ATF: Rubies

This 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 your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Kenny Rogers]

Ruby

Kenny Rogers

You've painted up your lips nd rolled

And curled your tinted hair

Ruby are you contemplating

Going out somewhere

The shadow on the wall tells me

The sun is going down

Oh Ruby

Don't take your love to town

It wasn't me that started

That old crazy Asian war

But I was proud to go

And do my patriotic chore

And yes it's true

That I'm not the man I used to be

Oh Ruby

I still need some company

It’s hard to love a man Whose legs

are bent and paralyzed

And the wants and the needs of a woman your age

Ruby I realize

But it won't be long I've heard them say

Until I not around

Oh Ruby

Don't take your love to town

She's leaving now ‘cause I just heard

The slamming of the door

The way I know I've heard it slam

One hundred times before

And if I could move I'd get my gun

And put her in the ground

Oh Ruby

Don't take your love to town

Oh Ruby

For God's sake turn around

Link: [The Rolling Stones]

Ruby Tuesday

The Rolling Stones

She would never say

Where she came from

Yesterday don't matter

If it's gone

While the sun is bright

Or in the darkest night

No one knows

She comes and goes

Goodbye

Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

Don't question why she needs

To be so free

She'll tell you it's the only

Way to be

She just can't be chained

To a life where nothing's gained

And nothing's lost

At such a cost

Goodbye

Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

There's no time to lose

I heard her say

Cash your dreams before

They slip away

Dying all the time

Lose your dreams and you

Will lose your mind

Ain't life unkind

Goodbye

Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

Goodbye

Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with every new day

Still I'm gonna miss you

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ATF: Amie and Angie

This 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 your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Pure Prairie League]

Amie

Pure Prairie League

I can see why you think you belong to me

I never tried to make you think

Or let you see one thing for yourself

But now you're off with someone else and I'm alone

You see I thought that I might keep you for my own

Amie

What you wanna do

I think

I could stay with you

For a while

Maybe longer

If I do

Don't you think the time is right for us to find

All the things we thought weren't proper could be right in time

And can you see

Which way we should turn together or alone

I can never see what's right

Or what is wrong

Yeah

You take too long to see

Amie

What you wanna do

I think

I could stay with you

For a while

Maybe longer

If I do

Well

Amie

What you wanna do

I think

I could stay with you

For a while

Maybe longer

If I do

Now it's come to what you want

You've had your way

And all the things you though before

Just faded into gray

And you see

That I don't know if it's you or if it's me

If it's one of us

I'm sure we both will see

Won't you look at me

And tell me

Amie

What you wanna do

I think

I could stay with you

For a while

Maybe longer

If I do now

Longer if I do

Yeah now

Amie

What you wanna do

I think

I could stay with you

For a while

Maybe longer

If I do

I keep

Falling in and out of love with you

Falling in and out of love with you

Don't know what I'm gonna do

I keep

Falling in and out of love

With you

Link: [The Rolling Stones]

Angie

The Rolling Stones

Angie

Angie

When will those clouds all disappear

Angie

Angie

Where will it lead us from here

With no loving in our souls

And no money in our coats

You can't say we're satisfied

But Angie

Angie

You can't say we never tried

Angie

You're beautiful

But ain't it time we said goodbye

Angie

I still love you

Remember all those nights we cried

All the dreams we held so close

Seemed to all go up in smoke

Let me whisper in your ear

Angie

Angie

Where will it lead us from here

Angie

Don't you weep

All your kisses still taste sweet

I hate that sadness in your eyes

But Angie

Angie

Ain't it time we said goodbye

Ain't it time we said goodbye

With no loving in our souls

And no money in our coats

You can't say we're satisfied

But Angie

I still love you, baby

Everywhere I look I see your eyes

There ain't a woman that comes close to you

Come on baby

Dry your eyes

But Angie

Angie

Ain't it good to be alive

Angie

Angie

You can't say we never tried

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ATF: Nam

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite 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: [Charlie Daniels]

