when the morning awakes
and the sun is tickling the day
I see you lying next to me
I’m lying right next to you
you’ve been haunting me
with a glimmer of your grace
you tear down my empathy
you know you’re enlightning me

a step forward and two steps back
what you see you might never get

i’m breathless down on my knees
you lift me up
no, it can’t be wrong
to lick the sugar from the tip of my tongue
it seems so clear that you’re all I need
no one else
can show me what I want to see

when the morning awakes
and the sun is tickling the day
I see you lying next to me
I’m lying right next to you
you’ve been haunting me
with a glimmer of your grace
you tear down my empathy
you know you’re enlightning me

no time for hide and seek
gimme love and give me speed

I had two girls every morning
Seeing that I was well fed
And believe you me, one sweetened my tea
While another one buttered my bread
Two girls gave me my money
Two girls made me my clothes
And another sweet thing, bought me a diamond ring
About forty carats I suppose
Well, thirteen women and only one man in town
There was a-thirteen women and only one man in town
It was something I can’t forget

Because I think of those thirteen women yet
Well, thirteen woman and only one man around

I had three girls dancing the mambo
Three girls balling the jack
And all of the rest really did their best
Boy, they sure were a lively pack
I thought I was in heaven
And all of these angels were mine
But I woke up and ended the dream
‘Cause I had to get to work on time
Well, a-thirteen women and only one man in town
There was a-thirteen women and only one man in town
No, I can’t tell you where I’ve been
‘Cause I kinda think that someday I’ll go back again
To those thirteen women and me the only man around
Well, a-thirteen women and me the only man around
Well, a-thirteen women and me the only man around

One look in his eyes
I had realized
His life was so simple he had no disguise
He lived day to day, no promise he would stay
But in these few words he stole my heart away

He said:
“My life’s not to lead
Through power or greed
I am but a poor man
when I’m cut I bleed
A more humble man you never will meet
And here is my heart for only you to keep…”

In the shade of the willow tree
My poor peasant promised to me

No scholarly thoughts, he couldn’t pay high costs
And sometimes it feels like he’s totally lost
But he said this true and he said it loud
“I promise you my heart with this solemn vow…”

One warm summer night
He rode out of sight
On a wild mare that was so perfectly white
I’d dreamed he’d return and I was right
Wishes can come true when you wish with all your might…

In the shade of the willow tree
My poor peasant promised to me.

In the shade of the willow tree
My poor peasant promised to me.

I woke up this morning with a awful aching head
I woke up this morning with a awful aching head
My new man had left me, just a room and a empty bed

Bought me a coffee grinder that’s the best one I could find
Bought me a coffee grinder that’s the best one I could find
Oh, he could grind my coffee, ’cause he had a brand new grind

He’s a deep sea diver with a stroke that can’t go wrong
He’s a deep sea diver with a stroke that can’t go wrong
He can stay at the bottom and his wind holds out so long

He knows how to thrill me and he thrills me night and day
Oh, he knows how to thrill me, he thrills me night and day
He’s got a new way of loving, almost takes my breath away

Lord, he’s got that sweet somethin’ and I told my girlfriend Lou
He’s got that sweet somethin’ and I told my girlfriend Lou
From the way she’s raving, she must have gone and tried it too

[Part 2]

When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue
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When my bed get empty make me feel awful mean and blue
My springs are getting rusty, sleeping single like I do

Bought him a blanket, pillow for his head at night
Bought him a blanket, pillow for his head at night
Then I bought him a mattress so he could lay just right

He came home one evening with his spirit way up high
He came home one evening with his spirit way up high
What he had to give me, make me wring my hands and cry

He give me a lesson that I never had before
He give me a lesson that I never had before
When he got to teachin’ me, from my elbow down was sore

He boiled my first cabbage and he made it awful hot
He boiled my first cabbage and he made it awful hot
When he put in the bacon, it overflowed the pot

When you git good lovin’, never go and spread the news
Yes, he’ll double-cross you, and leave you with them empty bed blues

