Jackson, Alan Filmography

• 2012 CMT Music Awards (2012)
• CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock (2011)
• CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011)
• 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2011)
• CMA Music Fest 2010 (2010)
• The 2010 American Country Awards (2010)
• The 44th Annual CMA Awards (2010)
• Best of CMT Music Awards (2009)
• George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert (2009)
• Alan Jackson: Aquapalooza at Lake Martin (2009)
• CMT: 40 Sexiest Music Videos (2008)
• 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards (2008)
• Top 50 Videos of 2008 (2008)
• George Jones: Live in Tennessee (2008)
• CMT Star: Filthy Rich Countdown (2008)
• CMT 100 Greatest Videos (2008)
• The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2008)
• My Night at the Grammys (2007)
• 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2006)
• Race to the Red Carpet: 2006 Country Music Awards (2006)
• CMT: The Greatest - 20 Sexiest Men (2006)
• CMT: The Greatest - 40 Greatest Albums (2006)
• Grand Ole Opry at Carnegie Hall (2006)
• The CMT Music Awards (2005)
• React Now: Music & Relief (2005)
• CMT: Greatest Men 2005 (2005)
• CMA Music Festival: Country Music's Biggest Party (2005)
• The 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2004)
• Country Superstars: Video Hits (2004)
• CMT: 100 Greatest Music Videos (2004)
• The 38th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2003)
• The 31st Annual American Music Awards (2003)
• CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards (2003)
• Jimmy Buffett: Mini Matinee #1 (2003)
• 2003 Radio Music Awards (2003)
• Our Country (2003)
• CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards (2002)
• The 37th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2002)
• 33rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (1999)
• Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1999)
• Workin' Man: A Tribute to Merle Haggard (1998)
• Miracle on Highway 31 (1997)
• America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996)
• Att-Star Countryfest '96 (1996)
• ESPY Awards (1996)
• Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (1996)
• The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1996)
• The 30th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1995)
• 29th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1995)
• The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates the Ryman (1994)
• Merle Haggard: An American Story (1994)
• The 29th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1994)
• 28th Annual TNN/Music City News Country Awards (1994)
• 28th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1994)
• The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994)
• Country Music Association's 35th Anniversary (1993)
• Countdown to Kid's Day (1993)
• A Day in the Life of Country Music (1993)
• The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992)
• The 27th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1992)
• 26th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1992)
• The Best of Country '92: Countdown at the Neon Armadillo (1992)
• A Festival at Ford's (1991)
• The 26th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1991)
• 1991 Billboard Music Awards (1991)
• Grand Ole Opry 65th Anniversary (1991)
• 25th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1991)
• 24th Annual Country Music Association Awards (1990)
• That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert (1990)

Jackson, Alan Filmography

• The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
• Youth Takes a Stand (1953)
• Boy! What a Girl! (1947)

Jackson, Alan Filmography

• Scoring (1979)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Once You've Had The Best - Alan Jackson
• Gonna Come Back As A Country Song - Alan Jackson
• She Don't Know She's Beautiful - Alan Jackson
• She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs - Alan Jackson
• Softly And Tenderly - Alan Jackson
• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus - Alan Jackson
• The Old Rugged Cross - Alan Jackson
• Standing On The Promises - Alan Jackson
• Strong Enough - Alan Jackson
• Rainy Day In June - Alan Jackson
• If French Fries Were Fat Free - Alan Jackson
• Burnin' The Honky Tonks Down - Alan Jackson
• It's Five O' Clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson
• Thank God For The Radio - Alan Jackson
• Let's Get Back To You And Me - Alan Jackson
• If I Had You - Alan Jackson
• Hole in the Wall - Alan Jackson
• All American Country Boy - Alan Jackson
• Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-temp Love - Alan Jackson
• My Own Kind Of Hat - Alan Jackson
• Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Alan Jackson
• It Must Be Love - Alan Jackson
• Farewell Party - Alan Jackson
• Merry Christmas To Me - Alan Jackson
• If We Make It Through December - Alan Jackson
• Honky Tonk Christmas - Alan Jackson
• A Holly Jolly Christmas - Alan Jackson
• Hurtin' Comes Easy - Alan Jackson
• Gone Crazy - Alan Jackson
• Amarillo - Alan Jackson
• A Woman's Love - Alan Jackson
• I'd Love You All Over Again - Alan Jackson
• Here In The Real World - Alan Jackson
• Blue Blooded Woman - Alan Jackson
• Tall Tall Trees - Alan Jackson
• I'll Try - Alan Jackson
• Home - Alan Jackson
• Chasin' That Neon Rainbow - Alan Jackson
• Walk On The Rocks - Alan Jackson
• It's Time You Learned About Goodbye - Alan Jackson
• Buicks To The Moon - Alan Jackson
• Between The Devil And Me - Alan Jackson
• Once In A Lifetime Love - Alan Jackson
• I Slipped And Fell In Love - Alan Jackson
• First Love - Alan Jackson
• Someday - Alan Jackson
• Designated Drinker - Alan Jackson
• Bring On The Night - Alan Jackson
• Don't Rock The Jukebox - Alan Jackson
• If It Ain't One Thing (It's You) - Alan Jackson
• Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson
• Ring Of Fire - Alan Jackson
• Don't Close Your Eyes - Alan Jackson
• After 17 - Alan Jackson
• Www. Memory - Alan Jackson
• Winter Wonderland - Alan Jackson
• Who Says You Can't Have It All - Alan Jackson
• White Christmas - Alan Jackson
• Where Were You - Alan Jackson
• What A Day Yesterday Was - Alan Jackson
• Walkin' The Floor Over Me - Alan Jackson
• USA Today - Alan Jackson
• Up To My Ears In Tears - Alan Jackson
• Under the influence - Alan Jackson
• Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up temp Love Song - Alan Jackson
• There's A New Kid In Town (Alan Jackson With Keith Whitley) - Alan Jackson
• The Love Story - Alan Jackson
• The Love Song: Jeff Bates - Alan Jackson
• The Christmas Song - Alan Jackson
• The Blues Man (A Tribute To Hank Williams, Jr.) - Alan Jackson
• The Angles Cried With Jessica Andrews - Alan Jackson
• The Angels Cried (Alan Jackson With Alison Krauss) - Alan Jackson
• That September Day - Alan Jackson
• Tequila Sunrise - Alan Jackson
• Song for the Life - Alan Jackson
• Silver Bells - Alan Jackson
• Silent Night - Alan Jackson
• She Don't Get The Blues - Alan Jackson
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Alan Jackson
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Alan Jackson
• Pop A Top - Alan Jackson
• O Come All Ye Faithful - Alan Jackson
• A House With No Curtains - Alan Jackson
• Murder On Music Row - Alan Jackson
• Love's Got A Hold On You - Alan Jackson
• Love Song - Alan Jackson
• Like Red On A Rose - Alan Jackson
• Life Or Love - Alan Jackson
• Job Description - Alan Jackson
• Jimmy Buffett) - Alan Jackson
• It Was Painted Red The Stripe Was White - Alan Jackson
• Is It Really Over - Alan Jackson
• If Dallas Was In Tennesse - Alan Jackson
• I Dont Need The Booze - Alan Jackson
• I Don't Need The Booze (To Get A Buzz On) - Alan Jackson
• Gone Country By Alan Jackson - Alan Jackson
• Drive - Alan Jackson
• DALLAS - Alan Jackson
• Away In A Manger - Alan Jackson
• Ace of Hearts - Alan Jackson
• You Can't Give Up On Love - Alan Jackson
• Work In Progress - Alan Jackson
• Whistling Dixie - Alan Jackson
• Where I Come From - Alan Jackson
• When The Love Factor's High - Alan Jackson
• When I Saw You Leaving - Alan Jackson
• Nothin' Fancy - Alan Jackson
• Were All Gods Children - Alan Jackson
• Way Down Yonder On The Chattahoochie - Alan Jackson
• Wait A Minute - Alan Jackson
• True Love Is A Golden Ring - Alan Jackson
• Too Much Of A Good Thing - Alan Jackson
• Tonight I Climbed The Wall - Alan Jackson
• Till The End - Alan Jackson
• This Time - Alan Jackson
• Third Rate Romance - Alan Jackson
• They Call Me A Playboy - Alan Jackson
• The Talkin' Song Repair Blues - Alan Jackson
• The Best Keeps Getting Better - Alan Jackson
• The Angels Cried - Alan Jackson
• Talk Is Cheap - Alan Jackson
• Tail Lights Blue - Alan Jackson
• Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell - Alan Jackson
• Let's Get Back To Me And You - Alan Jackson
• Sissy's Song - Alan Jackson
• She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues) - Alan Jackson
• She Likes It Too - Alan Jackson
• She Don't Get High - Alan Jackson
• Seven Bridge Road - Alan Jackson
• Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck - Alan Jackson
• Right On The Money - Alan Jackson
• Remember When - Alan Jackson
• Nothing Left To Do - Alan Jackson
• Nothing Fancy - Alan Jackson
• Never Loved Before - Alan Jackson
• Must've Had A Ball - Alan Jackson
• Monday Morning Church - Alan Jackson
• Mind Your Own Business - Alan Jackson
• Meat And Potato Man - Alan Jackson
• Look Her In The Eye And Lie - Alan Jackson
• Look at Me - Alan Jackson
• Livin' On Love - Alan Jackson
• Little Man - Alan Jackson
• Listen To Your Senses - Alan Jackson
• Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - Alan Jackson
• Laid Back 'n Low Key (cay) - Alan Jackson
• Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair - Alan Jackson
• Just Go On - Alan Jackson
• It's Just That Way - Alan Jackson
• It's About Time You Learned About Goodbye - Alan Jackson
• ...In The Garden - Alan Jackson
• If You Don't Wanna See Santa Claus Cry - Alan Jackson
• If Love Was A River - Alan Jackson
• I Still Love You - Alan Jackson
• If It Ain't One Thing... - Alan Jackson
• If I Could Make A Living - Alan Jackson
• I'll Fly Away - Alan Jackson
• I Wish I Could Back Up - Alan Jackson
• I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You - Alan Jackson
• I Love To Tell The Story - Alan Jackson
• I Could Get Used To This Lovin' Thing - Alan Jackson
• How Great Thou Art - Alan Jackson
• Good Imitation Of The Blues - Alan Jackson
• Hard Hat And A Hammer - Alan Jackson
• Good Year For The Roses - Alan Jackson
• Good Time - Alan Jackson
• George Strait And Alan Jackson---murder On Music Row - Alan Jackson
• Everything But The Wings - Alan Jackson
• Dont Change On Me - Alan Jackson
• Don't Ask Why - Alan Jackson
• DIXIE HIGHWAY - Alan Jackson
• Dixi Highway - Alan Jackson
• Dancin' All Around It - Alan Jackson
• Chattahochee - Alan Jackson
• Boats To Build - Alan Jackson
• Bluebird - Alan Jackson
• Blessed Assurance - Alan Jackson
• Big Green Eyes - Alan Jackson
• As Lovely As You - Alan Jackson
• Are You Washed In The Blood? - Alan Jackson
• Anywhere On Earth You Are - Alan Jackson
• A Little Bluer Than That - Alan Jackson
• 8 Month's Of Hell - Alan Jackson
• 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus - Alan Jackson
• You're Not Drinkin' Enough - Alan Jackson
• You Go Your Way - Alan Jackson
• You Don't Have To Paint Me A Picture - Alan Jackson
• www.memory - Alan Jackson
• Working Class Hero - Alan Jackson
• Who's Cheatin' Who - Alan Jackson
• Who I Am - Alan Jackson
• Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) - Alan Jackson
• Where Do I Go From Here (A Trucker's Song) - Alan Jackson
• When We All Get To Heaven - Alan Jackson
• When Somebody Loves You - Alan Jackson
• When Love Comes Around - Alan Jackson
• When Daddy Let Me Drive - Alan Jackson
• What Happened To Those Glorious Westerns Of Yesteryear - Alan Jackson
• What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Alan Jackson
• Wanted - Alan Jackson
• Trying Not To Love You - Alan Jackson
• Tropical Depression - Alan Jackson
• To Do What I Do - Alan Jackson
• The Sounds - Alan Jackson
• Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up - Tempo Love Song - Alan Jackson
• There's A New Kid In Town - Alan Jackson
• There Ya Go - Alan Jackson
• There Goes - Alan Jackson
• The Way I Am - Alan Jackson
• The Thrill Is Back - Alan Jackson
• The Firefly's Song - Alan Jackson
• The Blues Man - Alan Jackson
• That's Where I Belong - Alan Jackson
• That's All I Need To Know - Alan Jackson
• That'd Be Alright - Alan Jackson
• Tall,Tall Trees - Alan Jackson
• Summertime Blues - Alan Jackson
• So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore - Alan Jackson
• Small Town Southern Man - Alan Jackson
• Short Sweet Ride - Alan Jackson
• Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Alan Jackson
• Right Where I Want You - Alan Jackson
• Right In The Palm Of Your Hand - Alan Jackson
• Revenooer Man - Alan Jackson
• Please Daddy (Dont Get Drunk This Christmas) - Alan Jackson
• Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy - Alan Jackson
• Midnight In Montgomery - Alan Jackson
• Mercury Blues - Alan Jackson
• Maybe I Should Stay Here - Alan Jackson
• Margaritaville - Alan Jackson
• Long Way To Go - Alan Jackson
• Long, Long Way - Alan Jackson
• Little Bitty - Alan Jackson
• Life Keeps Bringing Me Down - Alan Jackson
• Had It Not Been You - Alan Jackson
• Let It Be Christmas - Alan Jackson
• Just Playin' Possum - Alan Jackson
• Jingle Bells - Alan Jackson
• It's Alright To Be A Redneck - Alan Jackson
• Her Life's A Song - Alan Jackson
• If Jesus Walked The World Today - Alan Jackson
• I'll Go On Loving You - Alan Jackson
• I Still Like Bologna - Alan Jackson
• I Only Want You For Christmas - Alan Jackson
• I Don't Even Know Your Name - Alan Jackson
• Gone Country - Alan Jackson
• From A Distance - Alan Jackson
• Everything I Love - Alan Jackson
• Every Now And Then - Alan Jackson
• Drive (For Daddy Gene) - Alan Jackson
• Dog River Blues - Alan Jackson
• Designated Drinker (Alan Jackson With George Strait) - Alan Jackson
• Country Boy - Alan Jackson
• Between The Devil & Me - Alan Jackson
• Another Good Reason - Alan Jackson
• A Love Like That - Alan Jackson
• 1976 - Alan Jackson

I'm so glad to have you back within these arms of mine
I can finally go to sleep and get some rest
Never once did I think of finding someone new
'Cause there's nothing better
Once you've had the best
You're the very thing they sing about in love songs
And one mistake don't mean you've failed the test
And as I lay beside you softly sleeping this I know
There's nothing better
Once you've had the best
Within your arms I've had the best
And I think the world should know
I don't care what you've said or done
I'll always love you so
You've got more love
In your little finger than all the rest
And there's nothing better
Once you've had the best
Within your arms, I've had the best
And I think the world should know
I don't care what you've said or done
I'll always love you so
You've got more love
In your little finger than all the rest
And there's nothing better
Once you've had the best
No there's nothing better

let me just say for the sake of conversation
if it's hard to think as reincarnation
but don't you go crying for me when i'm gone
told them i'm gonna come back as a country song
chorus:
i'll be playing all night in every hunky town bar
in the middle of a fiddle and a steel guitar
i'm hoping when the good lord calls me home
i'm gonna come back as a country song.
i don't have to heaven and me
watching the.. for eternity!
so go ahead and put it on my headstone
yeah, i'm gonna come back as a country song
chorus:
i'll be playing all night in every hunky town bar
in the middle of a fiddle and a steel guitar
i'm hoping when the good lord calls me home
i'm gonna come back as a country song.
so here i am tonight
and i'm practicing for the after life
cause when i'm nothing but a pile of bones
i'm gonna come back as a country song.
chorus:
i'll be playing all night in every hunky town bar
in the middle of a fiddle and a steel guitar
i'm hoping when the good lord calls me home

She don't know she's beautiful
She don't know she's beautiful
Though time and time I've told her so
Sammy Kershaw, 'She Don't Know, She's Beautiful'
No one can make me cry
Make me laugh, make me smile
Or drive me mad like she does
It's like the curse that is the cure
Better or worse, one thing's for sure
It's real love and I don't know what I'd do
If I lost it
Kenny Chesney, 'I Lost It'
'Cause anywhere is paradise
When you're with the one you love
Anywhere is a place that's nice
When you're with the one you dream of
Anywhere is paradise
When you're with a love that's true
There's nowhere I'd rather be baby
Than anywhere with you
Your heart and mine joined together
Like hand and glove
We already found our forever
On earth as in Heaven above
So baby, anywhere will do for me
For wherever in the world
We'll ever be, will always be the land of love
Stefan Anderson, 'Anywhere is Paradise'
I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever until the sky falls down on me

She just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
I've never had any reason to doubt her
As far as I know she's been true
But lately she's had a different look in her eyes
I wonder if she's seein' somebody new
You can't blame a body for lookin'
When there's a world of people out there
But I hope that she's not takin' any closer looks
I tell you lately frankly I've been scared
'Cuz she just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
I've got to admit I do some looking too
But she's the only one I love
She still tells me she loves me
But I wonder if my love's enough
'Cuz she just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
Yeah she just started liking cheatin' songs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes
Or just the melody
Yeah I don't know if it's the cheatin' she likes

Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me.
See, on the portals, He's waiting and watching;
Watching for you and for me.
Come home, come home,
Ye who are weary come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling;
Calling, "O sinner, come home!"
O for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me.
Though we have sinned He has mercy and pardon;

O soul are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There's light for a look at the Saviour,
And life more abundant and free:
Turn you eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
Over us sin no more hath dominion
For more than conqu'rors we are!
His word shall not fail you He promised;
Believe Him and all will be well.
Then go to a world that is dying,

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true,
It's shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then he'll call me some day to my home far away,

Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
Through eternal ages let his praises ring;
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God.
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises of God my Savior;
Standing, standing,
I'm standing on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
Listening every moment to the Spirit's call,
Resting in my Savior as my all in all,

I just took your picture off the table
And I just took your picture off the wall
Hide from you anywhere I'm able
But there's one place I can't hide from you at all
Tennessee, you don't make the whiskey
California, you don't make the wine
And Mexico, you don't make tequila
Strong enough to get her off my mind
Memories seem to know just where to find me
And lately they're all that I recall
And everything in this old house reminds me
Of the love I had and how I lost it all
Days go by and I still feel the sorrow
And time don't make a difference in the pain
Just sitting here and waiting on tomorrow
Will drive me crazy if I don't go insane
Strong enough to get her off my mind

I need some sunshine on my face
To help me dry my eyes
I need a blue sky overhead
So I can clear my mind
Maybe a soft breeze on my back
To make me feel at ease
Anything more than what I've got
On this rainy day in June
It's a rainy day in June
The sky is grey and I am blue
Tryin' to make it without you
On this rainy day in June
Yesterday morning I woke up
On the wrong side of the bed
And on the right side laid a note
I knew what it said
Then the rain came, hasn't stopped
I don't know if it will
But I'll keep waiting with the hopeful heart
On this rainy day in June
It's a rainy day in June
The sky is grey and I am blue
Tryin' to make it without you
On this rainy day in June
The thunder rolls, the lightning flashes
Every thought begins with you
I see your face in every cloud that passes
On this rainy day in June
It's a rainy day in June
The sky is grey and I am blue
Tryin' to make it without you

Will I need a miss of my life
Each time I went left, I should've gone right
And love's no exception to this rule
Cause I turned around I lost you
Now I'm feeling lonesome and blue
Just the way I expect to
But there's something that I could use
To help me deal with this abuse
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
What a wonderful world this would be
If the whiskey really helped me
Forget your memory
I'd wear a smile endlessly
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
You know the more I think about you
The more sense it makes
Cause grease and love both cause heartache
So I raise my glass and toast
These things I want the most
Though I probably never see
I can't help but believing
That if French fries were fat free
And you still love me
What a wonderful world this would be
If the whiskey really helped me
Forget your memory
I'd wear a smile endlessly
If French fries were fat free
And you still love me
Oh if French fries were fat free

She's burnin' the honky tonks down
Burnin' the honky tonks down
Smoke's been rising all over town
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She caught me runnin' around
She was dancin' in the ashes
When they caught her with them matches
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
Well she's burnin' the honky tonks down
I tried but I could not put them out
Did the best to save the whiskey
But the flame's just too risky
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She couldn't stop that honky tonk sound
It was sizzlin' like a griddle
When I ran out with my fiddle
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
She's down in the jailhouse now
Said she felt no remorse
For breakin' out that torch
She's burnin' the honky tonks down
Burnin' the honky tonks down
Smoke's been a rising all over town

The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow,
An' so am I.
Work day passes like molasses in wintertime,
But it's July.
I'm gettin' paid by the hour, an' older by the minute.
My boss just pushed me over the limit.
I'd like to call him somethin',
I think I'll just call it a day.
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong,
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.
It's five o'clock somewhere.
Oh, this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon,
An' half the night.
Tomorrow mornin', I know there'll be hell to pay,
Hey, but that's all right.
I ain't had a day off now in over a year.
Our Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here.
Hit the 'phones for me,
You can tell 'em I just sailed away.
An' pour me somethin' tall an' strong,
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.
It's five o'clock somewhere.
I could pay off my tab, pour myself in a cab,
An' be back to work before two.
At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder,
What would Jimmy Buffet do?
Funny you should ask that because I'd say:
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong,
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong,
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane.
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care.
He don't care.
I don't care.
It's five o'clock somewhere.
What time zone am on? What country am I in?
It doesn't matter, it's five o'clock somewhere.
It's always on five in Margaritaville, come to think of it.
Yeah, I heard that.
You been there haven't you.
Yessir.
I seen your boat there.
I've been to Margaritaville a few times.
All right, that's good.
Stumbled all the way back.
OK. Just wanna make sure you can keep it between the navigational beacons.
Bring the booze, I tell you.
All right. Well, it's five o'clock. Let's go somewhere.
I'm ready, crank it up.
Let's get out of here.
I'm gone.

