Zac Brown Band is an American country, Southern rock, bluegrass, reggae and folk band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, vocals), Coy Bowles (guitar, keyboards), Chris Fryar (drums), Clay Cook (guitar, keyboards, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals), and Daniel de los Reyes (percussion). The band has toured throughout the United States, including a slot on the 2009 and 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival. They have also recorded four studio albums, and charted eight Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Chicken Fried", "Toes", "Highway 20 Ride", "Free", "As She's Walking Away", "Colder Weather", "Knee Deep" and "Keep Me In Mind", in addition to the single "Whatever It Is," which peaked at number 2 on the same chart.
Zac Brown was born July 31, 1978 in Cumming, Georgia. He was raised by his mom and step-dad, a dentist on Lake Lanier. The 11th of 12 children, Brown attended Mashburn Elementary School in Cumming, Georgia, Lakeview Academy in Gainesville, Georgia, and South Forsyth High School in Cumming. He later moved to Dahlonega, Georgia, where he graduated from Lumpkin County High School. He learned to play classical guitar at the age of 6. As a teenager, he played solo gigs in local venues, performing country and pop cover songs. “Most of my brothers and sisters are older—the oldest is 21 years older than me—so a lot of them were in college or had families of their own by the time I was growing up," said Zac Brown in a interview, but that left him time to bond with his family. Because of this, he was able to learn many things as a child growing up, such as shotgun shooting and playing instruments.
I need good southern loving
Cut and dry
And if you were a sweet girl
You'd damn sure be kind
Damn sure be kind
You got to brown the turtle
Got to brown the turtle
Don't need no beef with police
Know what I mean
And I'm not from Mexico
But I eat me some beans
And mushrooms, ooh ooh, in the other room
Don't talk trash to the alligator
That wears tax man shoes
You got to brown the turtle
Got to brown the turtle
Got to brown the turtle
Got to brown the turtle
I need good southern loving
Cut and dry
And if you were a weed sweetener
You'd damn sure be kind
Damn sure be kind
Damn sure be kind
Damn sure be kind
I passed out last night and I never made it home.
Wound up on a bus to San Antone.
My head hurts bad and I ain't wearing shoes.
Going to find my wallet and my way home to you.
We're gonna make this day.
A little better than the last.
It's amazing how slow days like this can go.
Find a way to wash away.
Any regret you have don't let this moment pass.
Live inside this day.
I got cuffs on my hands.
Chains on my feet.
Got locked up for the second time this week.
And I know I make you cry but girl my love is true.
Going to find my wallet and my way back home to you.
We're gonna make this day.
A little better than the last.
It's amazing how slow days like this can go.
Find a way to wash away.
Any regret you have don't let this moment pass.
Live inside this day.
Now I'm back on the street.
Thumb in the air.
Don't know how the hell that I got here.
But I'm gonna hitch that ride.
If it's the last thing I do.
Gonna find that wallet and bring it home to you.
We're gonna make this day.
A little better than the last.
Know don't you let this life come whoop your...
Find a way to wash away.
He was born in the woods
Torn from his home.
Well, he was naked,
And destined
To be out on his own.
And he waited in darkness,
Hoping someone might see,
From something so rough,
What a treasure he'd be.
Stronger than steel and wood.
Seen me through the bad and good.
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
Between Martin and me.
Well he's hollow in the middle
From the shape that he's in.
He's either filled up with music
Or locked in his shell again.
And it takes some fine tuning
To make him come around,
But he's a huge piece of me
And I'll never put him down.
Stronger than steel and wood.
Seen me through the bad and good.
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
Between Martin and me.
He is a good friend,
And he has his own voice.
And you get what you give;
Sometimes it's just noise.
But if you treat him well
He will last your life long.
And if you're honest and open
Well, he will write you a song.
(Write you a song, write you a song)
Stronger than steel and wood.
Seen me through the bad and good.
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today
Well, the plane touched down just about three o'clock
And the city's still on my mind
Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head
I was still in the baggage line
Concrete and cars are their own prison bars
Like this life I'm living in
But the plane brought me farther, I'm surrounded by water
And I'm not going back again
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today
Adios and vaya con Dios
Yeah, I'm leaving GA
And if it weren't for tequila and pretty senoritas
I'd have no reason to stay
Adios and vaya con Dios
Yeah, I'm leaving GA
Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one
And grab my guitar and play
Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night
As the summer drew to an end
They can't believe that I just couldn't leave
And I bid adieu to my friends
'Cause my bartender, she's from the islands
Her body's been kissed by the sun
And coconut replaces the smell of the bar
And I don't know if it's her or the rum
I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today, life is good today
Adios and vaya con Dios
A long way from GA
Yes, and all the muchachas, they call me big poppa
When I throw pesos their way
Adios and vaya con Dios
A long way from GA
Someone do me a favor and pour me some Jaeger
And I'll grab my guitar and play
Adios and vaya con Dios
Going home now to stay
The senoritas don't care-o when there's no dinero
Yeah, I got no money to stay
Adios and vaya con Dios
Going home now to stay
I'm just gonna drive up by the lake
And put my ass in a lawn chair, toes in the clay
Not a worry in the world, a PBR on the way
30 thousand feet above
The city where I fell in love with you
And the fading concrete skyline
Brings an urban lullaby
That still rings true
When I passed you on the street that day
Should've let that red scarf fly away
Like any chance I had of keeṗin you
Like the Northern Wind a blowin
Yeah my lonely heart was frozen
Never knew I'd find a way to break yours too
Where the wind blows babe
You can bet
I'll be ridin high with it
Holding on for my dear life
Just like I always did
Close your eyes babe
Take a breath, say my name
And I'll be there
My love will find you anywhere
Anywhere my love
The city lights look like a country sky
Like starin at the stars turned upside down
I wish I may, I wish I might
Find it in your heart to stick around
I hate it had to end this way
Tomorrow is a brand new day
And the chances of seeing love
Are precious few
If someone's out there waiting
For a sweet good timin lady
To make you smile the way I always wanted to
Where the wind blows babe
You can bet
I'll be riding high with it
Holding on for my dear life
Just like I always did
Close your eyes babe
Take a breath, say my name
And I'll be there
My love will find you anywhere
Anywhere my love
So I'll fly all night
Our memory's my lullaby that love won't lie
If it's love done right
You'll be waiting on the other side
Arms open wide, if love don't lie
Lie, we can fly
Where the wind blows babe
You can bet
I'll be riding high with it
Holding on for my dear life
Just like I always did
Close your eyes babe
Take a breath, say my name
And I'll be there
My love will find you anywhere
Anywhere my love will find you anywhere
Anywhere my love will find you anywhere
I went down to Houston
And I stopped in San 'Antone
I passed up the station for the bus
I was trying to find me something
But I wasn't sure just what
Man I ended up with pockets full of dust
And I went down to Cleveland, that's where I went insane
I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
And I would spend that money like the way it likes to rain
Man I ended up with pockets full of cane
Oh my sweet Carolina
What compels me to go?
Oh my sweet disposition
May you one day carry me home
Never been to Vegas, but I gambled up my life
Though the newsprint boats are raced in sewer mains
And I was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
Funny how they say that "some things never change"
Oh my sweet Carolina
What compels me to go?
Oh my sweet disposition
May you one day carry me home
And out here in the city seems like things are closing in
The sunset's just my light bulb burning out
I miss Kentucky and I miss my family
All the sweetest winds they blow across the South
Oh my sweet Carolina
What compels me to go?
