LYRICS

Jim Glaser and Jimmy at Ernest Tubb's Midnight Jamboree in 2011. Photograph © Ginny Foley.

This page is dedicated to some of the wonderful lyrics that were written by Jimmy

"Woman, Woman"

Words and music by Jim Glaser & Jimmy Payne
Published by Ensign Music/BMI

Woman, Woman,
Have you got cheating on your mind?
On your mind

Something's wrong between us that your laughter cannot hide
And you're afraid to let your eyes meet mine
And lately when I love you I know you're not satisfied

Woman, Woman,
Have you got cheating on your mind?
On your mind

I've seen the way men look at you when they think I don't see
And it hurts to have them think that you're that kind
But it's knowing that you're looking back that's really killing me

Chorus

A woman wears a certain look when she is on the move
And a man can always tell what's on her mind
I hate to have to say it but that looks all over you

Chorus

 

"And I'm Still Missing You"

Written by Chuck Glaser & Jimmy Payne
Published by Ensign Music (BMI)

People laugh and love and cry and I'm still missing you

The paper boy still comes around (the paper boy still comes around)
Just like he used to do (just like he used to do)
But he's a little taller now and I'm still missing you

The leaves are piled against the fence (the leaves are piled against the fence)
The sky is hazy blue (the sky's hazy sorta blue)
There's talk about an early snow
And I'm still missing you and I'm still missing you

The swirlin' winds of time bring many changes
(You know the winds of time bring many changes)
But with me they only blow across the surface of my heart
And they can't cool this memory of you that burns so deep inside me
Dick and Jane came by today (Dick and Jane came by today)
Their baby's almost due (said their baby's almost due)
People laugh and love and cry
And I'm still missing you and I'm still missing you

 

"Broadminded"

Written by Jimmy Payne & Leona Williams
Published by Ensign Music

Broadminded I just don't understand
A broadminded narrow minded man a broadminded narrow minded man

Every night I catch you sleepin' with a smile on your face
And calling names that I don't even know
Dear the call of Pat or Gracy and drink down at Stacey's
It's making plans to see your girlies show
Broadminded...

Every time you take me dancin' where we haven't done before
Just to celebrate my night away from home
You start watchin' painted faces and flirt with the waitress
When we dance it just looks like dancin' alone
Broadminded...
Broadminded...

 

"Don't Say Love"

Written by Jim Glaser & Jimmy Payne © 1976
Published by Clancy Music, Inc. (BMI)

Don't say love
If you don't mean what you say
Don't say love
And then turn me away
Don't be playing a game
That you don't know the meaning of
And if you can’t say forever
Don't say love

On TV and in the movies
And in nearly every song
People say the words, "I love you"
'Til the meaning's nearly gone

If you've never felt the way
That only true love makes you feel
Then you still won’t understand it
And no words can make it real

Chorus

Don't be playing a game
That you don't know the meaning of
And if you can't say forever
Don't say love

It's all right to say you like me
Or I'm fun to be around
But don't say love unless you mean it
'Cause that really brings me down

This is not a one-time feeling
I'm not out for just a thrill
And I've got to know for certain
That your love for me is real

Chorus

Don't be playing a game
That you don't know the meaning of
And if you can't say forever
Don't say love

 

"Georgia Sunshine"

J. Glaser & J. Payne © 2003
Published by Inmy Music (BMI) and Jimmy Payne Music, Inc.

Crowded city
Factory labor
Northern winter
Cold wind a' blowin'
But every evening
When your loves warms me
I almost feel that I’m back home

Georgia Sunshine, you're my
Georgia Sunshine
Soft and sweet as peach at
Pickin' time
Georgia Sunshine, you're my
Georgia Sunshine
Straight and true as a Georgia pine

Mom and Daddy
Southern cooking
Gentle people
Red Georgia clay
Childhood sweet
Dixie woman
Keep your love shining every day

Chorus

 

"I See His Love All Over You"

Arranged by J. Glaser & J. Payne © 1970
Published by Famous Music, Inc. (BMI) all rights reserved

