Trent Willmon (born March 6, 1973) is an American country music artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records in 2004. He released two albums for the label (2004's Trent Willmon and 2006's A Little More Livin') and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts before exiting Columbia in 2006. A third album, entitled Broken In, was released on the independent Compadre label in February 2008.
Willmon was born in Amarillo, Texas and was raised on a ranch near Afton, Texas. After 2 years at South Plains College as an Animal Science major, he left to pursue music, playing with several Texas- based bands, including playing bass for bluegrass legend Karl Shiflett. In 1999 he signed a staff writing deal with SeaGayle Music. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You", which he co-wrote with Bobby Pinson and Jeremy Spillman. It was recorded by the duo McHayes (which comprised 1990s country singer Wade Hayes and fiddler Mark McClurg), and reached 41 on the country charts in 2003.
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Island by Trent Willmon
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Trent Willmon - Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk
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Trent Willmon "Medina Daydreaming"
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Surprise
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Trent Willmon in Palo Pinto Gold
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Trent Willmon & Beer O'Clock - Workin' Man Blues
Daddies and Daughters by Trent Willmon
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Shoot Straight with Chad Schearer - Montana Mule Deer with Trent Willmon
Back When I Knew It All - Trent Willmon w/ Steve Woolsey, 2-15-09
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TRENT WILLMON AND BEAR
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Country Newcomer: Greg Michaels
Southern Ice Storm Of 2014 - The Alone Zone
Rag: Marwa
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Pat Green Live - Voghera Country Festival 2013
VOGHERA COUNTRY FESTIVAL 2013 PATGREENConcert
Bill Engvall’s New All Stars Of Country Comedy Volume 1 (2000)
29 April 2011 Mark Wills at the Navy Memorial
Toms Wild Life - Rodeo Daze
Ag PhD Show #870 (Air Date 12/7/14)
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TechAccessTV: Matt Maday, OnCall Interactive, World-Class Digital Solutions in Chicago
A Little Servant by Grace Livingston Hill (FULL Audiobook)
How it feels to have a stroke
Love Sums Up the Law
2011-07-21-Chemainus-Rhythm And Blues [HD]; part 4
JASON BOLAND - live & interview
All About Android 76: The Ultimate Episode
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Wayne Law concert Romilly sur Andelle 12 01 2013
Becoming Christ-Like 10 16 2011
Old Tuck was a cowboy I knew years ago
Could put a stretch in a story like a forty foot row
Young an' wide eyed, I believed every word
As he rambled through the canyons an' stampeded herds
Swore there were still Comanches in them breaks to the south
He'd seen good hands ride in there an' never rode out
He had a horse he called Dollar that twice saved his life
He lost him to Jim Shoulders playin' poker one night
When I turned eighteen, I packed up an' left home
Tuck was pretty old back then an' by now he's long gone
But I've heard it said that ol' cowboys don't die
They get put out to pasture way up in the sky
So if God's got a Heaven for old cowboy legends
I hope the grass is greener on the other side
An' he's got good horses to ride
Now the folks back home would tell you Tuck was just crazy an' old
But I still believe in Conquistador gold
An' those memories look like a mirage in the distance
Starin' out from this prison of urban existence
So I saddle up an' I go back now an' then
To remember who I was an' just forget where I am
Now the concrete an' steel, they spread out like a plague
Consumin' the rivers, the mountains and the plains
Then one of these days it'll all be gone
But somewhere that spirit will always live on
'Cause I've heard it said that ol' cowboys don't die
They get put out to pasture way up in the sky
So if God's got a Heaven for old cowboy legends
I hope the grass is greener on the other side
An' he's got good horses to ride
Yeah, he's got good horses to ride
A few good horses to ride
Jesus turned the water into wine
So it seems to me it shouldn't be a crime
But there's a way of thinking around here
That astounds me
You can work all day in the summer sweat
And go down to the store to get your vessel wet
But a Dr. Pepper's all you're gonna get
Sorry, it's a dry county
But if you take a right off the 35
Just across the county line
There's a neon sign and a cute little waitress
Smiling at me
If I stay and hang around here
Keep begging my buddies for bootleg beer
My dreams might wither up and die around me
It's a dry county
It ain't rained around here in so damn long
You can see it when an old timer tells a joke
You don't smile, you just keep playing dominoes
And drink your coffee
30 miles to the east it's a lot more green
And they got more green for the football team
Around here we ain't seen a winning streak since the 80s
It's a dry county
But if you take a right off the 35
Just across that county line
There's a neon sign and a cute little waitress
Smiling at me
If I stay and hang around here
Keep begging my buddies for bootleg beer
My dreams might wither up and die around me
It's a dry county
Last time I took Betty to the drive-in
I couldn't even talk her into a little kiss
You couldn't loosen her up
With a whole can of WD40
But if you take a right off the 35
Just across that county line
And there's a neon sign and a cute little waitress
Smiling at me
I can't stay and hang around here
Waste away the best of my years
So goodbye all, promise I'll call
I had about all of this dry county
He left gravel flying, tears falling from her eyes
When he got home that evening he didn't apologize
He left a rose on the table, she let that be enough
She loved him enough to know how a cowboy loves
That's just how a cowboy loves
She tried to ride it out but she couldn't keep hanging on
Now he sees her around but she's never alone
He keeps the storm clouds hidden behind the wall of pride
Laughs out loud, spits on the ground, that's how a cowboy cries
That's just how a cowboy cries
Unwritten rules, unspoken words
Never show your hate or hang your head no matter how it hurts
Sometimes you get thrown but you get back on and ride
That's how a cowboy lives, that's how a cowboy dies
Now he makes his mistakes, they weigh on his soul
But his altar is an open sky, a church where no one goes
He knows God understands him 'cause He made him that way
Silently he makes his peace, that's how a cowboy prays
That's just how a cowboy prays
Sometimes you get thrown but you get back on and ride
That's how a cowboy lives, that's how a cowboy dies
Two six-packs of shiner,
A ninety-nine cent butane lighter.
