Songwriter: Mickey Newbury
Producer: Ron Chancey
There's cowboys that still sit with their backs to the wall
Does a drifter still hear the high winds when they call
Do the hobo's still eat pork and beans in a tin
Does a sailor still cast his precious faith to the wind
Are the villains in black hats, still I see hero's in white
Are the sock hops rocking and rolling Saturday nights
Would a forty-nine Mercury would it still be out of sight
That was the way it was then
Ever night my loving honey I was James Dean
Slow walking, soft talking, silently me
Surely the rebel and me lives again
All for the cause you'll be all caught up in
Well it's a quarter till ten honey, ole killer's lying here in bed
Spinning those old records memories lingering in my head
You know the times were so good I remember songs so sad
For the game I used to play it ain't good, it ain't bad
There's a woman I remember by the way what was her name
We made love, we made love in one hell of a rain
Baby ten minutes how time flew back then
It will never be that way again
Never be that way again
Elvis Presley, James Dean, ole rocking Jerry Lee
Does a drifter still hear the high winds when they call
Do the hobo's still eat pork and beans in a tin
Does a sailor still cast his precious faith to the wind
Are the villains in black hats, still I see hero's in white
Are the sock hops rocking and rolling Saturday nights
Would a forty-nine Mercury would it still be out of sight
That was the way it was then
Ever night my loving honey I was James Dean
Slow walking, soft talking, silently me
Surely the rebel and me lives again
All for the cause you'll be all caught up in
Well it's a quarter till ten honey, ole killer's lying here in bed
Spinning those old records memories lingering in my head
You know the times were so good I remember songs so sad
For the game I used to play it ain't good, it ain't bad
There's a woman I remember by the way what was her name
We made love, we made love in one hell of a rain
Baby ten minutes how time flew back then
It will never be that way again
Never be that way again
Elvis Presley, James Dean, ole rocking Jerry Lee
more tracks from the album
From the album
- I Am What I Am (1984)
Jerry Lee Lewis popular songs
- Great Balls of Fire
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
- Frankie and Johnny
- You Helped Me Up (When the World Let Me Down)
- I’ll Keep on Loving You
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Come What May
- Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
- Sick and Tired
- Johnny B. Goode
- Hound Dog
- Let’s Talk About Us
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Money (That’s What I Want)
- Dungaree Doll
- One More Time
- Poison Love
- It Hurt Me So
- Miss the Mississippi and You
- I Ain’t Loved You
- High Heel Sneakers
- I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
- I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive