Willie Nelson Album

I think I should speak to you, stranger.
Your problem is clear now to me.
You think that the whole world's against you,
An' you tell everyone that you see.

Just suffer in silence, speak no bitter words.
The world offers no sympathy.
Though trouble surrounds you, an' you long to be heard,
Just suffer in silence, like me.

I'll give you a lesson in living,
And I hope it stays with you a while.
You're the reason for all of your sorrows,
So just suffer in silence, and smile.

Just suffer in silence, speak no bitter words.
The world offers no sympathy.
Though trouble surrounds you, an' you long to be heard,
Just suffer in silence, like me.

I thought if I could be with you
Maybe I'd feel better
But I'm afraid I took advantage of your love
I thought if you'd just hold me tight
Maybe I'd forget her
But I don't suppose as yet
You've held me tight enough
Please hold me tighter
I still remember
Put your arms around me
Hold me close, hold me tight and long
Please hold me tighter
I still remember
And I can't love again
Until her mem'ry's gone

[ steel ]

Please hold me tighter...

Go away; can't you see I'm cryin'?
Go back to the new love that you've found.
Don't sweet talk me, 'cause I ain't listenin',
And you'll only make things worse by hangin' round.

I know that I'd be crazy,
If I took you back again.
But this foolish heart of mine,
Might just weaken and give in.
So go away,
I feel much better when you're gone.
For you're the one who made me cry.
Now let me cry alone.

I know that I'd be crazy,
If I took you back again.
But this foolish heart of mine,
Might just weaken and give in.
So go away,
I feel much better when you're gone.
For you're the one who made me cry.
Now let me cry alone.

The silence is unusually loud tonight,
The strange sound of nothing fills my ears.
Then night rushes in like a crowd of nights,
And the ghost of our old love appears.

This strange world of darkness,
That comes with the night,
Grows darker when it walks my way.
Then it laughs while I listen for the breakin' of day,
An' the ghost of our old love goes away.

I see nothing to be gained by explanations
No need to try to say who's right or who was wrong
No need to enter into lengthy dissertations to make a long story short she's gone
I won't attempt to explain the things that happened
To put in words why she's not here would take too long
And it's all too far beyond the realm of understanding
To make a long story short she's gone
The way you look at me you don't believe she loved me
But she once loved me with a love so sweet and strong
I won't try to give the reasons why I miss her so
To make a long story short she's gone
To make a long story short she's gone

Yesterday, as I talked with a friend in town,
I forgot to remember that you'd gone.
For a moment, I found myself smilin',
But a moment isn't very long.

An' last night as I danced with a stranger,
An' she held her cheek close to my own,
For a moment, I almost forgot you,
But a moment isn't very long.

Every now an' then I get a chance to smile,
But those every now an' thens just last a little while.
An' tonight I've got a date with a new love,
But I know I'd do just as well at home.
For a moment, maybe I could forget you.
But a moment isn't very long.

Instrumental break.

Every now an' then I get a chance to smile,
But those every now an' thens just last a little while.
An' tonight I've got a date with a new love,
But I know I'd do just as well at home.
For a moment, maybe I could forget you.
But a moment isn't very long.

Turn out the lights
The party's over
They say that
All good things must end
Call it tonight
The party's over
And tomorrow starts
The same old thing again

But the crazy crazy party
Never seen so many people
Laughing dancing
Look at you you're having fun
But look at me
I'm almost cryin'
That don't keep her love from dyin'
Misery cause for me the party's over
Turn out the lights...

Once I had a love undyin'
I didn't keep it but I tried
Life for me was just one party
And then another
I broke her heart so many times
I had to have my parting wife
I had to have my party
Why broke her heart so many times
But one day she said
Sweetheart the party's over
Turn out the lights...

There goes a man
Who gave his heart to someone
And I feel sorry for him
For that someone
Just gave her heart to me
Now he's the loser
And it hurts so much to lose
And I feel sorry for him
Cause the loser I know
Could have been me
Oh how he loved her
I'm sure he must have loved her
Almost as much as me
But fate has frowned on him
Then turned around and smiled on me
There goes a man
Who gave his heart to someone
And I feel sorry for him
For that someone
Just gave her heart to me
If things were different
And if he had won
Her love instead of me
I wonder if he'd find the time
To offer sympathy
There goes a man
Who gave his heart to someone
And I feel sorry for him
Cause that someone
Just gave her heart to me

I'm so tired of all this trouble now aren't you
We've tried and failed to make our dreams come true
It seems that we had dream worlds all our own
So don't you think that we should try it once alone
Life's too short to spend it feeling blue
And it's not too late our dreams could still come true
But before our chance for happiness is gone
Don't you think that we should try it once alone
It's not your fault and neither is it mine
It seems that we're just victims of the times
It's not that I don't love you cause I do
But love alone can't make a dream come true
I suppose that we'll survive the parting tears
We've survived so many others through the years
But before our chance for happiness is gone
Don't you think that we should try it once alone

The children are sleepin',
Our talk can begin.
We've waited until they've gone to bed.
We knew they would cry,
When we said goodbye,
And I'd rather leave quietly instead.

We can never be happy,
We both know it's true.
We've quarrelled from the day that we met.
Our love was too weak,
To pull our dreams through,
But too strong to let us forget.

I hope we can salvage a few memories,
To carry us through the long night.
The clock's strikin' midnight, yesterday's gone.
And there's no tomorrow in sight.

In our efforts to break through,
The thick walls of pride,
With harsh words that burned to the core.
The wall's still remainin',
But the words broke inside,
And strengthened the walls even more.

I hope we can salvage a few memories,
To carry us through the long night.
The clock's strikin' midnight, yesterday's gone.
And there's no tomorrow in sight.

I'll stay around 'til it's over.
And hope that it never ends.
Maybe in time, you'll change your mind
And decide to love me again.
I'll just simply refuse to leave you.
Call me stubborn, but I'll never give in.
And I'll just hang around 'til it's over,
And hope that it never ends.

I'll stay around 'til it's over.
And hope that it never ends.
Maybe in time, you'll change your mind
And decide to love me again.
I'll just simply refuse to leave you.
Call me stubborn, but I'll never give in.
And I'll just hang around 'til it's over,
And hope that it never ends.

Each time you hurt me, you say you're sorry.
I try to understand, and say: "OK."
But there must be an end to understanding,
And the end of mine can't be too far away.

I try to understand that you're "only human".
And "we all make mistakes" every day.
But there must be an end to understanding,
And I know that I just can't go on this way.

Don't you know that love and understanding go together:
Ask too much of one and both will die.
And there must be an end to understanding,
And I know, someday, I'll reach the end of mine.

Don't you know that love and understanding go together:
Ask too much of one and both will die.
And there must be an end to understanding,
And I know, someday, I'll reach the end of mine.