Oh my sweet disposition
May you one day carry me home
I’m on this train and I can’t slow down and,
Breaks are gone and I’m running out,
Of reasons to even try to stop me now,
And it seems to me that no matter where I turn I fall off
these tracks,
And I get burned,
But someday I’m gonna finally make it home.
CHORUS:
But these wheels keep taking me the long way,
And I just don’t know when they’ll finally stop,
But I know if they keep taking me the long way,
The wrong way,
I’m falling off, ain’t ever getting up.
It’s different through another’s eyes,
See the pain, she feels inside,
But her pretty smile, it’s gonna fool you every time,
Got my foot on the gas full steam ahead,
And I can’t forget what my daddy said, he said
"Happiness is found inside your heart."
CHORUS (X2)
Got my foot on the gas full steam ahead,
And I can’t forget what my daddy said,
Happiness is found inside your heart,
I don't know how much more of this
That I can take
I want you
And I ain't gonna have you any other way
Ain't no time for talking
Show me what you got
We're gonna get this bed rocking
And it ain't gonna stop
Roll your body like you do
Don't be afraid to move it
You got everything I like so
Why don't you get right to it
Come on let yourself go crazy
Come on girl amaze me
I'm your judge and jury
So you got to do the time
Overnight
Overnight
Overnight
(You getting locked up)
Overnight
(Like it or not)
First I'm gonna search your body over
I gotta make sure
You ain't hidin nothin nowhere
Ain't no time for talking
Show me what you got
We're gonna get this bed rocking
And it ain't gonna stop
Ain't no time for talking
Show me what you got
We're gonna get this bed rocking
And it ain't gonna stop
Roll your body like you do
Don't be afraid to move it
You got everything I like so
Why don't you get right to it
Come on let yourself go crazy
Come on girl amaze me
I'm your judge and jury
So you have to do the time
Overnight
(You getting locked up)
Overnight
(Like it or not, girl)
Overnight
(You getting locked up)
Overnight
Tell me how you want it
Tell me how you want it
Oh wait, you better show
You better shoe me
Ain't no time for talking
Show me what you got
We're gonna get this bed rocking
And it ain't gonna stop
Overnight
(You getting locked up)
Overnight
(Like it or not, girl)
Overnight
Overnight
Overnight
Overnight
Overnight
Overnight
Overnight
I'm gonna
A man's blood runs hot
As high as the temple will go
Though we can deny our nature, baby
It makes us less in control
There's a beautiful lady who breaks in the sand
With secrets that she only knows
Oh she gives and she takes with each wave that she makes
And it's to her that I must go
Cause she settle me down
Settle me down
Oh won't you settle me down
The coolest fever in my blood
Oh won't you settle me down
C'mon
Oh it's not my style
To be afraid
Of what evil men gon' do
And I won't live in fear
I know why I'm here
Yeah, I'm sheltered and watched after too
'Cause these people put on the fine business suits
And they step on your face 'til they're going
Oh, the money, the cursin', when it's time for the hearse
Only bankers and lawyers are showin'
Come and settle me down
Settle me down
Oh won't you settle me down
The coolest fever in my blood
Oh won't you settle me down
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Hey boys,
Listen right here.
This ain't ever gonna get on country radio
I'm tellin' ya'
You gotta change your style
C'mon
Settle me down
Settle me down
Oh won't you settle me down
The coolest fever in my blood
Oh won't you settle me down
Settle me down
Settle me down
Oh won't you settle me down
The coolest fever in my blood
Settle me down
Settle me down
Oh won't you settle me down
The coolest fever in my blood
He was born in the woods,
Torn from his home.
Well, he was naked,
And destined
To be out on his own.
And he waited in darkness,
Hoping someone might see,
From something so rough,
What a treasure he'd be.
Stronger than steel and wood.
Seen me through the bad and good.
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
Between Martin and me.
Well he's hollow in the middle
From the shape that he's in.
He's either filled up with music
Or locked in his shell again.
And it takes some fine tuning
To make him come around,
But he's a huge piece of me
And I'll never put him down.
Stronger than steel and wood.
Seen me through the bad and good.
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
Between Martin and me.
He is a good friend,
And he has his own voice.
And you get what you give;
Sometimes it's just noise.
But if you treat him well
He will last your life long.
And if you're honest and open
Well, he will write you a song.
(Write you a song, write you a song)
Stronger than steel and wood.
Seen me through the bad and good.
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
And when I'm hanging by a string,
Every little thing
Is understood
Had lips like candy
Hair flowing like water
Skin like velvet made
The whole damn world slow down
She was a preacher's daughter
Never did what daddy taught her
And the rebel in her soul
Brought her to me
The river was cold
And the river was wide
She flowed from the mountain
Straight across the great divide
And her heart ran cold
But her love runs deep
She's fire on the mountain
Wrecking everyone she meets
She's like rain when she rolls in
But that sunshine in her thunder
Makes the loneliest heart wonder
If the ride is worth the pain
Might not be stone clouds inside
Oh but don't you worry friend
She's coming around the bend
She's holding lightning in both hands
Lord please know
It's that time for me to go
The river has me heart
She's the keeper of my soul
On one side of the water
Sweet everlasting grace
The other side could end your life
Or steal your breath away
Makes the loneliest heart wonder
If the ride is worth the pain
Might not be stone clouds inside
Oh but don't you worry friend
She's coming around the bend
She's holding lightning in both hands
She's a natural disaster
She'll tear the land in two
She's running to be running
Cause it's all she knows to do
She's a tumbleweed rolling
A river running wild
A hurricane blowing
She's the calm after the storm
Under an Appalachian sunset sky
Makes the loneliest heart wonder
If the ride is worth the pain
Might not be stone clouds inside
Oh but don't you worry friend
She's coming around the bend
She's holding lightning in both hands
She's like rain
She's rolls in
But there's sunshine in her thunder
She's coming around the band
You know my old car needs washing
And the front yard needs a trim
And the telephone keeps ringing
And the bossman knows I know it's him
And the bills ain't gonna pay themselves
Don't matter anyway
'Cause I ain't in no hurry today
Nothing wrong when I know
Cane fishing pole and smell of early spring
Sit down in a fold up easy chair
On a quiet, shady river bank
Let the world go on without me
Wouldn't have it any other way
'Cause I ain't in no hurry today
Ain't in no hurry, I'd be a fool now to worry
About all those things I can't change
And the time that I borrow can wait till tomorrow
'Cause I ain't in no hurry today
When I must return to the cold, cold ground
Have 'em take their time when they lay their sinner down
Heaven knows that I ain't perfect, ways of little Caine
And I plan to raise a whole lot more before I hear those angels sing
Gonna get by with the Lord
But there'll be hell to pay
But I ain't in no hurry
Ain't in no hurry, I'd be a fool now to worry
About all those things I can't change
And the time that I borrow can wait till tomorrow
Cried all night when you told me that I'd lost you
I died inside as I watched you walk away
And all this time I didn't doubt your reasons
But I can't heal what you can't replace
Now I sleep like a baby,
and all my dreams come true
'Cause the rest of my life has nothing to do with you
Pulled up my favorite chair at my favorite tavern
Turned to see you standing there with envy in your eyes
and I saved your life from 13 years of anger
But I broke every bone on the way home swinging at the sky
Now I sleep like a baby,
and all my dreams come true
'Cause the rest of my life has nothing to do with you
Stumbled in to find you cryin' in the kitchen
I argued with a broken heart and fabricated pride
and the battle raged for hours,
But I didn't have the power to make you understand so you turned and said goodbye
Now I sleep like a baby,
and all my dreams come true
'Cause the rest of my life has nothing to do with you
Now I sleep like a baby
and all my dreams come true
Early morning in a motel room,
Sunshine trying to creep on through.