Lucky Strikes an' a fifth of Patron.
Ice down that Igloo cooler;
A tank of gas, that oughta do her:
Feels like a good one comin' on.
Throw in Ray Wylie-Hubbard;
Sing along to "Redneck Mother":
Any blues I had before are gone.
Another week of work is over;
No chance of stayin' sober;
I can feel a good one comin' on.
Yeah, we're gonna roll all night.
We're gonna get to feelin' right.
We're gonna keep this party rockin' till the break of dawn.
Yeah, I can feel a good one comin' on.
Three blondes in a rag-top Mustang,
Followed us out to the lake,
An' hell it didn't have to think about that too long.
Skinny dippin' in the bright moonlight;
Situation couldn't be more right.
Looks like a good one comin' on.
Yeah, we're gonna roll all night.
We're gonna get to feelin' right.
We're gonna keep this party rockin' till the break of dawn.
I can feel a good one;
It looks like a good one;
I can feel a good one comin' on.
Yeah, we're gonna roll all night.
We're gonna get to feelin' right.
We're gonna keep this party rockin' till the break of dawn.
Looks like a good one;
Yeah, I can feel a good one;
It looks like a good one comin' on.
Yeah, I can feel a good one;
Don't it look like a good one;
You couldn't make you change your mind
Couldn't stop that mornin' train
I can't stop knowin' that you're gone
Like I can't stop Louisiana rain
I pour this whiskey down my soul
But nothin' ever seems to change
'Cause this pain keeps pourin' down
Like this Louisiana rain
All I'm doin' is livin' one drop at a time
So won't you come back, baby
Before I go an' lose my mind
Stop this Louisiana rain
All I'm doin' is livin' one drop at a time, yes I am
So won't you come back, baby
Before I go an' lose my mind
I'm gonna lose my mind
Dam this river that I've cried
An' damn this callin' out your name
Damn these lonely streets I walk
An' damn this Louisiana rain
I can't stop knowin' that you're gone
She's like the ocean that takes my breath away;
Endless an' open and in a moment she can change,
Lke water flowin' and fillin' up my soul.
No way of knowing how deep she really goes.
An' sometimes I can predict her like the tides.
An' some days her storm'll take me by surprise.
But I'm her rock up on the shoreline:
I'm her piece of solid ground.
An' I'm the one that she can lean on,
When her waves come crashin' down.
An' she's afraid that with the rain,
I'll drift away an' I'll disappear.
But she's my ocean, an' I'm her island:
I ain't goin' anywhere.
What she don't know is:
Before she came along,
I was goin' nowhere.
So close to being gone:
Just another drifter lost at sea,
Until the day her love surrounded me.
Now I'm her rock up on the shoreline:
I'm her piece of solid ground.
An' I'm the one that she can lean on,
When her waves come crashin' down.
An' she's afraid that with the rain,
I'll drift away an' I'll disappear.
But she's my ocean, an' I'm her island:
I ain't goin' anywhere.
An' she's afraid that with the rain,
I'll drift away an' I'll disappear,
But I'm stayin' right here:
'Cause she's my ocean, an' I'm her island:
I ain't goin' anywhere.
We might call an old friend up an' lay an old grudge down
Tell somebody that we love, that we love 'em
We might turn a wrong to right shine a brighter light
Find someone that needs a hug an' just hug 'em
We might live each day like it was our last
We wouldn't worry 'bout troubles 'cause troubles pass
See things different, six feet down
If we could all spend a night in the ground
If we could all spend a night in the ground
We might not just work an' slave to an early grave
An' fill our lives up with a little more livin'
We might let our money rust an' truly in God's trust
Know we're rich enough to give what we're givin'
We might live each day like it was our last
We wouldn't worry 'bout troubles 'cause troubles pass
See things different, six feet down
If we could all spend a night in the ground
If we could all spend a night in the ground
We might live each day like it was our last
We wouldn't worry 'bout troubles 'cause troubles pass
See things different, six feet down
If we could all spend a night in the ground
If we could all spend a night in the ground
We might turn this whole world around
We went to bed last night again, angry
It seems like lately, we been doin' that more an' more
I woke up still mad an' it scared me
When I couldn't remember what we were fightin' for
So, here's some coffee with the cream an' sugar like you like it, baby
From a man with his heart in his hand an' just one wish
I know life ain't s'posed to be easy, baby, but maybe
We can make it easier than this
If I quit pushin' an' you quit pullin'
An' we stop always turnin' nothin' into somethin'
If we quit sayin' things that always leave a mark
Baby, love don't have to be so hard
Now, I know sometimes, my eyes'll look right through you
An' they make you feel like you ain't even there
When you're mad, there ain't nobody better
At makin' me feel like you just don't care
So, here's some coffee with the cream an' sugar like you like it, baby
From a man who wants the way it was to be the way it is
An' I know it ain't gonna be easy, baby, but maybe
We can make it easier than this
If I quit pushin' an' you quit pullin'
An' we stop always turnin' nothin' into somethin'
If we quit sayin' things that always leave a mark
Well, baby, love don't have to be so hard, no
