Step inside this house, girl
I'll sing for you a song
I'll tell you 'bout just where I've been
It shouldn't take too long
I'll show you all the things that I own
My treasures, you might say
Couldn't be more than ten dollars worth, but
They brighten up my day
That picture hangin' on the wall
Was painted by a friend
He gave it to me all down and out
When he owed me ten
It doesn't look like much, I guess
But it's all that's left of him
And it sure is nice from right over here
When the light's a little dim
This book of poems was given me
By a girl I used to know
I guess I read it front to back
Fifty times or so
It's all about the good life
And stayin' at ease with the world
It's funny how I love that book
And I never loved that girl
Now you hold this piece of glass
Up to the light that's shinin' through the door
It's a prism glass, I found it on the road
Can't you see that tiny rainbow
It's not really a prism, I guess
It just kinda broke a funny way
I was on my way through Houston
And I was headed for L.A.
This guitar was given me
By old man Thomas Gray
It's not too much to look at
But I play it every day
It's been across the country
Four or five times I guess
Between me and old man Tom
It never got much rest
Well that's just about all I own
And all I care to, I guess
Except this pair of boots, maybe
And that funny yellow vest
And that leather jacket, and that leather bag
And that hat hangin' on the wall
Just so it's not too much to carry babe
Could I see you again next fall
The boys from North Dakota
They drink whiskey for their fun
And the cowboys down in Texas
They polish up their guns
And they look across the border
To learn the ways of love
If you love me, say I love you
If you love me, say I do
If you love me, say I love you
If you love me, say I do
And you can say I love you
And you can say I do
So I drank myself some whiskey
And I dreamed I was a cowboy
And I rode across the border
If you love me, say I love you
If you love me, take my hand
If you love me, say I love you
If you love me, take my hand
And you can say I love you
And you can have my hand
I remember in the mornings
Waking up
With your arms around my head
You told me, "You can sleep forever
And I'll still hold you then"
Now the weather’s getting colder
It's even cold down here
And the words that you have told me
Hang frozen in the air
And sometimes I look right through them
As if they were not there
And the boys from North Dakota
They drink whiskey for their fun
And the cowboys down in Texas
They polish up their guns
And they look across the border
To learn the ways of love
