder
Quiero volver, volver, volver.
Verse
Ever since I found my way here,
I’ve worked every night and day here.
It’s been so long
Since I’ve seen your pretty face,
I keep dreaming of the place
Where I belong.
But without you here beside me
And your loving hand to guide me
I must be strong.
I’ll do whatever it is I must do,
And I’ll see that our dreams will come true,
On the day that I return.
Chorus
Until the day that I return
To the warmth of your embrace
I’ll spend each moment until then
Yearning for when
I’ll hold you again
On the day that I return
Chorus
Y volver, volver, volver,
A tus brazos otra vez,
Llegare hasta donde estes
Yo se perder, yo se perder
Quiero volver, volver, volver. - back to top
A Friend Like You
Adie Grey & Dave MacKenzie
©
Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
Verse 1
I remember back when we were kids
Nobody understood me like you did
Now after everything that we’ve been through
It’s good to have a friend like you
Verse 2
We stood together when the going got rough
We stood together when the times were tough
Y’ took on one of us y’ took on two
Been good to have a friend like you
Chorus
With a friend like you if there’s trouble and I’m in it
I know help is always on the way
With a friend like you we can talk a mile a minute
(And) there’s always something more to say
I never have a lonely day
With a friend like you
Verse 3
Now it ain’t easy trying to find my way
Feels like it’s getting harder everyday
But anytime I’m feeling blue
I’m glad I have a friend like you
Verse 4
So if you stumble or if you should fall
I’ll come a’runnin’ anytime you call
You can count on me to see you through
I want to be a friend like you
Chorus 2
With a friend like you if there’s trouble and you’re in
it
Y’ know help is always on the way
With a friend like you we can talk a mile a minute
(And) there’s always something more to say
I never have a lonely day
And no matter what the world may do
I know it’s gonna be okay
With a friend like you
With a friend like you
With a friend like you - back to top
An Old Man’s Darlin’
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
© Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
Verse 1
All my friends are looking for a young man they can use
They always wind up cryin’ with them cradle robbin’ blues
And I ain’t got time to take no young boy to school
I’d rather be an old mans’ darlin’ than be some
young boys fool
Verse 2
Them young boys like to talk about how they can love all night
My old man knows one time’s enough, when you do it right
And I ain’t got time to take no young boy to school
I’d rather be an old mans’ darlin’ than be some young
boys fool
Verse 3
Then young boys won’t be happy ‘til you tell them they’re
the best
My old man loves me up and then he lets me get my rest
And I ain’t got time to take no young boy to school
I’d rather be an old mans’ darlin’ than be some young
boys fool
Verse 4
Them young boy’s are in a hurry they just want to come and go
My old man takes his sweet time he likes to move real slow
Them young boys get all herky-jerky jumpin up and down
My old man rocks me steady he likes to wind it round & round
And I ain’t got time to take no young boy to school
I’d rather be an old mans’ darlin’ than be some young
boys fool
And I ain’t got time to take no young boy to school
I’d rather be an old mans’ darlin’ than be some young
boys fool
Forget About You
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties ASCAP
Verse 1
Never solve nothing by running away
But I might go crazy if I had to stay
‘
Cause you can’t be trusted & you won’t be true
It’s about time to forget about you
Chorus
Forget about you, forget about you
No, you ain’t breaking my heart in two
Forget about you, forget about you
Won’t be all that hard to do
I’m already startin’ to forget about you
Verse 2
Resolution fails every now and then
I start reminiscing ‘bout way back when
Then I go out lookin’ for someone new
Think about him and forget about you
Chorus
Forget about you, forget about you
No, you ain’t breaking my heart in two
Forget about you, forget about you
Won’t be all that hard to do
I’m already startin’ to forget about you
Bridge
From now on that’s how it’s gonna be
I won’t even miss your memory
I’ll forget about you
Verse 3
If I see your face in the middle of the night
I wake back up, and I’m alright
Set fire to your letters and your photographs too
Sure feels good to forget about you
Chorus
Forget about you, forget about you
No, you ain’t breaking my heart in two
Forget about you, forget about you
Won’t be all that hard to do
I’m already startin’ to forget about you
Forget about you, forget about you
No, you ain’t breaking my heart in two
I’ll forget about you,
Won’t be all that hard to do
I’m already startin’ to forget about you - back
