I was ten I was thin I was playing first base With a second hand glove and dirt on my face In nowhere Virginia who'd ever figure That kid in the yard would go very far
?Cause 419 Lakewood had no silver spoons Just an old beat up upright that played out of tune Now I'm singing and living the life that I love And when I count my blessings I thank god I was
An American child An American child ?Cause dreams can grow wild Born inside an American child
7 lbs. 3 oz she's got my nose And she's into my heart as deep as it goes With a promise that's more than just someone's last name Anyone's equal, in late August came
An American child An American child My Grandfather would have been 80 today But in '45 he fell down beside
An American child An American child ?Cause dreams can grow wild Born inside an American child
One twenty-two fifty nine Oak Drive Rolls off my tongue like a nursery rhyme Wooden numbers on the front of your house Where we fell in love Little things they stick in my mind Like they happened yesterday after all this time The way it turned out I never would've thought I'd remember so much
But why is my heart so weak And my memory so strong Somebody give me one good reason Love is too short
And forgettin's so long Somewhere, someday down the road maybe I won't care But when something so right goes so worng Love is too short and forgettin's so long
Is there anyone who would please Tell me where's my checkbook and my car keys If it wasn't sewn onto my shoulders I'da lost my head Well there's a whole lotta things I forget to do But I amaze myself when it comes to you I know nothin' 'bout now But I know plenty 'bout way back then
'Cause when I think I got it all behind me And I'm movin' along You're right there to remind me Love is too short
And forgettin's so long Somewhere, someday down the road maybe I won't care But when something so right goes so worng Love is too short and forgettin's so long
But why is my heart so weak and my memory so strong Somebody give me one good reason love is too short
And forgettin's so long Somewhere, someday down the road maybe I won't care But when something so right goes so worng Love is too short and forgettin's so long Forgettin's so long Forgettin's so long
We could sit around and talk about the ins and outs Of why we shouldn't take a chance Be so afraid it's gonna rain we sit and miss a sunny day To avoid the circumstance There's a million and one reasons we could run But it's too late for that
Time's wastin' it ain't waitin' for us I know that we can make it We can make it with a little luck
Call me crazy that might be go ahead And laugh at me But I still believe that dreams come true So let's forget the past the times we could But didn't dance It's all come down to me and you We're right here and right now baby There's no doubt We have what it takes to do it, but
Time's wastin' it ain't waitin' for us I know that we can make it We can make it with a little luck
Girl, we only have to trust in our love We've got memories to make, For heaven's sake, baby Let's not forsake another moment, 'cause
Time's wastin' it ain't waitin' for us I know that we can make it We can make it with a little luck
Time's wastin' it ain't waitin' for us I know that we can make it We can make it with a little luck We can make it, baby
I suppose I could stop it now And say I didn't need it anyhow Just walk away and let it go Tip my hat and try to play it cool To keep myself from being made a fool I could pretend you don't already know that
I'm already gone I never thought I'd cross over the line But it's way too late And your love is just too strong And I'm already gone
There's no doubt about how I feel Both my hands are off the wheel So now it's really up to you This is something that I've never done You know I've always been the first to run But girl this time there's nothin' I can do 'cause
I'm already gone I never thought I'd cross over the line But it's way too late And your love is just too strong And I'm already gone
I tried so hard to keep the walls from fallin' I found a hiding place and told my heart to wait but창?짝
I'm already gone I never thought I'd cross over the line But it's way too late And your love is just too strong And I'm already gone And I'm, I'm already gone
(Phil Vassar/Steve Mandile/Jerry Vandiver) If you're headin' south on Georgia one twenty-nine Straight into Athens past the Clark County line There's an old Texaco right across From the Athens Woolworth Billy Joe Taylor's underneath that lift There ain't a car on the planet that he can't fix He swears on his chrome-plated ratchet That his heaven on earth
Well, he can make a rusty muffler purr like a kitten Or an old Nash Rambler top out at one-fifty Georgia's never seen a man more at peace Than when Billy's got his hands in Athen's Grease
