McGraw, Tim Filmography

• Five Good Years (2013)
• Lionel Richie and Friends (2012)
• MDA Show of Strength (2012)
• The Big and Best of 2012 (2012)
• Stand Up to Cancer (2012)
• 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2012)
• Tim McGraw: The Exclusive Interview (2012)
• CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011)
• Music Builds: The CMT Disaster Relief Concert (2011)
• Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years (2011)
• 2010 CMT Music Awards (2010)
• Dirty Girl (2010)
• CMA Music Fest 2010 (2010)
• Country Strong (2010)
• George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert (2009)
• In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville (2009)
• 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2009)
• Best of CMT Music Awards (2009)
• The Blind Side (2009)
• CMT Star: Rides (2009)
• The 43rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (2009)
• The 10th Annual 'A Home for the Holidays' with Faith Hill (2008)
• Four Christmases (2008)
• CMT Star Weddings (2008)
• 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2007)
• Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007)
• The Kingdom (2007)
• Tim McGraw: Reflected (2006)
• The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2006)
• Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006)
• Flicka (2006)
• Flicka: Turning a Beloved Novel Into Film (2006)
• Tim McGraw: Reflected (2006)
• CMA Red Carpet 2006 (2006)
• Tim McGraw: Reflected (2006)
• CMT: The Greatest - 20 Sexiest Men (2006)
• CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (2006)
• CMT: The Greatest - Sexiest Southern Men (2006)
• Live 8 (2005)
• 2005 American Music Awards (2005)
• A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)
• CMT: 100 Greatest Duets Concert (2005)
• CMT: Class of 1995 (2005)
• CMT: Greatest Men 2005 (2005)
• Earth to America (2005)
• Fashion Rocks (2005)
• 'Friday Night Lights': The Story of the 1988 Permian Panthers (2005)
• The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005)
• Tim McGraw: Here and Now (2004)
• Friday Night Lights (2004)
• Tim McGraw: Here and Now (2004)
• 2004 Radio Music Awards (2004)
• Barely Famous (2004)
• The 39th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2004)
• Tim McGraw: Under the Friday Night Lights (2004)
• Academy of Country Music Pre-Show (2004)
• Black Cloud (2004)
• CMA Awards Red Carpet Preview (2003)
• 2003 Radio Music Awards (2003)
• The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards (2003)
• CMT: 40 Greatest Fashion Statements (2003)
• I Love the '80s Strikes Back (2003)
• The 31st Annual American Music Awards (2003)
• Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2003)
• CMT Flame Worthy Video Music Awards (2002)
• The 37th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2002)
• The 29th Annual American Music Awards (2002)
• The 28th Annual American Music Awards (2001)
• Roadie Chefs II (2001)
• The 2001 Billboard Music Awards (2001)
• 'N Sync: The Atlantis Concert (2001)
• The 27th Annual American Music Awards (2000)
• The 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1999)
• 33rd Annual Country Music Association Awards (1999)
• Asleep at the Wheel: The Making of 'Ride with Bob' (1999)
• The 40th Annual Grammy Awards (1998)
• The 33rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1998)
• Workin' Man: A Tribute to Merle Haggard (1998)
• The 24th Annual American Music Awards (1997)
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1997)
• Neil Diamond: Under a Tennessee Moon (1996)
• The 23rd Annual American Music Awards (1996)
• Farm Aid '96 (1996)
• The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1996)
• The 22nd Annual American Music Awards (1995)
• The 30th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1995)
• The Best of Country (1995)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Tim McGraw - Taylor Swift
• Bring On The Rain - Tim McGraw
• Train #10 - Tim McGraw
• Let It Go - Tim McGraw
• I Need You - Tim McGraw
• Comin Home - Tim McGraw
• My Old Friend - Tim McGraw
• Kill Myself - Tim McGraw
• Can't Tell Me Nothin' - Tim McGraw
• Blank Sheet Of Paper - Tim McGraw
• Sing Me Home - Tim McGraw
• She's My Kind Of Rain - Tim McGraw
• Illegal - Tim McGraw
• All We Ever Find - Tim McGraw
• I Guess You Get Used To Somebody - Tim McGraw
• Grown Men Don't Cry - Tim McGraw
• Cowboy In Me - Tim McGraw
• Some Things Never Change - Tim McGraw
• Senorita Margarita - Tim McGraw
• Please Remember Me - Tim McGraw
• My Next Thirty Years - Tim McGraw
• It's Your Love - Tim McGraw
• I Do But I Don't - Tim McGraw
• That's Just Me - Tim McGraw
• She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart - Tim McGraw
• Renegade - Tim McGraw
• I Like It, I Love It - Tim McGraw
• Don't Mention Memphis - Tim McGraw
• Ain't That Just Like A Dream - Tim McGraw
• I Keep It Under My Hat - Tim McGraw
• Clay Blaker - Tim McGraw
• Ain't No Angels - Tim McGraw
• Who Are They - Tim McGraw
• Watch The Wind Blow By - Tim McGraw
• Two Steppin Mind - Tim McGraw
• Train No.10 - Tim McGraw
• Take Me Away - Tim McGraw
• Still - Tim McGraw
• Southern Voice - Tim McGraw
• Shotgun Rider - Tim McGraw
• Seventeen - Tim McGraw
• Set This Circus Down - Tim McGraw
• Real Good Man - Tim McGraw
• Only Human (ft. Ne-yo) - Tim McGraw
• Nothin' To Die For - Tim McGraw
• My Best Friend - Tim McGraw
• Last Dollar (Fly Away) - Tim McGraw
• Kristofferson - Tim McGraw
• Just To See You Smile - Tim McGraw
• Indian Outlaw - Tim McGraw
• If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw
• Comfort Me - Tim McGraw
• Back When - Tim McGraw
• A Place In The Sun - Tim McGraw
• Your Gonna Love Me - Tim McGraw
• You'll Find Better Love - Tim McGraw
• You Had To Be There - Tim McGraw
• You Can Take It With You (When You Go) - Tim McGraw
• Why We Said Goodbye - Tim McGraw
• Whiskey And You - Tim McGraw
• Walk Like A Man - Tim McGraw
• The Only Thing That I Have Left - Tim McGraw
• THE ONE - Tim McGraw
• The Eyes Of A Woman Tim Mcgraw - Tim McGraw
• Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw
• Take Me Away From Here - Tim McGraw
• Something Like That. (A Heart Don't Forget) - Tim McGraw
• Right Back Atcha Babe - Tim McGraw
• Please Do Nt Take The Girl - Tim McGraw
• Over And Over - Tim McGraw
• Only Human - Tim McGraw
• Mr. Whoever You Are - Tim McGraw
• Milk Cow Blues - Tim McGraw
• Love You Goodbye - Tim McGraw
• Live Like You Were Dying (Revised - Tim McGraw
• Let's Make Love (With Tim Mcgraw) - Tim McGraw
• Just When I Needed You Most (Live) - Tim McGraw
• Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me - Tim McGraw
• I've Got Friends That Do - Tim McGraw
• I Will Not Fall Down - Tim McGraw
• I Know How To Love You Well - Tim McGraw
• I Didn't Know It At The Time - Tim McGraw
• Halo - Tim McGraw
• Goodmorning Beautiful - Tim McGraw
• Good Girls - Tim McGraw
• Ghost Town Train - Tim McGraw
• Forever Seventeen - Tim McGraw
• Drugs Or Jesus - Tim McGraw
• Country Boys And Girls - Tim McGraw
• Can't Be Really Gone - Tim McGraw
• Beautiful People - Tim McGraw
• Bbq Stain - Tim McGraw
• All I Want - Tim McGraw
• 40 Days And 40 Nights - Tim McGraw
• Butterfly Kisses - Tim McGraw
• Better Than I Used To Be - Tim McGraw
• Things Change - Tim McGraw
• Open Season On My Heart - Tim McGraw
• Real Goo Man - Tim McGraw
• PUT YOUR LOVIN' ON ME - Tim McGraw
• You Turn Me On - Tim McGraw
• You Just Get Better All The Time - Tim McGraw
• You Got The Wrong Man - Tim McGraw
• You Don't Love Me Anymore - Tim McGraw
• You Can Take It With You - Tim McGraw
• Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way - Tim McGraw
• Where The Green Grass Grows - Tim McGraw
• When The Stars Go Blue - Tim McGraw
• When She Wakes Up (And Finds Me Gone) - Tim McGraw
• What She Left Behind - Tim McGraw
• What Room Was The Holiday In - Tim McGraw
• Welcome To The Club - Tim McGraw
• We Carry On - Tim McGraw
• Unbroken - Tim McGraw
• Truck Yeah - Tim McGraw
• Tiny Dancer - Tim McGraw
• Tickin' Away - Tim McGraw
• The Trouble With Never - Tim McGraw
• The Ride - Tim McGraw
• The One That Got Away - Tim McGraw
• The Great Divide - Tim McGraw
• The Cowboy In Me - Tim McGraw
• That's Why God Made Mexico - Tim McGraw
• Telluride - Tim McGraw
• Tears in the Rain - Tim McGraw
• Suspicions - Tim McGraw
• Something's Broken - Tim McGraw
• Red Rag Top - Tim McGraw
• Something Like That - Tim McGraw
• Somebody Must Be Prayin' For Me - Tim McGraw
• Smiling - Tim McGraw
• Sleep Tonight - Tim McGraw
• She'll Have You Back - Tim McGraw
• Refried Dreams - Tim McGraw
• One Part, Two Part - Tim McGraw
• One of These Days - Tim McGraw
• Old Town New - Tim McGraw
• Not A Moment Too Soon - Tim McGraw
• My Little Girl - Tim McGraw
• Memory Lane - Tim McGraw
• Me And Tennessee - Tim McGraw
• Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It - Tim McGraw
• Live Like You Were Dyin' - Tim McGraw
• Let's Make Love - Tim McGraw
• Let Me Love You - Tim McGraw
• Just Be Your Tear - Tim McGraw
• It Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This - Tim McGraw
• If I Died Today - Tim McGraw
• I'm Workin' - Tim McGraw
• I'm Only Jesus - Tim McGraw
• I Didn't Ask And She Didn't Say - Tim McGraw
• How Bad Do You Want It - Tim McGraw
• Home - Tim McGraw
• Hey Now - Tim McGraw
• Hard On The Ticker - Tim McGraw
• Give It To Me Strait - Tim McGraw
• Forget About Us - Tim McGraw
• For A Little While - Tim McGraw
• Felt Good On My Lips - Tim McGraw
• Eyes Of A Woman - Tim McGraw
• Everywhere - Tim McGraw
• Everybody Hates Me - Tim McGraw
• Down On The Farm - Tim McGraw
• Don't Take The Girl - Tim McGraw
• Do You Want Fries With That? - Tim McGraw
• Die By My Own Hand - Tim McGraw
• Christmas All Over The World - Tim McGraw
• CARRY ON - Tim McGraw
• Between The River And Me - Tim McGraw
• Angry All The Time - Tim McGraw
• Angel Boy - Tim McGraw
• All I Want Is A Life - Tim McGraw
• Ain't That The Way It Always Ends - Tim McGraw

You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
On backroads at night
And I was right there beside him
All summer long
And then the time we woke up to find
That summer'd gone
But when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
September saw a month of tears
And thankin' God that you weren't here
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed
Is a letter that you never read
From three summers back
It's hard not to find it all
A little bitter sweet
And lookin' back on all of that
It's nice to believe
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm standin' on your street
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
Is when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
Some day you'll turn your radio on
I hope it takes you back to that place
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me, mmm
You said the way my blue eyes shined
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said, "That's a lie"

Another day has almost come and gone
Can't imagine what else could go wrong
Sometimes I'd like to hide away
Somewhere and lock the door
A single battle lost but the war ('cause)
Tomorrow's another day
And I'm thirsty anyway
So bring on the rain
It's almost like the hard times circle 'round
A couple trops and they all start coming down
Yeah, I might feel defeated
I might hang my head
I might be barely breathing - but I'm not dead
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Solo (1/2 Verse)
I'm not gonna let it get me down
I'm not gonna cry
And I'm not gonna lose any sleep tonight.

I'm gonna ride that iron horse into the sun
I'm gonna say goodbye to you and all the things you've done
I used to be afraid but I know today's the day
I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am just biding time again
Waiting on train number ten
One more drag off one more cigarette
I've made up my mind but I ain't ready yet
Cause if that devil hits those tracks I know that I can't come back
I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am humming misery and gin
Waiting on train number ten
It's getting late maybe tonight she won't show up and change my mind
I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am just spitting in the wind
Waiting on train number ten
Train number ten

I've been caught sideways out here on the crossroads
Trying to buy back the pieces I lost of my soul
It's hard when the devil won't get off your back
It's like carrying around the past in a hundred pound sack
Today I'm gonna keep on walking
I'm gonna hold my head up high
I'm gonna leave it all behind
Today I'm gonna stand out in the rain
Let it wash it all away Yeah wash it all away
I'm gonna let it go Oh yeah
I'm gonna let it go Oh yeah
Skeletons and Ghosts are hiding in the shadows
Threatening me with all the things that they know
Choices and mistakes, they all know my name
But I'm through holding in and holding onto all that pain
I know I know I know I've been forgiven
I know I know I know I'm gonna start living

I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breath
I wanna ride across West Virginia
In the back seat of a Cadillac
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs rain
I need you like a lighthouse on a coast
Like the Father and the Son need the Holy Ghost
I need you
I wanna get lost in some corner booth
Cantina Mexico
I wanna dance to the static of an AM radio
I wanna wrap the moon around us
Lay beside you skin on skin
Make love 'til the sun comes up
'Til the sun goes down again
'Cause I need you like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain
I need you like a lighthouse on a coast
Like the Father and the Son need the Holy Ghost
I need you, oh, I need you
I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you, oh, I need you
I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you
Oh, I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you, I need you, too

Say goodbye to old man winter
Say hello to sweet springtime
Cause I'm comin' out of hiding I'm gonna get it right this time
After so long being frozen it took awhile to thaw me out
I spent too long not knowing what love's supposed to be about
Now I'm finding out
It's a lot like coming home from a long time walking out in the snow
Then I looked at you and knew I never knew nothin' and it broke this heart of stone
It's a lot like comin' home
Like a boat out on the harbor that's been battered by the sea
I've been through some stormy weather but you shine alight for me
Girl you set me free
Girl I looked at you and knew I never knew nothin' and it broke this heart of stone
It's a lot like comin' home
Comin' home

My old friend, I recall
The times we had hanging on my wall
I wouldn't trade them for gold
Cause they laugh and they cry me
Somehow sanctify me
They're woven in the stories I have told
And tell again
My old friend, I apologize
For the years that have passed
Since the last time you and I
Dusted off those memories
But the running and the races
The people and the places
There's always somewhere else I had to be
Time gets slim, my old friend
Don't know why, don't know why
Don't know why, don't know why
My old friend, this song's for you
Cause a few simple verses
Was the least that I could do
To tell the world that you were here
Cause the love and the laughter
Will live long after
All of the sadness and the tears
We'll meet again, my old friend
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
My old friend, my old friend

I'm gonna clean the house
I'm gonna fix the fence
In my final hours
I'm gonna tie up these loose ends
I wont leave a note
For anyone to find
Tomorrow they'll know
What I've done here tonight
The drastic steps I'm takin'
Are just an act of desperation
I knew no one would miss me
So what the hell
I fought and lied I drank too much
Hurt every one I ever touched
Just how much I hurt you is hard to tell
This is not some kind of cry for help
Just good bye I wish you well
Because I love you
I'm gonna kill myself
Now who is that
In my easy chair
Now wait a minute
That's the old me sittin' there
And I thank God
The devil in me died
I stand before you now
A man changed and alive
The drastic steps I'm takin'
Are just an act of desperation
I knew no one would miss me
So what the hell
I fought and lied I drank too much
Hurt every one I ever touched
Just how much I hurt you is hard to tell
This is not some kind of cry for help
Just good bye I wish you well
Because I love you
I have to kill myself
Gonna clean the house
Gonna fix that fence

1986 Harley
Blowing smoke and sucking oil
My daddy said, 'Buy it and you're crazy boy'
You can't tell me nothin'
It took two months to fix it up
And one day to lay her down
I got a little hitch in my get-along now
You can't tell me nothin'
Talk is cheap and free advice
Is worth the price you pay
I had to find out for myself the hard way
You can't tell me nothin'
Hometown homecoming sweetheart
Nobody thought I had a prayer
Her mama said, 'Boy, don't you come around here'
You can't tell me nothin'
They say be careful what you wish for
I want to be her man
Two babies and a trailer later here I am
You can't tell me nothin'
Talk is cheap and free advice
Is worth the price you pay
I had to find out for myself the hard way
You can't tell me nothin'
They say drinking will kill you
The same thing for rolling smokes
But that's two of the three things that I like most
You can't tell me nothin'
I know what the good book preaches
But I know how I am
I just hope somebody up there understands

I'm just a blank sheet of paper
This fool's about to write you a letter
To tell you that he's sorry
For the way he did you wrong
To ask for your forgiveness for leavin' you alone
He's been lookin' down at me seems like forever
Takes the top on and off his pen
It's like he can't decide
Just what he wants to say
He'd just tell the truth I'd be on my way
But he just stares at me, I just stare at him
He don't know where to start
To say, he doesn't want it to end
Now it's one hour later
And I'm still a blank sheet of paper
Sunlight is shinin' through the curtains
He's almost asleep pen in hand
There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall
If it would land on me that would say it all
But he just stares at me, I just stare at him
He don't know where to start
To say, he doesn't want it to end
Now it's four hours later
And I am still a blank sheet of paper
And he just stares at me, I just stare at him
He don't know where to start
To say, he wants it back again
Now, one broken heart, later

I fell by the wayside
I fell on my knees
Crying, why was I so hard to please?
I stood at the crossroads
Took a long look at me
Sometimes you don't know where you're from til you leave
And I've been out there searching
For a place where I belong
And on my way I heard my song
Let it sing me home
The sun on my shoulders and the wind at my back
I'm bound and determined to get back on track
To where the heart is
Where it's been all along
Sometimes you don't know what you've got til it's gone
Gone gone gone
And I've been out there searching
For a place where I belong
And on my way I heard my song
Let it sing me home
And I've been out there searching
For a place where I belong
And on my way I heard my song

She's my kind of rain
Like love in a drunken sky
She's confetti falling
Down all night
She sits quietly there
Like water in a jar
Says, Baby why are you
Trembling like you are
So I wait
And I try
I confess like a child
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
She's the sun set shadows
She's like Rembrandt's light
She's the history that's played at night
She's my lost companion
She's my dreaming tree
Together in this brief eternity
Summer days, winter snows
She's all things to behold
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
So I wait
And I try
I confess all my crimes
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
She's my kind of rain
Oh, rain on me
She's my kind of rain

I put my money on love again
At a hundred to one
I dealt my losing out
I'll just try til I win
Or see how close I can come
Oh it should be illegal
It gets me so high
I can fly like an eagle
Night after night
I've known people who have thrown in the towel
Just cause they've lost once or twice
But it takes a believer to put all this faith
In the toss of the dice
Oh it should be illegal
It gets me so high
I can fly like an eagle
Night after night
Oh it should be illegal
It gets me so high
I can fly like an eagle

Say exactly how you feel
Right now you're free to say it all
There is no one here to judge you
I only love you
You're free to close your eyes and fall
You can trust me, this is real
Say exactly how you feel
Tell me all your dreams
And what you think love means
We'll lock the world outside
Embrace the gift of time
Promising forever
Knowing that this moment
Might be all we ever find
Every breath of who you are
Tells a story that I love
I have finally found the truth
In what I see in you
And what I feel with every touch
The simple beauty of your heart
In every breath of who you are
Tell me all your dreams
And what you think love means
We'll lock the world outside
Embrace the gift of time
Promising forever
Knowing that this moment
Might be all we ever find
Tell me all your dreams
And what you think love means
We'll lock the world outside
Embrace the gift of time
Promising forever
Knowing that this moment
Might be all we ever find
Promising forever
Knowing that this moment

I thought I felt you touch my cheek this morning
But I must've been dreaming
And in the middle of the night without a warning
I thought I heard you breathing
Me and my so-called independence
I've got this loneliness that's so relentless
I guess you get used to somebody
Kinda like having them around
I guess you get used to the way they make you happy
Bring you up when you're feeling down
I never dreamed when I was letting you go that
I would wake up and miss you this much
I guess you get used to somebody, I guess you get used to being loved
I kinda miss those rambling conversations
Where we'd talk about nothing
The way you always made me laugh at my frustrations
Baby that was something
I should've been careful what I wished for
'Cause I've got my freedom and so much more
I guess you get used to somebody
Kinda like having them around
I guess you get used to the way they make you happy
Bring you up when you're feeling down
I never dreamed when I was letting you go that
I would wake up and miss you this much
I guess you get used to somebody, I guess you get used to being loved
I never dreamed when I was letting you go that
I would wake up and miss you this much
I guess you get used to somebody
I guess you get used to being loved
I guess you get used to somebody

