You've Got A Working Man...

You stood by me for better or worse
You loved my troubles away
I told you Darling everything
was gonna turn out okay.

One thing this workaholic needs
is working hard whenever he can
we may have been down but we're coming around
Girl, you've got a working man
Oh Baby, you've got a working man

The time to get going's when the going gets tough
got to make it the best way we can
what goes around comes back around
and baby you've got a working man..
yes Darling - you got a working man..

we've been down on luck before
What's one more time again?
Starting from scratch
ain't no scratch off our backs
caue you got a working man
Oh Darlin, you got a working man

One thing this workaholic needs
is working hard whenever he can
we may have been down but we're coming around
baby you got a working man
oh Darlin you got a working man...

1985

*********************
********************
Too Stoned To Fake it....

She's the best reason
I fond for drinkin'
She's like a sad jukebox song
she's why i get stoned
and sleep all alone
she's why I ain't all that strong..

I can't seem to cry
Lord, I'm a tough guy
but she broke my heart right into
She's why i get stoned
and sleep all alone
and I'm too stoned to fake it with you...

I'm too stoned to fake it with you
she broke my heart right into
she's why i get stoned
and sleep all alone
i'm too stoned to fake it with you..

she's a sad country song
that my broken hert sings
or divorce is final
Lord she broke the strings
that bound me to her
now i'm lonesome and blue
and i'm too stoned to fake with you...
I'm too stoned to fake it with you....

1987..



Setting Papers on Fire...

Remember that old fire place
we sat in front of
talking girl and taking
time out to make love
well that fire place and me
we're still keeping company
but lately my desire
is setting papers on fire..

i've been burning up pictures
old cards and leters too
don't need reminders
to remind me of you
I used to want to keep
the memory of loving you
but lately my desire's
setting papers on fire..

remember that old bathtub
we bought at a sale?
sure held a lot ofwater
oh, the tales that it could tell
well i busted it to pieces
and i put a hot tub there
been getting rid of memories
girl they was every where

I've been burning up old pictures
old cards and letters too
don't need reminders
to remind me of you
i used to want to keep
those memories of loving you
but lately my desires's setting papers on fire...
lately my desire's
setting papers on fire...

1992



*****************
****************

Movin On

My old job was gettin to me
driving me insiaine
day after day for weeks on end
I did the same damn thing
their talkin bout a layoff
i say hey bring her on
cause if things happen for a reason
i just might be glad i'm gone (I'm movin on)

a job i love to do can't do
this old man no harm
& if things happen for a reason
i just might be glad i'm gone

her and me ain't got along
since nineteen ninty three
but it wasn't all that long ago
she started hating me
and right before she left she said
this can't keep keepin' on
if things happen for a reason
i just might be glad she's gone ( I'm Movin on)

anouther shot at real true love
can't do this man no harm
If things happen for a reason
i just might be glad i'm gone (I'm Movin' On)

*******************************


Here I go Wishing


My jeans are all faded
my wallet is bare
I don't have my woman
Lord life don't play fair
i put five on the best team
with a chance to win
here i go wishing
I had her again..

Here i go wishing
I had her again
a lover who wanted
to just be my friend
Here i go thinking
that i wish she could be
sleeping on her side
of my bed with me...

I don't think she knows
how broken I am
I doubt very much
if she gives a damn
I know that i hurt her
but now this blind man can see
and i wish she was sleeping
in my bed with me..

here i go wishing
i had her again
a lover who wanted
to just be my friend
here i go wthinking
that i wish she could be
sleeping on her side
of this bed with me...

1999...

*****************************
*****************************

Folks Just Ain't Hiring Anymore....

Truckers just ain't truckin' anymore
Farmers ain't been farming like before
the few left in the mines
say we're lookin at some hard times
cause folks just ain't hiring anymore..

too many's unemployed in Tennessee
Folks are out of work in Kentucky
Ain't n work in Texas, like there was before
'cause folks just ain't hiring anymore..

Michigan is hurting that's for sure
Ain't no work in Florida, like there was before
Ohio's unemployment rate, ain't lookin all that great
cause folks just ain't hiring anymore..

been to Alabama, been to Lousiana
Hitched a ride tothe California shore
hoped a coal trian to Nevada
I walked to Indiana
but folks just ain't hiring anymore..
no folks just ain't hiring anymore......