On the wrong end of the highway
When a long night has no end
When there's no one there beside me
Till I hold you once again
Thank God for the radio
When I'm on the road
When I'm far from home
An' feelin' blue
Thank God for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs that mean so much
To me and you
There's a song, that we first danced to
And there's a song, they played the night we met
And there's a song, we first made love to
That's a song, I'll never forget
So, thank God for the radio
When I'm on the road
When I'm far from home
And feelin' blue
Thank God for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs that mean so much
To me and you
Thank God for the radio
When I'm on the road
When I'm far from home
And feelin' blue
Thank God for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs that mean so much
To me and you
Playin' all the songs that mean so much
To me and you

I'm always on the road
You're always all alone
And I'm not always there when I'm at home
But I'm ready for a little change
I'm ready to accept some blame
So let's back up to yesterday
Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you
It's not like it was
When we fell in love
When all we had was enough
Well I don't like the blues
I like love that's true
Honey let's get back to me and you
Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you

If I could have you
I know what I'd do
This time I'd be true
If I had you
If you could be mine
I'd walk that straight line
There'd be no bad times
If I had you
I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do?
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
And everything would be alright
If I had you
Well, I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do?
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
Everything would be alright
If I had you
Everything would be alright

There's a hole in the wall
Where a nail used to be
A nail that held a picture of
The one that once held me
Now that wall's tellin' me
What I don't wanna hear
I'm tired of the word "fool"
Ringin' in my ears
Oh I guess a saner man
Would simply paint it
But I'm not sane and after all
It's my wall, ain't it
I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through
When you lose the greatest love
You've ever had
A little hole in the wall
Is enough to drive you mad
Oh I guess a saner man
Would simply paint it
But I'm not sane and after all
It's my wall, ain't it
I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through
Oh I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall

I work a forty hour week and I earn my keep
And I try to walk proud and tall
I keep my nose to the grind, I don't get behind
And I don't back up at all
Well my neck's a little red, my collar's blue
I sip a little coffee and I drink a little booze
Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm my daddy's spittin' image and my mamma's pride and joy
There ain't nothin' down home that I really don't enjoy
Cause I'm an all American country boy
I drive a pickup truck and I don't pass the buck
And I always speak my mind
I'm hooked on TV, Rolaids, and B.C.'s
And I know how to have a good time
I'm a little bit rowdy and a little bit tame
Ain't no way I'm ever gonna change
Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm my daddy's spittin' image and my mamma's pride and joy
There ain't nothin' down home that I really don't enjoy
Cause I'm an all American country boy
Well I must admit that I've mellowed a bit
Father time can slow you down
I'm still doin' all I used to do
It just takes a little longer now
Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm my daddy's spittin' image and my mamma's pride and joy
There ain't nothin' down home that I really don't enjoy
Cause I'm an all American country boy
I'm just a country boy

This is a three minute song
To tell her that I love her
And how wonderful we get along
A sweet sentiment that's borderline slick
A lotta right and not much wrong
It's a little bit edgy, but softer than spaghetti
Weak yet redundantly strong
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not to country up-tempo love song
It's a way to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too county up-tempo love song
You won't hear four-letter words
Just me tellin' her
That she's the every breath I draw
And how I can't live without her
And I could never doubt her
'Cause she could never do no wrong
Well it's the right amount of timin'
The proper form of rhymin'
A little guitar then it's gone
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not to country up-tempo love song
It's a way to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too county up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song

Cowboys and outlaws, right guys and south-paws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
I'll stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat
There's two kinds of lovers, two kinds of brothers
Two kinds of babies to hold
There's two kinds of cherries, and two kinds of fairies
And two kinds of mothers I'm told, I'm told
The cowboys and outlaws, right guys and south-paws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
I'll stand right here where I'm at
'Cause I wear my own kind of hat
There's two kinds of brothers, two kinds of lovers
Two kinds of babies to hold
There's two kinds of cherries, and two kinds of fairies
And two kinds of mothers I'm told, I'm told
The cowboys and outlaws, right guys and south-paws
Good dogs and all kinds of cats
Dirt roads and white lines and all kinds of stop signs
I'll stand right here where I'm at

Whenever a chance to meet some old friends on the street
They wonder how does a man get to be this way
I always got a smileing face any time and any place
And everytime they ask me why
I just smile and say
You've got to kiss angel good mornin
And let her know you think about her when your gone
So kiss an angel good mornin
And love her like the devil when you get back home
Now people may guess the secret of happeniness
Some of them never learn
It's a simple thing
The secret I'm speaking of
Is a woman and a man in love
And the anwser is in this song that I always sing
You got to kiss an angel good mornin
And let her know you think about her when your gone
So kiss an angel good mornin
And love her like the devil when you get back home
Kiss an angel good mornin
And let her know you think about her when your gone
So kiss an angel good mornin

First I get cold and hot, think I'm on fire but I'm not
Oh, what a pain I've got, it must be love
There's nothing I can do, all that I want is you
Look what I'm going through, it must be love
It must be love, it must be love
I fall like a sparrow and fly like a dove
You must be the dream I been dreaming of
Oh what a feeling, it must be love
Something is wrong, alright, I think of you all night
Can't sleep 'til morning light, it must be love
Seeing you in my dreams, holding you close to me
Oh, what else can it be? It must be love
It must be love, it must be love
I fall like a sparrow and fly like a dove
You must be the dream I been dreaming of
Oh what a feeling, it must be love
It must be love, it must be love
I fall like a sparrow and fly like a dove
You must be the dream I been dreaming of
Oh what a feeling, it must be love
It must be love, it must be love
I fall like a sparrow and fly like a dove
You must be the dream I been dreaming of
Oh what a feeling, it must be love

When the last breath of life is gone from my body
And my lips are as cold as the sea
When my friends gather around for my farewell party
Won't you pretend you love me
There will be flowers from those who cry when I go
And leave you in this old world alone
I know you'll have fun at my farewell party
I know you'll be glad when I'm gone
Don't be mad at me for wanting to keep you
Til my life on this old world is through
You'll be free at the end of my farewell party
But I'll go away loving you
There will be flowers from those who cry when I go
And leave you in this old world alone
I know you'll have fun at my farewell party
I know you 'll be glad when I'm gone

Today I took some paper from the closet
And wrapped the wedding ring you left behind
And I addressed it to the man who vowed to love you
And on the little card I wrote these words inside
Merry Christmas to me
Just one gift beneath my tree
For the fool who let you leave
Merry Christmas to me
Then I sat down in my chair and thought about you
'Bout the many reasons why you're gone
And I opened up the present that I gave to me
Realized how much it hurts to be alone
Merry Christmas to me
Just one gift beneath my tree
For the fool who let you leave
Merry Christmas to me
I'm the fool who let you leave

If we make it through December
Everything's gonna be alright, I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see falling snow
If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town, come summer time
Maybe even California
If we make it through December, we'll be fine
Got laid off down at the factory
And their timing's not the greatest in the world
Heaven knows I've been working hard
Wanted Christmas to be right for daddy's girl
I don't mean to hate December
It's meant to be the happy time of the year
My little girl don't understand
Why daddy can't afford no Christmas here
If we make it through December
Everything's gonna be all right I know
It's the coldest time of winter
And I shiver when I see the falling snow
If we make it through December
Got plans to be in a warmer town, come summer time
Maybe even California

"Pretty Paper" is playing on the jukebox
And mistletoe is hanging above the bar
I want to thank you for this
broken heart that I got
Merry Christmas Girl
Wherever in the world you are
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
For these silent nights at home are killing me
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
But I'll be over you by New Year's Eve
"Blue Christmas" turn it up I wanna hear it
So I can unwrap all them Mem'ries in my mind
Hey Joe!! pour me some Christmas spirit
If I make it through December I'll be fine
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
For these silent nights at home are killing me
It's going to be a honky tonk Christmas
But I'll bi over you by New Year's Eve
Yeah I'll be over you by

(Johnny Marks)
Have a holly jolly Christmas
It's the best time of the year
Well I don't know if there'll be snow
But have a cup of cheer
Have a holly jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet
Ho ho the mistletoe
Hung where you can see
Somebody waits for you
Kiss her once for me
Have a holly jolly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh bygolly have a holly jolly Christmas
This year
Have a holly jolly Christmas
And when you walk down the street
Say hello to friends you know
And everyone you meet
Have a holly jolly Christmas
And in case you didn't hear
Oh bygolly have a holly jolly Christmas

I've spent a lifetime lookin' for love
Just when I find it, it comes undone
I've tried so hard to make love happen
Like some never endin' pattern
I end up on the sad side of the fun
An' hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy for me
Well, I've seen people that got it made
They've got someone and love looks great
But me, I've been to every doctor
I've tried it wild and I tried it proper
Always end up watchin' love walk away
That's okay
'Cause hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy for me
I've gotten used to getting over
And hopefully as I grow older
Love won't be so difficult to see
But now for me
Hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy for me
Hurtin' comes easy
Hurtin' comes easy

Here I am all alone again tonight
In this old empty house
It's hard to learn what you don't think you need
You can't live without
Never leave the sound of the telephone
But ever since you left
I've been gone
Gone carzy, goin' out of my mind
I've asked myself the reasons,
at least least thousand times
Goin' up and down this hallway
Tryin' to leave the pain behind
Ever since you left, I've been gone
I never saw your face this many times
When you were really here
The things you said I never understood
Are now crystal clear
I never spent this much time at home
But ever since you left,
I've been gone
Gone carzy, goin' out of my mind
I've asked myself the reasons,
at least least thousand times
Goin' up and down this hallway
Tryin' to leave the pain behind

The time has come, you're really leavin'
You always told me that you wanted to
I guess I never thought it would happen
I guess I never really wanted it to
The world is callin' you and you must answer
But you can take me with you in your dreams
And if you ever get back to Amarillo
In a shiny new car or worn out shoes
If you ever get back to Amarillo
I'll be waiting for you
Your sister told me you were working
At some office out in Tinseltown
But don't forget about those who love you
They'll be there for you if you get down
I believe in you in all you're after
I hope you end up where you wanna be
If you ever get back to Amarillo
In a shiny new car or worn out shoes
If you ever get back to Amarillo
I'll be waiting for you
Thirty years now have gone by quickly
I still think of you from time to time
My wife died early, I've got children
I'm happy and my health is fine
I often wondered if you found your freedom
I sometimes wonder if I should have gone
And if you ever get back to Amarillo
In a shiny new car or worn out shoes
If you ever get back to Amarillo
I'll be waiting for you
If you ever get back to Amarillo
In a shiny new car or worn out shoes
If you ever get back to Amarillo
I'll be waiting for you
I'll be waiting for you

I have known it
And I have felt it
I have known a woman's love
And I have tasted
And I have wasted
A woman's love
And I know
I know I'll never understand it
All the little things that make it grand and
A woman's love
And I know
I know I'll never come face to face
With anything that takes the place
Of a woman's love
Well I have kissed it
Tried to resist it
I have missed a woman's love
And I have hated
Taken for granted
A woman's love
And I know
I know I'll never understand it
All the little things that make it grand and
A woman's love
And I know
I know I'll never come face to face
With anything that takes the place
Of a woman's love
Well I have needed
And I have pleaded
And I have lost a woman's love
And I have worshipped
And I have cursed it
A woman's love
And I know
I know I'll never understand it
All the little things that make it grand
A woman's love
And I know
I know I'll never come to face to face
With anything that takes the place
Of a woman's love
And I know

Has it been ten years since we said, "I do"?
I've always heard marriage made one seem like two
But you're looking better than you did back then
You still make this old heart give in
And if I had it to do all over
I'd do it all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again
The preacher man said, "Till death do us part"
That seemed like forever to a young man's heart
Now the days seem much shorter, the longer we love
And the memories just keep adding up
And if I had it to do all over
I'd do it all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin

Cowboys dont cry, and heroes dont die
Good always wins, again and again
Love is a sweet dream that always comes true
Oh, if life were like the movies, Id never be blue
Chorus
But here in the real world
Its not that easy at all
cause when hearts get broken
Its real tears that fall
And darlin its sad but true
But the one thing Ive learned from you
Is how the boy dont always get the girl
Here in the real world
I gave you my love, but that wasnt enough
To hold your heart when times got rough
And tonight on that silver screen
Itll end like it should
Two lovers will make it through
Like I hoped we would
Repeat
Repeat chorus
No, the boy dont always get the girl

She loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
The lady I love loves silk and satin
She was raised uptown with a silver spoon
Well, I was born on a farm just south of Jackson
We had an old Ford tractor and a country moon
And she loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
She's Saks Fifth Avenue perfection
Caviar and dignified
Well, I live my life in Wal Mart fashion
And I like my sushi southern fried
And she loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man
And she loves a violin, I love a fiddle
We go separate ways but we meet in the middle
Don't see eye to eye but we're hand in hand
A blue blooded woman and a redneck man

If you wanna drive a big limousine
I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great mansion
Well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Well I'm a fool over you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want then I've got it
If it's money you want the I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great ocean
I'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great mansion
Well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Hey I'm a fool over you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want then I've got it
If it's money you want well I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Yeah I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

Here we are talkin' bout forever
Both know damn well
It's not easy together
We've both felt love
We've both felt pain
I'll take the sunshine over the rain
And I'll try to love only you
And I'll try my best to be true
Oh darlin' I'll try
So I'm not scared
It's worth a chance to me
Take my hand, let's face eternity
Well I can't tell you
That I'll ever change
But I can swear that in every way
I'll try to love only you
And I'll try my best to be true
Oh darlin' I'll try
I'm not perfect
Just another man
But I will give you all that I am
And I'll try to love only you
And I'll try my best to be true
Oh darlin' I'll try
I'll try to be true to you, I'll try

In a small town down in Georgia over forty years ago
Her maiden name was Musik till she met that Jackson boy
They married young like folks did then, not a penny to their name
They believe the one you vow to love should always stay the same
And on the land his daddy gave him, a foundation under way
For a love to last forever or until their dying day
They built a bond that's strong enough to stand the test of time
And a place for us to turn to when our lives were in a bind
And they made their house from a tool shed
Granddaddy rolled down on two logs
And they built walls all around it
And they made that house a home
And they taught us 'bout good living
They taught us right and wrong
Lord there'll never be another place
In this world I'll call home
My momma raised five children, four girls then there was me
She found her strength with faith in God and love of family
She never had a social life, home was all she knew
Except the time she took a job, to pay a bill or two
My daddy skinned his knuckles on the cars that he repaired
He never earned much money but he gave us all he had
He never made the front page but he did the best he could
And folks drove their cars from miles around
To let him look underneath the hood
And they made their house from a tool shed
Granddaddy rolled down on two logs
And they built walls all around it
And they made that house a home
And they taught us 'bout good living
They taught us right and wrong
Lord there'll never be another place
In this world I'll call home
No there'll never be another place

CHASIN' THAT NEON RAINBOW
--written by Alan Jackson, Jim McBride
Daddy won a radio
Tuned it to a country show
I was rockin' in the cradle
To the cryin' of a steel guitar
Mama used to sing to me
Taught me that sweet harmony
Now she worries 'cause she never thought
I'd ever really take it this far
Singin' in the bars
Chasin' that neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
All I've ever wanted
Was to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody
Just wanna be heard and seen
Chasin' that neon rainbow
Livin' that honky tonk dream
An atlas and a coffee cup
Five pickers in an old Dodge truck
Headin' down to Houston
For a show on Saturday night
This overhead is killin' me
Half the time I sing for free
But when the crowd's into it
Lord it makes this thing I'm doing seem right
Standin in the spotlight
Chorus
Daddy's got a radio
He won it thirty years ago
He said "Son I just know we're gonna hear you singin'
on it someday"
I made it up to Music Row
But Lordy don't the wheels turn slow
Still I wouldn't trade a minute
And I wouldn't have it any other way
Just show me to the stage
Chorus
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow

After seventeen years behind bars
And lookin back on his mistakes
He sat down and poured out his heart
When hsi son came to see him today
He spoke with a voice that trembled
Tryin to hold back the tears
He said I ain't been much of a father
Son I wish I could turn back the years
Cause life's like a river
And the water is deep
Cross it with care
Or you'll end up like me
Let my mistakes
Be your steppin stones
And walk on the rocks that I stumbled on
He said son stay away from the bottle
Watch out fo the company you keep
And hold on to those you love
Cause is a man's greatest need
The right way may not be easy
The right road ain't always straight
Son, please don't follow the footsteps
That lead to where I am today
Cause life's like a river
And the water is deep
Cross it with care
Or you'll end up like me
Let my mistakes
Be your steppin stones
And walk on the rocks that I stumbled on

(Alan Jackson)
Well I've been on the wrong side
Of the front door too often
Watched you slam it in my face
Well I may have learned the hard way
I'm not a soft one
Tonight I'm standin in your place
Cause you taught me a lot about leavin
Won't even have to try
So here's your lesson in heartache and grievin
And a chance for you to cry
Cause it's time you learned about goodbye
I've stood behind you
And I've laid beside you
But I won't do that anymore
Cause I'm tired of bein
Just here when you want me
Tonight I'm walkin out that door
Cause you taught me a lot about leavin
Won't even have to try
So here's your lesson in heartache and grievin
And a chance for you to cry
Cause it's time you learned about goodbye
It's time you learned about goodbye

How long will I love you
I don't really know
I'd like to think forever
Is how far we could go so let me paint a picture
Of how it's gonna be
The day you don't mean everything to me
When a nickel's worth a dollar
And gold ain't worth a dime
When they build a ship
On waters that will take you back in time
When the stars have all been counted
And I stop lovin' you
Honey they'll be driving
Buicks to the moon
Now you don't have to worry
About what comes to pass
This old world may wear out
But my love's gonna last
If they ever build that highway to the moon
I'll just fond somethin else to promise you
When a nickel's worth a dollar
And gold ain't worth a dime
When they build a ship
On waters that will take you back in time
When the stars have all been counted
And I stop lovin' you
Honey they'll be driving
Buicks to the moon
Oh when the stars have all been counted
And I stop lovin' you
Honey they'll be drivin'

This world can take you by the hand
And tempt the soul of any man
But you can choose your path
There’s two roads you can take
One way is right and one is wrong
The flesh is weak but love is strong
And she’s all I see
Vetween the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open
Wide invitin’ me to stop inside
I’ll be your friend he calls
Again, I know it’s him
The flames are spreadin everywhere
But through the smoke
I see her there
She’s all I see
Between the devil and me
I hold her in my arms tonight
So safe and warm I close my eyes
And a cool breeze blows
’cross our bodies in the dark
Outside her reach is my concern
Somewhere I know a fire burns
And she’s all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open
Wide invitin’ me to stop inside
I’ll be your friend he calls
Again, I know it’s him
The flames are spreadin everywhere
But through the smoke
I see her there
She’s all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open
Wide invitin’ me to step inside
She’s all I see
Between the devil and me

Some people have it and some people don't
Some people never will
And sometimes it's hard to know when you've got it
Sometimes it's perfectly clear
Well, I know it's out there, I've seen it happen
I know the way it should feel
'Cause there's no mistakin' that good kind of achin'
Of a once in a lifetime love
Once in a lifetime love
A love like we've all dreamed of
It may go disguised right before your eyes
A once in a lifetime love
So if you think you've got it
If you feel it inside you, don't let it slip away
You may not ever find what you never
Thought you'd have anyway
And if you've always had it and just realized it
You know how lucky you are
To wake up beside what some never find
A once in a lifetime love
Once in a lifetime love
A love like we've all dreamed of
It may go disguised right before your eyes
A once in a lifetime love
It may go disguised right before you eyes

A drunk man walking down a rainy street
A wood floor and new socks on your bare feet
You look down and suddenly you're looking up
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
A bald tire running on an icy road
A steep hill underneath a foot of snow
A greased pig fallen off a pickup truck
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
I hope that you're feeling the way that I feel
It's just like flying but you're standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
An ice cube hiding on your kitchen floor
A bad step leading up to your back door
How'd I wind up on my butt
Whoops, I slipped and feel in love
I hope that you're feeling the way that I feel
It's just like flying but you're standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
I hope that you're feeling the way that I feel
It's just like flying but you're standing still
The birds and the bees are sure powerful stuff
Whoops, I slipped and fell in love
Help, I've fallen, I can't get up

I was fifteen, she was eighteen
The prettiest thing I'd ever seen in my life
I loved her at first sight
I found her in Marietta, a town north of Atlanta
I brought her home to see my folks
They loved her too
We were together for a long time
Thought it would be for all time
But things change and rearrang
She had to go
She left me cryin' in '79
An airline pilot, in Carolina
I was a wreck, can't drive a check
It broke my heart
My first love was an older woman
There's been many since
But there'll never be another
Built in 1955, snowshoe white, overdrive
I never should've sold her, I'll always love her
She was mine
Years went by, teardrops dried
I got her back, I was surprised
In '93, a gift to me on Christmas Eve
We were both older, so I restored her
Could've sold her, for a lot more
But I will never she's mine forever
Until I go
My first love was an older woman
There's been many since
But there'll never be another
Built in 1955, snowshoe white, overdrive
I never should've sold her, I'll always love her
She was mine
I'll never sell her she's mine forever

She looked me in the eye and said it's over
I can't take this heartache anymore
She said don't tell me lies and try to please me
I've heard it all so many times before
I took her by the arm and said don't leave me
There's nothin' in this world I wouldn't do
Just give me time I'll be the man you've needed
She said I wish that I could take that for the truth
And I said someday
I'll get my life straight
She said it's too late
What's done is done
I told her someday
She said I can't wait
Cause sometimes someday just never comes
She said all I've ever wanted was to love you
And somewhere deep inside me I still do
But now I think it's time I stopped believin'
Cause I'm never gonna see a change in you
And I said someday
I'll get my life straight
She said it's too late
What's done is done
I told her someday
She said I can't wait
Cause sometimes someday just never comes

Here's my keys
I want you to take them
I think im gonna need you, to get back home
Hold on to my hat, i dont want to loose it
I couldnt stand for something else to be gone
I'm sure you know the reason I'm here cryin
I think you'll understand why
Tonight
I'm the designated drinker
I just lost
The one who wrapped me 'round her finger
I need to get
To where I can't think of her
So, tonight
I'm the designated drinker
I came here, to get you to help me
I need a friend, to see me through
I hated to call, I knew you would'nt mind at all
I know you know
I 'd do the same for you
I'm not the kind that likes to drown my sorrows
I may hate myself tomorrow
But Tonight
I'm the designated drinker
I just lost
The one who wrapped me 'round her finger
I need to get
To where I can't think of her
So, tonight
I'm the designated drinker
We need to get
To where we can't think of her
So, tonight
We're the designated drinkers
Woah tonight
We're the designated drinkers

It's twilight and the streetlights arecoming on
I'm in a stream of cars on this boulevard headed home
I can hardly wait for you to make what went wrong today
seem right
It's been a long hard day so bring on the night
Chorus
Bring on the night
Pull down the shades
Lock the world outside and throw the key away
Turn on the feeling and turn out the lights
Let's call it a day and bring on the night
From nine to five it's the same old grind all week long
And the only thing that keeps me sane is coming home
When the sun goes down you know how to set thing right
Let's put the day behind us and bring on the night
chorus

Don't rock the jukebox, I wanna hear some Jones
'Cause my heart ain't ready for The Rolling Stones
I don't feel like rocking since my baby's gone
So don't rock the jukebox, play me a country song
Before you drop that quarter keep one thing in mind
You got a heartbroke hillbilly standing here in line
I've been down and lonely ever since she left
Before you punch that number could I make one request
Don't rock the jukebox, I wanna hear some Jones
'Cause my heart ain't ready for The Rolling Stones
I don't feel like rocking since my baby's gone
So don't rock the jukebox, play me a country song
I ain't got nothing against rock and roll
But when your heart's been broken, you need a song that's slow
There ain't nothing like a steel guitar to drown a memory
Before you spend your money, baby, play a song for me
And don't rock the jukebox, I wanna hear George Jones
'Cause my heart ain't ready for The Rolling Stones
I don't feel like rocking since my baby's gone
So don't rock the jukebox, play me a country song

If It Ain't One Thing (It's You)
(Alan Jackson/Jim McBride)
(Track 9 - Time 3:52)
Well I guess it's just not my day
The wind blew my morning paper away
Then I cut my toe on a sliver of glass
From the stormdoor you broke when you left here so fast
If it ain't one thing it's you
If you've heard that I'm going crazy
It's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing
It's you
Well I rented that movie you hate
But that old VCR just chewed up the tape
Then I went to the freezer thought I'd cook me a steak
All I found was that old piece of our wedding cake
If it ain't one thing it's you
If you've heard that I'm going crazy
It's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing
It's you
But I never knew that I needed you so
But now that I've lost you, I can't let you go
If it ain't one thing oh it's you
If you've heard that I'm going crazy
It's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing
It's you
Oh if it ain't one thing
It's you

Way down yonder on the chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
We laid rubber on the georgie asphalt
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
Down by the river on a friday night
A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talking bout cars and dreaming bout women
Never had a plan just a livin for the minute
Yeah way down yonder on the chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin and a litttle bout love
Well we fooged up the windows in my old chevy
I was willing but she wasnt ready
So a settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone
Dropped her off early but I didnt go home
Down by the river on a friday night
A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talking bout cars and dreaming bout women
Never had a plan just a livin for the minute
Yeah way down yonder on the chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin and a litttle bout love
Way down yonder on the chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
We laid rubber on the georgie asphalt
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
Well we fooged up the windows in my old chevy
I was willing but she wasnt ready
So a settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone
Dropped her off early but I didnt go home
Down by the river on a friday night
A pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talking bout cars and dreaming bout women
Never had a plan just a livin for the minute
Yeah way down yonder on the chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was

Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell in a ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
Yeah, I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down and the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire

I know you loved him along time ago
And even now in my arms you still want him I know
But darlin' this time let your mem'ries die
When you hold me tonight don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
Don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darling just once let yesterday go
And you'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Maybe I've been a fool holding on all this time
Lying here in your arms knowing he's in your mind
But I keep hoping someday that you'll see the light
Let it be tonight, don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
Don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darling just once let yesterday go
And you'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Don't close your eyes let it be me
And don't pretend it's him in some fantasy
Darlin' just once let yesterday go
And you'll find more love than you've ever known
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight
And don't close your eyes
Just hold me tight when you love me tonight

Her right hand closed the front porch door
Suddenly a child no more
All the ribbons all the bows in a box now on her closet floor
Anxious for whats to come
Afraid to leave a place she loves
Shes not a woman not a girl
Trying to find her place in this crazy world
Meet a lover make a friend
Try and figure out what this life really means
After 17
Broken hearts and rusted dreams
Sometimes make it hard to leave and
Certainty is out of reach even with some self belief
So she bites her lip and shows a smile
Flips her hair and flaunts her style
Shes not a woman not a girl
Trying to find her place in this crazy world
Meet a lover make a friend
Try and figure out what this life really means
After 17
Her memories she stowed away
Pulls them out on rainy days
And brand new faces take their place beside the ones that never fade
Shes strong and fragile, weak and smart
Whatever the cost she plays the part
Shes not a woman not a girl
Trying to find her place in this crazy world
Meet a lover make a friend
Try and figure out what this life really means
After 17
Her right hand closed the front porch door