I pulled into the shopping center
And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother
Like ice cream melting they embraced
Years of bad decisions runnin' down her face
All mornin' I'd been thinkin' my life's so hard
And they wore everything they own, livin' in a car
I wanted to tell him it would be ok
But I got just got in my suburban and I drove away
But I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
Keep having this dream about my old man
I'm 10 years old, and he's holding my hand
We're talkin' on the front porch watchin' the sun go down
But it was just a dream he was a slave to his job and he couldn't be around
So many things I wanna say to him
But I just placed a rose on his grave, and I talk to the wind
But I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry, don't cry
I'm sittin' here with my kids and my wife
And everything that I hold dear in my life
We say grace and thank the Lord
Got so much to be thankful for
Then it's up the stairs and off to bed and my little girl says
"I haven't had my story yet."
And everything weighin' on my mind disappears just like that
When she lifts her head off her pillow and says,
"I Love You Dad"
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry

I don’t know why I act the way I do
Like I ain’t got a single thing to lose
Sometimes I’m my own worst enemy
I guess that’s just the cowboy in me
I got a life that most would love to have
But sometimes I still wake up fightin’ mad
At where this road I’m heading down might lead
I guess that’s just the cowboy in me
The urge to run, the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I’ve done for foolish pride
The me that’s never satisfied
The face that’s in the mirror when I don’t like what I see
I guess that’s just the cowboy in me
The urge to run, the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I’ve done for foolish pride
The me that’s never satisfied
The face that’s in the mirror when I don’t like what I see
I guess that’s just the cowboy in me
Girl I know there’s times you must have thought
There ain’t a line you’ve drawn I haven’t crossed
But you set your mind to see this love on through
I guess that’s just the cowboy in you
We ride and never worry about the fall
I guess that’s just the cowboy in us all

After all this time I still miss you everday
The same world spins 'round
I guess some things never change
Sometimes I go out but it never feels the same
I still look for you
Baby some things never change
When I said I love you for eternity
I just never knew how true those words would be
Just an old love song
Just a mention of your name
My heart breaks into again
I guess some things never change
Maybe someday someone else will set me free
Until then I'll live with your loves legacy
And I'll keep holding on
Hoping you'll come back someday
You can rest assured
Baby some things never change
Girl I'm still in love with you
I guess some things never change

She left more than just her lipstick when she walked out
Her memory keeps haunting me that's why I'm hunting you down
It's been a long time since our lips met
You've always been good at helping me forget
I'll regret it in the morning but that's not stopping me now
Senorita Margarita I'm as lonesome as a man can be
I still love her
I still need her
I'm just hoping you can comfort me
I don't want to do her wrong
I don't need somebody new
I just can't be alone tonight
So Senorita Margarita, let me hold you tight
La la la, la la la, la la la la la,
She always comes to her senses with some space and time
And you're just what I needed to cool off this hot head of mine
I hope you realize this is a one night stand
I'm gonna get her back, I know I can
So let's keep this between you, me, the salt and the lime
Senorita Margarita I'm as lonesome as a man can be
I still love her
I still need her
I'm just hoping you can comfort me
I don't want to do her wrong
I don't need somebody new
I just can't be alone tonight

When all our tears have reached the sea
Part of you will live in me
Way down deep inside my heart
The days keep coming without fail
A new wind is gonna find your sail
That's where your journey starts
You'll find better love strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs, warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Just like the waves down by the shore
We're gonna keep on coming back for more
'Cause we don't ever wanna stop
Out in this brave new world you seek
Over the valleys and the peaks
And I can see you on the top
You'll find better love strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs, warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Remember me when you're out walkin'
When the snow falls high outside your door
Late at night when you're not sleepin'
And moonlight falls across your floor
When I can't hurt you anymore
You'll find better love strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs, warm as the morning sun
Please remember me

I think I’ll take a moment, celebrate my age
The ending of an era and the turning of a page
Now it’s time to focus in on where I go from here
Lord have mercy on my next thirty years
Hey my next thirty years I’m gonna have some fun
Try to forget about all the crazy things I’ve done
Maybe now I’ve conquered all my adolescent fears
And I’ll do it better in my next thirty years
My next thirty years I’m gonna settle all the scores
Cry a little less, laugh a little more
Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear
Figure out just what I’m doing here
In my next thirty years
Oh my next thirty years, I’m gonna watch my weight
Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late
Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers
Maybe I’ll remember my next thirty years
My next thirty years will be the best years of my life
Raise a little family and hang out with my wife
Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear
Make up for lost time here ,In my next thirty years

Featuring: Faith Hill
Yeah, yeah
Dancin' in the dark, middle of the night
Takin' your heart and holdin' it tight
Emotional touch, touchin' my skin
And asking you to do
What you've been doin' all over again
Oh, it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know
What it is that won't let me go?
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh, it's your love
Better than I was, more than I am
And all of this happened by taking your hand
And who I am now is who I wanted to be
And now that we're together
I'm stronger than ever, I'm happy and free
Oh, it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
If you asked me why I've changed
All I gotta do is say your sweet name
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh, it's your love
Oh, oh, oh, baby
Oh, it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know
What it is that won't let me go?
It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder
About the spell I'm under
Oh, it's your love
It's your love

You always come back when I'm at my weakest
When I'm fool enough to let you in
Sayin' how this time around is different
Asking if I want to try again
I do, but I don't
I want to, but I won't
I am but I ain't
I could but I just can't
It feels right but it's wrong
And I've hurt way too long
So when you ask me if I know what I want
I do but I don't
What resistance I have left within me
I lose each time you're holding me this close
With every bitter sweet kiss, girl, you tempt me
Asking if I want to let you go
I do, but I don't
I want to, but I won't
I am but I ain't
I could but I just can't
It feels right but it's wrong
And I've hurt way too long
So when you ask me if I know what I want
I do but I don't
So don't ask me if I know what I want
'Cause I do

Well I was southern born and raised on the Good Book
My old boots are worn from the hard roads I took
And I'm proud to be my daddy's son
And momma taught me how to work and not to quit
Until the job's done
Well I may not be high society but I got all I need
And that's just me
The only way I know to be
That's just me
What you get is what you see
Well they tell me I'm old fashioned
And that I'm part of a dying breed
I'd say I'm living in real good company
But that's just me
Well I got me a wife and we're bringing up a young one
Well she's a backwoods woman and my boy he's a top gun
We live out in the country where we're free to roam
And when a hard day is over how I love just going home
Well it's the life I live and the air I breathe
The way I believe
And that's just me
The only way I know to be
That's just me
What you get is what you see
Well they tell me I'm old fashioned
And that I'm part of a dying breed
I'd say I'm living in real good company
But that's just me
Yeah they tell me I'm old fashioned
And that I'm part of a dying breed
I'd say I'm living in real good company

Everywhere I go
They're staring at her
Every man I know
He wants to have her
I guess I ought to be
A jealous man
I look the other way
They're hittin' on her
Every night and day
They telephone her
They try to get to her
But I know they can't
Cause she never lets it go to her heart
She never lets it go that far
When they start talkin'
She start walkin'
Right back to my arms
She can turn every head
But she never lets it go to her heart
She walks into the room
And everybody watches every move
Hopin' she don't love me
I know it by the way
They hang around
But they don't realize
There's more to her than what meets the eye
That's why I'm certain
No matter what they do to reach her now
She never lets it go to her heart
She never lets it go that far
When they start talkin'
She start walkin'
Right back to my arms
She can turn every head
But she never lets it go to her heart
When they start talkin'
She starts walkin'
Right back to my arms
She can turn every head

Baby, I go too fast too far
Let's get it straight now
The way things are
I'm not the white knight in your fantasy
But I could be your wildest dream
I might ride with the wind
I might follow the sun
I gotta go where I've never been
'Cause my heart beats to a different drum
It's just the way I was made
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade
I get this feelin' that I should be gone
Somethin' keeps tellin' me to take you along
I got a Chevy with a big back seat
Climb on in
And take a change on me
I might ride with the wind
I might follow the sun
I gotta go where I've never been
'Cause my heart beats to a different drum
It's just the way I was made
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade
Don't even think about settlin' down
I ain't gonna hang my hat in no hometown
I might ride with the wind
I might follow the sun
I gotta go where I've never been
'Cause my heart beats to a different drum
It's just the way I was made
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade

Spent forty-eight dollars last night at the county fair
I throwed out my shoulder but I won her that teddy bear
She's got me saying sugar-pie, honey, darlin' and dear
I ain't seen the Braves play a game all year
I'm gonna get fired, if I don't get some sleep
My long lost buddies say I'm gettin' in too deep
But I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
I try so hard, I can't rise above it
Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin'
But I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
My mama and daddy tried to teach me courtesy
But it never sank in till that girl got a hold of me
Now I'm holding umbrellas and openin' up doors
I'm taking out the trash and I'm sweepin' my floors
Crossin' my fingers and countin' every kiss
Prayin' that it keeps goin' on like this
'Cause I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
I try so hard, I can't rise above it
Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin'
But I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
Got to wash my truck and dress up
To pick her up to watch TV
And she sits down on the sofa, she'll move a little closer
She can't get enough of me
And I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
I try so hard, I can't rise above it
Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin'
But I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
Come on, baby
You know what I like
Yeah, I like that

Mister, you can take me into Little Rock
I'll buy the coffee and I'll fill your truck
I'll listen all night if you wanna talk
Just don't mention Memphis
We can talk about your family
Politics and music and philosophy
Any ol' subject's all right with me
Just don't mention Memphis
Or blue eyes
And light brown hair
An angel wavin' to me
From the top of the stairs
The hardest thing I did
Was leave her standing there
So don't mention Memphis
Pass me the thermos and I'll fill your cup
We'll make Texas with a little luck
And I'm hanging with you 'til the sun comes up
So don't mention Memphis
Or blue eyes
And light brown hair
An angel wavin' to me
From the top of the stairs
The hardest thing I did
Was leave her standing there

I popped the clutch on that old red Ford
Her daddy would holler and run to the door
Dust would fly as we flew down
That old gravel driveway
And lookin' back I can't believe
He let her run with a boy like me He said "You better get her back by ten or there'll be hell to pay"
I can still feel her lips on mine
It's all so real
But lost in time
Ain't that just like a dream
Runnin' wild and runnin' free
We were rebels chasin' time against the wind
Sometimes I long for just one night
Of the way I felt back then
But ain't that just like a dream
It always ends
Saturday nights we could all be found
Radios up and our windows rolled down
Hearts on fire and holdin' hands
Sights set on forever
We never thought those days would end
We'd never be the same again
Summer would be the last time we would ever be together
I never knew I'd wake up some day
In a brand new world so far away
Ain't that just like a dream
Runnin' wild and runnin' free
We were rebels chasin' time against the wind
Sometimes I long for just one night
Of the way I felt back then
But ain't that just like a dream
It always ends
Sometimes I long for just one night
Of the way I felt back then
But ain't that just like a dream
It always ends
Ain't that just like a dream

It looks a little weathered, so it looks good on me
But since you've left I'm wearin' this old hat differently
Pain, wind, rain and sun, it keeps out all but one
So I keep the brim pulled down
Whenever those teardrops come around
So nobody else can see
Just what your memory does to me
I know I can't hide
But baby, I've still got my pride
When your memory comes back
I keep it under my hat
Last night, I thought I'd go out
I don't know where my head was at
I had to turn around
Go back and get my hat
And I was glad I did
When I saw you with him
I kept the brim pulled down
Whenever those teardrops came around
So nobody else could see
Just what your memory does to me
I know I can't hide
But, baby, I've still got my pride
When your memory comes back
I keep it under my hat
When your memory comes back

Some people say I'm one of those guys with blessings in life overlooked
Sometimes I feel like the tatter torn pages of some old paperback book
All the places I've played and the money I've made Still I've got nothing to show
And the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world Is you
You put your whole life into somethin' you love and you never get that one big break
Gotta take you out of the back street bars and put you on center stage
But a million tears and a million beers have just about washed me up
And the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you
I gave it all I had every night for all these years pourin' out my soul
'Til it was gone
I spread myself so thin And I'm just barely hangin' on
But tonight I'm with you and you can carry me through
Just love me
'Cuz the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you
I gave it all I had every night for all these years
Pourin' out my soul til it was gone
I spread myself so thin and I'm just barely hangin' on
But tonight I'm with you and you can carry me through Just love me
'Cuz the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world Is you

I've lead a lifetime fightin' this land
Workin' for nothin with these dry, callused hands
I'm a slave to the sun, It ain't cuttin' me no slack
Gets me beggin' whenever I look back
Ain't no glory in this livin'
Ain't no runnin' from your sins
I hope there's angels where I'm goin'
Ain't no angels where I've been
Three generations countin' on me
To work this farm keep it in the family
Well, I've done all I can and it's past becomin' clear
That I can't hold out much longer here
Ain't no glory in this livin'
Ain't no runnin' from your sins
I hope there's angels where I'm goin'
Ain't no angels where I've been
Ain't no glory in this livin'
Ain't no runnin' from your sins
I hope there's angels where I'm goin'
Ain't no angels where I've been

They say not to have too much fun
They say not to get too much sun
Democrat, Republican
I guess I'm screwed, I'm neither one
Don't say 'hell', say 'what the heck'
Do what's politically correct
Don't pray in school, but have safe sex
Isn't that what they expect?
Who are they?
Yeah you know what they say
Who are they?
Someone I gotta pay
Who are they?
They're probably living in LA
And I don't care anyway
Who are they?
They probably own the Village Voice
The Nashville Scene, The People's Choice
To me it's all a bunch of noise
Decided on by funny boys
They say who does and don't belong
They say our hair's too short or long
They say who's right and who is wrong
As if we'll all just come along
Who are they?
Yeah you know what they say
Who are they?
Someone I gotta pay
Who are they?
They're probably living in LA
And I don't care anyway
Who are they?
Well I wonder if they've got a life
A broken car and two ex-wives
Do they drink beer on Friday night
I wonder if they like to fight
And I wonder if they've got a soul
Or if they like their rock-and-roll
Where do they live, I've got to know
So I can tell them off
Or where to go
Who are they?
Yeah you know what they say
Who are they?
Someone I gotta pay
Who are they?
They're probably living in LA
And I don't care anyway

Creek goes rippling by
I've been barefoot and all day with my baby
Brown leaves have started falling
Leading the way
I like it best just like this
Doing nothing all the way
So let's lay down in the tall grass
Dreaming away
And all I wanna do is let it be and be with you
And watch the wind blow by
And all I wanna see is you and me go on forever
Like the clear blue sky
Slowly, there's only
You and I
And all I want to do is watch the wind blow by
Girl, you know you told me not so long ago
To let it come, then let it pass
And all your troubles and your sorrows
They won't last
So let me kiss you now, little darling
Beneath this autumn moon
Cold wind, another season
Will be here soon
And all I wanna do is let it be and be with you
And watch the wind blow by
And all I wanna see is you and me go on forever
Like the clear blue sky
Slowly, there's only
You and I

Swingin' doors
Neon lights
Hardwood floors
It's Saturday night
Got on my dancing boots
I've got a cold Lonestar
I've got a two steppin' mind
And a honky tonk heart
I've got a two steppin' mind And a honky tonk heart
I need a five-piece band with a fiddle and steel guitar
Someone to hold when the music starts
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart
It's happy hour when I get there
Pretty girls, man they're everywhere
There ain't no way to keep us apart
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart
I need a five-piece band with a fiddle and steel guitar
Someone to hold when the music starts
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart
I need a five-piece band with a fiddle and steel guitar
Someone to hold when the music starts
I've got a two steppin' mind and a honky tonk heart

I'm gonna ride that iron horse into the sun
I'm gonna say goodbye to you and all the things you've done
I used to be afraid but I know today's the day
I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am just biding time again
Waiting on train number ten
One more drag off one more cigarette
I've made up my mind but I ain't ready yet
Cause if that devil hits those tracks I know that I can't come back
I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am humming misery and gin
Waiting on train number ten
It's getting late maybe tonight she won't show up and change my mind
I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am just spitting in the wind
Waiting on train number ten

My body burns like there's a desert deep in me
A thirsty soul so unsatisfied
But there you are like a river to the sea
The one chance I have to change my life
(A) Darling, take me away from (E) here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time, another place
(A) Make me a different (E) man
Move me farther than I've ever been before
Show me that there's something more
Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped inside myself
Spinning wheels up and down, round and round
Going nowhere just like everybody else
With no touch, no sight, no sound
(A) But you could take me away from (E) here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time, another place
(A) Make me a different (E) man
Move me farther than I've ever been before
Show me that there's something more
Give me hopes and dreams to fill my head
Push my heart so I can fly again
Take me away from here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time, another place
Make me a different man
Move me farther than I've ever been before
Show me that there's something more
Take me away from here
Take me away from here

There's a place I like to go
Where I can hear the cotton grow
When that train whistles blow
A dozen miles down the road
All I really have to do
Is just be still
There's the place I love to be
Momma, Daddy, my sister and me
First time I ever saw the beach
Back to 1983
All I really have to do
Is just be still
When this road gets crazy and tries to break me
And I've had all I can stand
I can close my eyes no matter where I am
And just be still
There's a place that I can see
Where my baby's next to me
Close enough to feel the heat
All wound up beneath the sheets
All I have to do
Is just be still
When this road gets crazy and tries to break me
And I've had all I can stand
I can close my eyes no matter where I am
And just be still
There's a place I need to go
Where the stained glass windows glow
Every part of me is known
Thank God I can go there
Thank God I can go there still
Still

Tim Mcgraw
Southern Voice lyrics
Hank Williams sang it
Number 3 drove it
Chuck Berry twanged it
Will Faulkner wrote it
Aretha Franklin sold it
Dolly Parton graced it
Rosa Parks rode it
Scarlett O chased it
Smooth as the hickory wind
That blows from Memphis
Down to Apalachicola
It's hi ya'll did ya eat well
Come on in I'm
Sure glad to know ya
Don't let this old gold cross
In this Allman Brothers t-shirt throw ya
It's cicadas making noise
With a southern voice
Hank Aaron smacked it
Michael Jordan dunked it
Pocahantas tracked it
Jack Daniels drunk it
Tom Petty rocked it
Dr. King paved it
Bear Bryant won it
Billy Graham saved it
Smooth as the hickory wind
That blows from Memphis
Down to Apalachicola
It's hi ya'll did ya eat well
Come on in I'm
Sure glad to know ya
Don't let this old gold cross
In this Crimson Tide t-shirt throw ya
It's cicadas making noise
With a southern voice
Jesus is my friend
America is my home
Sweet iced tea and Jerry Lee
Daytona Beach
That's what gets to me
I can feel it in my bones
Smooth as the hickory wind
That blows from Memphis
Down to Apalachicola
It's hi ya'll did ya eat well
Come on in child
I'm sure glad to know ya
Don't let this old gold cross
In this Charlie Daniels t-shirt throw ya
We're just boys making noise
With a southern voice
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Southern Voice
I got a southern voice

Horses are running wide open I just gotta ride
To those honky-tonk bars that stay open way past closing time
Songs about free thinkin' and drinking sure light my fire
That flame leaves a scar on my heart like an old branding iron
She said rodeo man where are you going
Don't you know that the life of a cowboy is no good alone
If you tear down that fence of rusty barbed wire
Then I'll lay down beside you and be your shotgun rider
Yesterday's nothing but dust I brush off my boots
While I'm wearing out roads don't you know that I'm sure missing you
If I leave you'll be wondering when I'll be back again
Between Texas and ranchers and old friends where do you fit in

Backseat of her daddy's car
I was trying not to go too far
Kept thinking about the words the preacherman said
Lightnin' flashed across the sky
I saw love in a young girl's eyes
And that's a look you never forget
Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime
Don't it just fly by wild and free
Goin any way the wind blew, baby
Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams
Rock and roll and faded blue jeans
And standing on the edge of everything
Seventeen
Legs hangin' off the Bayou Bridge
Feedin' fish potato chips
And talkin' about the mysteries of the universe
Yeah, the world was somewhere else
We had the Summer all to ourselves
And the stars went off like fireworks
Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime
Don't it just fly by wild and free
Goin any way the wind blew, baby
Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams
Rock and roll and faded blue jeans
And standing on the edge of everything
Seventeen
Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime
Don't it just fly by wild and free
Goin any way the wind blew, baby
Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams
Rock and roll and faded blue jeans
And standing on the edge of everything

Sometimes this road, it just keeps winding
Round and round and back again
But you've always kept me smiling
Over every hill, round every bend
Baby you're the one smiling with me when the sun comes up
I got the wheel, you got the map and that's enough
And we go rolling down this highway
Chasing all our crazy dreams
I've gone your way and you've gone my way
And everywhere in between
One of these days we'll find a piece of ground
Just outside of some sleepy little town
And set this circus down
Sometimes I lie awake just thinking
Of all the horizons we have seen
And as another day is sinking
I thank God you're here with me
'Cause baby you're the one laughing with me when the sun goes down
Living on faith and holding on tight to the love we found
And we go rolling down this highway
Chasing all our crazy dreams
I've gone your way and you've gone my way
And everywhere in between
One of these days we'll find a piece of ground
Just outside of some sleepy little town
And set this circus down
And set this circus down
Maybe one of these days, gonna set this circus down

