Rita Bliss

It’s another good day watching you smile

wanting to stay for another long while                               

rest in my arms the whole night through

dream of the things that I’ll do for you

I’ll bring you flowers and run my fingers through your hair

I’ll sing you love songs to fill up all the air

I’ll let you see behind my eyes

it’ll be all peaches and apple pies

Cause when I’m right side up I won’t let you down

hold on to you so tight and keep my feet on the ground

oh I can stand real tall, sleep the whole night through

oh when I’m right side up I’ll be the one for you

I’ll bring you flowers and run my fingers through your hair

I’ll sing you love songs to fill up all the air

I’ll let you see behind my eyes

it’ll be all peaches and apple pies

So if there comes a day when you don’t find me here

oh when I’ve gone too far know that I’ll miss you dear

know that I’d rather be anywhere that’s next to you

and you can hold me tight and talk the whole night through

I’ll bring you flowers and run my fingers through your hair

I’ll sing you love songs to fill up all the air

I’ll let you see behind my eyes

it’ll be all peaches and apple pies

I’m sending you my love from here in Lufkin

east of Waco west of New Orleans

where the trains roll right on through and I think of only you

and coming home to all the sweet things that you do

Home to that little house away from every city

where everybody is somebody that you know

and the stars are big and bright on every single Texas night

I’m coming home to where you’re leavin’ on the light

I’m sending starry nights from Amarillo

north of Midland east of Santa Fe

where the Caddies go to die and the clouds stay in the sky

I’m coming home to where I’m yours and you are mine

Home to that little house away from every city

where everybody is somebody that you know

and the stars are big and bright on every single Texas night

I’m coming home to where you’re leavin’ on the light

I’m sending you the moonlight from Laredo

south of San Antone and north of Monterrey

where the river winds along and I’m writing you this song

I’m coming home to where I’ll never do you wrong

It’s behind the Walgreens on Avenue Q

give Mary a minute, she’ll get to you

and your order of Lone Star with a glass for your chew

here where nothing is old, nothing is new

They’re all smokin’ cigarettes

no one seems to have big regrets

 oh it’s the best place for a Thursday night

long as Charlie don’t start a fight

One lucky couple can fit on the dance floor

give your eyes a few minutes to adjust at the door

all the very best people keep comin’ back for more

here where no one is rich, no one is poor

They’re all smokin’ cigarettes

no one seems to have big regrets

oh it’s the best place for a Thursday night

long as Charlie don’t start a fight

You don’t have to dress up or wait in a line 

inside me and Cat talk about Mr. Prine

 and out above the door is a faded old sign

here where everything’s great, everyone’s fine

They’re all smokin’ cigarettes

no one seems to have big regrets

oh it’s the best place for a Thursday night

long as Charlie don’t start a fight

Pick-up trucks parked in the fire lane

someone here will know your name

all these faces they stay the same

just ask Charlie and he’ll explain

They’re all smokin’ cigarettes

no one seems to have big regrets

oh it’s the best place for a Thursday night

long as Charlie don’t start a fight

Darlin’ darlin’ don’t you cry

I will be here when you wake

darlin’ darlin’ don’t you weep

darlin’ lay your pretty head and sleep

Darlin’ darlin’ while you sleep

I will be here next to you

darlin’ darlin’ while you dream

I’ll be lookin’ through a magazine

when my magazine is through

and all the news is in my head

I will sleep here next to you

that’s my favorite thing to do

Love, my sweet love, while I sleep

I will hold your hand in mine

love, my sweet love, don’t you know

I’ll be with you ‘till I go

love my sweet love when I die

I will leave you with these words

darlin’ darlin’ don’t you cry

I will leave you with this lullaby

You’re right here in my pocket

you’re a two dollar bill

I never tried to let you go

we both know that we both know

I still carry you

and I always will

We’re both standing on the front porch