Still In Saigon

Charlie Daniels

Got on a plane in 'Frisco

And got off in Vietnam

I walked into a different world

The past forever gone

I could have gone to Canada

Or I could have stayed in school

But I was brought up differently

I couldn't break the rules

Thirteen months

And fifteen days

The last ones were the worst

One minute I'd kneel down and pray

And the next I'd stand and curse

No place to run to

Where I did not feel that war

When I got home

I stayed alone

And checked behind each door

‘Cause I'm

Still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am

Still in Saigon

In my mind

The ground at home was covered with snow

And I was covered with sweat

My younger brother calls me a killer

And my daddy calls me a vet

Everybody says I'm someone else

And I'm sick

And there's no cure

Damned if I know who I am

There was only one place I was sure

When I was

Still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am

Still in Saigon

In my mind

Every summer

When it rains

I smell the jungle

I hear the planes

I can't tell no one

I feel ashamed

Afraid someday

I'll go insane

That's been ten long years ago

And time has gone on by

Now and then I catch myself

Eyes searchin’ through the sky

All the sounds of long ago

Will be forever in my head

Mingled with

The wounded cries

And the silence of the dead

'Cause I'm

Still in Saigon

Still in Saigon

I am

Still in Saigon

In my mind

I am

Still in Saigon

I am

Still in Saigon

Yes

I'm

Still in Saigon

In my mind

Still in Saigon

Link: [The Rolling Stones]

Paint It Black

The Rolling Stones

I see the red door

And I want it painted black

No colors anymore

I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by

Dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head

Until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars

And they're all painted black

With flowers and my love both

Never to come back

I see people turn their heads

And quickly look away

Like a new born baby

It just happens everyday

I look inside myself

And see my heart is black

I see my red door

I must have it painted black

Maybe then I'll fade away

And not have to face the facts

It's not easy facin' up

When your whole world is black

No more will my green sea

Go turn a deeper blue

I could not foresee this thing

Happening to you

If I look hard enough

Into the settin' sun

My love will laugh with me

Before the mornin' comes

I see a red door

And I want it painted black

No colors anymore

I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by

Dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head

Until my darkness goes

I wanna see your face

Painted black

Black as night

Black as coal

I wanna see the sun

Blotted out from the sky

I wanna see it painted

Painted

Painted

Painted black

Yeah

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ATF: Honky-Tonk Blues

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite 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 that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [The Rolling Stones]

Honky-Tonk Woman

The Rolling Stones

I met a

Gin-soaked bar-room queen

In Memphis

She tried

To take me upstairs

For a ride

She had to

Heave me right across

Her shoulder

‘Cause I just can’t seem to

Drink you

Off my mind

It’s the

Honky-

Tonk

Women

Gimme

Gimme

Gimme

The honky-tonk blues

I laid a

Divorcee

In New York City

I had to

Put up some kind

Of a fight

The lady

Then she covered me

With roses

She blew my nose

And then she

Blew my mind

It’s the

Honky-

Tonk

Women

Gimme

Gimme

Gimme

The honky-tonk blues

Yeah

It’s the

Honky-

Tonk

Women

Gimme

Gimme

Gimme

The honky-tonk blues

Yeah

It’s the

Honky-

Tonk

Women

Gimme

Gimme

Gimme

The honky-tonk blues

Link: [The Marshall Tucker Band]

Can’t You See

The Marshall Tucker Band

Gonna take a freight train

Down at the station Lord

I don't care

Where it goes

Gonna climb a mountain

The highest mountain

Gonna jump off

Ain't nobody gonna know

Can't you see

Whoa can't you see

What that woman Lord

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Can't you see

What that woman

She been doin’ to me

I'm gonna find me

A hole in the wall

I'm gonna crawl inside

And die

Come a later now

A mean ol' woman Lord

Never told me

Good-bye

Can't you see

Whoa can't you see

What that woman Lord

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Can't you see

What that woman Lord

She been doin’ to me

I'm gonna buy me a ticket now

As far as I can

Ain't a never comin’ back

Ride me a southbound

All the way to Georgia now

‘Til the train

A run out of track

Can't you see

Whoa can't you see

What that woman Lord

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Can't you see

What that woman

She been doin’ to me

Oh Lord

Can't you see

Whoa can't you see

What that woman Lord

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Whoa can't you see

What that woman

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Oh she’s such a

Can't you see

Crazy Lady

What that woman

What that woman

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Lord I can’t stand it

Can't you see

What that woman

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

I’m gonna take a freight train

Can't you see

Down at the station Lord

What that woman

Ain’t a never comin’ back

She been doin’ to me

Can't you see

Gonna ride me a southbound

Can't you see

All the way to Georgia Lord

What that woman

‘Til the train a run out of track

She been doin’ to me

Oh Lord

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