Girl you've never known no one like me
Up there in your high society
They might tell you I'm no good
Girl they need to understand
Just who I am
I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man
I may drink too much and play too loud
Hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd
That don't mean I don't respect
My Mama or my Uncle Sam
Yes sir, yes ma'am
I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man
I might have a reckless streak
At least a country-mile wide
If you're gonna run with me
It's gonna be a wild ride
When it comes to loving you
I've got velvet hands
I'll show you how a real bad boy
Can be a real good man
I take all the good times I can get
I'm too young for growing up just yet
Ain't much I can promise you
'Cept to do the best I can
I'll be damned
I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man
I may be a real bad boy
Oh but baby I'm a real good man

(Tim)
The kiss that never happened
The call that never came
The hurt you masked by laughin'
The one that got a way
It’s all in a day of emotional traffic
Stranded, broken and tragic
Chorus (Together)
Finding out you're only human is hard
I wanna change the world
But I don't know where to start
And I am fool enough to believe
There’s hope among the ruin
Finding out you're only human
(Ne-yo)
I tried to touch the sky
Fell right to the ground (and I fell right to the ground)
Did my best to fly
But I just kept falling down
Some hopes and dreams were shattered
Expectations broken and battered
Chorus
(Tim) Oh human enough to forgive
(Ne-yo) Oh human enough to embrace all there is, whoa
(Tim) And I am fool enough to believe (Ne-yo echoes-to believe)
(Together) There’s hope among the ruin
Chorus
(Ne-yo) Only human
(Tim) Oh, you're only human
(Ne-yo) We're only human
(Tim) Oh, we're only human
(Ne-yo) Yes, we're only human
(Tim) We're only human
(Ne-yo) Only human
(Ne-yo) We're only, we're only
(Tim) We're only human
(Ne-yo) We're only, we're only

Stopped to have a few at five now you're crossing that center line for the third time
Second time like this this week had a friend ask you for your keys
You said 'no I'm fine'
You sure do act like you don't got a thing to lose
But every car you pass might be the one's you take with you
You'd give your last breath to your wife
Take a bullet for your kids
Lay your life down for your country for your Jesus for your friends
There's a whole lot of things you say you're living for
You've got to fight it somehow, stop and turn around
'Cause this ain't nothin' to die for
So what's the harm in a little fun
'Cause you're off to work before the sun everyday
And the inbox outbox locks you in and the money you make ain't worth the time you spend to make your pay
The doctor says 'man your numbers they don't lie'
The graveyard's full of folks that didn't have time to die
Straight through that guardrail up into that white light
You hear a sweet voice saying just this side of the other side
Just this side of the other side
Ain't nothin' to die for
Nothin' to die for

I never had no one that I could count on
I've been let down so many times
I was tired of hurtin', so tired of searchin'
'Til you walked into my life
It was a feelin'
I'd never known
And for the first time
I didn't feel alone
You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh, we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Every time I look at you
I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend, oh yeah
You stand by me and you believe in me
Like nobody ever has
When my world goes crazy, you're right there to save me
You make me see how much I have
And I still tremble
When we touch
And oh, the look in your eyes
When we make love
You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh, we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Every time I look at you
And I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh, we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Every time I look at you
And I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend, oh yeah
You're my best friend

1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
And I'm so glad you're here today
'Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away, hey!
I'm down to my last dollar, I've walked right though my shoes
Just a small reminder of the hell that I've gone through
But look at me still smiling as I'm wondering what I'll do
Since I ain't got nothing I got nothing to lose
Everybody say, "Ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha"
Well my friends are always giving me watches, hats and wine
That's how I know this is serious, that's how I know it's time
I don't have to worry about things that I don't have
'Cause if I ain't got nothing I got nothing to hold me back
And 1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
And I'm so glad you're here today
'Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away
There's nothing that's worth keeping me from places I should go
From Happyville to Lovingland I'm gonna tour from coast to coast
I'm leaving everything behind, there's not much that I need
'Cause if I ain't got nothing I'm footloose and fancy free
And 1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
And I'm so glad you're here today
'Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away
Look at me so free, nothing's holding me down
Look at me so free, can't keep my feet on the ground
And 1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
And I'm so glad you're here today
'Cause tomorrow I might have to go and
1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
And I'm so glad you're here today
'Cause tomorrow I might have to go and fly away
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away
1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing
'Cause you've given me the most beautiful set of wings
1, 2, 3, like a bird I sing

I just walked in and you were gone
To your Mama's I suppose
It looks like you won't be back so I thought you ought to know
I found that note you left today it only took you half a page
I'm gonna grab my old guitar take a pencil from the jar and fill in the empty space
I'm gonna tell you how I feel, straight up genuine and real
Open a bottle of ninety proof and write a song for you like Kristofferson would do
In each line you're gonna hear it's my fault and I miss you
I know it won't be in time it may not even rhyme
But it has to be is true
I'm gonna drink this bottle of ninety proof and sing this song for you

You always had an eye for things that glittered
But I was far from bein' made of gold
I don't know how but I scraped up the money
I just never could quite tell you no
Just like when you were leavin' Amarillo
Takin’ that new job in Tennessee
And I quit mine so we could be together
I can't forget the way you looked at me
Just to see you smile
I'd do anything
That you wanted me to
And all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile
When you said time was all you really needed
I walked away and let you have your space
Cuz leavin' didn't hurt me near as badly
As the tears I saw rollin' down your face
And yesterday I knew just what you wanted
When you came walkin' up to me with him
So I told you that I was happy for you
And given the chance I’d lie again
Just to see you smile
I'd do anything
That you wanted me to
And all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile
I'd do anything
That you wanted me to
And all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
I'ts worth all that's lost

I'm an Indian Outlaw
Half Cherokee and Choctaw
My baby she's a Chippewa
She's one of a kind
All my friends call me Bear Claw
The Village Chieftain is my paw-paw
He gets his orders from my maw-maw
She makes him walk in line
You can find me in my wigwam
I'll be beatin' on my tom-tom
Pull out the pipe and smoke you some
Hey and pass it around
'Cause I'm an Indian Outlaw
Half Cherokee and Choctaw
My baby she's a Chippewa
She's one of a kind
I ain't lookin' for trouble
We can ride my pony double
Make your little heart bubble
Lord, like a glass of wine
I remember the medicine man
He caught runnin' water in my hands
Drug me around by my headband
Said I wasn't her kind
'Cause I'm an Indian Outlaw
Half Cherokee and Choctaw
My baby she's a Chippewa
She's one of a kind
I can kill a deer or buffalo
With just my arrow and my hickory bow
From a hundred yard don't you know
I do it all the time
They all gather 'round my teepee
Late at night tryin' to catch a peek at me
In nothin' but my buffalo briefs
I got 'em standin' in line
'Cause I'm an Indian Outlaw
Half Cherokee and Choctaw
My baby she's a Chippewa
She's one of a kind
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live

If you?re reading this, my momma's sitting there
Looks like I only got a one-way ticket over here
I sure wish I could give you one more kiss
And war was just a game we played when we were kids
Well I?m laying down my gun, I?m hanging up my boots
I?m up here with God and we?re both watching over you
So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go
If you?re reading this I?m already home
If you?re reading this half way around the world
I won?t be there to see the birth of our little girl
I hope she looks like you, I hope she fights like me
And stands up for the innocent and the weak
I?m laying down my gun, I?m hanging up my boots
Tell dad I don?t regret that I followed in his shoes
So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go
If you?re reading this I?m already home
If you?re reading this there?s gonna come a day
When you move on and find someone else and that?s okay
Just remember this I?m in a better place
Where soldiers live in peace and angels sing "Amazing Grace"
So lay me down
In that open field out on the edge of town
And know my soul
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go

Wake me my lady
Don't let me sleep
Open my eyes
To the wonders you keep
Let me look at you
See how you shine
I'll fall in love
Like I've done every time
Lay me in soft green grass
Down where the river runs
Under the mountain caps
Gold with the setting sun
Walk me along the bay
Beyond the verdant trees
Carry me with your grace
Forever comfort me
You walk on water
Searching the East
The souls of the masses
Pass at your feet
Looking up at you
Tears in their eyes
Fathers of fathers of fathers
Gone by
Walk me down old main streets
Ride me down rusty rails
Fields full of summer wheat
Peppered with rounded bales
Steeples where church bells ring
Lighthouses by the sea
Reach out through gathered storms
Faithfully comfort me
I am your tired
I am your poor in spirit
Yearning to breathe
Breathe, free
Breathe, free
Lay me in soft green grass
Down where the river runs
Under the mountain caps
Gold with the setting sun
Walk me along the bay
Beyond the verdant trees
Carry me with your grace
Forever comfort me
Walk me down old main streets
Ride me down rusty rails
Fields full of summer wheat
Peppered with rounded bales
Steeples where church bells ring
Lighthouses by the sea
Reach out through gathered storms

Don't you remember
The fizz in a pepper
Peanuts in a bottle
At ten, two and four
A fried bologna sandwich
With mayo and tomato
Sittin' round the table
Don't happen much anymore
We got too complicated
It's all way over-rated
I like the old and out-dated
Way of life
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
I love my records
Black, shiny vinyl
Clicks and pops
And white noise
Man they sounded fine
I had my favorite stations
The ones that played them all
Country, soul and rock-and-roll
What happened to those times?
I'm readin' Street Slang For Dummies
Cause they put pop in my country
I want more for my money
The way it was back then
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when
I miss back when
Give me a flat top for strumming
I want the whole world to be humming
Just keep it coming
The way it was back then
Back when a hoe was a hoe
Coke was a coke
And crack's what you were doing
When you were cracking jokes
Back when a screw was a screw
The wind was all that blew
And when you said I'm down with that
Well it meant you had the flu
I miss back when
I miss back when

Long ago, far away
I felt your lovin’ glow upon my face
Was it a dream or just a promise made
What is my destiny
Someday I’ll find a way to shine
Leave all these rainy days behind
I know there’s got to be
Some place warm and bright for me
I’m running out of places I can run
Looking for a place in the sun
Darkness hangs overhead
Close to the point where angels fear to tread
I close my eyes and think of you instead
And pray you’ll be here soon
Someday I’ll find a way to shine
Leave all these rainy days behind
I know there’s got to be
Some place warm and bright for me
I’m running out of places I can run
Looking for a place in the sun
Sometimes it feels like this whole world’s against me
And every beaten path
Is just another winding road that tempts me
Far from you and all that’s true
I’ve got to find my way again
Someday I’ll find a way to shine
Leave all these rainy days behind
I know there’s got to be
Some place warm and bright for me
I’m running out of places I can run
Looking for a place in the sun
Yeah I’m running out of places I can run
Looking for a place in the sun

We use to chase that boy home from school
Called him freckle face, red headed fool
He was different,
He wasn't cool like me.
Sticks and stones didn't break any bones
But we never left well enough alone
But one day he ran away from home you see
And I passed him as we walked away
And in his eyes I heard him say
Chorus:
One of these days your gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
'Bout the times you pushed and shoved me
And what good friends we might have been
And then your gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days your gonna love me
Patty Sue was a small town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
Lord knows she should have seen right through me
When I promised her the world
But at 17 you only want one thing
I left her standing with my high school ring
Innocent tears in the pouring rain
As I walked away
And I still see her in my dreams
And to this day she's whispering
Chorus:
One of these days your gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
'Bout the time you turned from me
And what good friends we might have been
And then your gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days your gonna love me
Now everybody stands up
the congregation sings
It's a song of sweet forgiveness
And As the chours rings
The wind blows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I loved
Chorus:
One of these days I'm gonna love me
And fill the joy of sweet release
One of these days I'll rise above me
And at last I'll find some peace
And then I'm gonna smile a little
and Maybe even laugh a little but
One of these days I'm gonna love me

When all our tears have reached the sea
Part of you will live in me
Way down deep inside my heart
The days keep coming without fail
No wind is gonna find your sail
That's where your journey starts
*Chorus*
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as a river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Just like the waves down by the shore
Gonna keep on coming back for more
'Cause we dont ever wanna start
Out in this brave world you see
Oh, the valleys and the peaks
and I can see you on the top
*Chorus*
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as a river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
*Bridge*
Remember me when you're out walking
When snow falls high outside your door
Late at night your no sleeping
And moon-light falls across your floor
When I cant hurt you anymore
*Chorus*
You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as a river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Please remember me

He sat down, picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man.
He touched the glass between the two, as if to shake his hand
The boy he didn't budge, not even so much as a blink
The man said oh come on, better late than never, don't ya think.
He said I read it in the paper, can't believe you're 21,
I can't believe some son of mine could do the things I hear you've done.
He went on like some big hero, who flew in to save the day
And the boy said if your here, to steer me right, man, its too late
You had to be there, and I'm talkin from from day one.
Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son
And you'd have to go back, and teach me how when i was nine
Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time.
I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke.
I bet if you'd of whoopped my tail, i'd never thought it was a joke
He said sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayers
You had to be there.
The man said, boy I'm sorry that you hate me like you do
The boy said dry it up man, we ain't making this about you.
Its about a teenage girl against the world who was left there high and dry
About a kid who might have stood a whole lot better shot at life, but
You Had To Be There
And I'm talking from day one,
Thats the only time a man should talk through glass to his new son
You'd have to go back and teach me how when I was nine
Cause my mama couldn't throw a ball even if she had the time.
I should have been learning how to fish, instead of learning how to smoke
I bet if you'd of whooped my tail I'd never thought it was a joke
Sometimes the will for doing wrong is way too strong for any mama's prayer
You had to be there.
Before the boy hung up the phone, he said they say me I'm out of time
And it hit the man, right there and then
My god son, so am I

(Jim Dycus/Kerry Kurt Phillips)
(Track 4 - Time 2:12)
Well I'm gonna have to get a new mailbox
'Cuz all she left me was a hole
And I'm gonna hafta get a new washin' machine
As soon as I get some new clothes
Well I could close my eyes and run through this house
And never once stub my big toe
It was a man who'd never been left who said
You can't take it with you when you go
Hell she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord, I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go
Well I'm sittin' here on this hard floor
Where a big soft couch used to be
And I'm starin' at a bug on the wall
Where there used to be a TV
Well I'd kill that sucker in a heartbeat
If I could find me anything to throw
I was so naé£â€'e to have ever believed
You can't take it with you when you go
Well she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go
Well she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go
I oughta call somebody but I ain't got a phone
Just goes to show you can take it with you when you go

I remember sunday mornings walking on the beach
And that place we'd stop for breakfast with the old red vinyl seats
The hours of the tide chart
The way the sunlight dance upon your face
That antique roller coaster you just had to ride
I remember how you laughed at the terror in my eyes
The color and the detail
Just like it was yesterday
And i remember how you held me the night my father died
I didn't have to tell you
I just broke down and cried
You're sewn into the fabric, the pieces of my life
And i just can't remember why we said goodbye
Up and down this boardwalk lonely people sit
I know it wasn't perfect but nothin' ever is
The sails out in the harbor
Are searching for the wind
I just had to call you, i had to hear your voice
And tell you i still love you we still have a choice
You're sewn into the fabric, the pieces of my life
And i just can't remember why we said goodbye
Everything i do
Leads back to you
I know i just can't let us go
There must have been a reason, but i can't remember now
I know if i could hold you we could work it out
You're sewn into the fabric the pieces of my life
And girl let's give it one more try

There's a bottle on the dresser by your ring
And it's empty so right now I don't feel a thing
I'll be hurtin' when I wake up on the floor
And I'll be over it by noon
And that's the difference between the whiskey and you
Come tomorrow I can walk in any store
It ain't a problem yeah they'll always sell me more
But you're forgiveness is something I can't buy
Ain't a thing that I can do
And that's the difference between the whiskey and you
One's the devil and one keeps driving me insane
At times I wonder if they ain't both the same
One's a liar that helps hide me from my pain
And one's a long hard bitter truth
And that's the difference between the whiskey and you
I've got a problem but it ain't like what you think
I drink 'cause I'm lonesome and I'm lonesome 'cause I drink
If I don't break down and bring it on myself it'll hit right out of the blue
That's the difference between the whiskey and you

And the fights they had
He'd cover up his ears
Thought big boys don't cry
Fought back all the tears
Mama'd use her make up
To hide the bruises on his face
In the morning they'd pretend
That there'd never ever been a trace
His old man woke him up
To help him find the car
Take the bus uptown
Outside some rundown bar
And swore that he was quittin'
And then he'd start to cry
And though the boy knew the truth
Sometimes he'd still believe that lie
When the sins of the father
Are the sins of the son
All you do is crawl
When you wanna run
And God gave boys their mamas
'Cause they always see their promise
And they help them understand
How to walk like a man, walk like a man
They moved a lot of places
They never settled down
It got pretty old
Being the new kid in town
He always told his friends
My daddy's sick today
Said he'd be rich if he had a nickel
Every time he heard his mama say
The sins of the father
Are the sins of the son
Crawl before you walk, boy
Walk before you run
Come on, stand up straight
I'm proud of you, take my hand
I know you can walk like a man
Walk like a man
Your daddy's Demons are callin' your name
Don't you listen to 'em 'cause they've got no claim
Temptations may come that ain't no sin
You get stronger every time that you don't give in
The sins of the father
Are the sins of the son
You can't undo what has been done
You'll have to retrace his footsteps
Through the sand
And pray you find the love of a girl
And take her by the hand

(Clay Blaker)
(Track 3 - Time 3:23)
Some people say I'm one of those guys with blessings in life overlooked
Sometimes I feel like the tatter torn pages of some old paperback book
All the places I've played and the money I've made still I've got nothing to show
And the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you
You put your whole life into somethin' you love and you never get that one big break
That'll take you out of the back street bars and put you on center stage
But a million tears and a million beers have just about washed me up
And the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you
I gave it all I had every night for all these years
Pourin' out my soul 'til it was gone
I spread myself so thin and I'm just barely hangin' on
But tonight I'm with you and you can carry me through
Just love me
'Cuz the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you
I gave it all I had every night for all these years
Pourin' out my soul 'til it was gone
I spread myself so thin and I'm just barely hangin' on
But tonight I'm with you and you can carry me through
Just love me
'Cuz the only thing that I have left in the whole wide world is you
Oh, is you

Ferris wheel, parking lot
Leather jacket, acid rock
Blacklight poster, seventeen
Cherry lipstick, dairy queen
Chorus
That's what I think of when I think of your love
That's right
That's the kind of you I kinda need tonight
Life is a battle
Don't think I can handle it
Without getting back to the one
The one I want to run to
Cause you're the one that makes me feel like I'm
The one
Bought a castle underneath the power lines
Paper flowers still make you cry
Trampolines, holding hands
We're still jumping at every chance
Chorus
Bridge
I wonder where I'd be today
If you ever walked away
I wonder, I wonder
Chorus
The one I want to run to
Cause you're the one that makes me feel like I'm
The one
The one I want to run to
Cause you're the one that makes me feel like I'm
The one that makes you feel like you're
The one that makes me feel like I'm

He was rough he was tough
And he drank his whiskey straight
And he would fight every nite
If he didn’t get his way
She was kind she could find
All the good in everyone
And then one day she passed his way
He felt reborn in that morning sun
He saw her face
She called his name
And from that moment he knew he’d never be the same
What you can find in the eyes of a woman
Is a reason to believe
Look deep inside the eyes of a woman
See the man you wanna be
I’ve been down
Kicked around
The world had got the best of me
Out of rope
Little hope
I’d ever get back on my feet
She took my hand
Said yes you can
One look at her and I’m a brand new man
What you can find in the eyes of a woman
Is a reason to believe
Look deep inside the eyes of a woman
See the man you wanna be
Oh when I feel the need for inspiration
With just one look I find my salvation
What you can find in the eyes of a woman
Is a reason to believe
Look deep inside the eyes of a woman
See the man you wanna be

ou said the way my blue eyes shined,
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said: 'That's a lie'
Just a boy in a Chevy truck,
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck,
On backroads at night
An' I was right there beside him all summer long
An' then the time we woke up to find that summer'd gone
But when you think: Tim McGraw,
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long:
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness,
I hope you think: 'That little black dress'
Think of my head on your chest,
An' my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw,
I hope you think of me
September saw a month of tears,
An' thankin' God that you weren't here,
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed,
Is a letter that you never read,
From three summers back
It's hard not to find it all a little bitter sweet,
An' lookin' back on all of that, it's nice to believe:
When you think: Tim McGraw,
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long:
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness,
I hope you think: 'That little black dress'
Think of my head on your chest,
An' my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw,
I hope you think of me
And I'm back for the first time since then:
I'm standin' on your street,
An' there's a letter left on your doorstep,
An' the first thing that you'll read:
Is: 'When you think: Tim McGraw,
'I hope you think my favorite song'
Some day you'll turn your radio on,
I hope it takes you back to that place
When you think happiness,
I hope you think: 'That little black dress'
Think of my head on your chest,
An' my old faded blue jeans
When you think Tim McGraw,
I hope you think of me
Oh, think of me,
Mmmm
You said the way my blue eyes shined,
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said: 'That's a lie'

