Partners, Brothers And Friends

Now the girls in telluride do it like this
Cross their fingers when they kiss you
Don't say nothing behind your back
And they don't take nothin' that they don't give back
Take the gold into telluride

Work all winter in the tomboy mine
Dreamin' of what we'll do
When the snow finally ends
And the spring breaks through
We'll load up the wagon & set the little one by our side
Take the gold into telluride

I'd like to lay you down on a cannonball bed
Put a soft feather pillow down by your head
Intertwine flowers into a maiden's veil
Wake you in the morning
Now she's wailing take the gold into telluride

Ain't nothing'll stop an avalanche when it's sliding
Once the wagon starts to roll, you can't turn the mule and the brakes don't hold;
You end up in the valley with the little one by your side
Take the gold into telluride.

Lace curtains for the windows,
Dreams torn from a catalog page.
We may wander where the wind blows
You change your views but our love won't change
She gonna climb you high on top of a hill
Fall asleep laughing with the whipporwill
Intertwined flowers in the matrons ring
Wake you in the morning
Now she's singing take the gold into telluride

I loved my winter with a teenage bride
Dreamin of what we'll do
When the snow finally ends
And the spring breaks through
We'll load up the wagon, set the little one by our side
Take the gold into telluride
Take the gold into telluride

One in a million in a lonely town,
Two hundred people trying to keep me down,
I've taken all i can, i ain't lookin' back.
Small town boy in a back yard lot,
Can't make a living with the luck i've got
I'm gonna leave it all, i ain't looking back.

That's the way i remember, it seemed to me when i was young.
But i can still see the leaves slowly fall to the ground,
And the snow on the trees as the winter comes down.
Still i go home again in my heart.

My father worked hard on the railroad track;
37 years cut across his back,
He gave it all he had for what he believed.
Like every other kid that came before,
I grew up believing there was something more
And i still believe, i still believe.

That's the way i remember, it seemed to me when i was young.
But i can still see the leaves slowly fall to the ground,
And the snow on the trees as the winter comes down.
Still i go home again in my heart.

But i can still see the lightning on a warm summer night
And the rain on the roof when i close my eyes;
I can still hear us laughing on the front porch in the dark.
There are days when i know that i've traveled so far
That i'll never find the road leading back to the start,
Still i go home again in my heart
Still i go home again in my heart
In my heart, in my heart

For as long as i remember, when friday night came round
The family would gather out at grandpa's house.
With supper over and the dishes done
It was then the best time came
At an old upright piano that only grandma played.

She played beautiful dreamer, my wild irish rose;
She never played 'em perfect, but there was love in every note.
Grandpa sat beside her, in harmony they sang,
At the old upright piano that only grandma played.

Grandpa was a stubborn man, they said it was his style.
Grandma called him ornery, but she said it with a smile.
Even he could not disguise the love he felt so strong;
We all could see it in his eyes when she played his favorite song.

She played beautiful dreamer, my wild irish rose;
She never played 'em perfect, but there was love in every note.
Grandpa sat beside her, in harmony they sang,
At the old upright piano that only grandma played.

I was almost 17 when my grandma died;
I stayed all night with grandpa; the old man never cried.
He sat at her piano, there was nothing we could say
It was the first time in my life i ever heard my grandpa play.

It wasn't beautiful dreamer or my wild irish rose
It was a song he played from memory & he never missed a note
I sat right there beside him until the morning came
What a friend we have in jesus was the only song he played.

She played beautiful dreamer, my wild irish rose;
She never played 'em perfect, but there was love in every note.
Grandpa sat beside her, in harmony they sang,
At the old upright piano that only grandma played.

We met on the highway, she flagged me down,
Had a flat on her stingray with nobody around
I helped her out, she said climb in
So i ditched my ol truck just to see where the party would end.

We spent the weekend in reno in the honeymoon suite,
Never saw the casino, barely took time to eat.
I never dreamed she would take me this far
But by sunday that lady had taken a hold of my heart.

It's a modern day romance, a new kind of game
With no time to slow dance in the fast lane.
I tried to love her without any strings
But a modern day romance has left me some old-fashioned pain.

She never said good-bye, just a note by the phone
Said "thanks for the good times, but it's time to move on."
Well i'm out here walkin' with my thumb in the air
Wondering where she might've gone and why i even care.

It's a modern day romance; old fashioned pain

Watch out when they start to twist
Hold tight with a leather fist
That's what my daddy told me
How to ride the bulls.
There's a jingle in my jeans,
Short places inbetween;
I'm leaving tennesee with a push and pull.

Ten-four, buddy, come on back.
Horse trailer on a cadillac,
You're talking to the cowboy in the coupe de ville.
Chug a lug up one side, glide down the other,
I'm a lover of the other side of the hill.

Turn up that radio & don't think about rodeo,
Don't think about roundup up in old cheyenne.
It's a crazy circuit, but you still work it.
Won't you turn the sound up and let's check the scan.

Ten-four, buddy, come on back.
Horse trailer on a cadillac,
You're talking to the cowboy in the coupe de ville.
Chug a lug up one side, glide down the other,
I'm a lover of the other side of the hill.

Bandanna on the rearview mirror
Still wet from ear to ear;
Once again its provin' what the wise men say -
When you ride the last one, you better make it a fast one
Jump while he's movin, just walk away.

Ten-four, buddy, come on back.
Horse trailer on a cadillac,
You're talking to the cowboy in the coupe de ville.
Chug a lug up one side, glide down the other,
I'm a lover of the other side of the hill.