I was born in a border town
Just beyond the line
I grew up in a border town
Full of many lies
I was taught in a red brick school
The teacher taught me well
Said if I didn’t bend the rules
I wouldn’t go to hell
All my life I’ve been running away
Up the land and down
Every time I’d go away
I’d return … border town
Now that I am an older man
And I’m looking back
I see that they didn’t mean no harm
Just try to cut some slack
I grew up in a Baptist Church
The Preacher talked to me
Said if I didn’t do unto others
They wouldn’t do that to me
All my life I’ve been running away
Up the land and down
Every time I’d go away
I’d return … border town
Every time you think you’ve found
The answers to the dreams
So the winds of change would blow
Back to what it seems
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I was born in a border town
Just beyond the line
I grew up in a border town
Full of many lies
All my life I’ve been running away
Up the land and down
Every time I’d go away
I’d return … border town …
Border town … border town
ANOTHER LOVE
Ron Martin (BMI)
Another love is mine now dear
Another love now is mine
I’ve waited on you all my life
Another love now is mine
You’ve treated me so heartlessly
You’ve treated me so unkind
You’ve treated me like I was some
Faded rose on the wine
I’ve waited all my life to see
The day that you would come
Another love is mine now dear
Another love now is mine
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I’ve waited all my life to see
The day that you would come
Another love is mine now dear
Another love now is mine
Another love is mine now dear
Another love now is mine
I’ve waited on you all my life
Another love now is mine
You’ve treated me so heartlessly
You’ve treated me so unkind
You’ve treated me like I was some
Faded rose on the wine
I’ve waited all my life to see
The day that you would come
Another love is mine now dear
Another love now is mine
Another love now is mine
EVERY DAY I CALL YOUR NAME
Ron Martin (BMI)
All those years I waited for you
All those tears I cried alone
Seems you never missed me darlin'
Did you ever call my name
I wonder where you are tonight love
I wonder if you still live alone
But can it matter to you darlin'
Every day I call your name
Well, I thought that we always be happy
We had a good thing goin' I thought strong
But can it matter to you darlin'
Every day I call your name
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Well, I thought that we always be happy
We had a good thing goin' I thought strong
But can it matter to you darlin'
Every day I call your name
Every day I call your name
MY EVERYTHING IS YOU
Ron Martin and John M. Carter (BMI)
You are my sunshine
You are my life
You always make me happy
Make my nigh time bright
And I can’t help it if I
Feel the way I do
You are my everything
Everything is you
You are my Nephertiti
You are my Guinevere
I’d say you make me feel like a virgin
But that could sound so queer
And I can’t help it if I
Feel the way I do
You are my everything
Everything is you
And when I see you girl
Makes me feel so fine
And when I touch you girl
Glad to know you’re mine
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And when I see you girl
Makes me feel so fine
And when I touch you girl
Glad to know you’re mine
You are my sunshine
You are my life
You always make me happy
Make my nigh time bright
And I can’t help it if I
Feel the way I do
You are my everything
Everything is you
Everything is you
Everything is you
ANNABELLE LEE
Ron Martin (BMI)
Anna Lee you stole my heart from me
I don't think that I will love again
Anna Lee you stole my love from me
I don't think that I can love again
The day you went away
I knew no Saturday
Annabelle Lee I love you
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The day you went away
I knew no Saturday
Annabelle Lee I love you
Anna Lee you've took the strength from me
I don't think that I will love again
I don't think that I will love again
MASON WINE
Ron Martin (BMI)
Call me in the morning
Let me know you’re fine
I know you’re not used to drinking
All of that ‘shine
Your face was green and your eyes were bugged
When we started home
And I don’t know when I have ever
Ever felt so all alone, ah but …
Ah, but that Mason Wine
That Mason Wine is good
Ah, but that Mason Wine
That Mason Wine is good
Don’t ya tell your momma
Don’t ya tell your paw
Where we got that ‘spodeode’
You know we could get caught
Tell ‘em you feel quite sickly
Maybe something you ate
Go down and sleep it off
And be ready to play, because
Ah, but that Mason Wine …
Call me in the evening
Let me know the time
I’ll pick you up in my old car
And we can head for the county line
Where we get our tank all filled
We get ourselves all ‘gassed
Mama, we could have a good time
‘cause it could be our last, because …
Ah, but that Mason Wine …
Call me in the morning
Let me know you’re fine …
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Ah, but that Mason Wine is good
Ah, but that Mason Wine is good
B-STREET BLUES
Ron Martin (BMI)
Summertime on B-Street
It's hot n'lazy and slow
And I'm not feeling too good
Ya see I got no place to go
Saw my lady just the other night
She turned and walked away
She turned around and walked into the night
She said I hope you drop dead
Lawd have mercy
Got the B, the B-Street Blues
Got the B, the B-Street Blues
Got the B, the B-Street Blues, yeah
Thunderstorms rolling into the sky
My Momma's afraid she's gonna run and hide