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Kisses for Christmas
by Adie Grey & Dave MacKenzie
©
Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
Release
Winter is here, the old year’s nearly past
The holiday season is coming on fast
So let’s hang the mistletoe and when we’re through
I’ll tell you what else you can do
Verse
Come on and give me your kisses for Christmas
They’re better than a present from the store
Give me your kisses for Christmas
That’s the only gift I’m wishin’ for
Bridge 1
Some folks like to throw away their money
It seems to make them happy when they do
Darlin’ now I know it may sound funny
But you don’t have to spend a dime
To make my dreams come true
I don’t have a long list of wishes
Give me your kisses for Christmas
Tag
There’s no better time, dear, than this is
So come on give me a few
I’ll give ‘em back to you
All I’m asking for are your
Kisses for Christmas - back to top
The Ballad of Black Charlie
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
Verse 1
Black Charlie’s cabin sits high on a mountain
That looks on the valley below
His people were here when this place was still nameless
That was a long time ago
Now power lines climb up the side of his mountain
The town spreads out further each day
They want to build a new interstate bypass
Black Charlie’s right in their way
Chorus
(He said) You’ve taken the place where the sweet grasses grow
Covered it up with your town
You’ve poisoned the wind and the water’s that flow
Leave me my 6 feet of ground
Verse 2
The county commissioners made a fair vote
The newspapers said it was so
You can’t hold back progress or civilization
Black Charlie’s just got to go
They sent up the sheriff and deputy too
With shotguns and warrants and worse
Black Charlie said ‘em a Scots-Irish prayer
And sang ‘em a Cherokee curse
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
Nobody knows why the shooting began and
There’s no living soul who will tell
All you can say is the real trouble started
The minute that Black Charlie fell
Dark clouds all gathered, the skies opened up
And a hard rain began to come down
The waters poured over the side of his mountain
‘
Til there wasn’t much left of that town
Repeat Chorus
Tag
Black Charlie’s ghost watches over his mountain
His cabin is there to this day
The government built a new interstate bypass
They put it up 10 miles away - back to top
Mr. Armstrong Was Right
By Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
Release
Mr. Armstrong sang a song a long, long time ago
All we need to know
How to find a rainbow
At the darkest hour in the middle of the night
I know Mr. Armstrong got it right
Verse 1
Skies of blue sometimes turn to skies of gray
When they do and the rain won’t go away
I’ll just say to myself
It’s still a wonderful world
Verse 2
It may be all my dreams will not come true
I may see all my best-laid plans fall through
I’ll keep telling myself
It’s still a wonderful world
Bridge
Winter somehow gives us spring
Any day now roses will bloom, robins will sing
Verse 3
Skies of blue sometimes turn to skies of gray
When they do I’ll just shake my head and say
Mr. Armstrong was right
It’s still a wonderful world
Tag
Mr. Armstrong was right
It’s still a wonderful world
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful,
Wonderful world - back to top
The Gospel of the Hammer
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties ASCAP
Verse 1
I can bow my head in silence, I can clap my hands and
shout
I can get down on my knees, or dance the devil out
But with all of my believin’, after all the prayin’s
through
I can’t fight the feelin’ I’ve got something more to do
Chorus
The Gospel of the Hammer anyone can understand
We can build ourselves a heaven, there is work for every hand
And we all can take a lesson from a carpenter’s son
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
Verse 2
In a world so full of plenty there are many still in need
In a land of milk and honey, many mouths to feed
If a miracle should happen and our dreams would all come true
Even when our prayers are answered, we’ll find so much more to
do
Chorus
The Gospel of the Hammer anyone can understand
We can build ourselves a heaven, there is work for every hand
And we all can take a lesson from a carpenter’s son
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
Verse 3
There is music in the moment when the weary find a bed
There’s a melody we hear when a hungry child is fed
So we gather ‘round together and we make the hammers ring
In the harmony between us we will hear the angels sing
Chorus
The Gospel of the Hammer anyone can understand
We can build ourselves a heaven, there is work for every hand
And we all can take a lesson from a carpenter’s son
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