My Body burns
Like there’s a desert deep in me
A thirsty soul so unsatisfied
But there you are like a river to the sea
The one chance I have to change my life
Darlin', take my away from here
Make it seem like we're a million miles away
Another time another place
Make me a different man
Move me farther than I’ve ever been before
Show me that there’s something more
Sometimes I feel like I’m trapped inside myself
Spinning wheels up and down, 'round and 'round
Going no where just like everybody else
With no touch, no sight, no sound
But you could take me away from here
Make it seem like we’re a million miles away
Another time another place
Make me a different man
Move me farther than I’ve ever been before
Show me that there’s something more
Give me hopes and dreams to fill my head
Push my heart so I can fly again
Take me away from here
Make it seem like we’re a million miles away
Another time another place
Make me a different man
Move me farther than I’ve ever been before
Show me that there’s something more
Take me away from here
Take me away from here
Take me away from here
Take me away from here
Take me away from here

It was Labour day weekend, I was seventeen.
I Bought a Coke and some gasoline, and I drove out to the County Fair,
When I saw her for the first time, She was standing there in the ticket line.
And It all started right then and there.
Oh a sailor's sky made a perfect sunset, and that's a day I'll never forget.
I had a barbeque stain on my white tee-shirt,
And she was killin' me in that miniskirt.
Skippin' rocks on the river by the Railroad tracks.
She had a suntan line and red lipstick.
I worked so hard for that first kiss,
And a heart don't forget, something like that.
It was Five years later, on a Southbound plane.
I was headin' down to New Orleans,
To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras,
When I heard a voice from the past,
Comin' from a few rows back.
And when i looked
i couldn't believe just what i saw
She said I bet you don't remember me,
And I said Only every other memory.
I had a barbeque stain on my white tee-shirt,
And you were killin' me in that miniskirt.
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks.
You had a suntan line and red lipstick,
I worked so hard for that first kiss.
And a heart don't forget, something like that.
Like an Old photograph,
Time can make a feeling fade...
But the memory of the first love,
Never fades away.
I had a barbecue stain on my white tee shirt
She was killin' me in that miniskirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a suntan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
A heart donÂ’t forget, no a heart donÂ’t forget
I said a heart donÂ’t forget something like that
Oh, not something like that

That night in Phoenix when you stole my jeep
Then you brought it home with a new stereo, baby, that was sweet
Oh and how can I forget the day you gave me my red guitar
Best gift by far, was you babe
I'm sendin all that love that you gave
Right back atcha babeÂ
Right back atcha babe
just like a boomerangÂ
Everything good you threw my way
Right back atcha babe
Best that you get ready
There's a whole lotta lovin thats gonna be cominÂ
Right back atcha babe
First things firstÂ
I want you to close your eyes
This may not even come close to that first kiss you gave me
But I'm gonna try
Oh and here's that ring you've been waitin for all these years
As for the tears, that you've cried
When we made love the first time
Yeah I see ya cry
Right back atcha babeÂ
Right back atcha babe
just like a boomerangÂ
Everything good you threw my way
Right back atcha babe
Best that you get ready
There's a whole lotta lovin thats gonna be cominÂ
Right back atcha babe
Well if what comes around goes around,
You've got it made
Yeah you've got it made
Right back atcha babeÂ
Right back atcha babe
just like a boomerangÂ
Everything good you threw my way
Right back atcha babe
Best that you get ready
There's a whole lotta lovin thats gonna be cominÂ
Right back atcha babe
Yeah right back atcha babe

Johnny's daddy was taking him fishing
When he was 8 years old
A little girl came thru the front gate, holding a fishing pole
His dad looked down and smiled, he said we can't leave her behind
Son i know you don't want her to go, but someday you'll change your mind
And johnny said
Take Jimmy Johnson
Take Tommy Thomson
Take my best friend Bo
take any body that u want as long as she don’t go
take any boy in the world
daddy please don’t take the girl
Same old boy same sweet girl
10 years down the road
he held her tight and kissed her lips in front of the picture show
stranger came and pulled a gun
grabbed her by the arm
said if you do what I tell you to there wont be any harm
and Johnny said
take my money, take my wallet, take my credit cards
heres the watch that my grandpa gave me
heres the key to my car, mister give it a whirl
But please don’t take the girl
Same old boy same sweet girl
5 years down the road
Theres going to be a little one
and she says it’s time to go
The doctor says the babies fine
but you’ll have to leave
cause his mommas fading fast
and Johnny hit his knees and there he rayed
Take the very breath you gave me
Take the heart from my chest
I’ll gladly take her place if you’ll let me
Make this my last request
Take me out of this world
God please don’t take the girl
Johnnys daddy was taken him fishing when he was eight years old

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause it's all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it yeah I can't shake it
Nooo
I can't wait to see you
Want to see if you still got that look in your eyes
That one you had for me before we said our goodbyes
And it's a shame that we got to spend our time
Being mad about the same things
Over and over again
About the same things
Over and over again
But I think she's leaving
Ooh man she's leaving
I don't know what else to do
I Can't go on not loving you
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again yeah
And I can't take it yeah I can't shake it
Nooo
I remember the day you left
I remember the last breath you took right in front of me
When you said that u would leave
I was too damn stubborn to try to stop you or say anything
But I see clearly now
and this choice I made keep playing in my head
Over and over again
Playing my head
Over and over again
I think she's leaving
Ooh man she's leaving
I don't know what else to do
I Can't go on not loving you
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it I can't shake it
Nooo
Now that I've realized that I'm going down
From all this pain you've put me through
Every time I close my eyes I'm like damn
I can't go on not loving you
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it I can't shake it
Nooo
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it I can't shake it
Nooo
Over and Over again
Over and Over again
Cause it's all in my head

The kiss that never happened
The call that never came
The hurt you masked by laughin'
The one that got away
It's all in a day of emotional traffic,
Stranded, broken, and tragic
Chorus:
Finding out you're only human is hard
I wanna change the world,
But I don't know where to start.
And I'm a fool enough to believe
There's hope among the ruin.
Finding out you're only human
I tried to touch the sky,
Fell right to the ground.
Did my best to fly,
But I just kept fallin' down.
So many hopes and dreams shattered,
Expectations broken and battered.
Chorus:
Finding out you're only human is hard
I wanna change the world,
But I don't know where to start.
And I'm a fool enough to believe
There's hope among the ruin.
Finding out you're only human
Oh, human enough to forgive,
Oh, human enough to embrace
All that's real, Whoa
And I'm a fool enough to believe, to believe
There's hope among the ruin
Chorus:
Finding out you're only human is hard
I wanna change the world,
But I don't know where to start.
And I'm a fool enough to believe
There's hope among the ruin.
Finding out you're only human
Only human,
Oh, we're only human
We're only human
Oh, we're only human
So only human
We're only human

MR. WHOEVER YOU ARE
There's a girl on the back roads of Tennessee
And she works in the factory
All day on the line then she clocks out at 5:00 - finally
There's a bar - the boys treat her like a queen
She's the 'belle of the ball' in blue jeans
And they all get a turn just to turn her around the floor
And they always want more
She says, 'Take me for one more song,
Mr. Whoever You Are
Spin me around and pull me in close'
Then the band slows down
'Let's get the hell out of this bar
Mr. Whoever You Are
Mr. Whoever You Are'
They danced and melt to the heat of the song
Their bodies feel like they belong
And the boys hold on tight thinking,
'I might get lucky tonight'
And they're probably right
Yea, they're probably right
She says, 'Take me for one more song
Mr. Whoever You Are
Spin me around and pull me in close'
The band slows down
'Let's get the hell out of this bar
Mr. Whoever You Are
Mr. Whoever You Are'
They hold on to a ways
She falls into the night
And she throws back her head
She looks up t'ward the sky
And she laughs at all the pretty light
And says, Take me for one more song
Mr. Whoever You Are
Spin me around and pull me in close'
The band slows down
'Let's get the hell out of this bar
Mr. Whoever You Are
Mr. Whoever You Are'
Oh Mr. Whoever You Are
Mr. Whoever You Are

(Oh, milk cow blues, cow, Ahh, Larry
Ahh, Tim come on tell it now)
I woke up this morning
Looked out my door
I could tell my old milk cow
I could tell by the way she lowed
If you see my milk cow, please drive her on home
(Put her in low and drive)
Cause I ain't had no milk and butter
Since my milk cow been gone
(Oh, I know what you're talkin', let me tell you)
You gotta treat me right, woman
Day by day
Get out your little prayer book
Get down on your knees and pray
You're gonna need, you're gonna need my help one of these days
(Oh, tell it like it is, tell it like it is)
You're gonna be sorry, you treated me this way
(Oh Tommy Hawson, come on in Low down, get down on the bottom, Gotcha, ahh)
(I said well good evenin'
Don't that sun look good going down?
I said well good evenin'
Don't that sun look good going down?
And don't my home look lonesome
When my lover ain't around
Oh, here we go, Tommy Jason, sounds like me too
Ahh, low, you know what low means, yeah)
Sail on, sail on, sail on
Little gal, sail on
(Tell it, Tim, I'm gonna tell it too
Sail on, sail on, sail on
Little gal, sail on)
You're gonna keep right on sailing
Til you lose your happy home
(All together now, Milk Cow, Ride on home)
I've tried everything baby
To get along with you
(Now tell me brother Tim, What are you gonna to do?)
I'm gonna stop crying
I'm gonna leave you alone
If you don't think I'm leaving
You can count the days I'm gone
(Oh, walk on, walk on)
You're gonna need me baby
You're gonna need my love someday
(Have some Faith, Tim, have some Faith)
You're gonna be sorry
You treated me this way
(Oh, milk cow blues)
Oh, milk cow
(Come on home darlin')

He was thinking back when he was a kid
His folks were divorced
His old man high on something
Came knocking at the door
His mama wouldn't talk to him
She said boy dontcha let him in
She was cussing and pacing and wasting her life
On that linoleum floor
He took him back to his old apartment
Turned off the TV
His beautiful broken hero on the couch
Passed out asleep
And he put 'em to bed
With tears in his eyes
He said dad I love you, Goodbye
He headed out into the night
Seventeen years old
Fired up that rusty old pickup
Turned his collar to the cold
And he headed back to mama's place
Ready for his big escape
And he tiptoed up the stairs and left a note
In the cover's fold
It said mom I wish I could wave a wand
And make you smile again
Bring back the man who stole your heart
'fore the demons got to him
If I stay here any longer
Something sacreds gonna die
He said mom I love you, Goodbye
Took a lot of wrong turns on the road
Finding his life
By the grace of God he ended up
With a little boy and a wife
And the phone call came from his sister
It was that old familiar pain
His mother was at the doorstep
Of heaven's pure white light
At the end of the service
His father came up to him
Clear eyed and sober now he said
Boy Jesus took my sins
And I pray someday maybe you'll forgive me too
With tears in his eyes
He said son I love you, Goodbye
His plane touched down in Texas
He pulled out his phone
Dialed in the number, got the machine
Of his old man's home
He said dad we got an extra room
And your grandson has your eyes
Couldn't say anything else
Cause he started to cry
And he choked out dad I love you, Goodbye
Dad I love you, Goodbye

Verse 1
He said I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me, when a moment came that stop me on a dime. I spent most of the next days, looking at the x-rays. Talking bout’ the options and talking bout’ sweet time. I asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end, how’s hit ya’ when you get that kind of news?
Man whad ya do?
And he said
Chorus
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull name Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denyin’
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin
Verse 2
He said I was finally the husband, but most the time I wasn’t. And I became a friend; the friend would like to have. And all a sudden goin’ fishin wasn't such an imposition, and I went three times that year I lost my dad. Well I finally read the good book, and took a good long hard look at what i would do if I could do it all again.
And then
Chorus
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull name Fu Man Chu
And I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I gave forgiveness I’d been denyin’
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin
Bridge
Like tomorrow was a gift, and ya got eternity to think about what to do with it, what could you do with it, what did I do with it, what would I do with it?
Skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu
And man I loved deeper
And I spoke sweeter
And I watched an eagle as it was flyin
And he said some day I hope you get the chance
To live like you were dyin
To live like you were dyin (4x)

(Chris Lindsey, Marv Green, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo)
Baby I've been drifting away
Dreaming all day
Of holidng you
Touching you
The only thing I want to do
Is be with you
As close to you
As I can be
Let's make love
All night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight
Just let go
I want to feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Oh, baby
Do you know what you do to me
Everything inside of me
Is wanting you
And needing you
I'm so in love with you
Look in my eyes
Let’s get lost tonight
In each other
Let's make love
All night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight
Just let go
I want to feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Let's make love
All night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight
Just let go
I want to feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Oh, until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Oh baby, let's make love
All night long
All night long
Let’s make love

I woke up this morning, I stared out the window
And I struggled for something to say
You left in the rain without closing the door
I didn't stand in your way.
I miss you more than I missed you before
And where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me just when I needed you most
You left me just when I needed you most.
Most every morning, I stare out the window
And I think about where you might be
I've written you letters that I'd like to send
If you would just send one to me.
I miss you more than I missed you before
And where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me just when I needed you most
You left me just when I needed you most.
I woke up this morning, I stared out the window
And I stuggled for something to say
You left in the rain without saying a word
I didn't stand in your way.
I miss you more than I missed you before
And where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me just when I needed you most
You left me just when I needed you most.

F/ Faith Hill
If I could win your heart
If you'd let me in your heart
I'd be so happy baby
Just for these arms to be
Holding you close to me
There's nothing in this world I won't try
No limit to what I'd do to make you mine, cause
I'd climb right up to the sky
I'd take down the stars
Just to be in your arms, baby
I'd go and capture the moon
That's what I would do
Just to hear you say that you love me
Just to hear you say that you love me
If I could taste your kiss
There'd be no sweeter gift
Heaven could offer, baby (oh baby)
I want to be the one (I want to be the one)
Living to give you my love
I'd walk across the world just to be
Close to you 'cause I want you close to me, yeah
I'd climb right up to the sky
I'd take down the stars
Just to be in your arms, baby
I'd go and capture the moon
That's what I would do
Just to hear you say that you love me
Just to hear you say that you love me
For the rest of your life (for the rest of your life)
Love me for the rest of all time (oh baby, oh baby)
Just say the word
And I'll give you my world
There's nothing I won't do
Baby, just to be with you
I'd climb right up to the sky
Take down the stars
Just to be in your arms, baby
I'd go and capture the moon
That's what I would do
Just to hear you say that you love me
Just to hear you say that you love me, baby
Just to hear you say that you love me
Oh, I need to hear you say that you love me baby
Just to hear you say that you love me
Just say you love me
Just say you need me

This is for the nobody
The one in the crowd who's got a
Lost look on his face
This is for the down trotted
The one that the worlds forgotten
Waitin' on a better day
Well I'm in no position to judge on
Heaven knows their just like me
And I'm not alone
And knowing what it's like
To wonder where you're going in this crazy life
And I'm not alone, knowing how it feels
To pray to god and sometimes wonder if he's real
'Cause I got friends that do
Yeah I got friends that do
This is for the lost junkie
Who spends all his hard earned money on something that he hates
And this is for the found guilty
Who ain't getting out until he pays his debt to the state
I'm in no position to judge on
Heaven knows it could have been me
And I may not know what it's like
To loose your job 'cause I had this gripped too tight
And I may not know how it feels
To lay your hair down on a prison bed in a world of steel
But I got friends that do
Yeah, I got friends that do
This is for yours truly
Just a little verse to remind me
We all got somewhere to turn
And I may not know what its like
To send my only soul to save the world and watch him die
And I may not know how it feels
To hang their only cross to prove that love is real
But I got friends that do
Yeah I got friends that do
Yeah I got friends that do
We know we all got friends that do

No one wants to think about getting older,
They try to push you out before it’s over;
The same world that lifts you up can put you in your place.
What they call progress will never wait for me
And I should probably just go out quietly,
But I’ve still got something left, something left to say
I will not fall down, I will not fall down,
I will not fall down without getting up…
That’s when I need your love
Second guessing is just a waste of time,
I still remember how it feels to fly
And I’m still flyin’, I'm still flyin’
I'm still flyin’ and
I will not fall down, I will not fall down,
I will not fall down without getting up…
That’s when I need your love
You can’t live this way
We will find our way
I will not fall down, I will not fall down,
I will not fall down without getting up…
I will not fall down, I will not fall down,
I will not fall down without getting up…
I will not fall down, I will not fall down,
I will not fall down without getting up…
That’s when I need your love

It's been a long time
Since we walked that aisle together
And you became my wife
And who would've thought
You would fall for someone just like me
For the best days of my life
I may not be a poet
Cause I ain't so good on words
I may not stand before you
Like a knight in shining armor
I may not be the best of singers
There's better guys I've heard
But I know how to love
I know how to love you well
You got your faults
And I don't need to tell you I've got mine
Well I guess they all even out
Wherever I ride
The thought of you turns water into wine
And somehow I lose a crowd
I may not drive a fancy car
I don't know what it's for
I may not be the one
Who gets to shower you in diamonds
I may not be a rich man
But you can't call me poor
Cause I know how to love
I know how to love you well
As we skip the light Fandango
From that old jukebox by the bar
Now honey, don't it make you wonder
How we ever got this far
I may not be a poet
Cause I ain't got much to say
I may not stand before you
Like that knight in shining armor
I may not be the best of singers
Honey that's ok
Cause I know how to love
I know how to love
I know how to love

I thought that my first love would be my wife
But in junior high she moved away from here
I thought Johnny would always be my best friend
I haven't talked to him, in 15 years
Back when I had those fights with my old man
I never thought he'd be....an old man
And I didn't know, all those years ago
How the years would go flying by
Thought I knew it all
But I was wrong
And I didn't know it at the time
I never thought good jobs were hard to find
Til I let my pride cost me one
I never thought my whole life would change
Til I heard the doctor say, I had a son
I never really thought that I was lost
Til I heard my dying mother sing Old Rugged Cross
And I didn't know, all those years ago
How the years would go flying by
Thought I knew it all
But I was wrong
And I didn't know, I didn't know it at the time
Oh, I Thought I knew it all
Oh, But I was wrong
And I didn't know, I didn't know it at the time
I didn't know, didn't know, didn't know
I didn't know
Ohhh, I didn't know

let's just cut it down the middle
let it bleed and bleed out
i'll clean up the mess, baby
you stand there and shout
cry, cry
baby, i can't hold us together
paint me in a corner
cover me with rage
i'll take it like a circus lion
silent in my cage
cry, cry
baby, i can't change the weather
baby, i'll let go when you say so
try to let your heart fly free
i'll crawl out of my cradle
down in to my black hole
and you just lay low
under your halo
i'll slip into the back room
fall onto your cast
almost out of focus
like a faded photograph
cry, cry
baby, i'm all out of answers
baby, i'll let go when you say so
try to let your heart fly free
i'll crawl out of my cradle
down in to my black hole
and you just lay low
under your halo
baby, i'll let go when you say so
try to let your heart fly free
i'll crawl out of my cradle
down in to my black hole
and you just lay low
under your halo
bab, you just lay low

Good morning beautiful how was your night
Mine was wonderful with you by my side
And when I opened my eyes and see your sweet face
Its a good morning beautiful day
I couldn't see the light
I didn't know day from night
I had no reason to care
Well since you came along
I can face the dawn
Cause I know you'll be there
Good morning beautiful how was your night
Mine was wonderful with you by my side
And when I opened my eyes and see your sweet face
Its a good morning beautiful day
I never worry if it's raining outside
Cause in here with you girl the sun always shines
Good morning beautiful how was your night
Mine was wonderful with you by my side
And when I opened my eyes and see your sweet face
Its a good morning beautiful day
Good morning beautiful day
(Good morning beautiful)
It's a beautiful day
(Goodmorning beautiful)
Good morning
(Goodmorning beautiful)
What a beautiful day
(Goodmorning beautiful)

Jesse called her best friend Jenny
Said we're goin' out tonight
Gonna chase the moon
Right out of the sky
We're gonna drink Boone's Farm
Like we were seventeen again
You can't say no
As long as we've been friends
Good girls
Always walk the line
Good Girls
Never let you seem them cry
Took off like a bottle rocket
Through a field of corn
And hell hath no fury
Like a woman scorned
Then Jesse lit a cigarette and said
My man's been sleepin' around
And I know who it is
And Jenny's head fell down
Good girls
Always walk the line
Good girls
Never let you see them cry
Next mornin' the paper read
Two killed in a fatal crash
The train never had time to stop
They were parked right on the tracks
The only witness was
A weeping willow on a faraway hill when
Jesse told Jenny
Hey if I can't have him neither one of us will
Good Girls
Always walk the line
Good Girls
Never let you see them cry
Cry, cry, cry, cry
Jesse called her best friend Jenny
Said we're goin' out tonight
Gonna chase the moon
Right out of the sky

If I could I would rewind the times she cried, I just turned around and walked away.
Wish there was a switch I could give then she'd love me like she loved my yesterday.
What I'd give to hold her in my arms feel her heart and wipe her tears right off her face.
That's just plain foolishness truth is life just doesn't ever work that way she's gone.
Oh no, oh no, my baby's gone oh no, oh no.
The morning sun stills the stars, shines her eyes and mine are laughing once again.
Her long hair flowing, I'm there holding her and hoping that this feeling never ends,
but it's just a dream inside my head, gone like the wind just like a child's red balloon.
Floating up into the sky so high and disappearing out into the wild blue,
She's gone, oh no, oh no, my baby's gone, oh no oh no, she's a ghost town train,
a tear drop in the rain, oh no, she's two tail lights disappearing in the night, oh no, oh no she's gone.
She's a ghost town train, a tear drop in the rain, oh my baby's gone,
she's two tail light disappearing in the night, oh now I'm all alone,
she's a ghost town train, a tear drop in the rain, oh my baby's gone,
she's two tail light disappearing in the night oh, (if my clock could rewind the time),
she's a ghost town train a tear-drop in the rain, (I'd turn around and walk away)
she's two tail lights disappearing in the night oh....

