Creager/Elliott/Ingram
I'd like to take this time to thank people who are gathered around me here
At least we've come this far on a really tough road
There are night we sank so low lord it seems hard to imagine
You picked me up and helped me carry the load
Sometimes I sing to an empty house and some nights I pack 'em in
It's hard to know if I'm waiting to lose or losing to win
It takes a lot of good folks to open up doors you gotta knock again and again
You gave me what I needed so thank you for believing I think I got one foot in
Chorus
So here I go one more time giving all I've got word by word and line by line
One more town at a time Loving what I do laying it all on the line
Pack up the gear get out on the highway I gotta keep movin I guess I'll see you around
Maybe in some small cafe with my case at my feet on the ground
One things for certain one thing I know nothings gonna slow me down
I'm gonna let it roll gonna lay it down same old song
In a brand new town I hope they care sometimes they don't
Roger Creager
Stand up straight walk tall and proud if you want the world to sing your praise.
Don't let them see you sweat, don't let your eyes get wet, that's just the way I was raised.
What would my mom and daddy say if they could see me now.
You walked out and turned it all around.
(Chorus)
And since you've been gone, I've been drinking just a little bit more.
My buddies clear out when I walk in through the front of that bar room door.
They know what I want to talk about, when I pull your tear stained pictures out.
I'm in a crying, moaning, whining, groaning, wishing you were back in these arms along again kind of feeling.
Draw the curtains, pull down the shades and turn the TV on.
I hate for people to see me like this, but I hate being alone.
I'm trying a new way of getting over you.
I wish my friends were more sympathetic when I'm feeling blue.
And since you've been gone, I've been drinking just a little bit more.
My buddies clear out when I walk in through the front of that bar room door.
They know what I want to talk about, when I pull your tear stained pictures out.
I'm in a crying, moaning, whining, groaning, wishing you were back in these arms along again kind of feeling.
(Repeat Chorus)
Crying, moaning, whining, groaning, wishing you were back in these arms alone again kind of feeling.
Roger Creager
Tonight I don't feel much like writing a song
But I guess I needed something to sing along
Something that I could sing and I could cry to
A song to help me say goodbye to you
Love says we'll always have forever
Life knew we'd have just awhile
Greener pastures lie ahead of you out there somewhere
I look into your heart and give a smile
Chorus
Goodbye, goodbye
My answer for pain, she lies sleeping
Your remedy lies deep inside of you
I've always admitted the way you take things head on
Maybe someday I'll be strong like that too
I can't say that I blame you
I cannot say you were wrong
I never found the way to say this
So to you I sing this song
Chorus
Repeat first verse
This song helped me say goodbye to you
Roger Creager
Paint yourself sad
Cry yourself a river
Paint yourself cheated
Color me the cheater
Play the piano and sing sad songs
Tell all your friends how I did you wrong
Chorus
But it wasn't me, it was you
It wasn't anybody
If it wasn't you
What's a lonely girl to do
Tally up your tears
Inventory all the pain
Point your fingers where you will
I ain't the one to blame
Chorus
You're a lonely girl with no one left to blame
Tell now how do you ease the pain
Drink your bitter wine until you've had your fill
Then go tangle up your mind like I know you will
Chorus
Roger Creager, Radney Foster
There's a warm breeze blowing from the South
so I need to get going.
The palm trees and the beaches call my name.
There's a bar that I know well there.
You can drink and breathe in the sea air,
lay in the sun and dance in the rain.
The kind of place where everyone knows your name.
Chorus
I've got music on the stereo,
Bluebonnets on the passing road.
It's a long way to Mexico, but I'm going there tonight.
Line the Margaritas up.
I'm doing 90 in my pick-up truck.
It's a long way to Mexico.
I know about this out-of-the-way place.
You can disappear without a trace.
Leave the world behind if only for a while.
You could just get rolling see the winding road
Unfolding feeling better with every passing mile.
Even the getting there makes me smile.
Chorus.
Bridge
It's a place of Senoritas and where Mariachis sing.
I know happiness abounds there.
It's a place where I'll soon be.
I met a little gal around Thibodaux, she said she was 18.
A hometown hottie she was good to go
My little Cajun queen.
She's as hot as good country cooking.
She'll drive you wild she's so good looking.
I ain't seen nothing like that girl
From Shreveport to New Orleans.
Her daddy found out about our loving
He was mad as hell and mean.
We stole his truck to get away and a tank of gasoline.
He called the law, we started running
Sirens blaring, heart was pumping, it was a high speed chase and a
get away from Shreveport to New Orleans.
Chorus:
She's all I ever wanted.
She's all I'll ever need.
I ain't seen nothing like that gal
From Shreveport to New Orleans.
I woke up in that motor-court she was nowhere to be seen. She done high-tailed it out of there
And picked my wallet clean.
She told the law where I'd been hiding.
A man came knocking and I went sliding out the window And down the road from Shreveport to New Orleans.
Chorus
Out of gas and out of luck and out of hopes and dreams,
Busted by the state police mile marker 118.
Judge said, "Son, they'll be no bail."
Come midnight I broke out of jail
And I've been trying to find that gal
From Shreveport to New Orleans.
Alla en el rancho grande, alla donde vivia
Habia una rancherita, que allegre me decia
Que allegre me decia
Te voy a hacer tus calzones
Como los que usa el ranchero
Te los comienzo de lana
Te los acabo de quero
Su mama le dice a Julia
Su mama le dice a Julia
Que te ha dicho ese senor
Ay ay ay ay ay
Mama no me dijo nada
Mama no me dijo nada
Solo me hablo de amor
Ay ay ay ay
El gusto de los vaqueros
Es tener una muchacha
Para salir a la plaza
Y da le vuelo a la hilicha
Instrumental
Alla en el rancho grande, alla donde vivia,
Habia una rancherita, que allegre me decia
Que allegre me decia
Te voy a hacer tus calzones,
Como los que usa el ranchero,
Te los comienzo de lana,
Te los acabo de quero
Instrumental
Alla en el rancho grande, alla donde vivia
Habia una rancherita, que allegre me decia
Que allegre me decia
Te voy a hacer tus calzones
Como los que usa el ranchero
Te los comienzo de lana
Magnets attract or magnets repel
They either connect or they fight like hell
Well it depends on how you turn them
All hopped up on passion
Gal you lose all your rationale
And so do I when the fires start burning
It's okay to lose control now and then
That's just the way it is
Love is crazy
Always has been
Make you laugh and cry and stay up all night
Love is crazy, always will be
Baby hang on tight 'cause love is crazy
Chasing each other around at 2 a.m.
The neighbor's patience is wearing thin
O we live our lives too loud
They're not sure we're doing this right
Don't they make love after they fight?
