LYRICS
If you have requests for any other lyrics email me and I'll add them to this page. -Thanks!
THE LOWDOWN....I started playing the guitar back when I was in the fifth grade (1966). My family had just moved to Weatherford, Texas. Elvis and the Monkees were my heroes.
I learned my first licks on a guitar my dad loaned me. It was a handmade guitar he bought in Germany while he was stationed there in the army. It was a Black Rose Deluxe.
Years of hard work and practice were to be needed to reach my goal of becoming the nearly naked guitar player you see to the right.
During my pursuit of music I figured out early that I couldn't dance. I also learned that it got old learning other people's songs. That's when the song writing started. I figured if I was going to have to memorize a bunch of lyrics, they might as well be my own!
For those of you who know me, the lyrics on this page are going to be a little different than what you are used to. These songs/lyrics are very obscure. This is the weird stuff I write and sing when I'm really letting my hair down. Or, when I'm in some weird song writing mood.
the songs....
SANDS OF LONESOME SHORE
words and music
Mark Hicks
Well, hello, how are you doing?
What's a nice guy like me doing in a place like this?
To tell you the truth, I don't know myself
But it has something to do with a lady I sure miss
They say time sure turns the tables
And, I think I see that table turning now
I need to rearrange the situation
And, I need a woman's touch to show me how
Yeah, I miss that woman deeply
Though she never said she felt the same about me
And, I'd chased her heart through Texas
Now I hear she's moved on to Tennessee
There's no doubt she can live without me
She's proven that so many times before
Now she's finally burning bridges
And left me on the Sands of Lonesome Shore
She never said she loved me
And, I can see at least a million reasons why
Seems she heard about my younger days
And I admit that they were wild
So I guess hearts can be broken
Paying for the things they did before
And left crying, dying, lying
On the Sands of Lonesome Shore
Do you think I need another drink?
Well, yes, and I'll buy you one, too.
In fact, you remind me of someone...
The woman who left and made these blues
Do you think if you went home with me, now,
You could pretend you really cared?
Cause, on these Sands of Lonesome Shore
All in love and war ain't fair
You know she never said she loved me
And, I can see at least a million reasons why
Seems she heard about my younger days
And I admit that they were wild
So I guess hearts can be broken
Paying for the things they did before
And left crying, dying, lying
On the sands of Lonesome Shore
Yeah, she left me crying, dying, lying
On the Sands of Lonesome Shore
DOING WHAT FEW PEOPLE DO
words and music
Mark Hicks
If you don't hurry up, we'll be late for the gig
Don't you know I can use the work
Gotta play my guitar in a honky tonk bar
And put up with honky tonk jerks
So, Honey, grab my old guitar
And, I'll grab a cold one or two
Then we'll hit the road
Sharing a load
And, doing what few people do
Lately it seems, it's been getting you down
But you know I'm the traveling kind
Gotta play this guitar, until it makes me a star
Or, takes me to the ends of my mind
So, Honey, grab my old guitar
And, I'll grab a cold one or two
Then we'll hit the road
Sharing a load
And, doing what few people do
Well, it looks like I'm traveling alone this time
But, you know that I need the work
Gotta make me a name, or give up the game
You could call ME the honky tonk jerk
So, I guess I better grab my old guitar
And, I best get a cold one or two
When I drink something wet, it helps me forget
And, that's something that I need to do
That's something that I need to do
I'll Never Call Her Baby Again
words and music
Mark Hicks
I'll never call her baby again
It's too hard to fight for love that you can't win
The queen just let another fool come in
And, I'll never call her baby again
It was just another bar room in another Texas town
Another juke box playing, same old CDs spinning 'round
Then her soft eyes caught mine and without a sound
She moved over to my table and I asked her to sit down
If I'd known what fate had dealt me
If I'd only known the score
I'd have surely walked away
Should have walked out of that door
It was just another wedding in a hot west Texas town
A country boy's dreams, had finally come around
Then her soft eyes caught mine and without a sound
She told me that she'd love me and she'd never let me down
If I'd known what fate had dealt me
If I'd only known the score
I'd have surely walked away
Should have walked out of that door
Cause in a crowded courtroom, in another Texas town
I knew my heart was broken and my head was spinning 'round
Her steely eyes caught mine, and without a sound
She walked away in silence with the new love that she'd found
I'll never call her baby again
It's too hard to fight for love that you can't win
The queen just let another fool come in
And, I'll never call her baby again
I'll never call her baby again
Okay, a couple of wise-guys emailed and requested songs.
I told them to wait a bit because I was working on the another part of the site.
They told me if I did not put the lyrics up now, they just might have to send me a virus. (okay, not really, but they did twist my arm!)
Jeannette requested the one on the right.
Alan requested the one below.
Mountains on the Moon
words and music
Mark Hicks
My love for you is high
As Mountains on the moon
a rainbowed sky in june
And more importantly
is when you let me know
love still has room to grow
so I Lay back and smile
Cause you're laying by my side
and love's our only guide
(repeat until you hurl)
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