I know you're leaving, I see the signs
You're gonna walk out on this heart of mine
You'll never call me, you'll never write
You made your mind up, you're gone tonight
If some rainy day you're all alone
You feel like talkin' you can log me on
At www.memory
I'll be waitin' for you patiently
If you feel the need, just click on me
At www.memory
You won't even have to hold me or
Look into my eyes
You can tell me you love me
Through your keyboard and wires
No, you won't have to touch me or
Even take my hand
Just slide your little mouse around
Until you see it land
At www.memory
I'll be waitin' for you patiently
If you feel the need, just click on me
At www.memory
If you feel like love, just click on me
At www.memory

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow, we can build a snowman
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say, "Are you married?"
We'll say, "No man, but you can do the job
When you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid, the plans that we've made
Walking in a winter wonderland
In the meadow, we can build a snowman
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman
Until the other kiddies knock him down
When it snows, ain't it thrilling?
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way
Walking in a winter wonderland
Walking in a winter wonderland

A stark naked light bulb hangs over my head
There's one lonely pillow on my double bed
Yeah I've got a ceiling, a floor and four walls
Oh who says you can't have it all
My room's decorated with pictures of you
Your letters wallpaper this shrine to the blues
I've got precious memories at my beck and call
Oh who says you can't have it all
I've got everything a broken heart needs
Oh I'm doing fine don't you worry about me
'Cause I'm Lord and Master of a fools Taj Mahal
Oh who says you can't have it all
I've got everything a broken heart needs
Oh I'm doing fine don't you worry about me
'Cause I'm Lord and Master of a fools Taj Mahal
Oh who says you can't have it all

(Irving Berlin)
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
Just like the ones I used to know
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
With every Christmas card I write
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
And may all your Christmases be white
May your days be merry and bright
(I'm dreaming of a white Christmas)
(Just like the ones I used to know)
Instrumental
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
And may all your Christmases be white...With every Christmas card I write

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Working on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock at the site of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride
For the red white and blue
The heroes who died just doing what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself to what really matters
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Speak with some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on 'I Love Lucy' reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
The greatest is love
The greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day

Looking through these old photographs
Don't they bring some good memories back?
Some of them make us laugh and some make us cry
I'm glad we've kept all of these souvenirs
To prove our love was here;
Look at how happy we were, pictures don't lie
If forever should end today
And there's no tomorrow for us
What a day yesterday was
Here's one of us with you calm and cool
Look at me acting a fool
And here's one of us on the Ferris wheel at the fair
Hey, haven't we had some fun?
The best may be yet to come
We may have a hundred years still left to share
If forever should end today
And there's no tomorrow for us
What a day yesterday was
Let's close this book of photographs
And turn out the lights
And love for the moment
As if it were the last
And if forever should end today
And there's no tomorrow for us
What a day yesterday was

There?s a lady living right above me
Pretty as a picture on the wall
Once I helped her with a bag of groceries
We met a time or two out in the hall
She told me somebody hurt her feelings
The hurt that?s in her eyes is plain to see
Slowly she?s been wearing out my ceiling
Walkin? the floor over me
Every night I hear her cryin?
Cryin? over some old memory
A little of my heart is down here dyin?
'Cause she?s walkin? the floor over me
Back and forth I followed every footstep
Countin? long enough to fall asleep
Had the sweetest dream last night ?cause I dreamt
She was walkin? the floor over me
Every night I hear her cryin?
Cryin? over some old memory
A little of my heart is down here dyin?
?Cause she?s walkin? the floor over me

I heard you've been wondering
How I'm getting along
I guess you think I can't make it with you gone
But I don't want you to worry
Don't you lose any sleep
But a man called long-distance this morning
Said they're thinking about putting me
On the cover of the USA Today
The story of heart-breaking pain
Picture of the loneliest man they claim in the USA Today
I don't sleep in the nighttime
Darkness reminds me of you
I lost eight pounds since last Tuesday
But I could stand to lose a few
I don't believe I'm too bad
People say I look fine
The man from the paper seems happy
Says I'm bigger than the latest crime
On the cover of the USA Today
The story of heart-breaking pain
Picture of the loneliest man they claim in the USA Today
So if you're concerned in trouble
Then you're hurting me
Don't you work out this little thing called losing you
Has made a big man out of me
I'm on the cover of the USA Today
The story of heart-breaking pain

You told me you don't love me when you walked out the door
I stood there feelin' lonely, then the tears began to pour
What else could I do, I'd never felt like that before
So I cried an old blue river in the middle of the floor
Now I'm up to my ears in tears
I'm cryin' night and day since you went away
The things you used to say, honey, I no longer hear
That water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you, dear
Up to my ears in tears
Well I found some old love letters you wrote me years ago
But the words all ran together when the tears began to flow
'Cause you left that water runnin', now it's got nowhere to go
If I can't wash away your memory, guess I'll just go under slow
'Cause I'm up to my ears in tears
I'm cryin' night and day since you went away
The things you used to say, honey, I no longer hear
That water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you, dear
Up to my ears in tears
Yeah, I'm up to my ears in tears
I'm cryin' night and day since you went away
The things you used to say, honey, I no longer hear
That water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you, dear
Up to my ears in tears
Yeah, that water's cold and clear, I'm drownin' for you, dear

She just started liking cheatinsongs
Chorus
She just started liking cheatinsongs
And what's bothering me
I don't know if it's the cheatinshe likes
Or just the melody
I've never had any reason to doubt her
As far as I know she's been true
But lately she's had a different look in her eyes
I wonder if she's seeing somebody new
You can't blame a body for looking
And there's a world of people out there
But I hope she's not taking any closer looks
I tell you lately, frankly I've been scared
Chorus
I've got to admit I do some looking too
But she's the only one I love
She still tells me she loves me
But I wonder if my love's enough
Chorus
Yeah, I don't know if it's the cheatinshe likes

This is a three minute song
To tell her that I love her
And how wonderful we get along
A sweet sentiment that's borderline slick
A lotta right and not much wrong
It's a little bit edgy, but softer than spaghetti
Weak yet redundantly strong
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not to country up-tempo love song
It's a way to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too county up-tempo love song
You won't hear four-letter words
Just me tellin' her
That she's the every breath I draw
And how I can't live without her
And I could never doubt her
'Cause she could never do no wrong
Well it's the right amount of timin'
The proper form of rhymin'
A little guitar then it's gone
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not to country up-tempo love song
It's a way to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too county up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
There'll be no drinkin', no cheatin',
No lyin', no leavin'
That stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song

We're looking for The King
The new Messiah
We're following the star
Shining brighter
Old man won't you help us if you can
He shook his head
But he pointed his hand
There's a new kid in town
And he's lying in a manger down the road
There's a new kid in town
But he's just another baby I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem
I see you've traveled far
Bearing treasures
You say these gifts are for
The new Kings pleasures
Well I've heard
That a King might come
But up 'til now there hasn't been one
There's a new kid in town
And he's lying in a manger down the road
There's a new kid in town
But he's just another baby I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem
There's a new kid in town
And he's lying in a manger down the road
There's a new kid in town
But he's just another baby I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem

First time I felt it
Think I was five years old
I was scared had a nightmare
Momma was there for me to hold
Daddy he was different
He never said it much
But I heard him loud and clear
When he brought home that ball and glove
And it took on a brand new meaning
I wasn’t just a boy no more
and she moved in next door
Where you from
What’s your name?
Wanna go to my game
Got the keys to my dad’s old truck
Turned the radio on
Still remember the song
We held hands and there it was
Love
pages kept on turning
There I was with someone else
For the first time in my lifetime
I wasn’t living for myself
I knew I wasn’t falling anywhere I’d fell before
This place was different it was deeper it was more
And it took on a brand new meaning
It was strong and it was true
Knew what I had to do
Found a ring
Hit my knees
Couldn’t talk couldn’t breath
My heart had me all choked up
Said I do then we cried
Wedding bells waved goodbye
The whole church knew it was
Love
And it took on a brand new meaning
When the doctor said its time to watch your miracle arrive
Thank the Lord
Cut the cord
Take her home
Help her grow
And complete the circle of...
Love....
Love....
That's the circle of Love...

First time I felt it
Think I was five years old
I was scared had a nightmare
Momma was there for me to hold
Daddy he was different
He never said it much
But I heard him loud and clear
When he brought home that ball and glove
And it took on a brand new meaning
I wasn't just a boy no more
and she moved in next door
Where you from
What's your name?
Wanna go to my game
Got the keys to my dad's old truck
Turned the radio on
Still remember the song
We held hands and there it was
Love
pages kept on turning
There I was with someone else
For the first time in my lifetime
I wasn't living for myself
I knew I wasn't falling anywhere I'd fell before
And it took on a brand new meaning
It was strong and it was true
Knew what I had to do
Found a ring
Hit my knees
Couldn't talk couldn't breath
My heart had me all choked up
Said I do then we cried
Wedding bells waved goodbye
The whole church knew it was
Love
And it took on a brand new meaning
When the doctor said its time to watch your miracle arrive
Thank the Lord
Cut the cord
Take her home
Help her grow
And complete the circle of..
Love..
Love..
That's the circle of Love.

We are sorry but we are not allowed to post The Christmas Song lyrics by Alan Jackson either for privacy issues or copyright protection!

He's just a singer a natural born guitar ringer kind of a clinger to sad old songs
He's not a walk-behinder he's a new note finder
But his name's a reminder of a blues man that's already gone
So he started drinkin' took some things that messed up his thinkin'
He was sure sinkin' when she came along
He was alone in the spot light not too much left in sight
She changed all that one night when she sang him this song
Hey baby I love you hey baby I need you
Hey baby you ain't got to prove to me you're some kind of mach of man
You've wasted so much of your life runnin' through the dark nights
Let me shine a little love light down on that blues man
[ guitar ]
He got so sick from speedin' all the things they said he was needin'
If he was to keep on pleasin' all of his

They came from near
They came from far
Following a distant star
To where he lay
Not being sure of what it meant
But knowing it was heaven sent
They made their way
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent his son
From up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see
And knowing of his destiny
Came tears of love
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
I've often thought about that night
And wandered if they realized
That stars so bright
Was sent to tell all the land
The son of god would soon become
The son of man
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
And the angels cried
And the angels cried

They came from near,they came from far
Following a distance star to where He lay
Not being sure of what it mean,but
Knowing it was their way
And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent His son
From up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see and
Knowing of His destiny
Came tears of love
I've often thought about that night
And wondered if they realized
That star so bright
Was sent to tell all the land
The Son of God would soon become
The Son of Man
And the creatures gathered 'round
And didn't make a sound
And the angels cried
And the Angel Cried
And the Angel Cried

Where were you when the world stopped turning
that September day,
Out in the yard with your wife and children
Or workin on some stage in LA
Did you stand there in shock
At the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger and fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones
Pray for the ones who dont know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out in pride for the red white and blue
And the heros who died just doin what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters
*Chorus*
Im just a singer of simple songs
Im not a real political man
I watch CNN but im not sure i can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
I know Jesus and i talk to god
And i remember this from when i was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning
that September day
Teachin' a class full of innocent children
Driving dow some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages
Speak to some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out an buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watchin'
And turn on 'I Love Lucy' re-runs
Did you go to church and hold hands with some stangers
Stand in line and give your own blood
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank god you had somebody to love
*Chorus*
*Chorus*
And the greatest is love
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stoped turning,
that September day

It's another tequila sunrise
Staring slowly 'cross the sky
I said goodbye
And he was just a hired hand
Working on the dreams he'd planned to try
As days go by
And every night when the sun goes down
Just another lonely boy in town
And she's out runnin' round
She wasn't just another woman
And I couldn't keep from coming on
It's been so long
Oh, and it's a hollow feeling
When it comes down to dealing friends
It never ends
Take another shot of courage
Wonder why the right words never come
You just get numb
It's another tequila sunrise
This whole world still looks the same
Another frame

Well, I don't drink as much as I used to
Lately it just ain't my style
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to
They pass quickly like when I was a child
[CHORUS]
And somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun going down
And the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground
And the midsummer days sit so heavy
But don't they flow like the breeze through your mind
When nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time
[REPEAT CHORUS]
And somehow I've learned how to listen
For a sound like the breeze dying down
And the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the friend I have found
She keeps my feet on the ground

Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
Strings of street lights even stop lights
Blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch
This is Santa's big scene
And above all this bustle you'll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring

Instrumental
All is calm, all is bright
Silent night, holy night,
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Round yon virgin mother and child.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Radiant beams from thy holy face,
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Silent night, holy night,
Holy infant so tender and mild,
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin mother and child.

Well, she puts her dancing shoes on every night
And comes alive there in the smoke beneath them neon lights
And she don?t like those hurtin' songs 'cause she?s already lived ?em
She don?t get the blues, she gives ?em
Well, she checks her broken heart there at the door
And she ain?t lookin' for romance, she?s danced that dance before
Well, I pity the next poor fool that gets caught up in her rhythm
She don?t get the blues, she gives ?em
And she?s been on the losin' end of love too many times
And she ain?t gonna go for anything you?ve got in mind
So before you start let me impart these few words of wisdom
She don?t get the blues, she gives ?em
And she?s been on the losin' end of love too many times
And she ain?t gonna go for anything you?ve got in mind
So before you start let me impart these few words of wisdom
She don?t get the blues, she gives ?em

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixon
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
Had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
"Hey, Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee:
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!"
--- Instrumental ---
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
"Hey, Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee:
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
You'll go down in history!"
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yule-tide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here were are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together if the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough

Pop a top again
I've just got time for one more round
Set 'em up my friend then I'll be gone
And you can let some other fool sit down
I'd like for you to listen to a joke I heard today
From a woman who said she was through and calmly walked away
I tried to smile and did awhile but it felt so out of place
Did you ever hear of a clown with teardrops streamin' down his face?
And pop a top again
I think I'll have another round
Set 'em up my friend then I'll be gone
And you can let some other fool sit down
Home for me is misery and here I'm wastin' time
'Cause a row of fools on a row of stools is not what's on my mind
But then you see her leaving me is not what I prefer
So it's either here just drinkin' beer or home remembering her
Pop a top again
I think I'll have another round
Set 'em up my friend then I'll be gone
And you can let some other fool sit down

O come, all ye faithful,
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem.
Joyful and triumphant,
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of angels
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!
Sing with exultation;
Sing, choirs of angels,
Glory to God, glory in the highest
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Born this happy morning;
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,
Word of the Father,
Jesus, to Thee be all glory given;
Now in flesh appearing.
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,

We still wear our rings, we still say I love you
We both play the part oh so well
But everyone knows it's just a sad show
And we're only fooling ourselves
It's like living in a house with no curtains
The whole world can see what's inside
You can turn out the lights in a house with no curtains
But heartache has nowhere to hide
We could pack up and leave in different directions
If we just had somewhere to go
We just keep on pretending afraid of the ending
Admitting what everyone knows
It's like living in a house with no curtains
The whole world can see what's inside
You can turn out the lights in a house with no curtains
But heartache has nowhere to hide
You can turn out the lights
In a house with no curtains

Nobody saw them running
From 16th Avenue
They never found the fingerprints
Or the weapon that was used
But someone killed country music
Cut out its heart and soul
They got away with murder
Down on music row
The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide fame
Slowly killed tradition
And for that, someone shouldhang ("Ahh, you tell 'em Alan")
They all say "Not Guilty!"
But the evidence will show
That murder was committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And the fiddles barely play
But drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Are mixed up in your face
Ol' Hank wouldn't have a chance
On today's radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
They thought no one would miss it
Once it was dead and gone
They said no one would buy them ol'
Drinkin' and cheatin' songs ("Oh, but I still buy 'em")
Well there ain't no justice in it
And the hard facts are cold
Murder's been committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And you can't hear fiddles play
With drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Mixed right up in your face
Why the Hag wouldn't have a chance
On today's radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
Why they even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back home
There's been an awful murder
Down on music row

I called my doctor on the telephone
Help me Doc, there's something wrong
I can't shake it it's gone too far
He said, tell me what your symptoms are
I said my hands are sweaty and my knees are weak
I can't eat and I can't sleep
It's turning me every way but loose
He said, it sounds like love's got a hold on you
No doubt love's got a hold on you
I told my buddies I was settling down
No more of this runnin' round
They looked at me like I was a fool
And said, come on tell us what's wrong with you
I said my hands are sweaty and my knees are weak
I can't eat and I can't sleep
It's turning me every way but loose
He said, it sounds like love's got a hold on you
No doubt love's got a hold on you
Well I tossed and turned til the morning light
Holding my pillow hanging on for life
There ain't nothing I can do
They said it sounds like love's got a hold on you

First time I felt it
Think I was five years old
I was scared had a nightmare
Momma was there for me to hold
Daddy he was different
He never said it much
But I heard him loud and clear
When he brought home that ball and glove
And it took on a brand new meaning
I wasn’t just a boy no more
and she moved in next door
Where you from
What’s your name?
Wanna go to my game
Got the keys to my dad’s old truck
Turned the radio on
Still remember the song
We held hands and there it was
Love
pages kept on turning
There I was with someone else
For the first time in my lifetime
I wasn’t living for myself
I knew I wasn’t falling anywhere I’d fell before
And it took on a brand new meaning
It was strong and it was true
Knew what I had to do
Found a ring
Hit my knees
Couldn’t talk couldn’t breath
My heart had me all choked up
Said I do then we cried
Wedding bells waved goodbye
The whole church knew it was
Love
And it took on a brand new meaning
When the doctor said its time to watch your miracle arrive
Thank the Lord
Cut the cord
Take her home
Help her grow
And complete the circle of...
Love....
Love....
That's the circle of Love...

Like red on a rose
When your lips first smiled at me
I was captured instantly
To each his own
Like blue in the sky
The gaze of your willing eyes
Touched something deep inside
The truth be known
That I love you
like all little children love pennies
And I love you cause
I know that I can't do anything wrong
You're where I belong
Like red on a rose
And I love you like
all little children love pennies
And I love you like
good times of which I've known many
And I love you cause
I know you give me a heart of my own
You make my blood flow

I tried to stay on the straight and narrow
But I´ve walked a crooked path
And I´ve felt worthy of forgiveness
And deservin´ heaven´s wrath
Right on the money and off by a mile
Ahead of my time and way out of style.
Chorus:
But I´m hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
Well I try to stay away from the bottle
But I´ve reached out for the glass
I try to pull back on the throttle
But I still run out of gas
I´ve been an angel, but never a saint
Hung with the devil, don´t nobody faint.
Chorus:
´cause I´m hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
Tag:
Yesterday´s history, today is a chance
Tomorrow is a mystery, so I´m makin´ plans
Chorus:
To keep hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love
I keep hangin´ tough, I ain´t had enough
I ain´t givin´ up on life or love

Well i know sometimes you find it hard
To understand just what we do out here
Well that bus rolls up at home
And i just disappear
And i sure don't like to leave you
Couldn't stand for you to think that i don't care
So i wrote this job description
Just to tell you what i do when i'm not there
I sleep eighty miles an hour
To the whining of a diesel down the interstate
Dreamin' 'bout my little girls
The easy chair that sits beside the fireplace
Then we shut her down in another town
Shower up and do just what we came to do
Sing for the people
Count the money and the miles back home to you
Well each night i take the stage
With a six-piece band and a guitar in my hand
Singin' songs about my life
All the good times and the bad
Then we say goodbye and we load it up
And head somewhere i've already been
Then i lay down in that double bed alone
And i thank the lord again
I sleep eighty miles an hour
To the whining of a diesel down the interstate
Dreamin' 'bout my little girls
The easy chair that sits beside the fireplace
Then we shut her down in another town
Shower up and do just what we came to do
Sing for the people
Count the money and the miles back home to you
Well i just sing for the people

The sun is hot and that ole clock is moving slow and so am i
The work day passes like molassas in wintertime, but it's July
I'm getting paid by the hour and older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call him something, I think I'll just call it a day
CHORUS
Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
This lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night
Tomorrow morning I know they'll be hell to pay, hey but that's all right
I haven't had a day off now in over a year
My Jamacian vacation's gonna start right here
If the phone's for me, you can tell them I just selled away
CHORUS
I could pay off my tab
Pour myself in a cab and be back to work before two
At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder...
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
Jimmy: Funny you should ask, Alan.
I'd say...
Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
(twice)
Alan: He don't care
I don't care
Together: It's five o'clock somewhere
Jimmy: What time zone am I on?
What country am I in?
Alan: It doesn't matter.
It's five o'clock somewhere
Jimmy: It's always on five in Margaritaville, come to think of it
Alan: I heard that
Jimmy: You've been there haven't you?
Alan: Yes, Sir
Jimmy: I've seen your boat there
Alan: I've been to Margaritaville a few times
Jimmy: All right.
That's good
Alan: Stumbled my way back
Jimmy: OK Just want to make sure you can keep it between the
navigational beacons
Alan: Between the bouys.
I got it
Jimmy: All right.
It's five o'clock.
Let's go somewhere
Alan: I'm ready.
Crank it up
Jimmy: Let's get out of hear
Alan: I'm gone

It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine; put on a motor
Built out of love, made for the water
Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten
It was just on old plywood boat
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make her whine
He'd say, 'you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides'
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When daddy let me drive
Just an old half ton shortbed ford
My uncle bought new in '64
Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford
With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two honds on the wheel
I canö³t replace the way it mode me feel
And I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
And he'd say, 'a little slower son you're doing just fine'
Just a dirt rood with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
I'm grown up now three daughters of my own
I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile and say
It was just an old worn out Jeep
Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say, 'turn it left and steer it right,
Straighten up girl, you're doing just fine'
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain
When daddy let me drive
When daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
Daddy let me drive

Last night she walked out and slamed the
door, she said she wouldn't be back, but I've
heard many times before.
Now I wonder is it really over--all the cryin we done, all the things we use to say, all the
places we've been.
No it would never be over if it was left up to
me, but honey I can't make you love so I'll
just set you free.
Why does it matter anymore--these days people fall in and out of love just cause they
can--lovers arent lovers for life--thru thick
and then..They will split before you say when?
So is it really over--all the cryin we done, all
the things we use to say, all the places we've
been????

Dallas packed her suit-case
and drove off in the brand new car I bought her.
She made leavin' me look easy, I wish she'd made it look
a little harder.
I took her out of Texas, when she was just a girl,
But ol' Tennesse an' me, couldn't take Texas out of her.
Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennesse,
If I could move Texas east,
Then she'd be here with me.
Then nothing else would come between the two of us,
If Dallas was in Tennesse.
(Inst. break.)
By now she's leavin' Memphis,
And ev'rything we had behind her.
Lord I hope the gold band on her hand,
will serve as a reminder,
that true love is a treasure, that's very seldome found,
and you can't stay together, if there's no common ground.
Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennesse,
If I could move Texas east,
Then she'd be here with me.
Then nothing else would come between the two of us,
If Dallas was in Tennesse.
Oh if Dallas was, in Tennesse.
Dallas packed her suit-case,
an' drove off in the brand new car I bought her.

If I could have you
I know what I'd do
This time I'd be true
If I had you
If you could be mine
I'd walk that straight line
There'd be no bad times
If I had you
I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do?
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
And everything would be alright
If I had you
Well, I made the worst mistake
One fool could ever make
Tell me it's not too late
What can I do?
If I could hold you tight
I'd have the world tonight
Everything would be alright
If I had you
Everything would be alright
If I had you...

