4 year's old my birthday
Opened presents, ate some cake
I took my tonka straight outside to play
In dirt
Six years old, hard line drive
That ball just sailed on by
Cause I was busy writing that name of mine
In dirt
It was my first love
Good as gold
Heaven was a shovel and a two foot hole
Mama should have bought all my clothes in brown
Cause I'd turn 'em that color anyhow
Even between the car and the front steps of that church
Was dirt
Turned sixteen bought a Chevrolet
Four wheel drive, what a happy day
So even if it rained I could play
In dirt
Couple years later, wouldn't you know
Lost my heart at the rodeo
She fell off her horse and was covered head to toe
In dirt
It was my first love
Good as gold
Heaven was a shovel and a two foot hole
It's the reason I'm out here tilling this land
And that rodeo queen's got a ring on her hand
I don't know where I'd be if it weren't
For dirt
I ain't afraid of growing old
Cause when I die I know where I'll go
There'll be no need to cry for me
I won't need your sympathy
When they cover me up with six feet of earth
Everybody needs some sun sometime
a little sunday drive
to light up their world of grey.
So come on darling, hope up in my truck
lets take her for a run till we feel a little change
We'll find a coke machine
a roadside motel for gasoline
I'll check the oil while you laugh at me
actin' crazy cause i love to see you smile
What you do to me is still what you did at 17
when we made all those memories,
on a country road back in time,
on a good old fashion sunday drive.
Woahh, woahh, yeaa.
Surfin heat waves, we'll find that rusted sign
or highway 55, broken ashphalt maded in
Ghost town drivin, parked beneth the burnt out light
take a hammer and some ice
and I'll make you snow cones on my truck bed
We'll find a coke machine
a roadside motel for gasoline
I'll check the oil while you laugh at me
actin' crazy cause i love to see you smile
What you do to me is still what you did at 17
when we made all those memories,
on a country road back in time,
on a good old fashion sunday drive.
Yeaa, yeaa, yeaa.
We'll find a coke machine
a roadside motel for gasoline
I'll check the oil while you laugh at me
actin' crazy cause i love your pretty smile
What you do to me is still what you did at 17
when we made all those memories,
on a country road back in time,
on a good old fashion sunday drive.
Woahh, woahh, woahh.
There's brand new range rovers all over these streets, and the people who drive em, ain't no kin to me. I guess the gun racks and six packs, all left when I did. This ain't the same town that I painted red.
With a pair of black tire marks on old airport road, racing for the pink slip in my white GTO. Well it's only 10: 30 and they're all home in bed. Nah this ain't the same town that I painted red.
They'd probably look at me funny or lock me up good, if I drove down main street with a deer on my hood. No more 8 ball at bulldogs. Now it's Starbucks instead. No this ain't the same town that I painted red.
At the old golden palace on a Friday night tear, with amber lynn austin and her frosty blonde hair, now when I see her daddy, he don't want me dead. No this ain't the same town that I painted red.
Ah here we go boys
There's a picture of Grandpa and Grandma
outside of an old A&W;
Hes got his rimmed glasses on
and her hairs in a bun
you can tell that they thought they were cool
Sometimes i ask grandpa about it
what it was like growing up like they did
oh and i love the way it lights up his face
every time he goes back there again
To big cars, big dreams
when you could work on a farm and make a living
i think progress is fine
but every once and a while
i wish the 50's could come back in style
He said I've seen some changes you'll never see
from general stores to super Wal-Marts
from black and white to colour
smaller, cheaper, faster
and if i could, I'd still turn that clock back
cause life was so good
that all that we had were.
Big cars, big dreams
when you could work on a farm and make a living
i think progress is fine
but every once and a while
i wish the 50's could come back in style
So baby why don't we park
at the drive in tonight
fog the windows
and trace our names inside
and ill take ya home
like i used to do
and we'll talk on the porch till midnight about.
Big cars, big dreams
when you could work on a farm and make a living
i think progress is fine
but every once and a while
i wish the 50's could come back in style
Fishin poles leanin' on the tailgate
Bbq brickets a startin to glow
Cabin light reflectin off a quiet lake
Nothin more romantic than campfire smoke
Haven't seen you much this past week girl
You go your way and I go my mine
Pass u on the porch, we're from two different worlds
But this weekend we're gonna make it right
[chorus:]
We'll heat some rocks till they're red hot
I'll throw 'em in a water trough
Make a hot tub
The rocky mountain kind
Yeah it's time we took a rest
We've got a love to protect
So nothin' comes between you and I
Let's share a sleepin' bag tonight
We used hang out in that row boat
Sure glad we brought it out tonight
Lets hope that old girl, she still floats
So I can catch us a couple big fish to fry
Your as pretty as a picture in them gum boots
Sand in your hair, mud on your cheeks
I miss times like this, when I could hang out with you
When love was young and time was free
[chorus]
I was a little boy and I took it hard when grandpa had to leave
Grandma said listen up son iv someone id like for you to meet
And she pulled to he edge of the road by the river side
and cranked an atrack radio
A man come on sing everything gonna be alright
and in that august sun she smiled and tears welled in her eyes
She said sometimes its gonna rain even if you dont want it too
Whatcha gonna do
Ooo Ooo Oooo
Sitting on a riverbank
Ooo Ooo Ooo
Her arm around me
Ooo Ooo Ooo
We sang quietly.
