Hal Ketchum
Small Town Saturday Night
There's an Elvis movie on the marquee sign We've all seen at least three times Everybody's broke, Bobby's got a buck Put a dollars worth of gas in his pickup truck We're going' ninety miles an hour, down a dead end road What's the hurry, son, where you gonna go? We're gonna howl at the moon, shoot out the light It's a small town Saturday night It's a small town Saturday night Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright Bobby's gettin' drunk and lookin' for a fight Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind And Lucy's just a kid along for the ride Got a six-pack of beer and a bottle of wine Gotta be bad just to have a good time They're gonna howl at the moon, shoot out the light It's a small town Saturday night It's a small town Saturday night Bobby told Lucy, "The world ain't round Drops off sharp at the edge of town Lucy, you know the world must be flat 'Cos when people leave town, they never come back" They go ninety miles an hour to the city limits sign Put the pedal to the metal 'fore they change their mind They howl at the moon, shoot out the light It's a small town Saturday night Yeah, howl at the moon, shoot out the light Yeah, it's a small town Saturday night It's a small town Saturday night It's a small town Saturday night Five O'Clock World
Up every mornin' just to keep a job I gotta fight my way through the busslin' mob Sounds of the city poundin' in my brain While another day goes down the drain But it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows No one owns a piece of my time And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes Thinkin' that the world looks fine, yeah Holiday, yeah Tradin' my time for the pay I get Livin' on money that I ain't made yet Gotta keep goin', gotta make my way But I live for the end of the day And it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows No one owns a piece of my time And there's a long haired hippie girl who waits, I know To ease my troubled mind, yeah Holiday, yeah In the shelter of her arms everything's okay She talks and the world goes slippin' away And I know the reason I can still go on When every other reason is gone In my five o'clock world she waits for me Nothin' else matters at all 'Cause every time my baby smiles at me I know that it's all worthwhile, yeah Holiday, yeah, holiday, yeah |
Past the Point of Rescue
Last night I dreamed you were back again Larger than life again, holding me tight again Placing those same kisses on my brow Sweeter than ever now, lord I remember how Couldn't get enough of kissing, do you know how much you're missing No you don't, but I do The days like a slow train trickle by And even the words that I write refuse to fly All I can hear is your song haunting me Can't get the melody out of my head, you see Distractions are amusing, do you know how much you're losing No you don't, but I do But I do, and I wonder if I'm past the point of rescue Is no word from you at all the best that you can do I never meant to push or shove you, do you know how much I love you No you don't, but I do I swore I'd never fall like this again Fools like me never win, came to my knees again Can't close the door on likely hood Things might be just as good, I always believed they would Gotta let your love invite me, baby do you think it might be No you don't, but I do But I do, and I wonder if I'm past the point of rescue Is no word from you at all the best that you can do I never meant to push or shove you, do you know how much I love you No you don't, but I do But I do, and I wonder if I'm past the point of rescue Is no word from you at all the best that you can do I never meant to push or shove you, do you know how much I love you No you don't, but I do I know you don't, but I do I know you don't, but I do |