Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American United States singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty-one albums and compilations, has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. [read more] - Little Sister
Little sister don't youLittle sister don't youLittle sister don't you kiss me once twiceTell me that it's nice and then you, ru-u-unYeah-eah, little sister don't you do what your big sister doneYou know I dated your...
- Johnson's Love
She had left him lost and brokenLike no other had beforeNow his heart was just a tokenOf all the pain it had enduredAnd his memories were cloudedWith all the hurtful things she'd saidYes for all intent and purposeHe...
- Playboy
They call me a playboyAs I'm making my roundsChasing the bright lightOf each night spot in townThough I never show it, My heart's breaking in twoThey call me a playboyBut I'm just lonesome for youI once had real...
- Claudette
I got a brand new baby and I feel so goodShe loves me even betterThan I thought she could I'm on my way to her houseAnd I'm plumb out of breathWhen I see her tonight I'm gonna squeeze her to deathChorus:Claudette,...
- Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Everybody's gone away,Said they're movin' to L.A.There's not a soul I know around,Everybody's leavin' townSome caught a freight, some caught a planeFind the sunshine leave the rainThey said this town will waste your...
- Tired Of Waiting For You
Chorus:I'm so tired, tired of waitingTired of waiting for youI'm so tired, tired of waitingTired of waiting for youI was a lonely soulI had nobody till I met youBut you keep a me waiting All of the time what can I...
- Train In Vain
They say you stand by your manTell me something I don't understandYou said you love me and that's a factAnd then you left me, said you felt trappedWell some things you can't explain awayBut the heartache's with me to...
- Things We Said Today
You say you will love meIf I have to goYou'll be thinking of meSomehow I will knowSomeday when I'm lonelyWishing you weren't so far awayThen I will rememberThings we said todayYou say you'll be mine girlTill the end...
- Wichita Lineman
I am a lineman for the countyAnd I drive the main roadSearchin' in the sunFor another overloadI hear you singin' in the wiresI can hear you through the whineAnd the Wichita lineman is still on the lineI know I need a...
- Here Comes The Night
I can see right out my windowWalking down the streetMy girl, with another guyHis arms around herLike it used to be with meHey man, it makes me want to dieYeah yeah yeahChorus: Here comesHere comes the nightHere comes...
- North To Alaska
North to Alaska Go north, the rush is on Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two With George Pratt, his partner and brother Billy, too They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold Below that old...
- The Last Time
Well, I told you once and I told you twiceBut you never listened to my adviceYou don't try very hard to please meWith what you know it should come easyChorus:Well this could be the last timeThis could be the last...
- Send Me The Pillow
Chorus:Send me the pillow that you dream onDon't you know that I still care for youSend me the pillow that you dream onSo, darlin', I can dream on it, tooEach night while I'm sleeping, oh so lonelyI'll share your love...
- I Hear You Knockin'
Chorus:I hear you knockin'I hear you callin'I hear you every time you say my nameBut it's too late, babyYour calling is all in vainI hear you cryingYou done the lyingYou tried to cheatBaby, you're to blameBut it's too...
- What I Don't Know
Chorus:What I don't know might not hurt meIf I stay dumb and no one tellsBut if I find out that you've been cheatin'What I don't know might get you killedDeath row in prison don't look half as badAs a life filled with...
- Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
She wore red dresses with her black shining hairShe had my baby and caused me to careThen coldly she left me to suffer and cryShe wore red dresses and told such sweet liesI never knew him but he took her awayAnd on my...
- Floyd County
It's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. JonesYeah, the grief is strong for the man that's goneAnd at the grave his woman cries and she moans'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. JonesThe six children he raised are...
- Home Of The Blues
Just around the corner there's heartacheDown the road all losers useIf you can wade in through the teardrops of my friendI'll meet you at the home of the BluesI walk and I cry as my heartbeatKeeps in time with the...
- Hold On To God
Chorus:Hold on, hold on, hold on to GodAnd not the ways of the worldHold on, hold on and put your trustIn His ever lasting WordHold on, hold on, hold on to GodIn this life's storm-tossed seaCling to Jesus, His...