If I quit pushin' an' you quit pullin'
An' we stop always turnin' nothin' into somethin'
If we quit sayin' things that always leave us scarred
Baby, love don't have to be
Love don't have to be
Love don't have to be so hard
Every Friday afternoon, I hitch up the trailer
Saddle up ol' rock an' ice down the cooler
Drive that back road until it ends
At the Ropin' Pen
There's rusted out pick-ups an' fancy rigs
Twenty-thousand dollar horses then there's my ol' stag
But we're all the same the minute we ride in
To the Ropin' Pen
Well, I ain't no Clayo Speed
But I give her Hell
Hell, you never can tell
Some day I just might be
We'll turn a few steers an' tell a few lies
Kick back in the saddle an' philosophize
Most of life's problems, we can prob'ly solve 'em
In the Ropin' Pen
We don't do it for the money, Hell, we're always broke
Just ask my ol' buddy Nathan what he'd pay to rope
He lost a couple of wives, half the fingers on his hands
To the Ropin' Pen
An' it takes a little skill an' a little luck
An' you can talk smack if you can back it up
Ah, but we're all friends, no matter who wins
Here at the Ropin' Pen
Well, I ain't no Clayo Speed
But I give her Hell
Hell, you never can tell
Some day I just might be
We'll turn another pit of steers an' tell a few more lies
Drink another beer and hypothesize
Most of life's problems, Hell, we're gonna solve 'em
In the Ropin' Pen
See y'all again, next weekend
Here at the Ropin' Pen
At the Ropin' Pen
Down at the Ropin' Pen
I'm glad you picked up the phone
Yeah, I know that we both agreed
We'd leave each other alone
We're just wastin' our time
We know it ain't right
There's no goin' back but havin' said that
I wish you would come over
An' drink my best bottle of wine
If you can lay on my shoulder
An' I can lean on you just one more time
You can mess up head
An' mess up my bed
An' leave before the mornin' light
I need your on again, off again, on again tonight
I don't expect things to change
We've got to get on with our lives
Space is a beautiful thing
When you need some room
I don't know about you, but I'm lonely right now
I'm just thinkin' out loud
I wish you would come over
An' drink my best bottle of wine
You can lay on my shoulder
An' I can lean on you just one more time
You can mess up head
An' mess up my bed
An' leave before the mornin' light
An' I need your on again, off again, on again tonight
Well, no, I don't care, I can come over there
An' I can drink your best bottle of wine
'Cause I need your on again, off again, on again
Your on again, off again, on again tonight
Even if you only need a shoulder
If you only need a helping hand
And even if right now you're really only
Just looking for a friend
I'll love you anyway, I'll love you anyway
I'll love you anyway I can
If you only want someone to talk to
Through the darkest hours of your life
I'll even try to help you slay those dragons
That you're too afraid to fight
I'll love you anyway, I'll love you anyway
I'll love you anyway I can
I'll be there when the sun is shining
I'll be there in the pouring rain
I'll be there when the tears are falling
Through the brightest joy and the deepest pain
I'll be there on the day you wake up
And realize that I'm the one
And that this is love
Oh baby, this is love
Someday if our road gets rough and rocky
I won't be that guy who walks away
Yeah, I can promise you without a doubt
My love for you will never change
No, it'll never change
I'll love you anyway, I'll love you anyway
I'll love you anyway I can
I'll love you anyway, I'll love you anyway
I'll love you anyway I can
I'll love you anyway, I'll love you anyway
Exit 65, Room 232
It's nothing fancy, ain't much of a view
It's no white house with picket fences
But we close our eyes and pretend
At our home sweet Holiday Inn
Wish I could keep you,
But it's out of my hands
It's best that I can do,
I pray you'll understand
How much I love you, God I feel guilty
So I try to make amends
At our home sweet Holiday Inn
(Chorus)
I just get a couple of days
To steal you away
Make up for all the time
I missed
And I hope that we can fit it all in
At our home sweet Holiday Inn
You've grown so fast that
I just can't believe
How much you're changing,
But you still look like me
Maybe some day,
This will all be different
But baby until then
We've got out home sweet Holiday Inn
(Repeat Chorus)
Your daddy loves you
And I'll be dreaming of you
And counting the days until I see you again
At our home sweet Holiday Inn
Indian Summer, both of us laughin''
Hackberry trees and fireflies flashin''
So many holes in the soles of our shoes
You don''t choose life, life chooses you
Floatin'' on a raft we built from scrapwood
Mosquito bit scratchin'' felt so good
And I''d never seen eyes your color of blue
You don''t choose love, love chooses you
CHORUS:
From here lookin'' back, twenty years gone by
Life slipped by life a gulf shore high tide
And now love''s more like a thorn in my side
Than the wonderland it used to be
I guess that''s why these memories shine like
Sixteenth birthday cake candlelights
And I know it wasn''t that perfect
But that''s the way I like to remember it
Big green John Deere forty-eight-forty
Turnin'' dirt for most of the morning
Radio givin'' severe weather warnings
You don''t choose fate, fate chooses you
I got to your house as the black skies opened
We were all alone, thunder was rollin''
