Songs Of The Kingwood Kowboy

What Might Have Been (Larry W Jones 03/25/2020) (song #7701) Today at lunch he mentioned a familiar name Of a different girl but it set my mind aflame I felt as though he could read the thoughts of my mind For my heart and my lost dreams are so intertwined I wonder just what you became There’s no need to establish blame I ponder how it was back then We’ll never know what might have been (Inst...

A Rose And An Almond Joy (Larry W Jones 03/13/2020) (song #7700) Bop ba doo bop ba doo bop ba doo bop ba We had a squabble a schoolkid squabble I made her as blue as a girl can be And the phone she hung up when I rung up Now I’m as blue as a school boy can be So I’m going to give her a real treat Things I know she won’t destroy One has petals and one is very sweet A rose and an Almond Joy (In...

Broken Dream Of Harmony (Larry W Jones 03/11/2020) (song #7699) Broken dream of harmony that I thought was her and me Now I’m caught in misery that will never let me be Oh, broken dream of harmony what was I thinking of This old sinking feeling is not in harmony with love Broken dream of harmony that I thought was her and me All it brought was agony of love that was not to be Oh, broken dream...

Whippoorwill Son (Larry W Jones 03/05/2020) (song #7698) Well, I just heard a whippoorwill call from the hill It sounded just like his sad song was sung for me Maybe he made fun or thought that I was his son No wonder, I’m sad as a whippoorwill could be No, I never thought whippoorwills called so early The golden sun hasn’t crawled up to bring the dawn And he can’t even see that my eyes are b...

Written On The Back Page Of Life (Larry W Jones 02/03/2020) (song #7697) I believed that wealth could buy honor and fame But on the back page my life was written in vain Now out of money that I know I threw away No days are sunny because the skies are all gray So, here is the message for fools who need advice Written on the back page of life Written on the back page of life (Instrumental) My...

What’s Wrong With Your Brain Jane (Larry W Jones 03/01/2020) (song #7696) What’s wrong with your brain Jane, you’ve lost your beau You broke his love chain Jane, he loved you so His heart is in pain Jane, now he’s alone You caused it to rain Jane, now that he’s gone So stay in your house Jane, that’s built of cards Sad tears you have roused Jane, without regards Oh, you’re now to blame Jane,...

Piney Woods Shade (Larry W Jones 02/28/2020) (song #7695) I’m a rover who’s been over Just about everywhere it seems I have travelled and I’ve dabbled Trying to unravel my dreams Some of a man’s dreams should come true For all the big plans that he’s made But now I know where they all grew Back home in the piney woods shade (Instrumental) Down to east Texas I must roam And return to the piney...

You Sing A Song And I’ll Sing Along (Larry W Jones 02/27/2020) (song #7694) You sing a song and I’ll sing along We’ll be birds of a feather You sing a song and I’ll sing along No matter what the weather Now, you sing tenor and I’ll sing bass We’ll sing out any old place Oh, you sing tenor and I’ll sing bass I’ll sing along at your pace (Instrumental) You sing a strain and I’ll sing refrain Li...

Born By The Back Bayou (Larry W Jones 02/26/2020) (song #7693) Well, when I was a little Cajun boy Ridin’ on my Daddy’s knee Daddy said, Jean my Louisiana joy You’ll be a Cajun like me And I recall the wooden pirogue trawl Fishin’ in the back bayou Alligator eyes and lightnin’ fireflies Tryin’ get a bite of you Born by the back bayou Born by the back bayou Born by the back bayou in Louisian’...

This Ordinary Simple Man (Larry W Jones 02/25/2020) (song #7692) Maybe I could have been more than this ordinary simple man But my darling I’ve worked hard just to make you understand That these calloused hands have done extraordinary things for my plan To ask for your hand by this ordinary simple man I ask of you with ordinary simple words For I never knew how to speak with fancy lines My si...

She Rose Above Her Raising (Larry W Jones 02/24/2020) (song #7691) Well, I had a gal in Tennessee But now she calls me her used to be We never got wedded She’s up and gone from me She rose above her raisin’ Didn’t stay down here with me Feline to female bobcat Forgot who she used to be Yeah, now she thinks she’s somethin’ But that means nothin’ to me She rose above her raisin’ Way down here i...

Onetime Darling Of Mine (Larry W Jones 02/23/2020) (song #7689) I returned to the neighborhood of my hometown I was done with my roaming and now looking ‘round For that onetime darling I hoped that I could find Pretty girl so sweet, that onetime darling of mine I know I roamed so long that I felt like exiled I just followed my heart but it was young and wild Oh, I thought of her and I missed...

