Fingernails Lyrics

I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back from Texarkana

I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back from Louisiana

Well, I used to chew 'em off
I was nervous over you
I missed that clickin', tickin' sound
Honey, what I'm gonna do

I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back from Alabama

Well, I used to chew 'em off
I was nervous over you
I missed that clickin', tickin' sound
Honey, what I'm gonna do

I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano
I keep my fingernails long
So they click when I play the piano

I'm gonna keep 'em that way
Till the swallows get back

Joe Ely - Joe Ely/Honky Tonk Masquerade

Sep 2000

1. I Had My Hopes up High
2. Mardi Gras Waltz
3. She Never Spoke Spanish to Me
4. Gambler's Bride
5. Suckin' a Big Bottle of Gin
6. Tennessee's Not the State I'm In
7. If You Were a Bluebird
8. Treat Me Like a Saturday Night
9. All My Love
10. Johnny's Blues
11. Cornbread Moon
12. Because of the Wind
13. Boxcars
14. Jericho (Your Walls Must Come Tumbling Down)
15. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
16. Honky Tonk Masquerade
17. I'll Be Your Fool
18. Fingernails
19. West Texas Waltz
20. Honky Tonkin'