- I Got You
I've had to buy back damn near everything I ownFrom a little man whose name is SaulAnd has a lot of money to loanI drive a beat up '67 ChevroletWith a torn up seatThat pokes a brand new hole in my back near every dayI...
- Streets Of Bakersfield
I came here looking for somethingI couldn't find anywhere elseHey, I'm not trying to be nobodyJust want a chance to be myselfI've done a thousand miles of thumbin'I've worn holes in both my heels Trying to find me...
- One More Name
My friends tried to tell me you were steppin' aroundBut I wouldn't hear it, I shut them all downBut now I'm a thinkin' you've made a fool out of me'Cause the words that are slippin' spell grief and miseryChorus:One...
- I Sang Dixie
I sang Dixie as he diedThe people just walked on by as I criedThe bottle had robbed him of all his rebel prideSo I sang Dixie as he diedHe said way down yonder in the land of cottonOld times there ain't near as rotten...
- One More Night
One more night and I knowThat'll be over youOne more night and I knowThat the worst is throughAnd if I can make this heartJust believe it tooThen one more night and I knowThat I'll be over youOne more night and I...
- Heart Of Stone
Chorus:This heart of stone sure is missing youSure is wishing you were back where love belongsThis heart of stone has not forgotten youBut broke while trying to pretend that it was strongMemories have made its will...
- Baby Why Not
Oh baby why notJust take one more chanceAnd risk all we gotOn this luckless romanceIf someone asks why We'll say we forgotAnd went kinda crazyOh baby why notIf love needs a foolFor it to surviveIt sure looks to meLike...
- Gone (That'll Be Me)
Chorus:That'll be me you'll seeWalking awayThat'll be me you'll seeFor the last time todayThat'll be me you'll seeFor not very long'Cause that'll be meYou'll see That'll be goneRemember how you warned me'Bout all your...
- Don't Be Sad
Chorus:Don't be sad 'cause you gotwhat you wantedYou should be glad to knowthat I'm finally goneDon't feel bad or bedisappointed'Cause you got what you want all alongWasn't it you who said aBlinded fool could see...
- This Much I Know
This much I knowShe'll never come back to meThis much I knowShe meant what she saidThis much I knowIt's taught me all about miseryI just learn kinda slowThis much I knowThis much I feelI should have reached out to...
- Near You
Everywhere you go each dayI will be near youOh and dear youDon't even have to say muchFor me to hear youBecause it's clear youHave a very simple wayTo keep me near youOh yeah dearThrough the power of loveThrough the...
- Never Hold You
I've seen 'em watch you andMake plans what they'll do whenSomeday you are no longer mineI've heard 'em carry on aboutHow when I'm finally gone they'reGonna treat you oh so fineBut I could have told them thatThey'd...
- Sorry You Asked?
Chorus:You'll be sorry you asked me the reasonThat she's not here withme tonightAnd I know you wereprobably just acting politeBut you'll be sorry youever asked whyWe started having problems in August last yearSo...
- Nothing
I couldn't change your heartI couldn't change your mindSo I just had to learn to live withThis empty life you left behindYou didn't try to hearYou didn't try to seeYou just stared rightthrough the teardropsLike there...
- Guitars, Cadillacs
Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad and cry myself to sleepYou showed me how this town can shatter dreams Another lesson about a naive fool that came to BabylonAnd found out that the pie don't taste so...
- South Of Cincinnati
If you ever get south of Cincinnati down where the dogwood trees growIf you ever get south of the Mason Dixon to the home you left so long agoIf you ever get south of the Ohio River down where Dixieland beginsIf you...
- I'll Be Gone
I watch as you take off your clothes and slip under the sheetsThen I turn and kick the boots off my feet there's no need to speakGirl, beauty like yours is hard to beatChorus:But I'll be gone in the morning, in the...
- Heartaches By The Number
Heartache Number One was when you left meI never knew that I could hurt this wayHeartache Number Two was when you came back againYou came back and never meant to stayChorus:Now I've got heartaches by the...
- Ring Of Fire
Love is a burning thingAnd it makes a fiery ringBound by wild desireI fell into a ring of fireChorus:I fell into a burning ring of fireI went down, down, down, and the flames climbed higherAnd it burned, burned,...