Let's be honest, you're not flawless
But you're as close as anything I've seen
You're not the woman you envisioned
But your life is not a broken time machine
No, it's not that bad
No, it's really not that bad
A little midnight chardonnay
Smooth the edges off the day
A little taste of maryjane
Makes you feel young again
All those years around your eyes
Always take you by surprise
You've been living in a dream
Forever 17
A reckless lover, a father figure
You search for both in every man you meet
You're not a mother and sometimes you wonder
If a son or daughter just might make you feel complete
But no, you don't need someone else
No, it's hard enough to learn to love yourself
Chorus

In my home town
For anyone who sticks around
You're either lost or you're found
There's not much in between
In my home town
Everything's still black and white
It's a long, long way from wrong to right
From Sunday morning to Saturday night
Everybody just wants to get high
Sit and watch a perfect world go by
We're all looking for love and meaning in our lives
We follow the roads that lead us
To drugs or Jesus
My whole life
I've tried to run, I've tried to hide
From the stained glass windows in my mind
Refusing to let God's light shine
Down on me
Down on me
Everybody just wants to get high
Sit and watch a perfect world go by
We're all looking for love and meaning in our lives
There's not much space between us
Drugs or Jesus
Everybody wants acceptance
We all just want some proof
Everyone's just looking for the truth
Everybody just wants to get high
Sit and watch a perfect world go by
We're all looking for love and meaning in our lives
We follow the roads that lead us

Every friday night there's a steady cloud of dust
that leads back to a field filled with pick-up trucks
got old Hank crankin' way up loud
got coolers in the back, tailgates down
there's a big fire burnin' but don't be alarmed
it's just country boys and girls gettin down on the farm
Ed's been on the tractor ain't seen Becky all week
somebody said they seen 'em headed down to the creek
farmer Johnson's daughter's just pulled up in a Jeep
man he knows how to grow 'em if you know what i mean
old Dave's gettin' loud but he don't mean harm
we're just country boys and girls gettin down on the farm
Chorus:
You can have a lotta fun in a New York minute
but there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
ain't no closin' time, ain't no cover charge
just country boys and girls gettin down on the farm
You can come as you are, there ain't no dress code
just some rural route rules that you need to know:
don't mess with the bull cause he can get real mean
don't forget to shut the gate, stay outta the beans
if it starts to rain then we'll just head to the barn
we're country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Chorus
Let's get down y'all
Stay outta that hay

Her hat is hanging by the door
The one she bought in Mexico
It blocked the wind
It stopped the rain
She'd never leave that one
So, she can't be really gone
The shoes she bought on Christmas Eve
She laughed and said they called her name
It's like they're waiting in the hall
For her to slip them on
So, she can't be really gone
I don't know when she'll come back
She must intend to come back
I've seen the error of my ways
Don't waste the tears on me
What more proof do you need
Just look around the room
So much of her remains
Her book is lying on the bed
The two of hearts to mark her page
Now who could ever walk away at chapter 21
So, she can't be really gone
Just look around this room
So much of her remains
Her book is lying on the bed
The two of hearts to mark her page
Now who could ever walk away
With so much left undone
So, she can't be really gone

Carl's got a brand new haircut, must have been the girl's first date
Baby blue front quarter panel on his old dark green Chevorlet
Probably never make the pages of People magazine
But you oughta see them sick kids' faces when he shows up on Christmas Eve
Dressed like old St. Nick
That missin' tooth don't matter a bit
There's a lot like him around in every town
They're just family, friends, and neighbors
Doing what they've always done
Lovin' fathers, lovin' daughters, lovin' mothers, lovin' sons
They gather 'round ole Glory
'Round the tables and the steeples
The beautiful people
The beautiful people
Debbie Jo, down at the diner
Sunny side up, burned the toast
Raising up two kids solo
Can't afford no fitness coach
She was going to California
The year her mama got sick
So she hung around to do what she could
Had the first one and that was it
Then her mom passed on
But she still goes by the old folks home
Just to sit a while and bring a smile
They're just family, friends, and neighbors
Doing what they've always done
Lovin' fathers, lovin' daughters, lovin' mothers, lovin' sons
They gather 'round ole Glory
'Round the tables and the steeples
The beautiful people
The beautiful people
A wrinkled old man wearing medals
That he earned on ? Beach
Saying goodbye to a grandson
Who was killed outside Tikrit
They gather 'round ole Glory
Out behind the steeple
The beautiful people
The beautiful people
The beautiful people
Man, their beautiful people, yea

It was Labour day weekend, I was seventeen,
I bought a coke and some gasoline,
and I drove out to the county fair.
When I saw her for the first time,
she was standin' there in that ticket line,
and it all started right then and there,
Oh a sailers sky made a perfect sun set,
and that's a day I'll never forget
I had a barbeque stain on my white t-shirt,
she was killin' me in that mini skirt,
skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks,
she had a sun tan line and red lipstick,
I worked so hard for that first kiss,
and a heart don't forget somethin' like that
It was five years later on a south bound plane I was,
headin' down to New Orleans,
to meet some friends of mine for the Mardi Gras,
when I heard a voice from the past,
comin' from a few rows back,
and when I looked, I couldn't believe just I what saw,
she said I bet you don't remember me,
and I said, only every other memory
I had a barbeque stain on my white t-shirt,
you were killin' me in that mini skirt,
skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks,
you had a sun tan line and red lipstick,
I worked so hard for that first kiss,
and a heart don't forget somethin' like that
Like an old photograph time could make us feel in pain,
but the memory of the first love, never fades away
I had a barbeque stain on my white t-shirt,
she was killin' me in that mini skirt,
skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks,
she had a sun tan line and red lipstick,
I worked so hard for that first kiss,
and a heart don't forget noooo, a heart don't forget,
I said a heart don't forget somethin' like that
Oh like somethin' like that

I just want to get a little more out of my payday
Finally own a car that doesn't break down on the freeway
A little vacation
Ain't asking very much
I hate comin' home to this old broken down apartment
I wish I had a dime for every hole that's in the carpet
I don't want it all
But I ain't got enough
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs I want a piece of that pie
All I want is a life
I don't mind the hours and the pain that comes from workin'
But it's enough to kill me when I see my baby hurtin'
Wanna give her that diamond I never got to buy
She keeps tellin' me that everything is gettin' better
But one step up the rung and someone knocks me off the ladder
Just wanna break even
Someday before I die
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs I want a piece of that pie
All I want is a life
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs I want a piece of that pie
All I want is a life
All I want
Is a life
All I want
Is a life

Well its been rainin' on and on
Ever since you've been gone
Those dark clouds keep rollin' in
And every time I think I might catch myself a glimpse of sunlight
The bottom falls out again
Well I can barely keep afloat
I'm up the creek without a boat
And I've been adriftin' Heaven knows how long
'Cause it's been rainin' 40 days and 40 nights since you've been gone
Hey, well drip drip drip goes the sound of the rain
The four winds are blowin' like a hurricane
My friends said I should settle for any port in a storm
I'd rather be inside your lovin' arms
Safe and warm
Girl it's been a long time since I've seen sunshine
Baby won't you come back home
'Cause it's been rainin' 40 days and 40 night since you've been gone
Aw listen to me now
I keep starin' out the window
Searchin' for a rainbow
To signal that the storm will end
Hey, 'cause I know that the rain'll keep pourin' on the pane
Until my saint comes back marchin' in
Oh, girl its been a long time since I've seen sunshine
Baby won't you come back home
'Cause it's been rainin' 40 days and 40 nights since you've been gone
Hey, well drip drip drip goes the sound of the rain
The four winds are blowin' like a hurricane
My friends said I should settle for any port in a storm
I'd rather be inside your lovin' arms
Safe and warm
Girl it's been a long time since I've seen sunshine
Baby won't you come back home
'Cause its been rainin' 40 days and 40 night since you've been gone

There's two things I know for sure
She was sent here from heaven and she's Daddy's little girl
As I drop to my knees by her bed at night
She talks to Jesus and I close my eyes
And I thank God for all of the joy in my life
Oh, but most of all for..
Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer
Stickin' little white flowers all up in her hair
"Walk beside the pony Daddy, it's my first ride
I know the cake looks funny Daddy but I sure tried"
Oh, with all that I've done wrong, I must have done something right
To deserve a hug every morning and butterfly kisses at night
Sweet sixteen today
And she's lookin' like her mamma a little more every day
One part woman, the other part girl
To perfume and make-up, from ribbons and curls
Trying her wings out in a great big world
But I remember...
Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer
Stickin' little white flowers all up in her hair
You know how much I love you Daddy
But if you don't mind I'm only gonna kiss you on the cheek this time
Oh, with all that I've done wrong, I must have done something right
To deserve her love every morning and butterfly kisses at night
Oh the precious times
Oh, like the wind the years go by
Precious butterfly
Spread your wings and fly
She'll change her name today
and she'll make a promise and I'll give her away
Standing in the bride room just staring at her
She asked me what I'm thinking and I said "I'm not sure,
I just feel like I'm losing my baby girl"
And she leaned over...and gave me...
Butterfly kisses with her mamma there
Stickin' little white flowers all up in her hair
"Walk me down the aisle Daddy, it's just about time
Does my wedding gown look pretty Daddy? Daddy don't cry"
Oh, with all that I've done wrong, I must have done something right
To deserve a her love every morning and butterfly kisses
I couldn't ask God for more
Man, this is what love is
I know I've gotta let her go, but I'll always remember
Every hug in the morning and butterfly kisses

I know how to hold a grudge
I can send a bridge up in smoke
And I can't count the people I've let down, the hearts I've broke
You ain't gotta dig too deep
If you wanna find some dirt on me
I'm learning who you've been
Ain't who you've got to be
It's gonna be an uphill climb
Aww honey I won't lie
I ain't no angel
I still got a few more dances with the devil
I'm cleanin up my act, little by little
I'm getting there
I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see
I ain't as good as I'm gonna get
But I'm better than I used to be
I've pinned a lot of demons to the ground
I've got a few old habits left
There's one or two I might need you to help me get
Standin in the rain so long has left me with a little rust
But put some faith in me
And someday you'll see
There's a diamond under all this dust
I ain't no angel
I still got a few more dances with the devil
I'm cleanin up my act, little by little
I'm getting there
I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see
I ain't as good as I'm gonna get
But I'm better than I used to be
I ain't no angel
I still got a few more dances with the devil
But I'm cleanin up my act, little by little
I'm getting there
I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see
I ain't as good as I'm gonna get

They wouldn't let him play the opry
With whiskey on his breath
And it didn't take'em long
to figure out what they missed
He went down that lost highway
Underneath the purple sky
A legend disappeared before his time
Things Change
They said he was the devil
dressed in gold leme
The way he shook his hips
out there on that stage
But before that faithful day
He left Tennessee
All of them were calling him the king
Things Change
Well they like to call them hippies
outlaws with guitars
But they brought a little poetry
To the honky tonks and bars
They might've got a little crazy
They might have flew a little too high
Somewhere somebody's playing their song tonight
Things Change
(Don't you know things change)
Now some say it's too country
Some say it's a little rock n roll
But it's just good music
If you can feel it in your soul
It doesn't really matter
It's always been the same
life goes on
Things Change
Don't you know they change
Oh, things change
As long as this world is turning
Things are gonna change
Gonna keep on changing

Here's to the corners yet to turn
Here's to the bridges yet to burn
Here's to the whole thing blown apart
It's open season on my heart
The days go by like flying bricks
Leave gaping holes too deep to fix
I'd just stay home if I were smart
It's open season on my heart
I can't blame anyone but me
This reckless fool I've come to be
My tired excuses just don't fit
It don't look good from where I sit
I've tried to change without much luck
I reached the point where I get stuck
I hit the streets and the fireworks start
It's open season on my heart
I can't be something that I'm not
I can't give what I haven't got
I don't know where or why or when
I only know the shape I'm in
So here's to the clown down in the mouth
Here's to the whole thing going south
My own true love's turned poison dart
It's open season on my heart
Here's turning heartaches into art

Girl you'll never know no one like me
Up there in your high society
They might tell you I'm no good
Girl they need to understand
Just who I am
I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man
I may drink too much and play too loud
Hang out with a ruff and roudy crowd
That don't mean I don't respect my momma or my Uncle Sam
Yes sir Yes mam
I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man
I might have a reckless streek
At least a country mile wide
If you're gonna run with me
It's gonna be a wild ride
When it comes to loving you
I've got velvet hands
I'll show you how a real bad boy
Can be a real good man
I take all the good times I can get
I'm too young for growing up just yet
Ain't much I can promise you except to do the best I can
I'll be damned
I may be a real bad boy
But baby I'm a real good man
I may be a real bad boy
Awww, but baby I'm a real good man

There's nothing here to catch me now
I'm gonna fall anyway
It's just that kinda day
You might not know me good but you know me good enough
To make me okay, okay
Just close your eyes and put your lovin' on me
Put your lovin' on me
Take this weight off me
And put your lovin' on me
There's a chance that you might see something rolling off my cheek
But don't stop it's not you
Make me forget, be my drug get me high on your touch
For the night alright
Put your lovin' on me
Put your lovin' on me
Put your lovin' on me
Put your lovin' on me
Take this weight off me

Yeah, I swore off love
I swore off women
Devoted my life to huntin' and fishin'
I'd never be anybody else's lovesick fool
It ain't cool
I spend all my spare time Fixin' up
That old rusted up pick-up truck
In no time at all I'd have it lookin' like brand new
Then you
Flip the switch on my doomaflatchie Played my piano like Liberace
I let down my guard
And my heart was as good as gone
So long
Yeah, you cranked my tractor
Ya flick my bic
Woman you tripped the trigger on my thingamajig
Can't explain how ya done it
But, honey, you turn me on
You done all the takin'
I done all the givin'
I threw up my hands, said "The heck with it"
I shut down my heart
Locked it up and pulled the fuse
Before it blew
All my emotions were disconnected
No sign of a spark Could be detected
I had nobody So I had nothing to lose
Then you
Flip the switch on my doomaflatchie Played my piano like Liberace
I let down my guard
And my heart was as good as gone
So long
Yeah, you cranked my tractor
Ya flick my Bic
Woman you tripped the trigger on my thingamajig
Can't explain how ya done it
But, honey, you turn me on
Yeah, ya crank my tractor
Ya flick my Bic
Woman you tripped the trigger on my thingamajig
Can't explain how ya done it

You just get better all the time
Darlin' don't you change a thing
Lately you're the only song I wanna sing
And you're my reason to try
You just get sweeter every day
The little things you do and say
If only you could see you through my eyes
You just get better all the time
Oh, and I get the feelin' we can make it baby
As long as you are by my side
You're the music in my ears
The laughter when the tears
Are fallin' down in my life
And on down through the years
You never tried to change my ways
You never made me feel
I had to say "I'm sorry"
You just get better all the time
Why just today I heard you read my mind
That kinda magic is so hard to find

Your eyes say that you've been hurt before
And you can't take the heartache anymore
You think I'll do what he's done to you
Break your trust and be untrue
But baby this is me you're talkin' to
You got the wrong man, it's not me
A case of mistaken identity
I didn't break your heart you see
What can I do to make you understand
You got the wrong man
I know you think that love will never last
And you see your future like the past
You don't want to make the same mistake
You think that I'm one more to make
But baby, I'm not him for goodness sake
You got the wrong man, it's not me
A case of mistaken identity
I didn't break your heart you see
What can I do to make you understand
You got the wrong man
You think I'll do what he's done to you
Break your trust and be untrue
But baby this is me you're talkin' to
You got the wrong man, it's not me
A case of mistaken identity
I didn't break your heart you see
What can I do to make you understand

She walks over to him and she says "do you remember me?"
I think we might have met somewhere before
Southern Carolina is the place that comes to mind
But Hey, I guess you never really can be sure
Oh there's nothing like a true love
To go and make a fool of someone just like before
And right there for a minute
I forgot that you don't love me anymore
Then an old familiar feeling
Wraps its arms around the moment
And he says so many times I've tried to call
Well you think you'd spent a lifetime
It's been two years since I've seen you
But it seems like no times gone by at all There was nothing like a real love To give you back the feel of someone just like
before And right there for a minute
I forgot that you don't love me anymore
Oh and how far we'll travel
For a place to heal our hearts
We watched it unravel
So why's tonight the hardest part
Then he says the weather's changin
And it's icing up the highway
So I guess it's time for me to hit the road
So she says goodbye and then before she knows what she is saying
she says I wish that you didn't have to go
Oh there's nothing like a true love
To go and make a fool of someone just like before
And right there for a minute
I forgot that you don't love me anymore
And right there for a minute

Well, I'm gonna have to get a new mailbox
'Cuz all she left me was a hole
And I'm gonna hafta get a new washin' machine
As soon as I get some new clothes
Well, I could close my eyes and run through this house
And never once stub my big toe
It was a man who'd never been left who said
You can't take it with you when you go
Hell, she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord, I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go
Well, I'm sittin' here on this hard floor
Where a big, soft couch used to be
And I'm starin' at a bug on the wall
Where there used to be a TV
Well, I'd kill that sucker in a heartbeat
If I could find me anything to throw
I was so naive to have ever believed
You can't take it with you when you go
Well, she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord, I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go
Well, she took everything but the kitchen sink
If I had me a glass Lord, I'd pour me a drink
It's a lesson hard learned but it just goes to show
You can take it with you when you go
I oughta call somebody but I ain't got a phone

Without me
Maybe you'd find somebody else
A little wiser
With a lot more wealth
And without you
It's true I'd be free
To go chasing all my dreams
Without any strings
But I wouldn't want it any other way
Having you to come home to at the end of every day
Your tender touch puts a smile back on my face
Wouldn't want it any other way
Hard times
May never let up on us
And maybe all we'll ever have
Will barely be enough
And babe you know
How cold the wind can blow
Love's never let us down
When we needed it the most
And I wouldn't want it any other way
Having you to come home to at the end of every day
Your tender touch puts a smile back on my face
Wouldn't want it any other way
Your tender touch puts a smile back on my face
Wouldn't want it any other way
Wouldn't want it any other way Any other way
Oh girl
You know I love you more each day

Six Lanes, tail lights
Red ants marchin' into the night
They disappear to the left and right again
Another supper from a sack
A ninety-nine cent heart attack
I got a poundin' head and an achin' back
And the camels buried in a big straw stack
I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rockin' chairs towards the west
And plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows
Well I'm from a map dot
A stop sign on a black top
I caught the first bus I could hop from there
But all of this glitter is gettin' dark
There's concrete growing in the city park
I don't know who my neighbors are
And there's bars on the corners and bars on my heart
I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rockin' chairs towards the west
And plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows
I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watch my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rockin' chairs towards the west
And plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows

Dancin' when the stars go blue
Dancin' when the evening fell
Dancin' in your wooden shoes
In a wedding gown
Dancin' out on 7th Street
Dancin' through the underground
Dancin' with the marionette
Are you happy now?
Where do you go when you're lonely?
Where do you go when you're blue?
Where do you go when you're lonely?
I'll follow you when the stars go blue
Stars go blue, stars go blue
Stars go blue
Laughin' with your pretty mouth
Laughin' with your broken eyes
Laughin' with your lover's tongue
In a lullaby
Where do you go when you're lonely?
Where do you go when you're blue?
Where do you go when you're lonely?
I'll follow you when the stars go blue
Stars go blue, stars go blue
Stars go blue

With a trembling pen in hand I try the best I can
To write all the reasons I can't stay
And I hope she'll understand I can't leave her like a man
'Cause a man would never leave her this way
A note of things I should've said
Lays beside her sleeping head
As I turn and make my way off in the night
By the time the morning's breaking
My heart will still be aching
Every time I think of what I've left behind
'Cause I don't want to see me leaving in her eyes
And I can't stand to watch her watch me make her cry
And I don't know a right way I can do her wrong
So I don't want to be here in the morning
When she wakes up and finds me gone
It hurts to know how much she'll hurt I've told myself things could be worse
And I've convinced myself she's better off this way
By the time she finds I'm gone
I'll be a long, long way from home
When she reads a note of things I couldn't say
'Cause I don't want to see me leaving in her eyes
And I can't stand to watch her watch me make her cry
And I don't know a right way I can do her wrong
So I don't want to be here in the morning
When she wakes up and finds me gone
Lord I don't want to be here in the morning

