We met in a honkey tonk with sawdust on the floor
But I'm not supposed to hang out there anymore
You fell in love with a side of me that you called wild and free
Now that's not the way you want me to be
It must be nice to walk the straight and narrow
See in black and white true as a arrow
But out here on the edge is where I belong
Walkin' that fine line between ragged and wrong
I know you think that you can manke somebody out of me
But the good Lord did that job already, can't you see
I'm sorry if my rebel ways don't fit into your plan
But I kinda like me fine the way I am
It must be nice to walk the straight and narrow
See in black and white true as a arrow
But out here on the edge is where I belong
Walkin' that fine line between ragged and wrong
I've got my own way of bein' true
I've got my own way of lovin' you
If that ain't enough it'll have to do
It must be nice to walk the straight and narrow
See in black and white true as a arrow
But out here on the edge is where I belong
Walkin' that fine line between ragged and wrong
Walkin' that fine line between ragged and wrong
Between ragged and wrong
Between ragged and wrong
Between ragged and wrong
(Charlie Black/Laying Martine, Jr.)
If someone asked me who I was
I'd respond in terms of us
It's hard to recall the day
When I didn't think that way
I was one half of you and me
That was my identity
Who am I now, now that you're gone
Gotta find out I gotta be strong
When I had you I had no doubt
I was the one you loved
Who am I now
Every room that I walk through
I see a world that's based on twos
Every friend we ever knew
I wonder now whose friend is whose
Like some ghost come through that door
Someone we all knew before
Who am I now, now that you're gone
Gotta find out I gotta be strong
When I had you I had no doubt
I was the one you loved
Who am I now
I will survive
But I dont know how, now that you're gone
Gotta find out I gotta be strong
When I had you I had no doubt
I was the one you loved
Who am I now
Now that you're gone
Gotta find out I gotta be strong
When I had you I had no doubt
I was the one you loved
Who am I now
High on a hill
The valley below me
The blue sky above me
My dream was so real
I could not hear
The hum of the highway
Or the drums of the foundry
Pounding out steel
I didn't need no money
I didn't need no time
I didn't need nothing
But my own piece of mind
And you know that
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
For just one moment, I'm the king of the world
For just one moment, I'm the king of the world
So I close my eyes
I let the power defeat me
Because the real world can't free me
From this dirty old town
With the four winds blow
I sent my troubles rollin'
And since the world just kept turnin'
I let it go round
I didn't need no money
I didn't need no time
I didn't need nothing
But my own piece of mind
And you know that
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
For just one moment, I'm the king of the world
For just one moment, I'm the king of the world
Where the four winds blow
I sent my troubles rollin'
Since the world just kept turnin'
I let it go round
I didn't need no money
I didn't need no time
I didn't need nothing
But my own piece of mind
And you know that
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
For just one moment, I'm the king of the world
For just one moment, I'm the king of the world
(Chorus)
If that was a lie.
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard.
Oh, every word.
If that was a lie.
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say?
You said it anyway.
You can take it back if you want to,
But I'm still gonna believe you,
Every word.
If that was a lie,
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard.
Tell me now.
Was it my imagination?
Or just a whisper on the wind.
You know the tricks the heart can play,
I swear I thought I heard you say.
You love me.
Yeah, you loved me.
(Chorus)
I felt it in your tender touch.
I wanted to believe so much.
But was afraid to let 'ya know.
I been waiting for so long.
Say I didn't hear you wrong.
You love me.
Yeah, you love me.
If that was a lie.
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard.
Oh, every word.
If that was a lie.
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say?
Oh, you said it anyway.
If that was a lie.
If that was a lie.
If that was a lie...
Oh, every word.
If that was a lie.
If that was a lie.
Oh, if that was a lie.
(Rick Giles, Tim Nichols, & Gilles Godard)
One night in New Orleans
On a superbowl Sunday
In a bar with a big screen TV
She was there with some girls
They were down from Montreal
And she walked right up to me.
She said, Voulez vous danse?
And she started to move
I said, Baby, I dont parlez vous.
She said, "Voulez vous touche.
Then she took me by the hand
And I knew that she wanted to dance
Ya c'est la vie baby
Whatever you say
I'll do anything if you put it that way
Voulez vous l'amour.
I found out what that means
One night in New Orleans.
Looking in her eyes
I saw the French quarter
The way I had never seen
Kisses in Binet's
Strawberry's and champagne
One night in New Orleans.
She said Voulez vous danse?
And she started to move
I said, Baby, I dont parlez vous.
She said, Voulez vous touche.
Then she took me by the hand
And I knew that she wanted to dance
Ya c'est la vie baby
Whatever you say
I'll do anything if you put it that way
Voulez vous l'amour.
I found out what that means
One night in New Orleans.
I said, How do you say I love you?
She smiled and whipered
Je t'aime ooo.
Although I never told her I loved her
That night in New Orleans, I did.
She said, Voulez vous danse?
And she started to move
I said, Baby, I dont parlez vous,
She said, Voulez vous touche.
Then she took me by the hand
And I knew that she wanted to dance
Ya c'est la vie baby
Whatever you say
I'll do anything if you put it that way
Voulez vous l'amour.
I found out what that means
One night in New Orleans.
Whoa.
Voulez vous l'amour.
I found out what that means
One night in New Orleans.
(Henry Paul/Van Stephenson/Dave Robbins)
She woke up this morning and she knew
They were through
And she was leavin'
She packed up her love and her memories
Now she sees
Her heart was breakin' even
Now she's headed down that highway
She's never coming back again
(Chorus)
She'll go one more time
Down that lonesome road
Till she finds that turn off
That leads back home
Then she'll dust her dreams off
And dry her eyes
She'll leave one more heartache
One more heartache, one more heartache Behind
She had a love when she was young
It was the one
That set her heart to dreaming
Since then she's never been the same
Through the pain
She gave up on believing
Now she's headed down that highway
She's never coming back again
(Chorus)
She'll leave one more heartache behind
My old friend lives up in the mountains
He flew up there to paint the world
He says, "Even though interpretation's what I count on
This little picture to me seems blur
Hard lines and the shadows come easy
I see it all just as clear as a bell
I just can't seem to set my easel to please me
I paint my heaven, but it looks like hell", yeah
Your blue might be gray
Your less might be more
Your window to the world might be your own front door
And your shiniest day might come in the middle of the night
That's just about right
He said that "I ain't comin' down 'til my picture is perfect"
And all the wonder is gone from my eyes
Down through my hands, and onto to the canvas
Still like my vision, but still a surprise
"Real life," he says, "Is the hardest impression
It's always movin' so I let it come through"
That my friend, I say, "Is the glory of true independence
Just to do what you do, what you do, what you do", yeah
Your blue might be gray
Your less might be more
Your window to the world might be your own front door
And your shiniest day might come in the middle of the night
That's just about right
My old friend came down from the mountain
Without even lookin', he found a little truth
You can go through life with the greatest intentions
But you do what you do, what you just gotta do, yeah
Your blue might be gray
Your less might be more
Your window to the world might be your own front door
And your shiniest day might come in the middle of the night
Your blue might be gray
Your less might be more
Your window to the world might be your own front door
And your shiniest day might come in the middle of the night
That's just about right
Dear Lord, help us understand
Why you came and took him by the hand
And led him to his new home in the sky
Our hearts weren't ready to let him go
So this is our way to let him know that we miss him
And our love for him will never die
Spirit dancer, he dances his way into our hearts
Spirit dancer, right beside us from the very start
Spirit dancer, spirit dancer, dance for me
You can hear him singing every once in a while
He's right beside us every mile we go
Every town, every show
Spirit dancer, he dances on the stars above
Spirit dancer, flying on the wings of love
Spirit dancer, spirit dancer, dance for me
Dance for me
Way up high where eagles fly to hear your harmony
Someday soon we'll all be there
So save a dance for me
Spirit dancer, he dances his way into our hearts
Spirit dancer, right beside us from the very start
Spirit dancer, spirit dancer, dance for me
He dances on the stars above
Spirit dancer, flying on the wings of love
Spirit dancer, spirit dancer, dance for me
Spirit dancer, spirit dancer
Spirit dancer, spirit dancer dance for me
Dance for me
Dance for me
Dance for me
Dance for me
I would crawl through your grief
I'll cry 'til I drown
Cut a path through your dark
'Til I'm lost and your found
Turn your blue into gray
I won't hurt when I bleed
I'd give up my desire
'Til you get what you need
Ask me to be there whenever you fall
To do anything and everything, nothing at all
I'll move any mountain that keeps you from me
I will change, rearrange, disappear in your dreams
Don't ask me to let go or make me give up
'Cuz I love you that much and I will, baby I will
I'll never say
That I know how you feel
But I know in you heart
That those demons are real
So don't push me out
And I won't pull you in
But I won't let love lose
If you'll just let love win
Ask me to be there whenever you fall
To do anything and everything, nothing at all
I'll move any mountain that keeps you from me
I will change, rearrange, disappear in your dreams
Don't ask me to let go or make me give up
'Cuz I love you that much and I will, baby I will
If you can just look
Past your fear
You'll see me standing
Right here
Ask me to be there whenever you fall
To do anything and everything, nothing at all
I'll move any mountain that keeps you from me
I will change, rearrange, disappear in your dreams
Don't ask me to let go or make me give up
'Cuz I love you that much and I will, baby I will
[John H. Hopkins, Jr., 1857]
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar.
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Chorus:
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
--- Instrumental ---
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain,
Gifts I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign.
Chorus:
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
--- Instrumental ---
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Sounds through the earth and skies.
