"Lady"

written by Lionel Richie


Lady,I'm your knight in shining armor and I love you
you have made me what I am and I am yours
My love,there's so many ways I want to say I love you
let me hold you in my arms forever more

You have gone and made me such a fool
I'm so lost in your love
and oh,we belong together
won't you believe in my song?

Lady,for so many years I thought I'd never find you
you have come into my life and made me whole
Forever,let me wake to see you each and every morning
let me hear you whisper softly in my ear

In my eyes I see no one else but you
there's no other love like our love
and yes,oh yes,I'll always want you near me
I've waited for you for so long

Lady,your love's the only love I need
and beside me is where I want you to be
cause my love,there's something I want you to know
you're the love of my life,you're my lady

schmaltzy love songs don't get any better than this

"Coward of the county"... now THERE's a song that takes me back to my youth... my father used to play that endlessly...



Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong.
His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow,
But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong.

He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison.
I took care of Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son.
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy:
"Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun.

Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from trouble if you can.
Now it won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.
I hope you're old enough to understand:
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."

There's someone for ev'ryone and Tommy's love was Becky.
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man.
One day while he was workin' the Gatlin boys came callin'.
They took turns at Becky.... There we're three of them!

Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'.
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand.
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture.
As the tears fell on his daddy's face, He heard these words again:

"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done.
Walk away from trouble if you can.
Now it won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.
I hope you're old enough to understand:
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man."

The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom.
One of them got up and met him halfway 'cross the floor.
When Tommy turned around they said, "Hey look! ol' yellow's leavin'."
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door.

Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him.
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all.
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'.
He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall.
And I heard him say,

"I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you done.
I walked away from trouble when I can.
Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek,
and Papa, I sure hope you understand:
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man."

Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county.