Lord knows what's gonna happen next
I don't believe I can take it no more, I got
I got the B, the B-Street Blues
Got the B, the B-Street Blues
Got the B, the B-Street Blues, oh yeah
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Summertime on B-Street
It's hot n'lazy and slow
And I'm not feeling too good
Ya see I got no place to go
Saw my lady just the other night
She turned and walked away
She turned around and walked into the night
She said I hope you drop dead,son
Lawd have mercy
Got the B, the B-Street Blues
Got the B, the B-Street Blues
Got the B, the B-Street Blues
COWGIRL
Ron Martin (BMI)
I am a cowgirl
I ride the range
I like my horses
I like pork and beans
The wind and the rain don’t bother me
The wind and the snow are my friends
‘cause I am a cowgirl
I ride the range
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I am a cowgirl
I don’t take care of men
I just like my horses
And not pigs in the pen
The wind and the rain don’t bother me
The wind and the snow are my friends
‘cause I am a cowgirl
I ride the range
I ride the range
RICH MAN
Ron Martin (BMI)
If I had a dollar
For every time you said you loved me
If I had a dollar
For every time you said you care
I’d be a rich man
Yes, I’d be a rich man
Whoah, I’d be a rich man
Beyond my means
If I had a dollar
For every time I looked at you
If I had a dollar
For every time you looked at me
I’d be a rich man
Yes, I’d be a rich man
Whoah, I’d be a rich man
Beyond my means
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Don’t know why
Don’t know when
Don’t know how
If I had a dollar
For every time you said you loved me
If I had a dollar
For every time you said you cared
I’d be a rich man
Yes, I’d be a rich man
Whoah, I’d be a rich man
Beyond my means
WORKING ON A BATTEAU
Ron Martin and Bret Hart (BMI)
Working on a Batteau
From Leaksville by the Dan
I'm working on a Batteau
For ole man Geoffery Gann
For ole man Geoffery Gann
There's cotton and tobacco
To take to Danville town
Bushels of new "taters"
And molasses sweet and brown
Molasses sweet and brown
Miss Lucy's apple cider
And quilts of feather down
To lie on when it's hot
And the current's all calmed down
The current's all calmed down
When I get to Danville
Gonna walk all over that town
Find me something pretty
For that girl in Leaksville town
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When I get to Danville
Gonna walk all over that town
Find me something pretty
For that girl in Leaksville town
Pushing on this pole and watching
It keeps me off the sand
It's hard work getting home on time
To see that girl again
See that girl again
Working on a Batteau
From Leaksville by the Dan
I'm working on a Batteau
For ole man Geoffery Gann
For ole man Geoffery Gann
For ole man Geoffery Gann
THE WAMPUS CAT SONG
Ron Martin and John M. Carter (BMI)
Down by the riverside
Put the boat in at dawn
You bring the line* honey
I'll bring the wine honey
We'll have a real good time
Doing nobody no harm
We'll sail away baby
Nothing much to say baby
All the fish got away baby
But I brought my ’catch’ home
We'll fish the red-brown Dan
with a fishing pole in our hand
Sail up and down the land and
Sit back and float awhile
Old Wampus Cat can't be caught
So they say so they thought
Theres a lesson to be taught
When I bring that Wampus Cat in
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Take your hook and bait it good
Check the wind speed like you should
Tell ya Baby to cook your food and
Sit back and float a while
Old Wampus Cat can't be caught
So they say so they thought
Theres a lesson to be taught
When I bring that Wampus Cat in
Down by the riverside
Put the boat in at dawn
You bring the line* honey
I'll bring the wine honey
We'll have a real good time
Doing nobody no harm
* fishing equipment
GOIN' HOME
Marco Zanzi and Francesco Comolli
I'm here sitting on a Jet plane while the night is coming through
My heart is a bit confused, I feel happiness with gloom
T'was so sad at Piedmont Airport, always hard to leave a friend
Goin' home to my dear family I can't wait to be with them
Sometimes life is not too easy and hard times it can reserve
Little pieces of a big Plan that one day we'll understand
Thank you Lord for every moment, I have now another home
A new brother, a new sister, sure you can't desire much more
Thanks Ron and North Carolina, Susu and all my new friends
Bluegrass music, golden moments, Pizza's slice at "Elisabeth"
Ridin' through the Blue Ridge Mountains, enjoyin' music at Merlefest
Thanks Ron and North Carolina I will sure never forget
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Always follow your believes and your dreams will sure come true
Every day a gift, a treasure, bring this joy to your friends too
Well, it's time to goin' home to my Country, to my roots
My green hills and rocky mountains where my heart can be so true
I'm still sittin' on this Jet plane my heart is no more confused
Goin' home from Carolina where the sky is always blue
Thanks Ron and North Carolina, Susu and all my new friends
Bluegrass music, golden moments, Pizza's slice at "Elisabeth"
Ridin' through the Blue Ridge Mountains, enjoyin' music at Merlefest
Thanks Ron and North Carolina I will sure never forget
Thanks Ron and North Carolina, Susu and all my new friends
Bluegrass music, golden moments, Pizza's slice at "Elisabeth"
Ridin' through the Blue Ridge Mountains, enjoyin' music at Merlefest
Thanks Ron and North Carolina I will sure never forget