Honey, we don't need that crowd
They say we've lost our minds
But who cares if they're right
Love is crazy
Always has been
Make you laugh and cry and stay up all night
Love is crazy, always will be
Baby hang on tight 'cause love is crazy
If it was up to you and me
The world could use more insanity
Love is crazy
Always has been
Make you laugh and cry and stay up all night
Love is crazy, always will be
Baby hang on tight 'cause love is crazy
Love is crazy
I left a note on her pillow
Kissed her check and slipped off into the wind
All she wanted to know last night was when she'd see me again
If I only knew myself then maybe I could say
But my empty promises would only fade away into
Gypsyland where the wheels never stop turning
Gypsyland where the fires never stop burning
Though it's hard to understand
And girl though I'd love to be your man
I'm lost out here in Gypsyland
Once I held a woman or should I say, she once held me?
Before I knew, I could only live a life that's wild and free
These days, I search the Texas sky
For one bright star to tell me if there's still a chance
Or if I've gone too far into
Gypsyland where the wheels never stop turning
Gypsyland where the fires never stop burning
Though it's hard to understand
And girl though I'd love to be your man
I'm lost out here in Gypsyland
Rolling on night after night
Roger Creager/Radney Foster
I say when I drink what I think when I'm sober
It loosens my tongue and makes me feel bolder
I'm in the mood to do a little drinking tonight
Like it or not, this is on my mind
I could sit here silent or get drunk and confide
Bar keeper another round and I can't keep it inside
Excuse Miss, could I buy you a cocktail?
You're so pretty and I just love the way that you...hey
Are those real? Huh? Oh, no I mean your eyes, of course
They're so beautiful and hey, where you going?
I say when I drink what I think when I'm sober
It loosens me up and makes me feel bolder
I'm in the mood to do a little drinking tonight
Like it or not, this is on my mind
I could sit here silent or get drunk and confide
Bar keeper another round and I can't keep it inside
Roger, there are existential, physical and spiritual reasons
Why man cannot live by bread alone
It's not a simple thing in life
It's very complex, it takes a long time and it's excellent
What is it, Radney?
Brisket
Beer
I say when I drink what I think when I'm sober
It loosens my tongue and makes me feel bolder
I'm in the mood to do a little drinking tonight
Like it or not, this is on my mind
I could sit here silent or get drunk and confide
Bar keeper another round and I can't keep it inside
Now a friend of mine that drinks an alarming amount
Tells me it's not what goes in a man's mouth that defiles him
But rather what comes out
So as I sit her tonight, I worry not about what I'm drinking
But rather how much I'm speaking 'cause it seems every time
I say when I drink what I think when I'm sober
It loosens my tongue and makes me feel bolder
I'm in the mood to do a little drinking tonight
Like it or not, this is on my mind
I could sit here silent or get drunk and confide
Roger Creager
You ask me how I'm feeling down deep inside
It's not something I'm holding back or trying to hide
My love for you is not easily explained
There's more than the moon and stars and the warm summer rain
Well it's a jalapeno pepper on a cheesy enchilada
Spicy side of life, just a little bit hotter
An ice-cold cerveza on a hot summer day
Takin' you out to eat and makin' love on the way
It's not knowin' where you're goin' but knowin' when you're there
Bein' with the ones that you know really care
Hey I guess these are all a part of it
It's a feeling I get
It's a feeling I get
Now you look at me so deeply like you've got something to say
You wanna tell me how you feel, but don't wanna sound cliché
You have a strange way of sayin' how you feel
Ah, but when you put it that way
How can I doubt that it's for real?
It's like 99 degrees in the Texas summer heat
Underneath a tree, spittin' watermelon seeds
Eatin' old fashioned ice cream with mama and your pa
Ridin' on the tractor in your panties and your bra
It's not knowin' where you're goin' but knowin' when you're there
Bein' with the ones that you know really care
Hey I guess these are all a part of it
It's a feeling I get
It's a feeling I get
Look into our future and tell me what you see
We'll always be together as long as we wanna be
I know we'll make it through somehow
Just look at what we're both feelin' right now
Well it's a jalapeno pepper on a cheesy enchilada
Spicy side of life, just a whole bit hotter
An ice-cold cerveza on a hot summer day
Takin' you out to eat and makin' love on the way
It's not knowin' where you're goin' but knowin' when you're there
Bein' with the ones that you know really care
Hey I guess these are all a part of it
It's a feeling I get
It's a feeling I get
It's a feeling I get
It's a feeling I get
Roger Creager
It's 7:30 in the morning. And I'm waking to face the
new day
You're lying next to me and you're waking too 'Cause
you know I'll soon be on my way
Oh to me you still look just as pretty in the morning no make-up and hair
As you do in the evening the moon shining down in that sexy red dress that you wear.
Oh the factory they don't treat me like you do. They don't care about how I smile
But if the pickup still runs at the end of the day, I'll be home in a while.
So baby pour me another cup of coffee and kiss me and hold me once more
Look in my eyes, I'll take that moment with me and I'll remember what I'm working for.
CHORUS:
I hope that my friends have these moments
I hope that they get it somehow
I hope that they look at their wives in the morning
The same way I'm seeing you now.
It's 7:30 in the morning. And I'm waking to face the new day
You're lying next to me and you're waking too 'cause you know I'll soon be on my way
In a moment we can go wake the children. But for now, let's just watch them sleep
We can take in these times someday we'll call timeless. We'll remember these you and me dreams.
The day has a way of sneaking in. It breaks through the window without warning
Oh but be alarmed and don't worry darling. Just enjoy the morning
Roger Creager
They are little more than a few old guns handed down the line.
Once owned by my Nana and Papa, but now they are mine.
They've been all the way to Utah, then back home to Texas again.
They've seen Colorado, Wyoming, and the Grand Canyon.
Hunting trips in the freezing snow and up before the sun.
They're now apart of me, I got the guns.
I never really got to know him I was much to young
He died on the Corpus Christi Bay when I was one.
A Christian man I barely knew, but he was oh so proud of me.
He ran the nursery at the church for free
"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound" he always sung
Sometimes I can hear him when I fire them guns
Chorus:
I've seen tears in grown men's eyes when they speak of their granddad
Then they laugh at how he spoiled then to the bone
I don't have those memories that I can hold on to
So I keep hanging on to his old guns
Nana lived on a few more years until Christmas '79
I thank God for those childhood memories of mine
My sister told me in confidence her innocent secret birthday wish,
"dear Lord bring Nana back to us"
But instead she got her earrings old time clip-ons and she had fun
Me, I was 8 years old and I got the guns
I was only daughter's son, his pride and all his love
Maybe someday if I try my best I'll be half the man he was
He knew love lasted longer. The great depression only made him stronger
He saved his pennied and prayed to God each night
He knew how to weather hard times and showed us how to overcome
I can feel his strength when I hold his guns
Just and old bolt-action 16 gauge
And my grandmother's 410
A 270 that my dad fired once
Stand up straight
And walk tall around
If you want
The world to sing your praise
Well let 'em see you sweat
Don't let your eyes get wet
Well thats the way that I was raised
What my mom and daddy say
If they could see me now
You walked out
And turned it all around
But since you've been gone
I''ve been drinking
Just a little bit more
My buddies clear out
When I'm walking through
The front of that bar room door
They know what I want to talk about
When I pull your tear stainded pictures out
I''ve been a crying, moaning, whining, groaning
Wishin you were back in these arms alone again
Kind of feeling
Draw the curtains
Pull down the shades
And turn the T.V. on
Hey I can't stand for people to see me like this
But I hate being alone
I'm trying a new way
Of getting over you
I wish my friends were more sympathetic
When I'm feeling blue
Chorus:
Whoa....