I've been known to tie one on and honky tonk til half past three
But the party don't get started til my baby pours her love on me
She's a hundred proof, Lord, she's smooth
She makes me moan all night long
So I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
I've tried it all from Tennessee Whiskey
To Ozark Mountian Moonshine
But it's her sweet love that packs the punch
And keeps me higher than a Georgia pine
My Southern Comfort don't come in a bottle
I get a double shot of love homegrown
So I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
My little country girl makes my head whirl and my knees begin to shake
No. I can't walk a chalk line, I ain't a-talking or a-thinking straight
I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in a jug this strong
And I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
I've tried it all from Tennessee Whiskey
To Ozark Mountian Moonshine
But it's her sweet love that packs the punch
And keeps me higher than a Georgia pine
My Southern Comfort don't come in a bottle
I get a double shot of love homegrown
So I don't need the booze to get a buzz on
I wear a Blue Ribbon grin every now and then,
But I don't need that to get stoned,
I don't need the booze to get a buzz on

She's been playing at a room on the strip for ten years in Vegas
Every night she looks in the mirror but she only ages
She's been readin' 'bout Nashville and all the records that everybody's buying
Says I'm a simple girl myself, grew up on Long Island
So she packs her bags to try her hand
Says this might be my last chance
(First Chorus)
She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes
Well the folk scene's dead, but he's holding out in the village
He's been writting songs, speaking out against wealth and privilege
He says I don't believe in money, but a man could make him a killin'
'Cause some of that stuff don't sound much different than Dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backward as they used to be
(Second Chorus)
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
He commutes to L.A., but he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are piling up and the pop scene just ain't on the rally
He says, Honey, I'm a serious composer,
schooled in voice and composition
But with the crime and the smog these days, this
ain't no place for children
Lord, it sounds so easy, this shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all
(Second Chorus)
(Third Chorus)
Yeah, he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots
He's gone country
He's gone country
Everybody's gone country
Yeah we've gone country
The whole world's gone country

It was painted red the stripe was white
It was 18 feet from the bow to stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine, put on a motor
Built out of love, and made for the water
Ran her for years, til' the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood will never be forgoten
It was just an old plywood boat
With a 75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make it whine
He'd say, You can't beat the way a old wood boat rides
Just a little lake cross the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When Daddy let me drive
Just an old half ton short bed ford
My Uncle bought new in 64
Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He'd let me drive her when we haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thickpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedels
Smiling like a hero who just received his medal
It was just an old hand me down ford
With 3 speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel and
I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
He would say a little slower son
Your doing just fine
Just a dirt road with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When Daddy let me drive
I'm grown up now
3 daughters of my own
I let them drive my old jeep
Across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile
And say
It was just an old worn out jeep
Rusty old floor boards
Hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say
Turn it left, and steer it right
Straighten up girl now, you're doing just fine
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain
When Daddy let me drive
Daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
It's just an old plywood boat
With a 75 johnson
And electric choke

Dallas packed her suitcase and drove off in the brand new car I bought her
She made leaving me look easy, I wish she'd made it look a little harder
I took her out of Texas when she was just a girl
But old Tennessee and me couldn't take Texas out of her
On how I wish Dallas was in Tennessee
If I could move Texas east, then she'd be here with me
Then nothin' else would come between the two of us
If Dallas was in Tennessee
By now she's leaving Memphis and everything we had behind her
Lord I hope the gold band on her hand will serve as a reminder
That true love is a treasure, that's very seldom found
But you can't stay together if there's no common ground
Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennessee
If I could move Texas east, then she'd be here with me
Then nothin' else would come between the two of us
If Dallas was in Tennessee, oh if Dallas was in Tennessee
Dallas packed her suitcase

Away in a manger, no crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle till morning is neigh
Believe me, Lord Jesus, I asked Thee to stay
Close by me forever and love me I pray
Keep all of the dear children in Thy tender care

Love's a gamble every heart will take
You roll the dice in hopes that it won't break
One night I bet on your blue eyes and took a chance
And I won a whole lot more than one night of romance
I held the ace of hearts that night in the dark
How lucky can one man be
I hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose 'cause I've got you, my ace of hearts
Love's a numbered wheel you have to spin
There's no need for me to spin again
'Cause loving you is paying off more than I knew
I took a little risk and hit it big with you
I held the ace of hearts that night in the dark
How lucky can one man be
I hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose 'cause I've got you, my ace of hearts
I held the ace of hearts that night in the dark
How lucky can one man be
I hold the winning hand anyway life deals the cards
No way to lose 'cause I've got you, my ace of hearts

You say your heart's been broken
And you just can't win
You say that you'll never love again
Let me tell you friend
You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'Cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
Looked out my window and what did I see
It's another broken family
The kids are stayin' with mama at home
Daddy's livin' in a house all alone
You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'Cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
Troubled times make it hard to stay
So many lovers take the easy way
But don't go crazy and jump ship too soon
'Cause every day can't be a honeymoon
You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'Cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
No, you can't give up on love

Okay I forgot about the trash
I didn't trim the long hairs on my mustache
I did buy you a ring I believe it was back in '93
Alright I admit it I forgot our anniversary
But I did pick up the baby this morning at the nursery
That ain't no big thing but it's gold star for me
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can't be just what you want me to be
I still love you and I try real hard
I swear one day you'll have a brand new car
I even asked the Lord to try to help me
He looked down from heaven and said to tell you please
Just be patient I'm a work in progress
I'm sorry I got mad waiting in the truck
It seemed like hours you getting all dressed up
Just to go to Shoney's on a Wednesday night
I read that book you gave me about Mars and Venus
I think it's sinking in but probably need to reread it
But I'm starting to see now what you've been saying is right
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can't be just what you want me to be
I still love you and I try real hard
I swear one day you'll have a brand new car
I even asked the Lord to try to help me
He looked down from heaven and said to tell you please
Just be patient I'm a work in progress
I know you meant well when you bought me those clogs
But my heels sure get hot down by the muffler on my HOG I'm
sure they're stylish but I'll take my boots
I try to do that healthy thing like you want me to do
But that low fat, no fat's getting hard to CHEW
Now I love your cooking honey
But sometimes I need some real food
You get tired and disgusted with me
When I can't be just what you want me to be
I still love you and I try real hard
I swear one day you'll have a brand new car
I even asked the Lord to try to help me
He looked down from heaven and said to tell you please
Just be patient I'm a work in progress
Oh honey just be patient now

The pines trees grow so tall in the bright sunshine
Young boy steals his daddy's fishing line
Alligator lays on the banks of the river bed
And if you did not know any better you'd swear he's dead
Now these are a few things I'm in love with
A small part of the reasons I go back to Carolina, Mississippi, Florida
gorgeous Georgia
Now if you think I'm happy down there your on the right track
chorus- And you ain't just whistling Dixie you ain't just slapping your knee
I'm a grandson of the southland and heir to the confederacy
You ain't just whistling Dixie cause the cattle calls calling me home
So put me down there where I want to be, plant my feet with Robert E. Lee
Bury my bones under a cypress tree and never let me roam
The cotton balls gleam and the cows give cream for the baby's sake
And pa comes in full of gin and he's mean as a rattle snake
And the well runs dry and we cry and cuss the garden hose
And mama draws a bucket full of sweet water just to wash our cloths

Well I was rollin' wheels and shiftin' gears
'Round that Jersey Turnpike
When Barney stopped me with his gun
Ten minutes after midnight
Said sir you broke the limit in that rusty ol' truck
I don't know about that accent son
Just where do you come from
I said where I come from
It's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta front porch sittin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
And workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
Well I was south of Detroit City
I pulled in this country kitchen
To try their brand of barbecue
The sign said finger-lickin'
Well I paid the tab and the lady asked me
How'd I like my biscuit
I'll be honest with you ma'am
It ain't like mama fixed it
'Cause where I come from
It's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta front porch pickin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
I was chasin' sun on 101
Somewhere around Ventura
I lost a universal joint and I had to use my finger
This tall lady stopped and asked
If I had plans for dinner
Said no thanks ma'am, back home
We like the girls that sing soprano
'Cause where I come from
It's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta front porch sittin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
Well I was headed home on 65
Somewhere around Kentucky
The CB rang for a bobtail rig
That's rollin' on like thunder
Well I answered him and he asked me
Aren't you from out in Tulsa
No, but you might have seen me there
I just dropped a load of salsa
Where I come from it's cornbread and chicken
Where I come from a lotta back porch pickin'
Where I come from tryin' to make a livin'
Workin' hard to get to heaven
Where I come from
Where I come from
Yeah where I come from
A lotta front porch sitting
Starin' up at heaven
Where I come from
Where I come from
Tryin' to make a livin'
Tryin' to make a livin'
Oh, where I come from
Where I come from
Yeah, where I come from
Get back down there sometime

Tonight it doesn't feel like it did last night
I'm feeling warm if inside
Since I saw your face
Since I looked in your eyes
There's a change in this place
I think the love factor's high
[Chorus:]
When the love factor's high
And too hard to collide
You don't even try
That's when you'll find
One that feels right
One for all time
It's hard to deny
When the love factor's high
Sometimes it flies and sometimes it falls
Sometimes you beg
Ends up against the wall
As I hold you close
We dance in time
But I think I know the love factor's high
[Chorus]
It's hard to deny

ain't it funny how, in a minute, your whole life's looking fine
and a short few words later it all just comes untied?
you can't believe you're looking at what was always someone else
now it's staring right back at you, yesterday you couldn't tell
so shock and dissolution, helpless and confused
not knowing how and what to say, not accepting that it's true.
you can't help but see the worst to come a thousand different ways
the same time trying to hold on strong in optimistic games.
when i saw you leaving, when i saw you leaving
when i saw you leaving in my mind.
and the angry starts to surface, looking up, asking why
and you realize he probably wants the best, as same as i
days just go by quickly, nights just never end
as time gets so more precious, every sunrise and old friend
trying to be opposed, to lean on, a part you learn is hard to play
asking god to let you take her place or just take it all away.
hope you'll wake up in the morning, was all just been a dream
you never take for granted every second that you breathe.
when i saw you leaving, when i saw you leaving
when i saw you leaving in my mind.
and the seconds turn to minutes
and minutes wouldn't last
and the hours, days and weeks and months
seem endless and too fast
and the lessons just pour from heaven
like the rain on that first spring
since that moment i first saw you
you might not always be with me.
when i saw you leaving, when i saw you leaving
when i saw you leaving in my mind.
ain't it funny how, in a minute, your whole life's looking fine

No candle light, no wine
No plans and that's just fine
Just put your hand in mine
Nothing fancy.
Don't need no party dress,
I like you just like this.
Just like the night we met,
Nothing fancy.
Girl, this is everything I'm looking for
There's nothing you could do
To make me want you more.
So I hope it's still okay
That when I feel this way
"I love you" is all I say,
Nothing fancy.
Girl, this is everything I'm looking for
There's nothing you could do
To make me want you more.
So I hope it's still okay
That when I feel this way
"I love you" is all I say,

Here comes a Baptist, here comes a Jew
There goes a Mormon and a Muslim too
I see a Buddhist and a Hindu
I see a Catholic and I see you
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy family?
You like the day and I like the night
He's into country and he's isn't quit
There's folks on the left and the far right
But that doesn't mean that we have to fight
We're all God's children
All God's children
Yeah, we're all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy family?
White folks, yellow folks, black and tan
On the same planet in the same plan
A feminist woman and a he man
We're all playin' the magic hand
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
Oh, we're all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy family?
We're all God's children
All God's children
Yeah, we're all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy family?
We're all God's children
All God's children
We're all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy family?
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
Yeah, we?re all God's children
Why can't we be one big happy family?
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
We're all, black and white
We're all precious in his sight
We're all God's children
We're all God's children
We're all God's children

1.Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Yeah Brittney Spears is a little hoochie
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
She dresses like a twenty dollar downtown floozie
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
I wonder if her momma knows she wears them clothes
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
She's gonna be a big sensation I suppose
2.Down by the river on a Friday night
She popped right out of the Disney machine
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
She started out so innocent and squeaky clean
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
But then she got a record deal and things got kinda nutty
Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute
She stopped being a mousekateer and started actin' slutty.
3.Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Yeah she wants to be real famous, maybe just like Elvis
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
She shakes her plastic titties and she grinds her pelvis
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
She' gonna do whatever just to be a star
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
I think that girl has gone a little bit too far.
4.Well we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
A lotta boys are thinkin' that she looks fantastic
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
She's like a big ol' Barbie doll that's made of plastic
So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone
She's got them pretty eyes that kinda tease and twinkle
I dropped her off early but I didn't go home
She's gonna be forgotten when she gets her first wrinkle.
2.Down by the river on a Friday night
Prancin' all around up there on the stage
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
The teeny-boppers think that she's the latest rage
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
A while ago she prob'ly had a nice persona
Never had a plan, just a livin' for the minute
But now she's up there plantin' frenchie-kisses on Madonna.
3.Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahochee
Yeah hoochie and her hubby have been makin' lovin'
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
She's got a little Britney cookin' in the oven
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
But she'll learn pretty soon how to raise a kid
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
I hope she does it better than her momma did.
1.Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Yeah Brittney Spears is a little hoochie
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
She dresses like a twenty dollar downtown floozie
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
So even though she's got about a jillion fans
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
You can bet that little hoochie understands
4.Well we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
Any fool can sound good with enough distraction
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
Lights and backup singers and a lot of action
So I settled for a burger and a grape sno-cone
But if she had to sing a solo on her own
I dropped her off early but I didn't go home
The audience would tell her just to go on home
3.Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahochee
Yeah, Brittney Spears is a little hoochie
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
Go on and watch her video if she's your type
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
But take a good look and you'll find it's true she's
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
A little 'bout talent and a lot about hype
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
Yeah, a little 'bout talent,

Wait a minute
Did I hear you say you're goin'
Far away again?
Try to change it
I can't take the lonely nights
Without your love
Doin' the road
Get the music done
And move along
What good does it do
To play your songs for her
And hear her say
Wait a minute
Did I hear you say you're goin'
far away again?
Try to change it
I can't take the lonely nights
Without your love
You're rollin' along
Life's been good to you
An even so
She comes to you
Late at night
The time you hear her say
Once again...
Wait a minute
Did I hear you say you're goin'
far away again?
Try to change it
I can't take the lonely nights
Without your love
Try to change it
I can't take the lonely nights

True love is a golden ring
Like the vows we made it's a precious thing
Sent from above on silver wings
True love is a golden ring
Down a winding road with many turns
Through fire and smoke and bridges burned
I've held my share of stranger's hands
Now holding yours, I understand
True love is a golden ring
Like the vows we made it's a precious thing
Sent from above on silver wings
True love is a golden ring
Love is so much more than a one-night stand
Like the endless turn of a wedding band
Looking in your eyes I see the truth
After all this time I found you
True love is a golden ring
Like the vows we made it's a precious thing
Sent from above on silver wings
True love is a golden ring

Smiles in the morning
As warm as sunshine
Kisses when I lay down at night
And 2 loving arms
To console me
I should be scared, it's so right
But, too much of a good thing
Is a good thing
Feelings like this can't be wrong
And, too much of a good thing
Is a good thing
And we've got a good thing going on
You look in my eyes
And see my thinkin'
I know when you're happy, when you're sad
Someone said
It's too perfect
But, I don't think what we have is so bad
Cause, too much of a good thing
Is a good thing
Feelings like this can't be wrong
And, too much of a good thing
Is a good thing
And we've got a good thing going on

Our room was filled with silence
I guess we'd said it all
I don't know when I'd seen our bedroom
So long I can't recall
So we'd built this thing between us
I'm not sure what's the cause
So I swallowed all my pride
And tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall
And took her by the hand
We'd come too far to fall
Couldn't stand to see it end
So tonight I climbed the wall
Makin' love is so much sweeter
When you love the one you hold
After all these years of holdin' her
You'd think by now I'd know
Now as we lie here together
All our troubles seem so small
Just these satin sheets between us
'Cause tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall
And took her by the hand
We'd come too far to fall
Couldn't stand to see it end
So tonight I climbed the wall
Tonight I climbed the wall

If I never see your loving face again
I'll go on loving you 'till the end
And if my broken-hearted love don't find a way to mend
I'll go on loving you 'till the end
The years and miles may separate you from me
The pain may lessen more as time goes by
But as for me your memories will never fade
And I'll go on loving you 'till the end
If we're ever free to love again I know
Straight back to your waiting arms is where I'll go
And I'll stay forever and I'll prove to you again
I'll go on loving you 'till the end

There’s an old hardwood tree
Staring through the glass at me
It’s been there since ‘85
Sometimes I think it reads my mind
I guess it’s true
You can’t keep it from shining through
There’s no denying I’ve been hiding
From this thing that’s chasing me
Yeah, I’ve been running, no good at shunning
All these scars from yesterday
There comes a time you gotta give it up
Spin that wheel and try your luck
Never know what you will find
It might be love this time
I knew it from that very first smile
I could taste it like a hungry child
Not at all like all the rest
You know they say that the last is best
Like a rainbow on a cloudy day
Just your shadow takes my breath away
And there’s no denying I’ve been hiding
From this thing that’s chasing me
Yeah, I’ve been running, no good at shunning
All these scars from yesterday
There comes a time you gotta give it up
Spin that wheel and try your luck
Never know what you will find
It might be love this time
I’ve been hiding
From this thing that’s chasing me
Yeah, I’ve been running, no good at shunning
All these scars from yesterday
There comes a time you gotta give it up
Spin that wheel and try your luck
Never know what you will find
It might be love this time
This time, this time, oh this time

Announcer: Hello my friends, J.D, and we're back to more Alan Jackson live from Nashville.
Alan: We're going to put a little more flovor on this one.
Sitting at a tiny table in a ritzy restaurant
She was staring at her coffee cup
He was trying to keep his courage up by buying booze
The talk was small when they talked at all
They both knew what they wanted
There was no need to talk about it
They were old enough to know about it, to keep it loose.
I never really did this kinda thing before, have you?
Third rate romance, low rent rendezvous.
--- Instrumental with ad libs. ---
They left the bar, and got in his car, and they drove away
He went to the Family Inn
She didn't even have to pretend she didn't know what for
He went to the desk, and made his request while she waited outside
He came back with the key
She said "Give it to me and I'll unlock the door."
She kept sayin', "I've never really done this kind of thing before, have you?"
Third rate romance, low rent rendezvous.
And he said, "Yes I have, but only a time or two."
Third rate romance, low rent rendezvous.
Third rate romance, low rent rendezvous.

They call me a playboy
As I'm making my rounds
Chasing the bright light
Of each night spot in town
Though I never show it,
My heart's breaking in two
They may call me a playboy
But I'm just lonesome for you
I once had a real love
That was when I had you
Now I'll never feel love
With somebody new
This false front I'm wearing
Is just to cover my blues
They may call me a playboy
But. I'm just lonesome for you
--- Instrumental ---
I once had a real love
That was when I had you
Now I'll never feel love
With somebody new
This false front I'm wearing
Is just to cover my blues
They may call me a playboy
But. I'm just lonesome for you
They may call me a playboy

The mechanic raised up from under my hood
He shook his head and said, "This ain't good
Your timin' belt's done shrunk one size too small"
"Those spark plug wires are a little too long
And your main prodsponder's nearly gone
Your injector ports are stripped and that ain't all"
"The torque converter's runnin' low on torque
And that water pump's nearly down a quart
We caught it all in time, so you're in luck"
He said, "I've got the time and I've got the parts
Just give me the word and I'm ready to start
I think we can bring her in for eight hundred bucks"
But don't be downhearted
I can fix it for you, sonny
It won't take too long
It'll just take money
Then he said, "Aren't you that songwriter guy?"
And I said, "Yes, I am," he said, "So am I"
He sat down and played me a song by the grease rack
When he finished singin', he gave me a smile
And I closed my eyes and pondered awhile
And he said, "What do you think? Now don't hold nothin' back"
Well, I gave him my most sorrowful look
And I said, "This song's got a broken hook
And I can order you a new one from Nashville but it won't be cheap"
And I know you've been using a cut-rate thesaurus
'Cause your adverbs have backed up into your chorus
Now your verse is runnin' on verbs that are way too weak
But don't be downhearted
I can fix it for you, sonny
It won't take too long
It'll just take money
And I said, "Hold on friend now I'm not through
I hate to be the one to give you this news
But your whole melodic structure's done worked itself loose"
"It's got so many dotted eighth notes in it
I'd keep her under fifty beats per minute
I mean, that's just me talkin', it's really up to you"
You've got a bad safety problem with
That dominant chord with the augmented fifth
Just see how dangerously high it raises you up
So just go on over and work on my car
I'll sit here by the fan and chances are
I can straighten this thing out for eig ehh, nine hundred bucks
But don't be downhearted
I can fix it for you, sonny
It won't take too long
You guessed it
It may be a hit

We started out and life was perfect
I never thought our love would change
But years of ups and downs made a difference
It's not the same as it was yesterday
I don't treat you like I used to
You don't look the same into my eyes
We thought the best would be behind us
But the best keeps getting better all the time
We learned how to love and how to make up
And found what it takes to be enough
Like a 30-year-old wine hearts intertwined
The best keeps getting better all the time
I love you now more than ever
And you appreciate me more today
Melted together, hearts and minds
The best keeps getting better all the time
We learned how to love and how to make up
And found what it takes to be enough
Like a 30-year-old wine, hearts intertwined
The best keeps getting better all the time
Like a 30-year-old wine, hearts intertwined
The best keeps getting better all the time

They came from near, they came from far
Following a distant star to where he'd lay
Not being sure of what it meant
But knowing it was heaven sent, they made their way
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound and the angels cried
The angels knew what was to come
The reason God had sent His Son from up above
It filled their hearts with joy to see
And knowing of His destiny, came tears of love
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound and the angels cried
I've often thought about that night
And wondered if they realized that star so bright
Was sent to tell all the land
The Son of God would soon become the Son of Man
And the creatures gathered round
And didn't make a sound and the angels cried
And the angels cried
And the angels cried

talk about life, talk about death
talk about catching every breath
talk about when, and talk about why!
talk about do, and talk about don't
talk about will and talk about won't
talk about the sweet
chorus:
well, talk is cheap and times are wasting
get busy living or at least die trying
wine is for tasting, roads for taking
talk is cheap and times are wasting!
talk about right, and talk about wrong
talk about trying to get along
talk about the way it all would be.
talk about now, and talk about then
talk about everywhere you've been
talk about being free.
chorus: (x2)
well, talk is cheap and times are wasting
get busy living or at least die trying
wine is for tasting, roads for taking

You got the last of all your stuff
You got your car cranked up
And I guess there ain't a thing that I can say
I'm thinking as I'm standing here
And suddenly it all comes clear
As I watch you drive away
They should have made tail lights blue
So when I see them go
They'll look the way I do
Just a pale blue glow
They should have made I can't stay
Sound like I love you
You know they should have made tail lights blue
I know its gonna take some time
To get you off my mind
And forget how happy we once were
I don't know how to bring you back
And as a matter of fact
The only thing I know for sure
Is that they should have made tail lights blue
So when I see them go
They'll look the way I do
Just a pale blue glow
They should have made I can't stay
Sound like I love you
You know they should have made tail lights blue
They should have made tail lights blue
So when I see them go
They'll look the way I do
Just a pale blue glow
They should have made I can't stay
Sound like I love you

Rain fell this mornin' make me feel so bad
On account of my baby, walked off with another man
Like takin' eyesight from the blind man and money from the poor
That woman took my lovin' and walked on out that door
And it sure got cold after the rain fell
Not from the sky, from my eye
Somebody, can you tell me
Just what make a man feel this way?
Like river without its water
Like night without a day
And it sure 'nuff got cold after the rain fell
Not from the sky but from my eye
If you're home early in the mornin'
You hear that rain to fall
With thunderbolts and lightnin'
The wind begins to call
Your worrys superficial
'Cause you slept on through the night
But stormy weather keep you wonderin'
If everythin's all right
And it sure 'nuff got cold after the rain fell
Not from the sky but from my eye

I'm always on the road
You're always all alone
And I'm not always there when I'm at home
But I'm ready for a little change
I'm ready to accept some blame
So let's back up to yesterday
Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you
It's not like it was
When we fell in love
When all we had was enough
Well I don't like the blues
I like love that's true
Honey, let's get back to me and you
Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you

Why did she have to go
So young I just don't know why
Things happen half the time
Without reason, without rhyme
Lovely, sweet young woman
Daughter, wife and mother
Makes no sense to me
I just have to believe
She flew up to heaven on the wings of angels
By the clouds and stars and passed where no one sees
And she walks with Jesus and her loved ones waitin'
And I know she's smilin' sayin', "Don't worry 'bout me"
Loved ones she left behind
Just tryin' to survive
And understand the why
Feelin' so lost inside
Anger shot straight at God
Then askin' for His love
Empty with disbelief
Just hopin' that maybe
She flew up to heaven on the wings of angels
By the clouds and stars and passed where no one sees
And she walks with Jesus and her loved ones waitin'
And I know she's smilin' sayin', "Don't worry 'bout me"
It's hard to say goodbye
Her picture in my mind
Will always be of times I'll cherish
And I won't cry 'cause
She flew up to heaven on the wings of angels
By the clouds and stars and passed where no one sees
And she walks with Jesus and her loved ones waitin'
And I know she's smilin' sayin', "Don't worry 'bout me

This old bar stool's feelin' higher
'Cause I've started sinkin' lower
The minute that she waltzed
Right through that door
Not long ago I held her
Like a fool I went and left her
Now she's with somebody new
Out on that floor
And she's got the rhythm
And I got the blues
And she's showin' me
How much I had to lose
With her every little move
She's tellin' me, "I'm over you"
She's got the rhythm
And I've got the blues
Well that music's getting louder
As my heart keeps beating faster
As she spells regret in perfect time
Well I thought I wanted freedom
But that ball and chain I need them
'Cause when you choose sometimes you lose the prize
'Cos she's got the rhythm
And I got the blues
And she's showin' me
How much I had to lose
With her every little move
She's tellin' me, "I'm over you"
She's got the rhythm
And I've got the blues
Yeah with her every little move
She's tellin' me, "I'm over you"
She's got the rhythm

I got my first motorcycle when I turned sixteen
I remember my mama raisin' cane with me
She said, "Son, tell me why you want to ride that thing?"
She didn't know about the blond at the Dairy Queen
I got my own reasons why I do what I do
I like to ride motorcycles and she likes it too
I like to ride motorcycles and she likes it too
I always wore my hair just a little too long
And daddy didn't like it and he made no bones
If I'd have gotten it cut like he wanted me to
She wouldn't have had nothin' left to run her fingers through
I got my reasons why I do what I do
I like to wear my hair long and she likes it too
I like to wear my hair long, she likes it too
I remember ridin' around with my buddies back home
Listenin' to some country on the radio
When they tried to change the station to some rock 'n' roll
I'd turn the Opry up just as loud as it would go
I got my reasons why I do what I do
Well I like country music, she likes it too
Yeah, I like country music, she likes it too
Now I got a big Harley and my hair's still long
And I'm still listenin' to a country song
I got my own reasons why I do what I do
I know what I like, she likes it too
I know what I like, she likes it too

she used to get her fix with just one little kiss or touch
'cause in her over the edge
i keep her up, making love all night, had the stuff to make her feel alright
but now she won't go near that ledge.
she don't get high anymore,
i don't make her fly like before,
her heart is out there soaring someone else
i'm not the song that she sings,
i can't give her those wings
hard as i try, i'm not the sky she's looking for
she don't get high anymore.
i remember when she used to breathe me in
back then, she couldn't get enough.
we'd lay looking out at the clouds, i thought we never come down
she said my love was like some kind of drug.
but she don't get high anymore,
i don't make her fly like before,
her heart is out there soaring someone else
i'm not the dream that she dreams,
i can't give her those wings.
hard as i try, i'm not the sky she's looking for,
she don't get high anymore.
oh, i'm not the song that she sings
i can't give her those wings
hard as i try, i'm not the sky she's looking for,
she don't get high anymore
she don't get high anymore
she don't get high
anymore.

