Goin' Down Rockin': The Last

Waylon Jennings Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Lyrics
1.Wasting Time

Lyricist:Waylon Jennings

I've been thinking it over, wondering what to do
Up to now I've been leaving it up to you
But you'll always be the way you've always been
I ain't got the time to go through that again

I've been wasting time and I'm to blame
Living with things I couldn't change
And the one conclusion I've come to
I've been wasting time and a lot of good love on you

I've made up my mind to make my move
It's just a waste of time to wait on you
I'm set to leave and you're set in your ways
You can't change and if you can't I can't stay

I've been wasting time that I can't spare
Wastin' love when you don't care
And the one conclusion I've come to
I've been wasting time and a lot of good love on you

I've been wasting time and I'm to blame
Living with things I couldn't change
And the one conclusion I've come to
I've been wasting time and a lot of good love on you


2.Belle of the Ball

Lyricist:Waylon Jennings

A vagabond dreamer, a rhymer and singer of songs
Singing to no one and nowhere to really belong
I met a beautiful lady, a pure Southern belle of the ball
Like Scarlet O'Hara loved no one but wanted them all

I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults
The good and the bad, I want to remember it all
And I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz
But the party's all over I came uninvited
I'm leaving and taking the belle of the ball

There will always be someone, I guess that's the way it should
be
I guess I should know that someone used to be me
They'll gather around her, soon they'll all look the same
At the feet of the lady are lovers without any names

I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults
The good and the bad, I want to remember it all
And I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz
But the party's all over I came uninvited
I'm leaving and taking the belle of the ball


3.I Do Believe

Lyricist:Waylon Jennings

In my own way, I'm a believer
In my own way, right or wrong
I don't talk too much about it

It's something, I keep working on
I don't have too much, to build on
My faith has never been that strong

There's a man in that old building
He's a holy man, they say
He keeps talking about tomorrow

While I keep struggling with today
He preaches hell, fire and brimstone
And heaven seems so far away

I do believe in a higher power
One, that loves us one and all
Not someone to solve our problems

Or to catch me when I fall
He gave us all a mind to think with
And to know what's right or wrong
He is that inner spirit that keeps us strong

In my own way, I'm a believer
But not in voices, I can't hear
I believe in a loving father

One, I never have to fear
That I should live life at it's fullest
Just as long as I am here


4.Goin' Down Rockin'

One foot on the mountain, the other one in the stream
All kinds of trouble and I'm caught in between
I can't change my way of doin'; it's gonna lay like it falls
If I can't go down rockin', I ain't gonna go down at all
She was a child of acquired money, had that silver spoon
I knew she had a little wild streak and needed breathing room
If I can't be your sugar daddy, I won't be your Neanderthal
If I can't go down rockin', I ain't gonna go down at all

Spent a little time in the congregation, that's how I was raised
Spent a little time in trouble, but I do have my ways

Won't be your Neanderthal.
Tonight I had good intentions of crawling into bed
Resting my body and clearing my head
But, just about midnight, I got that telephone call
If I can't go down rockin', I ain't gonna go down at all

Spent a little time in the congregation, that's how I was raised
Spent a little time in trouble, but I do have my ways
If I can't go down rockin', I ain't gonna go down at all
If I can't go down rockin', I ain't gonna go down at


5.If My Harley Was Runnin'

Everybody knows that you got a job, especially me
You just keep rubbing it in, you won't let it be
You bring home the bacon and it's making me feel like a jerk
Out of all that I got, your all I got that still works

Chorus:
But if my harley was runnin, honey I'd show you who's boss
There are places in texas a man can still go and get lost
If my harley was runnin' I'd be gone in nothin' flat
Sooner or later I'll get it started,
And you better start thinkin' bout that

Everybody knows a man without wheels ain't much at all
When he's down on his luck, down on his pride he's down to a
crawl
You got it girl, you got my world in your hand
In the back of my mind I'm making my time and making my plans

Chorus


6.Friends In California

I've got friends in California
Who really care about me
And right now a friend is what I need the most
Somewhere out in California
Is where I ought to be
So I'll pack up my trouble
And take 'em to the coast

This old town is gettin' colder
With winter comin' on
But it was just as cold back in Juli
There ain't nothin' here to hold me
With storm clouds movin' in
Lord knows I need a friend and sunny skies
I've got some cousins up near Frisco
They've been on my mind
And my best friend's got a place in Malibu
I've got an old flame in the desert
Livin' on the Falkland
I'd be better off with her then here with you

I've got friends in California
Who really care about me
Right now a friend is what I need the most
Somewhere out in California
Is where I ought to be
So I'll pack up my trouble
And take 'em to the coast


7.The Ways of the World


8.Shakin' the Blues


9.Never Say Die

Well, there's snow on the mountain, a fire down below
No place to hide, but there's no place to go
Seems like I'm surrounded by the trouble in the air
If there's any way out I can't find it anywhere

Chorus:
But I'll never say die
Never say die
I ain't givin' in or givin' up without a try
No I'll never say die

I'd gladly give up all my baubles, my watch and golden chain
Blue shiny roadster, and my sexy walkin' cane
All of my prized possessions, that I love, you know I do
Any time, any where, just to find my place with you

Repeat Chorus

I don't want your greenback dollar
It could never be enough
Just your sweet love and your body
So you might as well just as well give it up

Repeat Chorus


10.Sad Songs & Waltzes

I'm writing a song all about you
A true song as real as my tears
But you've no need to fear it
'Cause no one will hear it
'Cause sad songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year

I'll tell all about how you cheated
I'd like to the whole world to hear
I'd like to get even with you
'Cause you're leavin'
And songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year

It's a good thing that I'm not a star
You don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it
No one will play it
Cause sad songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year


Well it's a good thing that I'm not a star
You don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it
No one will play it
'Cause sad songs and waltzes
Aren't selling this year


11.She Was No Good For Me

She was a good looking woman no doubt
A high steppin' mover that men talk about
But everything bad in me
She brought it out
And she was just no good for me

She was wonderfully wicked and wild
With the looks of a woman
And the ways of a child
She could twist me or turn me
With a look or a smile
And she was just no good for me

Don't be taken by the look in her eyes
If she looks like an angel
It's a perfect disguise
And for somebody else she may be
But she was just no good for me

I'm just a fool for a looker I guess
When it comes to beauty
Lord knows she was blessed
I thought I could change her
And I did my best
But she was just no good for me

Don't be taken by the look in her eyes
If she looks like an angel
It's a perfect disguise
And for somebody else she may be
But she was just no good for me


12.Wrong Road To Nashville