Ocean Front Property

All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee

Rosanna's down in Texarkana
Wanted me to push her broom
Sweet Eileen's in Abilene
She forgot I hung the moon

And Allison's in Galveston
Somehow lost her sanity
And Dimple's who now lives in Temple's
Got the law looking for me

All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee

I remember that old Frio river
Where I learned to swim
And it brings to mind another time
Where I wore my welcome thin

By transcendental meditation
I go there each night
But I always come back to myself
Long before daylight

All my ex's live in Texas
And Texas is the place I'd dearly love to be
But all my ex's live in Texas
And therefore I reside in Tennessee

Some folks think I'm hidin'
It's been rumored that I died
But I'm alive and well in Tennessee

- Sanger D. Shafer, Linda J. Shafer

Someone's walkin' around upstairs, I can hear him
And he just got up from sleeping in our bed
And I'll wake and realize, I was dreamin'
But even when I'm stoned awake
I can't get it out of my head

'Cause I know someone's gonna take my place
And walk up that 'ol stair way
To the room where I walked out on you
Please understand I couldn't stay

I see a two story house
With someone new warmin' up my bed
Someone's walkin' around upstairs
And I can't get it out of my head

'Cause I know someone's gonna take my place
And walk up that 'ol stair way
To the room where I walked out on you
Please understand I couldn't stay

I see a two story house
With someone new warmin' up my bed
Someone's walkin' around upstairs
And I can't get it out of my head

Someone's walkin' around upstairs
And I can't get it out of my head

- David Anthony, Paul A. Maloy

Am I blue?
Yes I'm blue
It started the day I lost you
Nobody ever missed somebody like I do
Am I blue?
Am I blue?

Just this mornin' over coffee
I sat there cryin'
'Cause you're gone long gone
I didn't know just how much
I was gonna miss you
Til' I spent my first night alone

Am I blue?
Yes I'm blue
How could I have been such a fool?
Now look at all the misery I'm goin' through
Am I blue?
Am I blue?

Tried to call
And say, "I'm sorry"
I couldn't get you on the line
You'll never know just how much
I'm wishin' you would show up
And say, "You've changed your mind"

- David Chamberlain

If you leave me, I won't miss you,
And I won't ever take you back.
Girl, your mem'ry won't ever haunt me
'Cause I don't love you, and now if you'll buy that.

I got some ocean front property in Arizona.
From my front porch you can see the sea.
I got some ocean front property in Arizona.
If you'll buy that, I'll throw the golden gate in free.

I don't worship the ground you walk on.
I never have and that's a fact.
I won't follow or try to find you
'Cause I don't love you, and now if you'll buy that.

I got some ocean front property in Arizona.
From my front porch you can see the sea.
I got some ocean front property in Arizona.
If you'll buy that, I'll throw the golden gate in free.

Yeah, if you'll buy that I'll throw the golden gate in free.

- Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, Royce Porter

She left me almost burned out
I couldn't feel a thing
A walkin' talkin' statue
Afraid to love again

She did everythin' to kill a flame
But a little spark got through
She'd got her way, I'd be gone today
If it hadn't been for you

You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames
I'm alive with love because of you
When you came to light the fire
You knew just what to bring
You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames

She thought she had me down and out
But at the count of nine
A livin' lovin' angel
Showed up just in time

She thought that I would surely die
Sometimes I wanted to
She had no doubt the fire was out
But she didn't count on you

You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames
I'm alive with love because of you
When you came to light the fire
You knew just what to bring
You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames

You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames
I'm alive with love because of you
When you came to light the fire
You knew just what to bring
You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames

You turn cold gray ashes into
Hot burnin' flames

- Hank Cochran, Mack Vickery, Wayne Kemp

Her ship set sail from the docks of Miami
For a two week Caribbean cruise
Our first time apart in ten years of marriage
She said, "I'm already missin' you"

She called me from Nassau, ship's first port o' call
Said, "The ocean ain't all that's blue
The brochure I read was right
This island is paradise, but not without you"

She said, "Without you here
There's just no fun in the sun would be had
Without you here"

"It's no place to be
This dream vacation is a bad situation
I'm in misery, in a sea of tears
Without you here"

I said, "Darlin' I'm sorry, I should have gone with you
Had a feelin' you'd be feelin' this way
But I'm just as lonely, you're not the only one
Wishin' I was there today"