And since you've been gone
I''ve been drinking
A whole lot more
My buddies clear out
When I'm walking through
The front of that bar room door
They know what I want to talk about
When I pull your tear stainded pictures out
I''ve been a crying, moaning, whining, groaning
Wishin you were back in these arms alone again
Kind of crying, moaning, whining, groaning
Wishin' you were back in these arms alone again
On your porch with coffee this morning
I'm a man on a mission today
So much Life that you've been missing
Honey you don't have live that way It's a
Chorus
Good day for sunsets baby
Driving to the beach with me getting lazy
You've been crying over that jerk long enough
Let go of that pain that haunts you
Take a shot with a man that wants you
It's a good day for sunsets baby,
A good day for sunsets and falling in love
You sure look sexy with your eyes all sleepy
Or is too early for going that far?
Come on baby, we're burning daylight
Lets get you back to being who you are
What have I got to do to get you in my car?
Chorus
Give in to the red sky shadows
I've got lots of nothing planned to do
You might enjoy the view
Chorus
It's a good day for sunsets baby
Riding around with me and getting crazy
You've been crying over that jerk long enough
Let go of that pain that haunts you
Take a shot with this man wants you
A good day for sunsets baby
Roger Creager
I've never heard a more beautiful sound
Than a jukebox by the wall
And this room is full of pretty women
But I don't feel like dancing at all
I've got a beer in my left hand
And Tequila in front of me
A couple of dollars in change
For the jukebox to set me free
And tonight I'm going to sit here
On this barstool
I'll lock the world outside the swingin' door
I'll toast everyone who's ever had a heartache
I'll buy myself a round
And drink one more
Oh don't even try to talk about work this morning
There's no way in the world I'll be on time
Because I'm too busy slowing down my thinking
Until the thought of you
Can barely walk through my mind
I know these good old boys
Can see that I get home tonight
I'm not even sure that I could find the way
Because if home is really where the heart is
Tonight I'll find another place to stay
So tonight I'm going to sit here
On this barstool
I'll lock the world outside the swingin' door
I'll toast everyone who's ever had a heartache
I'll buy myself a round
And drink one more
Oh don't even try to talk about work this morning
There's no way in the world I'll be on time
Because I'm too busy slowing down my thinking
Until the thought of you
Roger Creager, Radney Foster
It's easy to fall;
It's hard to get back up.
You try to convince yourself
You just fell on hard luck.
Love is a crazy way
To try to fix your heart.
You wonder if you even deserve a second chance
At a brand new start.
Chorus
I was waiting on someone who would love me
The way you do; holding on for dear life.
You loved me and didn't think twice
About the rough and rocky road that I've been through.
I was waiting on you.
When you're just a boy, love's a simple thing.
It's not supposed to hurt.
It's a push on a playground swing.
I'm just a man trying to figure out
What the hell you see in me
With all this hurt I'm carrying around.
Chorus
I was waiting on someone who would love me
And my son the way you do.
So hold on to his little life and love him
And darling don't think twice
About the rough and rocky road that we'd go through.
Roger Creager
It's 4 am and I just got home to my motel room so I picked up the phone. I figured you'd like to hear about the day I had. It's been a real peach of a day today. The van had a blowout on the way. By 11 am it was already lookin' bad. We drove all the way to Amarillo. The people are warm but it's always cold. It was raining outside and all our gear got soaked. But I didn't know the crowd would dig our stuff because new towns are usually tough. They were singing along and they knew every song I wrote.
Things look good around here; the boys are in the parking lot still drinking beer. I don't know if I'm ever going to get them inside. It sounds like a party out there. No worries, no cares. Things look good around here.
We sing all night and drive all day. Hey, there's got to be a better way. When are we supposed to get our sleep? Sometimes, I love doing what I do. Other times I hate being away from you and sometimes I can't believe I'm in this deep. Most times I get nervous inside. I try to hide it, that's my pride, but I need a little encouragement now and then. Step out on the stage eyes wide. It always feels like my first time. I kick-off a tune then I'm all right again.
Things look good around here; the boys are in the parking lot still drinking beer. I don't know if I'm ever going to get them inside. It sounds like a party out there. No worries, no cares. Things look good around here. What was I thinking, calling you this late, I guess I needed to hear your voice and say...
Things look good around here; the boys are in the parking lot still drinking beer. I don't know if I'm ever going to get them inside. It's gotta be a party out there. There's no worries, no cares. Things look good around here.
I know we need some time alone. It's not long now until I get home. I'm sorry I woke you. I hope that you're not mad. But it's 4 am and I just got home to my motel room so I picked up the phone. I figured you'd like to hear about the life I have.
I don't know if you have heard
But someones out there spreading the word
I'm still mad at you
And they'll find that's true
I broke out in laughter
When your plans for ever after
Busted at the seams
And blew your hopes & dreams
Chorus
You got what you deserved
Can you say justice served
You left me with a broken heart
Girl now yours is torn apart
Don't come running back to me cause
I'm not the man I used to be
You want that man I used to be
You're beautiful when your crying
It's a shame that you're dieing
From the pain you feel
Oh it sure sounds real
I've been out here running this town
I'm not sure why you tracked me down
But you're on your own
When I get off this phone
Chorus
Isn't this the way
You treated me when I needed you
You left me broken crying
Bleeding too, needing you
Now you're the one left all alone...
Everyday in lunch in high school,
And all of my senior year,
I'd drink my Coca-Cola with a touch of everclear.
I never had to study math, science or history,
I'd have a chemical flashback to jog my memory.
In my junior year I swore I loved sweet Miss Sherrie-Ann,
One night I put some everclear in her Dr. Pepper can.
I thought it'd make her easy, but she took it pretty hard,
I took her home and rang her doorbell, left her lyin' in the yard.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous, tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Its the invisible intoxicant....its called everclear.
I remember my church picnic in the spring of '89,
They had 4 fresh watermelon sliced right off the vine.
When they bowed their heads giving grace for the food,
Hey, I pulled out the bottle, and I soaked them melons good.