Grandma, me and Bob Marley
So baby when that sun aint shining you can call on me
Ill take you miles along a winding road to places that you've been
Where you can find your strength again and in the morning you will rise,
you're gonna be alright
Ooo Ooo Ooo
Sitting on a riverbank
Ooo Ooo Ooo
Arms around you
Ooo Ooo Ooo
We'll sing quietly. You and me and Bob Marley
Ooo Ooo Ooo
Sitting on a riverbank
Ooo Ooo Ooo
Arms around you
Ooo Ooo Ooo
We'll sing quietly.
You and me and Bob Marley
I'm at the edge of a cliff,
And you've got me losing my balance.
Lost in the lights, as the band plays an old type of slow dance.
The calm in your eyes, the perfume on your neck.
I'm holding my ground, but I wanna give in.
Chorus:
It's a long way to fall, but your hard to resist,
Cause I'm drunk from the potion and taste on your lips.
And I'm ready to give love a chance.
I'm at the edge of a cliff, you've got me losing my balance.
Around and around,
Like two pawns on a chess board, you've captured my heart.
Still unaware, that girl I'd follow you to wherever you are.
You say you feel safe with your head on my chest,
I can't help myself from leaning over the ledge.
Chorus:
It's a long way to fall, but your hard to resist,
Cause I'm drunk from the potion and taste on your lips.
And I'm ready to give love a chance.
I'm at the edge of a cliff, you've got me losing my balance.
I thought that I could live life without you
And up to till then I've been strong.
But there's so many things girl, that I'd miss about you
If we didn't give this a shot.
Chorus:
It's a long way to fall, but your hard to resist,
Cause I'm drunk from the potion and taste on your lips.
And I'm ready to give love a chance.
I'm at the edge of a cliff, you've got me losing my balance.
Ohh,
I'm at the edge of a cliff,
My boots sure feel good on this hardwood
My beers never tasted this cold
The bands playing all of my favorite songs
And somehow I don't feel at home
Tonight she is sure lookin' pretty
Dressed up in her Friday night's best
And she's left no doubt that she's moving on
Time says I should but I haven't yet
I wish we could start it all over
And I was someone that she never knew
Then there wouldn't be any distance
She'd be just 'cross the room
But from her point of view
I might as well be up on the moon
I wish I could be just a stranger
Walk over and ask her for a dance
Then we could get lost in the music
And I'd give anything for that second chance
T o smell that perfume that I bought her
Rest my hand on the back of her dress
And be that man standing beside her
And not the one over here by himself
I wish we could start it all over
And I was someone that she never knew
Then there wouldn't be any distance
She'd be just 'cross the room
But from her point of view
I might as well be up on the moon
I wish we could start it all over
And I was someone that she never knew
And there wouldn't be any distance
She'd be just 'cross the room
But from her point of view
I might as well be up on the moon
Yeah from her point of view
Sittin' in the bed of my turck
Barefoot and cuddled up
Sippin' sweet tea in the settin sun
It's so hot outside
Her hairs untied and all undone.
Johnson Hill overlooks the fence
To the only drive-in left
From here to Lincholn county
A little statics alright with us
Yeah, it's Friday night how
We unwind and get all undone.
Tune our dial to 1650
A coleman lantern and hot dogs grillin
Ain't no one up here but a few bull frogs
Yeah our idea of getting crazy has a lot
To do with just getting lazy.
On a patch quilted blanket, we'll put
The brakes on the rush.
Yeah it's Friday at night time to unwind and
Get all undone.
Fog settin in, the air is so thick.
Nights like these it's good to be wet.
So we might go dippin' in Miller's pond,
Yes we might.
Turn the headlights off, leave the radio on
And get all undone.
Tune our dial to 1650
A coleman lantern and hot dogs grillin'
Ain't no one up here but a few bullfrogs.
Our idea of gettin crazy has a lot to do with just gettin' lazy.