you’re the ribbon on the door

cut it down and through my hand

you took a stand to take a stand

then lay beside me on the floor

You were the frozen air that morning                       

I was the fog on the windshield               

when I saw you one last time

you were the space I was the line

Am I still there at your table

still written on the wall

do you ever say my name

is it the same is it the same       

you’re the building I’m the fall

You were the frozen air that morning                       

I was the fog on the windshield               

when I saw you one last time

you were the space I was the line

You’re right here in my pocket 

you’re a two dollar bill

I’ll be the cool air, you’ll be the clouds

I’ll be the falling leaves, you’ll be the ground

we’ll live in the country, we’ll live in the town

I’ll be the sight, you’ll be the sound

We’ll be side by side

we’ll be the sky and the sun

I’ve looked far and wide

and you are the one

I’ll be the first light at start of the day

you’ll be the night stars that light my way

‘cause I am a warm bed where you can always lay

and you’re a house with a fireplace where I can always stay

We’ll be side by side

we’ll be the sky and the sun

I’ve looked far and wide

and you are the one

You are the daisies, you are the birds

you are the melody, I am the words

you are a winding road and I am a fence

I am a dreamer, but you are common sense

We’ll be side by side

we’ll be the sky and the sun

‘cause I’ve looked far and wide

and honey you are the one

I got just one ex wife 

she gave me trouble that’ll last my whole life

I told her I would love her ‘till my last day on this earth

she told me if I left her she would take me for all I’m worth

Her name is Jeanine

she got to keep the house that I had built on Route 13

she turned my friends against me but I’ll love her till the end

if I could do all of it over I would do it all again

She tasted like pink wine 

now every day I drink it lord I’m drinkin’ all the time

but if she ever calls me I’ll come runnin, to her door

even though she says that she don’t love me anymore

Well I got just one ex wife

she gave me trouble that’ll last my whole life

just one time did I leave her for a night out on the town

but she says she can’t forgive me, that I’ll never live it down

Her name is Jeanine

when I first laid eyes on her I thought it was a dream

so if you see her tell her that I miss her every day

tell her I’ll come back to her and tell her that I’ll stay

I’m almost on mountain time

thinkin’ of your hand in mine

watchin’ all the clouds roll by

all across the Texas sky

I’ve been singin’ all these songs to you

the songs I sang my whole life through

about everyone I ever knew

and everything I’ll ever do

I can see you sittin’ next to me

feel my hand resting on your knee

you’re just like I thought you’d be

you’re the one who called you and I “we”

I’m watchin’ the sun go down

behind the lines of this little town

wishin’ I was San Antonio bound

thinkin’ your voice is my favorite sound

I’m almost on mountain time

thinkin’ of your hand in mine

These days I feel I’m doin’ alright

I keep some things out of mind out of sight

away in a dark little corner of mine

are all of the broken unspoken goodbyes

Goodbye to the girl that I was for so long

goodbye to the places I called home

goodbye to the mothers who had to let go

of me or the daughters that they’d known

I wouldn’t say that there’s no going back

that everything either is white or it’s black

that all of what’s gone has been written in stone

but in that darkest corner I am alone

So Goodbye to the girl that I was for so long

goodbye to the places I called home

goodbye to the mothers who had to let go

of me or the daughters that they’d known

These days I feel I’m doin’ alright

sometimes in that little corner there’s light

and there is still a mother that I know

who always hangs on where I have let go

Goodbye to the girl that I was for so long

goodbye to the places I called home

goodbye to the mothers who had to let go

of me or the daughters that they’d known

Remember that old picture of the flower in the gun?

Remember when you learned of how 

The West was really won?

Remember all the bodies that they found after the war?