She took the TV and the toaster
She took the curtains and the car
I guess she took for granted
I wouldn't take it very hard
And for someone in a hurry
She took her own sweet time
But it's not what she took that hurt
It's what she left behind
A bedroom full of memories that time cannot erase
Photographs of the two of us that she said "throw away"
She took my heart and soul and left me here to lose my mind
No, it's not what she took that hurt
It's what she left behind
She said I've given you my best but I can't take no more
She said I've run out of reasons then she walked out the door
It's gonna take a lot of doin' to get over her goodbye
'Cuz it's not what she took that hurt
It's what she left behind
A bedroom full of memories that time cannot erase
Photographs of the two of us that she said "throw away"
She took my heart and soul and left me here to lose my mind
No, it's not what she took that hurt

You've got a glow that's not a suntan
And a new gleam in your eyes
Oh, it must have been one great vacation
Girl, you look so satisfied
Tell me what room was the holiday in
Was I out of your mind when you turned to him
What a good time it must have been
Tell me what room was the holiday in
You said you needed a small vacation
Just a couple of days all by yourself
So, off you went in a new direction
And what you found was someone else
So, tell me what room was the holiday in
Was I out of your mind when you turned to him
What a good time it must have been
Tell me what room was the holiday in
What room was the holiday in
Was I out of your mind when you turned to him
What a good time it must have been
Tell me what room was the holiday in
Tell me what room was the holiday
Was I out of your mind when you turned to him
What a good time it must have been

I couldn't help but overhear you talkin' to yourself
How she slipped right through your hands
And in between all of the four letter words
You said you're never gonna understand
You gave her everything you thought she wanted
Now all you want is gone
You're just one of many broken hearted
Wonderin' what went wrong
Welcome to the club
Don't be thinkin' you're the only one
Whose heart was in a hit and run
While you looked the other way
As you're howlin' at the moon
Take a look around the room
At all your fellow fools of love
Welcome to the club
Over in the corner is old Larry John
Gettin' over wife number two
And sittin' next to him is a regular here
They're as lonely as me and you
We got one thing in common when we walked in
A memory we're tryin' to kill
Swearin' up and down we'll never try again but We know we will
Welcome to the club
Don't be thinkin' you're the only one
Whose heart was in a hit and run
While you looked the other way
As you're howlin' at the moon
Take a look around the room
At all your fellow fools of love
Welcome to the club
Welcome to the club
Welcome to the club
Welcome to the club

He hasn't seen a drop of rain for months it seems
Rollin' river is nothing but a trickling stream
The crops are dying in the harsh sunlight
The dust on his tongue is dry
The fatted calf is down to skin and bones
We carry on
Alone in the city and she's only seventeen
The boy left her black and blue in the street so mean
Just twelve weeks along and she's got a life inside
Says she's never ever felt so alone
She walks in the shelter, they say "welcome home"
And we carry on
When our lives come undone
We carry on
Cause there's promise in the morning sun
We carry on
As the dark surrenders to the dawn
We were born to overcome
We carry on
Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells
The happy endings and the fairy tales
Is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams
We carry on
It's the family that grieves for a lost loved one
It's the soldier who won't leave til the job is done
It's the addict trying to turn his life around
It's picking yourself off the ground when you've been knocked down
And we carry on
When our lives come undone
We carry on
Cause there's promise in the morning sun
We carry on
As the dark surrenders to the dawn
We were born to overcome
We carry on
When our lives come undone
We carry on
Cause there's promise in the morning sun
We carry on
As the dark surrenders to the dawn
We were born to overcome
We carry on
He stands in the field, cooled by the winds of change

How I ever lived and breathed before you loved me, I don't recall
If I walked around at all, it was in bits and pieces
Of a jagged heart
You kissed me and every piece went back in place, every pain got erased
You held me up to the light
No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost, spent years in the dark
You're here, now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I'm unbroken
If I doubted the power of love, baby now I understand
I thank God for every day I wake up to the soft touch
Of your magic hands
In this world sometimes the only thing that's real is the way you make me feel
Babe, the changes day and night
I swear it's life
No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost, spent years in the dark
You're here, now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I'm unbroken
I still see the night, I fell into your eyes
And when we made love it felt like the first time
No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost, spent years in the dark
You're here, now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I'm unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again
I'm unbroken
I'm unbroken, oh yeah
I'm unbroken
No one ever left me out in the rain
Cold words still remain unspoken
And I never got lost, spent years in the dark
You're here, now my heart's unbroken
When I see your smile fill my soul again

Got Lil' Wayne pumpin' on my iPod
Pumpin' on the subs in the back of my crew cab
Redneck rockin' like a rockstar
Sling a lil' mud off the back, we can do that
Friday night football, Saturday Last Call, Sunday Hallelujah
If you like it up loud and you're hillbilly proud
Then you know what I'm talking about
Let me hear you say, Truck Yeah
Wanna get it jacked up yeah
Let's crank it on up yeah
With a little bit of luck I can find me a girl with a Truck Yeah
We can love it on up yeah
'Til the sun comes up yeah
And if you think this life I love is a little too country
Truck Yeah
Our party in the club is a honky tonk downtown
Yeah that's where I like to hang out
Chillin' in the back room
Hangin' with my whole crew
Sippin' on a cold brew, hey now!
Got a mixed up playlist, DJ play this
Wanna hear a country song
If you like it up loud and you're hillbilly proud
Throw your hands up now, let me hear you shout
Truck Yeah
Wanna get it jacked up yeah
Let's crank it on up yeah
With a little bit of luck I can find me a girl with a Truck Yeah
We can love it on up yeah
'Til the sun comes up yeah
And if you think this life I love is a little too country
Truck Yeah
Rap or country, city farm
It don't matter who you are
Got a little fight, got a little love
Got a little redneck in your blood
Are you one of us?
Truck Yeah
Wanna get it jacked up yeah
Let's crank it on up yeah
With a little bit of luck I can find me a girl with a Truck Yeah
We can love it on up yeah
'Til the sun comes up yeah
And if you think this life I love is a little too country
You're right on the money

Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, she was a seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, she'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad
Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on she sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums
But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, she was a seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, she'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand

The clock above the bar
Is telling me it's 12:15
And it's not such a gentle reminder
That I'm where I shouldn't be
I just keep waiting for something to happen
Waiting for somebody to come walking in
Somebody as perfect as you were
So I can try it again
(But) Chances are so hard to come by
And the second one is impossible to find
The clock keep running
And the odds keep getting higher
That it's all just a fantasy of mine
But I shouldn't be thinking about it
I shouldn't be worried about it
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's ticking away
I suppose I should cut all my losses
Go home with a six-pack of beer
There ain't nobody in the world like you baby
If there was, she wouldn't be coming in here
But I shouldn't be thinking about it
I shouldn't be worried about it
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away
Yeah, it's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away
I suppose I should cut all my losses

If I never think about her, I'll never miss her at all
Never wonder what she's doin, never give her a call
Never see her again and I'll be free as a bird
But the trouble with never is never never works
If I never bring her flowers, I'll never see her smile
If I never try to kiss her, she'll never drive me wild
And I'll never feel the need to say those three little words
But the trouble with never is never never works
I know how to stay carefree, let no one get a hold on me
But I can't keep my hands off her
There's something different 'bout this girl
If I never let me love her, I'll never settle down
And I'll never put roots in this God forsaken town
And I'll never say I do or step foot in a church
But the trouble with never is never never works
I know how to stay carefree, let no one get a hold on me
But I can't keep my hands off her
There's something different 'bout this girl
If I never think about her, I'll never miss her at all
Never wonder what she's doin, never give her a call
Never see her again, and I'll be free as a bird
oh, But the trouble with never is never never works

I was stumblin' my way through Montgomery,
had my guitar on my back,
when a stranger pulled up beside me in an antique Cadillac.
Well, he was dressed like 1950, half drunk and hallow eyed
he said, "Its a long walk to Nashville, would you like a ride, son?"
Well I climbed up in the front seat, and he turned on the radio
and them sad old songs comin' outta them speakers was solid country gold.
Then I noticed the stranger was ghost-white pale when he asked me for a light,
and I knew there was somethin' strange about this ride.
[CHORUS:]
He said, "Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sang?
Have you paid your dues? Can you put on the blues?
Can you bend them guitar strangs?"
He said, "Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?
'cause if your big-star-bound let me warn you its a long hard ride."
Well, he cried just south of Nashville, and he turned that car around.
He said: [spoken] "This is where you get off, boy,
'cause I'm going back to Alabam'."
Well, I climbed out of that Cadillac and I said, "Mister, many thanks."
He said, "You don't have to call me 'mister', mister...
the whole world calls me Hank."

you got your head in your supper
and the eyes of your mother, baby
locked on you
everybody wants a piece of you, oh yeah
and your phone keeps ringing
cause your cousin's singing at the local bar
everybody wants to be a star
just like you are
you kept your face in the gutter for years
kept your eyes on the road
you always felt you were meant for me
baby now you know
everybody wants a glimpse of the one that got away
everybody wants to see you
and everybody wants to be you too
it's funny how they put you down
but now they think you're alright
and everybody loves you now that
you're the one that got away
(the one that got away)
see you were raised in the town
where the kids hang around the pizza hut parking lot
everybody talks a lot, no one likes to do, no
and all the cub scout leaders at the local theaters
said you couldn't sing a song that well
you told 'em all to go to hell
and went out on your own
you got a headshot picture to
sell yourself to the world
you tucked your scars up under your dress
like an american girl
everybody wants a glimpse of the one that got away
everybody wants to see you
and everybody wants to be you too
it's funny how they put you down
but now they think you're alright
and everybody loves you tonight
you're the one that got away, yeah
everybody wants a glimpse of the one that got away
everybody wants to see you
and everybody wants to be you too
it's funny how they put you down
but now they think you're alright
and everybody loves you now that
you're the one that got away
everybody wants a glimpse of the one that got away
everybody wants to see you
and everybody wants to be you too
it's funny how they put you down
but now they think you're alright
and everybody loves you now that
you're the one that got away

She was reading a book that she'd already read
Just to pass the time
He just sat there and stared at the TV set
Like he was barely alive
And when the local news was over
They would climb the stairs
And crawl in bed underneath the covers
Like neither one was there
It's a long, long way
Across the great divide
The songs that they once sang
Now echo far and wide
They could still get back
All the love that they have lost
(But) only if they both will reach across
('Cause) it's a long, long way to the other side
Of the great divide
He was up in the attic on the fourth of July
'Cause they flew a flag in the yard
When he found some old roses she had long ago dried
Before they drifted apart
And how the years had slipped right by them
He didn't understand
He carried a petal into the kitchen
And he placed it in her hand
It's a long, long way
Across the great divide
The songs that they once sang
Now echo far and wide
They could still get back
All the love that they have lost
(But) only if they both will reach across
('Cause) it's a long, long way to the other side

I don't know why I act the way I do
Like I ain't got a single thing to lose
Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy
I guess that's just the cowboy in me
I got a life that most would love to have
But sometimes I still wake up fightin' mad
At where this road I'm heading down might lead
I guess that's just the cowboy in me
The urge to run, the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I've done for foolish pride
The me that's never satisfied
The face that's in the mirror when I don't like what I see
I guess that's just the cowboy in me
The urge to run, the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I've done for foolish pride
The me that's never satisfied
The face that's in the mirror when I don't like what I see
I guess that's just the cowboy in me
Girl I know there's times you must have thought
There ain't a line you've drawn I haven't crossed
But you set your mind to see this love on through
I guess that's just the cowboy in you
We ride and never worry about the fall

Margie said, Roy you ain't listening to me
And I've got a whole lot more to say
Roy just crossed the floor and picked up his car keys
And she ain't seen or heard from him to this day
And that's why God made Mexico
A place where we can lay low
And the Cuervo goes down nice and slow
And the warm wind blows
That's why God made Mexico
And Betty fixed Joe dinner every night
At half past six
Cause that's when he rolled through that door
For sixteen years and not a thank you from his lips
She don't fix him dinner no more
And that's why God made Mexico
A place where we can lay low
Where the Cuervo goes down nice and slow
And the warm winds blow
That's why God made Mexico
Cause life is sweet in a border town
You learn to let your hair down
And you don't make trouble
You learn to dance the Fandango
You change your name, maybe change your face
Get used to beans chili paste
And you learn to live and love
Life in the slow lane
And that's why God made Mexico
A place where we can lay low
Maybe Monterey or Acapulco
Anywhere the warm winds blow
Don't you know
That's why God made Mexico
That's why God made

When I was nineteen I threw my stuff in the car
I headed up to the Rockies, got a job at this bar
Selling beer to the locals, just barely getting by
On the tips from the rich kids, there on daddy's dime
But when I saw her walk in one night
I knew that I'd be all right in
Telluride, the snow falling down
I was waking up in that sleepy little town
In her eyes my world came so alive
I never will forget the moment she arrived
In Telluride
We spent that whole winter tangled up by a fire
Casting shadows on the cabin wall, drowning in desire
Confessing all our secrets and laughing out loud
So high up on that mountain, I thought we'd never come down
It was a dream we were living in
And I was the happiest I'd ever been in
Telluride, the snow falling down
Waking up with her in that sleepy little town
In her eyes, my world came so alive
I never will forget all those sleepless nights
In Telluride
Telluride, whoa-oh-oh
It ended just like a movie scene
And I had to play the part
Of the lover who stood there and watched her leave
And me with the frozen heart
In Telluride, the snow falling down
Standing there alone in that sleepy little town
In her eyes, my world came so alive
I never will forget the day she said goodbye
In Telluride, the snow falling down
Waking up with her in that sleepy little town
In her eyes, my world came so alive
I never will forget all those sleepless nights

It was rainin' hard in Houston when I ran into her
I searched for conversation but I was lost for words
Then a cloud of tear filled memories came crashin' down on me
If it hadn't been for the pourin' rain I'm sure she would have seen
Tears in the rain
Hidin' the pain
Maybe she'd come back
If she could see me cry
She thinks I'm so strong
Oh, but she's so wrong
She just couldn't see these tears in the rain
Now, I'll regret that moment 'Cuz I didn't let her know
How much I still loved her I was hopin' it would show
But the raindrops and the teardrops ran together on my face
Now she'll never, ever know no one can take her place
Tears in the rain
Hidin' the pain
Maybe she'd come back
If she could see me cry
She thinks I'm so strong
Oh, but she's so wrong
She just couldn't see these tears in the rain
She thinks I'm so strong
Oh, but she's so wrong

I'm so glad that I met you baby
I'm so proud when we walk in the room
I know it's crazy to worry like I do
I get this feelin' that I'm losing you
I get these suspicions
Even though I know that you love me baby
And I really shouldn't feel this way
Ooh Suspicions
I can't help it you're just so good lookin'
I'm afraid somebody's gonna steal you away from me
When I go out to a party with you
You always turn every head in the room
I just know what's on every man's mind
I try to fight it, but it gets me sometimes
Ooh, suspicions
When I'm with you I feel so satisfied
The way you touch me when you lay by my side
That look in your eyes when we make love
Makes me hate myself for what I'm thinkin' of
Suspicions
Even though I know that you love me baby
And I really shouldn't feel this way
Ooh suspicions
I can't help it you're just so good lookin'
I'm afraid somebody's gonna steal you away from me
Suspicions
Oh baby Oh darlin'
Cause I love her
Cause I love her
I love her and she loves me

Think something's broken then again nothin's smokin'
Or shakin' or chokin' like my ol' truck
But I think something's broken
And I think it's worth notin'
It started about the time
She got all packed up
Could be my ego could be my pride
Could be my calm cool collective side
Maybe my heart's comin' eye to eye
With the truth she wasn't jokin'
Think something's broken
Cause I'm just layin''round hopin'
That maybe any momemt
I'll get on track
But I think something's broken
All locked up or frozen cause I can't go forward and I sure can't go back
Could be my ego could be my pride
Could be my calm cool collective side
Maybe my heart's comin' eye to eye
With the truth she wasn't jokin'
Think it's my heart
Comin' eye to eye
With the truth
She wasn't jokin'
I know something's broken
Just started smokin'
And shakin' and chokin'

I was twenty and she was eighteen
We were just about
As wild as we were green
In the ways of the world
She picked me up in that red rag top
We were free of the folks
And hidin' from the cops
On a summer night
Runnin' all the red lights
We parked way out
In a clearin' in a grove
And the night was as hot
As a coal burnin' stove
We were cookin' the gas
Ooh, it had to last
In the back of that red rag top
She said, please don't stop
Well, the very first time
Her mother met me
Her green eyed girl had then
A mother to be for two weeks
I was out of the job
And she was in school
And life was fast
And the world was cruel
We were young and wild
We decided not to have a child
So we did what we did
And we tried to forget
And we swore up and down
There would be no regrets
In the morning light
But on the way home that night
On the back of that red rag top
She said, please don't stop lovin' me
We took one more trip around the sun
But it was all make believe in the end
No, I can't say where she is today
I can't remember who I was back then
Well you do what you do
And you pay for your sins
And there's no such thing
As what might've been
That's a waste of time
Drive you outta your mind
I was stopped at a red light
Just yesterday beside a young girl
In a Cabriolet and her eyes were green
And I was in an old scene
I was back in that red rag top
On the day she stopped lovin' me
I was back in that red rag top

It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the county fair
When I saw her for the first time
She was standing there in the ticket line
And it all started right then and there
Oh, a sailor's sky made a perfect sunset
And that's the day I'll never forget
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killing me in that miniskirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a suntan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget something like that
Well, it was five years later on a southbound plane
I was headed down to New Orleans
To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras
When I heard a voice from the past
Comin' from a few rows back
And when I looked, I couldn't believe just what I saw
She said, "I bet you don't remember me"
And I said, "Only every other memory"
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
You were killing me in that miniskirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
You had a suntan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget something like that
Like an old photograph
Time can make a feeling fade
But the memory of the first love
Never fades away
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killing me in that miniskirt
Skippin rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget, no a heart don't forget
I said, "A heart don't forget something like that"

She left Oklahoma for California
Sunglasses on the brim of her hat
Smoke was pourin' from that old Cadillac
But she wasn't turnin' back
Just outside of Flagstaff
Motor blew on her Coup De Ville
Just in time she saw a sign
There's was a Texaco waitin' at the bottom of the hill
And she said
Somebody must be prayin' for me
Somebody out there must be prayin' for me
Must be angels I can't see
Somebody must be prayin' for me, yeah
A boy about 20 climbed out of a truck
All covered in grease and dirt
She said, "Hey Charles," but he just laughed
He said, "I'm wearin' my daddy's shirt"
He stood there lost in her eyes
Then she got lost in his
As the years roll by
She would sigh everytime they kissed
And she'd say
Somebody must be prayin' for me
Somebody out there must be prayin' for me
Must be angels I can't see
Somebody must be prayin' for me
Sometimes she stares out the window
And wonders about her Hollywood dreams
But when she tucks her kids in bed
She softly whispers as they fall asleep
Somebody must be prayin' for me
Somebody out there must be prayin' for me
Ain't it funny how you find just what you need
Somebody must be prayin' for me
Somebody must be prayin' for me

The cover of a magazine, nothing but a paper dream
Just another fantasy for sale
Telling me what I need, what I should do, who I should be
That stuff don't matter to me at all
The sky is blue and the sun is shining
I feel like a bum with a pocket full of diamonds
I'm free as a bird and my spirit's flying
That's enough to keep me smiling
Guru man on my TV set, selling the secrets to happiness
1-800-Change-Your-Life-Today
Dreams, I've got my own; I ain't looking for a yellow-brick-road
I'm just gonna go my own way
The sky is blue and the sun is shining
I feel like a bum with a pocket full of diamonds
I'm free as a bird and my spirit's flying
That's enough to keep me smiling
Smiling (smiling), smiling (smiling)
The sky is blue and the sun is shining
I feel like a bum with a pocket full of diamonds
I'm free as a bird and my spirit's flying
That's enough to keep me smiling
I'm still smiling, gotta keep on smiling

Hey darkness dont you try
To steal the moment or close my eyes
I won't let you in
'Cause this feels too damn good to me
All I want and all I need
Is her touch again and again and again
I don't wanna go to sleep tonight
I don't want anything to change
I don't wanna wake up and find a different day
Yeah, she makes me free
Here between the day and the twilight
I don't wanna go to sleep tonight
Time stop dead in your tracks
Turn around and don't look back
And just let us be
I'm gonna take this time and soak it up
Forever wouldn't be long enough
If you knew her you'd agree, agree with me
I wish the sun would just forget to come up

Once upon a lonely time
She swore she'd never let you down
You held her tight without a care in mind
While she did her runnin' 'round
At first you wouldn't face the truth
You loved her too much to let go
And though the story had to end
You wanna be her fool again
Friend, there's something you should know
She'll have you back
Back to drinkin' in no time
Back to walkin' on your knees
Boy open up your eyes and see the light
Some things just aren't meant to be
I understand how she can get to you
Cause she's made more than one man blind
So try and face the cold hard fact
She would gladly have you back
Back to drinkin' in no time
It just don't make no sense to me
To play a game you'll never win
You asked me here for my advice
You say she wouldn't break you twice
Friend you'd better think again
She'll have you back
Back to drinkin' in no time
Back to walkin' on your knees
Boy open up your eyes and see the light
Some things just aren't meant to be
I understand how she can get to you
Cause she's made more than one man blind
So try and face the cold hard fact
She would gladly have you back
Back to drinkin' in no time
So try and face the cold hard fact
She would gladly have you back