Chorus:
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding
All of my life
I've been waiting for you
Night after night
I've been praying for you
Now that you're here I believe
You're the one in this world meant for me
The one every dream was about
The one that I can't live without
All of my life I've been waiting for you
All of my love I've been saving for you
Wild and tender to you I surrender my heart
You touch me and time has no meaning at all
The longer I hold you the deeper I fall
I'll cherish the moment I knew
I'll always love you
My search for you
Found us hear where we are
As the last wish was made
On the last falling star
Forever and ever I'll be
Loving you the way you love me
All of my life I've been waiting for you
All of my love I've been saving for you
Wild and tender to you I surrender my heart
You touch me and time has no meaning at all
The longer I hold you the deeper I fall
I'll cherish the moment I knew
I'll always love you
Always, always
All of my life I've been waiting for you
All of my love I've been saving for you
Wild and tender to you I surrender my heart
You touch me and time has no meaning at all
The longer I hold you the deeper I fall
I'll cherish the moment I knew
I'll always love you
I'll always love you
I'll always love you
Only one comes 'round every million years
She's a midnight rider on a shooting star
Makes the whole world ring like a big guitar
Well she flagged me down with the devil's sway
It was somewhere down that lost highway
She's a lifeboat on the raging sea
She's the high note in the harmony
She takes away my pain and sorrow
Loves me like there's no tomorrow
This, I can't resist
In my life I realize
I have never known a sweeter kiss
Honey what I missed
Got a piece of heaven right here on earth
And believe me I know what it's worth
She's an island dream on a rainy day
She's a desperado's hideaway
Hey now boys, take a look at right here
Only one comes 'round every million years
She's a midnight rider on a shooting star
My heart's walking on a thin line
A new love is coming on strong
There comes a time
When you just gotta move on
She never really understood me
She tried to take me for all I had
She left me with nothing but a heartache
A good love gone bad
But you loved me like she never could
It was a bad love, a bad love gone good
A bad moon's coming over my shoulder
A good love in the pale blue night
I'm holding on to you in a brand new light
I never knew what I was missing
Your love took me by surprise
Locked away inside her prison
Till you opened my eyes
But you loved me, like she never could
It was a bad love, bad love gone good
She never really understood me
She tried to take me for all I had
She left me with nothing but a heartache
A good love gone bad
But you loved me like she never could
It was a bad love, a bad love gone good
But you loved me like she never could
It was a bad love, a bad love gone good
A bad love gone good
I hate to be the jealous kind
But I know I cross over that line sometimes
Don't even wanna let her leave this house
'Cause I know the body underneath that blouse
CHORUS:
Who's gonna jump right out of their shoes
Hang out of the window for a better view
Whose head she gonna turn walking down that street
Any man with a heartbeat
She says I'm crazy, paranoid
Two emotions I should try to avoid
Yeah it's all in my head, sure it's all my fault
There's no need to worry 'cause after all
Who's gonna whistle from the fourteenth floor
Trip over each other just to open her door
Who's gonna love her just as much as me
Any man with a heartbeat
Any man with red blood pumping through his veins
Any man who's not sound asleep
Any man who's not already six-foot under
Any man with a heartbeat
Any man with red blood pumping through his veins
Any man who's not sound asleep
Any man who's not already six-foot under
Any man with a heartbeat
Chorus
Who's gonna love her just as much as me
I used to think that love was just for dreamers
That fate and destiny played no part
But finding you has made me a believer
That we were meant to be right from the start
Before the sun, the moon and stars
Were put there in the sky
Before the mountains stood tall
Above this world so high
I loved you then, I love you now
And I'll love you until, always have, always will
Before the light broke through the dark
You were the candle in my heart
Before the dawn of time
I was yours and you were mine
Before the sun, the moon and stars
Were put there in the sky
Before the mountains stood tall
Above this world so high
I loved you then, I love you now
And I'll love you until, always have, always will
If you think I'll just be sittin' here waiting
That I'll be there the next time you come home
You better take a long hard look in the mirror
'Cause that image of yourself might be gone
If you wonder if there's some way you can fix it
Well, you better just start searching somewhere else
'Cause it's time for me to go out and start over
And do a little searching for myself
You better think again
Think it over one more time
If you think you'll change my mind
You're dreaming
'Cause it's my heart that's on the line
You better think again
You pushed your luck one too many times
If you think I'll be on the losing end
You better think again
There must be something you can say
That will change things
That I'll believe you like so many times before
That goodbye don't mean exactly what it sounds like
And that I'm not really walking out that door
You better think again
Think it over one more time
If you think you'll change my mind
You're dreaming
'Cause it's my heart that's on the line
You better think again
You pushed your luck one too many times
If you think I'll be on the losing end
You better think again
You better think again
Think it over one more time
If you think you'll change my mind
You're dreaming
'Cause it's my heart that's on the line
You better think again
You pushed your luck one too many times
If you think I'll be on the losing end
You better think again
If you think I'll be on the losing end
I was the envy of every man
Who thought I held the world in the palm of my hand
Nobody ever got the best of me
I knew better I knew I was lost, I wouldn't let on despite the cost
I was only showin' what i wanted them to see
I was nobody's fool
Somebody who always knew just how to play the part
No angry eyes, no sad goodbyes
I walked away before the heartaches start
Any fool can run away from love
It takes a wiser man to fall
I'd rather be somebody's fool than nobody's fool at all
I had the answers to the questions of
Matters of the heart and the ways of love
All that was missing is someone to call my own
Now before it's too late, I want to know what love is
I lived on the take, I want to learn how to give
I'm tired of payin' the price of being alone
I was nobody's fool
Somebody who always knew just how to play the part
No angry eyes, no sad goodbyes
I walked away before the heartaches start
Any fool can run away from love
It takes a wiser man to fall
I'd rather be somebody's fool than nobody's fool at all
Any fool can run away from love
It takes a wiser man to fall