On a patch quilted blanket we'll put the
Brakes on the rush.
Yeah it's Friday at night, time to unwind and get all undone.
Yeah it's Friday night,
It was a May full moon
We parked the car
And I sang you a song I wrote on my guitar
Oh I have kissed
Many times since then
But that first one is special
One you don't forget
If I had asked you then you probably took my ring
But time and distance have a way
Of changing things
And sometime I wonder
What it would happen like
If we had wandered
The same path in life
Tonight if your out there
Looking up at the same moon
Girl I hope
That your trail in life
Has been good to you
College days
Frat house nights
You were more then just a bunch of rowdy friend of mine
You made leaving home
Not as hard to bare
Yea we swore we’d stick together
Til we were in rocking chairs
We all kind of scattered
Getting our lives in gear
The phone called went from weeks to months
To I ain't hear in years
Sometime I wonder
What it would happen like
If we had wandered
The same paths in life
Would we still smoke cigars?
Yea when the wild cat beat OU
Oh friend I hope that your trail in life
Has been good to you
The day I was born
They said you cried
When you signed those papers
And kissed me good-bye
To young to know
How to raise me up
So you let me go and start this world in this house of love
I was 12 years old when daddy sat me down
And told me of a brave young girl
That I should know about
Sometimes I wonder
What it would happen like
If we had wondered
The same path in life
I think I would make you proud
Of the boy you never knew
God I hope
That your trail in life
Has been good to you
And some day I know
This old trail in life
It's a town just outside of nowhere
With a general store and one lamp pole
We got wheat fields, saw mills, and coal mines
Down home country folks
Raised on 4H and dance hall auctions
Spaghetti dinners and parkin' lot fights
How it might be a little backwoods
Around here, that's alright
People know you by your first name
What kind of truck you drive
How your team did back in high school
So you can't lie
Better watch out who you take home
'Cause around here, it's a fact of life
People know you by your first name
And what you did last night
C'mon down to our fund raiser dinner
It'll be a high school reunion, I swear
Another family fallin' on hard times
So there won't be an empty chair
Listen close, and you'll hear a local legend
Of Billy Crockett and that twelve point rack
And you thought you were alone
Skinny dippin' the springs last night
But word here travels fast
People know you by your first name
What kind of truck you drive
How your team did back in high school
So you can't lie
Better watch out who you take home
'Cause around here, it's a fact of life
People know you by your first name
And what you did last night
Here I go
People know you by your first name
What kind of truck you drive
How your team did back in high school
So you can't lie
Better watch out who you take home
'Cause around here, it's a fact of life
People know you by your first name
And what you did last night
People know you by your first name
I love the way twirl your hair
Those overalls and flip flops you wear
They way you'd smile
Waiting in your drive
Hot sunday afternoons
You didn't mind my rusty truck
Swinging by to pick you up
I missed your sweet face
It was six long days
Since I'd got to hang with you
Chorus
And we'd throw two fly rods in the gunrack
Sweet tea biscuits on your lap
Sing to brown eyed girl my guitar in the barn bridge shade
We're I'd number your freckles
And the times your fishing line tangled
And love on you in the meadow by round bales of hay
No, it ain't hard to remember those good ol' lazy days
And we'd stop by Ernies General store
Got two maple walnut icecream cones
Funny how they always seem
To get on your nose
Ride with me
I'd cuss the moon tryin to get you back
Grap all the gears while you just laughed
Cause it was twelve o'clock
Porch lights turned off
Yeah, and I was up the creek
Chorus
Ain't it funny how we never could sell that old pick up of mine
Baby grap the keys and get the jumper cables, cause it's about time
Chorus
No, it ain't hard to remember
Baby do you remember
I think it's time we remember
She grew up in San Diego
Her body was painted by the summer sun
She rented surfboards to make her dollars
So she could drift the towns along the ocean
Well I met her one night
When the black crows played the beach
She wanted to dance so she came to me
The yellow moon, the drums, and the white rain in her hair
I fell in love with her so deep
Gypsy girl, why do you run
Your pretty feet must be so tired
Why don't you stay a while in my arms
Gypsy girl, why you scared of love
You say love, it hurt you, yes it did
But it's love that can save you
If you could let it back in
She lives out of her red Volkswagon
Curtains on the windows where she sleeps at night
