i was scared to go to school used to run away
fed up of the bullying that i got each day
scared to go to sleep i would break my heart
when i closed my eyes the bullying would start

didnt tell a soul in case it just got worse
i was just a victim of the bully curse
i reached out to daddy he told me what to do
never walk away let them make a fool of you

look them in eye stay and stand your ground
they will realize its time to turn around
let them runaway like you use to do
turn it all around now there scared of you

met a guy in houston at the rodeo
roping up  a steer with his cowboy show
getting thrown around on  big wild horse
with his riding skill the cowboy stayed the course

he wore a big white stetson and some cowboy boots
knew what he was doing he had cowboy roots
when his show was over  came and talked to  me
told one day a cow girl i would be

he just smiled at gave my heart a glow
learnt me how to ride in a  rodeo
taught me the skills that i would need to know
one day he watch me ride the rodeo

i wont forget the cowboy that i met that day
with his cowboy skill that took my breath away

going  back to Ireland across the Irish sea
the place where i was born that is home to me
with its fields of of green with colors by the score
its where i long to be home again once more

to my friends and family i just long to be
to the place i love that is home to me


the placed where i was raised
spent my younger days
that  in spent with mama
and her loving ways

to the land that i love that makes me feel so free
warms my heart inside  wakes the soul in me
back to all my roots is where i long to be
in my home sweet home across the Irish sea

with its fields of green with colors by the score
is where i long to be home again once  more

daddy was a country boy he loved the country sound
singing in the  bars he would travel all around
write his own song sing them to the crowd
when they sang along it made my daddy proud

they would dance away as he began to sing
singing country  music was his everything
they would dance all night dance the night away
danced to every song till the break of day

next day move along to some other town
play all night long till the sun goes down
singing songs he wrote he loved a country song
everywhere he played the crowds all danced along

when winter comes  around and it begins to snow
we sit round the firelight turn the lights down low
turn on the radio listen to our favourite song
in the fire glow we both dance along

looking at the roof tops covered in the snow
pure and so white it gives your heart aglow
flames from the fire casting shadows on wall
looking through the window as snow begins to fall

dance the night away to the radio
dancing all night long in the fire glow
cosy as can be on a winters night
surrounded by the snow pure and so white

theres a place i go when i close my eyes
i just drift away in to  the bright blue skies
way up high above together you an me
fly side by side flying wild and free  

all across the universe passed the milky  way
all around the stars a million miles away
such a lovely place where i go with you
flying side by side in the sky so blue  

its a place i go when i close my eyes
a land so far away in the bright blue skies
maybe one day this vision will come true
and the place i go  i can fly with you

i love it in the garden on a sunny day
i sit there for hours passing time away
surrounded by the flowers putting on there show
many many colors that give my heart a glow

all the different birds with there lovely song
singing them to me as they bob along
bumble bees they buzz underneath the sun
gathering the pollen having so much fun

i love it the garden on a sunny day
i sit there for hours passing time away
lovely piece of nature there in front of me
right there in my garden where i love to be

if i made a wish i know what it would be
i would wish that you  were still here with me
miss you so much dont know what to do
life it not the same since i dont have you

wish you were home again.  this time you would stay
i miss you oh so  much every single day
im always thinking of you dont know what to do
your  always on  my mind cant get over you

wishing one day my wish it would come true
hold you in my arms in love again with you
sharing love again  like we did before
home again with me  home again once more.

im a travelling man travelled every town
from the early morning light till the sun goes down
i drove every highway  always on the roam
never had place that i can call a home

the gypsy in my soul sets my spirit free
lady luck is there looking out for me
playing my guitar to a country song
always made me happy as i sang along

sleeping in my van was my four wheel home
travellings in my blood i just love to roam
from early morning light till the sun goes down
travelling everywhere each and every town

everydays a new day now that i have you
your my everything all my dreams come true
i knew when i met you we were meant to be
my heart told me so you were the one for me

with your loving way the way you hold me tight
you make me feel so happy make the world feel right
all i ever wanted i found that in you
moment when we met my heart already knew

your my everything all my dreams come
the man in my dreams i found that in you
with your loving way that you give to me
you and i together we were meant to be

plants they need there water  its been far to hot
heat is far to much water they have not
wilting in there bed for the rain to fall
waiting for some rain theres been none at all

