Sweetwater Texas-The Charlie Daniels Band

[ti:Sweetwater Texas] [ar:The Charlie Daniels Band] [al:Saddle Tramp] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sweetwater Texas - The Charlie Daniels Band [00:20.97]When I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas [00:27.46] [00:28.99]Just one thing stayed on my mind [00:33.58] [00:36.03]To ride a white horse over Durango Mountain [00:43.08] [00:43.63]And leave Sweetwater Texas behind [00:49.05] [00:52.08]Well I turned twenty-one there in Sweetwater Texas [00:58.98] [01:00.38]And just one thing made me stay there [01:04.91] [01:08.28]I wanted to leave but I was in love with [01:15.54] [01:16.35]The girl with the chestnut brown hair [01:21.75] [01:24.75]There came a time [01:26.92] [01:27.74]When she said she be mine [01:30.71] [01:32.32]Go any place anytime [01:36.51] [01:39.81]So we rode a gray dog over Durango Mountain [01:46.86] [01:47.56]And left Sweetwater Texas behind [01:53.55] [02:15.91]It was thunderin' and lightin' when we left Nolan County [02:22.77] [02:24.28]The bus rolled along through the night [02:28.92] [02:32.23]And ole thirty-six was a magic black demon [02:38.85] [02:40.18]Leading towards the cities bright lights [02:44.82] [02:48.17]We pulled into Houston at ten in the morning [02:54.89] [02:55.98]Our hopes were as high as the sky [03:00.47] [03:03.98]But hope turned to weeks then to years then forever [03:10.37] [03:11.30]I never knew how fast time goes by [03:17.18] [03:19.94]Cowboys in the cars and country girls in bars [03:26.67] [03:27.94]Somehow it just don't seem fair [03:32.91] [03:35.35]And I wanted to die 'cause I knew I was losing [03:42.53] [03:43.70]The girl with the chestnut brown hair [03:49.01] [04:26.65]So many times I've said I'd rather be dead [04:33.01] [04:33.67]Than take down and go back and that's clear my head [04:40.48] [04:41.05]But if the good Lord sees his way to let me live one more day [04:48.24] [04:49.03]I'm so tired of being alone [04:54.13] [04:57.06]Gonna ride a white horse over Durango Mountain [05:03.64] [05:04.28]And make Sweetwater Texas my home