Chorus
The Gospel of the Hammer anyone can understand
We can build ourselves a heaven, there is work for every hand
And we all can take a lesson from a carpenter’s son
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
Chorus
The Gospel of the Hammer anyone can understand
We can build ourselves a heaven, there is work for every hand
And we all can take a lesson from a carpenter’s son
In The Gospel of the Hammer there’s a home for everyone
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I Know
He Loves Me
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
©
Hey Baby! Ditties ASCAP
Verse 1
Sometimes he’s too shy to say the things I want to hear
He’s not the kind of guy who likes to whisper in my ear
Some old silly valentine he has memorized
But when I look in his eyes
Chorus
I know he loves me and when he holds me tight
I know he loves me and everything’s alright
I can’t say for certain what this old world’s comin’ to
But whatever else is true
I know he loves me
Verse 2
I like the way he kisses, the way he holds my hand
I like the way he listens and tries to understand
We don’t often disagree, but even when we do
When all the talkin’s through
Chorus
I know he loves me and when he holds me tight
I know he loves me and everything’s alright
I can’t say for certain what this old world’s comin’ to
But whatever else is true
I know he loves me
Bridge
Sometimes I get frightened
And it’s hard to find my way
I give myself a talking to,
And as I count my blessings
I keep hearing myself say
Chorus
I know he loves me and when he holds me tight
I know he loves me and everything’s alright
I can’t say for certain what this old world’s comin’ to
But whatever else is true
I know he loves me
I know he loves me
I know he loves me - back to top
Grandpa's Advice
Grandpa’s Advice by Adie Grey and Dave MacKenzie
© Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
Verse 1
I remember Sunday drivin’ in my Grandpa’s car
Old songs on the radio; the smell of his cigar
Everybody d’ honk at him because he’d drive so slow
He’d just laugh and tell me, “Kid, here’s something
you should know”
Chorus 1
They’re all jerks,
When you’re out here on your own
Just assume that everybody else is half-asleep or stoned
They’re all jerks,
And not a one knows how to drive
So you gotta pay attention to make it home alive
I’ll give you my philosophy, I guarantee it works
Repeat it after me, kid,
They’re all jerks.
Verse 2
He said, “They’ll let any fool with money buy himself
a car
And you can get a license here, however dumb you are
Oh they all turn into hotrods when they slide behind the wheel
When you get old enough to drive, remember here’s the deal:”
Repeat Chorus 1
Verse 3
Twenty-five years later, I’ve got children of my own
And I do all the driving between school and work and home
Sometimes on the weekends we head out for the beach
Now with the kids strapped in the backseat now it’s my turn
to teach
So everytime I’m cut off by some wise-guy in a truck
Or some hero in a sportscar whose gotta push his luck
I don’t get scared or angry, I just sing this little song
It always cheers me up to hear my children sing along
Chorus 2
They’re all jerks
When you’re out here on your own
Just assume that everybody else is drunk or on the phone
They’re all jerks,
Not a one knows how to drive
So you gotta pay attention to make it home alive
I’ll give you my philosophy, I guarantee it works
Repeat it after me, kids,
They’re all jerks
I said Repeat it after me, kids,
They’re all jerks - back to top
I May Be Down
by Adie Grey and Dave MacKenzie
© 1993 Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
I may be down but I ain't done
Got alot of race yet left to run
Calling me a loser don't mean you've won
I may be down but I ain't done
Born outside a river town
The waters rose when the rains came down
Days on end it wouldn't stop
'Til it wrecked the barn and it ruined the crop
Daddy'd tell all of us kids at night
“ If we just stick together we'll be alright
We'll get by, I'm not sure how
But I know it won't happen if we quit right now”
I've been getting up every day
I got kids to feed, I got bills to pay
A dead end job that I can't stand
Making half the money they'd pay a man
I remember now my daddy said
“ You're a short time living and a long time dead.
It won't be easy, it won't be fair,
But, kid, don't quit and you can get your share"
The tough gets going when the going gets tough
There’s no slowing down when the road gets rough
Like them boys in the big leagues say
No use crying, gotta keep trying
Tomorrow is another day - back to top
(A Tribute to Roy Acuff)
by Dave MacKenzie
© Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
He said, "I'm just a country boy who's tried
to do his best;
if folks remember that much, I won't mind all the rest."