maybe tomorrow the rain will come along
plants they can recover once again be strong
hoping that rain will last a day or two
plants they need there water just like me and you

always like my freedom till the day that i met you
i knew on that day my freedom days were through
fell in love with you body heart and soul
made feel so happy made me feel so whole

wont forget night we walked a long the sand
beneath the moon so bright holding hand in hand
never ever thought i could i could feel this way
when i first met you took my breath away

the freedom that i knew doesent matter anymore
i have found one ive been looking for
like a fairy tale your my dream come true
my happy ever after will always be with you

when night time comes around the day has passed on bye
i look out the window count the stars up in the sky
floating round like diamonds.  lighting up the night
clouds they pass on bye silky and so white

my mind begins to wonder drifting in to space
now i dont have you my worlds a lonely place
memories fill my mind how it used to be
good times that we shared when there was was you and me

how we would sit together beneath the moon above
we would count the stars very much in love
thinking of the good times that we used to share
all the love we had that was always there

now theres only me and my memory
when we were together there was you and me
how we would sit together beneath the moon above
we would count the stars very much in love

grandma loved her porch she would sit all day
sitting in her rocking she would rock away
she loved country music  she would sing a song
i would sit beside her then i would sing along

she loved the country sound has done as kid
sing to country songs that all she ever did
even wore a cowboy hat and some leather boots
guess my old grandma had some country roots

when the kids came round to hear my grandma sing
joy to there hearts grandma  she would bring
they would tap there feet as they sang along
dancing the day away to good ole country song

when your feeling happy it gives your heart a lift
and the blues you had now begin to shift
you begin to smile again.  like you did before
happiness you had.  as returned once more

all it takes is happiness to make you feel brand new
hang on to your happiness when it comes to you
it can make you smile when your feeling blue
just a little happiness will help to pull you through

grandma is a line dance queen when weekend comes around
she just loves to dance to the country sound
hand clapping knee slapping dancing in a row
to the country music dancing  to and fro

dancing all together to the country sound
when weekend comes along folks all gather round
dancing in all night long till the break of day  
hand clapping  knee slapping  they dance the night away

grandma loves to dance when weekend comes around
dancing all night long to the country sound
hand clapping toe tapping dancing in row
dancing all night long dancing to and fro

when the sun goes down and night begins fall
the moon begins to shine memories i recall
how we would count the stars shining up above
the moonlit nights we shared when we so in love

strolling on the beach holding hand in hand
with the moon above lighting up the sand
these are memories that i have of you
memories of the love that i always knew

hoping maybe one day we can love once more
share the love we knew  that we had before
share the moonlit nights walking hand in hand
walking side by side on the moonlit sand

heading down the highway in the rain and snow
to be with you again just six more miles to go
missing you so much been away to long
heading home to you back were i belong

i cant wait to hold you like i did before
kiss and hold you tight home again once more
wont be to long now just six more miles to go
till im home with you and the love i know

missed you so much and the love you gave to me
im heading home to you where i long to be
wont be to long now till im knocking on your door
just six more miles to go till im home once more

when  daddy  left mama things were not the same
she would wake at night calling out his name
i put my arms around her kissed and held her tight
laid down beside her cuddled her all night

took it really hard she just loved him so
never ever thought that my dad would go
i stayed with my mama did the best i could
i did all the things that a daughter should

mama still thinks of daddy and the love she knew
im the same as mama  i love daddy  to
maybe my mama will love again once more
learn to love again like she did before

while sitting in my garden a robin sang to me
sat there on a branch of my apple tree
his lovely robin song with a lovely melody
every note in tune  every note in key

my heart began to melt as he sang his song
nearly made me cry as i sang along
when he finshed singing he flew in to the sky
tears they filled my eyes as i waved goodbye

hope he will come back and sing again for me
while sitting on the branch of my apple tree
his lovely robin song that took my breath away
in my mind forever his song will always stay

i remember a song my daddy used to sing
tears to my eyes daddies song would bring
all about a dog he was just a stray
roaming wild and free without a place to stay

a silver haired old lady saw him in the park
then the dog he saw her and he began to bark
when she saw the dog she took him to her home
dog he settled down no longer has to roam

as the years went bye the old lady passed away
to heaven up above where the angels stay
her family kept the house now the dog had security
and loved for evermore he would  always be

