There ain't nothing like a river full of whiskey
If you want to drink yourself to death
Just get yourself down to the nearest bar
You can solve all our problems
And you won't go far

It's just a half a mile
Down the railroad tracks
Baby once you go in
You ain't never coming back

So listen to these words that I have to say
Have another shot of whiskey
Wash the blues away

Have another shot of whiskey
Wash the blues away
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Now there's too many whiskies in front of me
I can't find the floor and I can't find my feet
So I'll find a little girl who can take me by the hand
Going to lead me through the gates of the promised land
Going to lead me through the gates of the promised land
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Well I think it's time to drink my troubles down
And if I falll I'll surely hit the ground
My baby won't let me come home no more
She grabbed the key and she locked the door
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

I got a little girl and I took her to my hotel room
She said son you going to do me, you better do me soon
Cause my daddy's coming up here with a great big gun
It holds six shots but he can kill you with one
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

I grabbed my pants jumped out the window and I started to run
And sure enough here comes her daddy with that great big gun
Well he pulled back the trigger and started firing at me
He tried to put a hole where my head seems to be
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

I think it's time to drink my troubles down
And if I fall I'll surely hit the ground
my baby won't let me come home no more
She took the key and she locked the door
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

I jumped into my rig and I headed down old 99
And loaded in the back I had some Kentucky moonshine
When I looked into the mirror there was a smokey on my tail
I guess I'll spend the next thirty days in jail
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

So I called my little woman and said come on down and pay my bail
She said son for all I care you can rot in jail
As far as I'm concerned this is the end
Cause tonight I'm going out with your very best friend
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

So when I got out I headed down to Reno way
Had to talk to my lawyer see what he had to say
He said son your woman really done you wrong this time
You ain't got a nickel and you ain't got a dime
I think it's time to drink my troubles down

Theres one thing I'd like you kind people to know
About a good old boy who ain't got nothing to show
Well I'm a trucking man baby that's for sure
And for men like me there ain't no cure
I think it's time to drink my troubles down
I think it's time to drink my troubles down
I think it's time to drink my troubles down.

I feel fine
Her eyes met with mine

I moved back to Elmira
When my job went south
I live with Joe and Oscar
Inside a halfway house
But every other Friday
You'll find me at The Sun
Waiting for the entrance
Of the Golden One

I feel fine
Her eyes met with mine

I found myself Lansing
Up where the snow drifts grow
I tried my hand at ranching
In Northern Mexico
I took up with a gambler
I lost and then I ran
But back here in Elmira
I got a plan

I feel fine
Her eyes met with mine

She doesn't know my story
She don't know my name She got a beau named Bodine
But just the same
I'm gonna take her riding
Beyond Borrego Hill
And vanish in the forest
Like a whippoorwill

I feel fine
Her eyes met with mine

The sound of laughter floats
From back of the saloon

A thundercloud reflects
The rising of the moon

Four riders gallop high above a canyon ridge
Four rifles aiming at the crossing of a bridge

The voice you heard is now an echo
The shape you saw is now a shadow

With the drawing of the dawn
Don't look back because they're gone

A boy in Barstow makes
A wish and waves a wand

Somewhere in Salem there's
A lady with a swan

The sound of horses' hooves
Is all she can recall

Drumming in the darkness
Like a distant waterfall

The phantom pulls them like a tide
No end in sight so still they ride

Boys forever
Fare-thee-well and howdy-do
Boys forever
Cover me, I'll cover you
Boys forever
Everything your heard is true
Boys forever
Cover me, I'll cover you

For every river rock and every frozen pine
For every roustabout still trapped inside a mine

Floating embers in the sky
Staring down the bye-and-bye

Boys Forever (Chorus)

Got no time to talk about it
Got No time to make amends
Ain't got nothing left to live or die for
Looks like I'll hit the road again

People say I'm acting funny
They don't know the pain I'm in
Yes you could say I'm feeling kind of fragile
Looks Like I'll hit the road again

Just keep walking till I can't go on
I don't know where I'm going to
But I sure ain't going to run

Pack your bags there's no returning
Times awasting got to carry on
Got no plans I'm vegetating
Looks like I'll hit the road again

Just keep walking till I can't go on
I don't know where I'm going to
But I sure ain't going to run

Got no time to talk about it
Got no time to make amends
Ain't got nothing left to live or die for

Looks like I'll hit the road again
Looks like I'll hit the road again
Looks like I'll hit the road again.