A real old-fashioned gentleman, they called him Mr. Roy,
He still loved the music that he first learned as a boy.
As a child I heard him on my radio at night;
He sang “Great Speckled Bird” and then I saw the light
He was the king of country music, loved by one and all
Now he's riding off to glory on the Wabash Cannonball
He could play that fiddle and make the world stand still,
Sound just like a cold wind blowing through the hills,
Moaning like a freight train on a Chattanooga run
And singing like an angel who is dancing in the sun
So you can play your banjo and you can say your prayers
'cause sure as there's a heaven I know Mr. Roy's up there
He's singing "Will the circle be unbroken by and by,"
His better home was waiting in the sky, Lord, in the sky - back
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Underneath the Tennessee
Moon
by Dave MacKenzie
© Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
Lightning bugs are flashing, evening breezes rise
relaxing is the fashion, ain't a cloud up in the skies
I'm sitting on this front porch swing
Listening to a whippoorwill sing
I'll pour is both a strong one, its been that kind of day
we've both worked a long one, worried every which-a-way
Hey, Baby, what we need to do
Is slip away, just me and you
Where we can kick off our shoes and go waltzing around
Underneath the Tennessee Moon
'cause if you got the blues or you are feeling low down
It's guaranteed to change that tune
I don't need no nightclub, no fancy downtown scene
I know a spot that's quiet, where the grass is cool and green
And we can kick off our shoes and go waltzing around
Underneath the Tennessee Moon
First thing in the morning, I jump back in the race
but I run the whole day long with a smile upon my face
'cause when this day is finally through
I know what we're going to do
Were gonna kick off our shoes and go waltzing around
Underneath the Tennessee moon
'cause if you've got the blues or you are feeling low down
It's guaranteed to change that tune
Tell me I'm old fashioned, that's alright
It may not be real hip, but what I want to do tonight
Is just kick off our shoes and go waltzing around
Underneath the Tennessee moon
Underneath the Tennessee moon - back to top
On the South Side of Town
by Dave MacKenzie and Adie Grey
© Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
On the south side of town there's an alley
Runs off a dead end street
That's where I go when I'm feeling low
That's where all of us fallen angels meet
There's a place right on the corner
A two room shotgun shack
They got beer and wine and whiskey if you want 'em
They'll sell you something stronger in the back
I know I ought to be ashamed to have you see me here
But tonight I've got a broken heart to drown
And a memory that will not set me free
Tonight you all can look for me on the south side of town
When I was young my hands were steady
I stood up straight and I walked strong
I was tough, I was rough and ready
'til what I thought was true love came along
His eyes were brighter than a diamond
His lips would not leave me alone
His voice was warm and soft as rain in summer
His heart was cold and hard as any stone
He was laughing when I found him
A sound that cut me like a knife
He lay down wrapped around his lover
The last time that I saw him in this life
Not everything that shines in silver
And all that glitters is not gold
Not every story has a happy ending
There's some secrets never should be told - back to
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I’ll Go Where You Go
by Adie Grey & Jan Buckingham
© Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
I was on my way, I was on my own
I was not afraid of life alone
Then you came to me like a beacon in the night
And you made me see a better way of life
I will go where you go and live where you live
All I have I will give
Where the sun is shining or whining winds blow
As long as we’re together, I’ll follow you forever
I’ll go where you go
When the times are hard and the road gets rough
When the dreams I have are not enough
I will turn to you when the nights are long
For it’s your love so true that keeps me strong
I will go where you go and live where you live
All I have I will give
Where the sun is shining or whining winds blow
As long as we’re together, I’ll follow you forever
I’ll go where you go
I’ll go where you go
I’ll go where you go - back to top
Hurricane's Comin'
by Adie Grey and Dave MacKenzie
© Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
Hurricane's comin', dark clouds above
Some fool on the radio singing about love
'til the man interrupts to tell you what's new
Hurricane's comin', it's too late for you
Hurricane's comin', it's too late for you
Hurricane's comin', headed for town
The bridges are out and the phone lines are down
The levees have broken, the flood waters flow
Hurricane's comin', there's nowhere to go
Hurricane's comin', there's nowhere to go
Mama's so scared, she's losing her cool
Daddy's frightened, he's acting the fool
Grandma's in praying, down on her knees
" Dear lord" she's saying, "don't hit our home, please."
