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I've had a lot of folks asking about lyrics to my record Breaking In Lonesome...So here they are folks!!!

If The Kansas River Can Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

Lonesome's laid a hold on me, that just won't see

It's dragging me down to keep me standin' here

But I won't let these tears I've cried go to waste until I've tried

To get on down the river far from here

Ch.

If the Kansas river can, so can I

If I let the blues rain on me I know I'll surely die

I'll jump my banks and drown these blues

I'll flood 'til I can't think of you

Any chance to kiss these plains goodbye

If the Kansas river can, so can I

Well I'm headed to Missouri, and away from misery

Water's flowing freely to the sea

Arkansas, Mississippi and then to Louisianne

Every mile I float is a mile between you and me

Hate's Decree Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

Why do we do the things we do?

We push on those who need help too

Only to gain an upper strand

On the rope we’ll hang by our own hand

Ch.

'Cause we love to hate and hate to love

Afraid to find we’re not enough

You never know to what degree

That man will follow hate's decree

This world we’re in is not enough

And it never will be without love

'Cause evil hides in things of worth

But cries your friend with convincing mirth

If only we could find the way

To pass the pain of yesterday

And forgive ourselves for giving in

To every little whim of sin

Bridge

So listen now to Christ’s commands

He’ll lead you to the promised land

Accept you’re not enough and then

Above the fate of man transcend

Mississippi Steamboat Blues Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI) and Dan Eubanks (Sons of the Middle Class ASCAP)

This river’s got a hold on me, that just won’t let me be

Since I was a knee high lad along the ole Mississippi

I’d watch the paddles roll their loads on down, as I was standing there alone

Just little feller, not a cent to my name, wishing I could come along

Ch.

If river boats were a nickel to ride, I’d shout what a deal what a deal

As I ran down the river bank side, wishing I could get my fill

They say good things come to those who wait, but Lordy my soul’s been bore

Taken down the river on the Natchez eight, while I’m on the Mississippi shore

Oh the Mississippi steamboat blues

Finally things was a goin' right, I had a little cash to spend

When a Queen of the Delta was'a swingin’ bank side, as she puffed around the bend

She flashed them eyes, her smile was rye, my heart was giving in

She docked up beside me and then she denied me, when I was'a broke again

There just so much that a man can stand, and buddy I’ll tell ya true

Women or boats‘ll wreck a man, and send you drowning down a fool

Rides ain’t cheap and the boat can’t wait, so listen to my song

I’d still trade my pride for a ticket to ride, if I could only come along

Wrong Done Right Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

My legs are unsteady from the bar across town

But it makes things alright when I'm feeling lowdown

'Cause a sober found memory I just can bear

When the way that you're gone now it seems so unfair

Ch.

