You act like you were just born tonight Face down in a memory but feeling all right So, who does your past belong to today? Baby, you don't say nothing when you're feeling this way Girls in the bars thinking who is this guy But they don't think nothing when they're telling you lies You look so careless when they're shooting that bull Don't you know heartaches are heroes when their pockets are full Tell me you're trying to cure a seven-year ache See what else your old heart can take Boys say, "When is he gonna give us some room" The girls say, "God, I hope he comes back soon" And everybody's talking but you don't hear a thing You're still uptown on your downhill swing The boulevard's empty, why don't you come around? Baby, what is so great about sleeping downtown? There's plenty of dives to be someone you're not Just say you're looking for something you might have forgot Don't bother calling to say you're leaving alone 'Cause there's a fool on every corner when you're trying to get home Just tell 'em you're trying to cure a seven-year ache See what else your old heart can take Boys say, "When is he gonna give us some room" But the girls say, "God, I hope he comes back soon" Tell me you're trying to cure a seven-year ache See what else your old heart can take Boys say, "When is he gonna give us some room" The girls say, "God, I hope he comes back soon"

I'm growing tired of the big city lights Tired of the glamor and tired of the sights In all of my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore I am sad and weary far away from home Miss the Mississippi and you, dear Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam Miss the Mississippi and you Roaming the wide world over Always alone and blue, so blue Nothing seems to cheer me under heaven's dome Miss the Mississippi and you Roaming the wide world over Always alone and blue Memories are bringing happy days of yore Miss the Mississippi and you, dear Longing for my homeland, muddy water shore Miss the Mississippi and you

In a little cabaret In a south Texas border town Sat a boy and his guitar And the people came from all around And all the girls From there to Austin Were slippin' away from home And puttin' jewelry and hopped to take the trip To go and listen To the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box And he would play Well, he couldn't ride or wrangle And he never cared to make it down But give him his guitar And he'd be happy all the time And all the girls From nine to ninety Were snappin' fingers, tappin' toes And beggin' him don't stop And hypnotized And fascinated By the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box And he would play Then one day he was gone And no one ever saw him 'round He vanished like the breeze They forgot him in the little town But all the girls Still dreamed about him And hung around The cabaret until the doors were locked And then one day On the hit parade Was the little dark-haired boy who played the Tennessee flat top box And he would play

Well, I was born the restless kind Settlin' down, never crossed my mind Wild and woolly, I guess that's me People sure get nervous when a man is free I can hold my tongue and I can hold my wine I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind I've seen the country and I've been to town Rode in fancy cars with the top rolled down Comin' down the road like a summer breeze Whatever it takes I do what I please I can hold my horses, I can hold the line Yeah, I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind Yeah, the restless kind Wao ooo Aaa aaa aaa I was born the restless kind I never assume what I'm gonna find I can stand my ground, I can slip through a crack But as sure as I leave buddy I'll be back I can hold my temper, I can bide my time Yeah, I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind I can hold my tongue, I can hold my wine Yeah, I can hold my own, I'm the restless kind Oh, I'm the restless kind Rough and rowdy restless kind Ooh hoo hoo hoo Ohh, take it home Aww Ohh, no, no Ooh hoo hoo hoo