I'm stuck in a concrete canyon traffic jam Can't part the red light sea I set sail on this asphalt river Five o'clock rush hour, no one's gettin' anywhere Staring at a billboard of the American dream
I need space; stand back and let me breathe I need air washing over me I need time to see, to feel, to be I can love you more when I'm free
Like a star, like an ocean, like the branches on a tree Like a crown, like a rocket, like an eagle, what I need is: space Space
Well your heart wraps around me like fingers holding tight And you call it love I fell for a wind chasin' cowboy The sky was wide open, you said we were going for it Promised me no fences; this one went up
I need space; stand back and let me breathe I need air washing over me I need time to see, to feel, to be I can love you more when I'm free
Like a star, like an ocean, like the branches on a tree Like a crown, like a rocket, like an eagle, what I need is: space Space
Alone makes me wanna be with you All I want is a chance to miss you
I need space; stand back and let me breathe I need air washing over me I need time to see, to feel, to be I can love you more when I'm free
Like a star, like an ocean, like the branches on a tree Like a crown, like a rocket, like an eagle, what I need Like a prayer, like a motion, like a crashing water fall Like a ship, like a secret, like a herd, all I need is: space Space
I've been so wrong, for so long Thought I could live without the love that you give I was wrong, oh, so wrong I've been so wrong, for so long I didn't know that I loved you so I was wrong CHORUS: Well, I never knew I could want you darlin Oh, so much Now that you're gone, I dream of you And your sweet touch I was so wrong, for so long But I've seen the light, darlin, I'll make it right I was wrong REPEAT CHORUS REPEAT LAST VERSE
Well how can you have the unmitigated gall To come back now expecting me to fall Right down on my knees and kiss your feet yeah feet Feet that one day went a walking out on me with a fast talking Slob you hardly knew his name your mind is de-arranged
And where did you get the backbone and grit To come back now expecting me to fit Right back into plans that we once made Plans that now are gone forever to return never ever I don't want you anymore so get away from my door And let me live live live and let me live live live Don't come messing up my life again
And how can you have the courage and the nerve To come back now expecting me to love You after the way that you've done me Guess you think that I'm a fool but you're the one that's blew their cool I don't need you anymore so get away from my door and let me live Guess you think that I'm a fool but you're the one that's blew their cool I don't need you anymore so get away from my door And let me live live live and let me live live live And let me live live live and let me live live live
A violet fell in love with a rose And started it blushing from its head to its toes Then one day the rose was kissed by the dew A new love was born and the violet turned blue
Roses are red, violets are blue I'm sending red, red roses to you If you care to send some flowers to me Then send me some violets, I'm blue as can be
I wanted my love to bouquet with you Just like the rose you've proven untrue A flower that's wild they say has no home And just like the violet I'm left all alone
Roses are red, violets are blue I'm sending red, red roses to you If you care to send some flowers to me Then send me some violets, I'm blue as can be Then send me some violets, I'm blue as can be
I ain't never I ain't never Seen nobody like you oh oh oh never have I ever seen nobody like you You call me up and say to meet me at nine I have to hurry hurry but I'm there on time I walk a right up and knock on your door The landlord says she ain't a here no more
I ain't never oh darling seen nobody like you Oh oh oh but I love you yeah I love you I love you just the same
Well you tell me sweet things that you don't mean You've got me a livin' in a hunted dream You make me do things I don't wanna do My friends say Tillis what's wrong with you I ain't never oh darling... Oh I ain't never oh darling... I love you just the same I love you baby I love you just the same
You may see me and think that I'm happy Cause I'm out with somebody new Well, I made make believe He's everything I need But it's not like it was with you
If I'm always the laugh of the party And it looks like my heartaches are few You may think that I found What makes the world go around But it's not like it was with you
Not like it was holding you I tried forgetting, what else could I do?
Please, believe me that looks are deceiving And so often a smile has the truth Take a second look at me And you are bound to see That it's not like it was with you
Not like it was holding you I tried forgetting, what else could I do?