Well they never knew what hit 'em, when the potion went to work,
They had Grandma's doin' backflips, Grandpa's lookin' up their skirts.
They were singing Hallelujah and Willie Nelson songs,
Preacher said it was the best dang picnic,
That the baptists had ever thrown.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous, tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Its the invisible intoxicant....its called everclear.
When I'm drinkin' everclear, I think I'm king of this whole world,
I'm bigger and badder than John Wayne and cooler than Steve Earle.
Until I wake up and I'm face down in the hall,
Hey, I'm completely naked, for a reason I can't recall.
Well I'm kinda, sorta thinkin' that maybe I met a chick,
'Cause there's perfume in the air, and there's lipstick on my neck.
Well I hope that she was pretty and I hope that she was kind,
Enough to leave my clothes somewhere they're easy to find.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous; tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Roger Creager
A crowded restaurant and here you are
I'm doing fine but you have come so far
I ask how long it's been
Like I don't know
I've been counting the days since you've been gone
You'd think my love would show
But I hear you're doing great out on your own
You're having a ball
Have friends that call you on the telephone
You've got hopes
You've got dreams
You've really got it made
I used to feel the same until the day you went away
I don't know why I thought you'd be around
Looking back I see I really held you down
Thinking that I'd always have it all
I hate the way you're riding high
Then all at once you take the fall
Chorus
Everyone is looking right at you
When you walk in you really steal the show
You're the one thing I should've held on to
But standing today I'm trying like hell to let you go
Package came in the mail this morning no note no reason no rhyme and no warning frame was broken
Bout the picture still looks great
You and me on backbone ridge
My heart felt nothing but my sole sure did sorrow of a broken love still lives
I don't care what they say
Caught myself lookn back
I let the reins on my mind run slack
Let a few good memorys slip threw
Long after love is gone
Some ties that bide hang on
There broken but there still strong enough
Tangle me in you
Did you smash that frame back when are love failed
Or did they break in the mail
Hey I know you couldnt throw it away
It was just a happy momment in time
But it was your and it was mine
Killn love oughta be a crime
But you did it anyways
Sometime when I look back
I let the reighns on my mind run slack
Let a few good memories slip thru
Long after love is gone
Some ties that bide hang on there broken but there still strong enough
Tangle me in you
Don't want to go back in time
Back in time to drink that bitter wine
But it's good to hear your voice
Sometime when I look back I let the reigns on my mind run slack let a few good memories slip thru long after love is gone
The tide that bide hang on ya there broken but there strong enuff to
Tangle me in you
Roger Creager
Sometimes I sit in my backyard, I kick back and drink iced tea
I stare all the way to the ocean and dream of how it would be
If I were a ship captain somewhere or an old fashioned sailor at sea
Or a stowed away pirate just down below hiding and praying the law dont find me
Maybe I'd sail from Nantucket chasing the great white whale
Oh without a sound, I'd run him aground then I'd bring old Ahab the tail
Yeah I'd bring old Ahab his tail
Chorus:
But I'm not a (sailor, outlaw, runaway),
I'm just a man stuck here in the promise land
Living hard and living free
I'm a dreamer that's what I got, Oh but here goes one last shot
I hope someday they're dreaming about me
Sometimes I dream Im a cowboy around 1949
Id cross the border on horseback with a real close buddy of mine
Id know we'd run from trouble but Im sure its what we'd find
When you're out of the frying pan into the fire, who cares what you leave behind
I know i'd fall in love down there and I'd probably end up in jail
When you fall in love with a rich man's daughter, 'who's gonna go your bail
Ohhh i hate them Mexican jails---
Chorus
I'd love to go rafting the waters. riding the mighty Mississippi
I'd float around from town to town causing trouble then I'd give'em the slip
That water could take me back to the days of old Huck Finn
I'd sleep all day and smoke all night and play tricks on old Jim
Roger Creager, Kyle Hutton
61st floor way downtown,
From cubicle 423
You can't see what's coming down.
The mail lady brings a pink slip
And an empty box for my desk.
Says, "Pack what you brought leave us the rest."
Down in the parking garage I hope my truck starts again When the CEO passes me in his new Mercedes Benz.
He's smoking on a Cuban
While mine blows out the tailpipe.
Some get rich while the rest get by.
Chorus
The rich keep getting richer, but I keep staying poor.
I'm working this overtime to help event the score.
It feels like I'm working towards the welfare line,
But someday I'll get mine.
The big boss man and his jolly pirate crew
Were watching and planning
And plotting to get away with the loot.
So clever and so quiet,
Wall Street never heard a sound.
They grabbed the last piece of gold as the ship went down. Now there's handcuffs jangling against a Rolex watch
And a squad car at the palace there to chauffeur him off. But, you know,
I'll bet some poor working stiff gets stuck serving the time Cause some get rich while the rest get by.
Chorus
I met up with old Saint Peter there
At the Great Pearly Gates.
He told my old boss in front of me,
"Sir you'll have to wait."
Then he waved me on through and he winked his eye.
Roger Creager
Looks like I really screwed up again
Should've learned by now that I ain't never gonna win
I know the reason, I didn't even ask, I've heard it all from relationships past
Now I'm on my own again
But as you leave, I say there goes another good woman
Should've learned by now, that I can catch 'em, but I can't hold 'em
I take it all with a grain of salt, don't worry darlin' this ain't your fault
Sometimes you just gotta know when to fold 'em
Chorus:
Tonight I'm down at the dancehall, I'm a single man
I'll be laughin', and dancin', and knockin' 'em back, and throwin' caution to the wind
You can search my heart for answers, and what I'm all about
These are my ways, I'll never change, you should've learned by now
I still get down when I think of you
I ran you off like a brown card carryin' fool
There'll be no justifyin', not even worth the tryin'
I'm wrong, we both know it's true
You know I'd change if I really thought it'd work
I hate bein' responsible for someone else's hurt
Like an old broken record, I repeat the same mistakes
The flames go up and another heart gets burned
Chorus
And I'll turn it all aro-u-n-d
Tonight I'm out at the dance hall, I'm a single man
I'll be laughin', jokin', drinkin' and smokin', cuttin' up with all of my friends
And there's nothin' in the world more sad than a broken hearted sinner
Out in the world, here in this bar, tryin like hell to be a winner
Looks like I really screwed up again,
Verse 1
Music on Titanic played right up to the end
When you're down to nothin, a song can be a friend
Nothin to lose, nothin to hide
You play it best when it's your very last ride
CHORUS
It ain't the money, it ain't the glory
It ain't the jet-set way I run around
I got my heart and soul mixed in the fever
I'll play music while my ship goes down, Hey!