- Honky Tonk Man
Chorus:Well I'm a honky tonk man And I can't seem to stopI love to give the girls a whirlTo the music of an old juke boxBut when my money's all gone, I'm on the telephone singingHey hey mama can your daddy come...
- Twenty Years
Hey look yonder, Henry, comes the sheriffAnd he's carrying a warrant in his handDon't you run, poor old Henry, for he will shoot youNot long will you be a free manChorus:Now twenty years you must spend behind steel...
- Miner's Prayer
When the whistle blows each morningAnd I walk down in that cold, dark mineI say a prayer to my dear SaviourPlease let me see the sunshine one more timeChorus:When oh when will it be overWhen will I lay these burdens...
- It Won't Hurt
Chorus: It won't hurt when I fall down from this bar stoolAnd it won't hurt when I stumble in the streetIt won't hurt 'cause this whiskey eases miseryBut even whiskey cannot ease your hurting meToday I had another...
- Two Doors Down
Two doors down there's a jukeboxThat plays all night longReal sad songsAll about me and youTwo doors down there's a barmaidThat serves 'em real strongHere latelyThat's how I make it throughTwo doors down there's a...
- The Pocket Of A Clown
Inside the pocket of a clownIs a sad place to hang aroundJust watching smiles turn into frownsInside the pocket of a clownInside the heartache of a foolYou'll learn things they don't teach in schoolAnd lessons there...
- Fast As You
Maybe someday I'll be strongMaybe it won't take longI'll be the one who's toughYou'll be the one who's got it roughIt won't be long and Maybe I'll be real strongMaybe I'll do things rightMaybe I'll start tonightYou'll...
- This Time
This timeIs the last timeThat I'll ever call her nameThis timeIs the last timeThat I'll ever play her gameAnd this timeIs the last timeThat I'll endure this pain'Cause this timeIs the last timeShe'll ever hurt me...
- Ain't That Lonely Yet
Now you keep calling me On the telephoneTelling me you're all aloneWell that's so sadAnd you keep leavin'Notes stuck on my doorGuess you're hungry for some moreGirl that's too bad'Cause I ain't that lonely yetNo I...
- Try Not To Look So Pretty
Try not to look so prettyThe next time that we meetPlease don't look so prettyAnd I won't act so weakPlease don't look so prettyYou're lovely but it's just cruelTry not to look so prettyAnd I'll try not to be your...
- A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
I'm a thousand miles from nowhereTime don't matter to me'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhereAnd there's no place I want to beI got heartaches in my pocketI got echoes in my headAnd all that I keep hearingAre the...
- King Of Fools
As you look into my eyesand tell those empty liesI'll pretend they're true'Cause that's what I doAs you sit and hold my handAnd smile at other menI'll pretend I'm blind'Cause I'm just that kindI'm the king of foolsAnd...
- Wild Ride
I walked inThere said slimCleaning up his memory withsome sapphire ginMr. Paine grabbed my armPulled me asideAnd said kid are you ready for the wild rideI looked up There she stoodI said if you didn't look so greatI'd...
- Lonesome Roads
Where did I go wrongYou know I've never had a clueI must have just been born no good'Cause bad's the best that I can doWas it just my fate in lifeTo end up here this wayLost and all aloneOne more black lambThat's gone...
- Home For Sale
Home for saleThat's much too largeToo many roomsBig ole empty yardFar more spaceThan the owner needsPrice includesAll memoriesHome for saleRestored like newJust a placeTwo lives outgrewA change in heartForces move...
- Thinking About Leaving
I used to think love wasThe soft rope meant to tie me downAnd all that could ever own meWas a guitar and another townTen years can disappear real fastWhen every morning just leaves somewhere else behindBut I've been...
- Suspicious Minds
We're caught in a trapI can't walk out Because I love you too much, Baby Why can't you see What you're doing to me When you don't believe a word I'm saying? We can't go on together With suspicious minds And we can't...
- I'll Go Back To Her
Chorus:I'll go back to her when I'm wantedMaybe I can make up for the wrongIn spite of all I've done she still wants meSo I'll go back to her where I belongWalking out on her wasn't easyBut without a second thought I...