There are stars in the southern sky
Southward as you go
There is moonlight and moss in the trees
Down the seven bridges road.
--- Instrumental ---
Now, I have loved you like a baby
Like some lonesome child
And I have loved you in a tame way
And I have loved you wild.
Sometimes there's a part of me
Has to turn form here and go
Running like a child from these warm stars
Down the seven bridges road.
There are stars in the southern sky
And if ever you decide you should go
There is a taste of time sweetened honey

Well, I've been sorta worried
About Santa Claus this year
'Cause we live away, down south
And it didn't snow down here
But I'm telling you not to worry
'Cause I just got the word
Everybody listen closely
And I'll tell you what I heard
Santa's comin' in a pickup
Instead of his trusty sleigh
He'll have a truck instead of reindeer
To carry him on his way
'Cause the weatherman had some problems
He couldn't get snow you see
Santa's gonna come in a pickup truck
When he visits you and me
Santa can't bring his reindeer
He'll leave them far away
But don't you worry 'bout him
He's gonna be here Christmas day
He's got a big red pickup
With four-wheel drive and all
And there's gonna be a Merry Christmas
A Merry Christmas for all
Santa's comin' in a pickup
Instead of his trusty sleigh
He'll have a truck instead of reindeer
To carry him on his way
'Cause the weatherman had some problems
He couldn't get snow you see
Santa's gonna come in a pickup truck
When he visits you and me
Yeah, Santa's gonna come in a pickup truck

Let's begin with the day I met her
How fast this good old boy's world got better
Sky got bluer, the grass got greener
Just the first few seconds after I first seen her
Like my favorite song on a new set of speakers
My best old jeans and my broke in sneakers
A home run pitch floating right down the middle
The sweet music made when the bow hits the fiddle
She's
Right on the money
She goes directly to my heart
And when it comes to loving me
She's everything, I mean bulls eye perfect
She's right on the money
She's no red lights when I've overslept
She's a three point jump shot that's nothing but net
A hand full of aces, the dealer's done dealing
I'm forever on a roll, that's how she's got me feeling
She's
Right on the money
She goes direct to my heart
And when it comes to loving me, she's everything, I mean bulls eye perfect
She's
Right on the money
She's the best cook that's ever melted cheese
I ain't much around the house, but I aim to please
There's absolutely no reason to doubt her
When she says I wouldn't last ten minutes without her
She's
Right on the money
She goes directly to my heart
And when it comes to loving me
She's everything, I mean bulls eye perfect
She's

Remember when I was young and so were you
And time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows and walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start and it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when
Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other's hearts
Remember when
Remember when the sound of little feet was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when
Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are, where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when
Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when
Remember when

I shaved my face and combed my hair, put on a new pair of underwear
And sat on the porch with my Labrador like a hundred other times before
She changed her shoes and freshened up her face, put on some skimpy sexy lace
And finally made her way through the back screen door, we loaded up on the front seat of my Ford
And we went out to dinner and we drove right back home, watched an old movie and drank a half a bottle of Rum
Then we turned off the tv and we got right down to it, there aint nothin left to do now that weve done it
Oh, yes
[Instrumental Interlude]
It seems like it happens everytime, we get a chance to reignite that fire
We burn it fast and then retire just before the news on channel five
Yeah, we went out to dinner and we drove right back home, watched an old movie and drank a half a bottle of Rum
Then we turned off the tv and we got right down to it, there aint nothin left to do now that weve done it
[Instrumental Interlude]
After all these years it can get routine, you can change the order up, or use different names
Try it in the mornin or the middle of the day, the end results still the same
Oh, we went out to dinner and we drove right back home, watched an old movie and drank a half a bottle of Rum
Then we turned off the tv and we got right down to it, there aint nothin left to do now that weve done it
Oh, Lord, weve turned off the tv and we got right down to it, and there aint nothin left to do now that weve done it

no candle light, no wine
no plans and that's just fine
just put your hand in mine
nothing fancy.
don't need no party dress,
i like you just like this.
just like the night we met,
nothing fancy.
girl, this is everything i'm looking for
there's nothing you could do
to make me want you more.
so i hope it's still okay
that when i feel this way

Alan Jackson:
Girl I swear you got me acting crazy...
Half the time I dont know what my name is...
Im the kind, who like to take it slow and lazy
Girl yo ugot me runnin hot and hazy
Duet:
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never loved before
Martina:
Boy you got me runnin like a rocket
You stole my heart, and stuck it in your pocket
And now I got your face inside my lockett
I really tried but I dont think I can stop it baby
Duet:
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never loved before
Break...
Alan Jackson:
You sat beside me last night on the sofa
I took your hand and pulled you little closer
You kissed my lips and then you let me hold yah
That feels the way that loves supposed to feel baby
Duet:
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never loved before
Martina:
You held the door when we went to the movies
I like your quirky, sneeky sense of humor
Your strong and sweet and all the things I needed
Your the one that keeps my heart a beetin
Duet:
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never loved before
Martina:
Oh my heart starts beatin when its time for you to leave me
Alan Jackson:
Yah my heart starts spinnin...
Duet:
Every time that your near me...
Duet: (Sing twice then fade out)
Oh I love you like I never...
Oh I love you like I never...

Well, I must've had a ball last night
I can't recall what even started our fight
I must've drank away my blues
'Cause I don't remember losing you
Well, I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing but all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well, I woke up this morning underneath my bed
And someone's in the kitchen sink
With cowboy boots on and nothing else at all
Except my hat turned backward on her head
Yeah, I must've had a ball last night
I can't recall what even started our fight
Well, I must've drank away my blues
'Cause I don't remember losing you
Well, I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing but all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well, my picture's on the table, somebody tore it right in two
Well, who'd do such a crazy thing?
Someone took your suitcase and your little car
And I hate it 'cause the tires are new
Yeah, I must've had a ball last night
I can't recall what even started the fight
I must've drank away my blues
'Cause I don't remember losing you
Well, I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing but all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well, I must've done the town up right
'Cause this morning my hats just a little too tight
There ain't no way of knowing but all the signs are showing
I must've had a ball last night
Well, there ain't way knowing but all the signs are showing

You left your Bible on the dresser, so I put it in the drawer
'Cause I can't seem to talk to God without yelling anymore
And when I sit at your piano I can almost hear those hymns
The keys are just collecting dust but I can't close the lid
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the Devil whisper, "Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
The preacher came by Sunday, he said he missed me at the service
He told me Jesus loves me but I'm not sure I deserve it
'Cause the faithful man that you loved is nowhere to be found
Since they took all that he believed, laid it in the ground
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the Devil whisper, "Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
Well, I still believe in Heaven and I'm sure you've made it there
But as for me without your love, girl, I don't have a prayer
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church
It used to be so full of faith and now it only hurts
And I can hear the Devil whisper, "Things are only getting worse"
You left my heart as empty as a Monday morning church

Mind Your Own Business
(Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.)
If the wife and I was fussin', brother that's our right
Me and that ole woman bought a license to fight
Why don't you mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Yeah,mind your own business(Mind your own business)
If youmind your own business, you won't be mindin' mine.
Well, the woman on the party line's a nosey thing
She picks up her receiver when she knows it's my ring
Why don't you mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Yeah, mind your own business(Mind your own business)
If you mind your own business, you won't be mindin' mine.
--- Instrumental with ad libs ---
Well, I got a little girl that wears her hair up high
The boys all hollar when she walks by
Why don't you mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Yeah, mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Just mind your own business, you wont be mindin' mine.
--- Instrumental with ad libs ---
I may tell a lot of stories that may not be true
But I can get to Heaven just as easy as you
Why don't you mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Yeah, will you mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Mind your business, and you won't be mindin' mine.
--- Instrumental with ad libs ---
Now, If I want to honky tonk 'til around two or three
Darlin' that's my headache, don't you worry 'bout me.
Why don't you mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Go on and mind your own business(Mind your own business)
If you're mindin' your business, you won't be mindin' mine.
--- Instrumental---
Mindin' other people's business seems to be high-toned
Well, I got all that I can do just to mind my own
Mind your own business(Mind your own business)
Yeah, mind your own business(Mind your own business)
If you mind your businessmyou won't be mindin' mine.

I like my steak well done, my taters fried
Football games on Monday night
It's just who I am
A meat and potato man
I like my coffee black, old TV shows
My women hot and my beer ice cold
It's just who I am
A meat and potato man
I don't like caviar, sushi bars
The IRS or phony stars, I'm a Haggard fan
A meat and potato man
Oh, yeah
I like my fishin' holes, lightnin' bugs
Flatt 'n' Scruggs and my woman´s love
It's just who I am
A meat and potato man
I like my Wrangler jeans, cowboy boots
Cornbread and beans and country roots
It's just who I am
A meat and potato man
I don't like politics, hypocrites
Folks with poodles dressed like kids, I'm a Hound dog fan
A meat and potato man
Yeah, that´s what I am

you're asking me to tell you
how to deal with that old flame
when you see her out there
and you still feel the same
how she ripped out your whole heart
and took it with her when she left
you're face to face now looking at her
she's holding on to somebody else
[chorus]
tell her you don't love her
and tell her you don't care
and tell her you don't need her
and you don't miss her then
and give her that cold shoulder
and say you've never cried
just look her in the eye and lie
you may not get over
some loves in your life
but as you'll get over
you'll know wrong more than right
but you might get lucky
and those feelings fade away
the chances are they'll come back around
to be ready now and just what to say
[chorus]
just tell her you don't love her
and tell her you don't care
and tell her you don't need her
and you don't miss her then
and give her that cold shoulder
and say you've never cried

I would bet my life, like I bet my heart
That you were the one, baby
I've never been so sure, of anything before
It's driving my heart crazy
I can't hold out, I can't hold back now
Like I've done before
Darlin, look at me, I've fallen like a fool for you
And Darlin can't you see, I'd do anything you want me to
I tell myself, I'm in too deep
Then I fall a little farther
Every time you look at me
How do you do that girl?
Make me feel like I'm, the only man alive for you
I guess that's what it is, that makes me fall like this
The first time in your arms I knew
The way you held me, it overwhelmed me
I went out of my mind
Darlin, look at me, I've fallen like a fool for you
And Darlin can't you see, I'd do anything you want me to
I tell myself, I'm in too deep
Then I fall a little farther
Every time you look at me
Every time, baby

Two young people without a thing
Say some vows and spread their wings
Settle down with just what they need
Livin' on love
She don't care bout what's in style
She just likes the way he smiles
It takes more than marble and tile
Livin' on love
Livin' on love
Buyin' on time
Without somebody, nothin ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love
It sounds simple
That's what you're thinking
Love can walk through fire without thinking
It doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' On love
Two old people, without a thing
Children gone, still they sing
Side by side on that front porch swing
Livin' on love
He can't see anymore
She can barely sweep the floor
Hand in hand they'll walk through that door
Just livin' on love
Livin' on love
Buyin' on time
Without somebody, nothin ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love
It sounds simple
That's what you're thinking
Love can walk through fire without thinking
It doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
Livin' on love
Buyin' on time
Without somebody, nothin ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love
It sounds simple
That's what you're thinking
Love can walk through fire without thinking
It doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
No it doesn't take much when you get enough

I remember walk'in round the court square sidewalk
Lookin' in windows at things I couldn't want
There's johnson's hardware and morgans jewelry
And the ol' Lee king's apothecary
They ware the little man
The little man
I go back now and the stores are all empty
Except for an old coke sign from 1950
Boarded up like they never existed
Or renovated and called historic districts
There goes the little man
There goes the little man
Now the court square's just a set of streets
That the people go round but they seldom think
Bout the little man that built this town
Before the big money shut em down
And killed the little man
Oh the little man
He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass
And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat
The new stores came where you do it yourself
You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf
Forget about the little man
Forget about that little man
He hung on there for a few more years
But he couldn't sell slurpees
And he wouldn't sell beer
Now the bank rents the station
To a down the road
And sell velvet Elvis and
Second-hand clothes
There goes little man
There goes another little man
Now the are lined up in a concrete strip
You can buy the world with just one trip
And save a penny cause it's jumbo size
They don't even realize
They'er killin' the little man
Oh the little man
It wasn't long when I was a child
An old black man came with his plow
He broke the ground where we grew our garden
Back before we'd all forgot about the little man
The little man
Long live the little man

Look at me
And tell me
You don't love me
Take my hand and say
It can't be
Kiss me once and just
Before you walk away
Listen first to what
Your senses say
'Cause I can see me
Loving you forever
I can feel my arms
Around your life
I can taste your lips
Against my memory
Listen to your senses
What they have to say
Love can hurt
Love can scar you
The time just best
To turn away
But love can heal
And love can save you
Today is not like yesterday
I can see me
Loving you forever
I can feel my arms
Around your life
I can taste your lips
Against my memory
Listen to your senses
What they have to say
'Cause I can see me
Loving you forever
I can feel my arms
Around your life
I can taste your lips
Against my memory
Listen to your senses
What they have to say
Listen to your senses
What they have to say
I can see me

What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,

Laid back in Low Key, you and me on that white powered beach
Side by side with the sand and the sea, laid back in Low Key
Gentle roar of the wave on the shore
Makes its way through the crack neath the door
Wake up call from the ocean floor down in Avid Cove
Were laid back in Low Key, you and me on that white powered beach
Side by side with the sand and the sea, laid back in Low Key
[Instrumental Interlude]
Tequila Sunrise with a coconut base, hammock swingin in the palm tree shade
Standard Island beach Resort cliche, hey, but thats okay
Were laid back in Low Key, you and me on that white powered beach
Side by side with the sand and the sea, laid back in Low Key
Wind blowin on the back of my neck, sun reflection off that tan on your breast
Found that feelin that we lost long ago down in Avid Cove
Were laid back in Low Key, you and me on that white powered beach
Side by side with the sand and the sea, laid back in Low Key
Were laid back in Low Key, you and me on that white powered beach

Bobby wants a ten speed English racer.
Jenny wants that fuzzy teddy bear.
Now you're asking me what I'd like from Santa for Christmas this year.
There's a lot of things you could buy for me
But they wouldn't mean as much as you standing by that tree.
Just put a ribbon in your hair, darlin'.
You'll be the best gift anywhere Christmas morning.
There's no worldly treasure I'd like any better
Than you standin' there.
Just put a ribbon in your hair.
Colored boxes filled with fancy presents.
They're a mighty pretty sight, it's true.
But all those pretty things, they just can't compare to the beauty in you.
Girl, on Christmas day, the greatest gift I know
Will be having you to hold underneath that mistletoe.
Just put a ribbon in your hair, darlin'.
You'll be the best gift anywhere Christmas morning
There's no worldly treasure I'd like any better
Than you standin' there.
Just put a ribbon in your hair.

HERE'S MY HAT IN MY HAND
PLANIN' TO DO SOMETHIN' BAD
WILL U STEP ASIDE PLEASE?
I AIN'T STAY TO MID ((MIDNIGHT))
I ALWAYS TRYIN' TO HELP
BUT I AIN'T DO MUCH THAN I DID
I LOVED SINCE CHILDHOOD
MADE U REAL AS I COULD
AFTER ALL U SAID GOODBYE
GOTTA GO WITH MY BAL
LET ME TELL SOMETHIN' REAL FRANK
U'LL BE BACK SOON NOT FAR
U'LL CRY TO BAG ME LATER
BUT I AIN'T BE QUICKER
LOOK AT YOUR SELF RIGHT NOW
AND LOOK AT YOU LATER ON
U'LL SEE THE DIFFRENT BABY
U AIN'T LOOK LIKE BEFOR....

That old sun comes up every morning
And goes back down at the end of every day
It’s just that way
Stars show up every evening
The man in the moon comes out to play
It’s just that way
And girl, loving you
Is something I was born to do
It’s just that way
The ocean’s wet, the desert’s dry
Don’t ask me why cos I can’t say
It’s just that way
And sure as the world keeps turning
My love for you will never change
Oh, it’s just that way
And girl, loving you
Is something I was born to do
It’s just that way
And girl, loving you
Is something I was born to do
It’s just that way
That old sun comes up every morning

Well I've been on the wrong side of the front door too often
Watched you slam it in my face
Well I may learn the hard way I'm not a soft one tonight I'm standin' in your place
Cause you taught me a lot about leavin' won't even have to try
So here's your lesson in heartache and grievin' and a chance for you to cry
Cause it's time you learned about goodbye
[ guitar - steel ]
I've stood behind you and I've laid beside you but I won't do that anymore
Cause I'm tired of bein' just here when you want me tonight I'm walkin' out that door
Cause you taught me...
Yeah you taught me...
Yeah you taught me...

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
I'd stay in the garden with Him
'Tho the night around me is falling
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling
And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there

Well I'm making out my list
For ole St.Nick tonight
But I'm afraid what I want this year
Can't be had
But Santa he's the kind
When he makes up his mind
Wishes can come true
And I bet my Christmas stockin'
If my wish don't come knockin'
He's gonna be blue
So baby come home
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry
He can't see where he's going
When it's snowing
If there tears in his eyes
And don't you know his ho ho ho will be
A sad sad sigh
So baby come back to me
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry
And don't you know his ho ho ho will be
A sad sad sigh
So baby come back to me
If you don't wanna see Santa Claus cry
So baby come back to me

If love was a river and I was a drowning man
Would you get in the water?
Would you lend me a hand
If love was a river, would you sit on the land?
If love was a mountain, high above this town
Would you climb to the top?
Would you never look down?
If love was a mountain, would you go around?
Love rarely knocks
So many times upon your door
And Heaven only knows
If it will come back anymore
If love was a firefly, sitting in your hand
Would you laugh when it twinkled?
Let it go again
If love was a firefly, would you understand?
If love was a party with everyone you know
Would you dance if I asked you?
Would you smile and say "No"?
If love was a party, would you even go?
Love rarely knocks
So many times upon your door
And Heaven only knows
If it will come back anymore
If love was a fast train on a one-way track
Would you turn in your ticket?
Would you never look back?

The door still creaks, the roof still leaks
When the rain comes fallin' down
The dog still barks
At every car that comes around
My boss at work, he's still a jerk
That ain't nothing new
I'm such a dope, my heart's still broke
'Cause, I still love you
My favorite picture of you
Is still on my window sill
You wrote to me, don't ever change
And I'm afraid, I never will
When day is done, the night still comes
And I still toss and turn
I still try to have some pride
While the bridge still burns
My arms still ache, my heart still waits
And I know there's no use
I'm still a fool and it's so cruel
'Cause, I still love you
My favorite picture of you
Is still on my window sill
You wrote to me, don't ever change
And I'm afraid, I never will
The door still creaks, the roof still leaks
But that ain't nothing new
Thanks for the call, I guess that's all

I guess it's just not my day
The wind blew my morning paper away
Then I cut my toe on a sliver of glass
From the storm door you broke when you left here so fast
If it ain't one thing, it's you
If you've heard that I'm goin' crazy, it's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing, it's you
Well, I rented that movie you hate
But that old VCR just chewed up the tape
Then I went to the freezer, thought I'd cook me a steak
All I found was that old piece of our wedding cake
If it ain't one thing, it's you
If you've heard that I'm goin' crazy, it's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing, it's you
But I never knew that I needed you so
But now that I've lost you, I can't let you go
If it ain't one thing, oh, it's you
If you've heard that I'm goin' crazy, it's true
The wheels seem to fall off whatever I do
If it ain't one thing, it's you

Chorus:
If I could make a livin' out of lovin' you,
I'd be a millionaire in a week or two,
I'd be doin' what I love, and lovin' what I do,
If I could make a livin' out of lovin' you.
Early in the morning, when the sun comes up,
I'm punchin' that clock on the wall,
Breakin' my back just to make you bucks,
Wishin' I was in your arms.
Chorus:
If I could make a livin' out of lovin' you,
I'd be a millionaire in a week or two,
I'd be doin' what I love, and lovin' what I do,
If I could make a livin' out of lovin' you.
--- Instrumental ---
Chorus:
If I could make a livin' out of lovin' you,
I'd be a millionaire in a week or two,
I'd be doin' what I love, and lovin' what I do,

Some glad morning when this life is o'er,
I'll fly away;
To a home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away).
I'll fly away, Oh Glory
I'll fly away;
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away).
Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away;
To a land where joy shall never end,

I wish I could back up and start all over
Cause now I'd know better the best way to love her
The words I would tell her the time I would give her
I wish I could back up and start all over
Time takes you places you never knew you'd be goin'
It softens the edges of memories you're towin'
It changes the reasons
You wanted to hold her
I wish I could back up and start all over
I wish I could back up and start all over
I'd make the first time feel like forever
Not to be younger may be just to be smarter
I wish I could back up and start all over
Time takes you places you never knew you'd be goin'
It softens the edges of memories you're towin'
It changes the reasons
You wanted to hold her
I wish I could back up and start all over
I wish I could back up and start all over
Days I would take back nights I'd wanna make longer
Moments I'd never just throw over my shoulder
I wish I could back up and start all over
But it's never too late to wanna do better
Love's never easy, changes just like the weather
Some days it's raining some are sunny and blue
There's never perfect but there's faithful and true
Time takes you places you never knew you'd be goin'
It softens the edges of memories you're towin'
It changes the reasons
You wanted to hold her
I wish I could back up and start all over
I wish I could back up and start all over

If I surveyed all the good things
That come to me from above
If I count all the blessings
From the storehouse of love
I'd simply ask for the favor
Of him beyond mortal king
And I'm sure
That he'd grant it again
I want to stroll over Heaven
With you some glad day
When all our troubles and heartaches
Are vanished away
Then we'll enjoy the beauty
Where all things are new
I want to stroll over Heaven
With you
So many places of beauty
We long to see here below
But time and treasures have kept us
From making plans as you know
But come the morning of the rapture
Together we'll stand a new
While I stroll over Heaven
With you
I want to stroll over Heaven
With you some glad day
When all our troubles and heartaches
Are vanished away
Then we'll enjoy the beauty
Where all things are new
I want to stroll over Heaven
With you
I want to stroll over Heaven

I love to tell the story
Of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and his glory,
Of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story,
Because I know 'tis true;
It satisfies my longings
As nothing else can do.
[Refrain:]
I love to tell the story,
'twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story
Of Jesus and his love.
I love to tell the story,
For those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting
To hear it like the rest.
And when, in scenes of glory,
I sing the new, new song,
'twill be the old, old story
That I have loved so long.