Verse 2
Baby's had enough, says she's walkin' out
There's the inspiration, the songs I sing about
I'm gonna lose it, and I'm gonna die
It'll all end with my heart on the line
(CHORUS)
Lookin' at me from the outside you might think I've got it made
But anyone can see I'm goin' down, down down.
Verse 3
Old and tired and madder than hell
I ain't goin' back to that county jail
Back on the road where I belong
Sometimes I wonder what the hell I'm doin' wrong
(CHORUS)
I'll play music while my ship goes down
Roger Creager
You packed up your things and then you said goodbye.
You'd think after all we shared, you could tell me why.
The flames were burning hot baby, too hot to hold.
Bu, now I see your love was burning cold.
But don't you worry about me.
I'm feeling sorry for you, and when I sleep tonight,
At least I'll know my love is true.
Baby I'm better than you.
I'm moving on to a place where love is strong.
I'm moving on.
Does this sound like a sad country song?
I dusted myself off and I'm back in the saddle again.
I lost in love with you bit now I'm ready to win and I'm moving on.
No more trying to win you back.
No more crying over what I thought we had.
When I said, "I need you" and that I was all alone,
Good old compassionate you slammed down the phone.
But don't you worry about me.
I'm feeling sorry for you, and when I sleep tonight,
At least I'll know my love is true.
Baby I'm better than you.
I'm moving on to a place where love is strong.
I'm moving on.
Does this sound like a sad country song?
I dusted myself off and I'm back in the saddle again.
I lost in love with you but now I'm ready to win and I'm moving on.
So save your money and save your time.
Save your ragged little mind.
You turned your love off like switch.
Just think of all this love you missed.
I'm moving on to a place where love is strong.
I'm moving on.
Does this sound like sad country song?
You probably thought I'd write a sad country song.
John Evans
Hey I'm a redneck Mother I must confess I wear tight blue jeans not a tie-dyed dress.
I got a tattoo of Texas on my chest; hey I'm a redneck mother a redneck at best.
I'm a redneck mother and my mother's a redneck too.
I'm a redneck mother I must concede I wear a red and blue hat it reads âLonestar Feed.â
I raised a cross bred chicken it goes âQuakity-cluckâ
I got a kicker bumper sticker on the back of my truck.
I'm a redneck mother and my mother's a redneck too.
Chorus:
I can fish all night and sleep until noon, romance a case of beer under the Texas moon.
There's only one thing that will set me back and that's a long legged lady in a pink Cadillac.
I'm a redneck mother I must reply. I built a beer can fence nearly 10 ft. high.
Yonder on my front porch, it's my guard dog Blue.
He's a Mississippi leg hound with some legging to do.
I'm a redneck mother and my mother's a redneck too.
Chorus:
I can fish all night and sleep until noon, romance a case of beer under the Texas moon.
There's only one thing that will set me back and that's a long legged lady in a pink Cadillac.
John why don't we head down to New Orleans?
Could we try to find a bowl of them rice and red beans?
Before we hit the road could you explain what this means?
Sing it for me one more time.
Hey I'm a redneck Mother I must confess I wear tight blue jeans not a tie-dyed dress.
I got a tattoo of Texas on my chest; hey I'm a redneck mother a redneck at best.
I'm a redneck mother and my mother's a redneck too.
Roger Creager
I've been around the world a long time, Mister
And I've got a thing or two to say
I won't try to bore you with a tough tongue twister
You wouldn't buy that anyway
Love is so sweet
It makes you bounce when you walk down the street
You've been to school, you say you are a lawyer
You walked out of a magazine
I've been a drifter and a low-life loser
You could learn a lot from me
Hey I - I've gotta say
I have looked at life a whole n'other way
Love is so sweet
It makes you bounce when you walk down the street
One thing in common is we all are different
And we're supposed to be that way
Live and let live is such a good reminder
You'd do well to be that way
Hey I - I've gotta say
I have looked at life a whole n'other way
Love is so sweet
It makes you bounce when you walk down the street
Hey - I said love is so sweet
It makes you bounce when you walk down the street
Hey - I said love is so sweet
Love ain't what this song's about
Candlelight ain't what I'm in the mood for now
I don't need a metaphor to help me get this out
Love ain't what this song's about
It's about beer and whiskey and drinkin
It's about playin the fool and actin without thinkin
It's about runnin with your buddies you don't give a damn
What in the world happens to you man
Oh love ain't what this song's about
Cryin ain't what you're gonna hear
You won't have any salty tears drownin in your beer
If you're feelin down then friend you'd better just steer clear
Cryin ain't what you're gonna hear
It's about wine and women and song
It's about doin one thing and make sure you do it wrong
It's about givin in to your deepest desire
Settin the whole damn world on fire
Cryin ain't what you're gonna hear
Love ain't what this song's about
Candlelight ain't what I'm in the mood for now
I don't need a metaphor to help me get this out
Love ain't what this song's about
It's about beer and whiskey and drinkin
It's about playin the fool and actin without thinkin
It's about runnin with your buddies you don't give a damn
What in the world happens to you man
Oh love ain't what this song's about
Love ain't what this song's about
The world's got you trapped and friend there's no way out
Just give in to your deepest desires
Set the whole damn world on fire
It's 2 am another motel room and the boys,
They'll be sleeping soon.
But I'm up and around and feeling blue
With not much of anything to do.
Maybe I'll walk down the hall.
See if I can find anyone at all
To get up and head out for a beer.
Or we could just sit and talk in here.
Oh it kills me all these slow nights paying my dues.
But, there ain't nothing wrong
Just a late night case of the blues.
Somewhere down in my soul
An angel lives but he lost control
And the devil, he gives the dice a roll
And he takes my heart for a spin.
But in the morning I'll be fine,
The birds will sing and sun will shine.
Cause I'm washed in the blood and born again,
But on nights like this I'd even question him.
Forgive me father for being so confused.
Let's just chalk it all up to a late night case of the blues.
The phone's been ringing loud and clear
About a thousand miles from here
And I wonder if she knows my fear
Or if she's even home.
Maybe I'll go walking around
Or take a taxicab downtown
Or lay a five-dollar bill on the ground by the wino
While he's sleeping.
I can't help but feel like I'm being used.
