Folks say my daddy wasn’t much of a man
For disobeying the laws of the land
Folks say that my daddy wasn’t fit to kill
Oh and I know it was true what the people said
Cause we’d all’ve been better of dead
Than to live a life of shame and strife
Cause of daddy’s moonshine still

My mama was always sweet and kind
But she grew old before her time
Worryin’ about the way we had to live

Yeah my daddy put the wrinkles in my mama’s face
He drunk his share of all he made
And just one more reason I grew to hate
My daddy’s moonshine still

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Daddy’s moonshine still was good for nothin’
But to break mama’s heart
And to tear our home apart
Make our lives a livin’ hell

Them old mason jars that daddy made us wash
And set them out to sun on our back porch
‘Til he got ready to take ’em up on the hill
And when daddy got word of the revenue
He made us kids help hide his brew
Made us swear that we never knew
About daddy’s moonshine still

Yeah and two of my brothers drove across the state line
Once a week with a load of moonshine
And the wounds that came from that won’t ever heal
Cause on a moonshine run one rainy night
My two brothers lost their lives
And oh my god how I despise
My daddy’s moonshine still

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Well it broke mama’s heart but she understood
The day that I left home for good
But I had to find me another way to live
Well I sent mama money nearly every day
And how I made it, well I’d rather not say
But at least it took me far away
From daddy’s moonshine still

My bootlegging daddy was known quite well
And he made our home a livin’ hell
And I ain’t forgot it and I know that I never will
My mama finally died she just gave up
And daddy finally died from drinkin’ that stuff
And bad memories haunt the rest of us
From daddy’s moonshine still

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(Dolly Parton)

As I look around the little house we were so happy in
I think of all the happy times we’ll never see again
Then I break down and start to cry, the children ask what for
I can’t find a way to tell them that Daddy won’t be home anymore
Each night before they go to sleep they fold their little hands
And say a prayer for Daddy fighting in their far-off land
So tonight I’ll help them say their prayers like I’ve always done before
God give me courage to tell them that Daddy won’t be home anymore

But honey as for me there’ll never be another man
And I’ll bring our children up the best way that I can
You died for what you thought was right that much I know for sure
But the children just can’t understand why Daddy won’t be home anymore

No the children just don’t understand why Daddy won’t be home anymore
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(Dolly Parton)

Daddy was an old time preacher man
He preacher the word of God throughout the land
He preached so plain a child could understand
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
He told the people of he need to pray
He talked about God’s wrath and judgement day
He preached about the great eternity
He preached hell so hot that you could feel the heat

Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
Aunt Leanona would get up to testify
And we’d sing “In The Sweet By And By”
The we’d sing “I’m On My Way To Canaan Land”
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man

Revivals and camp meetings went for weeks
Folks came from all around to hear him preach
Daddy said if one is saved it’s worth it all
But the aisles were always filled at altar calls
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man

Daddy worked for God but asked for no pay
For he believed that God provides a way
We never had a lot but we got by
Guess it’s ’cause the Lord was on Daddy’s side
Yes, Daddy was an old time preacher man
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(Dolly Parton/Dorothy Jo Hope)

In this mental institution, lookin’ out through these iron bars
How could he put me in here, how could he go that far
Yes I need help but not this kind, he didn’t love me from the start
But it’s not my mind that’s broken, it’s my heart
Oh Daddy come and get me and take me home with you
I’m depending on you Daddy, there’s nothing I can do
And you said that I could come to you if I ever was in need
But Daddy I can’t come to you, you’ll have to come to me

When he said he loved another, I was crazy with jealousy
That’s ’cause I was crazy over him and I couldn’t stand to set him free
And I couldn’t stand to lose him and I cried and cried for days
And he said that I was crazy but he just put me in here to get me out of his way
Daddy come and get me

Oh Daddy come and get me and take me home with you
I’m depending on you Daddy ’cause there’s nothing else I can do
And you said that I could come to you if I ever was in need
But Daddy I can’t come to you, you’ll have to come to me

Oh Daddy, come and get me
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(Dolly Parton)

Daddy I feel that I must talk to you
Are you sure this is what you want to do?
Now it’s not for us kids that I beg you to stay
Please don’t just walk out on Mama this way
She’s mothered your children, she’s spent her whole life
Trying to be a good mother and wife
And she stood by you when the rest let you down
Daddy, how can you walk out on her now?

I’m your oldest daughter, my age twenty-three
Your new love is even younger than me
She’s young, she’s pretty, her hands soft as dew
While Mama’s are withered from working for you

Mom’s not young any more like your new love
But your new love won’t love you like my mama does
You’ve taken her best years, so don’t leave her now
Please, Daddy say that you won’t let her down
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(B. Braddock & Curly Putnam)

Our Little boy is four years old
And he’s quite a little man
So we spell out the words
We don’t want him to understand
Like T-O-Y, or maybe S-U-R-P-R-I-S-E
But the words we’re hiding from him now
Tears the heart right out of me
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Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be going away
I love you both and this will be
Pure H-E-double-L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Watch him smile
He thinks it’s Christmas
Or his fifth birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y
Spells fun, or play
I spell out all the hurtin’ words
And I turn my head when I speak
Cause I can’t spell away this hurt
That’s dripping down my cheek

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(Ken McCord)

Baby, won’t you come out tonight
Just come up the hill
‘Cause there’s a full moon on the risin’
Hey baby, can’t you steal away
You know I really need to see you tonight

I just got word you was packin’ it in
What’s the matter
This old town got you crazy again
I can see the sad look in your eyes
But I don’t know how to say goodbye