Lost sleep but I found a tune,
Stuck inside my head.
Cigarettes, a tank of gas,
Headed off to nowhere fast,
Gotta find a way to make this feeling last.
'Cause I believe that I,
Was born with a song inside of me.
Never question why,
I just kept on chasing that melody.
And as time goes by,
Oh it's funny how time can make you realize,
We're running out of it.
On the day that I die,
I wanna say that I,
Was a man who really lived and never compromised.
And when I've lived out my days,
Until the very end,
I hope they find me in my home
A guitar in my hands.
I hope they find me in my home
With my guitar in my hands.
A part of dawn to be ashamed of,
Good people are supposed to be up.
I found peace with this path I took,
As I lay down my head.
Crossroads you gotta choose,
Which way do we win or lose.
And every bone in my soul says I sing on through.
And I believe that I,
Was born with a song inside of me.
Never question why,
I just keep on singing these melodies.
And as time goes by,
Oh it's funny how time can make you realize,
We're running out of it.
On the day that I die,
I wanna say that I,
Was a man who really lived and never compromised.
And when I've lived out my days,
Until the very end,
I hope they find me in my home
Guitar in my hands.
I hope they find me in my home
With my guitar in my hands.
We all go
We all go
It's all over for you know
I believe that I,
Was born with a song inside of me.
Never question why,
I just keep on singing these melodies.
And as time goes by,
It's funny how time can make you realize,
We're running out of it.
On the day that I die,
I wanna say that I,
Was a man who really loved and never compromised.
And when I live out my days,
Until the very end,
You can find me in my home
Guitar in my hands.
You can find me in my home
I been burning Bright
For so long I can't remember
Pretty girls and late night bars seem to be my line of work
Believe me when I say, I can't stay this high forever
This man's had all he can stand, time to lay this body down
Sweet Annie
Can I stay with you a while
Cause this roads been putting miles on my heart,
Sweetheart I've been livin in a fantasy
But one day Lightning will strike
And my bark will lose it's bite
Don't' give up on me
Sweet Annie.
Sweet Annie
I know I promised you a life
But an empty bed and the words I said don't carry any weight
If I could take back yesterday, Find a way to start it over
Turn around, put that bottle down and pray it's not too late
Sweet Annie
Can I stay with you a while
Cause this roads been putting miles on my heart,
Sweetheart I've been livin in a fantasy
But one day Lightning will strike
And my bark will lose it's bite
Don't' give up on me
What will be will be
Sweet Annie.
Turn out the light
These hands alone to hold you
Fall all over you
All over again
Come a little closer so I can show you
My heart still beats fast for you
All over, and over again
Sweet Annie
Can I stay with you a while
Cause this roads been putting miles on my heart,
Sweetheart I've been livin in a fantasy
But one day Lightning will strike
And my bark will lose it's bite
Don't' give up on me
Fell to my knees with a knife in my back,
Never thought you'd be the kind to do something like that,
But you did
Cold hearted
You talked so sweet, and your smell it made me weak,
And I fell so fast that I never thought to ask
If you were
Cold hearted
An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
I want someone to hurt you, make you die the way I do
I don't think that I could be so
Cold hearted
Pretty little words covered your dark and crooked heart
With a forked tongue I fell in love,
Then I fell apart
You are so
Cold hearted
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
I want someone to hurt you, make you die the way I do
I don't think that I could be so
Cold hearted
An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Want someone to hurt you, make you die the way I do
I don't think that I could be so
She'd trade Colorado if he'd take her with him
Closes the door before the winter lets the cold in,
And wonders if her love is strong enough to make him stay,
She's answered by the tail lights
Shining through the window pane
[Chorus:]
He said I wanna see you again
But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Can I call you then
She said you're ramblin' man
You ain't ever gonna change
You gotta gypsy soul to blame
And you were born for leavin'
At a truck stop diner just outside of Lincoln,
The night is black as the coffee he was drinkin',
And in the waitress' eyes he sees the same 'ol light shinin',
He thinks of Colorado
And the girl he left behind him
[Chorus:]
He said I wanna see you again
But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Can I call you then
She said you're ramblin' man
You ain't ever gonna change
Got a gypsy soul to blame
And you were born for leavin'(born for leavin')
Well it's a winding road
When your in the lost and found
You're a lover I'm a runner
We go 'round 'n 'round
And I love you but I leave you
I don't want you but I need you
You know it's you who calls me back here
Oh I wanna see you again
But I'm stuck in colder weather
Maybe tomorrow will be better
Can I call you then
Cause I'm a ramblin' man
I ain't ever gonna change
I gotta gypsy soul
And I was born for leavin' (born for leavin')
And when I close my eyes I see you
No matter where I am
I can smell your perfume through these whispering pines
I'm with your ghost again
It's a shame about the weather
I know soon we'll be together
And I can't wait till then
The day started out like any other
He woke up and his feet rolled off like lead
It's a blessing and a curse to remember
All the things that she once said
I love you
The sun came up slow today
He's got to learn to live that way
It's cold in his bed, it's cold in his bed.
He'll find some strength to linger on
Past the footsteps of the dawn
She's running through his head, she's running through
his head.
And it matters, and it matters to him.
And it matters, she's underneath his skin.
She lives up underneath his skin.
He's gotta find a better day
Five years now and still he knew
The way she smiled when she said the news
That their two would now be three
A brand new baby
Made his vows to last a life long
Brought it to him wrapped it up
Yeah he wrapped it in a song
He wrapped his whole life in that song
And it matters, and it matters to him.
And it matters, she's underneath his skin.
She lives up underneath his skin.
He's gotta find a better day
He stays away from windy heights
He's afraid that he might fly
On his knees he asks God why
On those slow nights he can still hear the flat line
He can still hear the flat line
And it matters, and it matters to him.
And it matters, she's underneath his skin.
She lives up underneath his skin.
Big fat bitch.
She's a big ole' big ole' fat bitch
She goes to Ryan's, and they say Shit!
This one's gonna cost us
She's a big ole' bitch
Mmm she's a big ole bitch
She sweats grits, she can hide a pound of dope under one of her tits
Big fat bitch
She's a big ole' bitch
Who stole christmas? The Grinch
Who stole the Twinkies? Big fat bitch
She's a big ole' bitch
Yeah she had this cajun friend who had a pet alligator
She ate the sonofabitch like a green now and later.
Or a fried green tomater.
You had to have a turbo foaming car wash brush to masturbate her
She's a bit ole bitch X2
Yeah she was 8 years old she had a pogo stick and it would say
"Hey Wonda!" and they'd go "song tong fong song tong"
And now her pogo stick says "HOLY FUCKING SHIT!"
And they go "BOUNG!...... BOUNG!"
