Hangin' Tough

Waylon Jennings Hangin' Tough Lyrics
1.Deep in the West

Lyricist:Shake Russell

Deep in the west
Where the tall mountains grow
I've gone home
Where the heavens above
Turns red from the fire
Down below

Are you listening to me?
When I'm talking to you
Said, 'Together we're one
Divided we're through
Divided we're through'

Silver friend at night
Yellow friend it comes
With the dawn
Back in my heart
I've been drying my eyes
See me run

So you hang on to me
And I'll hang on to you
Said, 'Together we're one
Divided we're through
Divided we're through'

Refusing to talk
I suppose that it's all
Learning to give
That's important before
You can take from me

Are you listening to me?
When I'm talking to you
Said, 'Together we're one
Divided we're through'

So hang on to me
And I'll hang on to you
Said, 'Together we're one
Divided we're through
Divided we're through'


2.Chevy Van

Lyricist:Sammy Johns

I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired 'cause her mind was a draggin'
I said, ''Get some sleep and dream of rock and roll''

Like a picture she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's alright with me

Her young face was like that of an angel
Her long legs were tanned and brown
Better keep your eyes on the road son
Better slow this vehicle down

'Cause like a picture she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's alright with me

I put her out in a town that was so small
You could throw a rock from end to end
A dirt road main street, she walked off in her bare feet
It's a shame, I won't be passin' through again

Like a picture she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love me in my Chevy van
And that's alright with me

'Cause like a picture she was layin' there
Moonlight dancin' off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
We made love me in my Chevy van
And that's alright with me


3.I Can't Help The Way I Don't Feel About You

Lyricist:M Garvin, T Shapiro, C Waters

You want me to say I love you too
There's nothing in the world, I'd rather do
You will never know how hard I've tried
But I can't change the way I feel inside

It's nothing that you did or haven't done
Who knows what makes somebody love someone
I wish that's the way that we could be
But love is up to love and not to me

I can't help the way that I don't feel
Take what isn't there and make it real
You're where I should be going but my heart is at the wheel
And I can't help the way that I don't feel

It's nothing that you did or haven't done
Who knows what makes somebody love someone
I wish that's the way that we could be
But love is up to love and not to me

You want me to say I love you too
There's nothing in the world, I'd rather do
You will never know how hard I've tried
But I can't change the way I feel inside

I can't help the way that I don't feel
Take what isn't there and make it real
You're where I should be going but my heart is at the wheel
I can't help the way that I don't feel


4.Rose in Paradise

Lyricist:S Harris, J Mcbride

She was a flower for the takin'
Her beauty cut just like a knife
He was a banker from Macon
Swore he'd love her all his life

Bought her a mansion on a mountain
With a formal garden and a lot a land
But paradise became her prison
That Georgia banker was a jealous man

Every time he'd talk about her
You could see the fire in his eyes
He'd say, 'I would walk through hell on Sunday
To keep my rose in paradise'

He hired a man to tend the garden
Keep an eye on her while he was gone
Some say they ran away together
Some say that gardener left alone

Now the banker is an old man
That mansion's crumbling down
He sits all day and stares at the garden
Not a trace of her was ever found

Every time he talks about her
You can see the fire in his eyes
He'd say, 'I would walk through hell on Sunday
To keep my rose in paradise'

Now there's a rose out in the garden
Its beauty cuts just like a knife
They say that it even grows in the winter time
And blooms in the dead of the night


5.Defying Gravity

Lyricist:Jesse Winchester

I live on a big blue ball
I never did dream I would fall
But even the day that I do
I'll jump off and smile back at you

We don't even know where we are
They say that we're circling a star
But I'll take their word, I don't know
I'm dizzy so maybe that's so

I'm riding a big blue ball
And never did dream I would fall
But even the highs must lay low
When I do fall I'll be glad to go