Please, believe me that looks are deceiving And so often a smile has the truth Take a second look at me And you are bound to see That it's not like it was with you That it's not like it was with you
I hope that the friend you've thrown yourself with gets drunk and loses her job And ever road you're walking on gets cold rocky and hard I couldn't make you love me you only made me blue So all in all if the curtain should fall I hope that it falls on you I hope that it falls on you Well I hope that the train from Caribou Maine runs over your new love affair You walk the floor from door to door and pull out your peroxide hair I never was your woman cause you were never true So all in all if the curtain should fall I hope that it falls on you And I'll have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge I'll have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge oh yeah I never was your woman cause you were never true So all in all if the curtain should fall I hope that it falls on you And I'll have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge I'll have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge I'll have sweet sweet sweet mental revenge oh yeah
I love you so much that I can't leave you even though my mind tells me I should But then you make me think you really want me Then all my thoughts of leaving do no good You've got me heart over mind worried all the time Knowing you will always be the same You keep hurting me I know but I just can't let you go Cause my heart won't let my love for you change [ steel - fiddle ] Now friends tell me they see you out with others and in my heart I try hard to forget But you come home and tell me you still love me And I still hope there's some chance for us yet You've got me heart over mind... Cause my heart won't let my love for you change
I've been reeling around Wheeling West Virginia just a little too long Now I gotta be leaving cause one deceiving free wheeling man done me wrong And it's goodbye Wheeling West Virginia I don't guess I'll settle down Since he don't need me Lord I can't see me any longer hanging round this old town Cause I've got a feeling that I've been concealing many thoughts bout traveling on Well things ain't grooving so I'd better be a moving When you wake up in the morning big Wheeling I'm gonna be gone gone gone I'm gonna be gone gone gone Since he don't need me Lord I can't see me any longer hanging round this old town Cause I've got a feeling I've been concealing... Well it's goodbye Wheeling Gone gone gone gone gone gone
Emotions what are you doing oh don't you know you'll be my ruin You've got me crying crying again when will you let this heartache end Emotions you get me upset make me remember what I wand to forget I've been lonely lonely too long emotions please leave me alone You worry my days you torture my nights never a dream turns out right Emotions give me a break let me forget that I made a mistake Oh can't you see what you're doing to me emotions please set me free You worry my days oh you torture my nights... Set me free
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother I dreamed about that boy who's been waiting for so long
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City From the letters that I write they think I'm fine But by day I make the cars by night I sing in bars If only they could read between the lines
Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time So I just think I'll take my foolish pride And put on a Southbound freight and ride And go on back to the loved ones I left waiting far behind I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
Come on and sing girl sing boy sing a happy song Come on and sing girl sing boy this old world may not last long Most everybody's doing too much fighting and there's not enough singing going on How many people have you ever seen fight while they were singing a song Most everybody's mistreating one another just fight a personal game But that wouldn't happen to the sisters and the brothers When they hold back their heads and sing Most everybody's doing too much talking talking it and just get mad So if all that talking's gonna make you unhappy why don't just sing and be glad
You say she wounded your heart And it's too tender to touch Oh baby, I know Words can be sharper than knives And they can cut just as much
Oh baby, I know Just like you, I've cried alone in the dark Know how it feels when your love's ripped apart
Jagged hearts are so hard to heal I know Feels like it's gonna go on like this forever Jagged hearts can mend, scars can heal And then it's so amazing when jagged hearts fit together
You feel the ghost of her kiss lingering on your lips Oh baby, I know, come lay your troubles to rest And let me help you forget 'cause baby I know Know what it's like when you need to be loved But it's hard to feel when you're feelin' so good
Jagged hearts are so hard to heal I know Feels like it's gonna go on like this forever Jagged hearts can mend, scars can heal And then it's so amazing when jagged hearts fit together
You can't even tell where we were broken When we hold each other close When the pieces fit, you know it's
Jagged hearts are so hard to heal I know Feels like it's gonna go on like this forever Jagged hearts can mend scars can heal And then it's so amazing when jagged hearts fit together Together, together
Jagged hearts are so hard to heal I know Feels like it's gonna go on like this forever Jagged hearts can mend, scars can heal And then it's so amazing when jagged hearts fit together
Tonight I'm burning old love letters Photographs and memories of you Hoping somehow I'll feel better And when the smoke is gone I won't want you Burning mem'ries (teardrops fall while I am) burning mem'ries Burning all those memories of you that I can't lose My heart to you no longer matters And I can't live on memories Into the fire those dreams you've shattered And when the smoke is gone then I'll be free Burning mem'ries (teardrops fall while I am)... Burning all those memories of you that I can't lose Oh those burning mem'ries (teardrops fall while I am)... Burning mem'ries (teardrops fall while I am)...
