I'm the center of attention in this bar room 'Cause I've got the biggest heartache of the year And each night those swingin' doors reach out to me and draw me in 'Cause they know each night that I'll...
You have painted up your lips rolled and curled your tinted hair Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down Ruby don't take your love to town...
Beside the cottonfield I was born Underneath the tree was my home A flock of geese flew over head Wind from the wings call down to me Come go with us that's my way. It grieves me much to see you cry...
Well, I knew she belonged To someone else at the time But lonely look in women Are a weakness of mine. So I bought all she said about the love He never gave her And figured I just love her some And do...
Galveston, oh Galveston I still hear your sea winds blowing I still see her dark eyes glowing She was twenty one when I left Galveston. Galveston, oh Galveston I still hear your sea waves crashing As...
And I wake up in the mornin' With my hair down in my eyes and she says hi And I stumble to the breakfast table While the kids are goin' off to school, goodbye. And she reaches out and takes my hand...
Well it's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk That makes me tend to keep my sleeping bag rolled up And stashed behind your couch And it's knowing I'm not shacked by...
Oh it's funny how wine makes fools out of men around women And it's funny how women love men till their money is gone As I went down to Juarez town to buy my love a ring I stopped me by the tavern...
I'm the center of attention in this barroom Cause I've got a biggest heartache of the year And each night those swinging doors reach out for me and draw me in 'Cause they know each night that I'll...

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