I'd rather be somebody's fool, than nobody's fool at all
I was nobody's fool
Somebody who always knew just how to play the part
No angry eyes, no sad goodbyes
I walked away before the heartaches start
I can tell you're afraid to move any closer
You say you've learned your lesson before
And you're sure, you won't risk your love anymore
Even though all of this may seem so familiar
He broke your heart but you'll see
It will be different for you and me
'Cause that was then, never again
That was the last time you'll ever have to say goodbye
That was the last door you'll ever have to close and cry behind
The last night you'll ever have to live through
Ask why love would up and leave you lonely
You'll never watch me walk away
That's the last time that you'll have to say goodbye
Let me try, I can make it more than a promise
Please don't let our love lose to fear
Don't be scared, there's nothing to hurt you here
'Cause that was then, never again
That was the last time you'll ever have to say goodbye
That was the last door you'll ever have to close and cry behind
The last night you'll ever have to live through
Ask why love would up and leave you lonely
You'll never watch me walk away
That's the last time that you'll have to say goodbye
The last night you'll ever have to live through
Ask why love would up and leave you lonely
You'll never watch me walk away
She hasn't done a thing that really has to mean
She's goin' anywhere
I haven't seen it showin' in her eyes
But I swear it must be there
I dont' know why I feel it so strong
But I feel it just the same
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
She'd still say I love you if I ask
But she never volunteers
Somehow what she never says means more than all
The other words I hear
Still, she should win an Oscar if she's lying
When she says that nothing's changed
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
Everyday I brace myself to hear the words
I'm scared she's gonna say
And everynight I thank the Lord
Somehow I dodged the bullet one more day
Sometimes there are things a man just knows
That he really can't explain
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
I see my mom and dad's wedding pictures
Hanging in the hall
That picture of happiness tries to sell it
But it doesn't tell it all
It's been 22 years since they walked down the aisle
Now they seldom talk and I never see 'em smile
They're living their lives in the land of the broken hearted
My old man gave me a job right out of high school
Just like his old man did
It's a dead end street of barely making ends meet
That I just can't live with
Now we can hang around here
And wind up the same
Or kick it in gear girl
And outrun the pain
We're leavin' the land of the broken hearted
Letting our motors run
The sea of tears has finally parted
Baby our time has come
We're getting out now while we still have forever
For you and me girl it's now or never
We're leavin' the land of the broken hearted
It's a lottery ticket chance of getting out
And I never met a winner
No nothing ever changes around hear but the weather
And what they had for dinner
It's a chain of broken dreams
And we were born to break it
That bitter pill they're dealing
We are not gonna take it
We are leavin' the land of the broken hearted
Letting our motors run
The sea of tears has finally parted
Baby our time has come
We're getting out now while we still have forever
For you and me girl it's now or never
We're leavin' the land of the broken hearted
We're leavin' the land of the broken hearted
Baby we are leavin', just you and me
Yeah, we are leavin' the land, leavin' the land
Leavin' the land of the broken hearted
Leavin' the land, leavin' the land
Leavin' the land of the broken
From the hills they came, from backwoods without a name
Carrying their guitars and a heart full of southern soul
Down the dusty roads of Caroline, the Tucker boys were friends of mine
They echoed through the lonely pines, running down the road
And the day the Caldwells died
Before the rugged cross we cried
A voice from deep inside
Said you gotta carry on and on and
We are brothers of the southland, singers in the same band
Spirits on the wind, oh standing on this stage together
Our song goes on forever we're part of Heaven's plan
We're brothers of the southland, brothers of the southland
Tattered old revival tent and ragged voices heaven-sent
Singing hallelujah and dancing in the aisles
Ronnie was a barefoot child, an angel's voice and the devil's smile
We only had him for a little while but the world still sings his songs
And the day the Freebird died
Before the rugged cross we cried
The gray ghost he rides
Said you gotta carry on and on and
We are brothers of the southland, singers in the same band
Spirits on the wind, standing on this stage together
Our song goes on forever we're part of Heaven's plan
We're brothers of the southland, brothers of the southland
Brothers of the southland
And the day Duane Allman died
With Barry Oakley by his side
They took one last midnight ride
We are brothers of the southland, singers in the same band
Spirits on the wind, standing on this stage together
A bridge across forever, we're part of Heaven's plan
We're brothers of the southland, brothers of the southland
Brothers of the southland
Looking down that long road
She relives the memories
Wishing he had stayed
And he never said goodbye
Lately she's been missing
All the nights he held her
The music slowly takes her heart
To another place in time
And she dances with her shadow
Staring out the window
A silver moon silhouette
Shining in her eyes
In her heart she knows that
He will never come back
She dances with her shadow
Alone again tonight
He was fast and reckless
No way she could hold him
Loved her like no other
Had ever done before
Some nights you can find her
Going through the motions
Broken dreams and photographs
All scattered on the floor
And she dances with her shadow
Staring out the window
A silver moon silhouette
Shining in her eyes
In her heart she knows that
He will never come back
She dances with her shadow
Alone again tonight
And she dances with her shadow
Staring out the window
A silver moon silhouette
Shining in her eyes
In her heart she knows that
He will never come back
She dances with her shadow
Alone again tonight
She dances with her shadow
(Henry Paul/Van Stephenson/Dave Robbins)
Stone by stone, beam by beam
Hand in hand, we built this dream
Now you're wreckin' this home
Doing it stone by stone
Brick by brick, tear by tear
The love we made has slowly disappeared
It's as good as gone
You're takin' it stone by stone
(Chorus)
Why can't you just up and walk away
Do you have to drag it out day after day
I'm tired of tryin', I'm giving up
'Cause you tear it down faster than I can Fix it up
Room by room, wall by wall
Pretty soon it's gonna fall
On your own
You're doin' it stone by stone
(Chorus)
Stone by stone, beam by beam
Hand in hand, we built this dream
Now you're wreckin' this home
Doin' it stone by stone
Stone by stone by stone by stone
Stone by stone by stone by stone
On your own, you're doin' it stone by stone
I'm lyin' beside you,
Just thinkin' 'bout us.
