Oh these many years I've loved you no one has ever known No one has ever known but you alone I've kept it locked inside my heart and smiled though all
I'm saving my money to buy you a rainbow a rainbow to fit on your finger After I've gone and bought you the rainbow I'll go out and I'll buy you the moon
There's a long line of mourners driving down our little street Their fancy cars are such a sight to see They're all of your rich friends that knew you
After the war was over I was coming home to you I saw a rainbow at midnight out on the ocean blue The stars up in heaven were shining the moon gave its
A boy loved a little girl a long time ago But he was shy and too afraid to tell her so When he learned to write the first thing that he did Was sendin
The same old house the same old street the same old memories The same old friends that I meet are always asking me What happened to our love why did you
In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved
Life is like a mountain railroad With an engineer that's brave We must make each run successful From the cradle to the grave Watch the curves, the fills
Now if you love your mama and you treat her right But you keep some fussin' ain't you every day and night She's gonna triflin' on ye well do it every
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine
I've got a funny feeling this mornin' on my paper out Cause all the curtains and blinds were missin' from my Linda's house And in the screen I found the
Can't you tell my love's a growin' can't you feel ain't it showin' Though you must be a knowin' I got a big big love It's not the kind to be concealin
One winter's Eve I went a walking out beyond the city gate For to fetch a fresh young pheasant for my darling's dinner plate It was snowing oh so quietly
Sometimes I go down to old China town And just walk around just wander around Where amber lights gleam and blue shadows fall Just dreaming a dream of
Sit by my side come as close as the air sharing a memory of grey And wander in my words and dream about the pictures that I play of changes Green leaves
I didn't wanna be no soldier didn't wanna leave your side Didn't wanna cross that ocean it's so deep and wide Now I guess that I'm a bluest soldier in
You've got me under your spell again saying those things again Making me believe that you're just mine You've got me dreaming those dreams again making
Kentucky you are the dearest land and sign of heaven to me Kentucky your meadows and your apple trees When I die I want to rest opon your crisple mountain