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
This thing called love, I just can't handle itThis thing called love, I must get 'round to itI ain't readyCrazy little thing called loveThis thing (this thing) called love (called love)It cries (like a baby) in a...
- Come On Christmas
Come on ChristmasPlease take me awayKeep me hidden safe'Til January's second dayCome on ChristmasCome on NoelI'll wrap myself up in the cheerThat's so abundantThis time of yearCome on ChristmasCome on NoelBridge:Even...
- Santa Can't Stay
Cold tears fall from his eyesAs he turns into the night and walks awayLucille runs outsideJust to see if there might be a sleighLittle Bobby stares downAt the plate where cookies still layAnd tries to understand Why...
- Run Run Rudolph
Listen to me Rudolph, you know you're the mastermindRun run Rudolph, Randolph ain't so far behindChorus:Run run Rudolph, Santa's gotta make it to townGotta make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway downRun run...
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Chestnuts roasting on an open fireJack Frost nippin' at your noseYuletide carols being sung by a choirAnd folks dressed up like EskimosEverybody knows a turkey and some mistletoeHelp to make the season brightTiny tots...
- Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Well, it's Christmastime pretty babyAnd the snow is on the groundIt's Christmastime pretty babyAnd the snow is on the groundSaid you better be good now baby'Cause Santa Claus is back in townI got no sleigh with...
- Here Comes Santa Claus
Here comes Santa ClausHere comes Santa ClausRight down Santa Claus laneVixen and Blitzen and all his reindeerPulling on the reinBells are ringing and children singingAll is merry and brightSo hang your stockings and...
- I'll Be Home For Christmas
I'll be home for ChristmasJust you wait and seeThere'll be snow and mistletoeAnd presents 'neath the treeChristmas Eve will find meWhere the love light gleamsI'll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreamsThere'll be...
- Silent Night
Silent night, Holy nightAll is calm, all is brightRound yon virgin mother and childHoly infant so tender and mildSleep in a heavenly peaceSleep in a heavenly peaceSilent night, Holy nightShepherds quake, at the...
- Away In A Manger
Away in a manger, no crib for a bedThe little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet headThe stars in the sky looked down where He layThe little Lord Jesus asleep on the hayThe cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakesThe little...
- Same Fool
I'm just the same foolThe old foolThe one foolThat you won't fool no more'Least not the way that you fooledThe last fool you fooled beforeSo let the next foolThe new foolBe a foolThat you will fool for sureJust know...
- Things Change
She said, Baby things changeI said, But I feel the sameShe said, Well let me explainBaby, how things can changeI said, But that doesn't showHow a love that could growWould become so estrangedShe said, Well baby,...
- These Arms
These armsthat hang here by my sideThese arms that ache to open wideUseless arms with nothing left to doSince these armsstopped holding youThese arms are worthless now to meThey let you goso how good could they beJust...
- Traveler's Lantern
If deep in the nightYou hear a voice callingLost and aloneBarely able to speakWith each weary stepThrough cold shadowsthey stumbleBlindly alongFrail, hopeless and weakChorus:Won't you set outa traveler's lanternJust a...
- Listen
Listenin the places you hideListenThrough the stillness insideYeah, yeah, yeah listenTo the words that are nearAnd try to hearListenTake one less step awayPlease listenLove may persuade you to stayYeah, yeah, yeah...
- I Wouldn't Put It Past Me
I wouldn't put it past meI wouldn't press my luckIf I were youI don't believe I'd take that chance with loveChorus:A big chance you'll be takingThe wrong oddsis what you're staking us onAnd any love you wind up...
- The Curse
Don't you sleepDon't you havea single moment's peaceJust walk through the darknessWith fears that are deepAnd don't you even sleepDon't you smileDon't you havehappy thoughts for a while'Til teardrops and sadnessBoth...
- Yet To Succeed
Please don't start me cryin''Cause I'll go on for daysIt don't take a lotBut once this starts, it staysTalking used to helpHere lately though,that just brings it onChorus:I'll be fineIn timeBut right nowI'm just...