Too tired to go to sleep,
I'm too much in love.
I know I'm crazy,
But I can't close my eyes.
I'm scared you won't be there.
In the morning, when I rise.
will you be there
Now who do you dream about?
Are you alone in your sleep?
To whom do you reach out?
Oh, let it be me.
Now baby.
You're my obsession,
My addiction,
My love.
Don't wanna be without you.
When I wake up.
Oh no.
Will you be there in the mornin'?
Will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
I need you to be there...
In the morning.
will you be there...
Now you're so close to me.
But I feel so alone.
The more that I touch you,
Oooh, the more I want.
Don't know what to do--
About me loving you.
But I pray to God,
That you feel it too.
Now baby,
You're my obsession,
My addiction,
My drug.
Now let the candle grow,
Into the great fire of love.
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
I need you to be there...
In the morning.
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
Will you be there in the.morning.?
I'm lyin' beside you,
Just thinkin' 'bout us.
Too tired to go to sleep,
I'm too much in love.
I know I'm crazy,
But I can't close my eyes.
I'm scared you won't be there.
In the morning, when I rise.
will you be there
Now who do you dream about?
Are you alone in your sleep?
To whom do you reach out?
Oh, let it be me.
Now baby.
You're my obsession,
My addiction,
My love.
Don't wanna be without you.
When I wake up.
Oh no.
Will you be there in the mornin'?
Will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
I need you to be there...
In the morning.
will you be there...
Now you're so close to me.
But I feel so alone.
The more that I touch you,
Oooh, the more I want.
Don't know what to do--
About me loving you.
But I pray to God,
That you feel it too.
Now baby,
You're my obsession,
My addiction,
My drug.
Now let the candle grow,
Into the great fire of love.
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
I need you to be there...
In the morning.
Will you be there in the morning?
Will you be there when I want you?
Will you be there when I wake up?
Will you be there in the.morning.?
Well it used to be
that you couldn't tell me anything
Just another young fool who thought he
knew it all
I was runnin' hard and fast
thinkin' I was invincible
'Til I hit the wall
I hit the wall
Chorus
And I need you now
Like I needed you then
To help me get back up on my feet again
Only you and you alone
Can turn my stumblin' blocks into
stepping stones
Well you stood by me when everyone else
had written me of
And you stayed with me for reasons I'll
never know
Surrounded by troubled waters I was all
but lost
And you were my bridge across
My bridge across
Chorus
All the times I stumbled down
You lifted me up
To higher ground
I recognize the writing
on the plain white envelope
I've wondered where she'd wind up
before she called or wrote
The answer's in a circle
through the word 'Love' on a stamp
Postmarked Birmingham
I'd have bet on California
'cause her sister's in Bel Aire
Or I could see Seattle
with her mom and dad up there
She never mentioned Alabama
so I don't understand
Postmarked Birmingham
Chorus
A two-page letter written on
Ramada stationary
Dated April twenty-two
She asked me not to hate her,
said she's sorry
But leavin's what she felt she had to do
So the day she left she made it
two hundred miles south
Did she settle there, did she mail this note
on her way out of town
What chance is there to find her when the
only clue I have is
Postmarked Birmingham
Chorus
Every day down by the mailbox
standin' on the curb I check
The upper right hand corner
of every piece of mail I get
Hopin' there's that certain circle
Through the word 'Love' on a stamp
I stayed out late
I didn't call
I saw the light go out as I
walked down the hall
Silence begins
Without a where have you been
Chorus
Love and gravity
Havin' their way with me
Her faith in me
Is in a tailspin
Heart look out below
Hold on 'cause here we go
Free fallin' from her good graces again
Free fallin' from her good graces again
Out on the edge
That's where I fly
I've gotten good at landin'
On her bad side
Words of regret
Haven't bailed me out yet
Chorus
I'm in way deep
Every day of the week
All by myself
I was fine
No one else to remind me
Of all my pain inside
You looked at me
And I knew
You would be
The last thing I needed in my life
Oh I need you
Girl I need you
But I know it's gonna hurt
'Cause your love is gonna tear me apart
Oh I need you
Girl I need you
But I know we shouldn't start
'Cause I need you like a hole in my heart
Don't smile that smile
Say those words
Knowing I'll wanna touch you
Then it will be too late
Just walk away
Don't look back
Let's just say that we're so much
Better off not temptin' fate
Oh I need you
Girl I need you
But I know it's gonna hurt
'Cause your love is gonna tear me apart
Oh I need you
Girl I need you
But I know we shouldn't start
'Cause I need you like a hole in my heart
--- Instrumental ---
I've been in and out of love
And I thought I had enough
But there's nothin' in this world
That I can do 'cause
I need you
Girl I need you
But I know it's gonna hurt
'Cause your love is gonna tear me apart
Oh I need you
Girl I need you
But I know we shouldn't start
'Cause I need you like a hole
Like a bullet through my soul
Girl I need you like a hole in my heart
(Johnny MacRae/Bobby Fischer/Charlie Black)
It's another back-door sneakin' in
Where you been? Midnight
Quiet as a Mack Truck-Lotsa luck
Thinkin' up an alibi
But every light in the house is on
Everything is gone
(Chorus)
She's left me no chance at redemption
No further exemption
Just a big red "Goodbye" in lipstick on the wall
Goodbye says it all
No long explanation
No reconciliation
No let's-talk-it-over number I can call
Goodbye says it all
Goodbye...
