Best Thing I Ever Had
When I get to Louisiana,
just a mile or more to go.
Yes, when I get to Louisiana,
just a mile or more to go,
Lord, you know i'll be alright
once I hit that station floor.
They say he's in New Orleans
doing his best to survive.
They say he's in New Orleans
doing his best to survive.
I'll be in New Orleans just
as it's turning five,
That man was the best thing-
yes, best thing I ever had.
That man was the best thing-
yes best thing I ever had.
Lord knows when I see him it will
make my heart feel glad.
When we're pulling in the station,
Lord I'll be headed for that door.
Yes, when we're pulling in the station
I'll be headed for that door.
You know I just can't wait until
I hit that station floor.
That man was the best thing-
yes, best thing I ever had.
That man was the best thing-
yes best thing I ever had.
Lord knows when I see him it will
make my heart feel glad.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Gone Bad
Today, I saw my baby with somebody else.
Yes, I saw my baby with somebody else.
Now here I am crying all by myself.
He said he would keep me in diamonds and furs.
He said he would keep me in diamonds and furs.
Now, may I ask what he's doing with her?
He promised to love me forever more.
He promised to love me forever more
But he sure don't come around much anymore.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Hurtin' Once Again
Lord, you know that I've been hurting.
Momma says it's growing pains.
Oh, you know that I've been hurting
Momma says it's growing pains.
Here I am a hurting, yes I'm hurting once again.
Well, I've been down to the river;
Lord, I went down there feeling fine.
Yes, I went down to the river;
Lawd, I went down there feeling fine.
But before I knew it, I was sitting there a crying.
Momma said it just ain't easy.
Life's not always what it seems.
Momma said it just ain't easy.
Life's not always what it seems.
She said, "You're just a poor girl with some crazy, mixed-up dreams'."
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Killer Woman Blues
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
I've got a bad habit of wanting
things that aren't good for me.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun
But you know as well as I do
you can get that from anyone.
I love you, Darling, oh yes
you mean that much to me.
I love you, Darling, it's true
you mean that much to me.
But your kind of loving is the kind
that makes my poor heart bleed.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Sad Love
Lawd, last night I heard you call my name
And I knew I was dreaming just the same.
Lawd, last night I heard you call my name
And I knew I was dreaming just the same.
Sometimes, I think I should have stayed.
Just didn't know what you were thinkin'
When you saw me walking out the door.
Just didn't know what you were thinkin'
When you saw me walking out the door.
Well, I guess it don't matter anymore.
I saw you sitting there by the railroad tracks.
Didn't you have your face down in your hands?
I saw you sitting there by the railroad tracks.
Didn't you have your face down in your hands?
It sure was a sad love that we had.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Why Daddy Misbehaved
I went down to the graveyard
just to see my daddy's grave.
I went down to the graveyard
just to see my daddy's grave.
They say it was the whiskey
made my poor daddy misbehave.
Momma used to hollar,
'Don't you go sneakin' out the house.'
Momma used to hollar,
'Don't you go sneakin' out the house.'
But daddy he was quiet, yes
He was quiet as a mouse.
Momma said, 'He's better dead.
You know he never learned to live,
Momma said, 'He's better dead.
You know he never learned to live,
He was just a low-down daddy
getting good at telling fibs'.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Nothin' But Trouble
When I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
Yes, when I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
I knew I had to face up to
Just what you're doing to me.
(chorus)
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're nothing but trouble.
That's all you could ever be to me.
I did my best for you, Darling.
But what good did it do?
I did my best for you, Darling,
But what good did it do?
Now, I find you're the kind of man
Who will always be untrue.
You can't love somebody,
If you don't know what love means.
You can't love anybody,
If you don't know what love means.
I know I've got to let go
And quit this crazy scene.
repeat chorus
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Lookin' For A Good Man
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
I heard my baby walking.
He walked right out the door.
I just sit here crying.
Lawd, I've got nowhere to go.
I just sit here crying.
No, I've got nowhere to go.
When my baby left me
He took my heart and soul.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep looking for a good man,
One who is gonna treat me right.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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When I get to Louisiana,
just a mile or more to go.
Yes, when I get to Louisiana,
just a mile or more to go,
Lord, you know i'll be alright
once I hit that station floor.