Remember what we’re really fighting for

We will sing, we will dance

We will laugh while we take our stance

We will stand, we will say

“They can’t take that away“

So put your money where your individual rights are

Take your cash out of the hands of billionaires

Hear the words of your mother and your daughters

They know better, they know what is right and fair

We will sing, we will dance

We will laugh while we take our stance

We will stand, we will say

“They can’t take that away“

Find the truth and get ready to defend it

Make it known to all the people in your life

That you see what is really going on here

You will speak out, you are ready

We will fight

Oh we will sing, we will dance

We will laugh while we take our stance

We will stand, we will say

“They can’t take that away“

We will sing, we will dance

We will laugh while we take our stance

We will stand, we will say

“They can’t take that away“

I’m out on a lonesome road

That’s where I go, that’s where I go

Where midnight will swallow you whole

That’s what I know, that’s what I know

I’m goin down to the border

I’m goin down to that line

I’m goin over and over

I’m goin over this time

I’ll tell you it’s only today

That’s what I know, that’s what I know

But I’m fading, I’m fading away

That’s where I go, that’s where I go

I’m goin down to the border

I’m goin down to that line

I’m goin over and over

I’m goin over this time

I’m here in this little white room

That’s where I go, that’s where I go

And the mornin it ain’t comin soon

That’s what I know, that’s what I know

I’m goin down to the border

I’m goin down to that line

I’m goin over and over

I’m goin over this time

Oh I’m goin over this time

When you hear an old voice from a memory

And see an old face that you know

You can go, you can go, you can go

I’ll see you again when I’m dreaming

I’ll remember the things that you said

Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead

You’ll be here inside all of these pictures

In my hands when I’m mending my clothes

You can go, you can go, you can go

When you hear an old voice from a memory

And you’re weary right down to your bones

Go on home, go on home, go on home

It was years ago, now, when you found me

I was just sitting at a table in the corner feeling lonely as could be

Then you came along in your green t-shirt

And now we’re out here planting in a little garden digging up the dirt

Give me that love and a little bit of hot sauce

Show me some grace when I leave the coffee on way too long

I’ll give you all my days till this life is over

And I’ll leave you all my money when I’m dead and gone

Just yesterday dear when you went to rest your head

In your nightgown lying in a double-blanket double-feathered bed

I could hear your soft breath as you fell into a dream

Of a sun setting just behind a mountain and the trickle of a stream

Give me that love and a little bit of hot sauce

Show me some grace when I leave the coffee on way too long

I’ll give you all my days till this life is over

And I’ll leave you all my money when I’m dead and gone

Now tomorrow’s a day that’ll be like the others

When I tell you that I’ll see you that night and you pull up the covers

I’ll go off to work and you’ll go for a long walk

Then I’ll come home and I’ll listen and you’ll listen and we’ll talk

Give me that love and a little bit of hot sauce

Show me some grace when I leave the coffee on way too long

I’ll give you all my days till this life is over

And I’ll leave you all my money when I’m dead and gone

Oh I will leave you all my money when I’m dead and gone

Oh won’t you come on down

Won’t you come on down, down, down

There’s a good thing going around

Going around, round, round

Just behind the bend

Hard times are gonna end

We’re going down to Texas

Oh won’t you come along

Won’t you come along, long, long

And forget what’s going wrong

Going wrong, wrong, wrong

It’s gonna be alright

Cause we’re going to the light

We’re on our way to Texas

Oh won’t you come on down

Won’t you come on down, down, down

Where we were always bound

Always bound, bound, bound

Where the pink bluebonnets grow

Kick up dust at the rodeo

We’re going down to Texas

Oh won’t you come on by

Won’t you come on by, by, by

Where the rivers all run dry

Running dry, dry, dry

Where the armadillos roam

And the hills will take you home

Won’t you come on down to Texas

Tomorrow’s only Sunday

So let’s listen to the wind

It’s blowing through the fruit trees

It’s October again

You’re swaying in the porch swing

I’m walking through the yard

You’re makin’ us some sweet tea

I’m workin’ on the car

Come sit a little closer

Come rest your head on me

Let’s watch the sunlight fading

Have conversation aimlessly

You’re goin’ out for groceries

I’m fixin’ up the door

We’re hoping for a big rain

It’s April once more

Come sit a little closer

Come rest your head on me

Let’s watch the sunlight fading

Have conversation aimlessly

Come sit a little closer

Come rest your head on me

Let’s watch the sunlight fading

Have conversation aimlessly

Let’s watch the sunlight fading

Have conversation aimlessly

Life would be easy if I took my coffee black

But pour a little honey in it, honey, just like that

And I’ll try, and I’ll try

And I’ll try not to look back

But I don’t like, I don’t like, my coffee black

Once I was a child and I ran away from home

Everything I carried became everything I owned

And I tried, and I tried

Out there in the unknown

But there’s no, there’s no place, there’s no place like home

Once I had a habit that cost everything I had

Every day I emptied every twenty dollar bag

And I tried, and I tried,

To raise up my white flag

But only when, when I’d lost everything I had

So now I take the sweet things that might come along my way

Like how you pour the honey in my coffee every day

And you say, and you say, 

You say you’re here to stay

Honey you’re the sweetest thing to come along my way

Some say cheatin’ is a young man’s game

And everything you win, you’ll lose the same

So quit your lyin’, quit your ways

Leave it all as it was before you came

Some say there’s a heaven, if you act real good

I say it isn’t so, but you still should

Some say secrets, well they don’t make friends

They hide and wait, come out again

So tell somebody just where you’ve been

And if you know who did it, well you should turn ‘em in

Some say there’s a heaven, if you act real good

I say it isn’t so, but you still should

Some say absence makes a heart grow fond

But they don’t know how far you’ve gone

They say what doesn’t bend will break the bond

They say you can’t move up if you can’t move on

Some say there’s a heaven, if you act real good

I say it isn’t so, but you still should

You still should

Well you still should

I don’t like a cold rain, or a bitter wind

You don’t like the ocean and want summer just to end

Well we could go to Colorado when the heat is coming on

Live up on the hillside ‘till summer’s come and gone

You don’t like the highway when the city’s going home

I don’t like a one-lane bridge or a dusty gravel road

We could leave this morning and when you say the word

I’ll pull off on the roadside and you can take a turn

I don’t like the news these days ‘cause everybody lies

But you can read about it and then tell me if its alright

Is the sky above us and is the ground below?