Young Johnny Ringo (Larry W Jones 02/21/2020) (song #7688) Hide out, hide out Johnny Ringo And don’t you try and sleep too sound Sheriff of Cochise comin’ for you Ain’t gonna know when he’s around Dig a hole, dig a hole in Arizona Dig a hole in the west Turkey Creek cold ground Dig a hole, dig a hole for him tomorrow Cause they’re gonna lay young Johnny Ringo down (Instrumental) First time I...

Gold In El Dorado (Larry W Jones 02/20/2020) (song #7687) Tales of fine gold in El Dorado Was just in conquistadores minds Don’t go searching for El Dorado Cause there’s no gold you will ever find True love is just like El Dorado All good men have searched but most were blind The search turned some to desperados And to that fate I know I’ve been confined (Instrumental) Tales of fine gold in E...

Sundial In The Dark (Larry W Jones 02/19/2020) (song #7686) I didn’t mean to pain you Sometimes words are crude and sharp You say now you’ll remain blue Like a sundial in the dark I didn’t know your heartbreak Would be like a latent spark Cold as the night you now shake Like a sundial in the dark (Instrumental) There’s a door every morning That you pass through until noon And then like there’...

Halfway To Wyoming (Larry W Jones 02/19/2020) (song #7685) There’s a million stars a-gleamin’ And they start my mind a-dreamin’ Of things my heart’s been yearnin’ of I’m now halfway to Wyomin’ Travelled halfway to Wyomin’ Yeah, halfway to the girl I love I’ve got a long way to ramble Drivin’ cattle through the bramble Gotta scramble ‘fore evening gloam I’m now halfway to Wyomin’ Halfway, Texa...

River Of Memories (Larry W Jones 02/18/2020) (song #7684) Memories, memories, memories The banks of a river can be brimming full Or waters can be low and shallow, shallow Love is like that river when hearts feel its pull And memories are sure to follow, follow Memories, memories, memories Lovers all have heard the call of the river, heard the call And that includes you and surely me, you and...

Moon Of The Silver Sage (Larry W Jones 02/16/2020) (song #7683) Moon of the silver sage Shine down your soft moonlight Moon of the silver sage Light up the range tonight While the cows are lowing Be with them till the dawn By the stream that’s flowing To water they’ll be drawn Moon of the silver sage Shine down your soft moonlight (Instrumental) While the cows are lowing Be with them till the...

Song Of The Cowboy Range (Larry W Jones 02/16/2020) (song #7682) I was born a wrangler to a song of the cowboy range A cheerful pistol packer who cannot be rearranged I sing at the start of day and all the way to sundown The world around me is fancy free and far out of town The soaring hawks look down and gawks at the sounds that seem strange They follow the bravado of song of the cowboy rang...

Mississippi Miss I Miss You (Larry W Jones 02/15/2020) (song #7681) Well, I left her down in the south Now I miss the smile on her mouth Mississippi miss I miss you Sometimes at night I hear her call Now I say to her and you all Mississippi miss I miss you A small hideaway built for two On a bay where dreams do come true Finished in a fine southern style Would sure make that southern miss smi...

Why I Smile (Larry W Jones 02/15/2020) (song #7680) Why is there a smile on my face all the time And why is it that I’m never blue Memories we share are read like verse and rhyme Why I smile is all because of you I know the world’s made of more than you and me But our world dear each day is brand new Nothing needs to change so we’ll just let it be Why I smile is all because of you (Instrument...

Sweet Tea Of Tennessee (Larry W Jones 02/14/2020) (song #7679) There’s a tea room in a town in old Tennessee The waitress is a lady fair as fair can be Now, love is a story older than you and me But my new love is now the Tea of Tennessee I can’t forget the time I visited that room She looked so fine just like a blossom in full bloom I took a look at her and she looked back at me She read me...

Everything New Nothing Old (Larry W Jones 02/12/2020) (song #7677) Everything new nothing old Every day with you is like fine gold Nothing old everything new Every day I’m more in love with you Nothing gets old when you smile Walk a new mile on country a road To be with you for awhile Everything new nothing old I know (Instrumental) Everything new nothing old And nothing can ever make me blue...

Bring Me A Personal Memory (Larry W Jones 02/09/2020) (song #7675) Meet me face to face love and tell me Why you left me alone standing there Bring me a personal memory Not in a day dream that I can’t bear Your love for me was warm as sunshine So why is it now that you don’t care Bring me a personal memory Face to face dear is only fair (Instrumental) I have lost my world of happiness One tha...

Big Bone Jones (Larry W Jones 02/13/2020) (song #7678) Watch the swing of my nine pound hammer And watch the lean muscles in my side Hear the steel spike drive down with clamor I’ll keep drivin’ spikes until I die Well now sweet Daisy Mae I build the right of way Hey hey sweet Daisy Mae Trains will roll night and day I’m the best on a nine pound hammer Nine pound hammer and a big bone frame T...