that was daddies song that he used to sing
tears to my eyes it would always bring

i have tried to love you.  time and time again
all i got from you was heartache and pain
with your flirting games there in front of me
that was all on show for everyone to see


i have tried and tried to prove my love to you
how to love someone you just never knew
you just played around you didnt really care
the love you had for me was never really there

all you ever wanted was to make of fool of me
with you flirting ways for everyone to see
i was just a fool who believed in you
but to love to someone you never really knew

i asked if you love you said you dont know
theres no need to lie i know you wanna go
i could see it coming the way you are with me
nothing is the same as used to be

why cant you just tell me you and i are through
you and i are over you found some one new
i dont know what to do  i still love you so
it would break my my heart  if i had to watch you go

why cant you just tell me you are moving on
love you had for me has now been and gone
i dont really know what im supposed to do
i cant help myself i still love you so
it would break my heart if had to watch you go

i was dancing with my darling in memphis tenennsee
beneath  the moon above there was her and me
we turned on the radio danced to our favourite  song
held each other tight we danced all night long

beneath a canopy of stars we danced away the night
stars just like little diamonds shining there so bright
no one else around there was her and i
we danced away the night beneath the midnight sky

i wont forget that night in memphis tennessee
beneath the moon above when she danced with me
danced away the night to our favourite song
very much in love we danced all night long

i will hold the memory till the day i die
when we danced together.  beneath a midnight sky
held each other tight as we danced along
till the early morning light to our favourite song

theres a picture that hangs in the hall
just hanging there on the wall
i gaze at that picture day after day
and you never change in anyway

then that picture always seems to smile
i sit and stare for awhile
then im left feeling blue
with that a picture of you
and you never change in anyway

then that picture preys on my mind
brings back memories of the lonesome kind
then im left feeling blue with that picture of you
and you never change in anyway

when the sun goes down casting shadows on the wall
as the darkness falls memories i recall
times i spent with you when you were here with me
and the love we shared that there used to be

how we sat together by the firelight
cuddled up together on a winters night
we would sit together in the fire glow
looking out the window at the falling snow

these things i remember when the shadows fall
good times that we shared my mind it will recall
they are there with me the memories will stay
that i look back upon now so far away

when the sun goes down casting shadows on the wall
as the darkness falls memories i recall
times i spent with you when you were here with me
and the love we shared that there used to be

daddy  had a christmas song he used to sing to me
he would pick me up sit me on his knee
family they would gather around the christmas tree
they would sing along to daddies melody

always made us happy when he began to sing
christmas to your heart daddy he would bring
words they told a story reached into your soul
made you feel happy made you feel so whole

i wont for get his song that he sang to me
that made christmas happy like its meant to be
someday when im older and christmas comes along
i will do what daddy did sing his christmas song

i was born a country girl in memphis tennesee
daddy played guitar then daddy he taught me
he loved a country music  sing a country song
when my daddy played i would sing along

daddy passed away left his legacy
left his country music in the heart of me
i travelled town to town playing every where
deep inside of me daddy he was there

how he used to strum to a country song
when i was just a kid i would sing along
i wont forget my daddy and his legacy
and his country music that he taught to me

going home to texas to the place where i belong
the place i know so well.   been away to long
back to all my roots to my family
home sweet home once more i hear it calling me

had enough of travellin time to settle down
drifting place to place every different town
i miss the special things that i used to know
that i used to do all those years ago

home again once more where i long to be
back to all my roots i hear it calling me
had enough of drifting time to settle down
home again once more to my texas town

going home to texas to the place where i belong
the place i know so well.   been away to long
back to all my roots to my family
home sweet home once more i hear it calling me

i love country music with its country beat
with its country sound puts dancing in your feet
steel guitars and banjos and a country song
make you wanna dance for whole night long

folks they get together for the jamboree
makes them feel alive sets there spirit free
dancing all night long till the break of day
to the country sound they dance the night away

i love country music with its country beat
with its country sound puts dancing in your feet
steel guitars and banjos and a country song
makes you wanna dance for whole night long

the fiddles and the banjos with there country beat
puts music your soul dancing in your feet
dancing in a line they dance the night away
dancing all night long till the break of day

high up in the mountains where the hillbillys stay
when the weekend comes they dance the night away
a little bit of moonshine puts dancing in there feet
play guitars and banjos to a country beat

