[00:00.00]I Couldn't Stay - David Munyon
[00:27.16]I met you in Alabama
[00:29.84]I'd just married your daughter
[00:32.24]You were sitting on the cender block steps you just built
[00:37.90]Your ol' dog came barking
[00:40.62]I gave him bothof my sandwiches
[00:43.26]You said Are you a preacher
[00:45.45]Then you offered me a drink
[00:50.93]Ah the rivers seem so muddy
[00:53.68]And the years just keep on rolling
[00:56.48]Now we have a bunch of children
[00:59.29]And the money goes real quick
[01:02.34]I'd love to stay and help you
[01:05.14]I know you know about the road
[01:07.87]Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay
[01:10.22]That's why I couldn't stay
[01:17.33]My father was from Kansas
[01:20.11]He grew up in the wheat fields
[01:22.92]Felt he had an obligation to feed the hungry world
[01:30.67]War took him to the South Pacific
[01:33.46]He died last year of cancer
[01:36.14]Ruth Broadhenst was his second wife
[01:38.85]She followed St Patricks Day
[01:44.35]Ah the rivers seem so muddy
[01:47.11]And the years just keep on rolling
[01:49.92]Now we have a bunch of children
[01:52.72]And the money goes real quick
[01:55.69]I'd love to stay and help you
[01:58.53]I know you know about the road
[02:01.36]Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay
[02:03.90]That's why I couldn't stay
[02:35.15]You taught me how to whittle
[02:37.58]An' you taught me how to whistle
[02:40.26]And you show'd me how to skate and then to drive
[02:45.81]You took me to Paunka City
[02:48.37]My God the girls are pretty
[02:51.32]We drank about a half an ocean
[02:53.74]Then the highway took my soul
[02:59.23]Ah the rivers seem so muddy
[03:01.97]And the years just keep on rolling
[03:04.78]Now we have a bunch of children
[03:07.52]And the money goes real quick
[03:10.64]I'd love to stay and help you
[03:13.40]I know you know about the road
[03:16.25]Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay
[03:18.59]That's why I couldn't stay
[04:11.69]Love will keep you guessing
[04:14.37]Winter winds will test you
[04:17.05]Broken cars will break you
[04:19.46]And she'll probably break your heart
[04:24.96]There's a billion miles of black top
[04:27.65]I'd recommend hot coffee
[04:30.39]If they ever question of me
[04:33.12]Tell them why I couldn't stay
[04:38.61]Ah the rivers seem so muddy
[04:41.35]And the years just keep on rolling
[04:44.16]Now we have a bunch of children
[04:46.97]And the money goes real quick
[04:50.02]I'd love to stay and help you
[04:52.80]I know you know about the road
[04:55.67]Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay
[04:58.01]That's why I couldn't stay
[05:05.19]Sorry about the Karma I couldn't pay
[05:10.46]That's why I couldn't stay