Ninety-nine years is a long long time to bust your back and the heart of mine You sweat so much you can't cry tears when you stop to think about ninety
I could tell you that it don't hurt you're leavin' me And I could say it never really matter the way you've always treated me Baby I could lie to you
There was a time I really thought it did some good To get down on my knees to you and I would But baby now that's all changed today's a brand new day
I met her sadly in the slowly falling rain Crying softly in her loneliness and pain Knowing no one needin' someone bad as me And she told me as I held
Words & Music by Bobby Borchers, Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce Chorus: When I die, I may not go to heaven 'Cause I don't know if they let cowboys in If they
Words & Music by Ed Bruce, Glenn Ray & Judith Bruce I'd sure like to help you, but I've heard it all before I'm sorry I can't tell you why she'd walk
My first taste of Texas had blue eyes and golden hair Beneath the Tennessee silver moon, we found a feeling we could share And days made no difference
If you want to hear a love song, I could sing one If you wanna feel the fire, we could build one If you need to catch a rainbow, we could chase one If
Words & Music by Ed Bruce and Jim McBride He could never pay her back For all she's done for him She never asked for more Than what he could afford
Words & Music by Ed Bruce, Glenn Ray & Patsy Bruce Too many dusty trailtowns, too few and far between Tired saloons with sawdust-covered floors Too
Words & Music by Ed Bruce I wish I'd known the man a little better That turned my mama on He must have been a heck of a man 'Cause mama was a lady,
If you wanna keep a love young always show her that you care Call her through the day to say you love her always thinking of her Give her just a little
This old hat's hung on the bedpost too long Forgotten like some used to be remembered like a song Where all the words are so easy to recall Hmm, this
I walked into a tavern to have a drink and kill some time A little boy approached me with tears in his eyes He wasn't more that five or six but he stood
I stole her from Emmett Fry, and now what's done is done. Like any man I'm afraid to die, but I'm hurt too bad to run. I ran with her to Walker's Woods
We don't dance the two-step anymore All we need's a small part of the floor The band can go on playing almost anything it wants When you fall in love
Words & Music by Ed Bruce, Donnie Blanz & Judith Bruce You don't see him much on the big screen anymore Kids don't ride along with Roy or Gene That
There's no way back cause we've come too far We'll watch the last bridge burn in a midnight fire Any thought of saying good night was lost when we closed