Marbles and playthings and in days of yore
There came a young lady. She looked like a
Pretty young creature, she sat on the grass
She pulled up her dresses and showed us her

Ruffles and laces and white puffy duck
She said she was learning a new way to
Bring up her children and learn them to knit
While the boys in the barnyard were shoveling

Refuse and litter from yesterday’s hunt
While the girl in the meadow was rubbing her
Eyes at the fellows as girls sometimes do
To make it quite clear that she wanted to

Go for a nice, pleasant stroll on the grass
Then hurry back home for a nice piece of

Ice cream and cake that stood three layers tall
And after desert she was ready to

Go for another walk down by the dock
With any young man with a sizeable
Roll of one hundreds and a big bulge up front
If he’d ask politely, she’d show him her

Little pet dog who was subject to fits
Then maybe she’d let him grab hold of her
Small tender hands with a movement so quick
Then she’d bend on over and suck on his

Soda so sweetly ’til she finished it
Then pull down her panties to rub on her
Hip that she bruised when she ran down the hall
‘Cause he tried to force her to lick on his

Candy so tasty made of butterscotch
And then he spread whip cream all over her
Cookies that she had been baking all night
If you think this is dirty, you know you’re damned right!

But outside of that, he’s all right with me
Outside of that, he’s sweet as he can be
I love him as true as stars above
He beats me up, but how he can love
I never loved like that since the day I was born
I said for fun, I don’t want you no more

And when I said that, I made sweet papa sore
He blacked my eyes, I couldn’t see
Then he pawned the things he gave to me
But outside of that, he’s all right with me

I said for fun, I don’t want you no more
And when I said that, I made sweet papa sore
When he pawned my things I said: you’re a dirty old thief
Now, then he turned around and knocks out both of my teeth
Outside of that, he’s all right with me

Devil’s gonna git you,
Devil’s gonna git you,
Oh, the devil’s gonna git you,
The way you’re carryin’ on

You go away, stay for weeks
On your doggone spree
Come back home, get in my bed
And turn your back on me
Oh the devil’s gonna git you
I mean the devil’s gonna git you
Man the devil’ sgonna git you
Sure as you’s born

Dirty two-timer, dirty two-timer,
Dirty two-timer, you ain’t coming clean

Oh the devil’s gonna git you
I mean the devil’s gonna git you
Oh the devil’s gonna git you
You know what I mean

I don’t want no two-time stuff
From my regular man
Don’t want nothing that’s been used
‘Cause it’s second-hand
The devil’s gonna git you
Oh the devil’s gonna git you
Man the devil’s gonna git you
Sure as you’re born to die

When I met you in the sun. I fell in love with you.
But now it’s dark. I’m on the run.
You broke my heart in two
Oh but I need you.
I need you all the time.
Oh, how I need you to be mine.

Ohohoh, you take me to the light. And I believe in love.
When you are by my side. I know it’s getting better.
Come take me to the light. And I believe in love.
When you are by my side.
Ohohoh.

Did you ever feel the same. Why don’t you take my hand?
You left me standing in the rain. But I don’t understand.
Oh but I need you.
I need you all the time.
Oh, how I need you to be mine.

Ohohoh, you take me to the light. And I believe in love.
When you are by my side. I know it’s getting better.
Come take me to the light. And I believe in love.
When you are by my side.
Ohohoh.

The sandman comes at night i have a request
A snapshot dreamy keepsake of your embrace
Cast a shadow in my direction
Cast a shadow in my direction

Cast a shadow in my direction
Cast a shadow in my direction

Cast a shadow over here
We’ll shadow plays
We’ll dig shallow graves

In my shady shallow cave

The shadow grows longer in my twilight sleep
?I wallow and remember you lock and key?
Cast a shadow in my direction
Cast a shadow in my direction

Cast a shadow in my direction
Cast a shadow in my direction
Bring back shadow of your affection
Cast a shadow in my direction
Bring back shadow of your protection
Cast a shadow…
in my… direction