She says, boy you and me, we could be ramblers
If you could learn to hold me
But not too tight
And let me drive away from time to time
Gypsy girl, why do you run
Your pretty feet must be so tired
Why don't you stay a while in my arms
Gypsy girl, why you scared of love
You say love, it hurt you, yes it did
But it's love that could save you
If you could let it back in
Gypsy girl, why do you run
Your pretty feet must be so tired
Why don't you stay a while in my arms
Gypsy girl, why're you scared of love
You say love, it hurt you, yes it did
But it's love that could save you
If you could let it back in
I've heard scientists,
Get confused when you ask them to define it,
Cause it's a miracle,
It keeps the universe we see from ever dying,
And the stars from falling,
Though we can't see it
It must true
And it's the only thing I've found, to compare our love to
It's invisible
You can't touch it
No matter where you go on earth u can't outrun it
It only exists to pull you in
Till your where your meant to be
Girl our love is a lot like gravity
It's a phenominal
How I can hunger for ur touch and need ur company
And it's just beautiful,
How from across a crowded a room ur eyes will folow me till our bodies meet
And when I'm not with u I feel a tug inside my heart
That's just never satisfied til I'm where you are
It's invisible you can't touch it
No matter where you go on earth u can't outrun it
It only exissts to pull you in till ur where ur meant to be
Yea girl our loves a lot like gravity
Yeahhh
(Guitar solo)
It's invisible
U cnt touch it
No metter where u go on earth u can't outrun it
It only exist to pull u in till ur where u r meant to be
Yea girl our lvos a lot like gravity
My Buddy Jake said hey it's spring break so I picked him up in my truck
We rode into town and there we found a cantina and sorority bus
I started trading my lines with a tall blond hair kappa delta
She said boy what school are you from I said I'd be happy to tell ya
CHORUS:
I'm from the dirt road poison ivy league of campfires, guitars, and river swings
Got the good life down and if you hang around we can get a little dust on that car
Cause I'm a genuine, certified dirt road scholar
Graduated the top of the school of hard knocks
Pass the bar anytime I ain't thirsty
My country clubs exclusive to none but a fishing pole would come in handy
No you ain't really lived till you get chill bumps from a coyote cry
Or fine dine till you've cooked on a mountain
Lightning bugs for candle light, yeah...
CHORUS:
I'm from the dirt road poison ivy league of campfires, guitars, and river swings
Got the good life down and if you hang around we can get a little dust on that car
Cause I'm a genuine, certified dirt road scholar...
I'm from the dirt road poison ivy league of campfires, guitars, and river swings
Got the good life down and if you hang around we can get a little dust on that car
Cause I'm a genuine, Alumni certified, give you a country time, love to treat you right, wrapped in a blanket tight, sing
He rode into town one dust storm,
Sheepskin cloak across his back.
A preacher man with kind old eyes,
And a mystery for a past.
He said he'd come to teach about
The love of God,
But he soon learned what they were missing there
Was justice and the law.
There was a cattleman who claimed his clan
Owned all the land around.
And any brave fool who that might dispute,
He was quick to snuff 'em out.
He'd say, "Take my heed
And you won't pay the price.
'Cause honor and a name ain't worth a damn
If you don't have your life."
He'd say, "Ain't nobody faster than this cattle man's gun.
I'm a rattlesnake on the trigger.
Your last stand'll be lyin' in the sand,
Fallin' to the slam of my hammer."
So one man taught forgiveness,
While the other taught suffering.
The preacher said deliverance,
Could be found out on their knees.
He said, "I know that you want justice
And you want blood,
But believe me when I say to you,
Don't try and be that man's judge.
'Cause ain't nobody faster than that cattleman's gun,
He's a rattlesnake on the trigger,
Your last stand'll be lyin' in the sand,
Fallin' to the slam of his hammer."
One day a young farmer brought his sons to town for feed.
And he noticed that the streets were quiet, and he knew what that might mean.
The smoke rose in the distance,
His farm burned to the ground.
He let the fury overtake him,
When Cattle Man came back to town.
Those boys ran out from behind the crowd,
And watched their daddy die,
The big man laughed and said, "Now look at that.
Anybody else wanna give it a try?"
Well, the church doors opened with that black cloak flowin' behind the preacher's fiery eyes.
He said, "Your ticket to Hell is a comin' to you,
And I got a hollow-point to give you the ride."
And the only thing faster than the cattle man's gun,
Was the preacher's handy finger,
He pulled iron from his side and let that bullet fly,
Beat the rattlesnake to the hammer.
