Beyond the Blue Neon

Swingin' doors, sawdust floors
A heartache drowns as the whiskey pours
There's a hole in the wall from some free for all
The ringin' crack of that old cue ball

I've been fallin' in here for what seems like years
Where the tears and the lonely belong
And wonder what's going on beyond that blue neon

I hear tell, there's people out there
Who don't know what losin' you means
They don't have a heart that just falls apart
At the mention of your name

I heard they pretend the world didn't end
Right when I knew you were gone
I guess life still goes on beyond that blue neon

I hear tell, there's people out there
Who don't know what losin' you means
They don't have a heart that just falls apart
At the mention of your name

But it's a quarter 'til two and I don't have a clue
As to what I'll do from now 'til dawn
I wonder what's going on beyond that blue neon

Lord, what's going on beyond that blue neon?

- Larry Boone, Paul Nelson

I've always said "I do" too easy
And now I'm payin' the price
My weakness for beautiful women
Is my most expensive vice
I still believe in matrimony
But I can't afford another try
Child support and alimony
Is just about to bleed me dry

I got ex's all across the country
And I owe everybody in town
I got bill collectors a callin' me up
And lawyers tryin' to track me down
I'm just one wrong move from the poor house
But I don't belong in there
I got so many ex's and owe so much
I ought to be on Hollywood squares

Yeah, I ought to be on Hollywood squares

Lookin' back over my love life
I only have myself to blame
I guess I should've checked my price tag
Before I gave 'em my last name
Now my credit rating's in the gutter
And the bottom line sure looks bad
I'll be payin' the rest of my life
For the few good times I've had

I got ex's all across the country
And I owe everybody in town
I got bill collectors a callin' me up
And lawyers tryin' to track me down
I'm just one wrong move from the poor house
But I don't belong in there
I got so many ex's and owe so much
I ought to be on Hollywood squares

Yeah, they ought to put me on Hollywood squares

- Larry Cordle, Wayland Patton, Jeff Tanguay

If it was in your mind to really cut me down
If it was in your plan to walk me in the ground
You left with him last night then daylight told the rest
And if you planned on hurtin' me, you're an overnight success

I couldn't blame someone who'd steal your love away
Because I know what I've lost and all he's gained
Sweetheart last night I know he got the very best
And if you planned on hurtin' me, you're an overnight success

Can you handle all you've won from breaking my pride
Will he stay with you and help you spend all the tears I've cried
Sweetheart I love you so and wish you happiness
And if you planned on hurtin' me, you're an overnight success

- Sanger D. Shafer

You've got to have an ace in the hole.
A little secret that nobody knows.
Life is a gamble, a game we all play,
But you need to save something for a rainy day.
You've got to learn to play your cards right if you expect to win in life.
Don't put it all on the line for just one roll.
You've got to have an ace in the hole.

If you're headed down a one way street.
And you're not sure it's the way you wanna go.
In money or love, or all the above,
Have a little more than what you show.
When life deals out a surprise
Have a few surprises of your own.
No matter what you do, no matter where you go
You've got to have an ace in the hole.

You've got to have an ace in the hole.
A little secret that nobody knows.
Life is a gamble, a game we all play,
But you need to save something for a rainy day.
You've got to learn to play your cards right if you expect to win in life.
Don't put it all on the line for just one roll.
You've got to have an ace in the hole.

Don't put it all on the line for just one roll
You've got to have an ace in the hole.
No matter what you do, no matter where you go
You've got to have an ace in the hole.

- Dennis Adkins

It's never over 'til it's really over
And someone's left standing behind
It goes without sayin'
It's too late for stayin'
And leavin's been comin' for a long, long time

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I packed up my suitcase and started my pickup
So many times in my mind
It's a hard road to travel
From blacktop to gravel
And the next hill is the hardest to climb

I've got all the answers for most of the questions
And some ain't been easy to find
There's no more erasin'
The things I've been facin'
And leavin's been comin' for a long, long time

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And leavin's been comin' for a long, long time

- Sonny Throckmorton, Joseph Allen, Dave Kirby

What a rotten day this turned out to be.
I still can't believe she'd leave so easily.
She just got all her things, threw 'em into a pile,
Then she loaded her car and said after a while,
She'd done this before, but this time she didn't cry.

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps,
Staring down the road, wond'rin' if she'll come back -
This time I don't know.
After she packed, when she looked back
There were no tears in her eyes,
And that's got me worried thinking
Maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye.

All the times before she'd break down and cry.
She'd make her threats, but her heart wasn't set on goodbye.
She just wanted me to hear what she had to say.
Now I'm lost for words, since she went away.
She may not return for this time she didn't cry.

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps,
Staring down the road, wond'rin' if she'll come back -
This time I don't know.
After she packed, when she looked back
There were no tears in her eyes,
And that's got me worried thinking
Maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye.

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps,
Staring down the road, wond'rin' if she'll come back -
This time I don't know.
After she packed, when she looked back
There were no tears in her eyes,
And that's got me worried thinking
Maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye.

- Tony Martin, Troy Martin

(What's going on in your world? I hope that you're doing fine.
I just called to say there's not a day that you don't cross my mind.
I just wanted to see if you feel like me - sorry that we said goodbye.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

What's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

- David Chamberlain, Royce Porter, Red Steagall

Angel oh my angel, Angelina.
Heaven must be wonderin' where you are.
Mornin' finds me prayin', "Please let me keep her."
Each night finds me wishin' on the star.
That always, always Angelina
You'll be stayin' right here in my arms.

Sweetest of the sweet those ruby lips.
No other has that touch, ooh those finger tips.
Bluest of the blue those sparklin' eyes.
Like hand in glove we fit-
You know you're just my size.
You and all your special ways and needs.
Oh I love you Angelina.

Angel oh my angel, Angelina.
Heaven must be wonderin' where you are.
Mornin' finds me prayin', "Please let me keep her."
Each night finds me wishin' on the star.
That always, always Angelina
You'll be stayin' right here in my arms.

You'll be stayin' right here in my arms

- L. David Lewis

Well here we sit at a table for two
But bottle there's just me and you
She loved me so but I loved her so wrong
I gave her too much of too little too long

So tell me bottle are the things I hear true
That all the answers are in the bottle of you
I need your help this memory's so strong
I gave her too much of too little too long

Sometimes a man can get lost in a world of his own
He'll neglect his real world who's waiting at home
A woman needs her man's love to lean on
I gave her too much of too little too long

I gave her too much of too little too long

- Curtis Wayne

Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.
Oh no one else could take her place in my life.
Ooh we had something good, so tell me why she would go and make me cry?
Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.

I remember how she'd hold me
And say she'd stay forever true.
Back then the future looked so rosy,
But tonight it's looking mighty blue.

Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.
Oh no one else could take her place in my life.
Ooh we had something good, so tell me why she would go and make me cry?
Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.

Don't know what I didn't give her
That she gets from someone new.
I only know how much I miss her,
And wish my heart was only broke in two.

Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.
Oh no one else could take her place in my life.
Ooh we had something good, so tell me why she would
Go and make me cry? Oh me oh my.
Why did she go and make me cry? Oh me oh my sweet baby said goodbye.

- Tom Shapiro, Michael Garvin