She's a big ole' bitch X2
Yeah she gurgles and drools and spits, and she makes all kinds of noise
Chases the ice cream man down Cunningham in her corduroys
And she goes "(guitar strumming)
She's a big ole' bitch
She's a big oleeee'
I could tell that it was over
When her lips met mine
It was an emptiness in her voice
Hesitation when she smiled
She didn't have to say a word
It was just so plain to see
She had found what she'd been looking for
And I knew it wasn't me
I saw goodbye in her eyes
I don't think I can change it
There's no way to disguise
We will never make it
Sometimes I feel like a clown
Who can't wash off his make-upL
The life she wanted it was gone
Prince Charming I wasn't
But I would trade a thousand Babylons
To be in her arms tomorrow
But like tide her love has come and gone
And it's time for me to go
I saw goodbye in her eyes
I don't think I can change it
There's no way to disguise
We will never make it
Now she sees right through me
Should I hold on to what we've got
Is is just a waste of time
One thing that I know for sure
I saw goodbye in her eyes
I saw goodbye in her eyes
I know you got somebody new now
All my candles have burned out
He's gonna love the way you shine
So did I
So don't smile at me if it ain't what you need
With that goodbye in your eyes
I know that I can't change it
(Know you see right through me)
There's no way to disguise
We will never make it
I saw goodbye in your eyes
I know that I can't change it
(Now you see right through me, goodbye! )
Should I hold on
We will never make it
(Now you see right through me, goodbye! )
Should I hold on
Is it just a waste of time
One thing that I know for sure
I saw goodbye in your eyes
I saw goodbye in your eyes
I think I lost it
Let me know if you come across it
Let me know if I let it fall
along a back road somewhere
Money can't replace it No memory can erase it
And I know I'm never gonna find another one to compare
Well, give me some love to fill me up
Give me some time, give me some stuff
and give me a sign, and give me some kind of reason
Are you heavy enough to make me stay
I feel like I might blow away
If I thought I was in heaven well I was only dreaming
I think I lost it
Let me know if you come across it
Let me know if I let it fall
along a back road somewhere
Money can't replace it, no memory can replace it
and I know I'm never gonna find another one to compare
Well I just wanna live the life I please
I don't want no enemies
and I dont want nothing, if I have to fake it
I never take nothing that don't belong to me
Everything is paid for enough its free
and if I give you my heart,
will you promise not to break it
I think I lost it
Let me know if you come across it
Let me know if I let it fall
along a back road somewhere
Money can't replace it, no memory can erase it
And I know I'm never gonna find another one to compare
Money can't replace it, No memory can erase it
There's a place, where the boat leaves
from
It takes away all your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
Take one part sand, and one part sea, one part shade of
big palm tree
The drinks they're cold and the ladies are hot
And I know this is the place for me
So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
See the problem is that you're down there
And there's a perfectly good island somewhere
Where a ride that floats and don't grab your coats
You won't need them where we are going
So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
Pick me up
Out on a boat that is huge
Pick me up
I don't know how to do
Pick me up
Put me down
Down on the sand where its cool
Put me down
When I fall off my stool
Put me down
I'll just sleep there til morning comes around
With sunshine tanned ladies and pina colodas
and Bob Marley songs that are playing
There's a sound in my ear that I want you to hear
Soft tropical lips that are singing
Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
(Repeat 2X)
Pick me up
Pick me up
Put me down
Put me down
You come walking in to the room with a smile on your face
And I keep wondering what a girl like you is doin' in this place
I catch your eye, you're lookin' at me and I spill my drink
From over here, that smile on your face it makes me think
Can you make me want to be a better man?
You got to have strength to bring me back from where it is I've been
Can you make me want to be a better man
Cause I'm gonna need, every little bit of your love
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
Every little bit of your love
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
Last time I held a woman in my arms this tight
I thought she was anything and everything I'd ever really need in my life
But just like every other woman she couldn't handle my foolish ways
And if you're lookin' for a lover there's a few things I have to say
Can you make me want to be a better man?
You got to have strength to bring me back from where it is I've been
Can you make me want to be a better man
Cause I'm gonna need, every little bit of your love
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
every little bit of your love
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
Coming down, yeah, she covers me
Every bit of a lady
And casting down my anxiety
My, oh my, isn't she lovely?
(Every little bit of your love)
Can you make me want to be a better man?
You got to have strength to bring me back from where it is I've been
Can you make me want to be a better man
Cause I'm gonna need, every little bit of your love
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
every little bit of your love
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)
(Every little bit, every little bit, every little bit of your love)...
We never spoke a word
But every thought she had I heard from across the room
If we were standing face to face
I couldn’t find the words to say give me one more move
I don’t even know her name
I guess foolish prides to blame
chorus
Now I’m Falling in love as she’s walking away
and my heart won’t tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
Now I’m falling in love as she’s walking away
Wise man next to me did say
bout the one that got away
son i missed my chance
Don’t you let regret take place
of the dreams you have to chase
ask her to dance…. go on son
you might fall down on your face
roll the dice and have some faith
chorus
you might fall down on your face
roll the dice and have some faith
Children of the beast embrace
To scorn and hate the human race
Consume the light that hugs the earth
And aid the womb in giving birth
To a group that will appear
And guide you through this final year
The dark armies then will come
There's a note on the table
Said I ain't comin' back
Til' your sorry ass is gone
I'm tired of the cheatin'
And runnin around
Never saw the wrong
In anything you done
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta be a bottle in the back
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta get this devil off my...
Well I stumble my way
Down to the local bar
Where I saw the devil in my glass
The bartender told me
It was time to go
I told him that he could lick my sack
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta be a way to get him back
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta get this devil off my...
I can drive...
I can drive...
Oooooh... shit
Turkey, tennessee seeking fine whiskey
Not leaving it's a fact
Small batch sour mash.
Red nose, red face, gonna wreck the whole place.
Looking through the bare glass.
Bald head chapped ass gone...
It's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.
Lord it's a hard thing to overcome to wake up and find
Whiskey's gone.
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leaving.
There's got to be a bottle of Jim Black.
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leaving.
If you got up this morning
And you went to work today, this song's for you
And if you put eight honest hours in
For eight hours worth of pay, this song's for you
And if it's taking all you got these days
Just to make ends meet
You'd like to give a piece of your mind
To those fat cats on Wall Street, this song's for you
If you go to church on Sunday
And you try to do what's right, this song's for you
If you've been known to drink a beer
And raise hell on a Friday night, this song's for you
If you wish we didn't have to go
And send our boys to war
But you still think this country of ours
Is sure worth dying for
This song's for you, you know who you are
We're up on this stage but you're the star
You're why we do what we do
We want you to know, this song's for you
Now if you love country music
As real as it comes, this song's for you
And if you came here tonight
Hoping you might hear you some, this song's for you
If you paid your hard earned money
To that bouncer at the door
To hear the kind of songs
That you don't get to hear much anymore
This song's for you, you know who you are
We're up on this stage but you're the star
You're why we do what we do
We want you to know, this song's for you
You might've lost a friend, a job
Or someone broke your heart
But just like you might need it to
The healing's in the tune
This song's for you, you know who you are
We're up on this stage but you're the star
You're why we do what we do
We want you to know, this song's for you
You deserve so much more, it's true
Spent the night with a friend of mine
And a handle of good whiskey.
We picked guitars and talked about
How the glory days, we miss 'em.
And it didn't take too long to find
The truth inside that bottle.
And cast a-sea so long ago
Was a message from my father.
"You keep your heart above your head, and your eyes wide open
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold.
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean.
Save your strength for things that you can change.
Forget the ones you can't.
You gotta let 'em go."
Looking back now on my life
I can't say I regret.
And all the places that I ended up,
Not the way Ma would have had it.
But you only get one chance in life
To leave your mark upon it.
And when the pony, he comes riding by,
You'd better set your sweet ass on it.
And keep your heart above your head, and your eyes wide open
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold.
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean.
Save your strength for things that you can change.
Forget the ones you can't.
You gotta let 'em go.