Six days a week, he's a man on a mission He's the redneck Picasso of The manual transmission And the only man in town who can make Charlie Vincent's van go When the sun goes down And the day is endin' Billy's still rockin' with a rack and pinion Long as that boy's at work, well he's right at home
Well, he can make a rusty muffler purr like a kitten Or an old Nash Rambler top out at one-fifty Georgia's never seen a man more at peace Than when Billy's got his hands in Athen's Grease
Well, he's a rotatin,' lug nuttin,' Spark pluggin' good ole boy With his name on his shirt And Thelma Lou Taylor likes to hang out at the station 'Cause she loves to watch him work
Well, he can make a rusty muffler purr like a kitten Or an old Nash Rambler top out at one-fifty Georgia's never seen a man more at peace Than when Billy's got his hands in Athen's Grease
Yeah, Georgia's never seen a man more at peace Than when Billy's got his hands in Athen's grease Athen's grease, baby
Well maybe lately I've been acting a little bit strange And maybe there's a few things I need to explain So what if I call you at work for now reason And I sent you those flowers today So what if my friends tell me They never see me And everyone's sayin' I've changed
If you think I always think about you And I dream about you day and night If you think for a moment I can't live without you And maybe I've fallen in love with you Baby, you're right Baby, you're right
Somehow, somewhere I went and crossed Over the line And I let you see the man that was hiding inside It's highly irregular, I must confess No this usually isn't my style Oh I know my heart's beatin' out of my chest And I just can't do nothin' but smile
If you think I always think about you And I dream about you day and night If you think for a moment I can't live without you And maybe I've fallen in love with you Baby, you're right Baby, you're right
Baby, you're so wrong if you think That you're holdin' on just a little too tight But, if you're believin' that I'm never leavin' you Baby, you're right
If you think I always think about you And I dream about you day and night If you think for a moment I can't live without you And maybe I've fallen in love with you If you think that I'm hopeless without you There's no way I can put up a fight If you think for a moment I can't live without you And maybe I've fallen in love with you Baby, you're right Baby, you're right
Never seen the Mona Lisa Never walked across the moon Never been to Casa Blanca But I've been to Cancun I'll never make the Fortune 500 on what I get paid Please don't pitty me, I've got something I need
Life don't get no better I could live forever and never stop this Oh I'm in pole position Got a sweet suspicion that there's nothin' I've missed Baby look at us Standing in the middle of this ultimate love
When I was seventeen I shook Joe Namath's hand Once I won karaoke singin' Piano Man One time in Vegas I won me 700 bucks That's real cool stuff but it don't measure up
Life don't get no better I could live forever and never stop this Oh I'm in pole position Got a sweet suspicion that there's nothin' I've missed Baby look at us Standing in the middle of this ultimate love
I don't know too much, but I know this love Is bigger than the both of us
Life don't get no better I could live forever and never stop this Oh I'm in pole position Got a sweet suspicion that there's nothin' I've missed Baby look at us Standing in the middle of this ultimate love
In the spring I dreamed of summer To feel the sunlight on my skin But in the heat I'd start to hunger For that autumn chill again I always spent my time anticipating Things to come But now I wish that I could slow the World down just this once and
Stand still I'm right where I wanna be Holding you in the middle of the moment Of my life The way I feel I don't care what's in front of me Or what's behind me I just wanna Stop the wheel And stand still
I have driven by a sunset Let it pass without a glance I took so many things for granted Counting on a second chance But touching you right now is something I don't wanna miss I know my finest hour is the one I'm living in
Stand still I'm right where I wanna be Holding you in the middle of the moment Of my life The way I feel I don't care what's in front of me Or what's behind me I just wanna Stop the wheel And stand still
Stand still I'm right where I wanna be Holding you in the middle of the moment Of my life The way I feel I don't care what's in front of me Or what's behind me I just wanna Stop the wheel And stand still
Oh baby, I just wanna stop the wheel And stand still Stand still
My moment of need was my finest hour But all I needed was someone to make me Turn myself around I could see by the way we never talk And how we're always separated By the room 'til all the walls come tumblin' down Seems to me that we should touch Let me know if that's askin' for too much