How can you come to me each night
With all his kisses warm upon your lips
It ain't right
When will you realize
That even though I've learned to close my eyes
I See His Love All Over You
Each time you touch me I can feel
A need you show for me so willingly
Just isn't real
In spite of all we've been
He got to you, I know you let him in
I See His Love All Over You

A woman really owns a man
When every little thing she'd say and do
Is part of you
You haven't said we're through
But when I look at you, I know it's true
I See His Love All Over You


"I've Done At Least One Thing"

Jim Glaser & Jimmy Payne
Published by Ensign Music (BMI)

When I think of the dreams I've let slip through my hands
And the years that I've wasted, Lord I cry from my shame
But when I feel the glow of your love then I know
That I've done at least one thing that was good in my life

Yes I've done at least one thing that was good in my life
And with you I have one dream that will live through the night
And each day I will know as I watch our love grow
That I've done at least one thing that was good in my life

When I think of the dreams I've let slip through my hands
And the years that I've wasted, Lord I cry from my shame
But then when I feel the glow of your sweet love then I know
That I've done at least one thing that was good in my life

Yes I've done at least one thing...

 

"Mansion In Spain"

Written by Jimmy Payne & Dale Vest
Published by Jimmy Payne Music/Hitkit Music/BMI

She washes the dishes and puts them away carefully
In a tiny old kitchen that hardly can hold her and me
Two burners don't work on the top of her second hand stove
The fridge kinda rattles and the paint on the cupboards is old

Tomorrow's her birthday and I'll give her trinkets again
For it seems that old paycheck goes out on the day it comes in
But she'll smile and say honey that just what I wanted 'thank you'
Lord, I wish I could buy her a Mansion in Spain with a view

Chorus

Or maybe a castle surrounded by vineyards and trees
With a marble veranda that's looking out over the sea
When I think of the hard times this woman of mine has been through
Lord, I wish I could buy her a Mansion in Spain with a view

She never complains and she doesn't ask much for herself
A collection of critters she keeps on the living room shelf
No earrings of gold and no diamond to light up her hand
She deserves copper kettles but settles for old pots and pans

Soon she'll turn back the covers and turn on the wanting in me
And come to me softly and fill all my love fantasies
And she'll tell me that I'm all she needs for her dreams to come true
Still, I wish I could buy her a Mansion in Spain with a view

Chorus

Note: The final verse of this song was re-written in April, 2005 especially for a various artists CD that was released for radio play only.

Tonight by the firelight we'll dance to our old favourite song
And we'll raise a glass to a love that has lasted so long
And she'll tell me that I'm all she needs for her dreams to come true
Still, I wish I could buy her a Mansion in Spain with a view

 

"My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You"

Written by Naomi Martin & Jimmy Payne
Published by Ensign Music

I've stopped searching all the faces in the crowd
And I don't ever want to find somebody new
I'm content with loneliness if you're not in my arms
For my eyes can only see as far as you

My heart is set on loving you forever
And your love is strong enough to see me through
You'll keep me holding on to you forever
For my eyes can only see as far as you

My heart is set on loving you forever
And your love is strong enough to see me through
You'll keep me holding on to you forever
For my eyes can only see as far as you
Yes my eyes can only see as far as you

 

"She's Free But She's Not Easy"

Written by Jim Glaser & Jimmy Payne © 1979
Published by Inmy Music (BMI) and Clancy Music, Inc. (BMI)

She's forty-one years old, and she's so pretty
Men still turn their heads as she walks by
But sometimes when she looks into the mirror
She finds another line and then she'll cry

So she goes down to a bar, and there she listens
To the same old line from a man she's never seen
She tells herself she's just alone, not lonely
But at times it's hard to draw the line between

Chorus

She's free, but she's not easy
She's got wings, and she can fly
But she chooses who she's gonna fly with
And she chooses when to be alone at night

She thinks about the man she almost married
She couldn't love him but she really tried
And on the night she told him it was over
She almost made it home before she cried

Tonight she's all alone in her apartment
By now she's learned to make it on her own
She lies awake and thinks about her freedom
And the price she pays for the right to be alone

Chorus

 

"The Greatest Country Singer Of Them All"

Written by Jimmy Payne & Lobo
Published by Hitkit Music/BMI

I never wrote a song before
About a singing star
But there's one among the legends
That my feelings can't ignore
His songs will make you happy
Or they'll chill you to the bone
A gift to us from Texas,
George "Possum" Jones