And like a sweet sunset in Georgia,
Let it go.
And like the fear that grabs ahold ya,
Let it go.
La la la la la (Let it go)
La la la la la (Let it go)
La la la la la
Let it go.
La la la la la (Let it go)
La la la la la (Let it go)
La la la la la
Let it go.
But keep your heart above your head, and your eyes wide open.
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold.
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean.
Save your strength for things that you can change.
Forget the ones you can't.
You gotta let 'em go.
Children of the beast embrace
To scorn and hate the human race
Consume the light that hugs the earth
And aid the womb in giving birth
To a group that will appear
And guide you through this final year
The dark armies then will come
When the Sum is 41
They say everything can't be replaced
And every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
And any day now, any day now
I shall be released
They say every man needs protection
They say every man must fall
But I swear I see my reflection
Well, somewhere high above that wall
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
Standing next to me in this lonely crowd
Is a man who says he's not to blame
But all day long I hear him crying so loud
Crying out he's been framed
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
whooooooooooa whooooooa whooooa who knows
when i was a baby child
my daddy said to me
many mountains we must climb
before we'll be free
but he never told me
about the bruises on my knees
how they would be the map that leads him where we need
to be
and oh that storm came down
forty days, forty nights
who knows
what the thunder and lightning will bring
maybe the storm will cover my dreams
maybe the sun will shine no more
who knows
which way the wind is blowing
and when we look back on these things
we won't cry no more
whoooooooooa whooooooa whooooa who knows
wandering blindly
searching for the truth
and anchored to a solid rock
that we could hold on to
but there's no tomorrow
not for everyone
who will hear your last harsh words
when your time on earth is gone
ooooh that storm came down
forty days, forty nights
who knows
what the thunder and lightning will bring
maybe the storm will cover my dreams
maybe the sun will shine no more
who knows
which way the wind is blowing
and when we look back on these things
we won't cry no more
whoa tilt the lamp now
don't let the wind blow it out
oh guide the light child
cause one day it's gonna shine
sing up till the darkness it is lifted
I have lived in a junkyard, where the weeds eat up the
rain
If you get anything there, even out of place
You know there's hell to pay
And he says, "You're as sick, as you are lovely, and in
need of a hand"
He tells me, you are never worthy
But I was just a child you see... that's my reality
He had a sick little girl, dirty and harmed
With a breast plate made of metal
Drives all day in a rusty Buick, feet don't reach the
petals
Got a jar of flies, a fathers disguise, where his heart
should be, mouth is sown together
She screams with those eyes!
And he says, "She's as sick, as she is lovely and in
need of my hand"
He tells her, you are never worthy
She was all alone you see... That's her reality... yeah
Shoulda been sleepin, shoulda been dreaming, but I wake
up to broken glass
There'll be one more, empty desk, in my homeroom class
I got an old bone pocket knife, tight in my right hand
To save my poor mother, from the junk yard man!
And I say, "he's as sick as he is lovely, and in need
of a hand"
And he will know he's not worthy
Cause he will die alone you see, that's his reality
I'm not sick, I am lovely, and hatred is the curse of
man!
And I will not feel unworthy
There's a place where the boat leaves from
It takes away all your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
Take one part sand and one part sea
And one part shade of a banana tree
And the drinks they're cold and the reggae's hot
And I know this is the place for me
Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
See the problem is that you're out there
And there's a perfectly good island somewhere
Where a ride that floats and don't grab your coat
You won't need 'em where we are going
Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
Pick me up, pick me up, pick me up
Put me down, down on the sand where it’s cool
Put me down, and when I fall off my stool
Put me down, I'll just sleep there till morning comes around
With sunshine and ladies and pina colodas
And Bob Marley songs that are playing
There's a song in my ear that I want you to hear
Soft tropical lips that are singin’
Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the
So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
Pick me up, pick me up
Put me down, put me down
I gotta go
Pick me up, pick me up
You know I like my chicken fried
A cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well, I was raised up
Beneath the shade of a Georgia pine
And that?s home you know
Sweet tea, pecan pie and homemade wine
Where the peaches grow
And my house it?s not much to talk about
But it?s filled with love
That?s grown in southern ground
And a little bit of chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well, I?ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman?s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother?s love
It's funny how it?s the little things in life
That mean the most
Not where you live or what you drive
Or the price tag on your clothes
There?s no dollar sign on a piece of mind
This I?ve come to know
So if you agree, have a drink with me
Raise your glasses for a toast
To a little bit of chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well, I?ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman?s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother?s love
I thank God for my life
And for the stars and stripes
May freedom forever fly
Let it ring
Salute the ones who died
The ones that give their lives
So we don?t have to sacrifice
All the things we love
Like our chicken fried
And cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well, I?ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman?s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother?s love
Yes, a little chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well, I?ve seen the sunrise
See the love in my woman?s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
She make a train take a dirt road
Make it stop on a dime
Make 'em wonder which way to go
Make a man change his mind
She's a lawyer's queen, a trucker's dream
With a baseball hat fit for a queen
A genuine, a different kind of fine
Cadillacs and caviar
Well, that ain't how she rolls
Implants and tummy tucks
She sure don't need those
She's a cool drink of water
When the summer's mean
Poured into those Levis jeans
She's country as the day is long
She make a train take a dirt road
Make it stop on a dime
Make 'em wonder which way to go
Make a man change his mind
She's a lawyer's queen and a trucker's dream
With a baseball hat fit for a queen
A genuine, a different kind of fine
Tan and lean like a long-neck bottle
In the passenger seat
Got her hand on the throttle
She'll get you there right on time
Lord, take you down to Tijuana
Make you wanna slap your momma
Gotcha all tore up and made you spill your dip cup
Bona fide, a different kind of fine
Make a train take a dirt road
Make it stop on a dime
Make 'em wonder which way to go
Make a man change his mind
She's a lawyer's queen and a trucker's dream
With a baseball hat fit for a queen
A genuine, a different kind of fine
She make a train take a dirt road
Make it stop on a dime
She make 'em wonder which way to go
Make a man change his mind
A lawyer's queen, a trucker's dream
A baseball hat fit for a queen
Genuine, a different kind of fine!
Some saints have fallen from on high
Through cold stained glass
The fire's calling
Crawling down the burning match
Gold fires
The wicked bells they crash
No grave
To save me from my haunted past
Hey man, I know where the river goes
Hey man, you will reap what you sow
You can't find a way to take your heart
And make it fly away
So you can live another day without this pain
Better to've loved and lost
Than to never've loved at all
That's what they say
A black heart is gonna pay for what's it's done
Way down
Upon the cold, cold ground
Come down
The water's raging out
Hey man, I know where the river goes
Hey man, you will reap what you sow
Hey man, I know where the river goes
Hey man, you will reap what you sow
Gonna drift to the great wide open
Gonna set my spirit free
Won't stop until I reach the ocean
Gonna break these chains holding me Uncaged!
Gonna swim in the coldest river
Gonna drink from a mountain spring
Defend the land of the great wide open Gonna let the water roll all over
Me. Uncaged!
Oooohhh! Oooohhh!
I wanna swim in the sunshine.
Every day find a way to face my fears. Oooohhh!