She could have thrown a knock-down
Scream-and-shout
Have-it-out tirade
She could have made it real tough
Bringing up
All the hell that I raised
But no more wasted words on me
No, she kept it short and sweet
(Chorus)
No more wasted words on me
No, she kept it short and sweet
(Chorus)
(John Jarrard, Walt Aldridge)
She hasn't done a thing
That really has to mean she's going anywhere
I haven't seen it showing in her eyes
But I swear it must be there
I don't know why I feel it so strong
But I feel it just the same
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
She'd still say ";I Love You"; if I ask
But she never volunteers
Somehow what she never says
Means more than all the other words I hear
Still she should win an Oscar
If she's lying when she says that nothing's changed
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
Every day I brace myself
To hear the words I'm scared she's gonna say
And every night I thank the Lord
Somehow I dodged a bullet one more day
Sometimes there are things a man just knows
That he really can't explain
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
I can't see a single storm cloud in the sky
But I sure can smell the rain
(Pat Bunch/Pam Rose/Mary Ann Kennedy)
A king would trade his finest crown
For a love, love like this
And warriors have laid weapons down
For a love, love like this
Hearts will break a thousand times
For a love, love like this
And arms will wait a thousand nights for a Love
Love like this
(Chorus)
Love may come and love may go
But here inside your arms I know
That only you will ever show me
Love like this
You and I have finally found
Love, love like this
A place to lay our burdens down
In a love, love like this
Hearts can speak without a sound
In a love, love like this
What makes the world keep turning 'round
Is a love, love like this
(Chorus)
The moon has never shown before
On a love, a love like this
And I have never wanted more than a love
Love like this
A love, love like this
A love, love like this
We've been up all night trying to figure it out
Trying to make it all make sense
We ain't right and we ain't wrong
We're just on both sides of the fence
We can talk, talk, talk all night
But only one thing will make it right
Chorus:
A kiss is worth a thousand words
When nothing else will do
To fix a broken heart I've learned
A kiss is worth a thousand words
A kiss is worth a thousand words
Now you've got your side and I've got mine
But we can't make each other see
We've been round and round
Since the sun went down
Somehow we still disagree
So lay those angry words to rest
Let's do what we do best
Chorus
Just close your eyes
Dream about me and you
Just hold me tight
And let the love come through
He was born on a summer day
Nineteen sixty-one
And with the slap of a hand
He had landed as an only son
Mother and father said, ?What a lovely boy?
Well, teach him what we learned, oh yes, just what we learned
Well dress him up warmly and well send him to school
It'll teach him how to fight and be nobody's fool
Oh, oh what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
In the summer of sixty-three
His mother brought him a sister
And she told him we must attend to her needs
She's so much younger that you
Well, he ran down the hall and he cried
Oh how could his parents have lied
When they said, he was the only son?
He thought, he was the only one
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
Oh, what a lonely boy
He left home on a winter day
Nineteen seventy-nine
And he hoped to find all the love he had
Lost in that earlier time
Well, his sister grew up and she married a man
She gave him a son, oh yes, a lovely son
They dressed him up warmly, they sent him to school
It taught him how to fight and be nobody's fool
She gets her things together
Puts them by the door
She says there's no love here anymore
I'll never be the same if she walks out
But she's almost a memory
Chorus:
Wish I could turn her heart around
I feel so alone and she's not even gone
She's almost a memory now
She hasn't even left but I know she's gone
She never even said where we went wrong
One thing that I know without a doubt
She's almost a memory
Chorus
I feel so alone and she's not even gone
She's almost a memory now
She's almost a memory now
Wish I could turn her heart around
(Henry Paul/Van Stephenson/Greg Jennings)
Whirlwind running through my head
Wasted words that people said
The wind is howling at my door
I don't listen anymore
The darkened sky blocks out the sun
Still reeling from the damage done
If I go out and chase that wind
I might not make it back again
(Chorus)
Let 'em whirl, who am I to say
You gotta do things different
I know a better way
Let 'em whirl, there's a child in everyone
Who's got to ride the storm out
To see who'll they'll become
Let 'em whirl
The simple things are hard to see
I got you and you've got me
No cause left for us to fight
Being wrong's a God-given right
(Chorus)
We all learn the hard way
We can't pretend to know
Where life is gonna lead us
Or which way the wind will blow
Let 'em whirl
(Chorus)
(Walt Aldridge/Mark Narmore)
I've been livin' my life like a man in chains
Ever since she took her love away
But this is now and that was then
And baby all bad things gotta come to an end
Chorus
So tonight I'm throwing caution into the wind
Getting down to the business of living again
Back in the saddle and I'm holding the reins
Gonna find someone and love her
Like there ain't no yesterday
Now it's dark as a dungeon down where I've been
And there ain't no way I'm going back again
I've got my best foot forward onto greener grass
'Cause there ain't no future living in the past
Chorus
Out of the ashes alive and free
No longer a slave to a memory
Got the rest of my life right out in front of me
Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears have been cried
Let's do some living before we die
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild horses we will ride them someday
Go on and cry, but you won't change my mind
Your pain and troubles don't concern me
I gave you my love, but it was not enough
I was just your bridge and girl you burned me
Chorus:
So don't hand me no hard luck story
Hopin' I'll just fall apart
Remember you're the one who left me
With nothin' but this cast iron heart
There was a time my heart was good and kind
There was no end to what I'd give you
But now I've changed, my world's been rearranged
I've tried but I just can't forgive you
Chorus
A cast iron heart, it can't show no mercy
A cast iron heart, it can't show no pain
So don't come to me for love or sympathy
'Cause there ain't none in this cast iron heart
Chorus
*Featuring Van Stephenson*
(Dave Robbins, Jeff Silbar, Van Stephenson)
If that was a lie
That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
Every word
If that was a lie
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say
But said it anyway
You can take it back if you want to
But I'm still gonna believe you
Every word
If that was a lie
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
Tell me now was it my imagination
Or just a whisper on the wind
You know the tricks the heart can play
I swear I thought I heard you say
You love me, yeah you love me
If that was a lie
That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
Aw...Every word
If that was a lie
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say
But said it anyway
You can take it back if you want to
But I'm still gonna believe you
Every word
If that was a lie
It was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
I felt it in your tender touch
I wanted to believe so much
But was afraid to let you know
I've been waiting for so long, say I didn't hear you wrong
You love me, yeah you love me
If that was a lie
That was the sweetest lie that I have ever heard
Aw...Every word
If that was a lie
Was it something that you didn't really mean to say
Aw...But said it anyway
If that was a lie
If that was a lie
If that was a lie
Ooooh, Every word
If that was a lie
If that was a lie
The sign says Do Not Touch. You're out of bounds.
