Haunted Heart

(jimmy newman/j.d. miller)

Cry, cry darlin?
That

(buddy brock/kim williams)

Go down the road called yesterday
Take a left on a lost highway
And make a right on memory lane
Drive until you feel the pain

And at the river of tears take one last turn
And cross the bridge that just won't burn
A run down house is love's graveyard
That's where you'll find my haunted heart

Well my haunted heart can't rest in peace
It's buried with her memory
And it's a living hell here after dark
All alone with a haunted heart

Late at night a slamming door
Shadows move across the floor
Footsteps fall on silent stairs
I hear her call but no one's there

Her photograph hangs by the bed
A grim reminder love is dead
A love i killed just won't depart
It's living in my haunted heart

Well my haunted heart can't rest in peace
It's buried with her memory
And it's a living hell here after dark
All alone with a haunted heart
I said i'm all alone with a haunted heart

(mark petersen/bruce theien)

She still answers whenever i call
We talk about work and the weather and all
If i mention the past or maybe coming back home
It ain't long till i hear that old cold dial tone

I still got her number but i can't reach her anymore
I can't reach out and touch her heart the way i did before
She don't have much to talk about
Since my feet did the walking out
If she could only see them walk the floor
I still got her number but i can't reach her anymore

She says her job is hectic but it's beautiful outside
She might call in sick tomorrow and just take a drive
I said i'd really love to see you can i meet you somewhere
And then the conversation fades and long distance fills the air

I still got her number but i can't reach her anymore
I can't reach out and touch her heart the way i did before
She don't have much to talk about
Since my feet did the walking out
If she could only see them walk the floor
I still got her number but i can't reach her
I still got her number but i can't reach her anymore
I can't reach out and touch her heart the way i did before
She don't have much to talk about
Since my feet did the walking out
If she could only see them walk the floor
I still got her number but i can't reach her anymore

(walt aldridge/susan longacre)

I saw your car today
It looked like it anyway
Those foreign makes all look the same
It took me way back to
That time when i watched you
Slam the door and drive away
Ever since that night i just can

(dennis linde)

Well i met her out at murphy's restaurant
She said she was fresh from the farm
And i remember thinkin' for a country girl
That she went pretty well armed
We sat there talkin' by the lobster tank
I ordered her a slow gin fizz
And when them chicken fried steaks arrived
She said i like living like this

So i made her the queen of my double wide trailer
With the polyester curtains and the redwood deck
Times she's run off and i've got to trail her
Dang her black heart and her pretty red neck

Well a few nights later i run into her
With some stranger on a park bench
She said he rebuilds engines and his name is earl
He's the charlie daniels of the torque wrench
I whispered honey let's just go on home
And have some onion rings and watch tv
And as i walked her to the truck
Earl was cryin' don't you leave me
I told him

This is the queen of my double wide trailer
With the polyester curtains and the redwood deck
Sometimes shes runs and i've got to trail her
Dang her black heart and her pretty red neck

I said this is the queen of my double wide trailer
With the polyester curtains and the redwood deck
Sometimes she runs and i've got to trail her
Dang her black heart and her pretty red neck

I said this is the queen of my double wide trailer
With the polyester curtains and the redwood deck
Sometimes she runs and i've got to trail her
Dang her black heart and her pretty red neck

She's the queen
She's the queen