6.Baker Street

Lyricist:Gerry Rafferty

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Lite in your head and dead on your feet
Well, another crazy day you drink the night away
And forget about everything

Those city streets make you feel so cold
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

Used to think that it was so easy
Used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin', you're tryin' now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're cryin', you're cryin' now

Way down the street there's a light in this place
You open the door he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been you tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
Then he'll settle down in a quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he's always keep moving
Know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rollin', he's the rolling stone
When you wake up it's a new morning
The sun is shining it's a new morning
You're goin', you're goin' home


7.Fallin' Out

Lyricist:D. Lile

We fell into a fallin' out
You are the one that I just can't figure out
But I do believe I want to

Like a girl in the picture show
You are the one that I'd like to know
And I do, I do believe I need to

And I do, I do believe
That I feel like I'm watching
A dove that's falling
It's love and it's going down

Songbirds are calling
Slip away darling
If there's anyway, show me how
Just to tell you I love you

You don't have to show me
What's in your eyes
Find me a way to apologize and I will
I do believe I need to

You can take forever to sympathize
You know it's raining in my insides
And I do, I do believe I love you

And I do, I do believe that I feel like
I'm watching a dove that's falling
It's love and it's going down

Songbirds are calling
Slip away darling
If there's anyway, show me how
Just to tell you I love you

I can feel a broken heart tumblin'
Do you remember what you said way back then?
You used to say, â½I love youâ

Lost in the light of a second chance
I can feel the rhythm but you won't dance
And I do, I do believe I need to

And I do, I do believe
That I feel like I'm watching
A dove that's falling
It's love and it's going down

Songbirds are calling
Slip away darling
If there's anyway, show me how
Just to tell you I love you


8.Between Fathers and Sons

Lyricist:John Jarvis, Gary Nicholson

My father had so much to tell me, things he said, I had to know
Don't make my mistakes, there are rules you can't break
But I had to find out on my own

Now when I look at my own son
I know what my father went through
There's only so much you can do

You're proud when they walk, scared when they run
That's how it always has been
Between fathers and sons

It's a bridge you can't cross, it's a cross you can't bear
It's the words you can't say, the things you can't change
No matter how much you care

So you do all you can but then you gotta let go
You're just part of the flow of the river that runs
Between fathers and sons

Your mother will try to protect you, hold you as long as she can
But the higher you climb, the more you can see
That's something that I understand

One day you'll look at your own son
There'll be so much that you want to say
But he'll have to find his own way

On the road, he must take the course, he must run
That's how it always has been
Between fathers and sons

It's a bridge you can't cross, it's a cross you can't bear
It's the words you can't say, the things you can't change
No matter how much you care

So you do all you can but then you gotta let go
You're just part of the flow of the river that runs
Between fathers and sons


9.The Crown Prince

His father was a Princeton lawyer
A man of means
Former beauty queen

A house as big as a hotel
Or expensive boulevard
That's where he got his start

Eighteen years of summer camps and private schools
All American golden boy with a silver spoon
His future held all the promise of a president
Wonder where it went

It's hard to be the Crown Prince
When it all hits home
You can't hide behind the walls
Around the throne

The real world's not a playground
It's a danger zone
You find out who you really are
When the pressure's on

He's the first one in his family
To wind up second best
He couldn't pass the test

His share of the fortune
Spent on saving face
His family comes to visit on the holidays
Sometimes it's so quiet there
He hears the flowers bloom
He's got a private room

It's hard to be the Crown Prince
When it all hits home
You can't hide behind the walls
Around the throne

Sanity is a state of mind
Where life begins
Or where it ends
It all depends


10.Crying Don't Even Come Close

I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But when I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say hello
And though you wished me well
You couldn't tell
That I'd been

Crying over you
Crying over you
Then you said So long
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying

It's hard to understand
That the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But darling, what can I do
Oh you don't love me
And I'll always be

Crying over you
Crying over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying

I'm crying, crying
Oh-oh-oh-over you