hand clapping knee slapping dancing all night long
to there country beat and a country song
dancing arm in arm the hillbilly way
dance the night away till break of day

dancing all together for the whole night through
playing country music with a dance or two
a little bit of moonshine and a country beat
steel guitars and banjos puts dancing in your feet

hand clapping knee slapping dancing all night long
to there country beat and a country song
dancing arm in arm the hillbilly way
dance the night away till break of day

you tore the heart in me the day you walked away
begged you not to go i wanted you to stay
you ignored my plea walked on out the door
said youve had enough dont love me anymore

now my world is empty just a lonely place
thought of losing you is something i cant face
i still love you so.   that will never die
i lay awake each night all i do is cry

just cant let you go i cant say goodbye
to get you back again i will try and try
wont give up on you and i never will
loved you from the start and i love you still

when the day is over and its time for bed
when i close my eyes your there in my head
keeping me awake  with my thoughts of you
thinking of the love one that i once knew

every where i go your still there with me
in my memory your face i  still see
im still in love with  you i cant let you go
i have always loved you more than you will know

wishing you were here home again once more
sharing all the love that we knew before
  cant give up on you no matter how i try
im still love with you just cant say goodbye

grandma was a counrty girl from a bluegrass family
when they played together crowds there would always be
bobby played the banjo joe he played guitar
grandma played the fiddle grandma was the star

she knew how to get that special blue grass sound
when  ever grandma played they came from miles around
they would dance all night to blue grass beat
puts music in your soul dancing in you feet

people they would dance to every single song
dance away the night as they sang along
dancing all together dancing through the night
to the blue grass sound till the early morning light

met her at the disco on a saturday
was looking for dance when she walked my way
she had long blonde hair  eyes bluer than the sea
i asked her for a dance she said yes to me

we walked on the dance floor beneath the disco light
to the disco music danced away the night
i knew when i saw her we were meant to be
wonder if she felt the same had feelings just like me

we danced to every song held each other tight
to the disco  sound danced away the night
now we are dating the rest his history
i knew that night we were meant to be

always been a loner always on my own
its the only of life that ive always known
never been a mixer never needed company
all i ever knew was my mind and me

i was sitting in a bar in memphis tennesee
met girl in there she sat down next to me
said she was loner in need of company
someone to end her lonliness set her spirit free

we talked about each other and our lonely ways
how were both hoping for the better days
as the time went bye each other we got to know
then between the two us love began to grow

loners that we used to be  as now turned has around
for two lonely hearts love has now been found

mama was a singer she would sing to me
i was just a kid at the age of three
pick up her guitar sing me a song
i would sit and listen try to sing along

when birthdays came around at my party she would play
all my friends and family would dance the day away
i love her oh so much she is everything to me
best mum in the world there could ever be

when bedtime comes around she is by my side
sings a song to me till of to sleep i slide
one day when im grown and have children to
i will sing to them like mama used to do

there a place in the mountains where mountain folk stay
when weekend  comes around they dance the night way
dancing in a line  dancing in a row
foot tapping hand clapping dancing to and fro

steel guitars and banjos playing all night long
dancing all together to a mountain song
underneath the stars and the moon so bright
dancing to and fro they dance away the night

dancing in a line  dancing in a row
foot tapping hand clapping dancing to and fro
to a mountain song they dance the night away
dancing all night long till the break of day

when the angels came took you away from me
my life is not the same like it used to be
no one there to talk to when im feeling low
make me smile again give my heart its glow

im always thinking of you i still love you so
why did the angels come why did you have to go
i miss you here with me every single day
your so far away where the angels stay

cant wait until the day when the angels come for me
united once again together we will be
with our big white wings together we can fly
side by side together in heaven way up high

daddy was a country boy.  played a mean guitar
he would earn a dollar playing in a  bar
singing his own songs drawing in a  crowd
when i heard my daddy sing.   he always made me proud.

