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The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel - Since 1970

by Asleep at the Wheel

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1.
Johnny Walker sat at a table at a bar mindin’ his own affairs Drinkin’ his name sake over the rocks He was drunk, too drunk to care When a girl from the bar Walked up beside him and this is what she said she said A woman came by with a letter for you and this is what the letter said Dear Johnny please oh please come home I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed And Johnny if you don’t hurry back I’ll be gone Yes that’s what the letter said The letter that Johnny walker read Then John he got up from the table Slowly so slowly he walked outside He was thinking of his wife and little children back at home And how his drinkin’ had ruined their lives Then john he stared off…off into that street lamp And a vision filled his poor poor heart with a dream (?) For you see folks it was him, blind drunk in that gutter, clutching in his little old hand The letter that Johnny Walker read And this is what it said Dear Johnny please oh please come home I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed And Johnny if you don’t hurry back I’ll be gone Yes that’s what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read Dear Johnny please oh please come home I need your love and the kids they gotta be fed And Johnny if you don’t hurry back I’ll be gone Yes that’s what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read Yes that’s what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read Yes that’s what the letter said The letter that Johnny Walker read
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One night Farmer Brown was taking the air Locked up the barn with the greatest of care Down in the henhouse somethin’ stirred When he hollered “who’s there?” This is what he heard There ain’t nobody here but us chickens Ain’t nobody here at all So watch yourself, stop all that fuss, there ain’t nobody here but us You kindly point that gun the other way And hobble, hobble hobble till ya hit the hay There ain’t nobody here but us chickens Ain’t nobody here at all You stomping around, shaking the ground, kicking up an awful dust We chicken’s trying to sleep and you popped in And hobble, hobble hobble with your chin Well Tomorrow is a busy day We’ve got things to do We got eggs to lay Ground to dig and worms to stratch It takes a lot of sittin’ getting chicks to hatch Cause there’ ain’t nobody here but us chickens Nobody at all So watch yourself, stop all that fuss, there ain’t nobody here but us You gotta point that gun the other way And hobble, hobble hobble till ya hit the hay There ain’t nobody here but us roosters! Well Tomorrow is a busy day We’ve got things to do We got eggs to lay Ground to dig and worms to stratch It takes a lot of sittin’ getting chicks to hatch And there’ ain’t nobody here but us chickens Ain’t nobody at all So watch yourself, stop all that fuss, there ain’t nobody here but us You gotta point that gun the other way And holla holla holla till the break of day Hey bossman, now what do ya say? It’s easy pickins! There ain’t nobody here but us chickens Whoa yeah!
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WHERE’S THAT GAL WITH THE RED DRESS ON SOME FOLKS CALL HER DINAH STOLE MY HEART AWAY FROM ME WAY DOWN IN LOUISIANA TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY SHE WENT DOWN TO THE RAILROAD I WENT DOWN TO MEET HER SHE PULLED UP HER PETTICOATS AND I PULLED OUT MY TULSA! TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY WALK AND TALK SUSIE WALK AND TALK SUSIE WALK AND TALK SUSIE WALK AND TALK SUSIE TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY I ALWAYS WEAR A BIG OLD SMILE AND I NEVER DO LOOK SOUR TRAVED ‘ROUND THE COUNTRY PLAYING MUSIC BY THE HOUR TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO MARRY TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA I’M TOO YOUNG TO WED THEE
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It’s three a.m. in the morning Train whistle is blowing Sound like a lonesome song down in my soul Baby’s spent the bank and she won’t be back no more My baby thinks she’s a train She let’s that whistle blow and then she’s gone again Sometimes it’s hard on this poor boy’s brain What you gonna do when your baby thinks she’s a train Locomotion is the way she moves Drags me around like an old caboose I’m tellin’ you boys that girl’s insane My baby thinks she’s a train Choo choo choo’s the train sounds It’s a noise you hear when my baby hits town When her long hair flies She sure is hard to tame What you gonna do when your baby thinks she’s a train She eats money like a train eats coal Burns it up and leaves you in the smoke If you want to catch a ride just wait till she unwinds She’s just like a train she always gives a bum a ride Locomotion is the way she moves Drags me around like an old caboose I’m tellin’ you boys that girl’s insane My baby thinks she’s a train