1985


*****************************
****************************

Cold Breeze Blowin'

When you said that you loved me
I believed you girl i did
when you said that you loved me
I trusted you i really did.

now you're tellin me that it's over
it's like you're undernieth a spell
you're giving in to giving up
and it makes me what to whail.

I feel a cold breeze baby
i fell a cold breeze blowin in
my heart is about to freeze you out
I feel a cold one comin on.

Someday you're gonna wake up
to the way that it used to be
and when your counting up your blessings
one of them won't be me.

Repeat chorus

when you think it all over
if you ever have a chage of mind
remember that i really loved you
but that was once upon a time

Repeat Chorus

Pour Some Blessings (on them)

Johnny had a good paying job
worked 16 hours 6 days a week
thaen the union struck & his luck
his luck went down bottom line street

when they took his house
he hung his head
knocked on our shelter
we gave him a bed
he held his wife
while she cried
i got down on my knees
said Lord he tired, he tried

pour some blessings on them
pour some blessings on them
Before our eyes
bless each one
In the name of the Father
in the name of the Son
pour some blessings on them
pour some blessings on them

Sallys husband came home one day
said he had to get away
he left her with 3 little boys
and so many bills to pay
she paid her billd each month on time
but 3 times a day she stood in our soup line
and for every bite they took
i saw sally crying
pour some blessings on them
pour some blessings on them
before our eyes
bless each one
in the name of the Father
in the name of the Son
pour some blessings on them

Today our shelters are full
and our soup lines are long
Lord hunger and homelessness
seems to be raging on so strong so strong

pour some blessings on them
pour some blessings on them

__________________________________________________





I BELIEVE.....

I believe He is with us
I believe, I believe
I believe Jesus wants us
to believe. I believe.

Lord, I stand among our homeless
our hungry and our poor
thinking back when Jesus said
He's knocking at Our door...
In this world so full of terror
among the sick and dying too
I know that there is just one thing
Jesus wants us all to do
and that's believe He is with us
I believe. I believe.
I believe Jesus wants us
to believe. I believe...

without a doubt inside me
I know Jesus has a plan
we were born within this time
to help and understand..
with hearts patient and giving
with minds that are aware..
we can work for Jesus
and show how much we care

I believe He is with us. I believe .I believe
I believe Jeus wants us. to believe. I believe.

Among the poor and wealthy
I stand equil and free
And i have faith he stands with you
I have faith He stands with me..
Lord, I stand among Your lost sheep
and those that have been found
And i think of the basic truth
we're standing on Holy ground..
I stand among the givers
among the takers too
thinkin back on the life of paul
and all one man can do..

I believe He is with us
I believe I believe
I believe Jeus wants us to believe
I believe....

1990
--------------------------------------

"(I'm ) No Stranger To His Name..."

I'm no stranger to His name.
I'm no stranger to His pain
I know what Jeus done
He's the Savior, He's the Son
I'm no stranger to His name...

Jesus is as close as the wind
Closer than a lover, closer than a friend
and naied to the cross
he bore our pain
I'm no stanger to His name...

Don't be a stranger to His name
Don't be a stranger to His pain
Let Him in your heart
give it all you got
He's no stanger to your name
Hes no stranger to His pain...

I'm no stranger to His name
I'm no stranger to His pain
I know what Jeus done
He's the Savior, He's the Son
I'm no stranger to His name..

All you need to do is call His name
no matter what your shame
He's no stranger to your name
he's no stranger to your pain..

I'm no stranger to His name
i'm no stranger to His pain
I know what Jesus done
He's the Savior He's the Son
I'm no stranger to His name
I'm no stranger to His name....

1999
----------------------

ONE STEP WAKING UP..

Jessy thinks she's been a bad girl
too long to talk to Jesus
and she can't say that she won't stray again
but Jeus ddied for Jessys sin
Just like yours and mine
she believes and thats a real big step toward Him

one step waking up
Is two steps back to Him
patiently He's waiting
for hearts to let Him in..

Ed lost his job and family
and He wanted to die
but something deep inside of Him
kept telling Him to try
He knew what He had done
and the man that he'd once been
he said Jeus come into my heart
and Jeus walked right in..

one step waking up
is two steps back to him
Patiently He's waiting
For herts to ask Him in..
One step waking up
is two steps back to Him
Patiently hes waiting
For Hearts to ask Him in...