As west texas flatland turned into ocean
That was the end of our innocence moment
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
And I''ve learned most of the sad times, the break
downs
The broken parts fade away
I keep all of the highlights close to my heart
And I need them everyday
CHORUS
The hood's up, the oil is leakin'
The bolt's broken off an' my knuckles are bleedin'
But the sun is shinin' an' the birds are singin'
An' so am I
Now my sweet, Daisy, pretty as a rose
In the back yard hangin' out clothes
'Cause that ol' Maytag's broke
An' so am I
But she love's the life we're livin'
Barefoot dancin' in the kitchen
While I'm pickin', one string missin'
An' she don't seem to mind
Lord knows, she deserves better
Ain't got two nickels to rub together
But, sweet Daisy, long as you're happy, baby
So am I
Summer time, nights are gettin' hotter
Sundown down by the water
I bait her hook an' slip on a bobber
So she can wet a line
They ain't bitin', too hot I reckon
I look over at her an' she's winkin'
If she's thinkin' what I think she's thinkin'
So am I
We love the life we're livin'
It feels so good skinny dippin'
Skinny dippin' an' long legs kickin'
In the Mississippi mud line
Lord knows, she deserves better
Ain't got two nickels to rub together
But, sweet Daisy, long as you're happy, baby
So am I
She love's this life we're livin'
Barefoot dancin' in the kitchen
While I'm pickin', two strings missin'
An' she don't seem to mind
Lord knows, she can do better
Ain't got two nickels to rub together
But, sweet Daisy, long as you're happy, baby
So am I
Sweet Daisy, long as you're happy, honey
So am I
Well, I'm laid up on a creek-bank
With a cold one in my hand
It's eighty-eight in the shade
I got the bait in an old tin can
An' ol' Blue's been a barkin'
At the bobber on the end of my pole
Yeah, sometimes I miss you, baby
Most the time, I don't
Sundown, I go down
Shoot the bull at Ernie's Bar
An' the boys in the band'll
Let me stand in an' play guitar
The bar-keep'll let me camp out in the corner
If I can't can't make it home
Yeah, sometimes I miss you, baby
Most the time, I don't
Sometimes I miss your big city lovin'
An' the way you sparkle like Hollywood
You can't blame a country boy for tryin'
An' I, I did the best I could, I did the best I could
I sold all the cows an' put it down
On a house you just had to have
You changed your mind but that's alright
We only lost about nine or ten grand
An' by the time your new boyfriend, slash, lawyer
Came to pick you up in his shiny new Jaguar
I was flat broke and sometimes I miss you
But most the time I don't
Yeah, sometimes I miss your sweet lovin'
An' your high heels, you look so good
But nothin's worse than an unhappy woman
An' I, I did the best I could, I did the best I could
I take your photograph to my dart board
An' I take careful aim at your picture
An' sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes, I miss ya
Sometimes I miss your lovin'
An' your high heels, you look so good
You can't blame a country boy for tryin'
An' I, I did the best I could, I did the best I could
I did the best I could
Now, I'm laid up on a creek-bank
He said, ?I'm going to West Texas?
They said, ?Hell, you've gone crazy?
Ain't nothing out there but coyotes and Comanches
But he headed out anyway as far as he could
Till the heat finally got to their mules
He sold whiskey and cigars to passing through would be settlers
But nobody wants to settle where there ain't no damn water
Then they figured out a windmill could pump it from the ground
And up sprang a tumbleweed town
Where the lonely wind blows like it's angry for being there
A flat piece of stone in the middle of nowhere
The town never grows 'cause nobody can keep their roots down
It's a tumbleweed town
They came in like gypsies to steal their black gold
And the towns population increased hundred fold
But they scattered like quail when all the oil wells ran out
Left no trace of the riches they'd found
Then some big shot from Dallas built a factory here
Gonna put us back on the map but hell, that was back a few years
Now the weeds have grown up and the building's falling down
And you'd think they'd figured it out by now
Hell, it's a tumbleweed town
Where the lonely wind blows like it's angry for being there
A flat piece of stone in the middle of nowhere
The town never grows 'cause nobody can keep their roots down
It's just a tumbleweed town
Now a few hay seeds and ranchers are still hanging in
Too old to start over and too damn stubborn to quit
And their kids all get restless waiting on that Greyhound
So that they can get the hell out of this tumbleweed town
But I love my tumbleweed town
My conscience finally got to me
Workin' sixty hours a week
Leavin' her alone, bored to death at home
So, one day, I asked off early
I dropped that bottle of wine
When I flipped on the light
You can't imagine my
Surprise, they were havin' a real good time
Yeah, I nearly lost my mind
When I saw the leather an' spikes around her neck
An' he was handcuffed to my bed
An' I thought he was my friend
Guess, it was all lies, yeah, surprise
The judge gave her all I had
An' he did the same for my old friend
Yeah, his Lexus an' his house all went to his spouse
So, when I moved out, he just moved in
He went back to get his drawers
At the place he lived before
Guess who answered the door?