- A Long Way Home
Don't look insideNo, don't look there'Cause you might findYourself somewhereWalkin' 'roundLost and aloneWithout one clueThat it's a long way homeYears and yearsIs a lot of timeTo drag your heart acrossEvery rock you...
- I'll Just Take These
I think that IWill just take a memoryA small one that I knowReal well, then goWhat I'll take is allThe happy thoughts I can recallBut I know there won't be muchThat I can bear to touchChorus:So I'll just take What my...
- Only Want You More
Hey girl, hey girlYou warned me to goBut girl, but girlLittle did I knowAll the things you told meAbout what lay in storeWould only make me want you moreChorus:No, not a wordHad one chance to save meFrom your loveThat...
- That's Okay
That's okayIt's alrightNo, really everything is coolThis is justThe way I lookWhen I'm feeling like a foolTeardrops falling jealousDrowning in them's just as well asDrifting on this lonely sea of painCould have used...
- If There Was A Way
I was just standingAlone in this roomSurrounded by memoriesWe stopped making too soonI was just standingI was just standingAlone in this roomAlone in this roomI was just thinkingAll to myselfHow I still want youAnd...
- Send A Message To My Heart
Send a message to my heartOn the wings of the windLet me hear your sweet voice sayin'You love me againEven though we're apartI hold to your memorySend a message to my heartTo keep you here with meDarlin' when you're...
- Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
Well I'm back again for another nightOf trying to break free from the sadness I can't lay to restThis old honky-tonk sure does feel like homeAnd the music and the laughter seem to soothe my loneliness(So) Turn it on,...
- Since I Started Drinkin' Again
Since I started drinkin' againSince I started drinkin' againI ain't shed one lousy tear over youSince I started drinkin' againI know that the neighbours are all a-talkin'They swear that I have lost my mindAh but they...
- Dangerous Man
He's a dangerous manHe's got blood in his plansBetter watch out where you stand'Cause he's a dangerous manHe'll make you believe that he's your friendBut don't forget it's just pretendAnd he's a dangerous manHe'll...
- The Distance Between You And Me
Take a rock tie a ropeThrow it down in the seaLet it fall to the bottomNobody knows how deepStare real hard through the waterAnd you might just perceiveThe distance between you and meThe distance between you and...
- Nothing's Changed Here
I hear you walking across the floorI think that I'm dreaming'Til I hear you shut the doorI wake up crying and calling your nameNothing's changed here without youI start every day the sameThe same old sun comes up to...
- The Heart That You Own
I pay rent on a run-down placeThere ain't no view but there's lots of spaceIn my heartThe heart that you ownI pay the rentPay it right on timeBaby I pay you every single dimeFor my heartThe heart that you ownUsed to...
- Let's Work Together
Together we standDivided we fallCome on now people let's get on the ballLet's work togetherCome on come on let's work togetherMake someone happyMake someone smileLet's all work together and make life worthwhileLet's...
- You're The One
You're the oneYou're the oneThat made me cryYou're the oneThat laughed at meThen said goodbyeYou're the oneYou're the oneThat made me blueSo how's it feelNow that you're the oneIt's happened toNow you're back calling...
- I Don't Need It Done
Honey you sure do it wellBut I don't need it doneI know if I did it with youIt'd be a whole lot of funI'll send my regrets But I won't hedge my betsI found a real true love Now I don't need it doneBaby you sure look...
- Takes A Lot To Rock You
Takes a lot to rock you babyIt takes a lot to make you smileIt takes a lot to rock you babyYou make me crawl the extra mileSo much for wishful thinkingSo much for beginner's luckIt takes a lot to rock you babyWhen it...
- It Only Hurts When I Cry
The only time I feel the painIs in the sunshine or the rainAnd I don't feel no hurt at allUnless you count when teardrops fallI tell the truth 'cept when I lieAnd it only hurts me when I cryYou couldn't tell it by...
- Sad, Sad Music
There should be musicSad, sad musicBut this silence that you leftIs all I haveI must have missed a couple daysOr just forgottenWhat went wrong or where it allFell apartAnd I know you must have told me You were...
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