When a cold glass is the only thing that you can hold dear

And the burn of the whiskey is all you can feel

The barstool is the only one lifting you up

When cry and say uncle but love don't let up

The pain of her memory speaks softly all night

You can do no more wrong when you've done wrong so right

As I lay in our bed I still feel you there

It seems there's just so much the drink can impair

And the weight of love lost is more than lust gained

With the scales so one sided, I know who’s to blame

So listen her friends and do the right thing

'Cause nothing but pain and hell is to gain

When you’ve scorned her heart and her wrath you’ve incurred

Your soul finds no rest and you’re branded a curr

Breaking In Lonesome Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

I’m breaking in lonesome, I’m leaving you today

Don’t even try and stop me, I ain’t a living this a way

You drive at night into the town, you’d rather have the bars than me

I’m breaking in lonesome, or else it’s shame on me

Ch

I’m Breaking in lonesome gotta move and ramble round

Maybe take the long road to know where I am bound

Your heart has got me down, it’s wore out and gone astray

I’d rather be lonesome, and try to find a love that stays

I’ll surely go on living I know there’s one for me

Someone who knows the pain I’ve felt and gives their love for free

I know she’s out there waitin’, and hopin' just for me

It leaves me wondering why, I ever courted misery

The Wedding Couple Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

I see you’re happy, you’re in love

Your smile’s a gift from God above

The kind of love that you’ve been dreaming of... since our wedding day

Ignore these eyes they’re happy for you

Someday I hope I’ll get there too

But today the stars aligned for you... on your wedding day

Ch

Tears are words the heart can’t express

A heart wrenched in anguish says more than the rest

If it spoke when the pain was made

It might have been love would have stayed

Hurt turns to anger, and anger to grief

Pining for love that’s left one bereaved

A lone dove in a crowd on display... on your wedding day

I see a face in the crowd With soft gentle lines

And he wipes away tears, 'cause Love’s left him behind

I vow that I’ll not be unkind... on my wedding day

Ch

‘Cause those Tears are the words the heart can’t express

your heart wrenched in anguish says more than the rest

If it, talks to you now though the pain’s been made

Love might remain

Never Is A Long Time Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

Forever is eternal, It’s consistent evermore

A never-ending tally for time, who keeps the score

Never is an absolute failing at the start

And though I tried dear for a time, I failed to win you heart

CH.

Never live, never gain, never gonna change your name

Now I know you never loved me, never gonna be the same

Unrequited love was never worse, till it was mine

Never will our fates align, never is a long time

Seldom does it come to me, this thing called happiness

Knowing that I could have held your touching sweet caress

But favor of a hollow love won’t fill an empty heart

Never knows the company of blatant disregard

Honeybabe Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

My honey is a baker she makes cookies, cakes and pies

She’s the peach I’m crazy for, the apple of my eye

Her biscuits are to die for, no one out-measures her

She’s got a way to warm my heart and set my soul a stir

Ch.

My recipe’s not whole and I can’t rise with sweet delight

My batter’s bitter without her, It’s easy to see why

She’s got it really going on, that girl can really bake

She’s my sugar, honey babe no other takes the cake

I love the chance to spoil her till we run outta dough

One of a kind you know she breaks the cookie cutter mold

She’s Icing and enticing on the cake of this man’s dream

She makes the sweetest, cutest things this man has ever seen

I have my cake and eat it too with her now by my side

We’ve got a couple cutie pies they have their mother’s eyes

She rolls me out with rolling pin I’m dough in the baker’s hands

Yes my Royal icing queen makes me a better man

Matthew and Mark's Wisdom Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

I have struggled with the Devil and found him to be me

Not just some shadowed fellow that I can’t even see

I’ve found him in the darkest room of my human heart

And found his hold so deep in me, I can’t tell us apart

Ch.

If you believe in God it’s easy to mistake

Don’t think you're the precious lamb and be the lying snake

The Pharisees forgot their love and kept a judging heart

We are the only ones who keep the Lord and us apart

Thinking me a righteous man it came to my surprise

But knew at once for certain by the look within my eyes

The mirror shown the thing I knew but not what I should do

And I was running out of time and the Devil knew

God is Love there in the Word, He sent his only son

He paid for me the debt I owed and battle for me won

I had to know this in my heart and open it to him

Love thy neighbor as thyself to show your love for him

How Long Aaron Bibelhauser (Aaron Bibelhauser BMI), Milan Miller (Songs From The Stilhouse SESAC) and Thomm Jutz (Thomm Songs admin by Bluewater Music SESAC)

Ch.

How long will you be waiting

For me to try and make things right

How Long will you be waiting

Another day, another night

Passing signs out on the highway

Running from the words I said

Hoping you would be there wishing

That I would turn around instead

How many times will it take for me to learn

All the bridges that I cross don't have to burn

Letting go of old excuses

As the miles go rolling bye

I see the scars I feel the bruises

one more time, I wonder why

I've missed so many things along the way

Holding on to dreams of yesterday

Faith In Man Music and Lyrics by Rick Faris (Rickyland Publishing BMI)

I remember when, this world it first began

We laid upon these shores the covenant of the lord, He brought to this wilderness

Just a humble fisherman, called to follow then,

I cast my nets aside, and tried to match his stride, to his new Jerusalem

Ch.

Can’t move mountains with faith in man alone

Can’t keep going your own way

Can’t ignore what the Lord has done for you

With your hearts open you’ll hear him softly say, I am the truth and the way

I tread the water to him, then lost faith and fell in

An aimless ship at sea, till he laid his hands on me, upon this rock I build my church

Bridge.

But I denied him there, in his trial square

he died upon that tree, Unworthy of his love for me, but then he rose and set me free

So spread the gospel news, words of faith have been renewed

Jesus rose today, travel now don’t delay, to gather in those precious lambs

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