While the preacher embraced forgiveness,
Oh, they finally understood,
Under that sheepskin cloak of his,
She grew up watching hockey
With her daddy on Saturday nights
He taught her how to tie her skates
Her brothers taught her how to fight
She can wear high heels or flannel
She can look sexy in a touque
She likes snow storms and Gordon Lightfoot
And if you’re lucky she’ll love you
Canadian girls, Canadian girls
Irresistable, lovable trouble those sometimes girls
We can travel the world
From New York to Paris France
But we're always gonna come back
Canadian girls
Baby she likes to snow board
Spends her summers out on a boat
Thinks a perfect night out is a cabin
Smell of coffee on an old wood stove
She won’t admit she watched Degrassi
She cries sometimes quiet
True northern national treasure
She'd give her life for Red and White
Canadian girls, Canadian girls
Irresistable, lovable trouble those sometimes girls
We can travel the world
From New York to Paris France
But we're always gonna come back
Canadian girls
Us boys we like our fishing
Our hockey and Ron McLean
We like moose head beer and white tail deer
Stompin Tom and the USA
We like our foreign ladies
Their accents are really nice
But there aint nothing like our northern girls
To keep us warm at night
Canadian girls, Canadian girls
Irresistible, lovable trouble those sometimes girls
We can travel the world
From New York to Paris France
But were always gonna come back
Canadian girls
From the mountains to the ocean sands
Tuktoyaktuk to Newfoundland
Yeah you keep us coming back
The house was like a tomb
I was hiding in my room
As my brother made his way on down the hall
I didn't want to say goodbye
And I was trying to deny there was a war
And that he got the call
I watched him from my window
Walking down the drive
Then I ran down the stairway
Through the front door and I cried
You come back you hear?
And I let him see my tears
I said I'll give you my rookie of DiMaggio
I'll do anything you want,
Clean your room, or wash your car
I'll do anything so long as you don't go
But he said, this is what brothers are for
Well I have my heroes,
But the one I love the most
Taught me how to hunt and swing a bat
And I wrote him every night,
I said I miss our pillow fights,
But lately I just wonder where you're at
Sometimes freedom makes it hard to live
When it takes things from you that you don't want to give
I said you come back you hear?
I miss you being near
Laugh and fish down in the maple grove
I'll do anything you want
There must be someone I can call,
And just maybe they would let you come back home
But he wrote, this is what brothers are for
I may never have to face the anger of those guns,
Or lie cold and wounded in my blood,
Or know the sacrifice and what it must of cost
For him to love me that much
Well, it had been two years,
And I held back my tears
When I saw him in that wheel chair on the shore
And as I ran and held him tight,
That's when he looked me in the eye
And said I'm sorry that you have to push me home
There's a place in town where we all hang out
Where the country girls go and the boys get loud
Yeah when the whistle blows we make quite the crowd
When the sun sets low on Friday
From the pubs in Ireland to Tennessee
From the west coast down to myrtle beach
And every little town here in between
We know how to party on Friday
And the band plays on and the beer it flows
The boss man's yelling but we've all gone home
A come a Monday morning I will atone
But tonight ain't Monday it's Friday
Oh I have my job but I love my friends
So you know where I'll be when the work week ends
At the little country tavern just around the bend
When the sun sets low on Friday
And the band plays on and the beer it flows
The boss man's yelling but we've all gone home
A come a Monday morning I will atone
But tonight ain't Monday it's Friday
There's a place in town where we all hang out
Where the country girls go and the boys get loud
Yeah when the whistle blows we make quite the crowd
When the sun sets low on Friday
And the band plays on and the beer it flows
The boss man's yelling but we've all gone home
A come a Monday morning I will atone
But tonight ain't Monday it's Friday
But tonight ain't Monday it's Friday
We say Deo, Deo, Deo
Roll that barrel out
We say Deo, Deo
Twist the tap and pass it around
He owns a Graddel by banyan tree
And old Jamacia called the ocean breeze
His face is kind as it is creased
From tossin nets off an old boat bow.
But all Jamal is a mariners son
Will tell you where the ships would run
And if your down there askin to pour ya one
And you'll hear that sailor shout
Chorus
He'll say Deo, Deo, Deo
Roll that barrel out
He'll say Deo Deo
Twist the tap and pass it around
His mama told him when he was young
You work the fields till you grow up
While she tapped the barrels and the cantina
The soldier boys passing by
His big brown eyes and little feet
For years they were at the coco bean
But he'd have visions of pirates when he would fall asleep
And they sang him this lullaby,
Chorus
He'll say Deo, Deo, Deo
Roll that barrel out
He'll say Deo Deo
Twist the tap and pass it around
Hey hey!
Solo
We met Jamal when we arrived
He told a story round a fire last night,
You shoulda seen that beach come alive
When he sang his island song
Yeah and we all sang along
Chorus
We'll say Deo, Deo, Deo
Roll that barrel out
We'll say Deo Deo
Twist the tap and pass it around
Twist the tap and pass it around
Lately you've been in my dreams*
Walking up and down these halls
You crying eyes they look at me
They say why and then your gone
And then were standing in a field
Where I hold you in my arms
It the best day of are lives
I say I love you girl then your gone
All day long I convince myself that leaving you was right
When the sun goes down and the lights go out
My dreams tell me I lied
So baby here I stand
Hand in hand on your porch
You donIt have to hear me out
I just wanted you to know
All day long I convince myself that leaving you was right
When the sun goes down and the lights go out
My dreams tell me I lied
I lied
Ooooh
Ooooh
And I let you strike my face
See your tears roll like rain
And I watch you close that door
And slowly open it again
And you kiss me like you never have
Like I never made you cry
Let the sun go down and the lights go out
I will dream of you tonight
I need you baby
I love you baby
I was living in a world without color like an old photograph
Flying down the road,
never looked at what I might have passed
But when I met you girl I just had to slow down
You were beautiful but different
You turned this ol' boy around
You're a wildflower
You caught my eye at the side of the road
You're a wildflower
Girl that's what makes you so beautiful
I love how your pretty shy smile can light up a room
The way that you talk,
share your secrets,
how your body moves
You got a way about you that stands out in a crowd
What you think are imperfections are what I couldn't live without
You're a wildflower
You caught my eye at the side of the road
You're a wildflower
Girl thats what makes makes you so beautiful
I used to wonder if love was out there somewhere
With all the millions of people it was you I saw there
'Cause you're a wildflower
You caught my eye at the side of the road
You're a wildflower
Casperella Island, You were working at the boat house
Started just for fun but we wound up gettin kinda serious
Now summers come and leavin baby and taking you with it
The trunk of your car and bottle chimes clanking in the wind
So I'll spill my heart one last time on this old guitar
[Chorus:]
Angelina, I'm gonna miss your sun kissed face
Freckle smile, soft eyes and your daisy chains, how you made my world come undone
Angelina, maybe you'll be back again someday
If what you left behind was really love
Yeah oooo Angelina, Yeah
Take my memory with you, how I held you on the old pier
lanterns on the water your head on my chest bon fires in the salt air
its cold in Chicago baby and you just can't get warm enough
I've been fishing down on ocean road hoping you might show up
cause you'll know where to go when you get that ache in your soul
Yeah you will
[Chorus:]
Hoppers on a dirt road, pollen in the air
Farmers in the orchard, on ladders picking pears
Me and you driving grandmas Cadillac
Gonna have a picnic on a yellow blanket
In the meadow out back
Honey bees, a little lady bug
Squirrel behind a tree, hanging out with us
Gonna drink your sweet tea and a little cherry pie
On a little yellow blanket, just you and I
Baby, let me hold you underneath the tree
Where you can sing some medley, strum a couple of strings
You can have a dip from my newest cold can
Chase you through the holler down into the creek
Where we can take a bath
Honey bees, a little lady bug
Squirrel behind a tree, hanging out with us
Gonna drink your sweet tea and a little cherry pie
On a little yellow blanket, just you and I
Alright, now
So many things the two of us could do
With that little yellow blanket if we wanted to
Honey bees, a little lady bug
Squirrel behind a tree, hanging out with us
Gonna drink your sweet tea and a little cherry pie
On a little yellow blanket, just you and I
I'm from a little country town where the sky is blue,
Friday nights around here ain't a whole lot to do.
So I went and called up sweet Becky Lou,
said "How'd you like to go for a drive?"
I took her in my truck to the railroad tracks,
I lit a cozy fire, for a little romance,
Sang her song, and she reached for my hand,
When Daddy busted out the woods,
he said:
Chorus:
Stop it right there, hands in the air.
Think there's something you kids oughta know.
Scared your momma half to death, when your searchin the sticks,
Tryin' to find ya, and dang that was close.
Her daddy's older nephew might be twice removed,
But she's the daughter of a mother related to you.
If you don't wanna go swimming in the same gene pool,
Don't be touchin'
That's your cousin.
I turned around and looked at Becky,
and she looked at me.
Broke the law of attraction almost instantly.
Her pretty brown hair went to ugly and green.
And she gave me my coat back.
So we packed it in when the night was young.
She said "If you don't mind, I still like to have fun,
there's a show called Deliverance on re-run,
Down at the cinema.
Chorus:
Stop it right there, hands in the air.
Think there's something you kids oughta know.
Scared your momma half to death, when your searchin the sticks,
Tryin' to find ya, and dang that was close.
Her daddy's older nephew might be twice removed,
But she's the daughter of a mother related to you.
If you don't wanna go swimming in the same gene pool,
Don't be touchin'
That's your cousin,
Yeah.
Stop it right there, hands in the air.
Think there's something you kids oughta know.