I could get used to this lovin' thing
The way you call my name, in love's embrace
I could get used to you everyday
And your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin' thing
I've had romance a time or two
Infatuation, then I found you
I've had 'em steal my heart and run
And that ain't fun for anyone
I could get used to this lovin' thing
The way you call my name, in love's embrace
I could get used to you everyday
And your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin' thing
I like the way you make me feel
And what I feel, feels like it's real
I never once said I love you
Until I felt the one that's true
I could get used to this lovin' thing
The way you call my name, in love's embrace
I could get used to you everyday
And your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin' thing
Yeah, I could get used to this lovin' thing
The way you call my name, in love's embrace
I could get used to you everyday
And your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin' thing
I could get used to you everyday

Oh Lord, my God
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works
Thy hands have made
I see the stars
I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout
The universe displayed
Then sings my soul
My Saviour, God, to Thee
How great thou Art
How great thou Art
Then sings my soul
My Saviour, God, to Thee
How great thou Art
How great thou Art
When Christ shall come
With shouts of adulation
And take me home
What joy shall fill my heart?
Then I shall bow
In humble adoration
And there proclaim, my God
How great Thou Art
Then sings my soul
My Saviour, God, to Thee
How great thou Art
How great thou Art
Then sings my soul
My Saviour, God, to Thee
How great thou Art
How great thou Art
How great Thou Art

You called it quits
And hung up the phone
Now go love
The one you choose
And my friends say I should be happy
But if I'm happy
This is a good imitation of the blues
You threatened to leave
One too many times
I'm gettin' out
My travelin' shoes
And now that you're gone
I'm gonna be walkin' on
With this good imitation of the blues
My friends all say
You're no good without me
They tell me
That's good for you
And they say that I'm
just feelin' fine
With this good imitation of the blues
You threatened to leave
One too many times
I'm gettin' out
My travelin' shoes
And now that you're gone
I'm gonna be walkin' on

Lace-up boots and faded jeans
A homemade sandwich, a half jug of tea
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol' end and same ol' day
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the working man
All week long making a living
Life keeps takin', he keeps giving
Behind the scene, below the grade
Hardly noticed but part of everything
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the working man
He gives his life then fades away
Another young man takes his place
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol' end, same ol' day
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
No, there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the working man
The working man

I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick on the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lying cold the way you left them, at least your lips caressed them while you packed
And a lip print on the half filled cup of coofee that you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it, that's so much more than I can say for me
But what a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowing
It's funny, I don't even care
When you turned and walked away
And as the door behind you closes
The only thing I know to say
It's been a good year for the roses
After three full years of marriage, it's the first time that you've ever made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talking, there's so little left to say we haven't said
While a million thoughts go running through my mind I find I haven't spoke a word
And from the bedroom those familiar sounds of our one baby's crying goes unheard
But what a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowing
Funny, I don't even care
And when you turned and walked away
And as the door behind you closes
The only thing I know to say

Work, work all week long
Punchin' that clock from dusk till dawn.
Countin' the days till Friday night
That's when all the conditions are right.
For a good time
I need a good time.
Yea, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
I cashed my check, cleaned my truck
Put on my hat, forgot about work
Sun goin' down, head across town
Pick up my baby and turn it around
Good time,
Aahh, I need a good time
I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
Time for a good time
HEY!
Pig in the ground, beer on ice
Just like ole Hank taught us about
Singin' along, Bocephus songs
Rowdy friends all night long
Good time
Lord, we're having a good time,
Yea, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Whew
Heel toe dosey doe
Scootin' our boots, swingin' doors
B & D Kix and Dunn
Honkin' tonk heaven, Double shotgun
Good time,
Lord, we're havin' a good time
Cause I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Shot of Tequila, beer on tap
Sweet southern woman set on my lap
G with an O, O with a D
T with an I and an M and an E
And a good time
Shhheww, good time
I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ahh, turn it up now.
A Shot of Tequila.
Beer on tap.
A good looking woman.
To set on my lap.
A G with an O, an O with a D
A T with an I an M with an E
That spells good time
A good time
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
Time for a good time
Twelve o'clock, two o'clock three o'clock four
Five o'clock we know were that's gonna go
Closing the door, shuttin' em down
Head for that Waffle House way across town
Good time
Ohh, we're havin' a good time.
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ohh, I've been workin' all week
And I'm tired and I don't wanna sleep
I wanna have fun
It's time for a good time
Ohh, yea, a good time.
I need a good time.

(Larry Shell/Larry Cordle)
Nobody saw them running
From 16th Avenue
They never found the fingerprints
Or the weapon that was used
But someone killed country music
Cut out its heart and soul
They got away with murder
Down on music row
The almight dollar
And the lust for worldwide fame
Slowly killed tradition
And for that, someone shouldhang ("Ahh, you tell 'em Alan")
They all say "Not Guilty!"
But the evidence will show
That murder was committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And the fiddles barely play
But drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Are mixed up in your face
Ol' Hank wouldn't have a chance
On today's radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
They thought no one would miss it
Once it was dead and gone
They said no one would buy them ol'
Drinkin' and cheatin' songs ("Oh, but I still buy 'em")
Well there ain't no justice in it
And the hard facts are cold
Murder's been committed
Down on music row
For the steel guitars no longer cry
And you can't hear fiddles play
With drums and rock 'n' roll guitars
Mixed right up in your face
Why the Hag wouldn't have a chance
On today's radio
Since they committed murder
Down on music row
Why they even tell the Possum
To pack up and go back home
There's been an awful murder

it's hard to describe
you're like nothing i've ever known in my life
time is flowing from down deep the sunrise
so selfness and complete
you did ..any now
all around you not a single cloud
like the rain it stops for it it's ground
and puddles at your feet
chorus:
you're an angel
i know heaven wonders where you are
like you fell of some old shining star
riding to my heart
an angel,
when i'm with you i feel like a king
just like out of some old movie scene
an angel, everything but the wings
looking at you
it's hard to believe that you could feel the way i do
never thought i'd find so much love we're falling to
or perfect or true
so never go away
if heaven calls you back if ask if you can stay
i never find someone to ever take your place
you know the only made a few
chorus:
'cause you're an angel
i know heaven wonders where you are
like you fell of some old shining star
riding to my heart
an angel,
when i'm with you i feel like a king
just like out of some old movie scene

Girl you're my sunshine
Chase away the raindrops
Make it all worthwhile
Make all the pain stop
Just like the river
Keep love flowin'
Don't let our world stop
Keep it goin'
I like it just the way you are
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me
Don't you change on me
Girl you're my lucky star
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me
Don't change on me
I used to wonder
Where would I find
Some kind of happiness
And peace of mind
Livin' in the darkness
Then you came
Bringin' sunlight
Easin' my pain
I love you just the way you are
Honey don't change who you are
Girl don't change on me
Don't you change on me
Girl you're my lucky star
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me
Don't you change on me
If there's a heaven
This is my prayer
Lord knows I wanna know you
We should meet there
And then forever
We'll walk together
Nothin' but sunshine
No more stormy weather
I love you just the way you are
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me
Don't you change on me
Girl you're my lucky star
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me
Don't change on me
Oh now
I love you just the way you are
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me
Don't you change on me
Girl you're my lucky star
Honey don't change who you are
Don't change on me

Ask me any kind of question
Anything you wanna know
Tell you all about my lovers
Heartaches and laughter
From a long time ago
Ask me if I'm finally happy
I've never really been before
Ever since you happened to me
I've told all my secrets
I don't have anymore
Ask me now
And I won't tell a lie
Ask me how
I've been feelin' inside
When somebody loves you
You know that it's true
Don't ask why
And ask me if I really mean it
When I tell you I love you
Ask me will I please repeat it
I'll tell you forever if you want me to
And ask me now
And I won't tell a lie
Ask me how
I've been feelin' inside
When somebody loves you
And you know that it's true
Don't ask why

I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
With frame house and grandma driveway
With the trees and old front porch
Just outside the city limits, on the highway 34.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
And having tobacco rolling on the roadside
Rolled it up and we smoked it down.
Don't feel much, but it makes you feel big
When you're ten years old in a tiny town.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
Have a chicken meal right in the backyard
Close line running east to west
Water bane to make a garden, six days and a sun to rest.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
Summertime, hot and hazy, bare feet and a water hose
Melon and lime on a country table
Lighting the buds when the sun goes down.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
And the holy ghost on a sunday morning,
Gospel songs and a bible read
Sunday lunch at momma's table, praying for lord and break the bread.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
I screamed in porch right at the backdoor,
Washing machine and an old, old, stove
Momma's singing in the kitchen, rolling homemade biscuit dough.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
I was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
When I'm old and heaven's calling
And they come to care me away
Just lay me down, down in soft land
Here where me and jordan play.
I was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines

i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
with frame house and grandma driveway
with the trees and old front porch
just outside the city limits, on the highway 34.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
and having tobacco rolling on the roadside
rolled it up and we smoked it down.
don't feel much, but it makes you feel big
when you're ten years old in a tiny town.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
have a chicken meal right in the backyard
close line running east to west
water bane to make a garden, six days and a sun to rest.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
summertime, hot and hazy, bare feet and a water hose
melon and lime on a country table
lighting the buds when the sun goes down.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
and the holy ghost on a sunday morning,
gospel songs and a bible read
sunday lunch at momma's table, praying for lord and break the bread.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
i screamed in porch right at the backdoor,
washing machine and an old, old, stove
momma's singing in the kitchen, rolling homemade biscuit dough.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines
i was raised on the dixi highway, no sweeter place you'll ever find.
when i'm old and heaven's calling
and they come to care me away
just lay me down, down in soft land
here where me and jordan play.
i was born on the dixi highway, red play and georgy pines

She said, "I don't usually dance this close to strangers
You know a girl can't be too careful with her heart
But I saw you and thought that you looked harmless
When you smile that way, I'm not so sure you are"
I said, "I don't usually come here for the dancin'
You can tell that, by the way I move
When I saw you, I thought that it was hopeless
But I just had to ask you for a dance or two"
Somewhere in the stars it must be written
Girl we've got to take this chance that we've been given
If there's a heaven here on earth, I think we've found it
If this ain't love, we're dancin' all around it
Music's stopped and we're still holdin' each other
This feels like the beginning of forever
Somewhere in the stars it must be written
Girl we've got to take this chance that we've been given
If there's a heaven here on earth, I think we've found it
If this ain't love, we're dancin' all around it
If this ain't love we're dancin' all around it

Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
Down by the river on a Friday night
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute
Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
So I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone
Dropped her off early but I didn't go home
Down by the river on a Friday night
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute
Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love
Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy
I was willin' but she wasn't ready
So I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone
I dropped her off early but I didn't go home
Down by the river on a Friday night
Pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
Never had a plan just a livin' for the minute
Yeah, way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
Never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
A lot about livin' and a little 'bout love

It's time for a change
I'm tired of that same old same
The same old words, the same old lines
The same old tricks and the same old rhymes
Days, precious days
Roll in and out like waves
I got boards to bend, I got planks to nail
I got charts to make, I got seas to sail
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
She'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
'Cause I've got boats to build
Sails are just like wings
The wind can make them sing
Songs of life, songs of hope
Songs to keep your dreams afloat
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
She'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
'Cause I've got boats to build
Shores, distant shores
There's where I'm headed for
I got the stars to guide my way
To sail into the light of day
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
She'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
'Cause I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
She'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
'Cause I've got boats to build, I've got boats to build

I'm lost in the night
The icy wind is howling out your name
And desolation lingers
Like a fog
The fires growing dimmer
In the wind
I'm out in the rain
The moon is gone behind the clouds again
And I can't stand to live
Another day
Cause my bluebird went away
And I'm locked in this room
With my sorrow
No escape
No way to get away
And my only connection
with tomorrow
Is hopin' that you might decide to not stay away
Well I'm out on a limb
If I could only find sweet love again
To live my life this way is too much to bear
Can't find my bluebird anywhere
I'm out in the rain
The moon is gone behind the clouds again
And I can't stand to live another day
Bluebird why'd you go away?

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above

Oh I'm blessed and I know I am
God has dealt me a winning hand
A loving woman and a fairy land for me
Oh and I can't believe it half the time
When I look at her in perfect light
Sweet vision every day and night I see
[Chorus]
My baby has big green eyes
Brighter than the bluest sky
Softer than an angel flies
Sweeter than a lullaby
And she loves me without design
Her picture never leaves my mind
I don't deserve a love this fine
Baby and her big green eyes
Oh and I'm never very far away
Even if I'm in another place
Her smile you can't erase from me
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
Oh and I'm thankful every waking hour
For the love of a gentle flower
A face I will never tire or leave
[Chorus]
Her picture never leaves my mind
I don't deserve a love this fine

A big moon is risin'
So bright in the sky
But it won't shine brighter
Than the stars in your eyes
It rises above me
So bright and so blue
And I won't see anyone
As lovely as you
Take me into the night
Pass these lonely dreams
in my heart
I love you
More than I can show you
More than I can know in my heart
So lay down beside me
And hold me tonight
For your love has found me
And it feels so right
These thoughts in my mind
Are so scattered and few
But I won't see anyone
As lovely as you
Take me into the night
Pass these lonely dreams
in my heart
I love you
More than I can show you
More than I can know in my heart

Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside your garments that are stained with sin
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean.

I've been riding these blue highways
Another night has made me stop
My weary bones can go no farther
And here's where they'll drop
In my dreams your arms will find me
They will hold me through the night
Then release me to my journey
As another day grows light
I've got so many miles to go
And promises to keep
Right now all I wanna do
Is be anywhere on earth you are
I've always been a gypsy
And the road calls me to roam
But each day brings me closer
To the place where we call home
Still got many miles to go
And promises to keep
Right now all I wanna do
Is be anywhere on earth you are
In my dreams your arms will find me
They will hold me through the night
Right now all I wanna do

Well tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I'm a little bluer than that
When you look out in the morning you might see
Clouds rolling by like memories
A big old sky above you lookin' back
You may think of me
But I'm a little bluer than that
Chorus
Where did we go wrong
I wish I knew
It haunts me all the time
Now wherever I go and
whatever I do
You're always on my mind
I can picture you in his arms tonight
But as for me it don't feel right
To let us fade like some old photograph
It may work for you
But I'm a little bluer than that
Chorus
So tonight if you turn your radio on
You might hear a sad, sad song
About someone who lost everything they had
It may sound like me
But I'm a little bluer than that
You may think of me

I remember how you looked that day
and thought we would be together
until we were both old & gray
but, after 7 years of happiness & 8 month's of hell
7 years of loving you
My perfect world fell
2 blessings came, a baby girl for you and for me a baby boy
but after 7 years of happiness & 8 months of hell
7years of loving you
my perfect world fell
Then your cheating game, with all of the mysterious names
said you were working late,
but was out on a date,
so after 7 years of happiness & 8 months of hell
7 years of loving you

'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
And to take him at his word;
Just to rest upon his promise,
And to know, "Thus saith the Lord."
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!
I'm so glad I learned to trust thee,
Precious Jesus, Savior, friend;
And I know that thou art with me,

(Kortchmar)
I can see that you havn't recovered
From the girl who let you down
You would sell what is left of your soul
For another go 'round.
You keep telling yourself she means nothing
Maybe you should call her bluff
But if you don't really mean it
You must not be drinking enough.
Well, the perfume she wore
You can buy down at the five and dime
But on some other woman
It don't smell the same in your mind.
You keep telling yourself you can take it
You tell yourself that you're tough
But if you still want to hold her
You must not be drinking enough.
You're not drinking enough,
To wash away old memories
And there ain't enough whiskey in Texas
To keep you from beggin', please, please, please.
She passed on your passion, stepped on your pride
It turns out you ain't quite so tough
'Cause you still want to hold her
You must not be drinking enough.
You heard this grown man cry
You ask yourself why
'Cause you still want to hold her
You must not be drinking enough.
Ay - yi - yi - yi
Ask yourself why
You still wanna hold her

well i drove down to the ocean
left my heartache way behind
but the rain won't leave and the pain won't ease
and the sun don't wanna shine
so i ordered me up a killer
found a view out across the sea
i sat down in the sand
a drink in my hand
and in the glass looking back at me
i got a bug in my margarita
seems bad luck won't leave me alone
i got a woman i'm tryin' to drink away
and i got a long, long way to go
yeah, i got a long, long way to go
well i met an old boy from georgia
yeah, his woman done knocked him down
i asked him how's he doing
he stared at me confused
and said, “hey, ain't you looked around?”
he said the rain won't leave
and the pain won't ease
and the sun don't wanna shine
and there's something in the bottom of this drink i just got
and it don't look like a worm to me
i got a bug in my margarita
seems bad luck won't leave me alone
i got a woman i'm tryin' to drink away
and i got a long, long way to go
yeah, i got a long, long way to go
so we put our drinks together
and toasted rainy weather
and the women that had done us wrong
then we threw back margaritas
the bug just made it sweeter
and we both sang a happy song
i got a bug in my margarita
seems bad luck won't leave me alone
i got a woman i'm tryin' to drink away
and i got a long, long way to go
yeah, i got a bug in my margarita
seems bad luck won't leave me alone
i got a woman i'm tryin' to drink away
and i got a long, long way to go
yeah, i got a bug in my margarita
seems bad luck won't leave me alone
i got a woman i'm tryin' to drink away
and i got a long, long way to go

The kiss was colder than I remember
When we first said hello
I guess the flame's now a little lower
I can feel you letting go
You know the pain drops a little darker
Then when you first put it on
I guess your love's like some old cheap and magic marker
Said forever nice go
But you don't have to paint me a picture
You don't have to say things at all
You don't have to paint me a picture
I can see in the writing on the wall
When we first fell, we fell a long way
Summer nights and winter days
Mountain sunrise, ocean sunset
Hand in hand in the haze
Now it's cold heart summer evenings
And there's clouds on my sunrise
But you don't have to smile and say you're happy
I can see what's in your eyes
You don't have to paint me a picture
You don't have to say things at all
You don't have to paint me a picture

I know you're leaving, I see the signs
You're gonna walk out on this heart of mine
You'll never call me, you'll never write
You made your mind up, you're gone tonight
If some rainy day you're all alone
You feel like talkin' you can log me on
At www.memory
I'll be waitin' for you patiently
If you feel the need, just click on me
At www.memory
You won't even have to hold me or
Look into my eyes
You can tell me you love me
Through your keyboard and wires
No, you won't have to touch me or
Even take my hand
Just slide your little mouse around
Until you see it land
At www.memory
I'll be waitin' for you patiently
If you feel the need, just click on me
At www.memory
If you feel like love, just click on me

A callused right hand
Holds a shiny gold watch
Thirty years spent on clock
But you won't see no tears
This workin' class hero
He's always been hard as a rock
He knows he's too old
To really start over
Besides he just wouldn't know how
But I guess he's just glad
That he's not alone
But he's got to wonder what now
'Cause there's no hall of fame
For that working class hero
No statue carved out of stone
His greatest reward is the love of a woman
And his children, so after he's gone
That old working class hero lives on
That three-bedroom house
He built in the '50s
Seems much bigger today
With just him and mama
And not many bills
'Cause all of the kids moved away
What he's done with his life
Might not be remembered
But he's got every right to be proud
'Cause the blood sweatin' years
Of this workin' class hero
Is really what livin's about
'Cause there's no hall of fame
For that working class hero
No statue carved out of stone
His greatest reward is the love of a woman
And his children so after he's gone
That old workin' class hero lives on
Yes, that workin' class hero lives on

Everywhere you look, you can write a book
On the trouble with a woman and a man
But you can not impose, you can't stick your nose
Into something that you don't understand
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
And who's car is parked next door
I thought I knew her well, I really couldn't tell
That she had another lover on her mind
You see it felt so right when she held me tight
How could I be so blind?
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, who's being true
And who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
Who's car is parked next door
A heart is on the line each and every time
Love is stolen in the shadows of the night
Though it's wrong all along it keeps going on
As long as you keep in outta sight
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, and who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
Who's car is parked next door
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, and who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight
Who's car is parked next door
But still you wonder
Who's cheatin' who, and who's being true
Who don't even care anymore
It makes you wonder
Who's doing right with someone tonight

Well I know you hate my drinkin'
And the way I talk sometimes
But you hate it most when I don't call at night
And it's just because you love me
And you worry 'bout your man
You do the best you can, with who I am
Burnin' both ends of a candle
Oh, can leave one in the dark
And I know what I put you through
Is hard upon your heart
And it's just that you're concerned for me
Sweetheart, I understand
You do the best you can, with who I am
You go to church on Sunday
While I'm still home in bed
Sleepin' off the night I had before
And sometime you say I'm perfect
And sometimes not worth a damn
You do the best you can, with who I am
Burnin' both ends of a candle
Oh, can leave one in the dark
And I know what I put you through
Is hard upon your heart
And it's just that you're concerned for me
Sweetheart, I understand
You do the best you can, with who I am

Where were you when the world stopped turning
That September day?
Out in the yard
With your wife and children
Workin' on some stage in LA?
Did you stand there in shock
At the sight of that black smoke
Rising against that blue sky?
Did you shout out in anger
And fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry?
Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
Or pray for the ones who don't know?
Did you rejoice for the people
Who walked from the rubbel
And sob for the ones left below?
Did you burst out in pride
For the red, white, and blue
And the heroes who died
Just doing what they do?
Did you look up to Heaven
For some kind of answer
And look at yourself
And what really matters?
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I could
Tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning
That September day?
Teaching a class full of innocent children
Driving down some cold interstate?
Did you feel guilty
Cause you're a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone?
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that Bible at home?
Did you open your eyes, hope it never happened
Or close your eyes and not go to sleep?
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages
Or speak to some stranger on the street?
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun?
Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watching
And turn on I Love Lucy reruns?
Did you go to the church and hold hands with some stranger
Stand in line and give your own blood?
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family
Thank God you had somebody to love?
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I could
Tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is love
I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I could
Tell you the difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is love
Where were you when the world stopped turning

Well I came from Alabama
With a banjo on my knee
I'm goin' to Louisiana
My true love for to see
It rained all night the day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death
Suzanna don't you cry
I got a long way to go
I sure feel it now deep down in these dusty clothes
Through another town backed up with capricious souls
I got a long way to go
I got a lot left to say
To the empty seat that stood beside me
through the fray
Through the midnight moon
Saw fit to light my way
Got a lot left to say
But where do I go from here
When I'm lost out on the road
The way's not clear
To find my way back home
I need to hear
The only voice that leads me on
So I can find my way back to you
I had a dream the other night
When everything was still
I thought I saw Suzanna
Comin' down the hill
The buckwheat cake was in her mouth
A tear was in her eye
Says I'm comin' from the south
Suzanna don't you cry
Where do I go from here
When I'm lost out on the road
And the way's not clear
To find my way back home
I need to hear
The only voice that leads me on
So I can find my way back to you
Soon we'll be in New Orleans
Then I'll look around
And when I find Suzanna
I'll fall down on the ground
And if I do not find her
Then I should surely die
And when I'm dead and buried

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus;
Sing his mercy and his grace.
In the mansions bright and blessed
He'll prepare for us a place.
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We'll sing and shout the victory!
Onward to the prize before us!
Soon his beauty we'll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;

When your heart is all alone every second
Seems so long
When it's just you, you can't see through
Those ol' clouds that rain so blue
But when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you
When it's late, the sun hangs low
By yourself, nowhere to go
Sing a song, dance alone
Play solitaire and stare at the phone
But when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you
So let's put aside our foolish pride
And let our hearts say, "Hello"
We both agree we're just no good
At bein' on our own
'Cause when somebody loves you
There's nothing you can't do
When somebody loves you
It's easy to get through
When somebody loves you
The way I love you
The way I love you

Love for me hasn't been easy
I've let true love fall to the ground
Through the years and the tears
I've learned what love's about
And this time I'll be ready
When love comes around
When love comes around I'll be ready
Love will find me a brand new man
And I'll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around
Too many times I've lost a good love
And I can see now I let it down
But if love comes back to me
It won't see the same old me
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around
When love comes around I'll be ready
Love will find me a brand new man
And I'll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I'll be ready
When love comes around
Yeah, I'll be standing here
With my heart in my hand
This time I'll be ready

It was painted red
It's stripe was white
It was 18 feet
From the bow to the stern light
2nd hand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy
When he went there to get her
Put on a shine
Put on a motor
Built out of love
And made for water
Ran it for years
Till the transom got rotton
A piece of my childhood that'll never be forgotten
It was, just an old plywood boat
75 johnson with electric choke
A young boy, two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn it shore line, and, make it wide
He'd say, ya can't beat the way an old wood boat rides
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean, when daddy let me drive
Just an old 1/2 ton, short-bed Ford
My uncle bought new, in '64
Daddy got it right
Cause the engine was smokin'
Couple of burnt valves and he had it goin'
He'd let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
Down a dirt strip, where we'd dump trash
Off of Thickpin Road
I would sit on the seat
And stretch my feet out to the pedals
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
It was just an old hand-me-down ford
With 3 speed on the column
And a dent in the door
A young boy, 2 hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it, made me feel
And I would press that clutch and I'd keep it right
He'd say a lil' slower son you're doin' just fine
Just a dirt road with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
Im grown up now 3 daughters of my own
I let 'em drive my old jeep
Cross the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile, and say
It's just an old worn out jeep
With rusty ole floor boards
Hot on my feet
A young girl, two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it, made me feel
And he'd say, turn it left now, and steer it right
Straighten up girl now, you're doin' just fine
Just a lil' valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain, when daddy let me drive
Daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive

What happened to those glorious Westerns of yesteryear,
When I think of those days gone by it brings forth a tear;
Where tales of the rugged frontier and Old West is a familiar story,
that brings with it the adventures of the cowboy and the wide open range, with all its glory;
Where the good guy always wins and the bad guy ends up" six feet under" if you will;
Oh, the tales that could be told of those buried out on Boot Hill;
Those were the days when the bad men of the West came up against the law,
Most often met their demise at the hands of someone quicker on the draw;
Those were times when the prairies were bridled with danger,
Danger for the outlaw who fought against the likes of the Lone Ranger;
Where every town in the West had more than its share of villains,
who were quickly put to rest by the tough and courageous Matt Dillons;
Oh how I miss those wonderful days of the Old West,
When courage and justice were put to the test;
Where memories of boyhood heroes are forever etched in my mind,
Reflections of Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and the Hopalong Cassidy kind;
For me the agelessness of the American Cowboy is a sure bet,
as sure as John Wayne riding out into the western sunset;

What a friend we have in Jesus
All our sins and griefs to bear
And what a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer
Oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged
Take it to the Lord in prayer
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness

Excuse me, ma'am can you help me
I need to place an ad with you today
No ma'am tomorrow may be too late
I'd like to have it started right away
What's that, no this is personal
I'm not buying or selling anything
Yes ma'am, I know just what to say
I wrote it down, this is how it should read
(Chorus)
Wanted one good hearted woman
To forgive imperfection in the man that she
loved
Wanted just one chance to tell her
How much he still loves her
He can't be sorry enough
What's that, no that's all I want to say
I just hope these few lines will get to her
Yes ma'am, she means everything
I hope she comes back when she reads these

Trying not to love you, failing in every way
With you around I keep losing ground day by day
Trying to be fair both to me and to you
Trying not to love you is hard to do
But I guess there's no use hiding
What everybody knows
'Cause to other eyes there's no disguise
For the love that shows
So if I'm not being clear
I'll explain these words to you
Trying not to love you is hard to do
Well, I guess there's no use hiding
What everybody knows
'Cause to other eyes there's no disguise
For the love that shows
So if I'm not being clear, baby
I'll explain these words to you
Trying not to love you is hard to do

I thought some time in the sun
Would help me get over you
But I could tell from day one
This is a place meant for two
Now here I sit on the beach
Watching the tide ebb and flow
I booked my room for a week
But now I'm ready to go
I'm in a tropical depression
I've got the blue water blues
Can't shake this loving you obsession
Can't stand this sand in my shoes
This forgetting you vacation
Is just a fool's holiday
If I can't get over you
This tropical depression is gonna
Blow me away
This should be paradise
Heaven down by the sea
Without you here by my side
It feels like hell to me
I'm in a tropical depression
I've got the blue water blues
Can't shake this loving you obsession
Can't stand this sand in my shoes
This forgetting you vacation
Is just a fool's holiday
If I can't get over you
This tropical depression is gonna
Blow me away
If I can't get over you
This tropical depression is gonna

I've been a waiter, a roofer, a clerk
I've shoveled manure till my pride hurt
When you're starting out, it's all part of the work
To do what I do
I've been evicted for not making rent
Made my Daddy wonder where my good sense went
For the price of a dream, my years have been spent
To do what I do
So I stand here tonight with this six string guitar
To be something I've always been in my heart
Just for the chance to play you my song
The thrill when I hear you singing along
It's been worth everything I've been through
To do what I do
I've played for empty tables and chairs
The drunks that don't listen, the crowds that dont care
Been told countless times Boy you ain't goin' nowhere
To do what I do
So I hope the critics and skeptics alike
All bought a ticket to this show tonight
And they'll see firsthand that I have survived
And what doesn't kill you makes you more alive
And I'm one of the fortunate few
To do what I do
There's so much joy this music can bring
So I count my blessings when I step up to sing
Cause they're so many people who would give anything
To do what I do
And I thank you

I can hear her heart beat
It seams a little strong
I can hear the things I did wrong
I can hear her thoughts
By looking in her eyes
I can hear her all the times she cried
I can hear the memories
As they echo off the wall
Falling from the pictures down the hall
I can hear regret
Building up in side of me
And I can hear all the things
I could not see
Those are the sounds of a woman leaving
Stronger then the wind in a willow tree
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can't hear it
But the noise is killing me
I should of heard it coming
But I chose to pretend
I should of recognizes that sound
Way back then
But I just wouldn't listen didn't want to all those years
Now the truth is ringing clear
In my ears
Those are the sounds of a woman leaving
Stronger then the wind in willow tree
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can't hear it
But the noise is killing me
Those are the sounds of a heart breaking
You can't hear it
But the noise is killing me
I can hear it

Three minute positive not too country
Up-tempo love song
This is a three minute song
To tell her that I love her
And how wonderful we get along
A sweet sentiment that's borderline stick
A lotta right and not much wrong
It's a little bit edgy, but softer than spaghetti
Weak yet redundantly strong
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Chorus:
Yeah, it's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
It's a way for me to tell her that I love her
But it can't be too long
There'll be no drinkin no cheatin
No lyin no leavinthat stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
You won't hear four-letter words
Just me tellinher
That she's the every breath I draw
And how I can't live without her
And I could never doubt her
'cause she could never do no wrong
Well it's the right amount of timinthe proper form of rhymina little guitar
Then it's gone
It's a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Chorus
Tag:
Yeah in a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
There'll be no drinkin no cheatin
No lyin no leavinthat stuff it just don't belong
In a three minute positive
Not too country up-tempo love song
Yeah in a three minute positive

We're looking for The King
The new Messiah
We're following the star
Shining brighter
Old man, won't you help us if you can?
He shook his head
But he pointed his hand
There's a new kid in town
And He's lying in a manger, down the road
There's a new kid in town
But He's just another baby, I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem
I see you've traveled far
Bearing treasures
You say these gifts are for
The new Kings pleasures
Well, I've heard
That a King might come
But up 'til now there hasn't been one
There's a new kid in town
And He's lying in a manger, down the road
There's a new kid in town
But He's just another baby, I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town
Here in Bethlehem
There's a new kid in town
And He's lying in a manger, down the road
There's a new kid in town
But He's just another baby, I suppose
Heaven knows
There's a new kid in town

Starting over again is a bit like dancing
You just need someone to lead and take it slow
So lay your head on my shoulder
Let me hold you close, that's it
There you go
There you go, you're doing fine
Take each day like a step, one at a time
Put one foot in front of the other
And the next thing you know
That's it
There you go
Every day is like a new beginning
One door opens, while another starts to close
But just slip your arms around me
Cause life's a dance, don't know
That's it
There you go
There you go, you're doing fine
Take each day like a step, one at a time
Put one foot in front of the other
And the next thing you know
That's it
There you go
I know how it feels to have your heart crossed
Like the wings of the butterfly
But you gotta try
So just hold on tight
Put one foot in front of the other
And the next thing you know
You're dancing
There you go
That's it

There you were standin' in the shadows
Well I just looked where
I don't see
I'm still pretendin I don't need you
I won't let you know you're killin me
Like some big black widow spider
You know just how to catch your prey
I'm actin like it doesn't matter
And you sneak up from
Behind and whisper my name
There goes your paralyzin eyes
There goes your tantalizin smile
There goes my act of playin it cool
And there go the words
I meant to say
There go the games
I wanted to play
There goes my heart fallin for you
Well I think you're playin with me darlin
You like to see what you can do
Well I should be fishin for Blue Marlin
Instead of bein hooked again by you
There goes your paralyzin eyes
There goes your tantalizin smile
There goes my act of playin it cool
And there go the words
I meant to say
There go the games
I wanted to play
There goes my heart fallin for you
Yeah there goes your paralyzin eyes
There goes your tantalizin smile
There goes my heart fallin for you

Wish I were down, on some blue bayou
With a bamboo cane, stuck in the sand
But the road I'm on, don't seem to go there
So I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am
Wish I enjoyed, what makes my livin'
And what I do, with a willin' hand
Some would run, but that ain't like me
So, I just dream, keep on bein' the way I am
The way I am, don't fit my shackles
The way I am, reality
I can almost see, that bobber dancin'
So I just dream, an' keep on bein' the way I am
The way I am, don't fit my shackles
The way I am, reality
I can almost see, that bobber dancin'
So I just dream, an' keep on bein' the way I am
Yea, I just dream, an' keep on bein' the way I am
Yoodley

Well I'm ready to raise the blinds in this place
Think I'll rejoin the human race
You said yes, now you're wearin' my ring
Guess I can stop playin' ol' B.B. King
'Cause the thrill is back, the heartache's gone
Time stands still, baby love lives on
The room spins around, when you're kissin' me
The thrill is back like it used to be
I sure could use a haircut and shave
Now that I'm crawlin' outta my cave
Since you said we were through
I've been down with a case of the blues
But the thrill is back, the heartache's gone
Time stands still, baby love lives on
The room spins around, when you're kissin' me
The thrill is back like it used to be
I think I better give my doctor a call
And tell him I won't need that Prozac after all
'Cause the thrill is back, the heartache's gone
Time stands still, baby love lives on
The room spins around, when you're kissin' me
The thrill is back like it used to be
Yeah the thrill is back, the heartache's gone
Time stands still, baby love lives on
The room spins around, when you're kissin' me
The thrill is back like it used to be
The room spins around, when you're kissin' me

I used to run in a young man's boots
With a young man's heart
And a young man's roots
But now I stand where a young man stood before
I don't run like I used to
This old man don't run no more
You used to talk
And I used to nod
I don't listen
But I hear a lot
Don't believe for a second
That my key won't fit your door
I don't wantcha like I used to
This old man wants you more
Hey hidee ho
I used to go where the devil wouldn't go
Where the river run still
and the water don't flow
Heaven couldn't stop me then
Hidee hi
Good lord willin
And the creek don't rise
And life goes by
like the fireflies
Where the devil sits with a grin
I used to sing with a young man's voice
A young man's heart
and a young man's choice
Hope my song is what you're longing for
I don't sing like I used to
Sometimes less is more
Hey hidee ho
I used to go where the devil wouldn't go
Where the river run still
and the water don't flow
Heaven couldn't stop me then
Hidee hi
Good lord willin
And the creek don't rise
And life goes by
like the fireflies
Where the devil sits with a grin
Well this crazy life is all we got
Like a shoestring tied in a beggar's knot
In the end that's what this story shows
I don't love you like I used to
This old man loves you more
I don't love ya like a used to

He's just a singer
A natural born guitar ringer
Kind of a clinger to sad old songs
He's not a walk behinder
He's a new note finder
His name's a reminder of a blues man
That's already gone
So he started drinking and took somethings
That meesed up his thinking
He was sure sinking when she came along
He was born in the spot light not to much left inside
She changed all that one night
When she sang him this song
Hey baby I love you
Hey baby I need you
Hey baby you ain't got to prove to me
Your some kind of macho man
You wasted so much of your life running through the dark nights
Let me shine a little love light down on the blues man
He got so sick of speeding all things
They said he was needing if he was to keep on pleasing all of his fans
He got cuffed on dirt roads
He got sued over no shows
She came and took all that old down off of that blues man
And he sang
Hey baby I love you to
Hey baby I need you
Hey baby I do get tired of this traveling band
I'm over 40 years old now
Nights would be so cold now i
If you hadn't stuck it out with this blues man
I'm over 40 years old now
Nights would be so cold now

When the frantic pace of life attacks me
And weighs me to the ground
I long for someplace to escape
To the one place i have found
No stoplights to obey
No signs or limits there
Just drop the hook
And make your home almost anywhere
Where the sky meets the water
Where the wind is my song
Where the sun is my brother
That's where I belong
The gentle motion of the seas
Just rocks me off to sleep
No sirens, cars or screams
just quiet ocean breeze
A frigate bird encircles me
A 1000 feet above
She dips her wing and bows her head
Like we share a common love
Where the sky meets the water
Where the wind is my song
Where the sun is my brother
That's where I belong
When the moonlight cracks the edge of night
And stars are everywhere
I can taste the rum and coke
And I can smell that salty air
A light spray across my bow
Cools the evening sun
As it slowly melts into the sea
And tells me day is done
Where the sky meets the water
Where the wind is my song
Where the sun is my brother
That's where I belong
When the common themes of life
They come and overload my brain
I steer my thoughts right to that place
That takes me far away
When the traffic fills that concrete path
That takes me back and forth
I usually sit and dream about
That biggest piece of earth
Where the sky meets the water
Where the wind is my song
Where the sun is my brother
That's where I belong
Where the sky meets the water
Where the wind is my song
Where the sun is my brother
That's where I belong
Yeah, that's where I belong

I had to look through our old pictures
See the way we used to smile
Before we left love in the closet
Like it just went out of style
Can we pull out those old feelings
Wipe the hurt away like dust
Make love shine the way it used to shine
Find the gold beneath the rust
That's all I need to know
Do you wanna stay together
Just say let's don't let go
And I'll keep holdin' on forever
Have the teardrops that you've cried
Drowned the fire in your eyes
Is there one flame beneath the smoke
Tell me is there any hope
That's all I need to know
Is it too late to recover
Those old smiles we used to wear
Can we save the love that once was strong
Before it breaks beyond repair
That's all I need to know
Do you wanna stay together
Just say let's don't let go
And I'll keep holdin' on forever
Have the teardrops that you've cried
Drowned the fire in your eyes
Is there one flame beneath the smoke
Tell me is there any hope
That's all I need to know
Is there one flame beneath the smoke
Tell me is there any hope

If money grew on hackberry trees
If time wasn't such a luxury
If love was lovesick over me
That'd be alright
If I could keep the wind in my sails
Keep a hold of the tiger by the tail
A half a ham sandwich in my lunch pail
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright
Go heavy on the good and light on the bad
A hair more happy and shade less sad
Turn all that negative down just a tad
That'd be alright
If my dear old dog never got old
If the family farm never got sold
Another bad joke never got told
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
If everybody everywhere
Had a lighter load to bear
And a little bigger piece of the pie
We'd be livin' us a pretty good life
And that'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright
Alright
That'd be alright
Alright
That'd be alright
That'd be alright

If you wanna drive a big limousine
I'll buy the longest one you've ever seen
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great big mansion
Well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Well I'm a fool oh, for you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want then I've got it
If it's money you want then I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna take a trip across the ocean
I'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
If you wanna own a great mansion
Well I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you
Hey I'm a fool oh, for you
It may take a while but I'll prove it's true
Well if it's lovin' you want then I've got it
If it's money you want then I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees and all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

Well, I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby to try to get a date
My boss says, "No dice, son, you gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well my mom n' papa told me, "Son, you gotta make some money
If you wanna use the car to go ridin' next Sunday"
Well, I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
Now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nation
Well, I called my Congressman and he said quote
"I'd like to help you son but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Well, I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

i'll be the bad guy,
i'll take the black eye,
when i walk out,
you can slam the door,
i'll be the s.o.b,
if that's what you need from me,
so you don't have to love me anymore.
when you and our friends talk,
make it all my fault,
tell 'em i'm rotten to the core,
i'll let it all slide,
get 'em all on your side,
so you don't have to love me anymore.
i will keep,
all those memories, of the good times.
yeah, there were some good times.
so when you think,
of you and me,
they won't even cross your mind.
if the wine you're drinkin',
leads you to thinkin',
that you want what we had before,
girl you can call me,
i'll let it ring and ring,
so you don't have to love me anymore.
yeah, i will keep,
all those memories, of the good times.
yeah, there were some good times.
so when you think,
of you and me,
they won't even cross your mind.
if you need me to make you cry,
i don't want to but i'll try,

Born the middle son of a farmer
And a small town Southern man
Like his daddy's daddy before him
Brought up workin' on the land
Fell in love with a small town woman
And they married up and settled down
Natural way of life if you're lucky
For a small town Southern man
First there came four pretty daughters
For this small town Southern man
Then a few years later came another
A boy, he wasn't planned
Seven people livin' all together
In a house built with his own hands
Little words with love and understandin'
From a small town Southern man
[Chorus:]
And he bowed his head to Jesus
And he stood for Uncle Sam
And he only loved one woman
(He) was always proud of what he had
He said his greatest contribution
Is the ones you leave behind
Raised on the ways and gentle kindness
Of a small town Southern man
(Raised on the ways and gentle kindness)
(Of a small town Southern man)
Callous hands told the story
For this small town Southern man
He gave it all to keep it all together
And keep his family on his land
Like his daddy, years wore out his body
Made it hard just to walk and stand
You can break the back
But you can't break the spirit
Of a small town Southern man
(Repeat Chorus)
Finally death came callin'
For this small town Southern man
He said it's alright 'cause I see angels
And they got me by the hand
Don't you cry, and don't you worry
I'm blessed, and I know I am
'Cause God has a place in Heaven
For a small town Southern man

I could see it coming from a mile away
A heartache lookin' for a place to stay
But I couldn't resist her and I couldn't be cool
Lord, can't a woman make a man a fool
It's an age-old story but it still holds true
There ain't no end to what a man won't do
He'll love some woman 'til he goes insane
It's a short sweet ride om a runaway train
I was drunk and crazy from her sweet perfume
But I knew stone sober I was being used
Now the heartache lingers like a cheap cologne
She took all she wanted then she was gone
Well it's an age-old story but it still holds true
There ain't no end to what a man won't do
He'll love some woman 'til he goes insane
It's a short sweet ride om a runaway train
It was almost worth it for the time we spent
There ain't no future in a heart for rent
Still she taught me something 'bout the facts of life
Love cuts quicker than a switchblade knife
It's an age-old story but it still holds true
There ain't no end to what a man won't do
He'll love some woman 'til he goes insane
It's a short sweet ride om a runaway train
It's an age-old story but it still holds true
There ain't no end to what a man won't do
He'll love some woman 'til he goes insane
It's a short sweet ride om a runaway train

You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He's making a list, checking it twice
Gonna find out who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
With a little tin horns and little toy drums
Rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums
Santa Claus is comin' to town
With a curly hair dolls that cuddle and coo
Elephants, boats and kiddie cars too
Santa Claus is comin' to town
All the kids in girl and boy land will have a jubilee
They're gonna build a toy land town
All around that Christmas tree
So you better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Oh you better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is comin' to town

I'm usually strong, keep love far away
A wall round my heart so it won't have to break
But you take me some place that I've never been
And I don't know if I'll find my way back again
Cos you've got me right where I want you
And there's not a thing I can do
Completely consumed, all about you
You've got me right where I want you
When I close my eyes you're looking at me
You wake me at night walking round in my dreams
The wind blows the smell of the roses in bloom
And all I can think of is last night's perfume
Cos you've got me right where I want you
And there's not a thing I can do
Completely consumed, all about you
You've got me right where I want you
And I never thought that I would get caught
But here I am wrapped up in you
Cos you've got me right where I want you
And there's not a thing I can do
Completely consumed, all about you
You've got me right where
You've got me right where

A willin' woman, a willin' man
A five room house and a weddin' band
Believers, believers
Once it begins, you know it don't take long
'Til you're like two people in a heartbreak song
And I wonder, I wonder
Well ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasin' a rainbow, looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand
When it's right in the palm of your hand
We can't take back those things we said
So we watch it pass in separate beds
Changing, we're changing
Too little love and too much pride
You won't give in and neither will I
Like children, children
Well ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasin' a rainbow, looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand
When it's right in the palm of your hand
Feet on the floor, holding my head
Sitting alone on the edge of the bed
I've been thinkin', thinkin'
Tryin' to find where we went wrong
I just turned around and you were gone
It's over, it's over
Well ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasin' a rainbow, looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand
When it's right in the palm of your hand
Hey, ain't it just like a woman
And ain't it just like a man
Chasin' a rainbow, looking for love
When it's right in the palm of your hand

Well, I was sent to a place in North Carolina
To check up on a moonshine still
When I got there to my surprise
I could see a little light on the hill
Well, the fire was a glowing and really I was knowing
I was really hot on the track
But in D.C. they said it couldn't be
Well I'll be the one to bring 'em back
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah, I'm a revenooer man
I got a badge in my pocket and a gun on my hip
Them moonshiners better never make a slip
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah, I'll get 'em if I can
Well the moon was shining bright and I looked down the river
I noticed on the side of the hill
I can see a red light that was glowing right bright
I knew it had to be a still
There were people down the road said it wasn't far
But I better know someone
'Cause when the moonshiners know I carry a star
I'll bet my bottom dollar I'll have 'em on the run
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yes, I'm a revenooer man
I got a badge in my pocket and a gun on my hip
Them moonshiners better never make a slip
'Cause I'm a revenooer man
Yeah, I'll get 'em if I can
Well when I got back the woods was a bare
They must've knew I was on my way
Well, I heard the branches shatter and they started to scatter
I heard two or three of them say
It's the revenooer man
Yeah, It's the revenooer man
He got a big 45 with loads to fill
Dragging and a shagging to another hill
It's the revenooer man

(Bill Danoff/Taffy Nivert)
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want my Momma cry
Just last year when I was only seven
Now I'm almost eight, as you can see
You came home a quarter past eleven
And fell down underneath
our Christmas tree
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want my Momma cry
"Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want to see my Momma cry
Please Daddy don't get drunk this Christmas
I don't want my Momma cry
I don't want my Momma cry
Mama smiled and looked
Outside the window
She told me son
You better go upstairs Then you laughed and hollered
"Merry Christmas"
I turned around and saw
My Momma's tears
Chorus

Nobody said that it would be easy
To take away my walkin' shoes
Cause honey I found I can't settle down
On my road there's another town
Where the people wanna hear a man
who sings the blues
Nobody said that it would be easy
Stay at home all alone
Honey I found I can't settle down
With you,
My road, there's another town
I gotta keep movin'
I gotta keep rollin' on
Some say I'm a fool
Crazy fanatic
Dreamer
Drifter
And more
I guess it's true
Like getting static
For a new pair of boots
And the way out the door
Nobody said that it would be easy
Sometimes you'll get confused
But honey I found I can't settle down
At the end of my road
There's another town
Where the people wanna hear a man
Who sings the blues
Some say I'm a fool
Crazy fanatic
A dreamer a drifter and more
I guess it's true
Cause I get ecsatic
For a new pair of boots
and a way out the door
Nobody said that it would be easy
Sometimes you'll get confused
But honey I found I can't settle down
At the end of my road
There's another town
Where the people wanna hear a man
Who sings the blues
Yeah honey I found I can't settle down
At the end of my road
There's another town
Where the people wanna hear a man

Midnight in Montgomery, silver eagle, lonely road
I was on my way to Mobile for a big New Year's eve show
I stopped for just a minute to see a friend outside of town
Put my collar up, I found his name and felt the wind die down
Then a drunk man in a cowboy hat took me by surprise
Wearing shiny boots, a Nudi suit and haunting haunted eyes
He said, "Friend it's good to see you, it's nice to know you care"
Then the wind picked up, he was gone, was he ever really there?
'Cause it's midnight in Montgomery, just hear that whippoorwill
See the stars light up the purple sky, feel that lonesome chill
'Cause when the wind is right, you'll hear his songs, smell whiskey in the air
Midnight in Montgomery, he's always singing there
Well I climbed back on that eagle, took one last look around
Through red tail lights a shadow moved slow across the ground
And off somewhere a midnight train is slowly passing by
I could hear that whistle moaning, I'm so lonesome I could cry
'Cause it's midnight in Montgomery, just hear that whippoorwill
See the stars light up the purple sky, feel that lonesome chill
'Cause when the wind is right, you'll hear his songs, smell whiskey in the air
Midnight in Montgomery, he's always singing there

Well if I had money, I'd tell you what I'd do.
I'd go downtown and buy a mercury or two.
Crazy 'bout a mercury, oh I'm crazy 'bout a mercury.
I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Well the girl I love, stole her from a friend.
He got lucky, stole her back again.
She heard he had a mercury, oh she's crazy 'bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Well hey now mama, you look so fine.
Ridin' round in your mercury '49
Crazy bout a mercury, oh I'm crazy 'bout a mercury
I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Well my baby went out, she didn't stay long.
Bought herself a mercury, comin cruisin home.
She's crazy 'bout a mercury, oh she's crazy 'bout a mercury.
I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Oh, cruise now.
Well if I had money, I'd tell you what I'd do.
I'd go downtown and buy a mercury or two.
Crazy 'bout a mercury, oh I'm crazy 'bout a mercury.
I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.
Yeah, I'm gonna buy me a mercury and cruise it up and down the road.