And tommorrow, you’re gonna have your day
Take your wife and you’re gonna run away
Baby while I’m wailin’
You’ll be sailin’ like a hog across the bay singin’

Ooo, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Mmmmm, baby, won’t you come out tonight

Oh baby, won’t you come out tonight
We’ll run up the hill and we’ll dance in the moonlight
Let me gaze into your eyes ’til we both go blind
Oh baby, can I see you tonight

I’m just tryin’ to find a way to make it last
Good friends, they seem to slip away so fast
An’ I know we’re both headed down seperate tracks
An’ when ya’ go, baby don’t look back

There won’t be no more sleepin’ over on a Tuesday night
No more runnin’ to the races for a dark horse at midnight
No more dancin’ after hours
Singin’ in the showers
Or clingin’ to each other in the soft mornin’ light singin’

Ooo, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh baby, won’t ya’ come out tonight
Oh baby, won’t ya’ come out tonight

I’ll meet ya’ on the corner
And you’ll be there at midnight
Oh baby, can you steal away
You know I really want to see ya’ tonight

Ooo baby, can you come out tonight
We’ll run up the hill and dance again in the moonlight
Oh baby, can you steal away
I really wanna see you tonight

Oh baby, won’t ya’ come out tonight
Come up the hill
There’s a full moon on the rise
Oh baby, can ya’ steal away
Baby, won’t ya’ come out tonight
Oooooo…

(Dolly Parton)

Sometimes he gets crazy as men are known to do
He’ll lose his head in spite of everything he stands to lose
What is it in a man that makes him act like such a fool
She swears she never knew but always needed to

But stubborn pride is just the way of cowboys I suppose
Even love can’t change the things he ought to change the most
And it’s pride that keeps him standing when he should be on his knees
Makin’ apologies but she loves him desperately

Oh but now and again she wished he’d been a poet
So he’d know all the perfect lines to say
And have some great romantic way to show it
Be the hero ridin’ up to save the day
And go ridin’ high like a knight in shinin’ armor
To sweep her up and carry her away
Oh but he don’t have no magic ways to charm her
No cause even love can’t change a cowboy’s ways

“I love you” and “I’m sorry” are words that just don’t come
Cause words like that are no match for the kind that rule his tongue
But his eyes keep tellin’ her “you know I love you anyway
No matter what I say or what I never say”

Oh but now and again she wished he’d been a poet
So he’d know all those fancy lines to say
And have some great romantic way to show it
Be the hero ridin’ up to save the day
And go ridin’ high like a knight in shinin’ armor
And sweep her up and carry her away
Oh but he don’t have no magic ways to charm her
No cause even love can’t change a cowboy’s ways

His ways seem cold but she knows he’s much warmer
But even love can’t change a cowboy’s ways

He’s just a fool that must defend his honor
But even love can’t change a cowboy’s ways

(Dolly Parton)

You’ve made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin’s in the middle of December
Strangers meet and they willingly surrender
Oh! What a Christmas to remember
Almost went to Aspen but something told me no
I considered Mammoth but there wasn’t enough snow
And I even thought of Gatlinburg but that seemed so far to go
So I headed up to Tahoe for a Christmas on the slopes

And I had fantasized about Christmas in this way
Curled up by a fireplace in a Tahoe ski chalet
With a fast talking lover and some slow burning wood
But even in my wildest dreams it never got this good and

You’ve made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin’s in the middle of December
Change the radio and I’ll turn the lights down dimmer
Oh! What a Christmas to remember

Strangers when we met, lovers as we leave
Christmas to remember, too good to believe
Don’t know how or when, but I know we’ll meet again
We’ll come blowin’ back to somewhere like some wild restless winter’s wind

And you’ve made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin’s in the middle of December
Neath the mistletoe you kissed me warm and tender
Oh! What a Christmas to remember

We loved and laughed and played and joked
Sang Christmas songs and talked to folks
Sleighed the fields and skied the slopes
Then to the lodge for dinner
But now it’s time for us to go
As our hearts melt like chimney snow
There’s just one thing I want to know
Can we do this next winter
Oh! What a Christmas to remember

You’ve made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin’s in the middle of December
Though the fire is hot, we’ll just have to let it simmer
Oh! What a Christmas to remember

You’ve made this a Christmas to remember
Springtime feelin’s in the middle of December
Though it’s cold outside we’ll just stroke the burning embers
Oh! What a Christmas to remember

(Dolly Parton)

There’s a bit of magic in a simple little smile
Something that just makes life seem a little more worthwhile
And there’s a world of meaning in the touch of someone’s hand
A gentle touch that let’s your brother know you understand
Oh if people would stop taking and just once try to give
We could make the world we’re living in a better place to live
La la la la la la la la la la la la

And if we’d love one another instead of finding faults
We could afford the price of peace, love is all it costs
Oh wouldn’t it be great to live and sing in harmony
Everybody take your brother’s hand and sing my song with me

La la la la la la la la la la la la

All life has to offer that’s what most folks desire
But offer nothing in return, cause they don’t seem to care
And if we’d ask to be forgiven and be willing to forgive
We could make the world we’re living in a better place to live
And if we’d all climb together, we could climb the highest hill
We could make the world we’re living in a better place to live

And if we’d love one another instead of finding faults
We could afford the price of peace, love is all it costs
Oh wouldn’t it be great to live and sing in harmony
Everybody take your brother’s hand and sing my song with me

La la la la la la la la la la la la