Last Monday mornin' you left with no warnin'
I started goin' insane
Well I headed South out of Del Rio, Texas
With a hell of a load on my brain
I kept on goin' without even knowin'
How much your love really means
Now I'm messed up in Mexico
Livin' on refried dreams
I'm down here in Mexico
Sick as a dog
My head is poundin' in this border town fog
Down to my last dime and comin' apart at the seams
I'm messed up in Mexico
Livin' on refried dreams
This picture ain't pretty
I'm ragged and dirty
And wonderin' what I'm doin' here
Shootin' tequila
Wantin' to kill ya
And wishin' to God you were near
So full of your memory
But feelin' so empty
I've run out of my self-esteem
Now I'm messed up in Mexico
Livin' on refried dreams
I'm down here in Mexico
Sick as a dog
My head is poundin' in this border town fog
Down to my last dime and comin' apart at the seams
I'm messed up in Mexico
Livin' on refried dreams
I'm down here in Mexico
Sick as a dog
My head is poundin' in this border town fog
Down to my last dime and comin' apart at the seams
I'm messed up in Mexico
Livin' on refried dreams
Oh, I'm messed up in Mexico

Your love for me, it didn't last long
One part right, and two parts wrong
One part love, two parts pain
One part sunshine, two parts rain
My friends told me you were slippin' away
I smiled and said I don't believe what you say
As long as they'll always be birds in the sky
Your love, your love for me, baby, will never ever die
Oh darlin'...
Your love for me, crumblin; down,
One part truth and two parts lie
One part rock and two parts sand
One part stay and two parts ran
When you took one step I take two
I'm tryin' my best to hold onto you
But love can't be love without some give and take
And lovin; you too much was my greatest mistake
Oh darlin'...
Oh the love that's in you is all that I need
But you just give one third to me
And all of your sweetness
Wouldn't last much longer
And If I had it all I wouldn't be much stronger
Your love for me, it didn't last long
One part right, and two parts wrong
One part love, two parts pain
One part sunshine, two parts rain
Your love for me, crumblin; down,
One part truth and two parts lie
One part rock and two parts sand
One part stay and, baby, two parts ran

Used to chase that boy home from school
We called him frekled-faced, red-headed fool
He was different...he wasn't cool like me
Sticks and stones didn't break any bones
But we never left well enough alone
And one day he ran away from home, you see
And I passed him as he walked away
And in his eyes I heard him say
One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
About the times you pushed and shoved me
And what good friends we might've been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days you're gonna love me
Patty Sue was a small town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
Lord knows she should've seen right through me
When I promised her the world
But at 17, you only want one thing
I left her standin' with my high school ring
Innocent tears in the pourin' rain
As I walked away
And I still see her in my dreams
And to this day she's whispering
One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
About the time you turned from me
And what good friends we might've been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days you're gonna love me
Now everybody stands up
The congregation sings
It's a song of sweet forgiveness
And as the chorus rings
The wind blows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
Then suddenly I'm singin'
The moment that I learn
One of these days I'm gonna love me
And feel the joy of sweet release
One of these days, I'll rise above me
And at last I'll find some peace
Then I'm gonna smile a little
Maybe even laugh a little but

On a lover's lee with a freeway view
Sittin' on my hood
Thinkin' bout you
Going over in my mind
Every kiss and every fire
Yeah the fool on the hill
Is beating down another night
There were days so hard
I thought I had to go
I'd get in my car
And just follow the road
But this is my home
And it's who I am
And I know I'd stay
If I could make this old town new again
Color other than blue again
I'd have something to do again
Instead of thinking about you again
But the people I know
The places I go
Remind me of you
Oh, somebody come around
And make this old town new
There were nights so long
I thought the sun burned out
And there were girls so wrong
I don't want to talk about
I was burning up the night
Yeah, in an alcohol flame
Lightin' up my way
Trying to make this old town new again
Color other than blue again
I'd have something to do again
Instead of thinking about you again
But the people I know
The places I go
Remind me of you
Won't somebody come around
And make this old town new
Love goes wrong but life goes on
And I know what I gotta do.
I'm just hanging around

I was standing at the end of my rainbow
With nowhere to go and no pot of gold in sight
All my wishes were just way too much to hope for
But when I saw you I knew I'd seen the light
And not a moment too soon
Without a minute to spare
You touched my heart
When I didn't have a prayer
In my darkest hour
With my world filled with gloom
Your sweet love saved me
Not a moment too soon
I used to think that love would never find me
And the one who cares was lost somewhere in time
But when you found me I knew I'd found forever
You rescued me just before I crossed the line
And not a moment too soon
Without a minute to spare
You touched my heart
When I didn't have a prayer
In my darkest hour
With my world filled with gloom
Your sweet love saved me
Not a moment too soon
Your sweet love saved me
Not a moment too soon

Gotta hold on easy as I let you go
Gonna tell you how much I love you
Though you think you already know
I remember I thought you looked like an angel
Wrapped in pink, so soft and warm
You've had me wrapped around your finger
Since the day you were born
You beautiful baby from the outside in
Chase your dreams but always know the road
That'll lead you home again
Go on, take on this whole world
But to me you know you'll always be, my little girl
When you were in trouble that crooked little smile
Could melt my heart of stone
Now look at you, I've turned around
And you've almost grown
Sometimes you're asleep I whisper 'I love you'
In the moonlight at your door
As I walk away, I hear you say
"Daddy, love you more"
You beautiful baby from the outside in
Chase your dreams but always know the road
That'll lead you home again
Go on, take on this whole world
But to me you know you'll always be, my little girl
Someday, some boy will come
And ask me for your hand
But I won't say yes to him unless I know
He's the half that makes you whole
He has a poet's soul, and the heart of a man's man
I know he'll say that he's in love
But between you and me
He won't be good enough
You beautiful baby from the outside in
Chase your dreams but always know the road
That'll lead you home again
Go on, take on this whole world
But to me you know you'll always be, my little girl

People ask me What you doin' son
You're gonna drive yourself insane
You'll never find the sunshine
When you're followin' the rain
Seems like I'd take a new road
After all these years
But I wind up on the same old trail of tears
I'm still walkin' down Memory Lane
'Cuz I know I'll be runnin' into you
Reminiscin' through the pain
Recallin' things that we used to do
I'm lookin' up an old flame
Down on Heartbreak Avenue
I'm still walkin' down Memory Lane
'Cuz I know I'll be runnin'into you
I hate the way I loved you
But my mind keeps goin' back
My train of thought just won't get off
That same old worn out track
It's an every night occasion me and your memory meet
On that endless lonely street of broken dreams
I'm still walkin' down Memory Lane
'Cuz I know I'll be runnin' into you
Reminiscin' through the pain
Recallin' things that we used to do
I'm lookin' up an old flame
Down on Heartbreak Avenue
I'm still walkin' down Memory Lane
'Cuz I know I'll be runnin'/Into you
I'm still walkin' down Memory Lane
Cuz I know I'll be runnin' into you
Reminiscin' through the pain
Recallin' things that we used to do
I'm lookin' up an old flame
Down on Heartbreak Avenue
I'm still walkin' down Memory Lane
'Cuz I know I'll be runnin'/Into you
Here she comes now
I'm still walkin'
Down Memory Lane
I'm still walkin'
Down Memory Lane
I'm still walkin'
Down Memory Lane
Lord, I'm walkin'
Down Memory Lane
Oh, I'm walkin'
Down Memory Lane
I'm still walkin'

Baby, I think we both know
It's gone wrong, wrong, wrong
And I know you don't think we can carry it on
Baby, I think we both know
It's gone bad, bad, bad
Think of all the good times we had
Driving to your house
'Member when we first met
Dancing on a friday night
Under the moonlight
Talking 'til the night was gone
In the back of my truck with the radio on
Then that old song comes on
Together we're singing
Forever we're singing
When that old song comes on
Together we're singing
Forever we're singing
That old country song
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Baby, I think we both know
It's alright, alright
But how could I forget what you did that night
Baby, you told me you loved me in Tennessee
Where we were gonna live
But now you've done a few things that I can't forgive
Driving to her house
Tellin' her you love her
Lying on a friday night
Ring in your pocket
Lying to me all along
In the back of your truck with the radio on
Then that old song comes on
Together we're singing
Forever we're singing
I know we went wrong but we belong
Together we're singing
Forever we're singing
That old country song
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Then that old song comes on
Together we're singing
Forever we're singing
I know we went wrong but we belong
Together we're singing
Forever we're singing
That old country song
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I got an empty feelin' when that moving van pulled up
It got a little emptier as I watched them fill that truck
And when they carried out your clothes
It took my breath away
Now they're headed for that bed
The thought keeps runnin' though my head
Baby, maybe, we should just sleep on it tonight
And give our hearts just one more chance to change our minds
I could be wrong but goodbye just don't feel right
So baby, maybe, we should just sleep on it tonight
I'll pay them boys to stop right now
And leave that truck out on the curb
The TV and the phone's packed up
So we won't be disturbed
There's not a light left in this room
Just a shadow of a doubt
So let's make sure we don't give up
Before we've thought this through enough
Baby, maybe, we should just sleep on it tonight
And give our hearts just one more chance to change our minds
I could be wrong but goodbye just don't feel right
So baby, maybe, we should just sleep on it tonight
Baby, maybe, we should just sleep on it tonight
And give our hearts just one more chance to change our minds
I could be wrong but goodbye just don't feel right
So baby, maybe
Baby, maybe
Baby, maybe
We should just sleep on it

He said I was in my early 40's,
With a lot of life before me,
And a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
I spent most of the next days, lookin' at the x-rays,
Talkin' 'bout the options and talkin' 'bout sweet time.
Asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end.
How's it hit ya, when you get that kind of news.
Man what ya do.
And he says,
I went sky divin',
I went rocky mountain climbin',
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull name Fumanchu.
And I loved deeper,
And I spoke sweeter,
And I gave forgiveness I've been denying,
And he said someday I hope you get the chance,
To live like you were dyin'.
He said I was finally the husband,
That most the time I wasn't.
And I became a friend a friend would like to have.
And all the sudden goin' fishing,
Wasn't such an imposition.
And I went three times that year I lost my dad.
Well I finally read the good book,
And I took a good long hard look at what I'd do
If I could do it all again.
And then.
Like tomorrow was a gift and you've got eternity
To think about what you do with it,
What could you do with it, what can
I do with with it, what would I do with it.
Sky divin',
I went rocky mountain climbin',
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull name Fumanchu.
And I loved deeper,
And I spoke sweeter,
And I watched an eagle as it was flyin'.
And he said someday I hope you get the chance,
To live like you were dyin'.
To live like you were dyin'.
To live like you were dyin'.
To live like you were dyin'.

Baby I've been drifting away
Dreaming all day
Of holidng you
Touching you
The only thing I wanna do
Is be with you
As close to you
As I can be
Let's make love
All night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight
Just let go
I wanna feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Oh, baby
Do you know what you do to me
Everything inside of me
Is wanting you
And needing you
I'm so in love with you
Look in my eyes
Let’s get lost tonight
In each other
Let's make love
All night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight
Just let go
I wanna feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Let's make love
All night long
Until all our strength is gone
Hold on tight
Just let go
I wanna feel you in my soul
Until the sun comes up
Oh, until the sun comes up
Let's make love
Oh baby, let's make love
All night long
All night long

Sometimes I close my eyes
And imagine you're with me
Chasing passion into the night
All tangled in a dream.
Oh if you could see my heart
The way I feel inside
You would know just how far
I'm willing to go to get to you
There is nothing I won't do.
Show me what its like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.
Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.
Oh I want to taste your kiss
Be the reason for your smile
Touch the magic on your skin
Be the one that drives you wild.
Oh if you could read my mind
You'd know you're everything I need
You'd see yourself through my eyes
You may understand what I'm going through
Just how much I want you.
Show me what its like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.
Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.
Let me love you.
Let me love you!
Show you what its like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.
Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.
Oh I love you.
Show you what its like to lose control
Free the desire in your soul
Oh oh let me love you.
Yeah baby.
Let me take you to a place like no where else
Show you the things you never felt
Oh oh let me love you.
Let me love you.
Let me love you.
Let me love you.

I don't know why he does what he does
Playing lost and found with your love
Trying to confuse you, use you
Girl, he gonna lose you, sure enough
Don't know why he says all those things
Always shooting down all your dreams
He oughta know better than that
He oughta be watchin' his back
'Cause you know, you know
Girl I'd love to shine in your eyes
If only just for a moment girl, I'd be satisfied
If I could only touch your cheek
Maybe that's all I'd need
To make my life complete
'Cause girl, I can make you smile
If you knew that I was here
Wishing I could just be your tear
I don't know why he can't find the words
Saying all those things you deserve
Girl, if it was me there, I swear
You know you wouldn't have to feel so unsure
About what tomorrow might bring
Girl, you know I'd give everything
If I could just hold you like him
If I could be more than just friends
'Cause you know, you know
Girl I'd love to shine in your eyes
If only just for a moment girl, I'd be satisfied
If I could only touch your cheek
Maybe that's all I'd need
To make my life complete
'Cause girl, I can make you smile
If you knew that I was here
Wishing I could just be your tear
Girl, I'd love to shine in your eyes
If only just for a moment girl, I'd be satisfied
If I could only touch your cheek
Maybe that's all I'd need
To make my life complete
'Cause girl, I can make you smile
If you knew that I was here
Wishing I could just be your tear
Your tear, your tear, just be your tear
Wishing I could just be your tear
Your tear, your tear, yeah
Oh girl, I'd love to shine in your eyes
And your kiss and your smile and your touch
Girl, I'd love that look in your eyes
When you'd say that you'd need me so much

Now mama I know you've always wished me the best
And I've found somebody and I think she's gonna pass the test
She's a country girl as far as I can see
Mama I hope she's what you had in mind for me
She likes to go skinny dippin' in the heat of the day
And late at night she wants to roll in the hay
She cranks my tractor with just one kiss
Mama it doesn't get any countrier than this
Now mama I know she didn't grow up on a farm
But she sure knows her way around out behind the barn
And it ain't exactly chores she does at dawn
But she says she's gonna run me till the cows come home
She likes to go skinny dippin' in the heat of the day
And late at night she wants to roll in the hay
She cranks my tractor with just one kiss
Mama it doesn't get any countrier than this
She likes to go skinny dippin' in the heat of the day
And late at night she wants to roll in the hay
She cranks my tractor with just one kiss
Mama it doesn't get any countrier than this

If I died today
Who’d turn off my coffee pot?
Would there be a street parade?
Would I just be an after-thought?
If I died today
Would I still be a waiter?
Could I fly around like superman?
Would I make the Sunday paper?
I wonder who I’d see
Cryin’ standin’ over me
Who would just send their regards?
Would anybody say “at least he’s in a better place?”
And who would get this old guitar?
If I died today
Would my mama keep on prayin’?
Would my buddies go out drinkin?
Would my alarm clock keep on blinkin’?
If I died today
Would I need to be ashamed?
Would I be easy to forget?
Could I live with my regrets?
I wonder who I’d see
Cryin’ standin’ over me
Who would just send their regards?
Would anybody say “the world will never be the same?”
And who would get this old guitar?
If I died today
Could I see my room from Heaven?
Would my family talk about me
At Christmas and Thanksgivin’?
I wonder who I’d see
Cryin’ standin’ over me
Who would just send their regards?
Would anybody say “what a good guy, what a shame?”
And who would get this old guitar?
If I died today

Damn I hope no one dies on this night shift tonight
Always lit up like a Roman candle
Everybody comes in like they're looking for a fight
I'll have to tell his family as he rides off to Heaven
Then twenty minutes later I'm drinking my coffee down at the Seven Eleven
I'm workin'
Yeah I'm workin'
All these truckers out here drive with one hand on the wheel and a cell phone to their ear
Apologizing for something they missed or can't get to I'm sorry to my dear
Yeah but that's the way it goes and we sure need the money
This life of ours is far from perfect ain't it honey
But I'm workin'
Baby I'm workin'
So make the kids do their homework before you put 'em to bed
And there's dinner in the fridge make sure everybody gets fed
And I know I won't get to see you before you leave for your day
I guess it's the only time that we get to say 'I love you'
Baby I love you
Show the last kids on the school bus as I lay me down to sleep
And I keep hurrying and worrying and wondering and praying
For all my soul can keep
I know I couldn't do it if you weren't there
There'd be no home to come home to no reason to care
So I just had to call you before I faded away
I guess it's the only time that we get to say 'I love you'
Baby I love you
I love you
I love you

Bobby's got a duster "79
Bottle of Jack and a 45
Points it at his head
And he starts to cry,
To proud to ask me to save his life
Billy's in a limo
On the upper east side
Playing Russian Roulette
With the long white line
His wife gets a call at 3 am
Saying Billy aint never coming home again
She asks me why?
And I said,
I sure wish you'd believe
That everybody's free
And I'll help you if you ask me to,
I gave every star a name
The sunshine and the rain
But I can't decide the road you choose
That's up to you
I'm only Jesus
Johnny had a good job
Rackin' it in
Cavier parties
With his well to do friends
Something was missing
From his perfect little life
He through in the towel
And he called me one night
Betty was an orphan
Like so many kids
They taught her in school
That I didn't exist
She had every reason not to talk to me
But every night before bed
She got down on her knees
Just to tell me Hi
And I said,
I'm sure glad you believe
Cause everybody's free
And I'll help you if you ask me to,
I gave every star a name
The sun shine and the rain
But I can't decide the road you choose
That's up to you
I'm only Jesus
Hey your all the same to me
Everybody's free
And I'll help you if you ask me to,
I gave every star a name
The sun shine and the rain
But I can't decide the road you choose
That's up to you
I'm only Jesus
I'm only Jesus
I'm only Jesus
Gotta have Jesus to see the light
Gotta have Jesus to hold you tight
Gotta have Jesus to talk to me

Fogged in in Dallas
On my way to LA
Staring up at the screen
All flights were delayed
When a voice from behind me asked
Stranger, how have you been?
Well, I was caught off guard
When I saw her face
Stumbled my way through an awkward embrace
Then somehow I managed to say
Good to see you again
We caught up on old friends
Caught up on old times
But all through the small talk
It kept burning though my mind
Does she think about the nights we spent on Crystal
Lake?
Wrapped up in a blanket till the break of day
So many times I've wondered
Does she think of me that way
I didn't ask
And she didn't say
Trading stories
And pictures of kids
Things we're gonna do and things we never did
Till stranded in that moment
Not sure what to say
Then she broke the silence
With her little shy smile
She brought up the weather
But all the while
I wonder if she thinks about Jackson Hole
Nights beside the fire and angels in the snow
So many times I've wondered
Does she think of me that way
I didn't ask
And she didn't say
We said our goodbyes
Swore we'd stay in touch
Then we went our separate ways
Knowing no one ever does
But I couldn't help but wonder
As I walked away
If things had turned out different
Where would we be today
So many times I've wonder
Does she think of me that way
I didn't ask
And she didn't say
No, I didn't ask

Robert Johnson went to the crossroads, so the legend goes
He left with his guitar and the devil took his soul, the devil took his soul
Been out here on this highway
Breathing diesel smoke
Driving hard for hours
Trying to make that Memphis show
People always ask me
"Son what does it take
To reach out and touch your dreams?"
To them I always say
Are you hungry?
Are you thirsty?
Is it a fire that burns you up inside?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming
With that one thing on your mind?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Cause if you want it all
You've got to lay it all out on the line
I get to make my living
Doing what I love
Every night I give my heart and soul
Sometimes that ain't enough
But brother, if you're like me
Looking down that road
Be careful of that wild wind, son
Sometimes it don't let go
Can you feel it?
Can you taste it?
Can you hear it knocking at your door?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming
With that one thing on your mind?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Cause if you want it all
You've got to lay it all out on the line
There's always a price you pay no matter what you do
If you're gonna climb that mountain to the top
It always comes down to
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Are you eating, sleeping, dreaming
With that one thing on your mind?
How bad do you want it?
How bad do you need it?
Cause if you want it all
You've got to lay it all out on the line
Robert Johnson went to the crossroads, so the legend goes

Mama's got her apron on
Standing in the kitchen
Cooking up my favorite dish
Whatever she is fixing
Daddy's in a picture in a frame
That's always sitting by the phone
Daffodils are popping up
Out behind the clothesline
Underneath that tree I planted
When I was just a boy of nine
Man I never can believe
Just how much it's grown when I go
Home
Back home
To the gentle place that held be close
As I became a man
And the streets are all familiar
And an old friend shakes my hand
And I feel fine
So fine
Yeah, knowing that this road I'm wandering on
From time to time
It always leads me home
Brother, he'll be waiting with the
Latest from the grapevine, saying
Man you won't believe them stories
About those crazy friends of mine
And all them little scandals
That a small town can't seem to leave alone
Later on we'll sit around
Bellies tight from supper
Telling all them stories
That we just can't get enough of
And somewhere in an honest laugh
It'll finally hit me that I'm
Home
Back home
Where the memories all have gathered up
And slowly turned to gold
And I carry them along with me wherever I may go
And I feel fine
So fine
In knowing that this road I'm wandering on
From time to time
It always leads me home
Back home
Well I go and put some flowers down at daddy's stone
And I see that empty space beside him
It always makes me glad that I came
Home
Back home
Where the Bible is the Bible
And the angels get their wings
And the circle is unbroken
When I hear them church bells ring
And I feel fine
You know I feel so fine
Yeah, knowing that this road I'm wandering on
From time to time unwinds
Cross the rivers, through the pines
It always leads me home
Back home
Yeah I'm going back home

