1. JUST TAKE ME

I am just a poor man, got nowhere to go
All my leaves have fallen, left me all alone
If I was a rich man, if I was a king
I would give you all I have, give you everything
If you’d just take me, just take me now
If you’d just take me

Never seen my daddy, died when I was two
Mama did the best she could, taught me all she knew
Said that love was everything, tears came to her eyes
Never knew the meaning, now I realise
Love is all you need, all you need now
If you just take me

I’m trying hard to get you, I’m not the only one
Never had a big car, but I’m not on the run
If love has got a meaning see it in my eyes
If you see the beginning, then you’d realise
Love is all you need, all you need now
If you just take me

I am just a poor man, got nowhere to go
All my leaves have fallen, left me all alone
If I was a rich man, if I was a king
I would give you all I have, give you everything
If you’d just take me, just take me now
If you’d just take me

Just take me
Just take me now
Won’t you just take me

Just take me
Just take me now
Won’t you just take me


2. BREAK THE RULES

Spent a long, long evening in a honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
I asked no questions, got no lies
I walked off with her, I didn’t want any ties
And I knew it wasn’t right
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

Took me down on the highway doin’ too may miles an hour
By that way she motor-talked we might
Have made the Eiffel Tower
She stopped her motor by her own front door
I knew she’d done it so many times before
And I was offered the floor
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules

I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
‘Cos I did not know if I was in or out of town
Then I saw the face from the night before
Purse was empty and lying there on the floor
But like I told you before
That everybody has to sometimes break the rules

Spent a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool
And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool
But everybody has to sometimes break the rules