they’re gonna make me a lifetime member
in the forty first street lonely heart’s club
cause they know i’ll always remember that i ain’t got your love
i’ve got a presidential commendation from the forty first street lonely heart’s club
i’m the loneliest heart in the nation cause i ain’t got your love
and i’ve got teardrops running off my face
and i’ve got mem’ries that i just can’t erase
and i’ll do my best to forget your love in the forty first street lonely heart’s club
[ guitar ]
well i’ve come a long way since i started
in the forty first street lonely heart’s club
cause i was voted most broken hearted since i ain’t got your love
my name’s gonna go down in history in the forty first street lonely heart’s club
for outstanding achievement in misery cause i ain’t got your love
and i’ve got teardrops…
yes i’ll do my best to forget your love in the forty first street lonely heart’s club

i don’t know you from adam
but if you’re gonna play the jukebox please don’t play a-11

i just came in here from force of habit i don’t intend to spend too much time in here
but i heard you matchin’ for the music and if you play a-11 there’ll be tears
i don’t know you…
[ steel ]
this used to be our favorite spot and when she was here it was heaven
it was here she told me that she loved me and she always played a-11
i don’t know you…

[ doyle holly ]
abilene abilene prettiest town i’ve ever seen
women there don’t treat you mean in abilene sweet abilene

i sat alone most every night watched the trains pull out of sight
don’t i wish they were carryin’ me back to abilene my abilene
abilene oh abilene…
[ steel ]
crowded city there ain’t nothing free nothin’ in this town for me
wish to the lord that i could be back in abilene sweet abilene
abilene oh abilene…
women there don’t treat you mean in abilene my abilene

well i’ll give you love that’s above and beyond the call of love
and i’ll never ever make you cry
yes i’ll give you love that’s above and beyond the call of love
and love’s something that money can’t buy

well a poor boy’s chances for pretty girl’s glances are sometimes very few
though i’ve got no money if you’ll be my honey here’s what i’ll offer you
well i’ll give you love…
[ steel ]
we met by chance and i knew at a glance that i’d found my destiny
now i wanna carry me off and marry you if you will agree
and i’ll give you love…

it’s time to leave so let me go i’ve just been wasting time
i’ll call you in a year or so if i can spare a dime
we couldn’t change the bad to good the good lord knows we tried
and a one way love just ain’t no good and i can’t live a lie
so i’ll just hit the road a cryin’ low i’ll walk so fast you’ll never know
i’m cryin’ and dyin’
before one teardrop hits the ground i’ll be halfway across this town and gone
[ steel + strings ]
perhaps in time the hurt will heal if i just walk away
i love you so i hate to go but there’s no other way
so i’ll just hit the road…
before one teardrop hits the ground i’ll be halfway across this town and gone