On a night like this
Ain't what I'm lookin' for
The music's slow and the beer is warm
You came in the room
Put that record on
Started groovin' to that funky song
And I said, hey now,
It don't seem that late now
I thought the party was windin' down
Hey now look what I just found
Gonna stay now
Bring the Tanqueray, I'll
See how this plays out
Until you looked at me
I was just about to leave
I was just about to leave
Watch dancin' there,
Lit the whole place up,
Made me wonder where you came from, yeah
Some kinda paradise,
Some kind of heaven sent,
I know it might 2 a.m.
But hey now,
It don't seem that late now
I thought the party was windin' down
But hey now look what I just found
Gonna stay now
Bring the Tanqueray, I'll
See how this plays out
Until you looked at me
I was just about to leave
I was just about to leave
When I saw you, going for your keys
Girl I had to ask you if you'd dance with me
Yeah would you dance with me
You said, hey now,
It don't seem that late now
I thought the party was windin' down
But hey now look what I just found
Gonna stay now
Bring the Tanqueray, I'll
See how this plays out
Until you looked at me
I was just about to
Hey now,
It don't seem that late now
I thought the party was windin' down
But hey now look what I just found
Gonna stay now
Bring the Tanqueray, I'll
See how this plays out
Until you looked at me
I was just about to leave
I was just about to leave
Ooh but hey now, hey now...
Oh hey now, hey now...
Look what I just found
Look what I just found
Gonna dance, gonna dance, gonna stay

I gave up pamento cheese
Domino's delivery
Whiskey sours
Apple pies
Finger-lickin' chicken fried
Are gastronomic history
I used to like them scary shows
But I gave 'em up a while ago
Don't do no death-defyin'
Rollercoster ridin'
Now days I just take it slow
Every since we started datin'
I been compensating
To keep from gettin' up
To heaven any quicker 'Cause
She's hard on the ticker
Hard on the ticker
The girl is such a hazard that she oughta have a sticker
Sayin' hard on the ticker
Now, when she wiggles through my door
My chin gets heavy hits the floor
Silky hair, scarlet lips
Swingin' double-jointed hips
My blood begins to roar
And when she nibbles on me ear
It's partly pleasure, partly fear
Little dab is all it takes
To get my heart a palpatatin'
Feelin' like the end is near
I oughta get a policy
A double indemnity
It'd make my beneficiary
A whole lot richer 'Cause
She's hard on the ticker
Hard on the ticker
The girl is such a hazard that she oughta have a sticker
Sayin' hard on the ticker
That's my girl
Yeah, she's hard on the ticker
I oughta get a policy
A double indemnity
It'd make my benificiary
A whole lot richer
Oh, she's hard on the ticker
She's hard on the ticker

Bartender I may sit here on this barstool all night long
But I won't need much attention
I just need some time alone
So if you'll give me some quarters and a bottle of your best
You can just sit back and let the jukebox do the rest
Give it to me Strait
Sing "Am I Blue" while I sit here and cry
And tell me how my baby's gotten so good at goodbye
It's gonna take a fireman to put this old flame out
So come on give it to me Strait
Before I come unwound
Let's start off nice and easy
Something like "If I Know Me"
And we'll work our way up slowly to "Fool Hearted Memory"
Yeah I've got all night long to sit right here and fall apart
So don't leave out one single song
I know 'em all by broken heart
Give it to me Strait
Sing "Am I Blue"
While I sit here and cry
And tell me how my baby's gotten so good at goodbye
It's gonna take a fireman to put this old flame out
So come on give it to me Strait
Before I come unwound
There ain't one country singer
That ain't good for a bad heartache
And for me there's nothing smoother
Than a good stiff shot of Strait
It's gonna take a fireman to put this old flame out
So come on give it to me Strait
Before I come unwound
So come on give it to me Strait

I'm gonna drive on out to the river tonight
Find a quiet spot, turn on my parking lights
I'm gonna drink some beers, try to catch a buzz
Turn my radio up and forget about us
I'm gonna lay me down on the hood of this car
Make another wish upon a falling star
I'm gonna think again about the way it was
I'm gonna close my eyes and forget about us
I know it won't be easy but I've got a plan
To just let my memory let go of your hand
I'm gonna miss your touch
But I know I must forget about us
And when the morning sun burns across my face
I'll put my shirt back on, get up and walk away
I'm gonna climb my frame onto a Greyhound bus
Take a little blue pill and forget about us
I know it won't be easy but I've got a plan
To just let my memory let go of your hand
I'm gonna miss your touch
But I know I must forget about us
By the time I get to Phoenix, I won't know your name
Those soft green eyes, your warm skin
And the way you say "Good morning"

Hot sun, dancin' on a river
We sit on the bank, watch the world go by
Our feet in the water, she pressed her lips to mine
We were so long on love, so short on time
She could be a honeymoon sweet and little wild
She was mine, oh for a little while
I laugh, everytime I start to think about us
We sent that summer out in style
She's gone, but she left me with a smile
‘Cause she was mine for a little while
We take a ride and head on down to airport road
Put the seats back and watch the planes leave town
Always said, nobody's strong enough to tie her down
Oh but I wasn't lookin' for that anyhow
I knew she would leave, but I didn't know when
It matters to me now, oh but it didn't back then and
I keep seeing pictures now of me and her and those summer nights
My mind fills with her, oh but it's alright cause
I laugh, everytime I start to think about us
We sent that summer out in style
She's gone, but she left me with a smile

Said her name was a hand me down name
From the side of a family that long ago came
Over here on a boat from somewhere in Spain
Sounded to me just a little bit strange, I guess.
But I have to admit, it felt good on my lips.
She tipped the DJ to play her favorite song
A Spanish little number that was rockin' on strong
She grabbed me by the sleeve and said lets go and get it on
By the second chorus I was singing right along with it
I don't know what it meant but it felt good on my lips.
Oh oh oh I.. I wanna go crazy
You can go crazy too
Oh oh oh I.. I wanna go crazy
I wanna go crazy with you
Everybody sayin' whoa how sweet it is
Whoa yeah it felt good on my lips
She ordered us a drink
It was a purple kind of pink
She said it's got a shot of a little bit of everything
Mello yellow umbrella for a fella like me
It was just a bit mello for me to be seen with
But I took a sip
Yeah it felt good on my lips
Oh oh oh I.. I wanna go crazy
You can go crazy too
Oh oh oh I.. I wanna go crazy
I wanna go crazy with you
Everybody sayin' whoa how sweet it is
Whoa yeah it felt good on my lips
When the lights came on and they hollered last call
I was busy getting lost in her cherry lip gloss
In a little corner booth I don't like no talk
She leaned in close and gave me one long and wet
A goodnight goodbye kiss
And It felt good on my lips
Whoa how sweet it is
Whoa yeah it felt good on my lips
Whoa how sweet it is

He was rough, he was tough
And he drank his whiskey straight
He would fight every night if he didn’t get his way
She was kind She could find all the good in everyone
And then one day she passes his way
He felt reborn in that morning sun
And saw her face, she called his name
And from that moment he knew he’d never be the same
What you can find in the eyes of a woman
Is a reason to believe
Look deep inside the eyes of a woman
See the man you want to be
I’d been down
Kicked around
The world had got the best of me
Out of rope
Little hope I’d ever get back on my feet
She took my hand, said yes you can
One look at her and I’m a brand-new man
What you can find in the eyes of a woman
Is a reason to believe
Look deep inside the eyes of a woman
See the man you wanna be
When I feel the need for inspiration
With just one look I’ve found my salvation
What you can find in the eyes of a woman
Is a reason to believe
Look deep inside the eyes of a woman
See the man you wanna be
See the man you wanna be
See the man

We were born in this little town, growin' up
I was countin' down every single day
'Til we made our get-away
But you said you could never see yourself
Tryin' to make a life anywhere else
This would be your home and I was on my own
But ever since you said good-bye
I've been out here on the wind
And baby you would be surprised
All the places you have been
I've seen you in Albuquerque, waitin' out a blizzard
Arizona, dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in
Girl, I swear just the other day
You were down in Georgia, pickin' them peaches
And Carolina, barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you everywhere
Now a days when I'm passin' through
The conversation always turns to you
And I hear you're doin' fine, livin' out by the county line
Got a man that's home every night
A couple of kids and the kind of life that you want to lead
Guess you could say the same for me
But you and I made our choices all those years ago
Still I know I'll hear your voice
And see you down the road
Maybe in Oklahoma, drivin' 'cross the prairie
In Dallas, Texas isn't that where we always said
We would like to try
But never did so maybe that's why
You're on every highway just beyond the high-beams
Right beside me in all of my sweet dreams
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
In Albuquerque, waitin' out a blizzard
And Arizona, dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in Monterey
Girl, I swear just the other day
You were down in Georgia, pickin' them peaches
And Carolina, barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be

Well Joe got a promotion
He's up there on top
Everybody was cheerin' him on
He deserves everything he's got
Guess who's the new talk of the town
The new S.O.B.
The one everybody loves cuttin' down
Man it's a sight to see
They all smile right to his face, and hide the jealousy
Me I'm just working hard to get to that place,
Where everybody hates me
(Now check this out)
Well Bill got a promotion
He knocked Joe back down
Now Joe's everybody's long lost friend
He's back in the crowd
Guess who's the new talk of the town
The new S.O.B.
The one everybody loves cuttin' down
Man it's a sight to see
They all smile right to his face, and hide the jealousy
Me I'm just working hard to get to that place,
Where everybody hates me
Well everybody wants to be the big dog
Wanna wag that big dog tail
But til' they are they wanna see the big dog fail
You pay your dues and you get your breaks
Then your the S.O.B.
The one everybody loves to hate
It just comes naturally
They all smile right to your face, and hide the jealousy
That's just the way it goes and I can't wait

Every Friday night there's a steady cloud of dust
That leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks
Got old Hank cranking way up loud
Got coolers in the back
Tailgates down
There's a big fire burnin' but don't be alarmed
It's just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Ed's been on the tractor ain't seen Becky all week
Somebody said they seen 'em heading down to the creek
Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a jeep
Man he knows how to grow 'em if ya know what I mean
Old Dave's gettin' loud but he don't mean no harm
We're just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Well you can come as you are
There ain't no dress code
Just some rural route rules that you need to know
Don't mess with the bull
He can get real mean
Don't forget to shut the gate
Stay out of the beans
If it starts to raining will just head to the barn
We're country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can't do inside those city limits
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls gettin' down on the farm
Ain't no closing time
Ain't no cover charge

Johnny?s daddy was takin' him fishin?
When he was eight years old
A little girl came through the front gate
Holdin? a fishin' pole
His dad looked down and smiled
Said, "We can?t leave her behind
Son, I know you don?t want her to go
But someday you?ll change your mind"
And Johnny said
"Take Jimmy Johnson
Take Tommy Thompson
Take my best friend Bo"
"Take anybody that you want
As long as she don?t go
Take any boy in the world
Daddy please, don?t take the girl"
Same old boy, same sweet girl
Ten years down the road
He held her tight and kissed her lips
In front of the picture show
Stranger came and pulled a gun
Grabbed her by the arm
Said, "If you do what I tell you to
There won?t be any harm"
And Johnny said
"Take my money
Take my wallet
Take my credit cards"
"Here?s the watch that my grandpa gave me
Here?s the key to my car
Mister, give it a whirl
But please don?t take the girl"
Same old boy, same sweet girl
Five years down the road
There?s gonna be a little one
And she says it?s time to go
Doctor says
"The baby?s fine
But you?ll have to leave
?Cause his momma?s
Fading fast"
And Johnny hit his knees
And there he prayed
"Take the very breath You gave me
Take the heart from my chest"
"I?ll gladly take her place if You?ll let me
Make this my last request
Take me out of this world
God, please don?t take the girl"
Johnny?s daddy
Was takin' him fishin?

I thought that was your voice
I thought that was my car
Now we ain't ever met before
But I know who you are
You're living in my house
And I'm living in a tent
And don't laugh, this second job of mine
Is paying both our rents
You're out here buying Happy Meals
And I'm eating rice and pintos
You so much as crack a smile at me, man
I'll come through this here window
Well you took my wife
And you took my kids
And you took that life
That I used to live
My pride, the pool, the boat, my tools, my dreams, the dog, the cat
Yeah I think that's just about everything
Oh I almost forgot
Do you want fries with that?
Your ketchup's in the bag
And a check is in the mail
I hope your chicken's raw inside
And I hope your bun is stale
I'm supposed to tell you
"Please come back"
But how bout this instead?
I hope you both choke on a pickle
Man, that would tickle me to death
I don't know what you're waiting on
You're holding up the line
Oh man, you ain't got no change coming back
Are you out of your mind?
Well you took my wife
And you took my kids
And you took that life
That I used to live
My pride, the pool, the boat, my tools, my dreams, the dog, the cat
Yeah I think that's all there is
Do you want fries with that?
Well you took my wife
And you took my kids
And you took that life
That I used to live
My pride, the pool, the boat, my tools, my dreams, the dog, the cat
Yeah I think that about covers it

Sex and the city and Indian food
Well, I never tried 'em, not until you
But it's lookin' like you left me
With some habits I can't break
I feel kinda guilty whenever I cuss
And I lay in bed at night and I, I think about us
Maybe it's because of all the love
You taught me how to make
You changed me, baby
And given enough time, girl, you might have saved me
But then again you might have just gone crazy
Tryin' to love a music man
Well, don't worry, honey
I understand why you went runnin' from me
I guess I really should have seen it comin'
I'll always die by my own hand
Ran into your daddy last Saturday night
I finally admitted, he might have been right
Oh, all the times he told me that
You're just too good for me
You changed me, baby
And given enough time, girl, you might have saved me
But then again you might have just gone crazy
Tryin' to love a music man
Well, don't worry, honey
I understand why you went runnin' from me
I guess I really should have seen it comin'
I'll always die by my own hand
Oh, you changed me, baby
And given enough time, girl, you might have saved me
But then again you might have just gone crazy
Tryin' to love this music man
Oh, but don't worry, honey
I understand why you went runnin' from me
I guess I really should have seen it comin'
I'll always die by my own hand
Girl, I don't blame you for nothin'
I'll always die by my own hand
It is my fault, it is my fault
Girl, you can't blame yourself

In the desert they're hanging Christmas lights
From a cactus Christmas tree
And all the way over the sea
In Tokyo, they're hanging mistletoe
And way down south in Mexico
They're singing feliz Navidad
And over in Leningrad
Where the white lights glow
They're dancing in the snow
And the bells, the bells, the bells
Are ringing
The joy, the joy, the joy
They're bringing
For every boy and girl
It's Christmas time, all over the world
From Romania to Pennsylvania
They're watching for that sleigh
Over in China town,
Someone saw him flying round
You know they can hardly wait
You might say joyeux Noel
You might say Bonon Natalie
It won't make a difference to me
No matter where you are
It's gonna warm your heart
When the bells, the bells, the bells
Are ringing
The joy, the joy, the joy
They're bringing
For every boy and girl
Yeah the bells, the bells
The oy, the joy
For every boy and girl

Mama went to sleep one night and never woke up
Daddy cried a tear into her old coffee cup
Now all he wants to do is drink the hurt all away
If Mama was here I know what Mama would say
Carry on
Carry on
What don’t kill us makes us strong
Carry on
Little sister’s husband ran off with her best friend
Left her and the babies all alone again
It hurts to know the hurt that she’s going through
But I know that she’ll do what she’s gotta do
Carry on
Carry on
What don’t kill us makes us strong
Carry on
Nobody ever said that life was gonna be fair
You’re never gonna get nowhere by running scared
If you look down deep inside you’ll find the faith to make you strong
Oh, oh carry on
I try to walk the sunny side of the street
Don’t let no shadows tangle up my feet
There ain’t no troubles that we can’t rise above
With a handful of faith and a heartful of love
Carry on
Carry on What don’t kill us makes us strong
Carry on
Carry on What don’t kill us makes us strong
Carry on
Carry on
Carry on

I was fifteen when my daddy died, mama worked two jobs just to get by
Seemed like a blessing when Harley came around so she took his name but I had my doubts
Didn't take long for his drinking ways to start showing up on mama's face
One violent night hiding under my bed I swore that he wouldn't see another sunset
Next day I followed him down to the riverbank
I knew one of us wouldn't walk away
I might have had a plan but he didn't know it
I might have been scared but I didn't show it
That's all between the river and me
With the current and the rocks it could have been misty
He might have been sober but I brought the whiskey
That's all between the river and me
I walked up to him and I said his name
Just so he could see the look on my face
We stood eye to eye and toe to toe
When I told him that he wasn't gonna come back home
He raised his fist to me but I didn't flinch
I said 'I ain't your son you son of a bitch'
I might have had a knife in my back pocket
I might have pulled it out before he saw it
That's all between the river and me
I might have had a gun but I didn't fire it
He might have tried to yell but I kept him quiet
That's all between the river and me
That's all between the river and me
Sheriff came knocking on our front door
They said they found his body by the reservoir
Bottle in his shirt and liquor in his blood
He must have fallen in the river and he never came up
There might have been blood but they never saw it
Just a little mud on the living room carpet
That's all between the river and me
Well after what he done there ain't no wonder
I can't remember how long I held him under
That's all between the river and me
That's all between the river and me
That's all between the river and me
That's all

Featuring: Faith Hill
Here we are
What is left of a husband and a wife four good kids
Who have a way of gettin on with their lives
I'm not old but I'm getting a whole lot older every day
It's too late to keep from goin' crazy
I got to get away
The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time
Our boys are strong the spittin image of you when you were young
I hope someday they can see past what you have become
And I remember every time I said I'd never leave
But what I can't live with is memories of the way you used to be
The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be angry all the time
Twenty years have came and went since I walked out of your door
I never quite made it back to the one I was before
And God it hurts me to think of you
For the light in your eyes was gone
Sometimes I don't know why this old world can't leave well enough alone
The reasons that I can't stay don't have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn't have to be this rough
You ain't the only one Who feels like this world left you far behind
I don't know why you gotta be Angry All The Time

My mother said there's only one way
A sweet angel boy, narrow and straight
Timing his past, teachings they fade
Now their angel boy has gone astray
I've felt the hand of the Devil, felt his breath on my skin
Dip me into the water, wash me again
Can I still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have I gone too far now
Have I lost my wings
I found a priest, I spoke my mind
Asked if I'd sinned one too many times
He said "My son, you're only a man"
Then I said, "Sir, you don't understand"
I've felt the hand of the Devil, felt his breath on my skin
Dip me into the water, wash me again
Can I still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have I gone too far now
Have I lost my wings
God help us all for what we have done
We've lost our way, we can't find the Son
We make our beds, we seal our fate
Is there still time, or is it too late
We've felt the hand of the Devil, felt his breath our my skin
Dip us into the water, wash us again
Can we still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have we gone too far now
Have we lost our wings
We've felt the hand of the Devil, felt his breath our my skin
Dip us into the water, wash us again
Can we still be forgiven for all of these things
Or have we gone too far now
Have we lost our wings

I just want to get a little more out of my payday
Finally own a car that doesn't break down on the freeway
A little vacation
Ain't asking very much
I hate comin' home to this old broken down apartment
I wish I had a dime for every hole that's in the carpet
I don't want it all
But I ain't got enough
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs I want a piece of that pie
All I want is a life
I don't mind the hours and the pain that comes from workin'
But it's enough to kill me when I see my baby hurtin'
Wanna give her that diamond I never got to buy
She keeps tellin' me that everything is gettin' better
But one step up the rung and someone knocks me off the ladder
Just wanna break even
Someday before I die
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs I want a piece of that pie
All I want is a life
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs I want a piece of that pie
All I want is a life
All I want
Is a life
All I want

Johnny came home broken hearted
Said he lost his girl
He bottled up all the hurt in his heart
Punched a hole in the wall of his world
Now Betty she was a blonde haired beauty
With an eye for a man who could spend
She stole his heart in a pickup truck
And drove off in her Mercedes Benz
And he said
Oh and she looked so innocent
Talkin' about bein' just friends
Oh and it don't make a bit of sense
Ain't that the way it always ends
Karen she had a long time dream
And only one man in her life
He kept her waitin' but she didn't care
Cause he promised he'd make her his wife
Now Billy he had a good thing goin'
But he let it go to his head
He got careless and late one night
She caught them both in her bed
And she said
Oh and he looked so innocent
Talkin' about bein' just friends
Oh and it don't make a bit of sense
Ain't that the way it always ends
Oh it always looked so innocent
Talkin' about bein' just friends
Oh and it don't make a bit of sense
Ain't that the way it always ends
Ain't that the way it always ends