Lazy yellow moon comin' up tonight
shinin' through the trees
Crickets are singin' and the lightning bugs
are floatin' on the breeze
Baby get ready

Across the field where the creek turns back by the ole stump road
I'm gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows
Baby get ready
Ooooo Ooooo

You and me going fishin' in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We'll be fallin' in love in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Stayin' the whole night through, it feels so good to be with you

Spring is almost over and the summer's come
And the days are gettin' long
Waited all winter for the time to be right just to take you along
Baby get ready

And it don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite
We'll jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night
Baby get ready
Ooooo Ooooo

You and me going fishin' in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We'll be fallin' in love in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow

Stayin' the whole night thru, it feels so good to be with
You and me going fishin' in the dark
Lying on our backs and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the full moon light
We'll be fallin' in love in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Stayin' the whole night thru, it feels so good to be with you

Blue Monday morning at the factory gate
Almost time to clock in
The boys were bettin' that Joe wouldn't show
They had seen him over the weekend
He had four new tires on his old Cadillac
Betty, the waitress, and some clothes in the back
And a dashboard full of roadmaps of Mexico
Yeah, Joe knows how to live

He said women were made to love
Money is made to spend
Life is something, buddy, you will never live again
Yeah, you've got to admit it
Joe knows how to live

By now they'll be down at the ocean
He and Betty stretched out somewhere
The only blue in his life is the blue moonlight
Bouncin' off Betty's blonde hair
I can just see them rolling 'round on the sand
I never thought I was a jealous man
But when I think what he's doin' that I'm not
Lord, I'm jealous a lot

He said women were made to love
Money is made to spend
Life is something, buddy you will never live again
Yeah, you've got to admit it
Joe knows how to live
Let's go to Mexico

Now Betty's back home with her mother
Joe's back on the assembly line
But he brings in his pictures and his Mexican hat
Just to remind us sometimes

That women were made to love
Money is made to spend
Life is something buddy, you will never live again
Yeah, you've got to admit it
Joe knows how to live
Yeah, you've got to admit it
Joe knows how to live
That boy's a genius, he sure is crazy

They say when you find true love
You'd better hang on to what you've got
Find a way to make it last
Be sure that girl is yours
Well, my baby lives a-way 'cross town
Until things change, I'm blacktop bound
It makes me feel alive
To rev it up and ride

I'll be keepin' the road hot
I'm on the move, ain't gonna stop
Hearts on fire and we're miles apart
So I'll be keepin' the road hot

I get up and I work all day
The minutes seem like hours as they tick away
By afternoon the time's so slow
I'm a daydream night-time Romeo
Then the whistle blows and it's time to rock
I head out for that parking lot
Car is on my side
I rev it up and ride

I'll be keepin' the road hot
I'm on the move, ain't gonna stop
Hearts on fire and we're miles apart
So I'll be keepin' the road hot

Mmmmm, that highway sound
Thinking of her as the wheels go round
It's got me hypnotized
Every time I ride

I'll be keepin' the road hot
I'm on the move, ain't gonna stop
Wheels are burnin' that ol' blacktop
So I'll be keepin' the road hot
I'll be keepin' the road hot

It's so cold here in Chicago
The wind can cut you like a knife
Another day, another dollar
What a way to spend a life
She was young and I was restless
I set out to win the world
Said goodbye to my Virginia
And the Blue Ridge Mountain girl

I can see her standing by the window
And there's nothing sadder in the world
Than those green eyes, all red from crying
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl

In my hands I hold a letter
That says she made a pretty bride
And as I lay here in the darkness
She lays by another's side

I've got money in my pockets
Silver rings that I wear
But I'd trade them all this minute
For the gold that's in her hair

And I can see her standing by the window
And there's nothing sadder in the world
Than those green eyes, all red from crying
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl

And I can see her standing by the window
And there's nothing sadder in the world
Than those green eyes, all red from crying
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl
Of my Blue Ridge Mountain girl

He was a bouncer at a joint called Tony's Body Shop
She was the night cashier at the Stop and Shop
He was kinda good lookin'
She was kinda fun
Beneath that big oak tree
Out where the river runs

Little Angelyne, little Angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
Back of a Greyhound bus sat two lovers entwined
Just big Bill and little Angelyne

She was just in from Texas, didn't know her way around
So he took her to a roadhouse on the edge of town
There in the beer hall light, oh, she looked so fine
It was there he popped the question that was on his mind

It was a simple ceremony, just a friend or two
The preacher asked if they did and they said they do
She bought two tickets on her daddy's American Express
Hopped a Greyhound bus in her wedding dress

Little Angelyne, little Angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
Back of a Greyhound bus sat two lovers entwined
Just big Bill and little Angelyne

In a six dollar motel and with his honey bun
For seven glorious days in the Nevada sun
He played the tables, she pumped the slots full of dimes
They came back broke but they had a good time

Now many fell apart in the years come and gone
But big Bill and little Angel they last on and on
Oh, they held together when the times grew thin
Had a boy that looked like her and a girl that looked like him