Pack up all the dishes
Make a note of all good wishes
Say goodbye to the landlord for me
All you know he always bored me
And throw out all those L.A. papers
The moldy box of Vanilla Wafers
Adios to all this concrete
Gonna get me some dirt road back streets
Now here's to you old Skinny Dennis
The only one I think I will miss
I can hear those bass notes ringin'
As sweet and low like a gift your bringin'
So play it for me one more time now
You got to give it all you can now
Well I believe every word you're sayin'
Just to keep it on keepin' on, keep on playin'
Well I can just get off of this L.A. freeway
Without getting killed or caught
Down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some land that, baby, we ain't bought
If I can just get off this L.A. freeway
Leave the key card in the mailbox
Leave the key in that old front lock
They can find it likely as not
There must be somethin' we have forgot
Oh, Susanna don't you cry babe
Love's a gift and truly handmade
We got somethin' to believe in
Texas is callin', baby, it's time we were leavin'
Well I can just get off of this L.A. freeway
Without getting killed or caught
Down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some land that, baby, we ain't bought
If I can just get off this L.A. freeway
Without getting killed or caught
They can never gonna to catch me
Put down the rod to somewhere we found it
I can just get off of this L.A. freeway
CHORUS:
I love being lonesome, but I don't like being lonely
I wake up in the morning and there's no one lying
beside me
I love em and leave em so I'll never find my one and
only
I love being lonesome but I don't like being lonely
VERSE:
I'm a rider on a wild horse in the canyon running
through the night
I love that I have freedom in my soul and the way I
live my life
But even cowboys need a lady's soft touch to help us
settle down
But I love to hear the music in my heart and the way
the highway sounds
CHORUS:
I love being lonesome, but I don't like being lonely
I wake up in the morning and there's no one lying
beside me
I love em and leave em so I'll never find my one and
only
I love being lonesome but I don't like being lonely
I've tried and tried a thousnad times to make it work
but I don't understand
The difference in the feelings of a woman and the
feelings of a man
I run away each time I get a chance to fall in love and
it just kills me
I need to find a lover I can trust a woman who can heal
I love being lonesome, but I don't like being lonely
I wake up in the morning and there's no one lying
beside me
I love em and leave em so I'll never find my one and
only
She stepped off the airplane,
And we drove straight to my house.
An hour later we were lyin in bed,
And laughin right out loud.
We talked about the old times
And we made love again.
It'd been so long,
Since my fingers touched her skin.
We were so in love back then.
Why didn't we work out?
Well I don't know,
But it don't make sense to me now.
She said tell me you love me.
I love you.
She said say it again.
Well honey I do.
Then say it like you mean it,
Like it's in your heart and you believe it.
I'm wanting to believe it too.
Well I loved you when we were innocent.
And I loved you when we were young.
And I loved you when I was working on the beach chairs in the sun.
I loved you in that rundown flat we rented overseas.
And I love you now so powerful
It brings me to my knees.
And in the night when your hair falls down around my face.
I love you.
Well she got up for a drink
And walked naked across the floor.
Looking back at me with her playful smile
And I wanted her once more.
Then she poured the wine and we drank it
And we laid back down on the bed.
Then she curled up against me
And said if you want me you'll have to tell me again.
I said I loved you when we were innocent.
And I loved you when we were young.
I loved you when I was working hard
On the beach chairs in the sun.
I loved you in that rundown flat we rented overseas,
And I love you now so powerful
That it brings me to my knees.
And in the night when your hair falls down around my face.
I love you.
Then the next day at the airport
I held her close and
Hated like hell to let her go.
But as I did, I quietly said.
I loved you when we were breakin up
When the truth was hard to see.
I love you now so powerful
It still brings me to my knees
Last night when your hair fell down around my face.
CHORUS:
I love being lonesome, but I don't like being lonely
I wake up in the morning and there's no one lying
beside me
I love em and leave em so I'll never find my one and
only
I love being lonesome but I don't like being lonely
VERSE:
I'm a rider on a wild horse in the canyon running
through the night
I love that I have freedom in my soul and the way I
live my life
But even cowboys need a lady's soft touch to help us
settle down
But I love to hear the music in my heart and the way
the highway sounds
CHORUS:
I love being lonesome, but I don't like being lonely
I wake up in the morning and there's no one lying
beside me
I love em and leave em so I'll never find my one and
only
I love being lonesome but I don't like being lonely
I've tried and tried a thousnad times to make it work
but I don't understand
The difference in the feelings of a woman and the
feelings of a man
I run away each time I get a chance to fall in love and
it just kills me
I need to find a lover I can trust a woman who can heal
I love being lonesome, but I don't like being lonely
I wake up in the morning and there's no one lying
beside me
I love em and leave em so I'll never find my one and
only
Roger Creager
I don't blame you, I know it was the only way that it could be
The only way to put an end to this was for you to put the hurt on me
I started seein' a side of you that I could never know
Until you walked out the door, yeah so I said
Chorus
If you can sleep at night after what we had and
If you can read my words and say too bad
If you can keep on doin', exactly what you had to do
Yeah if you can live with this, baby I can too
Hey I can too
It's on and off just like a switch, you came and then you went
My heart was broken into, before it could've bent
No way in hell you could leave like that, if you had a heart like mine
Save your prayers for yourself, cause I'm fine
Repeat Chorus
Just in case your keepin' score
Chalk one up for me
You can walk away from true love
And that's the only way, the only way you'll ever be
Well I guess you were right
The bluebonnets are worth the drive and
Now I'm here in canyon lake alone
I know you came here
When you were down and feeling blue
And it helped you sort out the pieces on your own
But I'm seeing what you saw. the spring time is beautiful and
I'm proud to call this country home. but I am missing you
As the sun is setting on me I think I'll crank up my pick-u p for san anton'
Chorus:
There ain't enough dance halls in texas to keep my heart and mind occupied
I'm trying it all the time yeah I'm out there every night
My truck has seen some miles to find the words to write this song
To get me back on top where I belong. but I'm not over you yet
I must be having fun all wrong
That river run was a whole lot of fun especially when you're with the ones that
Bring you so much laughter and good times
But that river it ran so low
That only means you go real slow and you take the time to enjoy the finer things in life
So we showered and shaved in a bathroom stall in a texaco on the way to gruene hall
It was a sold out concert for one of my heroes that night. hey I guess I'm alright
I'm just a little bit tired tonight. getting over you has made a busy man of me
Chorus
Oh I've seen jerry jeff umpteen times this year
He just keeps getting better everyday. I followed robert ear keen
From dallas to the sparkling city by the sea I jumped up on the sea wall and sang corpus christi bay
Roger Creager, John Evans
I've heard stories about the 1950's.
Rock'n'roll music all the way to the 60's.
Everybody says it ain't ever gonna be the same.
But way down South the music got the mojo.
It's all homegrown.
You won't hear it on the radio.
Call it what you want but to me it's the good old days.
God knows I can't stop burning up the blacktop
Chug a cup of coffee from the honey at the truck stop.
Our blood starts pumping
When we're out on a three-day run.
Johnny's got his guitar hanging out the trunk.
Billy's on the floorboard, I
think he's still drunk; long road ahead, but already having fun.
Chorus: Living here in the Good Old days
While they're going on around us
Thinking we've got it made
When the music has found us.
Ain't no need to back track I don't want to look back.
Now we've really got it made.
Think I'll just stay right here in the good old days.
I know all about a hard day's labor.