Hurricanes and earthquakes that’s all I need to know

I don’t like to sweep up, you don’t like a dirty floor

So I will take my boots off if you will get the door

We could walk together or we could take a drive

I’ll bring us down the backroads if you just want to ride

I don’t miss the snow in April

Or the rain on Christmas day

But every July, how I miss that northern sky

Ever since I’ve been away

I think of that old house as empty

I think about the walls we painted blue

I think about the days when time just got away

From all the things I said I’d do

I wonder if that fence is holding

If someone else is keeping up the lawn

Remember that escape, up the highway to the cape

Back before we both were gone?

I think of that old house as empty

I think about the walls we painted blue

I think about the days when time just got away

From all the things I said I’d do

I didn’t see that last day coming

I didn’t know the end was near

Now I think sometimes in the stillness

Of that same thread running through us

And I wish I’d kept some souvenir 

I think of that old house as empty

I think about the walls we painted blue

I think about the days when time just got away

From all the things I said I’d do

She talks to the moon

Hugs her favorite trees

Never sets an alarm clock

Always tells me her dreams

And sometimes she sings so softly

Just under her breath

She can cook about anything

Never worries what today will bring

Remembers the things I forget

She likes wearing sweaters

She likes cabins in the woods

She drinks the fanciest tea

And thinks mustard is good

And sometimes she sings so softly

Just under her breath

She can cook about anything

Never worries what today will bring

Remembers the things I forget

I just love her face

The way she moves through space

She wears a rose gold wedding ring

Doesn’t hang on to things

And sometimes she sings so softly

Just under her breath

She can cook about anything

Never worries what today will bring

Remembers the things I forget

Once there was a girl they called her “Red”

And everyone in town all knew that name

Because her mother how she’d yell

Sayin’ “Red you go to hell”

She’d say “oh Red you being born was such a shame”

She’s got trouble in her eye and she’s on fire

She’s got trouble in her name and time to spare

She leaves trouble in her wake

She’s trouble just for trouble’s sake

More trouble than this little world could ever bear

Red she started out just stealing pennies

From that leave-a-penny, take-a-penny jar

Then it was diamonds, it was cash

She’d take whatever’s in your stash

Oh she could crack a safe and drive off in your car

She’s got trouble in her eye and she’s on fire

She’s got trouble in her name and time to spare

She leaves trouble in her wake

She’s trouble just for trouble’s sake

More trouble than this little world could ever bear

I hear she moved along to California

And did a little time in every jail

She did time for pickin’ fights

Out on the street in broad daylight

And never once did anybody post her bail

She’s got trouble in her eye and she’s on fire

She’s got trouble in her name and time to spare

She leaves trouble in her wake

She’s trouble just for trouble’s sake

More trouble than this little world could ever bear

Now it’s been a good long while since we’ve seen her

And sometimes her mother still yells out the door

Sayin’ “Red you come on home,

Oh Red don’t let me die alone,

Come on now Red don’t you be runnin’ off no more”

It’s been twenty years since I set out from Houston

To look for all the copper in these mines

Twenty years of digging slow

To find the bottom of that hole

While I was dreaming of the Arizona sky

I don’t want to spend my life in Silver City

Not when there’s so little left to spend

Please don’t bury me in Silver City

I’m getting out of here before the end 

I remember when the water rose and met the rooftops

The dance hall and the jailhouse washed away

Some went to El Paso

They all said that I should go

Back to Texas or up north to Santa Fe

I don’t want to spend my life in Silver City

Not when there’s so little left to spend

Please don’t bury me in Silver City

I’m getting out of here before the end 

One more winter till they send for me from Tuscon

One more spring until I move along out west

Sell this little piece of land

And every last thing that I can 

To get to where I’ll hang my hat and finally rest

I don’t want to spend my life in Silver City

Not when there’s so little left to spend

Please don’t bury me in Silver City

I’m getting out of here before the end