The first I heard you close in my arms I was sure that our love could survive any storm I wish I could say I still felt the same And what's causing these blues is only the rain But
It isn't just raining It's really coming down The sun's not just hiding It can't be found And I'm more then just lonely Tonight while you're running 'round It isn't just raining It's really coming down
Each time I look out for a sigh this will pass All I see are tears on my face in the glass 'Cause you're out with her and I'm here alone When you get back this time I'll be gone 'cause
It isn't just raining It's really coming down The sun's not just hiding It can't be found And I'm more then just lonely Tonight while you're running 'round It isn't just raining It's really coming down
Babysitter said seven She's fifteen minutes late Jimmy's still playing in the bath Cold macaroni on his plate And I still haven't done my hair I hate doin' my hair It never comes out right
I must have changed my clothes A half a dozen times Ended up in this little black dress I had to mend the hemline And now I can't find my shoes I can never find my shoes God I hate this
Am I nervous? Am I scared? Is it worth it? Should I even care? What a tine to have these second thoughts Man I like this guy I really like him a lot
(Please let him be the right one) Everything that I've been waiting for (Please let him be the right one) And all I've been praying for (Please, please let him be the right one) Let him be the dad, the friend, the man (Please let him be the right one) Let him cherish me for who I am (Please let him be the right one) Let him be the right one
Made it through dinner Had a little too much wine Probably talked too much Went on and on about that little boy of mine But he smiled, yeah he really smiled I can't believe he smiled
Oh what a perfect night this has been Should I say good-bye Should I let him in Calm down girl it's just a kiss I know, I know, but it's been so long Since I felt like this
(Please let him be the right one) Everything that I've been waiting for (Please let him be the right one) And all I've been praying for (Please, please let him be the right one) Let him be the dad, the friend, the man (Please let him be the right one) Let him cherish me for who I am (Please let him be the right one) Let him be the right one
(Please let him be the right one) Let him be the right one (Please let him be the right one) Everything that I've been waiting for (Please let him be the right one) And all I've been praying for Let him be the right one Let him be the right one
In a cloud of dust On a greyhound bus She crossed the cook county line. Slept all the way to Nashville Big dreams running through her mind. She said sure as I'm breathing I'm gonna be a big star some day She was jumping into the deep end On a leap of sweet blind faith.
[Chorus ] It's about hoping It's about dreaming It's about never not- believing It's about taking a walk out on the wire And never looking down. It's about living instead of dying It's about spreading your wings and flying Its all about trying Oh yeah It's been six years gone Since she left home And she hasn't made it big yet. Oh but there's no second guessing Baby, she's got no regrets. She still works the late shift down At the Greasy Spoon Cafe And when she brings you out your milkshake Honey, well you just might hear her say...
(Chorus)
It's about hoping It's about dreaming It's about never not- believing It's about taking a walk out on the wire And never looking down. It's about living instead of dying It's about spreading your wings and flying Its all about trying Oh yeah It's not weather you win or lose its Getting in the game Once you set your wings in motion Well you'll never be the same
Once I had flowers at sunset Breakfast in bed And I hated myself for what I never felt I couldn't love him
Then I had fire at midnight Passion that brought tears to my eyes It was like a joke, I couldn't get enough But he didn't love me
I want to know why I can't have both Someone that soothes my heart And burns my soul Something I can trust But I can't control All I need is someone who brings me Thunder and roses
I want to be safe and warm In a beautiful storm With somebody who shakes me And knows how to take me away from this world
Candies that burn all night A lover that looks into my eyes A man who loves me And knows how to touch me everywhere
I want to know why I can't have both Someone that soothes my heart And burns my soul Something I can trust But I can't control All I need is someone who brings me Thunder and roses