Scared your momma half to death, when your searchin the sticks,
Tryin' to find ya, and dang that was close.
Her daddy's older nephew might be twice removed,
But she's the daughter of a mother related to you.
We need a little separation in our gene pool,
Don't be touchin'
That's your cousin.
I ran into Becky just the other day,
At the new online Internet cafe,
She was lookin' for a man from the Ukraine,
I built a raft out of a broken heart,
Gathered the pieces that love had torn apart,
So I'd never get carried away again like that.
Tired of falling in and so I built a raft.
But your love was a river I couldn't cross.
You swept me over your waterfall.
Now I'm at your mercy, there's no turning back,
'Cause your love was a river too strong for this old raft.
These planks and ropes have seen some storms.
The rudder's gone, the sail is torn.
So whereever you run, I'm bound to roam,
With this old heart of planks and ropes.
'Cause your love was a river I couldn't cross.
You swept me over your waterfall.
Now I'm at your mercy, there's no turning back,
'Cause your love was a river too strong for this old raft.
If 10, 000 miles is how far you go,
You'll never again have to be alone.
Through long, dark canyons to desert floors,
I'll be your friend 'til that golden shore.
'Cause your love was a river I couldn't cross.
You swept me over your waterfall.
Now I'm at your mercy and I ain't turning back,
'Cause your love was a river too strong for this old raft.
The road was cold the fog was heavy
Her headlights were just like a ghost
She said you look innocent but I ain't crazy
I'm just too tired to drive on alone
If you don't want me to shoot ya
You'll keep both hands on that wheel
She was sweet with just enough poison
I wasn't sure just what to feel
[Chorus:]
So I drove her into a sunrise
In the middle of nowhere USA
And she slept peaceful as a baby
Once she put that .45 away
When she woke up we talked bout livin
Where she was goin, where I had been
I lit a smoke she talked bout Jesus
How he had power to raise the dead
We watched falling stars from her truckbed
[Chorus]
[Solo]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Chorus 2:]
And we parked neath the burnin sunrise
And I held her against my chest
She said I never would have shot ya
I got the top off of my car,
Driving into the setting sun.
I got love in my heart,
Now I'm going to give it to someone.
Oh I haven't met you yet,
But I know where you will be.
Traveling this same road
With a backpack soul,
Out there, somewhere, just like me
Someday we will meet
And we'll park neath the apple trees
In an orchard, by a barn
Listen to some late night radio
Watch the satellites and stars
And I will hold you in my arms,
Till we both fall asleep.
Underneath the apple trees.
Will I meet you on a bus,
Or a narrow street cafe,
Find you in a Sunday market,
Or a lonely park bench in the shade.
Do you like you coffee strong,
Do you sleep in when it rains.
All those little things about you girl,
I can't wait to learn someday.
You know I'm on my way,
And we'll park neath the apple trees,
In an orchard, by a barn.
Listen to some late night radio,
Watch the satellites and stars.
And I will hold you in my arms,
Till we both fall asleep.
Underneath the apple trees, yeah.
When I was just a boy
I'd run barefoot beneath those leaves
Throwing rotten apples,
Building forts,
Rake the leaves.
I guess I never grew up
Cause I still believe in love
And that that day will come
And we'll park neath the apple trees,
In an orchard, by a barn.
Listen to some late night radio,
Watch the satelites and stars.
And I will hold you in my arms,
Till we both fall asleep.
Underneath the apple trees,
Follow my dress wind it's way down your street
You're looking sweet in that big back seat
Lend me a wish, show me something I've missed
While you were sleeping, I caught you dreaming
Singer, sing that song
Driver, drive along
Do you know what you did or was it just coincidence
Now you're waving goodbye and I can't make sense
Lend me a wish show me something I've missed
While you were sleeping, I caught you dreaming
Singer, sing that song
The night time is sweeter than a dream, since I lay my burden down
And there's no place that I would rather be, since I lay my burden down
Ginger Snaps
When the cowboy sings
When the Saturn rings
When the ginger snaps
When the thunder claps
You can cut my hair
You can fill my cup
You can tell me lies
You can make it up
We're gonna make it after all
CHORUS:
I don't need to know who's right or wrong
Its not a crime to change your mind
When the kitchen sinks
When the sugar winks
When the doctor calls
When Niagara falls
I'm a wayward Tom
I'm a silver streak
And the walls have ears, but the walls don't speak
We're gonna make it after all
CHORUS
Don't need to know
Glasses dirty, the drinks are dead. Happy birthday, have this you said
We're color coded, we're coded red. Those are words you used to say
Ahhhhh....Bring it home to me, bring it home
Trees are heavy, and I am gray. Those are dragons we used to slay
Those are games we used to play, and those are words you used to say
Ahhhh.....Ahhhh.....Ahhhhh.....Bring it home to me, bring it home
I remember the slipper Room. I can see you walking on the moon
I remember, I do recall all the games we used to play
Those are things I won't forget. Those are kicks we used to play
Those are games we used to play, and those are words you used to say.