I met a girl, sweet as can be
singin' her song at the ol' jamboree
I looked at her finger to see if she was free
when I noticed her boyfriend was big as a tree

Well, pretty young flowers like it that way
a King Bee to keep all the drones away
but those eyes of earth and that hair of hay
is worth a busted nose any ol' day

So I'm singin' this courtin' song
nothing will stand in our way
when I'm singin' this courtin' song
ready for come what may
I trust my heart, I can't do wrong
singin' this courtin' song

I've been alone a lot of my life
wouldn't even take my own advice
I've been a student of pain and strife
but I've learned to let go and get on with life

Now I'm full of courage and don't say quit
This ol' boy is champin' at the bit
You see that sweet young filly by the horseshoe pit?
Well, maybe I could win her with a radio hit…

So I'm singin' this courtin' song
nothing will stand in our way
when I'm singin' this courtin' song
ready for come what may
I trust my heart, I'm standing strong
singin' this courtin' song

One of these days and it won't be long
we'll both find the place where we belong
so let's love each other before we're gone
our time is short, but my arms are strong

So I'm singin' this courtin' song
nothing will stand in our way
when I'm singin' this courtin' song
ready for come what may
We'll make it up as we go along
singin' this courtin' song

Well I fell in love with you
When you walked into the room
And I've never felt this way before
That now my dream of life
has walked trough the door

When she's walking down the street
And your heart just skips a beat
When at last you finally meet
For the first time

There's a feeling in the air
That you get when she comes near
And you find your in the arms
Of the one you love

And you always looked for me
Through time across the open sea
Your love, it makes me feel so free
For the first time for the first time
Wooo hoo hoo hoo

I've been reaching out for you
Cause I've needed something new
To distract me from the life I use to lead

When I looked into your eyes
Just imagine my surprise
At what I found gazing back at me

There's nothing better than the love we share
Yes I'm convinced there's nothing that compares

For the first time for the first time
Wooo hoo hoo hoo
For the first time for the first time
Wooo hoo hoo hoo
For the first time

Lennon had McCartney, Bogie had Bacall
Bert and Ernie shared a journey with no strings attached at all
Fred had his Ginger, Roy Rogers had his horse
who stuck to him like glue
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Dagwood had his Blondie, Rapunzel had her hair
Sonny wasn't funny until he got his Cher
Nick Charles had his Nora, Crosby still had Hope
on the road to Timbuktu
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Why can't I have you, Darlin', why can't I have you?
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Ali had his Frazier, Bonnie had her Clyde
Eve and Adam, sir and madam, were created side by side
Attila had his 'hon, and Tarzan had his Jane
in a treehouse built for two
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Why can't I have you, Darlin', why can't I have you?
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Cupid had his arrow, Cupid had his bow
Cupid's aim was better a couple years ago
when Mickey had his Minnie and Johnny had his June
and a boy named Sue
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Don Quixote had his Sancho, Earhart had the sky
Clark and Lewis the canoeists had a pretty Indian guide
But I want to discover the girl who's made for me
with a heart that's true
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Why can't I have you, Darlin', why can't I have you?
Everyone has someone, so why can't I have you?

Just outside of Bozeman, high upon a hill
I awoke to an early morning chill
I'm here to meet the Indian by the hanging tree
I'm here to find what the future has in store for me

After 20 years of running from a day I still regret
under the weight of an unsettled debt
I'm here to meet the Indian by the hanging tree
I'm here to make a payment towards my costly history

It's an eye for an eye
under the Big Sky
of Montana

I was shooting 9-ball at the Three Forks rodeo
hustling drunk cowboys at $20 a throw
The con man has a skill, simple by design
but so complicated if you don't get out just in time

Our last mark was a cowboy with Blackfoot in his blood
that ran to boilin' when he saw us pull the rug
Collecting what was ours went one punch too far
We took turns diggin' his resting place out under the stars

It's an eye for an eye
under the Big Sky
of Montana

It was 20 years ago, but it seems like yesterday
the memory has brought me every strand of this grey
The hill is still familiar, the grave is still unknown
The hawk still circles over the coyote's lonesome home

I'm standing on a fence post, rope in my hand
after 20 years of dying, I trust you'll understand
I'm here to meet the Indian by the hanging tree
I'm here to take a step into eternity

It's an eye for an eye
under the Big Sky
of Montana