Surprise, I hooked up with his ex-wife
Who's prettier an' sweeter than mine
Now, we're livin' his XRI Jacuzzi bath
Yeah, we just sit back in them bubbles an' laugh
While they're livin' in my run down shack
Yeah, serves 'em right, surprise
Surprise, surprise, yeah, that trip to Mali sure was nice
Oh, in Vegas, we rolled the dice
Now, it's steak an' taters every night
Next weekend, yeah, we're headed off to Disneyland
Yeah, I knew he was rich but now
Every Friday afternoon, I hitch up the trailer
Saddle up ol' rock an' ice down the cooler
Drive that back road until it ends
At the Ropin' Pen
There's rusted out pick-ups an' fancy rigs
Twenty-thousand dollar horses then there's my ol' stag
But we're all the same the minute we ride in
To the Ropin' Pen
Well, I ain't no Clayo Speed
But I give her Hell
Hell, you never can tell
Some day I just might be
We'll turn a few steers an' tell a few lies
Kick back in the saddle an' philosophize
Most of life's problems, we can prob'ly solve 'em
In the Ropin' Pen
We don't do it for the money, Hell, we're always broke
Just ask my ol' buddy Nathan what he'd pay to rope
He lost a couple of wives, half the fingers on his hands
To the Ropin' Pen
An' it takes a little skill an' a little luck
An' you can talk smack if you can back it up
Ah, but we're all friends, no matter who wins
Here at the Ropin' Pen
Well, I ain't no Clayo Speed
But I give her Hell
Hell, you never can tell
Some day I just might be
We'll turn another pit of steers an' tell a few more lies
Drink another beer and hypothesize
Most of life's problems, Hell, we're gonna solve 'em
In the Ropin' Pen
See y'all again, next weekend
Here at the Ropin' Pen
At the Ropin' Pen
Down at the Ropin' Pen
Tell 'em all I'm on vacation
Say I went to visit friends
That you ain't seen or heard
From me in quite a while
When they ask you where I've been
Tell 'em I'm out on the West Coast
Where it don't ever rain
And I'm probably doing fine
Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy
That I'm still strung out over you
Tell 'em anything you want to
Just don't tell 'em all the truth
Don't tell 'em all the truth
Tell 'em all I'm out in Vegas
Throwing every dollar I have away
Tell 'em that I must be into
Something bad for me 'cause
I sure lost a lot of weight
Tell 'em I'm out on the road
With some old rock 'n' roll band
Living like a Gypsy King
Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy
That I'm still strung out over you
Tell 'em anything you want to
Just don't tell 'em all the truth
Don't tell 'em all the truth
The truth is that I'm asking you to lie
We both know that it ain't right
If you ever loved me please
Baby, have mercy on me
Tell 'em anything you want to
Just don't tell 'em all the truth
Don't tell 'em all the truth
I still need you
Yeah, baby that's the truth
I still love you
Try and put your arms around the 100 year old tree
Climb up on a horse and let it run full speed
Take a look down at the world from 30,000 feet
On your next flight
Watch a flock of birds against the morning sun
Close your eyes and listen to the river run
Catch a firefly in your hand or a raindrop on your tongue
That's right
There is a God, there is a God
There is a God, how much proof do you need?
Plant a seed and see what comes out of the ground
Find the heartbeat on your baby's ultrasound
In a few years hear him laughing
And don't it sound like a song?
Stop and think about what you don't understand
Things like life and love and how the world began
Hear the doctor say, he can't explain it
But the cancer is gone
There is a God, there is a God
There is a God, how much proof do you need?
Science says it's all just circumstance
That this whole world is just an accident
But if you want to shoot that theory down
Just take a look around
Oh, just look around
There is a God, there is a God
Oh, there is a God, how much proof do you need?
Spent the night with Jim Beam and Johnny Walker Red
Woke up with a freight train runnin' through my head
I'm a beer man, Bobby's more the wine kind, Donny does his shot
Sammy sips Martinis, Willy smokes pot, but I'm a beer man
I've done a little steppin' out there on a limb
But my open mind winds up closed again
I like brown bottles and aluminum cans
Simple maybe, but that's who I am, hey I'm just a beer man
Take your caviar and that fish that ain't cooked
Take if off a cracker and throw it on a hook
I'm a beer man, Lord and if I was a rich man tell you what I do
I'd be the same old, plain old, guy you always knew, just a beer man
Yeah, I've done a little steppin' out there on a limb
But my open mind winds up closed again
I like brown bottles and aluminum cans
Call me simple, but that's who I am, hey I'm just a beer man
Yeah, I've done a little steppin' out there on a limb
My open mind winds up closed again
I like brown bottles and aluminum cans
Call me simple, but I can't change who I am, yoh, I'm just a beer man
Yeah I'm a beer man
She had her car loaded all down
Pointed east as she headed on out
But I had no idea how long it'd take
There ain't a tree, no there ain't a rock
Nothing on that horizon to block
The sad view of my baby driving away
Yeah, there she was kicking up dust
And out here a man can see for miles, yeah, and time don't fly
Losing love is always tough
But here in west Texas it takes a while to say goodbye
It's bad enough she's gone, gone, gone
But I had to watch her leave me, all day long
I should have known that she wouldn't dig
The rattlesnakes and rusty oil rigs
Living here wasn't her idea of fun
I sat and whittled me a big ol' stick
Down to nothing but a little toothpick
Just waiting on her to get here leaving done
Yeah, and there she was kicking up dust
And out here a man can see for miles, yeah, and time don't fly
Losing love is always tough
But here in west Texas it takes a while to say goodbye
It's bad enough she's gone, gone, gone
But I had to watch her leave me, all day long, yeah
Yeah, there she was kicking up dust
And out here a man can see for miles, yeah, and time don't never fly
Yeah, losing love is always tough
But here in west Texas it takes a while to say goodbye
It's bad enough she's gone, long gone
But I had to watch her leave me, all day long
We might call an old friend up an' lay an old grudge down
Tell somebody that we love, that we love 'em
We might turn a wrong to right shine a brighter light
Find someone that needs a hug an' just hug 'em
We might live each day like it was our last
We wouldn't worry 'bout troubles 'cause troubles pass
See things different, six feet down
If we could all spend a night in the ground
If we could all spend a night in the ground
We might not just work an' slave to an early grave
An' fill our lives up with a little more livin'
We might let our money rust an' truly in God's trust
Know we're rich enough to give what we're givin'
We might live each day like it was our last
We wouldn't worry 'bout troubles 'cause troubles pass