I wanna get in the wind,
Gonna take every chance I'm given Feel the wind through the open plains
Freedom is a gift worth living Go chase that sunset highway down You got to
Can anybody here pass me a beer
And I'mma keep playing this music that you hear
And if you know the song
Then come and sing along with me
Walking with the beach to my left
Sea to my right
And I'mma get faded at the Tiki bar tonight
Then I'mma roll one up
Like my name is Bob
Yeah I'm gonna party like I'm a Jamaican
If you really wanna know where you can find me
I'll be unwinding
Down in the islands, down in the islands
You should lose track of your timing
Grab a drink beside me
Down in the islands, down in the islands
Can anybody here pass me the rum
And we can find somebody who can play the steel drums
And if you like this beat then everybody dance with me
We got the ladies to the left
Fellas to the right
And everybody's faded at the Tiki bar tonight
And we are gonna dance to the rhythm of the waves
While we drink Bacardi by the bonfire flames
If you really wanna know where you can find me
I'll be unwinding
Down in the islands, down in the islands
You should lose track of your timing
Grab a drink beside me
Down in the islands, down in the islands
You don't need no invitation, no
Whoaaa
If you're looking for relaxation
Get away, get away with me
Make your destination my location
If you really wanna know where you can find me
I'll be unwinding
Down in the islands, down in the islands
You should lose track of your timing
Grab a drink beside me
Down in the islands, down in the islands
If you really wanna know where you can find me
I'll be unwinding (down, down, down, down)
Down in the islands, down in the islands
You should lose track of your timing
Grab a drink beside me
I play the road,
And the highway is our song,
And every city's like the same three chords
Been helping us along when the story's told
And the crowd has come and gone
Shaking off the miles and trying to make it home
Every exit is a season,
Every signal is a beacon
And the wind, it carries me
And it eases up my load
Everyday I drag the turns
Every candle still burns
And every lesson I have learned
Brings us closer to the crowd
I play the road,
And the highway is our song,
And every city's like the same three chords
Been helping us along when the story's told
And the crowd is done and gone
Shaking off the miles and trying to make it home
Well the bus it is our steeple,
It brings us to the people
And they will be there waiting,
Dancing young and old
And every one of us gets tired,
But every one remains inspired
And every one of us require
To keep picking through our souls
I play the road,
And the highway is our song,
And every city's like the same three chords
Been helping us along when the story's told
And the crowd is done and gone
Shaking off the miles and trying to make it home
She says, "Daddy where do you go
When you leave me all these nights
With a suitcase and guitar in your hand?
Kissing me and mom goodbye with a tear and a smile,
Where do you go,
Daddy where do you go?"
I play the road,
And this highway is our song,
And every city's like the same three chords
Been helping us along when the story's told
And the crowd is done and gone
Shaking off the miles and trying to make it home
Shaking off the miles
(Shaking off the miles)
(Mile after mile)
Mile after mile
Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville
train
'til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks
again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
It was a time I remember, oh, so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na"
Back with my wife in Tenesse
when one day she said to me,
"Virgil, Quick! Come and see!
There goes Robert E. Lee."
Now I don't mind choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and you leave the rest
They should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na"
Like my father before me, I'm a working man
Like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand
Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave
When a yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na"
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
The Devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
When he came across this young man
Sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump
And said, "Boy, let me tell you what"
I guess you didnt know it
But I'm a fiddle player too
And if you care to take a dare
I'll just make a bet with you"
"Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give the Devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul
Is to think I'm better than you"
The boy said, "My name's Johnny
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your' bet, you're gonna regret
Cause I'm the best there's ever been"
Johnny your rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard
'Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil
deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the Devil gets your soul
The Devil opened up his case
And he said, "I'll start this show"
And fire flew from his fingertips
As he rosined up his bow
And then he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made an evil hiss
And a band of demons joined in
And it sounded something like this
When the Devil finished
Johnny said, "well you're pretty good old son
But just sit down in that chair right there
Let me show you how its done
Fire on the mountain, run boys, run
The Devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in the bread pan pickin' at dough
Granny does your dog bite? No child, no
The Devil bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle
On the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, "Devil,just come on back
If you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch
I'm the best there's ever been"
He played, 'Fire on the Mountain', run boys, run
The Devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in the bread pan pickin' at dough
Gonna put the the world away for a minute
Pretend I don't live in it
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
Had sweet love but I lost it
She got too close so I fought her
Now I'm lost in the world trying to find me a better way
Wishing I was knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze and it don't seem fair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
Never been so happy
Never felt so high
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Wrote a note said be back in a minute
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
Don't think anybody gonna miss me anyway
Mind on a permanent vacation
The ocean is my only medication
Wishing my condition ain't ever gonna go away
Cause now im knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
Never been so happy
Never felt so high
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
This champagne shore washing over me
It's a sweet sweet life living by the salty sea
One day you could be as lost as me
Change you're geography
Maybe you might be
Knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze blowing wind through my hair
Only worry in the world is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise there's a fire in the sky
Never been so happy
Never felt so high
And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise
Come on in the water it's nice
Find yourself a little slice
Grab a backpack of lies
You never know until you try
When you lose yourself
1... 2... 3
This is gonna be funky
How come all the pretty girls like you are taken baby
I've been looking for someone like you to save me
Life's to easy to be so damn complicated
Take your time and I'll be waitin'
Chorus:
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray that someday that you will love me only
I think about you somedays
And the way I would lay and waste a day after day with you
We always go our separate ways
But no-one can love you baby the way I do
Chorus:
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray that someday that you will love me only
Bridge:
Well the world can be real tough
Find shelter in me
If there's no-one else to love
Keep me in mind
If ever you wanted me, I'll be your man
I'd be a fool to let you go with someone else
Whatever you want from me, I'll be your man
I'd give it all up just to have you for myself
Chorus:
Keep me in mind
Somewhere down the road you might get lonely
Keep me in mind
And I pray that someday that you will love me only
Well the world can be real tough
Why don't you hold on to me
When there's no-one else to love
Keep me in mind
(Keep me in mind)
And I'll hold you darling
(Keep me in mind)
I'll be your man
(Keep me in mind)
I'll hold you darling
(Keep me in mind)
C'mon little mama
Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this
way?
I was dumb enough not to settle down when you wanted to
Now I'm sittin' here going crazy trying to crawl back to
Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this way?
But I was smart enough to come to my senses
Be who you need me to be
And if you say that I'm too late
I'll curl up and die in misery
Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this way
I remember our first kiss on the 4th of July
I'll never miss another one of those
I'll be by your side
If my foolish heart was wrong,
this truly was never meant to be
Well I only hope that he'll count his lucky stars
and love you as much as me
The southern wind sings again another lullaby
Baby powder beach under my feet has got me rollin'
And the breeze threw crackling leaves like a daytime camp fire burnin'
And the ship is off to sea and the wak it is a churning
As the southern wind sings an island lullaby
You can jump right in
Let the music pull you in
You can jump right in
Oh and loose yourself again
As the southern wind sings again another lullaby
There's a place the locals go and no one knows where to find it
And the river starts to flow inside the clouds of Misty Mountain
The water from this stone below becomes a blue-green fountain
As the southern wind sings again another lullaby
You can jump right in
Let the music pull you in
You can jump right in
Oh and loose yourself again
As the southern wind sings again another lullaby
la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
You can find me where the music meets the ocean
If you get the notion, stop on by and play a while
A simple tune to get your love light glowing
Get your heart wide open disappear just like the tide
Let it roll on by
You can jump right in
Let the music pull you in
You can jump right in
Oh and loose yourself again
As the southern wind sings again another lullaby
The Southern wind sings again another lullaby
A man was bothering me today and I
wanted to tell him to go away
But I stood and listened to him anyway, okay.