You're forbidden fruit, don't come around.
It says Don't Make Plans, 'cause on your hand
is a promise made to another man.
'Cause when you're around, my defences go down.
Feelin's get stronger, looks get longer.
The closer you come, the weaker I get.
If it ain't happened now, it just ain't happened yet, so
(Chorus)
Please, please, please go.
I'm not strong enough to say no.
Please, please don't stay,
I'm not man enough to walk away.
Please, please pass by.
I can't resist you even though I've tried.
So please go, I'm not strong enough to say no.
The sign says Slow Down, Slippery Ice.
You've got dangerous curves.
Don't think twice.
It says Not For Sale, Spoken For.
Just take your heart and walk out the door,
cause when you're around, my defences go down.
Feeling's get stronger, looks get longer.
The closer you come, the weaker I get.
It it ain't happened now, just ain't happened yet, so
(repeat Chorus)
Don't say I didn't warn you, don't say you didn't know.
Don't wait 'til it's too late, and then try to go.
The closer you come, the weaker I get.
If it ain't happened now, just ain't happened yet...
I'm begging you, baby
In the little town that I grew up in
Me and my buddies always had big dreams
Johnny was always hot for the highway
He couldn't wait to get out it seemed
Bobby got a free ride to college
No surprise for Mister 4.0
Julie lived to see her picture in the paper
For her engagement to my best friend Joe
We are on our way
We're on our way to Gloryland
We are all just scattered souls
By Heaven's hand
We are on our
We're on our way
We're on our way
Remember words you wrote in my old yearbook
All of the promises and plans we made
But like our innocence and best intentions
Those old pages have begun to fade
Never heard another word from Johnny
Bobby's a millionaire without a clue
Julie finally got what she was after
The American dream come true
We are on our way
We're on our way to Gloryland
We are all just scattered souls
By Heaven's hand
We are on our
We're on our way
We're on our way
And where life leads us we don't always know
But we go down the roads that we must go
We are on our way
We're on our way to Gloryland
We are all just scattered souls
By Heaven's hand
We are on our way
We're on our way to Gloryland
We are on our
We're on our way
When the moon is bright
On a Saturday night
There's a thousand stars in the sky
On a winding road her memory flows
She'll face the fact
She wants to go back
CHORUS:
She opens her heart to an old memory
She closes her eyes and she smiles
Just ask her if she ever still
Thinks about me
She'll say, "Every once in a while,
Every once in a while"
She tries to forget
But she hasn't yet
Not a single day goes by
That feeling again reminds her of when
I held her tight, it felt so right
Chorus
And every once in a while
She calls my name out loud
And when she thinks about us
She'll face the fact
She wants to go back
I've broken promises and never thought twice
Sowing seeds of heartache without paying the price
Never looked back to see all the damage I'd done
Just looking out for number one
There isn't much that I ain't guilty of
You see my conscience in the name of love
All I wanted was to fill this hole in my soul
Now I know
All I need, all I need
All I need is forgiveness
Can you find beauty in the beast I've been
Is it too late for me to start again?
Am I worth all the pain that I put you through
You know it's up to you
I wanna step out from the shadows I've cast
It's time to turn and face the ghosts of my past
I wanna make things right that I know, I've done wrong
For so long
All I need, all I need
All I need is forgiveness
It's all or nothing, there's no in between
This is my chance to finally come clean
All I need, all I need
All I need is forgiveness
Is just forgiveness
I mean forgiveness
Sweet forgiveness
After all this time I guess I finally made it through
All the darkness to the point of being over you
Now and then my mind runs into your old memory
But it ain't quite as big a deal as it used to be
Now I know, even though you're not here
You will never be too far away
Anywhere, you'll be there
Like a whisper inside me each and every day
(If I win, if I lose)
If I win, if I lose you will always play a small part
Like a flame, you'll remain in your own little corner of my heart
I thought every kiss you gave me, time would just erase
I waited for the day they'd disappear without a trace
Finally I realized that even though you're gone
There'll always be an ember of you burning on and on
Now I know, even though you're not here
You will never be too far away
Anywhere, you'll be there
Like a whisper inside me each and every day
(If I win, if I lose)
If I win, if I lose you will always play a small part
Like a flame, you'll remain in your own little corner of my heart
(If I win, if I lose)
If I win, if I lose you will always play a small part
Like a flame, you'll remain in your own little corner of my heart
No one dreams in this ol' town no more
They don't look down that windin' road
Wonderin' where it goes
But when I hold you, I can see
All the places it could lead
They say we're crazy, I don't care
We could make it anywhere
Let's ride the wind
Down this old road tonight
Let's pack our dreams
And leave the rest behind
They say love this hot
Can be a dangerous thing
Come on darlin'...