See things different, six feet down
If we could all spend a night in the ground
If we could all spend a night in the ground
We might live each day like it was our last
We wouldn't worry 'bout troubles 'cause troubles pass
See things different, six feet down
If we could all spend a night in the ground
If we could all spend a night in the ground
We might turn this whole world around
There ain't a four lane road within twenty some miles from here
This town ain't got Walmart and never ever will
There's a church and a fillin' station where you get your gas
Then there's Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer paint barbecue barber shop laundermat
Well I stop by Dixie's about a half a dozen times a day
I ain't there for the super duper deals or the famous fried steak
Dixie's daughter is hotter than a hound on a fresh coon track
Down at Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer paint barbecue barber shop laundermat
Yeah I got four of everything in there bunch of stuff that I can't use
Hundred cans just go on my dad's Ford and I don't even choose
Yeah I'm there when they open and I'm there when they close
Standing at the check out line just checking out Becky Jo
Down at Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer paint and barbecue barber shop laundermat
She wears nothing to hide sun dress that'll make you melt
Makes a country boy think she got eyes for nobody else
Yeah truth is she got us lined up clear out the back
Of old Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer paint barbecue barber shop laundermat
Yeah
Paw shouts out, "Where you going?" I tell him, "I'll be right back"
I just remembered I needed a dozen eggs and '87 Cadillac
Some question my persistence aw some might my sanity
But I ain't quitting till that gal is crazy over me
Down there at Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer paint barbecue barber shop tractor parts eight tracks
When I walk out on our war
The last shot fired, the slamming door
When I can't take it anymore
And I take a drive
When the words that I just spoke
Are aimed straight for your throat
When I should hold you but I don't
And just turn out the lights
It doesn't mean I'm done
It doesn't mean I've given up on us
It doesn't mean our love doesn't mean everything
'Cause it does
It doesn't mean I'm gone
Even when I do the things
That I hate that I do
It doesn't mean I don't love you
When the words you need don't cross my lips
When I forget a goodbye kiss
When you feel last on my list
For the hundredth time
When I'm out late with all my friends
I lose track of time and don't check in
When I'm wrong and I know I am
And don't apologize
It doesn't mean I'm done
It doesn't mean I've given up on us
It doesn't mean our love doesn't mean everything
'Cause it does
It doesn't mean I'm gone
Even when I do the things
That I hate that I do
It doesn't mean I don't love you
More than you'll ever know
More than I let it show
Me being me, can be hard on us both
It doesn't mean I'm gone
Even when I do the things
That I hate that I do
It doesn't mean I don't love you
I've been wearin' this same ol' cowboy hat
So long you can't tell, it used to be black
It's worn and torn and faded like these jeans I'm in
These dirty ol' boots are skinned and scuffed
From all these years of kickin' up dust
The seams are bustin' but there's plenty miles left in them
No, they ain't broke, they're just broken in
I been drivin' this '85 pickup truck
Them buddies in line call it a bucket of rust
She's a little beat up
But she still runs like the wind
Yeah, kinda like me, I've been banged and bruised
Been around the block a time or two
But I'm runnin' like new, goin' places I've never been
No, I ain't broke, I'm just broken in
So come on baby, take a chance on me
I just might be just what you need
I'm rough around the edges but I guarantee
I'll feel good against your skin, hey
You say you've been burned and your heart's on hold
You're ridin' that fence, don't wanna let go
You're takin' it slow, givin' yourelf time to mend
I can tell it when we touch, I can feel it when we kiss
That poundin' in your chest that quiver in your lips says
You can't resist and your heart wants lovin' hands
Baby it ain't broke, it's just broken in
So come on baby, take a chance on me
I just might be just what you need
I'm rough around the edges but I guarantee
I'll feel good against your skin
I ain't broke, I'm just broken in
Baby I ain't broke, I'm just broken in
Cold Beer
It's way too nice to be stuck inside today
I can't keep my mind off a better time and place
Think I'll fake sick and flat just sneak on out
Call up the crew and find out who just can't stop thinkin' 'bout
Cold beer and a fishin' pole
A little lake off a back road
All the friends my truck can hold
Some charcoal and a cooler full of ice
Pyramid of empty cans
Short shorts and suntans
A little bonfire romance later on tonight
Hey old Joe will go with the drop of a hat
Bring them girls again I won't leave them out to
I'll bet the word will spread, it always does
And if the fish don't bite, hey that's alright
'Cause we can sure 'nough catch a buzz
Cold beer and a fishin' pole
A little lake off a back road
All the friends my truck can hold
Some charcoal and a cooler full of ice
We'll build a pyramid of empty cans
Short shorts and suntans
A little bonfire romance later on tonight
Alright
Does anybody wanna tag along
What you waitin' for, bring it on
Gonna party from dusk 'til dawn
Singin' songs
Just bring it on
Cold beer and a fishin' pole
A little lake off a back road
And all the friends my truck can hold
Some charcoal and a cooler full of ice
We'll build a pyramid of empty cans
Get a little bit of suntan
Have some bonfire romance later on tonight
Two six-packs of shiner,
A ninety-nine cent butane lighter.
Lucky Strikes an' a fifth of Patron.
Ice down that Igloo cooler;
A tank of gas, that oughta do her:
Feels like a good one comin' on.
Throw in Ray Wylie-Hubbard;
Sing along to "Redneck Mother":
Any blues I had before are gone.
Another week of work is over;
No chance of stayin' sober;
I can feel a good one comin' on.
Yeah, we're gonna roll all night.
We're gonna get to feelin' right.
We're gonna keep this party rockin' till the break of dawn.
Yeah, I can feel a good one comin' on.
Three blondes in a rag-top Mustang,
Followed us out to the lake,
An' hell it didn't have to think about that too long.
Skinny dippin' in the bright moonlight;
Situation couldn't be more right.
Looks like a good one comin' on.
Yeah, we're gonna roll all night.
We're gonna get to feelin' right.
We're gonna keep this party rockin' till the break of dawn.
I can feel a good one;
It looks like a good one;
I can feel a good one comin' on.
Yeah, we're gonna roll all night.
We're gonna get to feelin' right.
We're gonna keep this party rockin' till the break of dawn.
Looks like a good one;
Yeah, I can feel a good one;
It looks like a good one comin' on.