If I was someone you love You'd be shaken by now If I was someone you need we'd be better now If I was someone you cared for You'd be holdin' me They say you'll do the damndest things you Could ever think of For someone you love It ain't easy but it's worth it in the end Let's try again my friend, the sum of all The love is greater than All these pieces that are lyin' on the floor And all the words we're sayin' now can't Change the ones we've said before So we smile and let it go You tell me you love me but I know
If I was someone you love You'd be shaken by now If I was someone you need we'd be better now If I was someone you cared for You'd be holdin' me They say you'll do the damndest things you Could ever think of For someone you love
If I was someone you love You'd be shaken by now If I was someone you need we'd be better now If I was someone you cared for You'd be holding me If I was someone that mattered You'd disagree
They say you'll do the damndest things you Could ever thinkâ?¦ They say you'll do the damndest things you Could ever think of for someone you love Someone you love Yeah, you're someone I love Girl, I'd do anything I'd do anything
It's been three days, two hours And a minute Since she blasted off breaking every speed limit As fast and far away from me As she could get Well, she said, you'll straighten up one way or another The Don't Mess With Texas bumper Sticker on the bumper Said it all as she drove off into the red sunset She was right and I've learned my lesson Here on out, I'm a man on a mission
Houston, we have a problem If you can put a man on the moon I'm sure there's something you can do To help a love a little off course Well, I'm losin' her, heaven knows I can't do that I need her back So come in Houston, we have a problem
She left with a suitcase full of resentment She told me that I was afraid Of commitment She said don't call me baby, I'll call you Well it's been days and I ain't Heard nothing Somebody's just got to do something
Houston, we have a problem If you can put a man on the moon I'm sure there's something you can do To help a love a little off course Well, I'm losin' her, heaven knows I can't do that I need her back So come in Houston, we have a problem
If I could do anything I would give everything To make her come home I only need a chance to say if I could find a way To let her know, come in
Houston, we have a problem If you can put a man on the moon I'm sure there's something you can do To help a love a little off course I'm losin' her, heaven knows I can't do that I need her back So come in Houston, we have a problem We have a problem
I went back in time today a box I thought I'd thrown away Had fallen off the basement shelf, I tripped and almost hurt myself Scattered there across the floor A New Year's Eve hat from '94 Ticket stubs to Billy Joel and pictures From the Sugar Bowl Some of these souvenirs I remember Mostly I don't It's funny how time reduces a keepsake To a footnote
The wheres and the whens that meant So much then Have gracefully moved along My memory had mercy on me and let me go on Considering everything you meant I thought I never would forget
Here's us dancing on your birthday July 29th or 28th The song was "Always and Forever," I'm not sure but I remember That's the night we first made love The passion captured both of us It held us, then it set us free, This is all that's left of you and me A cardboard treasure chest with a diary Of two lovers Now it's a dusty old box no different From the others
The wheres and the whens that meant So much then Have gracefully moved along My memory had mercy on me and let me go on Considering everything you meant I thought I never would forget
My memory had mercy on me and let me go on Considering everything you meant I thought I never would forget
You'll never know, how much you touch my soul You're so beautiful and I'm so gone Please understand, I'm only just a man But I'll give you all I am From here and now on
I'll be the one The one you hold I'll wrap my love around you until time Grows old That ray of faith That glimpse of sun Baby, only everything I'll be the one
Trust this much, I'll always believe in us And I'll never give it up For anything ever
I'll be the one The one you hold I'll wrap my love around you until time Grows old That ray of faith That glimpse of sun Baby, only everything I'll be the one
Lay down beside me Right down here beside me There's so much inside girl And I want to share it with you My love, whatever I do
I'll be the one The one you hold I'll wrap my love around you until time Grows old That ray of faith That glimpse of sun Baby, only everything I'll be the one