Let's go down in flames
I don't know or care where this road leads
Just as long as at the end
It's you and me
We can feel our hearts, beggin' us to go
If we don't leave now we'll never know
And if our love should crash and burn
We'll take that chance for all it's worth
Let's ride the wind
Down this old road tonight
Let's pack our dreams
And leave the rest behind
They say love this hot
Can be a dangerous thing
Come on darlin'...
Let's go down in flames
So take my hand, you know we're right
Don't look back, just hold on tight
Let's ride the wind
Down this old road tonight
Let's pack our dreams
And leave the rest behind
They say love this hot
Can be a dangerous thing
Come on darlin'...
Let's go down in flames
(Byron Hill/Anne Roboff)
Jenny told Tom that she was leavin'
Never thought it would come to that
Can't you almost feel that ol' ground shake
All the way to us from where they're at
We've had our share of ups and downs
Words that come out wrong somehow
But that don't mean a thing 'cause
In my heart of hearts
What I'm really feelin'
Is a never-ending
Love you can believe in
So don't you ever doubt it
Girl you're all that matters
In my heart of hearts
It wouldn't be love without the hard times
That's what makes a good love grow
Feelings are all too often hidden
Out of sight where they don't always show
Try not to give it a second thought
Heaven knows just where we are
In spite of words unsaid 'cause
In my heart of hearts
What I'm really feelin'
Is a never-ending
Love you can believe in
Don't you ever doubt it
Girl you're all that matters
In my heart girl
Sometimes in this busy world we share
I go round and round like I don't care 'cause
In my heart of hearts
What I'm really feelin'
Is a never-ending
Love you can believe in
Don't you ever doubt it
Girl you're all that matters
In my heart of hearts
The furnace burns in steel town
Big business came and tried to shut 'em down
The workers got together and they bought that mill
They're making steel in Pittsburgh still
The family farm down in Indiana
The bank's foreclosin' just because they can
And the farmer can't do nothin' 'bout another drought
Sir John, Waylon and Willie came and helped 'em out
These are the days of America
Brother to brother, hand in hand
These are the days of America
Walking together in the promise land
The wheels in Detroit keep on turnin'
A blue collar lesson there for the learnin'
The throttle drives you anywhere no matter how far
Just never give up on who you are
'Cause these are the days of America
Brother to brother, hand in hand
Well these are the days of America
Walking together through the promise land
Right down the middle of America
Where her heart beats strong and true
You look up, just open your eyes
The flag still waves and the eagle still flies
These are the days of America
Brother to brother, hand in hand
These are the days of America
Walking together in the promise land
These are the days
Yeah, these are the days of America
These are the days
(Bill Douglas/Noah Gordon/Henry Paul)
The word I've heard is you're a real heartbreaker
It's a matter of time 'til I get burned
Well that might be right
'Cause when I'm holdin' you tight
I feel your temperature rise
I see right through your disguise
I found what I want and now I won't give up
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down fightin'
Nobody's ever gonna say I took it on the chin
I've been around and I know what I'm up against
Girl we're not playin' a game that I can't win
I'm goin' down, fightin'
Mistakes, bad breaks, a history of heartaches
Ain't enough to make me walk away
I'm here, no fear
And even though I know we're
On the edge of a real disaster
But I'm sure of what I'm after
The harder I fall the faster I get up
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down fightin'
Nobody's ever gonna say I took it on the chin
I've been around and I know what I'm up against
Girl we're not playin' a game that I can't win
I'm goin' down, fightin'
We're bound by this love that we made
I swear girl I'm not afraid
Whatever it takes I'm never gonna give you up
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down fightin'
Nobody's ever gonna say I took it on the chin
I've been around and I know what I'm up against
Girl we're not playin' a game that I can't win
I'm goin' down, fightin'
It takes a dreamer
To get this far from my hometown
A real believer
To look up when things are down
It takes a fool to let a good life fall apart
But, when a man knows something's missing in his heart
It takes a woman
It takes forever
To get beyond the bitter years
And if I ever
If I ever get that far from here
I can look back, and say that I survived
But for a man to really make it in this life
It takes a woman
You can gain the world and lose your soul
But if you don't have someone to hold
You can't feel the victory for defeat
Climb higher than you've ever gone
When you reach the top, you're still alone
Flying high don't make a man complete
It takes a woman
Ooh. it takes a woman
You can gain the world and lose your soul
But if you don't have someone to hold
You can't feel the victory for defeat
Climb higher than you've ever gone
When you reach the top, you're still alone
Flying high don't make a man complete
Any fool can let a good life fall apart
But foolish pride can't fill an empty heart
It takes a woman
Ooh, it takes a woman