Little Angelyne, little Angelyne
As the sun goes down and the moonlight shines
In the back of a Greyhound bus sat two lovers entwined
Just big Bill and little Angelyne

Sittin' on the front porch tryin' to keep still
Baby's lookin' finer than a fifty dollar bill
Pretty blue eyes and it isn't hard to see
That baby's got a hold on me

Long blond hair down the middle of her back
She's got the keys to her daddy's Cadillac
Got every little thing that I'm ever gonna need
Baby's got a hold on me

Got a hold on, got a hold on me
Got a hold on, baby's got a hold on me

We've got a full tank of gas, lookin' for a thrill
A three day weekend, lot of time to kill
Put the top down but we're never gonna freeze
'Cause baby's got a hold on me

Got a hold on, got a hold on me
Got a hold on, baby's got a hold on me
Hold on.......

Well, the full moon's shinin' on a Carolina night
Drivin' my girl across the interstate line
Got a preacher waitin' and that's how it's gonna be
'Cause baby's got a hold on me

Got a hold on, got a hold on me
Got a hold on, baby's got a hold on me

Got a hold on, got a hold on
Got a hold on, baby's got a hold on me
Baby's got a hold on me
Baby's got a hold on me
Baby's got a hold on me

Sometimes she'll have one drink too many
Sometimes she laughs a bit too loud
She's the first one on the dance floor
She'll dance with any man around
I watch the way they all surround her
I know that they don't understand her

She's just dancing to the beat of a broken heart
Searching for comfort with strangers in the dark
It's just her way to fight another lonely night
Dancing to the beat of a broken heart

She's the center of attention
Every time she comes in here
And as she dances by my table
I see the traces of a tear
There's someone somewhere she's not over
She's just looking for a shoulder

She's just dancing to the beat of a broken heart
Searching for comfort with strangers in the dark
It's just her way to fight another lonely night
Dancing to the beat of a broken heart

She's dancing to the beat of a broken heart
Searching for comfort with strangers in the dark
It's just her way to fight another lonely night
Dancing to the beat of a broken heart
Dancing to the beat of a broken heart
Dancing to the beat of a broken heart
She's dancing to the beat of a broken heart

Oh what a love, that'll bind the wounds of a loss and heal my heart
Oh what a love, to cast away the pain
Oh what a love, that'll bear for me the cost of a brand new start
Oh what a love, to let me begin again

Oh what a light, that'll brighten up the corners of a lonely life
Oh what a light, to cast away the rain
Oh what a light, to remove the gloom of facin' the dark alone
Oh what a light, I believe I can see again

I remember the day
We walked on the beach till sunset, then we sang
And the songs we played were a promise of love that'll last beyond the grave

Oh what a song, learned from the sea taught soley to the young
Oh what a song, to cast away the rain
Oh what a song, to break the bonds of fear and still the sound
Oh what a song, I believe I can sing again

I remember the day
We met at a place of hope, I took what you
And the words we'd say were a promise of love that'll honor beyond the grave

Oh what a love, that'll bind the wounds of a loss and heal my heart
Oh what a love, to cast away the pain
Oh what a love, that'll bear for me the cost of a brand new start
Oh what a love, to let me begin again
Oh what a love
Oh what a light
Oh what a song

I sit in the late afternoon with my back turned towards the sun
Drifting off in memories to a day when I was young
Slipping into the darkness, across the gulf stream a warm breeze blows
I can smell your sweet perfume, feel the sand beneath my toes

Oleanna, I hear your voice at night
Calling me to come to you and splash in the moonlight
Oleanna, down beside the sea
You're a dream this dreamer keeps
Waiting there for me

I awake from the dream just as the sun slides to the sea
Slipping under the ocean like the way you went from me
Ooh, the waves crashed and I heard your call, felt the emptiness within
I had love I thought I'd lost, but soon I'll hold you again

Oleanna, I hear your voice at night
Calling me to come to you and splash in the moonlight
Oleanna, down beside the sea
You're a dream this dreamer keeps
Waiting there for me

I can feel you, I can touch you, I can hold you
Yes you're waitin' there for me
I can feel you, I can touch you, I can hold you
Yes you're waitin' there for me
Oleanna, waitin' there for me

Oleanna, I hear your voice at night
Calling me to come to you and splash in the moonlight
Oleanna, down beside the sea
You're a dream this dreamer keeps
Waiting there for me

I can feel you, I can touch you, I can hold you
Yes you're waitin' there for me

We've got it all and more it seems
Livin' out all our dreams
But sometimes I wish we could be
Goin' home to Tennessee

Where life was simple, sweet and slow
Late nights by the radio
More and more my memories
Are stealin' away to Tennessee

God sure paints a picture fine
Sunlight golden through the pines
A prettier sight you'll never see
Than flowers in Spring time in Tennessee

Where life was simple, sweet and slow
Late nights by the radio
More and more my memories
Are stealin' away to Tennessee

We didn't have what we have now
But we got by somehow
Mountain rivers flow endlessly
Like my love for Tennessee

Where life was simple, sweet and slow
Late nights by the radio
More and more my memories
Are stealin' away to Tennessee
They're stealin' away to Tennessee