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Lace up your boots and we'll truck on down To a knocked out shack on the edge of town There's an eight beat combo that just won't quit Keep a-walking' 'til ya see a blue light lit Fall in there and we'll see some sights Down at the house the house the house of blue lights There's fryers, broilers, and Detroit bar-b-que ribs But the treat of the treat Is when they serve up those fine egg beats You'll wanna spend the rest of your brights Down at the house the house the house of blue lights We'll have a time and we'll some rug While we dig those tunes like they should be dug It's a real homecoming' for all those cats Just boogie past the welcome mat Fall in there and we'll see some sights Down at the house the house the house of blue lights There's fryers, broilers, and Detroit bar-b-que ribs But the treat of the treat Is when they serve up those fine egg beats You'll wanna spend the rest of your brights Down at the house the house the house of blue lights
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I was born in Louisiana down on the ol' bayou Rasied on shrimps and catfish mame's good gumbo I got the ramblin' fever said goodbye to ma and pa Crossed that ol' red river and this is what I saw I saw miles and miles of Texas all the stars up in the sky I saw miles and miles of Texas gonna live here till I die I rode up in to Austin the cradle of the west Just ask any cowboy he'll tell you it's the best I met a texas beauty I got friendly with her pa I looked in to her big blue eyes this is what I saw I saw miles and miles of Texas all the stars up in the sky I saw miles and miles of Texas gonna live here till I die I started tamin' bronco's I made every rodeo Until I met a tuff one you know his name was devil joe I grabb'd hold of his bridle just to ride this ol' outlaw He threw me from the saddle and this is what I saw I saw miles and miles of Texas all the stars up in the sky I saw miles and miles of Texas gonna live here till I die Miles of Texas Uaaah now All night long Gonna live here till I die Aaaaaaaah, Texas
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Headin' for the station with a pack on my back I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack I love to hear the rhythm of the clickety clack Hear the lonesome whistle see the smoke from the stack To pal around with democratic fellow named Mac So take me right back to the track, jack Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie, woo-woo Woo-woo, ch'boogie, choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, jack Well I reach my destination but don't go back I need some compensation to get back in the black I take a morning paper from the top of the stack And read the situations from the front to the back But the only job that's open takes a man with a knack So put it right back in the rack, jack Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie, woo-woo Woo-woo, ch'boogie, choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, jack Gonna settle down by the railroad track Live the life o'riley in the beat down shack When I hear a whistle I can peep through the crack Hear the train rollin' when it's ballin' the jack Love to hear the rhythm of the clickety clack So take me right back to the track, jack Choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie, woo-woo Woo-woo, ch'boogie, choo-choo, choo-choo, ch'boogie Take me right back to the track, jack Take me right back to the track, jack
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Last Meal 03:37
Well I was layin’ in my cell on death row When I heard the warden say He said Ray you got one more day. You got one last meal before we carry you away. He said if we ain’t got it, we’re gonna have to send out and get it And you don’t have to go, you don’t have to go Until we get back with it Everything! So I turned to the warden and then I said, Warden bring me two dinosaur eggs over easy Fried in butter, and not too greasy, Mosquito knees and black eyed peas. A little bit of butter on my bee bop beans, a saber tooth tiger steak A whole hippopotamus well baked So go and get my dinner, go, and get my dinner You ain’t got it, go out and get it Cause I ain’t goin’ till you get back with it Now bring me a cup of crocodile tears, I want a purple watermelon and some alligator ears Two cross-eyed catfish and a female banana I sure can’t resist Now bring me an order of those fried _______________ A barbequed brick of chocolate ice cream So go and get my dinner, go, and get my dinner You ain’t got it, go out and get it Cause I ain’t goin’ till you get back with it Now go, and get my dinner, go And get my dinner, go And get my dinner, go And get my dinner You ain’t got it, got to go out and get it Cause I ain’t goin’ till you get back with it
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Can’t believe what a beautiful sight it is to see The hills of home rollin’ on in front of me In an hour or so I’ll be holdin’ you in my arms it’s true All there’ll be in this whole wide world is Texas me and you Too many lonely miles I’ve covered in the last year or so When I talk of the fire that’s in me I believe you know We’ll make love on a blanket on the banks of the river till the morining dew All there’ll be in this whole wide world is Texas me and you Texas me and you Texas me and you Take the time to find each other Take the time to rediscover Texas me and you Texas me and you Where a lone star’s shinin’ Texas me and you Texas me and you Texas me and you Take the time to find each other Take the time to rediscover Texas me and you Texas me and you Where a lone star’s shinin’ Texas me and you Texas me and you

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released June 5, 2001

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