This ain't work
It's like picking out a flavor at the ice cream shop,
The brunette or the redhead. I'm here singing on the local motion. I ain't getting rich
But I'm down by the ocean doing what I want
And right now it's the good old days.
Chorus
When we get old we're gonna talk about the good times;
Fat and happy, spreading rumors through the grapevines. With any luck, we'll still be up to our old ways.
But, we're still living where the music got the mojo.
I know one day you're gonna hear it on the radio.
Call it what you want
Roger Creager
Well I guess you were right.
The Bluebonnets are worth the drive and
Now I'm here in Canyon Lake alone.
I know you came here
When you were down and feeling blue.
And it helped you sort out the pieces on your own.
But I'm seeing what you saw. The spring time is beautiful and
I'm proud to call this country home. But I am missing you
As the sun is setting on me I think I'll crank up my pick-u p for San Anton'
CHORUS:
There ain't enough dance halls in Texas to keep my heart and mind occupied
I'm trying it all the time Yeah I'm out there every night
My truck has seen some miles to find the words to write this song
To get me back on top where I belong. But I'm not over you yet.
I must be having fun all wrong
That river run was a whole lot of fun especially when you're with the ones that
Bring you so much laughter and good times.
But that river it ran so low
That only means you go real slow and you take the time to enjoy the finer things in life.
So we showered and shaved in a bathroom stall in a Texaco on the way to Gruene Hall.
It was a sold out concert for one of my heroes that night. Hey I guess I'm alright
I'm just a little bit tired tonight. Getting over you has made a busy man of me.
CHORUS
Oh I've seen Jerry Jeff umpteen times this year
He just keeps getting better everyday. I followed Robert Ear Keen
From Dallas to the Sparkling City by the Sea I jumped up on the sea wall and sang Corpus Christi Bay
CHORUS
TAG:
Well I guess you were right
I never thought I'd miss the game
Every night it's the same old thing
Me and my buddies running around
We couldn't turn the good times down
I never thought I'd be the first to leave
The boys shake their heads in disbelief
But for you I do
Anything and everything to keep you loving me
I have learned that you deserve
A much better man than I could ever be
I never thought I'd ever change
I never had one thing to prove
But for you I do.
I'm used to saying what I want to say
I hope that you don't mind that I'm that way
Around the edges I'm a little rough
Still trying to figure out love
Only really ever thought of me
A family wasn't something that I'd dream
But with you I do
Anything and everything to keep you loving me
I have learned that you deserve
A much better man than I could ever be
I never thought I'd ever change
I never had one thing to prove
But for you I do.
I'd do anything and everything to keep you loving me
I have learned that you deserve
A much better man than I could ever be
I never thought I'd ever change
I never had one thing to prove
But for you I do.
Roger Creager
Lay your head down tonight and dream of the love we had
Close your eyes so you won't see the man you love not hold you tight
A flame that once burned up the night, now we search for the spark
And it feels so strange not holding onto you, when we love
here in the dark
Chorus:
If you feel that I dont love you, feel my kisses soft upon your skin
If you feel that love has lost you, open up your arms and let me in
If you feel your heart is dying and its crying trying to give in
If you feel that I dont love you...feel again
I get caught up in my days, and forget about the nights
I never hear your silent cries, I just turn out the lights
But I remember when together was all we wanted to be
So as you lie across the bed tonight, darling turn and look at me
Chorus
Mike Ethan Messick
Everyday in lunch in high school,
And all of my senior year,
I'd drink my Coca-Cola with a touch of everclear.
I never had to study math, science or history,
I'd have a chemical flashback to jog my memory.
In my junior year I swore I loved sweet Miss Sherrie-Ann,
One night I put some everclear in her Dr. Pepper can.
I thought it'd make her easy, but she took it pretty hard,
I took her home and rang her doorbell, left her lyin' in the yard.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous, tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Its the invisible intoxicant....its called everclear.
I remember my church picnic in the spring of '89,
They had 4 fresh watermelon sliced right off the vine.
When they bowed their heads giving grace for the food,
Hey, I pulled out the bottle, and I soaked them melons good.
Well they never knew what hit 'em, when the potion went to work,
They had Grandma's doin' backflips, Grandpa's lookin' up their skirts.
They were singing Hallelujah and Willie Nelson songs,
Preacher said it was the best dang picnic,
That the baptists had ever thrown.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous, tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Its the invisible intoxicant....its called everclear.
When I'm drinkin' everclear, I think I'm king of this whole world,
I'm bigger and badder than John Wayne and cooler than Steve Earle.
Until I wake up and I'm face down in the hall,
Hey, I'm completely naked, for a reason I can't recall.
Well I'm kinda, sorta thinkin' that maybe I met a chick,
'Cause there's perfume in the air, and there's lipstick on my neck.
Well I hope that she was pretty and I hope that she was kind,
Enough to leave my clothes somewhere they're easy to find.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous; tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
She gave it away on good faith
When she was 15 years old
And he was 16 and did not appreciate
The delicacy of a rose
A long string of lovers helped blur the line
Between true love and lust
A teenage girl who's been sold short
Who's she got left to trust?
The cycle of sin she found herself in
Once the word got out
It broke her heart to realize
What they were all about
An after she gave all she had
They didn't treat her so well
Each time she went their way
Another petal fell
Sometimes, life leads you
Down a road that you don't choose
You try so hard to win but you still lose
Bottle it all up inside
Where nothing ever grows
She built a ten foot wall around
What's left of a rose
I have always been there
When she's cried a million tears
But I know why she can't see
That I've loved her for years
In the fertile soil of my hands
I know real love can bloom
I would give up everything
To bathe in her perfume
Sometimes, life leads you
Down a road that you don't choose
You try so hard to win but you still lose
Bottle it all up inside
Where nothing ever grows
She built a ten foot wall around
What's left of a rose
She's been loved a time or two
But I don't think she could tell
She's always been called easy
But friend she's hard as hell
Sometimes, life leads you
Down a road that you don't choose
You try so hard to win but you lose
Bottle it all up inside
Where nothing ever grows
She built a ten foot wall around
What's left of a rose
She built a ten foot wall around
There's a long line of freedom, passed down in my name.
Like rum and rye whiskey, it runs through my veins.
The wayfaring soles of the sage and the sea,
The cowboys, sailors and me.
Well no jail and no woman can hold me for long.
They'll wake in the morning and I'll be gone.
& some things in this world were meant to be free
Like cowboys, sailors and me.
Chorus 1
Yeah but I ran off with a circus, chasing my insanity.
There's ports and harbors and oceans that I've never seen.
Hey but I'm out here doing what I love.
So tonight when you're down on your knees,
Would you say a prayer for cowboys and sailors and sad guitar players like me.
Now this path that I've chosen, it never seems to end.
And I know this highway like the back of my hand.
So I trade my living for all these songs that I sing,
'Bout cowboys and sailors and me.