Maybe I should stay here
For the rest of my life
My compliments to you dear
You're so easy on the eyes
I'm likin' how my Jack and water mixes with your
Estee Lauder ooh
So maybe I should stay here
And keep makin' eyes at you
Maybe you should stay here
I beg you not to go
There's something I must say dear
I'm compelled to let you know
My intuition makes me think
That holdin' you's a possibility
So maybe you should stay here
And keep makin' eyes at me
Some lovers lose, some lovers win
But honey I don't care
Somebody said only fools rush in
But me, I'm already there
So maybe we should stay here
'Cause here's where we belong
Like me the night is lonely
Like you the night is young
There's no reason why
We shouldn't have these feelings
If it happens naturally, oh yeah
So maybe we should stay here
For all eternity, oh baby, we should stay here just

(Jimmy Buffett)
Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered in oil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp hey they're beginnin' to boil
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know it's nobody's fault
I don't know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
Now I think
Must be Buffet's fault
I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Broke my leg twice I had to limp on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
Hang on
Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know this is all Alan's fault
Yes and some people claim that there's a woman to blame

Well, I drove down to the ocean
Left my heartache way behind
But the rain won't leave, and the pain won't ease
And the sun don't wanna shine
So I ordered me up a killer
Found a view out across the sea
I sat down in the sand, a drink in my hand
And the glass lookin' back at me
I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a long, long way to go
Well, I met an ol' boy from Georgia
His woman done knocked him down
I asked him how he's doin', he stared at me confused
And said, "Hey, ain't you look around?"
He said "The rain won't leave, and the pain won't ease
"And the sun don't wanna shine
"And there's somethin' in the bottom of this drink I've
just got
"And it don't look like a worm to me
"I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a long, long way to go"
So we put our drinks together, and toasted rainy
weather
And the women that had done us wrong
Then we threw back margaritas, the bugs just made it
sweeter
And we both sang a happy song
I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go
Yeah, I got a bug in my margarita
Seems bad luck won't leave me alone
I've got a woman I'm tryin' to drink away
And I got a long, long way to go

It happens everytime I think about the reasons why I sittin here alone at night at night and not with you
The heartache takes control and lets me know just what a fool I was and how you cant erase the things you do
And sorry just cant mend the broken heart Ive handed you, break apart is what most broken hearts tell you to do
But Im a long, long way from over you, dont think Ive ever seen so many shades of blue
They say that time will heal, dont know if I ever will cause Im a long, long way from over you
[Instrumental Interlude]
Now over you just sounds like some lost city, people tell me how to find but somehow I just never do
And maybe its because I never wanted to at all of course now I see that I had the best in you
That clock just runs in circles, the days just go on by, the memories hold me closer no matter how I cry
Im still a long, long way from over you, dont think Ive ever seen so many shades of blue
They say that time will heal, dont know if I ever will cause Im a long, long way from over you
[Instrumental Interlude]
That clock just runs in circles, the days just go on by, the memories hold me closer no matter how I cry
Im still a long, long way from over you, dont think Ive ever seen so many shades of blue
They say that time will heal, dont know if I ever will cause Im a long, long way from over you
[Instrumental Interlude]

Have a little love on a little honeymoon
You got a little dish and you got a little spoon
A little bitty house and a little bitty yard
A little bitty dog and a little bitty car
Well, it's alright to be little bitty
A little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a little bitty while
A little bitty baby in a little bitty gown
It'll grow up in a little bitty town
Big yellow bus and little bitty books
It all started with a little bitty look
Well, it's alright to be little bitty
A little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a little bitty while
You know you got a job and a little bitty cheque
Six pack of beer and a television set
Little bitty world goes around and around
Little bit of silence and a little bit of sound
A good ole boy and a pretty little girl
Start all over in a little bitty world
A little bitty plan and a little bitty dream
It's all part of a little bitty scheme
It's alright to be little bitty
A little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile
Life goes on for a little bitty while
It's alright to be little bitty
A little hometown or a big old city
Might as well share, might as well smile

i'm the prettiest boy that you will ever see
life keeps bringing me down
and i'm trying living above my means,
life keeps bringing me down.
yeah, life keeps bringing me down
blues keep coming around
hard living's gonna be the death of me,
life keeps bringing me down.
when the times roll in and the sun won't shine
life keeps bringing me down
now i'm hard on the bills and work for a dime
life keeps bringing me down
yeah, life keeps bringing me down
big tears drops hitting the ground
well, it won't stop raining on this heart of mine
life keeps bringing me down.
yeah, i hate to wake up when the morning comes,
life keeps bringing me down
but i frank upon a coffee and i'm on the run
life keeps bringing me down.
yeah, life keeps bringing me down,
the world keeps spinning around.
yeah, if ain't no racing, ain't no fun,
life keeps bringing me down.
i've got a number of death to crawl out from under
life keeps bringing me down
but one of these days i'm gonna hit the numbers,
life keeps bringing me down.
yeah, life keeps bringing me down,
i won't cry down to the ground
yeah, it's been a bummer the whole damn summer,
life keeps bringing me down.

The girl's wouldn't look anything like they do
Can't imagine my life without dresses and shoes
Or never taking a sunset from a front porch swing
Or make any sense of the pleasure love brings
I'd been alone for sure
Had it not been you
I wouldn't reach for your arms
When my dreams don't come true
Never sit holding hands
On a crowded church pew
I wouldn't smile when my fingers run through your hair
Or laugh when we race to the top of the stairs
I'd get old for sure
Had it not been you
You know there are times
That I can't wait to pick up the phone
When you're callin'
And the three little voices
That always chime in right along
When we're talkin'
Oh I never would see through
eyes of truth
And my heart
would have overlooked
a view that some just talk of
and never find
In a lifetime
It's hard to describe
in just words how I feel
when I hold stand beside you
But I make it known
It's just time that I kill
When I'm alone and without you
I will love all through the night
If you love me
As long as I wake up each morning
I'll know I'm the only one around
For a lifetime
I'd never have taken in a sunset from the front porch swing
Or make any sense of the pleasure love brings
I'd been alone for sure

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the hearts of all people both near and afar
Christmas everywhere
Feel the love of the season wherever you are
On the small country roads lined with green mistletoe
Big city streets where a thousand lights glow
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere
Let it be Christmas everywhere
With the gold and the silver, the green and the red
Christmas everywhere
In the smiles of all children asleep in their beds
In the eyes of young babies their first fallen snow
Elderlys' memories that never grow old
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere
Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the songs that we sing and the gifts that we bring
Christmas everywhere
In what this day means and what we believe
From the sandy white beaches where blue water rolls
Snow covered mountains and valleys below
(Chorus)
Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere

I parked my car 'round back
I've got the shades pulled down
I told everybody including my mama
I was leaving town
But I've been right here
Since you've been gone
Belly-up at the bottom of a bottle
Listening to George Jones
And just playin' possum
Layin' low
I've got hundred watts of hurtin'
Coming through the speakers of my stereo
Don't want to see nobody
Nowhere, I want to go
I'm just playin' possum
And layin' low
I'm gonna hide my heart
And be a love recluse
Oh, I could cry on my best friend's shoulder
But there ain't no use
I need an expert on
The pain I'm going through
So I'll keep George on the old turntable
'Til I'm over you
And just playin' possum
Layin' low
I've got hundred watts of hurtin'
Coming through the speakers of my stereo
Don't want to see nobody
Nowhere, I want to go
I'm just playin' possum
And layin' low
Tell 'em, George
He's playin' possum

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way;
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright, was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot;
We ran into a drifted bank and yhere we got upset
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh
Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!

Ba bom bom, ba bom bom
Ba bom ba bom
Ba bom bom, ba bom bom
Ba bom bom
Ba bom ba bom ba bom bom
It's alright to be a redneck, it's alright to ride around in a dirty old truck
Catch a bunch of fish, shoot a bunch of duck
It's alright to be a redneck
Chase around the girls on Friday night
You wanna make 'em feel alright
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright to be a redneck
It's alright to be a redneck, it's alright to work hard in the sun all day
Drink a couple beers after bailin' hay
It's good to be a redneck
Drive by Ernie's for some barbecue
Showin' off your brand new boots
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright to be a redneck
The kid's are gonna cry
And the chicken's gonna fry you know it
The car won't run
So your cousins comin' by to tow it yeah
Ba bom bom, ba bom bom
Ba bom ba bom ba bom bom
Ba bom bom, ba bom bom
Ba bom ba bom ba bom bom
It's alright to be a redneck
It's alright to have a girl named Thelma Lou
Don't mind a little kiss when you got a little chew
Party on the road by the light of the moon dancin' to a country tune
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright to be a redneck
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright
(It's alright)
It's alright to be a redneck
Yeah it's alright
(It's alright)
It's just right
(It's alright)
It's alright to be a redneck
Yeah it's alright
(It's alright)
It's just right
(It's alright)
It's alright to be a redneck, now
Ba bom bom, ba bom bom
(It's alright, it's alright)
Ba bom ba bom ba bom bom
Ba bom bom, ba bom bom
(It's alright, it's alright)

she loves the music, tells the tales of her heart
and she listens closely to the beats and the parts
she likes the songs that make her cry
and ones that pick her up and make her high.
she likes the hip-hop, she loves to rock it ,
she's got the country in her ipod on her pocket.
she loves the guitar, she likes the fiddle,
she even likes the ones where they're just talking rhyme and riddles.
and she sings along when she's driving home going all alone,
her life's a song.
and she likes the songs that take her back and make her want,
sometimes she just wants to dance and move on
she taps her feet and sheds a tear
plays air guitar and raises a beer.
she likes the hip-hop, she loves to rock it ,
she's got the country in her ipod on her pocket.
she loves the guitar, she likes the fiddle,
she even likes the ones where they're just talking rhyme and riddles.
and she sings along when she's driving home going all alone,
her life's a song.
at times she sings i know just how she feels
a broken heart on a love song that kills.
she likes the hip-hop, she loves to rock it ,
she's got the country on her ipod in her pocket.
she loves the guitar, she likes the fiddle,
she even likes the ones where they're just talking rhyme and riddles.
and she sings along when she's driving home going all alone,
her life's a song.
she likes the hip-hop, she loves to rock it ,
she's got the country on her ipod in her pocket.
she loves the guitar, she likes the fiddle,
she even likes the ones where they're just talking rhyme and riddles.
and she sings along when she's driving home going all alone,
her life's a song.

If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
Common man of men and the King of many
Hed lay his hands on his brother man, save us all from the sinnin
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
[Instrumental Interlude]
If He was here today I bet Hed drive a Chevrolet
Workin at the plant drawin workers pay
Hed preach in some little country church outside of the city
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
Common man of men and the King of many
Hed lay his hands on his brother man, save us all from the sinnin
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
[Instrumental Interlude]
His long hair and sandled feet would be in style
Surround himself with the good old boys to tell His tale
Hed have a mighty cross tatoo on his hands by the nail holes that killed Him
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
Common man of men and the King of many
Hed lay his hands on his brother man, save us all from the sinnin
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
[Instrumental Interlude]
Some folks would say it wasnt really Him
You know theyd probably send Him off to some kind of looney bin
They wouldnt hang Him on the cross but theyd find some way to condem Him
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
Common man of men and the King of many
Hed lay his hands on his brother man, save us all from the sinnin
If Jesus walked the world today, Hed probably be a Hillbilly
Hed be a Hillbilly, yeah, Hed be a Hillbilly

When I look into your soft green eyes
When I see your delicate body
Revealed to me as you slip off your dress
I'm reminded what I feel for you
Will remain strong and true
Long after the pleasures of the flesh
Then I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you
Be it the rain or the wind
Or the moon up in the sky
The spin of the earth or the change of the tide
I don't know what brought us together
What strange forces of nature
Conspire to construct the present
From the past
Then I'll go on loving you
I'll go on loving you

There's
Satellite communications
Long distance
Internet relations
The world's
A little faster every day
I know it's all
Well and good
And I don't embrace it
Like I should
But I wouldn't wanna go
Backwards even if I could
[Chorus:]
But I still
Like Bologna
On white bread
Now and then
And the sound
Of a whippoorwill
Down a country road
The grass between my toes
And that sunset sinking low
And a good woman's love
To hold me close
I like my 50 inch
HD plasma
Feels like
They just reach out
And grab you
500 channels
At my command
I finally gave in
And got a cell phone
That I hardly
Ever seem to turn on
I guess I never had
That much to say
[Chorus]
I got a laptop
That sits on a desk
I don't use it much
Except to check
On some ole car
From yesterday
I kinda like
That music thang
You just download 'em
And you can save about
Every song
That's ever been made
[Chorus]
Well I guess
What I've been
Trying to say
This digital world
Is okay
It makes life better
Iin a lot of ways
But it can't make
The smell of spring
Or sunshine or lots
Of little things
We take for granted
Every day
[Chorus]
Yeah, Bologna
A woman's love

The snow is fallin', it's Christmas Eve
Presents are wrapped under the tree
Is there one for me?
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself
I ain't gonna write no letter
To send north to the pole
'Cause what I'm wanting this year
Saint Nick don't need to know
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Aw, pick it Rudolph
What about it Frosty?
So put on your Christmas stockings
I'll find that mistletoe
Let's get into the holiday spirits
Honey ho ho ho, ho ho ho
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
I only want you for Christmas, baby
I don't need nothing else
I only want you for Christmas, baby
Tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself
Oh, I had a bicycle
I had a train too

Well, I was sitting in a roadhouse down on highway 41
You were wiping off some ketchup on a table that was done
I knew you didn't see me, I was in a corner booth
Of course you weren't my waitress, mine was missing her front tooth
So I flagged you down for coffee but I couldn't say a thing
But I'm in love with you, baby, and I don't even know your name
I'm in love with you, baby, I don't even know your name
I've never been too good at all those sexual games
So maybe it's just better if we leave it this way
I'm in love with you, baby, and I don't even know your name
So I ordered straight tequila, a little courage in a shot
I asked you for a date and then I asked to tie the knot
I got a little wasted, yeah, I went a little far
But I finally got to hug you when you helped me to my car
The last thing I remember I heard myself say
I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your name
I'm in love with you, baby, I don't even know your name
I've never been too good at all those sexual games
So maybe it's just better if we leave it this way
I'm in love with you, baby, and I don't even know your name
The next thing I remember, I was hearing wedding bells
Standing by a woman in a long white lacy veil
I raised the veil, she smiled at me without her left front tooth
And I said, "Where the hell am I and just who the hell are you?"
She said, "I was your waitress and our last name's now the same
'Cause I'm married to you, baby, and I don't even know your name"
I'm married to a waitress, I don't even know her name
I've never been too good at all those sexual games
I never thought my love life would quite turn out this way
Hey, I'm married to a waitress and I don't even know her name

She's been playing in a room on a strip
For ten years in Vegas
And every night she looks in the mirror
But she only ages
She's been reading about Nashville and all
The records that everybody's buying
Says, "I'm a simple girl myself
Grew up on long island"
So she packs her bags to try to her hand
Says, "This might be my last chance"
She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes
Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holding out in the village
He's been writing songs speaking out
Against wealth and privilege
He says, "I don't believe in money
But a man could make him a killin'"
'Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than Dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backwards as they used to be
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to her roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
He commutes to L.A.
But he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are piling up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally
And he says, "Honey I'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition"
But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children
Lord, it sounds so easy, it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to her roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
Yeah, he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh, back to his roots
He's gone country
He's gone country
Everybody's gone country
Yeah we've gone country

Just another bar, loud guitars
Smoke, candles burning low
And the same old boys, their backs to the bar
Staring across a crowded floor
Then I hear a familiar sound
Your voice laughing out loud
From a distance I can see you
Dancing slowly with somebody new
But I can't hold you like I want to
But I can love you from a distance
So I take a chair in a corner somewhere
You can't see me but I can look at you
And I remember those times when I looked in your eyes
The way that he now looks at you
Deep down I know it's over
But it hurts me when he's so much closer
From a distance I can see you
Dancing slowly with somebody new
But I can't hold you like I want to
But I can love you from a distance
And if I can't hold you near me
I'll just hold on to your memory
From a distance I can see you
Dancing slowly with somebody new
But I can't hold you like I want to
But I can love you from a distance

Coffee keeps me up and I can't sleep
And when I drink too much then I can't eat
Losing you has led me to believe
Everything I love is killing me
Everything I love is killing me
Cigarettes, Jack Daniels and caffeine
And that's the way you're turning out to be
Everything I love, gonna have to give up
'Cause everything I love is killing me
I guess I made a big mistake
Thinkin' you're a habit I can break
Well, I'm addicted to you now I see
Everything I love is killing me
Everything I love is killing me
Cigarettes, Jack Daniels and caffeine
And that's the way you're turning out to be
Everything I love, gonna have to give up
'Cause everything I love is killing me
Everything I love, gonna have to give up

The love you thought was dead and gone
Somehow keeps on hanging on
Even when your heart has left it far behind
Just when you have turned the page
It seems to find a way
And there it is again, every now and then
And every now and then that old feeling comes around
Every now and then I see your face in another cloud
And every now and then some old something takes me
Right back again, every now and then
You can finally breathe life in
Without wondering where she’s been
Go to sleep at night without her on your mind
And in a second in appears
Followed by familiar tears
Like a long lost friend, every now and then
And every now and then that old feeling comes around
Every now and then I see your face in another cloud
And every now and then some old something takes me
Right back again, every now and then
And I know it’s all for nothing
There’s no going back to way back when
But every now and then that old feeling comes around
Every now and then I see your face in another cloud
And every now and then some old something takes me
Right back again, every now and then

It was painted red the stripe was white
It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine; put on a motor
Built out of love, made for the water
Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten
It was just on old plywood boat
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make her whine
He'd say, "you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides"
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When daddy let me drive
Just an old half ton shortbed ford
My uncle bought new in '64
Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
Smiling like a hero that just received his medal
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford
With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two honds on the wheel
I canö³t replace the way it mode me feel
And I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
And he'd say, "a little slower son you're doing just fine"
Just a dirt rood with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When daddy let me drive
I'm grown up now three daughters of my own
I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile and say
It was just an old worn out Jeep
Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say, "turn it left and steer it right,
Straighten up girl, you're doing just fine"
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain
When daddy let me drive
When daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
Daddy let me drive
It's just an old plywood boat

Well, I first kissed you on a hollow log
Down by the river they call the Dog
We fell in love and we wowed that day
Like the flow of the river our love won't change
Well, we married that spring and we built a house
On the banks of the river where the rock juts out
Now the river's still here but you're long gone
You left me and the river here all alone
I got the Dog River blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Now I still got the river but I ain't got you
I got the Dog River blues
Well, the rain came down and the river rose up
Filled up the cab on my pickup truck
It came in the house and down the hall
And washed your picture right off the wall
I got the Dog River blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Now I still got the river but I ain't got you
I got the Dog River blues
Well, my heart still yearns and the river still rolls
I pray someday it'll bring you home
So if you change your mind honey I'll be here
Waiting on the banks of that ol' Dog River
I got the Dog River blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Now I still got the river but I ain't got you
I got the Dog River blues
I got the Dog River blues
I've walked holes in both my shoes
Now I still got the river but I ain't got you
I got the Dog River blues
Oh, I still got the river but I ain't got you

Here's my keys, I want you to take 'em
I think I'm gonna need you to get back home
Hold on to my hat, I don't wanna lose it
I couldn't stand for something else to be gone
I'm sure you know the reason I'm here cryin'
I think you'll understand why
Tonight, I'm the designated drinker
I just lost the one that wrapped me around her finger
I need to get to where I can't think of her
So tonight, I'm the designated drinker
I came here to get you to help me
I need a friend to see me through
I hated to call, I knew you wouldn't mind at all
I know you know I'd do the same for you
I'm not the kind that likes to drown my sorrow
I may hate myself tomorrow
Oh but
Tonight, I'm the designated drinker
I just lost the one that wrapped me around her finger
I need to get to where I can't think of her
So tonight, I'm the designated drinker
We need to get to where we can't think of her
So tonight, we're the designated drinkers

Excuse me ma’am, I saw you walkin’
I turned around, I’m not a stalker
Where you going? Maybe I can help you
My tank is full, and I’d be obliged to take you
‘Cause I’m a country boy, I’ve got a 4-wheel drive
Climb in my bed, I’ll take you for a ride
Up city streets, down country roads
I can get you where you need to go
’cause I’m a country boy
You sure look good, sittin’ in my right seat
Buckle up, I’ll take you through the five speeds
Wind it up, or I can slow it way down
In the woods or right uptown
I’m a country boy, I’ve got a 4-wheel drive
Climb in my bed, I’ll take you for a ride
Up city streets, down country roads
I can get you where you need to go
’cause I’m a country boy
Big 35’s whinin’ on the asphalt
Grabbin’ mud, and slingin’ up some red dirt
’cause I’m a country boy
My muffler’s loud, dual Thrush tubes
I crank the music, the tone gets real good
Let me know when we’re gettin’ close
You can slide on out, or we can head on down the road
‘Cause I’m a country boy, I’ve got a 4-wheel drive
Climb in my bed, I’ll take you for a ride
Up city streets, down country roads
I can get you where you wanna go
’cause I’m a country boy
Bucket seats, soft as baby’s new butt
Lockin’ hubs, that’ll take you through a deep rut
‘Cause I’m a country boy, I’ve got a 4-wheel drive
Climb in my bed, I’ll take you for a ride
Up city streets, down winding roads
I can get you where you need to go
‘Cause I’m a country boy
Yea I’m a country boy, I’ve got a 4-wheel drive
Climb in my bed, I’ll take you for a ride
Up city streets, down country roads
I can get you where you wanna go
’cause I’m a country boy
Yeah, I'm a country boy,
Oh, I'm just a country boy,

This world can take you by the hand
And tempt the soul of any man
But you can choose your path
There's two roads you can take
One way is right and one is wrong
The flesh is weak but love is strong
And she's all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open wide
Invitin' me to step inside
I'll be your friend, he calls again
I know it's him
The flames are spreadin' everywhere
But through the smoke
I see her there, she's all I see
Between the devil and me
I hold her in my arms tonight
So safe and warm I close my eyes
And a cool breeze blows
'Cross our bodies in the dark
Outside her reach is my concern
Somewhere I know a fire burns
And she's all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open wide
Invitin' me to step inside
I'll be your friend, he calls again
I know it's him
The flames are spreadin' everywhere
But through the smoke
I see her there, she's all I see
Between the devil and me
The gates of hell swing open wide
Invitin' me to step inside
She's all I see

I woke up the other night lyin' on the floor
Just because of what I said before
She said, "My name's Juliet, but Romeo you ain't"
That's another good reason not to drink
That's another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober, I'm almost a saint
If I keep goin' on like this, I'll end up like ol' Hank
That's another good reason not to drink
I can't go see my best friend, he said stay away
Just because of what I said on his wedding day
"You ought to call her Sherman, 'cause she looks just like a tank"
That's another good reason not to drink
That's another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober, I'm almost a saint
If I keep goin' on like this, I'll end up like ol' Hank
That's another good reason not to drink
I'm gonna sue the city about that police man
Last night as I left the bar, he stepped right on my hand
He, "Are you drunk or blind"; I said, "Let me think"
That's another good reason not to drink
That's another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober, I'm almost a saint
If I keep goin' on like this, I'll end up like ol' Hank
That's another good reason not to drink
That's another good reason not to drink
When I'm sober, I'm almost a saint
If I keep goin' on like this, I'll end up like ol' Hank
That's another good reason
Baby, let me in, I'm freezin'

Well I've been wonderin' what I've been missin'
I guess I should have known
But my heart does and it ain't whisperin'
It tells me just what it wants
Someone who knows what I like in my coffee
And the shape of my ol' hat
A lover who always looks at me not through me
I need a love like that
I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
I need a love like that
Well I need a new car but I can't afford it
So I keep patchin' that ol' flat
My heart's lonely and I can't ignore it
I need a love like that
Yeah, I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
And I need a love like that
Two young people dancin' in the daylight
They don't care where they're at
Waitin' on sunset and holdin' on so tight
I need a love like that
Yeah, I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway, a train needs a track
I need a love like that
One little baby hidin' in the shadow
Of her daddy's hat
Lovin' and trustin' and blindly she'll follow
I need a love like that
Yeah, I need a love like that
I could use a little sun on my back
A truck needs a highway a train needs a track
And I need a love like that
Yeah, a truck needs a highway, a train needs a track

Rockie burned up the movie screen and I was turnin seventeen
Tie-dyed shirts and Levis jean, lookin cool at the Dairy Queen
Tryin to impress a young woman in her Sunday dress
And that was 1976, didnt know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl stole my heart and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit, that was 1976
My high school days I packed away, set my sights on a bigger stage
Jimmy Carter moved to DC, a Georgia boy just like me, life seemed easy
Nothin much that we needed
That was 1976, didnt know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl stole my heart and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit, that was 1976
[Instrumental Interlude]
Eight track tapes were still in style and Elvis was still alive
Wonder Woman sure looked fine, Bionic Man was still Prime Time
And that girl I liked, we kept on tryin till we got it right
And that was 1976, didnt know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl stole my heart and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky, a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit, that was 1976
Yeah, that was 1976, didnt know who we were yet
Built a fire that just wont quit and that was 1976