ATF: Manly Men

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Mac Davis]

It’s Hard to be Humble

Mac Davis

Back a few months ago, I was headlinin’ at a great big nightclub, and he put me up a couple of days early.  I came in a couple of days early, and he put me up in what they called the star suite.  Now, here I am headlinin’ at one of the biggest nightclubs in the country, and I wake up at eight in the mornin’ in this star suite—all by myself.  Yeah, that’s what I said, “Aaah,” but I did what I have always done, man, to cheer myself up.  I picked up my guitar.  I sat down and wrote me a little song.  Now, this is what it feels to be alone at the top of the hill, and tryin’ to  figure out why.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble

When you're perfect in every way

I can't wait to look in the mirror

‘Cause I get better lookin’ each day

To know me is to love me

I must be a hell of a man

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble

But I'm doing the best that I can

I used to have a girlfriend

But she just couldn't compete

With all of these love-starved women

Who keep clamorin’ at my feet

Well I probably could find me another

But I guess they're all in awe of me

Who cares

I never get lonesome

‘Cause I treasure my own company

Oh

Lord it's hard to be humble

When you're perfect in every way

I can't wait to look in the mirror

‘Cause I get better lookin’ each day

To know me is to love me

I must be a hell of a man

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble

But I'm doing the best that I can

I guess you could say I'm a loner

A cowboy outlaw tough and proud

I could have lots of friends if I want to

But then I wouldn't stand out from the crowd

Some folks say that I'm egotistical

Hell I don't even know what that means

I guess it has something to do with the way

That I fill out my skin-tight blue jeans

Oh

Lord it's hard to be humble

When you're perfect in every way

I can't wait to look in the mirror

‘Cause I get better lookin’ each day

To know me is to love me

I must be a hell of a man

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble

But I'm doing the best that I can

We're doing the best that we can

Link: [Tompall Glaser]

Put Another Log on the Fire

Tompall Glaser

Put another log on the fire

Cook me up some bacon

And some beans

And go out to the car

And change the tire

Wash my socks

And sew my old blue jeans

Come on baby

You can fill my pipe

And then go fetch my slippers

And boil me up another pot of tea

Then put another log on the fire

Babe

And come and tell me why you're leavin’ me

Now don't I let you wash the car on Sunday

Don't I warn you when you're gettin’ fat

Ain't I gonna take you fishin' with me someday

Well a man can't love a woman more than that

Ain't I always nice to your kid sister

Don't I take her drivin’ every night

So sit here at my feet

‘Cause I like you when you're sweet

And you know it ain't feminine to fight

So

Put another log on the fire

Cook me up some bacon

And some beans

Go out to the car

And lift it up

And change the tire

Wash my socks

And sew my old blue jeans

Come on baby

You can fill my pipe

And then go fetch my slippers

And boil me up another pot of tea

Then put another log on the fire

Babe

And come and tell me why you're leavin’ me

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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