As I hung up the phone, I pictured her there alone
Standin' at the dock of the bay
O' it's more than I can stand
There's gonna be a change of plans, honey I'm on my way

She said, "Without you here
There's just no fun in the sun would be had
Without you here"

"It's no place to be
This dream vacation is a bad situation
I'm in misery, in a sea of tears
Without you here"

She said, "Without you here
There's just no fun in the sun would be had
Without you here"

"It's no place to be
This dream vacation is a bad situation
I'm in misery, in a sea of tears
Without you here

- Dean Dillon, Royce Porter

Well honey don't you worry
I don't need no ballroom queens
Though I'll admit she sure knows
How to fill a pair of jeans
And I'll admit now darlin'
She sure showin' me her stuff
But honey it ain't nearly enough

'Cause I ain't never seen her
Patch a pair of ragged britches
Stretch a paycheck 'til it reaches
Scratch my back right where it itches
And I ain't never seen that and honey 'til I do
My heart won't wander very far from you

Now honey you know I honor
All the hard times we've been through
I never could have made it with anyone but you
And I think I know when a lady is really really tough
But she don't show me nearly enough

'Cause I ain't never seen her
Stay up all night with the baby
Calm me down when I get crazy
Fix me grits and red eyed gravy
And I ain't never seen that and honey 'til I do
My heart won't wander very far from you

No I ain't never seen her
Make a six room house a castle
Teach the young ones how to wrestle
Straighten out my fish and tackle
And I ain't never seen that and honey 'til I do
My heart won't wander very far from you

No I ain't never seen that and honey 'til I do
My heart won't wander very far from you

- Annette Cotter, Buddy Carvalhe

Man, don't you know this woman you want and crave
Is the queen of my kingdom?
When she walks through the garden
Roses drop petals to cushion the foot steps she takes

I know she once loved you and I know you still love her
But you carelessly asked for your freedom
I can see how it hurts you but it's too late
You made your mistakes

Man, you know second chances these days
Are so hard to come by
I love that lady so you best forget
Ever gettin' her back 'cause she's mine

Man, you know I had somebody else once
And she just gave me one try
And second chances these days
Are so hard to come by

Man, you know second chances these days
Are so hard to come by
I love that lady so you best forget
Ever gettin' her back 'cause she's mine

Man, you know I had somebody else once
She just gave me one try
And second chances these days
Are so hard to come by

And second chances these days
Are so hard to come by

- S. D. Shafer, Tommy Collins

I've been workin' at forgettin' since you said goodbye
Lookin' for some good times, the best money can buy
But it's a bad investment, there's no long term dividends
You can't buy happiness or heal a heart that just won't mend

Because I never thought that I'd be missin' you this way
I should've paid you more attention but now it's too late
You can buy a night out on the town, you can buy a loveboat cruise
But you can't buy your way out of the blues
No, you can't buy your way out of the blues

You can spend your fool self-sinin'
But your money's all you lose
Loveluck just can't be bought and paid for and that's the truth
No, you can't buy your way out of the blues

My pocket book is empty but I'm still feelin' bad
I might as well admit it, you're the last good time I had
It's been a high-price lesson, I can't justify the cost
I tried buyin' off your memory but it's all in vain

Because I never thought that I'd be missin' you this way
I should've paid you more attention but now it's too late
You can buy a night out on the town, you can buy a loveboat cruise
But you can't buy your way out of the blues
No, you can't buy your way out of the blues

You can spend your fool self-sinin'
But your money's all you lose
Loveluck just can't be bought and paid for and that's the truth
No, you can't buy your way out of the blues

Loveluck just can't be bought and paid for and that's the truth
No, you can't buy your way out of the blues

- S. D. Shafer, Tommy Collins

Leavin' me behind is all behind you now
It's plain to see that you're for good over me
You've gotta whole new life ahead of you
You did what you lived to do
And I'm all behind you now

And I'll be behind you always
Should you every be a yesterday
Though it tears me up
To know deep down
I'm all behind you know

You're comin' back
My way will come my way again
I'll never be what I was with you and me
And I don't know who or where your goin' to
But you did what you lived to do
And I'm all behind you now

And I'll be behind you always
Should you every be a yesterday
Though it tears me up
To know deep down
I'm all behind you know

Yeah it tears me up to know deep down
I'm all behind you know

- Dean Dillon