Hurricane's comin', high waters rise
There's fire in the valleys, flood in the skies
It's shaken the mountains and taken the sun
Hurricane's comin', there's nowhere to run,
Hurricane's comin', there's nowhere to run.
Hurricane's comin', there's nowhere to run. - back
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by Adie Grey and Dave MacKenzie
© Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
Some folks love the thrill of taking chances
Some folks love to gamble with their hearts
They play across a string of new romances
They say the fire burns hottest at the start
Well, I have left that kind of love behind me
I've seen too many flames die out too fast
I knew if true love's ever gonna find me
I would have to take my time and learn to make it last
Like the new blue jeans and a good red wine
Some things only get better with time
The sweetest fruit ripens on the vine
Our love only gets better with time
Our love only gets better with time
I have heard that foolin' round's in fashion
They say that bein' faithful's out of style.
'and married life will always lose it's passion.
When I hear them talk that way, I look at you and smile - back
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That Good Ol' Boy
by Dave MacKenzie & Adie Grey
© Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
He's just a good ol' boy
He calls my daddy "Sir"
He's always so polite
Right from the start, he was part of the family
And that good ol' boy's the best ol' man for me
He's just a good ol' boy
And when he goes to town
He doesn't get caught up
In all that running 'round
Takin' it easy is how he prefers life to be
That good ol' boy's the best ol' man for me
That good ol' boy's the best ol' man for me
And when it's time for loving
He's as sweet as he can be
Now I'm all done with fooling around
I have more fun just settling down
That good ol' boys the best ol' man for me
He's just a good ol' boy
But when I need a friend
Or if there's something wrong
I can count on him
He's always there, right where I want him to be
And that good ol' boy's the best old man for me - back
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I Got You Now
by Dave MacKenzie and Adie Grey
© Hey Baby! Ditties, ASCAP
I've been lonely a whole year
turn around and then you're here
One thing Darlin' that I know
I got you now and I won't let go
I got you now and I won't let go
From the day that I met you
Just no way to forget you
Kiss me once and we'll both know
I got you now and I won't let go
I got you now and I won't let go
I got you now and I won't let go
I'm stepping right up and telling you so
waiting for an answer and I won't take no
I got you now and I won't let go
I got you now I won't let go
I've been sad and I've been blue
But you’ve got me feeling brand new
we know how to make our love grow
I got you now and I won't let go
I got you now and I won't let go - back to top
When I'm In Dixie
by Dave MacKenzie
© Hey Baby! Ditties (ASCAP)
New York's got ten million lights
And people there are scared of going out at night
But I'm alright
When I'm in Dixie
I've walked those streets out in L.A.
Them people going crazy every which a way
But I'm o.k.
When I'm in Dixie
Anywhere from Caroline down to San Antone
Folks down there take their time
They make you feel right at home
Every other place I goPeople treat me like somebody they don't know
But that ain't so
When I'm in Dixie
From San Antone anywhere on up to Caroline
Y'all just drop me off down there
And I swear I'll do just fine
I've been north, east and west
And if I got to tell the truth, well, I'll confess
I like it best when I'm in D-I-X-I-E
Yes, I like it best,
When I'm in Dixie - back to top
(There's Got To Be) A Better Way
by Dave MacKenzie
© 1988 Star Struck Angel Music
There's got to be a better way for me
Tho' I can't say what that way may be
Thru darkest night there is a light I see
And I know there's got to be a better way
I work hard in the factory
Like a slave is how they're treating me
But in my heart and in my mind I'm free
And I know there's got to be a better way
I go out parading on the town
I stay up till every place shuts down
Come morning light I'm still looking 'round
'cause I know there's got to be a better way
Now and then I feel the need to pray
I tune in to what the preachers say
They say send your money in today
And I know there's got to be a better way - back to
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