He said he didn't want to shoot that man
And it was his thing and I wouldn't understand
And he had done all that he can, okay.
I guess his body was as good as mine
And just like me he was wasting time
Turning over every stone to see what he could find, okay.
He was filling tank and he asked for money
I lied and said I didn't have any
Then my conscious took over and I gave him a hand full of change.
Don't do a thing.
Stay right there.
You'll lie there.
You don't seem to care
I know it's hard to survive in the city
When the beautiful days don't look so pretty
And you don't have windows to keep the night away, okay.
He was dirty and stink and just a bit crude
But I didn't say that because that's kind of rude
And he didn't care what I had to say in the first place, okay.
I wanted to say you're a big disgrace to the world,
yourself, and the human race
And reach back and pop him one good time in the face, okay.
No it's not okay and I didn't do that
I gave him a smile and tipped my hat and told him to have a very nice rest
of the day
Don't do a thing. Don't do a thing.
Stay right there.
You'll lie there. You'll lie there.
You don't seem to care.
Well, I guess he bought some booze with it
And sure that bothers me a little bit but it's his life and I can't tell him
how to live it
As he turned and started to go his way I tried to think of something wise to
say like...
Don't do a thing.
Stay right here.
You'll die here.
You don't seem to care.
You'll die here.
Cocaine flame in my bloodstream
Sold my coat when I hit Spokane
Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes
In the early mornin' rain
Lately my hands they don't feel like mine
My eyes been stung with dust and blind
Held you in my arms one time
Lost you just the same
Jolene
Well, I ain't about to go straight, it's too late
And I found myself face down in the ditch
Booze in my hair, blood on my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means
Jolene
Jolene
It's been so long since I've seen your face
Or felt a part of this human race
I've been living out of this here suitcase
For way too long
Man needs something he can hold onto
Nine pound hammer or a woman like you
Either one of them things will do
Jolene
Well, I ain't about to go straight, it's too late
And I found myself face down in the ditch
Booze in my hair, blood on my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means
Jolene
Jolene
Cocaine flame in my bloodstream
(Violin playing)
So we live out of our old van
Travel all across this land
Me and you
We'll end up hand in hand
Somewhere down on the sand
Just Me and you
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Drive until the city lights
Dissolve into a country sky
Just Me and you
Lay underneath the HARVEST moon
Do all the things that lovers do
Just me and you
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
And Ever be
No we don't have a lot of money
(Repeat 7 times)
All we need is love
Were Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Ever be
So we live in our old van
Travel all across this land
She got eyes that cut you like a knife
and lips that taste like sweet red wine
And pretty legs go to heaven every time
She got a gentle way that puts me at ease
When she walks in the room I can hardly breathe
Got a devastating smile knock a grown man to his knees
She got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything I want to say to a woman
but couldn't find the words to say
She got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Cause every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out "I love you"
You got whatever it is
You know I've never been the type that would ever want to
stay
Bring 'em home at night and they're gone the next day
But that all changed when she walked into my life
And people askin why it is
Tell them I don't know
Just something about the woman makes my heart go haywire
And she's gonna be my wife
She got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything I want to say to a woman
but couldn't find the words to say
She got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Cause every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out "I love you"
You got whatever it is
Cause when she loves me
Girl that's how I feel
Cause when she loves me I'm on top of the world
Cause when she loves me I can live forever
And she loves me I am untouchable
She got whatever it is
It blows me away
She everything I wanted to say to a woman
but couldn't find the words to say
She got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Cause every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out "I love you"
"i do"
You got whatever it is
Spent the night with a friend of mine and a handle of good whiskey
We picked guitars and talked about how the glory days we missed 'em
And it didn't take too long to find the truth inside that bottle
Cast a-sea so long ago was a message from my father.
You keep your heart above your head and you eyes wide open
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean
Save your strength for things that you can change
Forgive the ones you can't
You gotta let 'em go
Looking back now on my life I can't say I regret it
And all the places that I ended up not the way Ma woulda had it
But you only get once chance at life to leave your mark upon it
And when a pony he comes riding by you better set your sweet ass on it
You keep your heart above your head and you eyes wide open
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean
Save your strength for things that you can change
Forgive the ones you can't
You gotta let 'em go
Like a sweet sunset in Georgia let it go
And like the fear that grabs ahold ya let it go
Let it go
Let it go
You keep your heart above your head and you eyes wide open
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean
Save your strength for things that you can change
Forgive the ones you can't
She was something in her formative years
She'd hide her accent, it would reappear
When she would brag on what Daddy Bought last night
Only pretty girls were in that crowd
They'd tease a handful of poor kids out loud
And even then I knew it wasn't right
Smoke rises,
You were never kind
Good news,
I've left you all behind
Some who
Hoped that it would last
Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past
Most of the kids were better than me
Or at least they thought so,
And it was plain to see
That children are cruel
And I didn't have a fighting chance
I wasn't a jock, I wasn't a brain
We weren't well-off and Mama couldn't explain
Why no one would take a poor boy to the dance
Smoke rises,
You were never kind
Good news,
I've left you all behind
Some who,
Hoped that it would last
Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past
[x2]
Those bold rich kids find it hard to embrace
When they bus black kids in from all over the place
The county tried to prove their schools were all the same
Old Jim Crow tried to integrate
But in the South its hard to relate
When Grandpa used the n-word with no shame
Oh, Smoke rises,
You were never kind
Good news,
I've left you all behind
Some who,
Hoped that it would last
There ain't enough of me to go around
Got all kinds of reasons
To be all over town
Spread venom broken down
Everybody wants a piece
Oh darlin I'm afraid
You've been last but not least
Everyone I love the most
Has to take what's left of me
I put it all together
But I left out one big piece
I put you last
But you're not least
Nothing ever takes the place of you
Sometimes things that may not matter
Jump in front of things that do
And your fine to stand in line
While history repeats
But oh darlin not this time
Last but not least
Everyone I love the most
They deserve the best from me
I put it all together
When I found that missing piece
You were the last
But you're not least
I go left when I should go right
I chase the dark when I see light
I trip and fall down every time I try
To walk that line
The sun comes up I look for rain
I search for joy and I find the pain
I swear I will not forget again
Last but not least
Last but not least
Everyone I love the most
Is gonna see the best of me
I put it all together
When I found the missing piece
You were the last
You were the last
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
It was a time I remember, oh, so well
All the bells were ringing
And all the people were singin' they went
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
"Virgil, quick, come and see there goes Robert E. Lee"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money no good
You take what you need and you leave the rest
They should never have taken the very best
All the bells were ringing
And all the people were singin' they went
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
Like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
When a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
All them bells were ringing
And all the people were singin' they went
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
All them bells were ringing
And all the people were singin' they went
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
I ride east every other Friday but if i had it my way
The day would not be wasted on this drive
And i want so bad to hold you
Son there's things I haven't told you
Your mom and me couldn't get along
So I drive
And I think about my life
And wonder why, That I slowly die inside
Everytime I turn that truck around, right at the Georgia line and i count the days and the miles back home to you on that Highway 20 ride
A day might come and you'll realize that if you see through my eyes
There was no other way to work it out
And a part of you might hate me
But son please don't mistake me For the man that didnt care at all
And I drive
And I think about my life
And wonder why, That I slowly die inside
Everytime I turn that truck around, right at the Georgia line and i count the days and the miles back home to you on that Highway 20 ride
So when you drive
And the years go flying by
I hope you smile
If i ever cross your mind
It was a pleasure of my life
And i cherished every time
And my whole world
It begins and ends with you
Doing what you love has a high price to pay
Some put on a suit, but he ran the other way
His drums drown out the yuppies
And the one's who couldn't dream
Cause the freedom music gave him was worth more than anything
They don't know
What they got
'til it's gone
Like it or not
You live on love
You try to do what's right
We're all here waiting for our silver invitation
To the big band in the sky
Rollin down the windows
Trying hard to fight the sleep
Money's never much for a band in Tennessee
Another night of plain'
To a crowd with no ears
Wanna hear the songs they know
And fill their bellies full of beer
But they don't know
What they got
'til it's gone
Like it or not
You live on love
You try to do what's right
We're all here waiting for our silver invitation
To the big band in the sky
And when he closed his eyes
Fell into a dream that never dies
And when the thunder comes
You can hear his kick drum in the sky
Feel the rain
Fall from our eyes
Cause we don't know
What we got
'til it's gone
Like it or not
You live on love
You try to do what's right
For him there's no more waiting
Got his silver invitation
To do a little playing
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Bring out the butter and the flour we're ready to fry.