people they would dance on the bar room floor
dancing  all night long calling out for more
daddy he loved music he just love to sing
country music to the people daddy he would bring

he loved it best of all when he wrote a song
practice it at home i would sing along
sing it the bar when he got it right
on the bar room floor they would dance all night

take away my heartache take away my pain
come on home to me let us love again
sorry that i hurt you that i made you cry
lets get back together to give it one more try

i will my change my ways if thats what it takes
get it right this time learn by my mistakes
we can start a new make a brand new start
all i need is you to mend my broken heart

we  can love again with all the love we knew
share again the good times things we used to do
let us try again try again once more
let us love again like we did before

daddy was a soldier  he got sent to war
me mamma cried when he walked out the door
daddy kept in touch every single day
before we went to bed ma and me would pray

we couldnt sleep at night couldnt sleep at all
stare at daddies picture hanging on the wall
i would cuddle mamma till our eyes began to close
side by side together of to sleep would doze

then we got the news saying daddy he had died
i held on to mamma together we both cried
just like my daddy. i had to soldier on
take good care of mamma now that daddies gone

i look at your picture hanging on the wall
memories come back as the teardrops fall
all the good times that i knew i can plainly see
of the love i knew when there was you  and me

you still  wear the smile that i used to know
when you looked at me gave my heart a glow
now is just a memory of the love gone  bye
and a  picture of you that always makes me cry

wishing you were here once again with me
in love again once more like we used be
see your smile again that i always  knew
there on your picture that i have of you

always thinking of you every single say
love i have for you will never go away
memories we knew i can still recall
when i see your smile  my teardrops start to fall

up in the mountains where the hillbillies stay
when weekend  comes around they dance the night away
to the mountain music with its hillbilly beat
a little bit moonshine  puts dancing in there feet

steel guitars and banjo and the fiddle to
play there mountain music till the early morning dew
dancing all night long to to the mountain beat
a little bit of moonshine puts dancing in there feet

steel guitars and banjos playing all night long
to the mountain sound and a hillbilly song
a little bit moonshine to put dancing in your feet
dance the night away to the hillbilly beat

i have been a rover traveled every town
from the early morning light till the sun goes down
singing in the bars try to earn some pay
enough to rent a room somewhere i can stay

rovings  all i know sets my spirit free
wakes me up inside wakes the soul in me
drifting here and there always on the roam
oneday find a place that i can call a home

find someone to love raise a family
no more roving ways will there ever be
settle down for good do the best i can
learn to live the life of a family man

ive travelled every highway every lonely road
heading back to you mind in overload
driving through the fog through the rain and snow
im still in love with you i can let you go

i just want you back how it used to be
share the love again when there was you and me
i cant let you go i have tried and tried
i still love you so my feelings i cant hide

i will travel every highway to be with you once more
sharing love again like  we did before
doing all the things that we used to do
good times that we shared when he was me and you

we all make mistakes me ive made a few
biggest one of all was the day that i met you
made a fool of me with your cheating and your lies
the angel i once knew was the devil in disguise

told me that you loved we were meant to be
you just played around made a fool of me
everything you told me it was just a lie
the love we once had as passed on said goodbye

i still hold a torch for you the flame as never died
feelings that i have are still there deep inside
hoping maybe one day  you will feel the same way to
share again once more the love we always knew

when the day has gone and  night begins to  fall
as i lay in my bed  my  memories i recall
times we spent together when there was you and i
before it all went wrong and love began to die

you found someone new walked away from me
took away the love that there used to be
all the special times that we always shared
times when there was times you really cared

thought we had it all we were meant to be
you found someone  new walked away from me
i still love you so my life is hard to bare
i close my eyes each night wishing you were there

i remember on my birthday daddy bought a pup for me
best present in the world there could ever be
i named him Bobby jo took him every where
always by my side Bobby jo  was there

we would go out walking in the morning dew
chasing rabbits in the valley bobby loved to do
he was my best friend best there could ever be
a special birthday gift my daddy bought for me  

when bedtime comes around bobby always knows
upstairs to my bedroom bobby always goes
lays there my side ready for his dose
then i watch his eyes as they begin to close

i wont forget the present daddy bought for me
best present in the world there could ever be
he his my best friend  and i love him so
he is there with me every where i go

i remember the night in memphis tennessee
beneath the moonlit sky there  was you and and me
we danced beneath the stars  danced the night away
to the radio till the break of day

we held each tight as we danced along
very much in love to our favourite song
with the moon above shining oh so bright
beneath the stars above we danced away the night

i wont forget that night in memphis tennessee
we danced away te night together you and me
radio was playing our very favorite song
we held each other tight as we danced along

very much in love together you and me
we danced away the night in memphis tennessee
very much in love  beneath  the moon above
together you and i very much in love