Yeah, I can feel a good one;
Don't it look like a good one;
I can feel a good one comin' on.
She's been known to get a little tipsy
Prim and proper flies right out the door
I love it when my baby let's her hair down
She''s an angel with a little set of horns
That girl has got a heart as big as Texas
She nevers goes to bed before she prays
When she gets mad she'll send a sailor a-blushin'
She's as sweet as Lousiana sugarcane
She's Snow White with a little tattoo
Her Sunday dress is just a little torn
She may not be a saint but I don't care what she ain''t
She's my angel with a little set of horns
She's got some clothes don't approve of
She likes to go out dancin' with 'em on
We might promenade around to ol' Don Williams
Or tear it up to Shook Me All Night Long
She's Snow White with a little tattoo
Her Sunday dress is just a little torn
She may not be a saint but I don't care what she ain''t
She's my angel with a little set of horns
She called and said she needed some attention
So I got the bird-dog on and the pedal to the floor
What she whispered ya'll I ain't repeatin'
She's my angel with a little set of horns
She's Snow White with a little tattoo
Her Sunday dress is just a little torn
She may not be a saint but I don't care what she ain't
She's an angel with a little set of horns
You know if I'd seen her comin'
I'd probably tried to hide
But I came around the corner
And she caught me by surprise
There was no ice cold shoulder
There was no ugly scene
She just smiled and didn't say
The things I thought she'd say to me
It was nothin' like that rainy night
She left and slammed the door
Not only she don't love me
She don't hate me anymore
Well, I felt like some old neighbor
Just some guy she once knew
And you'd never know she loved me
And I broke her heart in two
Was she hidin' her emotions
Or did she really get that strong
Right then she turned
And introduced me to her new friend John
I could tell the way he shook my hand
He'd never heard of me before
Not only she don't love me
She don't hate me anymore
There was no ice cold shoulder
There was no ugly scene
She just smiled and didn't say
The things I knew she'd say to me
I guess she got so caught up in him
My memory's gone ignored
Not only she don't love me
She don't hate me anymore
And I know it might sound crazy
But I don't know what hurts me more
Is it the fact that she don't love me
There used to be a sign
Saying, "Welcome to Population 82"
Just a little town with no line streets
Where I loved you and you loved me
But there ain't been a day of sun
Since this town has become Population 81
We used to lay beside the lake
Talk about the plans we'd make
We'd build a house by that old oak tree
Make it Population 83
Now those dreams have turned to dust
Since this town has become Population 81
I threw a penny in the wishing well
And I made a wish that wished you well
And I watched it sink away from me, away from me
Now when I go down to the corner store
Where the old men sit out on the porch
I hear what they don't say to me
But they'll talk about it when I leave
'Cause they know what's done is done
And that this town has become Population 81
I took a walk out on the bridge
And I dropped that diamond off the edge
And I watched it sink away from me
Away from me, away from me
There used to be a sign
Saying, "Welcome to Population 82"
Just a little town with no line streets
Where I loved you and you loved me
Oh, you loved me
You loved me
Well, I run a little tavern on a dead end street
My ears are pretty bent, by the time I close at three
Everybody's got a wish that comes in here
A little amnesia for the price of a beer
Dale knows that I know all about his wife
And what it is she's doin', who she's with tonight
But I don't say a word about it and neither does he
He just talks about them Dodgers, buys another drink
Down at the Wishing Well
Forgetfulness is what's for sale
To help wash away the sins of lovers and friends
Or just forgive themselves
A place to throw their money down
In hopes of getting lost or found
You ought to hear the stories, they don't tell
Down at the Wishing Well
They say Gina was a heart breaker, back in her day
But the years and hard living, drew the lines on her face
Now, she only wants a man, who can see her like before
So she sips her margarita, watches that door
Down at the Wishing Well
Forgetfulness is what's for sale
To help wash away the sins of lovers and friends
Or just forgive themselves
A place to throw their money down
In hopes of getting lost or found
You ought to hear the stories, they don't tell
Down at the Wishing Well
Yeah, I'll pour you a drink seven nights a week
And I'll listen to what you say or you don't
'Cause that's how I forget
The reasons that I'm alone
Down here at the Wishing Well
Forgetfulness is what's for sale
To help wash away the sins of lovers and friends
Or just try to forgive ourselves
A place to throw our money down
In hopes of getting lost or found
You ought to hear the stories, they don't tell
Down at the Wishing Well
You ought to hear the stories, we don't tell
A lot has changed since I've been gone
But not my love for you
And I promised you nothing would keep me away
So I came back as fast as I could
And I still bump around this old house sometimes
But I barely make a sound
I sure have traveled a long, long way
Just to be hanging around
Sweet Virginia, I still lay beside you
And when you're dreaming that's really me
And if you feel something there in the darkness
Don't be afraid of what you can't see
Just know that I always will be here
I didn't mean to give you a cold chill today
When you were holding that picture of me
But I saw your tears so I reached for your hand
Forgetting how cold mine can be
And I made that breeze in the garden yesterday
Just to see you stop and smile
I know how you love the wind on your face
And besides I still need to touch you every once in a while
Sweet Virginia, I still lay beside you
And when you're dreaming that's really me
And if you feel something there in the darkness
Don't be afraid of what you can't see
Just know that I always will be here
Sweet Virginia, I still lay beside you
And when you're dreaming that's really me
Yeah, the sun is settin' on a hard day's work
Sure feels good to get 'er all done
Washed off the sweat, the hay and the dirt
Now it's time to have some fun
I'll go meet Amy at the Dixie Dog
Get a number 3 and a Coke float
Make the drag, then later on
We'll head down to the cove
Back up the Pickup, right up to the lake