Chorus 2
Yeah but I ran off with a circus, I'm free as a lone tumbleweed...
And there's places and wide open spaces that I've never seen.
Hey but I'm out here doing what I love.
So tonight when you're down on your knees,
Would you say a prayer for cowboys and sailors and sad guitar players like me.
Cause I make my living, singing songs about women
And cowboys, and sailors and me
Clay Blaker/Tommy Connors
Her name was Stella
And she was old and gray
She had her rusty strings and keys
And the tuner, it took a pair of pliers
And lots of elbow grease
She awakened me to the melody
Like the light from a brand new dawn
And from that moment on
It was all for the sake of the song
Her name was Maggie
She had eyes like fire
That burned for me in the dark
And all she wanted was my very soul
And all she could take from my heart
But to her dismay a choice was made
And when the deed was done
She turned and I was gone
It was all for the sake of the song
And for the sake of the song
I walk my own road
For the sake of the song
Not for silver and gold
Some may think that I am wrong
But in my heart I know
And I've known all along
It was all for the sake of the song
Her name was Laura
She was pure like crystal
Shining alone on the shelf
And from the moment that her eyes met mine
I knew there could be nobody else
Kindred souls singing free in perfect harmony
Two hearts now beat as one
The road goes on and on
And it's all for the sake of the song
For the sake of the song
I walk my own road
For the sake of the song
Not for silver and gold
Some may think that I am wrong
But in my heart I know
And I've known all along
It was all for the sake of the song
Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
Youve seen it all, youve seen it all
Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
Most of em dream, most of em dream
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons dont thunder, theres nothin to plunder
Im an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
Ive done a bit of smugglin, Ive run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got stop wishin, got to go fishin
Down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends
(instrumental)
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
Though I ran em away, theyd come back one day
Still could manage to smile
Just takes a while, just takes a while
Mother, mother ocean, after all the years Ive found
My occupational hazard being my occupations just not around
Hahahahahaaa
(Oh yeah that's right)
I'm gonna find a bar
I'm gonna get loud
I'm gonna get lost
In the lights
In the music
In the redneck crowd
I'm gonna get crazy
And forget about yesterday
You can come with me
Or get the hell out of my way
Pour me a tall one, something strong
Pour this whole bar a round
I don't wanna drink alone
Anything you got
It'll help ease my pain
Just mix it all in there
I'll take anything
I'm out here running in a wild direction
Nights like this were made for going insane
Lets crank this party up to shear perfection
I don't give a damn what tomorrow brings
(Hey) I'll take anything
Some day I'll find a girl
I'll sweep her off her feet,
Were gonna have a little fun
And dance out in the street
Were gonna fall in love
And I'll buy her a diamond ring,
Ohha but not tonight
(Hell) I'll take anything
I'm out here running in a wild direction
Nights like this were made for going insane
Lets crank this party up to shear perfection
I don't give a damn what tomorrow brings
The poison I am drinking better bet out of the wayyy!
I'm out here running in a wild direction
(And) nights like this were made for going insane
Lets crank this party up to shear perfection
I don' t give a damn what tomorrow brings
There's nothing left for me to loose or gain
(And) I'll take anything
I'll take anything!
(If you can, you walk out that door)
Yeah,
It's like a cycle
Word up,
You know women dunn?
Can't live with 'em
Can't live without 'em
Uhh,
But one thing they have to understand
That knowledge is first
Word up, You know
Love...
Verse 1: La The Darkman (Mala Campbell)
We started off back in high school my new Boo
She stunted at first but I seen right through
Her whole chemistry so I behaved rather friendly
Apply rudeboy and she seen the truth in me
She was a natural beautiful standing white teeth
Her sandals displayed her feet
I like her technique she wasn't in the street until it's time
Pure personality which labelled her a dime
She had a virgin mind
Style wid good conversation
Knew the important virtue of patience
Stay wonderful respectable middle class queen
But I ran the street been indulged with other things
Time passed our relationship elevated
She wrote my man letters while he was incarcerated
I remember we thought she was pregnant one time
I stayed by her side and she wouldn't let me rhyme
It was love at first touch for me and this miss
She only complained about the time that I spent
In her hand I told her love understand as a man
I gotta live out my plan providing for my family is a must
And all I ask from my woman is love and trust
My life is difficult being a business man artist
I might be outta state but I think of you regardless
I'm bogged, I look into your eyes and get hard
I'll make you my planet and I'll be the God
Don't make me choose between you and my career
Gotta take this opportunity love while it's here
I care, completion is man woman and child
My people bass tips just to make me smile
I know every woman's dream is to have a ring
A strong man to hold and the finer things
Cause you can cook and clean keep the Power-U tight
Be a wifey I'm coming home on the next flight
But if you can't respect my laws and be what I need
The God have to leave cause life will proceed
I feel Love
(You walk out that door)
Word up
(If you can walk out that door)
To all the Boos out there love
You know
(I gave you all I had and all I have is love)
(When you're in love, when you're in love)
(I gave you all I had and all I have is love)
(When you're in love, when you're in love)
(When you're in love, ohoh)
(I gave you all I had)
(I gave you all I had)
Everyday in lunch in high school,
And all of my senior year,
I'd drink my Coca-Cola with a touch of everclear.
I never had to study math, science or history,
I'd have a chemical flashback to jog my memory.
In my junior year I swore I loved sweet Miss Sherrie-Ann,
One night I put some everclear in her Dr. Pepper can.
I thought it'd make her easy, but she took it pretty hard,
I took her home and rang her doorbell, left her lyin' in the yard.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous, tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Its the invisible intoxicant... its called everclear.
I remember my church picnic in the spring of '89,
They had 4 fresh watermelon sliced right off the vine.
When they bowed their heads giving grace for the food,
Hey, I pulled out the bottle, and I soaked them melons good.
Well they never knew what hit 'em, when the potion went to work,
They had Grandma's doin' backflips, Grandpa's lookin' up their skirts.
They were singing Hallelujah and Willie Nelson songs,
Preacher said it was the best dang picnic,
That the baptists had ever thrown.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous, tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
Its the invisible intoxicant... its called everclear.
When I'm drinkin' everclear, I think I'm king of this whole world,
I'm bigger and badder than John Wayne and cooler than Steve Earle.
Until I wake up and I'm face down in the hall,
Hey, I'm completely naked, for a reason I can't recall.
Well I'm kinda, sorta thinkin' that maybe I met a chick,
'Cause there's perfume in the air, and there's lipstick on my neck.
Well I hope that she was pretty and I hope that she was kind,
Enough to leave my clothes somewhere they're easy to find.
Tequila dries me out, and beer just makes me fat.
Whiskey makes me nauseous; tell me who the hell needs that?
If you're thinkin' about drinkin', then the answer's crystal clear,
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