Porter Wagoner Album

I'm a gonna get on that ol' turnpike and I'm gonna ride
I'm a gonna leave this town till you decide
Which one you want the most them Opry stars or me
Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee
Milwaukee is where we were before we came here
Workin' in a Bluerry makin' the finest steer
You came to me on payday night said let's go to Tennessee
So we came down to Nashville to the Grand Ole Opry
We were watchin' TV Porter Wagoner singin' loud
I said that's the man for me I love him there's no doubt
I'm leavin' now to see if I can find out where he's at
Never can get im I'm settled for that bluegrass Lester Flatt
Oh I'm a-gonna get on that ol' turnpike and I'm gonna ride
I'm a gonna leave this town till you decide
Which one you want the most me or Wilma Lee
Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee
I'm a goin' now and trade my ol' Ford for a nose
Honey I might get all drunk up and trade it for the rose
There's a one thing I know for sure I'll always be blue
There ain't no way get drunk enough to stop lovin' you
So I'm a gonna get on that ol' turnpike and I'm gonna ride
I'm a gonna leave this town till you decide
Which one you want the most me or Jerry Reed
Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee
Oh Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee

May the fruit of my toil be yours love may the food from my soil be yours love
And from this moment on may a love that is strong that lives on and on be yours love
May the sons that I raise be yours love may the comforts I praise be yours love
If I ever get weak may the love words I speak and the arms that I seek be yours love
May the Lord's shining grace be yours love may the happiest face be yours love
May the last fingertips that touch these two lips as life from me slips be yours love
And from this moment on may a love that is strong that lives on and on be yours love

I went strolling in the evening underneath the harvest moon
I was thinking about you
Then we met out in the moonlight the stars we shining in your eyes
But another was there too
I don't believe you've met my baby he looked at me he looked at you
You wondered who I was talking to
I shook the hand of your stranger but I was shaking more inside
I was still wondering who
His arms were resting on my shoulders he smiled at you he smiled at me
His eyes were filled with victory
( el.banjo - steel )
He said my sister was to marry then it was oh so plain to see
I knew that you would marry me
I don't believe you've met my baby hmm hmm I knew that you would marry me

(A wish that Malena had wings)
Malena for hours would run in the meadow well Malena would go to play every day
She chased butterflies and she'd say with the smile
If I had wings I could fly that away
Maena would cry when we try to explain
That little girl's world's supposed to haven wings
That only in heaven can little girls fly we'd see a strange look in Malena's eyes
(A wish that Malena had wings)
We'll always remember Malena's last birthday
Boxes with bright colored ribbon and string
And the wish that she made as she blew out the candles
A wish that Malena had wings
And with all the gifts that we bought for Malena
The wish that she made we could not satisfy
But on the night of her birthday the angels fullfilled it
They gave her wings and now Malena can fy
Malena has wings and Malena can fly on the wings of an angel in heaven on high
From the time she could talk her wish was the same a wish that Malena had wings
(A wish that Malena had wings)

A squeaky gate a welcome lock a big shaggy dog that lives out back
And some might even call it a shack but this is the house where love lives
The paint is peelin' off of the cells the mailbox is full of bills
And it's no mansion on the hill but this is the house where love lives
There's a little boy who looks just you with freckles on his nose and eyes of blue
A little girl almost two and everybody says she looks just like you
So thank you dear for loving me though I know rich we'll never be
But that doesn't matter to you and me cause we live in the house where love lives
[ steel ]
So thank you dear for loving me though I know rich we'll never be
But that doesn't matter to you and me cause we live in the house where love lives
We live in the house where love lives

They say the love bug will get you at the age of 23
Well I'm not tellin' my age but somethin' got a hold on me
I'm just cravin' some lovin' in the old fashion way
Honey linger near and listen to all I had to say
Why don't you haul off and love me one more time
Why don't you squeeze me until I'm turning blind
If you don't cuddle off and love me like I want you to do
I'm gonna haul off and die over you
[ steel ]
I can feel your warm lips near me hear you breathe so soft and fine
I can feel the matrimony crawlin' up and down my spine
I don't believe this love will hurt you cause it feels so nice and kind
It seems mighty close to heaven when your love is on the line
Why don't you haul off...
I'm a gonna haul off and die over you

Darling will your love be mine forever always always
Will you keep those vows we made together always always
Will your love be as strong if my dreams should all go wrong always always
Darling wil you stay with me forever always always
Will your love remain through stormy weather always always
Will your ove be strong enough
To walk the roads that might get rough always always
In return of your love I'll be true as stars above always always
And the love that I feel will forever be so real always always

There was a time we'd sit in the backyard cause the house would get so hot
From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin'
And you'd play your old guitar we'd fight mosquitos and enjoyed
You backyard concerts for we had no television
We'd just begun our life as man and wife and hard ships then
Could scaresly scare us into quittin'
Things were far from bein' fine we often dined upon a dime
But there never was a time we didn't love
The Christmas brought us saddest days
When your pride gave a way you told the kids
There'd be no gifts cause we were broke
Though their little tears of grief was so hard to see it didn't hurt me
Like the love I knew was in your throat
It was then with arms entwined we both broke down and cried
For it seemed ike nothing good would ever come
The doctor bills we couldn't pay they came and took our car away
But there never was a time we didn't love
Now there's an easy chair for my back a satin pillow for your head
And the kids are wild about the brand new car
You and I can order steak with all the trimmings and not worry
If we've spent a dollar more than we can spare
No wonder in your prayers we've thanked the man upstairs who led us through
The years of rearin' kids and payin' bills
And I think he guied us not because we were smart but just because
There never was a time we didn't love
No there never was a time never was a time never was a time we didn't love

To be with you is what I want more than anything
But I must share my life with the one who wears my ring
And there are tiny places I look into each night
I love you but my hands are tied
I know how much they need you and dear I understand
I know you'll never leave 'em cause you're not that kind of man
But I can't control my feelings though heaven knows I tried
And I love you but my hands are tied
My hands are tied and I can't break the ties that bind
I love you more than life but you never will be mine
I know how much you want me I can see it in your eyes
And I love you but my hands are tied
( steel )
My hands are tied...
Yes I love you but my hands are tied

There is no love and there is no hate there is no feeling at all
I look at you and you look at me but we might as well stare at the wall
Cause you don't see me and I don't see you just the shadow of love that is gone
There is no love and there is no hate no reason to hurry home
There's no tiny hands to reach out to us no plans bein' made anymore
We have no tomorrow our future is gone there is only sadness in store
We don't care enough to even ask questions
And when we're together we still feel alone
There is no love and there is no hate no reason to hurry home
There is nothing to look forward to no reason to hurry home

Friends ask how I'll get along without you they say it's so sad we're apart
I have to agree that I don't seem like me I'm havin' a ball with my heart
Anything's better than nothing nothing's not too much to lose
Anything's better than nothing nothing's what I have with you

I've got to admit that it hurts me I don't like to fight or to fuss
But now you and me are just happy we're free and everyone's crying but us
Anything's better than nothing...
( fiddle - ac.guitar )
It really must be disappointment to see love and dream turn to smoke
I can't blame my friends when their teardrops begin
I once thought that love made a home
Anything's better than nothing...
Nothing's what I have with you...