Storms of Life  (KDM 172)  Chris Froggatt  (Randy Travis) 1986

OPENER

4 Ladies Chain across that old ring now

Rollaway, you Circle Left and go

4 Ladies Rollaway, Circle round there I say

Left Allemande, Weave that Ring

I'd better change my wandering ways

Swing your girl, all Promenade

Storms of life are washing me away

FIGURE

Heads Promenade Halfway

Sides Square Thru, just 2

Circle to a Line, go Up & Back

Pass Thru, Wheel & Deal

Zoom, new Centres, Square Thru 3 hands go

Swing corner, Promenade walkin’ round that ring

Storms of life are washin' me away

MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER

Circle Left

I'd better change my wanderin' ways

I know I've seen my better days

Men Star Right and roll it, one time round and then

Allemande Left, Weave that Ring

Well, I left my soul out in the rain

Swing your girl, Promenade and then

Storms of life are washin' me away

ALTERNATE CLOSER

Sides Face Grand Square

I'd better change my wanderin' ways

I know I've seen my better days

Always gettin' high when I get low

(Allemande Left, Weave that Ring)

I left my soul out in the rain

Lord, what a price I've had to pay

Storms of life are washin' me away

TAG

Swing her there
Storms of life are washin' me away

ORIGINAL LYRICS

There's a dirty piece of cardboard

That reads Montgomery Ward

Taped across the window of my old Ford

A six-pack on the front seat, and a box of chicken wings

I'm dialin' 'cross the radio for a song that I can sing

 

I'd better change my wanderin' ways

I know I've seen my better days

Always gettin' high when I get low

Well, I left my soul out in the rain

Lord, what a price I've had to pay

Storms of life are washin' me away

 

An old mail pouch, tobacco sign

Fadin' on the barn

Bringin' back sweet memories of Mama's farm

When love was just a country girl, that lived on down the road

You know, she almost had me turned around

But that was years ago

 

I'd better change my wanderin' ways

I know I've seen my better days

Always gettin' high when I get low

Well, I left my soul out in the rain

Lord, what a price I've had to pay

Storms of life are washin' me away

Yeah, the storms of life are washin' me away