Somebody told me, George, that you were almost dead
I said he's only playing possum
While he tries to find his head
And they say that you have stumbled
And you've even had a fall
But George you're still
The Greatest Country Singer Of Them All

Chorus

But every time you hurt yourself we feel the pain
Every bottle that you empty
Is slowly putting out the flame
Is it memories of someone
Who wore your Golden Ring
That makes you want to live out
All those songs you sing

For you your fame and glory, George
Became a cross to bear
And beyond each shining mountain
Lay your valley of despair
I guess it's hard to be legend
Standing ten feet tall
But George you're still
The Greatest Country Singer Of Them All

Chorus

But every time you hurt yourself we feel the pain
Every bottle that you empty
Is slowly putting out the flame
Is it memories of someone
Who wore your Golden Ring
That makes you want to live out
All those songs you sing

What makes you want to live out
All those songs you sing

 

"The Weight Of My Chains"

Written by Jimmy Payne
Published by Clancy/Tompalland

I nearly made it all the way to work this morning,
Then I changed my mind
There's an empty feeling in my soul
That's crying from a life of marking time
I don't know if it's too late to find success
Or if my life could take the change
But I'm not getting any younger
And I'm feeling the Weight Of My Chains.

My woman waits at home for me
Inside the safety of an ageing dream
And she goes on believing in some promises
That she ain't never seen
And it would break my heart her heart if she knew
How my thoughts are tortured by the strain
God knows that I love her
But I'm feeling the Weight Of My Chains.

Chorus

I'm not looking for a pot gold
Beyond some faded rainbow in the sky
I'm just tryin' hard to feed a hungry dream
That's tryin' hard to stay alive
But sometimes I feel like givin' up
When all my efforts seem in vain
But somehow I'll keep on tryin'
But I'm feeling the Weight Of My Chains.

 

"Velvet Wallpaper"

Written by Jimmy Payne & Jim Glaser

It took two weeks of saving on the little pay I get
And still the flowers I sent you weren't expensive I'll admit
And in your fine surroundings they sure don't look like much
I guess the best I have to give, will never be enough

'Cause you've got Velvet Wallpaper, hanging on your walls
Tiny crystal lights to decorate the halls
Silver mirrors to tell you you're not growing old
In your loveless mansion made of gold

Velvet Wallpaper hangs upon your walls
Tiny crystal lights to decorate the halls
Silver mirrors to tell you you're not growing old
In your loveless mansion made of gold

 

"When Mama Prayed"

Written by Don Wayne & Jimmy Payne
Published by Don Wayne Music/Jimmy Payne Music/BMI

Daddy was a big man
But not big on religion
He dreaded Sunday morning
When church time came around
'cause the suit and tie and white shirt
Weren't the kind of clothes he fit in
And us kids knew he dressed up
To keep from letting Mama down

Mama wasn't very big
But she could make the devil tremble
When she prayed for Jesus
To take hold of Daddy's ways
And through the years she taught us
That faith could move a mountain
'cause Daddy changed a little
Every time Mama prayed

Chorus

Satan always knew the minute
Mama woke up every morning
She got down on her knees
Before she started out each day
She stood up to life's troubles
Standing on the Rock of Ages
Mama made the devil tremble when she prayed
He couldn't stand the heat When Mama Prayed

Daddy raised a lot of cane
Before they started raising children
But Mama laid the law down
When the first child came along
She said a home ain't no place
For wild and reckless livin'
A family tree won't grow straight
If the roots ain't good and strong

Mama seemed to revel
In fighting with the devil
She never was afraid
She said her strength came from above
And all the devil's workers
Were no match for one small angel
They could never linger
In a house filled up with love

Chorus

Satan always knew the minute
Mama woke up every morning
She got down on her knees
Before she started out each day
She stood up to life's troubles
Standing on the Rock of Ages
Mama made the devil tremble when she prayed
He couldn't stand the heat When Mama Prayed
He couldn't stand the heat When Mama Prayed

Dedicated to Don Wayne May 30th, 1933 - September 12th, 2011.

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