They say he's in New Orleans
doing his best to survive.
They say he's in New Orleans
doing his best to survive.
I'll be in New Orleans just
as it's turning five,
That man was the best thing-
yes, best thing I ever had.
That man was the best thing-
yes best thing I ever had.
Lord knows when I see him it will
make my heart feel glad.
When we're pulling in the station,
Lord I'll be headed for that door.
Yes, when we're pulling in the station
I'll be headed for that door.
You know I just can't wait until
I hit that station floor.
That man was the best thing-
yes, best thing I ever had.
That man was the best thing-
yes best thing I ever had.
Lord knows when I see him it will
make my heart feel glad.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Gone Bad
Today, I saw my baby with somebody else.
Yes, I saw my baby with somebody else.
Now here I am crying all by myself.
He said he would keep me in diamonds and furs.
He said he would keep me in diamonds and furs.
Now, may I ask what he's doing with her?
He promised to love me forever more.
He promised to love me forever more
But he sure don't come around much anymore.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Hurtin' Once Again
Lord, you know that I've been hurting.
Momma says it's growing pains.
Oh, you know that I've been hurting
Momma says it's growing pains.
Here I am a hurting, yes I'm hurting once again.
Well, I've been down to the river;
Lord, I went down there feeling fine.
Yes, I went down to the river;
Lawd, I went down there feeling fine.
But before I knew it, I was sitting there a crying.
Momma said it just ain't easy.
Life's not always what it seems.
Momma said it just ain't easy.
Life's not always what it seems.
She said, "You're just a poor girl with some crazy, mixed-up dreams'."
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Killer Woman Blues
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
If you're looking for romance
Darling, don't you look for me.
I've got a bad habit of wanting
things that aren't good for me.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun.
I don't blame you, Sweetheart
for wanting your fun
But you know as well as I do
you can get that from anyone.
I love you, Darling, oh yes
you mean that much to me.
I love you, Darling, it's true
you mean that much to me.
But your kind of loving is the kind
that makes my poor heart bleed.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Sad Love
Lawd, last night I heard you call my name
And I knew I was dreaming just the same.
Lawd, last night I heard you call my name
And I knew I was dreaming just the same.
Sometimes, I think I should have stayed.
Just didn't know what you were thinkin'
When you saw me walking out the door.
Just didn't know what you were thinkin'
When you saw me walking out the door.
Well, I guess it don't matter anymore.
I saw you sitting there by the railroad tracks.
Didn't you have your face down in your hands?
I saw you sitting there by the railroad tracks.
Didn't you have your face down in your hands?
It sure was a sad love that we had.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Why Daddy Misbehaved
I went down to the graveyard
just to see my daddy's grave.
I went down to the graveyard
just to see my daddy's grave.
They say it was the whiskey
made my poor daddy misbehave.
Momma used to hollar,
'Don't you go sneakin' out the house.'
Momma used to hollar,
'Don't you go sneakin' out the house.'
But daddy he was quiet, yes
He was quiet as a mouse.
Momma said, 'He's better dead.
You know he never learned to live,
Momma said, 'He's better dead.
You know he never learned to live,
He was just a low-down daddy
getting good at telling fibs'.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Nothin' But Trouble
When I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
Yes, when I woke up this morning,
I was so full of misery.
I knew I had to face up to
Just what you're doing to me.
(chorus)
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're bad news, Baby.
You're the cause of my misery.
You're nothing but trouble.
That's all you could ever be to me.
I did my best for you, Darling.
But what good did it do?
I did my best for you, Darling,
But what good did it do?
Now, I find you're the kind of man
Who will always be untrue.
You can't love somebody,
If you don't know what love means.
You can't love anybody,
If you don't know what love means.
I know I've got to let go
And quit this crazy scene.
repeat chorus
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Lookin' For A Good Man
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
It happened one evening.
It was not so long ago.
I heard my baby walking.
He walked right out the door.
I just sit here crying.
Lawd, I've got nowhere to go.
I just sit here crying.
No, I've got nowhere to go.
When my baby left me
He took my heart and soul.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep going to the window.
Lawd, I'm just staring at the night.
I keep looking for a good man,
One who is gonna treat me right.
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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