need words

[Bill R. Baker]

Will someone send me the words to the western song that begins THERE'S A SPOT I KNOW WHERE A MAN CAN GO WHERE THE SHADOWS HAVE ALL THE ROOM. I WAS RIDING FREE ON THE OLD SP, ETC. I head this in Branson last week. Thanks.

[Dennis Atkins]

Bill, here the words. I did an internet search for the title Way Out There and this is what came up. I think that the web site that has this listing may have much more. Hope you get a chance to use this.

WAY OUT THERE

A lonely spot I know where no man will go
Where the shadows have all the room
I was riding free on the old S.P.
Humming a southern tune,
When a man came along, made me hush my song, kicked me off away out there,
Ohh - yo -dl - ay - dee - ohh - ay
Ohh - ay - hoo ohh o - dl - ay - dee - ohh - way ohh - way hoo.

Well I set down my load in the desert road, rested my weary legs,
As I watched the setting sun make the tall shadows run
Out across the barren plains. Then I hummed a tune to the rising moon; she gets lonesome way out there,
Ohh - ay - hoo ohh o - dl - ay - dee - ohh - way ohh - way hoo.

Well I closed my eyes to the starlit skies, lost myself in dreams.
And I dreamed the desert sand was a milk and honey land
And then I awoke with a start.
There was a train coming back on the one way track, gonna carry me away from here,
Ohh - yo -dl - ay - dee - ohh - ay
Ohh - ay - hoo ohh o - dl - ay - dee - ohh - way ohh - way hoo.

As she passed me by I caught her on the fly, climbed in an open door.
I looked around and saw the desert ground, to the spot I would see no more,
As I was riding away I heard that pale moon say,
"So long, pal, it sure gets lonesome here."
Ohh - yo -dl - ay - dee - ohh - ay
Ohh - ay - hoo ohh o - dl - ay - dee - ohh - way ohh - way hoo.

Words and Music by Bob Nolan.
(c) 1936 by Valley Publishers, Inc. and American Music, Inc., sole selling agents for Valley Publishers, Inc., Hill and Range Songs, Inc.


Dennis

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[Bob Blair]

An old "Sons of the Pioneers" classic - I listened to all their stuff when I was a kid and pretty much wore the grooves out of the records. Those records made me want a guitar real bad, and a Harmony appeared on my tenth birthday - I remember my Dad warning me that I wouldn't be able to play "Ghost Riders in the Sky" (another of their signature tunes) the first time I picked it up. That guitar I still have. This was in the early sixties, so "Way Out There" was an old tune even then. Some real fine lyrics in that old stuff.

[Bill R. Baker]

Thanks Dennis. I did not know the title of the tune so I could not do a search. You are kind to do this for me.
Bob, I also am a great fan of the Sons of the Pioneers. They are in Branson, MO, now and I have seen them two times. Great!! I have some of their recordings but do not have WAY OUT THERE.

[c c johnson]

Bus Isaacs and Geri Mapes have a fine rendition of this on one of their cassettes. Bud and Geri sing it.