And throw a blanket on the tailgate
Listen to the bullfrog serenade
In the moonlight
In the truck bed dancin' slow
We'll sing along with the radio
Sippin' on grandma's home made wine
Livin' the good life
There's a cottonwood tree with a limb hangin' over
We'll do the cannonball off a rope swing
She can dry her clothes out by the fire
I swear, I won't peek
I'll be wishin' that the night could last forever
As I'm lookin' into her doe eyes
Ride back home with her head on my shoulder
Can't wait till next time
We back up the Pickup, right up to the lake
Throw a blanket on the tailgate
Listen to the bullfrog serenade
In the moonlight
In the truck bed dancin' slow
We'll sing along with the radio
Sippin' on grandma's home made wine
Oh, livin' the good life
Back up the Pickup, right up to the lake
Throw a blanket on the tailgate
Listen to the bullfrog serenade
In the moonlight
In the truck bed dancin' slow
We'll sing along with the radio
Sippin' on grandma's home made wine
Yeah, we're livin' the good life
Yeah, this is a good life
I'm on the 28th floor
Looking through the window
My boots are propped up on my desk
And they pay me good money
To contribute, I know
But I'm Medina daydreamin' again
A girl down in Texas
Eyes like bluebonnets
Freckles and hair almost black
Like the dam had just broken
On old Lake Medina
My Carissa held nothing back
The ten years have gone by
We've gone on with our lives
But, I can't get it out of my head
I should stop reminiscing
But I catch myself drifting
Medina daydreamin' again
I don't know what causes
My thoughts to get lost
In this magical wrinkle in time
That hill country river
And the way that I loved her
Keeps winding it's way through my mind
We spent that whole summer
Holding on to each other
Oh, nothing else mattered back then
But each morning would find us
In the shade of a Cyprus
Medina daydreamin' again
We'd ride the tubes down
To this place that we'd found
Pretend it was our own
Where the live oaks had hidden
A little limestone cabin
Had to be a hundred years old
We used to say
We'd buy it someday
That's where we'd raise all our kids
Then we'd pop the top on a Lone Star
And drift down the sand bar
Medina daydreamin' again
I don't know what causes
My thoughts to get lost
In this magical wrinkle in time
'Cause in that hill country river
Oh, the way that I loved her
Keeps winding it's way through my mind
Now, sometimes I wonder
What became of her
If she ever thinks about me
And I try to imagine
What might have happened
If I hadn't been so young and naive
If I could go back somehow
With what I know now
I can almost see what might've been
I should give her a call
But wait, what am I thinkin' y'all?
I'm Medina daydreamin' again
Yeah, I'm dreamin' again
Exit 65, room 232
Its nothing fancy, ain't much of a view
Its no white house with picket fences
But we close our eyes and pretend
At our home sweet holiday inn
Wish I could keep you but its out of my hands
It's the best that I can do I pray you'll understand
How much I love you, God I feel guilty
So I try to make amends
At our home sweet holiday inn
I just get a couple days to steal you away
And make up for all the time I missed
And I hope that we can fit it all in
At our home sweet holiday inn
You've grown so fast that I just can't believe
How much you're changing but you still look like me
Maybe some day this will all be different
Oh, but baby until then
We've got our home sweet holiday inn
I just get a couple days to steal you away
And make up for all the time I missed
And I hope that we can fit it all in
At our home sweet holiday inn
Your daddy loves you and I'll be dreaming of you
And counting days until I see you again
At our home sweet holiday inn
Every now and then I got out with a friend or two
And have a few rounds
I make it home by ten, but I remember when
I used to close that place down
The whiskey and the smoke and a couple tasteless jokes
Don't taste the way they did
I just do it every now and then to remind myself why
I just do it every now and then
And every now and then I surrender to a whim
My wheels wind up west of town
And I turn down that street that just turns out to be
A road I shouldn't go back down
All those memories they've turned to ghosts and weeds
I don't' wanna hurt like that again
I just do it every now and then to remind myself why
I just do it every now and then
Sometimes I forget why things in my past
Are things in my past
Sometimes to see clear why I left there for here
I gotta take a step back
Every now and then I spend a minute with the man
I was till I loved you
And I walk those empty miles, reminisce and reconcile
And I smile at the me you never knew
He's good for a good laugh, but anything beyond that
I don't wanna relive
I just do it every now and then to remind myself why
I just do it every now and then
Sometimes I forget why things in my past
Are things in my past
Sometimes to see clear why I left there for here
I gotta take a step back
Every now and then I go out with a friend or two
There ain't a four lane road within twenty some miles from here
This town ain't got Wal-mart and never ever will
There's a church and a fillin' station where you get your gas
Then there's Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer bait bar-b-que barber shop laundermat
Well I stop by Dixie's about a half a dozen times a day
I ain't there for the super duper deals or the famous fried steak
Dixie's daughter is hotter than a hound on a fresh coon track
Down at Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer bait bar-b-que barber shop laundermat
Yeah I got four of everything in there Bunch of stuff that I can't use
Hundred cans of skoal on my dashboard & I don't even chew
Yeah I'm there when they open and I'm there when they close
Standing at the check out line just checking out Becky Jo
Down at Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer bait and bar-b-que barber shop laundermat
She wears nothing to hide sun dress that'll make you melt
Makes a country boy think she got eyes for nobody else
Yeah truth is she got us lined up clear out the back
Of old Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop
Used car beer bait bar-b-que barber shop laundermat
"yeah" lead
Boss shouts out where you going I tell him I'll be right back
I just remembered I needed a dozen eggs and '87 cadlalac
Some question my persistence aw some might my sanity
But I ain't quitting til that gal is crazy over me
Down there at Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky Tonk feed store gun shop