My dog Pete is the smallest dog of all the dogs in my yard
He's a mean son' bitch
Drinks Beam and water from a broken mason jar
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Bring out the butter and the flour we're ready to fry.
I heard this awful noise coming from the woods
I heard chicken screams
Know it ain't gonna be good
Well I think we lost the chicken
Think we lost the chicken
Think we lost the chicken because I just heard him cry
Think we lost the chicken
Think we lost the chicken
Think we lost the chicken but you can get another one for a dollar 79
In a couple of years his spurs have grown
He wasn't safe to keep around the house
When he almost took an eyeball from Lonny's son
And I was sitting at home making fig preserves
And I'd seen where that rooster kicked him in the eye
And I knew that that was the day that chicken was going to get what he deserved
So I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken and Pete hit 'em from the side
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken and me and Pete suppered on a home made chicken pot pie
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly
Sic 'em on a chicken
Get that chicken
I can smell the kitchen and it's almost supper time
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken. Bring out the butter and the flour we're ready to fry.
My dog Pete is the smallest dog of all the dogs in my yard
He's a mean son' bitch
Drinks Beam and water from a broken mason jar
So we let him...
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Bring out the butter and the flour we're ready to fry.
I heard this awful noise coming out of the woods
I heard chicken screams
and knew it wasn't gonna be good
Well I think we lost the chicken
Think we lost the chicken
Think we lost the chicken because I just heard a cry
I think we lost the chicken
I think we lost the chicken
but you can get another one for a dollar 79
In a couple of years his spurs have grown
He wasn't safe to keep around the home
And he almost took an eyeball from Lonny's son
And I was in the kitchen making fig preserves
And I heard that young 'un getting kicked in the face
And I knew that that was the day that that rooster's gonna get what he deserves
So I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken and Pete hit 'em from the side
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
Me and Pete suppered on a home made chicken pot pie
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken.
Sic 'em on a chicken and watch them feathers fly
Sic 'em on a chicken
Sic 'em on a chicken
She was something in her formative years
She'd hide her accent, it would reappear
When she would brag on what Daddy Bought last night
Only pretty girls were in that crowd
They'd tease a handful of poor kids out loud
And even then I knew it wasn't right
Smoke rises,
You were never kind
Good news,
I've left you all behind
Some who
Hoped that it would last
Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past
Most of the kids were better than me
Or at least they thought so,
And it was plain to see
That children are cruel
And I didn't have a fighting chance
I wasn't a jock, I wasn't a brain
We weren't well-off and Mama couldn't explain
Why no one would take a poor boy to the dance
Smoke rises,
You were never kind
Good news,
I've left you all behind
Some who,
Hoped that it would last
Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past
[x2]
Those bold rich kids find it hard to embrace
When they bus black kids in from all over the place
The county tried to prove their schools were all the same
Old Jim Crow tried to integrate
But in the South its hard to relate
When Grandpa used the n-word with no shame
Oh, Smoke rises,
You were never kind
Good news,
I've left you all behind
Some who,
Hoped that it would last
Smoke rise, I'm glad you're in my past
There's a note on the table
Said I ain't comin' back
Til' your sorry ass is gone
I'm tired of the cheatin'
And runnin around
Never saw the wrong
In anything you done
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta be a bottle in the back
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta get this devil off my...
Well I stumble my way
Down to the local bar
Where I saw the devil in my glass
The bartender told me
It was time to go
I told him that he could lick my sack
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta be a way to get him back
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leavin
Gotta get this devil off my...
I can drive...
I can drive...
Oooooh... shit
Turkey, tennessee seeking fine whiskey
Not leaving it's a fact
Small batch sour mash.
Red nose, red face, gonna wreck the whole place.
Looking through the bare glass.
Bald head chapped ass gone...
It's gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.
Lord it's a hard thing to overcome to wake up and find
the
Whiskey's gone.
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leaving.
There's got to be a bottle of Jim Black.
Whiskey's gone but I ain't leaving.
Got to get this devil off my...
The Devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
When he came across this young man
Sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump
And said, "Boy, let me tell you what"
I guess you didnt know it
But I'm a fiddle player too
And if you care to take a dare
I'll just make a bet with you"
"Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give the Devil his due
I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul
Is to think I'm better than you"
The boy said, "My name's Johnny
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your' bet, you're gonna regret
Cause I'm the best there's ever been"
Johnny your rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard
'Cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the Devil
deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold
But if you lose the Devil gets your soul
The Devil opened up his case
And he said, "I'll start this show"
And fire flew from his fingertips
As he rosined up his bow
And then he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made an evil hiss
And a band of demons joined in
And it sounded something like this
When the Devil finished
Johnny said, "well you're pretty good old son
But just sit down in that chair right there
Let me show you how its done
Fire on the mountain, run boys, run
The Devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in the bread pan pickin' at dough
Granny does your dog bite? No child, no
The Devil bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden fiddle
On the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, "Devil,just come on back
If you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a bitch
I'm the best there's ever been"
He played, 'Fire on the Mountain', run boys, run
The Devil's in the House of the Rising Sun
Chicken in the bread pan pickin' at dough
Granny does your dog bite? No child, no
(Verse)
Let me grow
Then you cut me down
The north wind now the garden growing
You made me think you were mine and you changed your mind
(Verse)
I'm lost as a feather
In a hurricane
There's no way to measure
How far I ever okay okay let me tell ya
(Pre-Chorus 1)
There's no good reason why I can't move on
I lay my heart on these tracks
Your dream comes along
(Chorus 1)
And it was all alright
Now it's all wrong
That's just how it goes when you're gone
(Verse)
You may have not realized all the lies at the time
But the truth will find you
Storm is gonna come
Gonna wash it all away like Sodom & Gomorra
(Pre-Chorus 1)
There's no good reason why we can't move on
I lay my heart on these tracks
Your dream comes along
(Chorus 2)
And it was all alright
Now it's all wrong
That's just how it goes when you're wrong
(Bridge)
But our insecurities
Like them old golden days
It's cold as the pillow
By your empty night stand
Then something comes on me
And I lose my head
I guess God did not made me
A one woman man
(Pre-Chorus 2)
I'd have a lot to give
If I still gave a damn
That's just how
It goes when you're wrong
(Chorus 2)
It was all alright
Now it's all wrong
But that's just how it goes when you're wrong
(Chorus 1)
And it was all alright
Now it's all wrong
And that's just how it goes when you're gone
When you're gone!
When you're gone gone gone