1999............

**************************
**************************

"Overcome.."

Jesus over came me with His spirit
I'm overcome. I'm overcome.
my heart has Jesus in it,
I'm overcome. I'm overcome.
Anouther souls been won
I'm overcome.
Once i was lost
unaware of the cost
Unaware of what His sacrifice had done..
but bless The Lord, He saved me
delivered me from Sin
my praising Him has just begun...
I'm over come..

Jesus overcame me with His spirit
I'm overcome. I'm overcome.
My heart has Jesus in it
I'm overcome ..i'm overcome...
Anouther souls been won
I'm overcome.....

Surly I was lost
unaware of His cost
unaware of what His sacrifice had done
But Bless the Lord He saved me
delivered me from sin
my praising Him has just begun..
I'm over come.....

1985


*********************

Nothing Like Me

Lord, I love a Lady
who loved a man
he hurt her so bad
that she didn't give a damn
Lord i love her
but i just can't make her see
the one who hurt her
ain't nothing like me...

Lord i'm not the one
who broke that womans heart
I'm not the fool
who tore her world apart.

He never needed
the friend that she can be
Lord won't the Lady
have a little faith in me...

Lord, i love a Lady
who loved a man
he had hurt her so bad
she didn't give a damn..
Lord i loveher
but i just can't make her see
the one who hurt her
ain't nothing like me...

Lordi loveher
but ijust can't make her see
the one who hurt her
ai't nothing like me....

1987

IT AIN'T Easy..



On a dark and starless night
a baby boy was born
his mama threw him in a trash bin
in the mist of a winter's storm.
Though he survived the stab wounds
meant to take his life away
he will live with the scars
and he'll know the truth someday.

Lord, it ain't easy
livin in the world today
Lord it ain't easy
finding the right words to say
when i pray.....

Bless the Hungry and the homeless
Bless the victims of crim
Bless the tired and the weary
standing in hand out lines
bless the working poor
and souls that went astray
bless the tiny children Lord
lead us to a better way

cause: Lord it ain't easy
living in the world today
Lord it ain't easy
finding the right words to say
......when I pray..

The rich man and the poor man
the begger and the thieves
all praying for inlightment
all telling God their needs.
how do we stop the hunger
the wars and poverty
when one by one we bow our heads
and one by one we agree..

That Lord it ain't easy
living in the world today
Lord it ain't easy
finding the right words to say
when i pray...

(music stops for a moment)

young Annie Jo was driving
down center street last May
she was hit in the head
by a bullet that went astray
they say the bullet traveled
six blocks before it hit
young Annie Jo's life is gone
they ain't found her killer yet...

Lord it ain't easy
living in the world today
Lord it ain't easy
finding the right words to say
...when I pray.

1990

THE CALL...

Met up with a old friend
at the corner of fifth and main
i was waiting for a light to turn
he was standing in the pourin' rain.
He seemed a little startled
when i called out his name.
but when he saw it was a old friend
his face lost all it's pain.

As we drove back to his place
we talked thirty years of time
said his son was killed in combat
buried near the Morgan county line
and the job he had for 30 years
pulled out in 2004
when he said thanks for the ride
i saw a shelter door.

Mr. how come some get lucky
when others lose it all?
Is it up to you Sir
are you the one makin' that call?
cause if you are i'm beggin
i'm prayin loud and clear
with all my faith i'm askin'
let it end right here.

now, they say it will take years
to rebuild what's been torn down.
but what about the sacrifice
being made on american ground?
who will rebuild our country
and put back what we all lost
it goes beyond the billions
their saying it will cost.

Mr. how come some get lucky
while others lose it all?
is it up to you Sir
are you the one makin' that call?
cause if you are i'm beggin
i'm praying loud and clear
i got a son it the reserves
and he's up for call next year...

Repeat chorus

People say, there's no way
we can turn this world around...
And it's a fact, we can't turn back
once somethin done went down

Heather's stationed in Irac
and she's ready to go home.
It's been almost 2 years sir,
and her little boy has grown..

Bring our Soldiers home Lord
bring our Soldiers home safe and sound
On American ground.
Bring our Soldiers home Lord
bring our soldiers home safe and sound
on American ground...