SAYONARA
Sayonara means goodbye
Sayonara and I try, try to be the ones who leaves
Try to be the one who cares
Sayonara means goodbye
Sayonara one more cry
Though today I have to live
I still want you to believe
That since I met you, girl
I've been changing all the ways I live
And there's so much that I want to give
Will you please forgive
'Cause when I look at you
And I feel your lips so close to mine
Wonder whether we could find the time to be together again
Sayonara means goodbye
Let's give our love another try
Don't let your feelings pass you by
You know that it could break your heart
Sayonara, au revoir
But tomorrow I'll be fine
What I need is just a sign
Just a sign and you'll be mine
For since I met you, girl
I've been changing all the ways I live
And there's so much that I want to give
Could you please forgive
'Cause when I look at you
And I feel your lips so close to mine
Boulevard
I don’t know why, You said goodbye
Just let me know you didn’t go forever my love
Please tell me why, You make me cry
I beg you please I'm on my knees if that's what you want
me to
Chorus:
Never knew that it would go so far
When you left me on that boulevard
Come again you would release my pain
And we could be lovers again
Just one more chance, Another dance
And let me feel it isn’t real that I’ve been losing you
This sun will rise, Within your eyes
Come back to me and we will be happy together
Chorus
Maybe today, I’ll make you stay
A little while just for a smile and love together
For I will show, A place I know
In Tokyo where we could be happy forever
Chorus
SAYONARA
Sayonara means goodbye
Sayonara and I try, try to be the ones who leaves
Try to be the one who cares
Sayonara means goodbye
Sayonara one more cry
Though today I have to live
I still want you to believe
That since I met you, girl
I've been changing all the ways I live
And there's so much that I want to give
Will you please forgive
'Cause when I look at you
And I feel your lips so close to mine
Wonder whether we could find the time to be together again
Sayonara means goodbye
Let's give our love another try
Don't let your feelings pass you by
You know that it could break your heart
Sayonara, au revoir
But tomorrow I'll be fine
What I need is just a sign
Just a sign and you'll be mine
For since I met you, girl
I've been changing all the ways I live
And there's so much that I want to give
Could you please forgive
'Cause when I look at you
And I feel your lips so close to mine
Hey, back when I was going to school
I never learned a thing
All I did was daydream
A-waitin' for the bell to ring
I had a certain teacher
I always tried to impress her
When she stood up in the classroom
I would mentally undress her
Then one day I decided
That I would write a little letter
She said the spelling was a masterpiece
The punctuation could be better
I understood what she was saying
I got the gist of her sentiment
She said, "I don't mean to be degrading
But here's the way that it shoulda went"
I love you period
And do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
And do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
Come on, come on, come on
Right on up to high school
People said I was a writing fool
All my letters became really great
With punctuation that was never late
But I was having trouble meeting girls
I never knew the things to say
Soon I had 'em all overwhelmed
When they heard me talk this way
Like this
I love you period
And do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses
I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses, come on
I love you period
And do you love me question mark
Well, please, please exclamation point
Yeah, I want to hold you in parentheses
Oh, oh, oh
Well I did not go to church last Sunday
'Cos my sins I need not confess
With your daddy standing at the pulpit
I just figured staying home was best
Your physique is swelling and your waistline's telling
Everybody knows that it's mine
I guess the word's got around this old one store town
And your preacher daddy, he ain't blind
Chorus) Well you got knocked up
And I got locked up
I guess you'd say that we both got screwed
Well you got locked out
And I got knocked out
And I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school
Well you looked a damn sight older
That night upon the hill
And if I'd knowed what I know well I would've let you go
But you said that you was on the pill
Well your uncle, he's the town sherriff
Your granddaddy he's the county judge
And I can't see a way that I'll see the light of day
With your whole family holding a grudge
Chorus) Well you got knocked up
And I got locked up
I guess you'd say that we both got screwed
Well you got locked out
And I got knocked out
And I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school
Well your family's got the shotgun ready
I can hear those church bells chime
Well I may not be ready for a wedding darling
But I know that I'm not ready to die!
Chorus) Well you got knocked up
And I got locked up
I guess you'd say that we both got screwed
Well you got locked out
And I got knocked out
And I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school
And I guess you're gonna miss a lot of school
