Once upon a lonely time She swore she'd never let you down You held her tight without a care in mind While she did her runnin' 'round At first you wouldn't face the truth You loved her too much to let go And though the story had to end You wanna be her fool again Friend there's something you should know
* She'll have you back Back to drinkin' in no time Back to walkin' on your knees Boy open up your eyes and see the light Some things just aren't meant to be I understand how she can get to you 'Cause she's made more than one man blind So try and face the cold hard fact She would gladly have you back Back to drinkin' in no time
It just don't make no sense to me To play a game you'll never win You asked me here for my advice You say she wouldn't break you twice Friend you'd better think again
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So try and face the cold hard fact She would gladly have you back Back to drinkin' in no time
Hot sun, dancin' on a river We sit on the bank, watch the world go by Our feet in the water, she pressed her lips to mine We were so long on love, so short on time She could be a honeymoon sweet and a little wild She was mine, oh for a little while and,
*I laugh, everytime I start to think about us We sent that summer out in style and, She's gone, but she left me with a smile 'Cause she was mine for a little while
We take a ride and head on down to airport road Put the seats back and watch the planes leave town She always said, nobody's strong enough to tie her down Oh but I wasn't lookin' for that anyhow I knew she would leave, but I didn't know when It matters to me now, oh but it didn't back then and
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I keep seeing pictures now of me and her and those summer nights My mind fills with her, oh but it's alright 'cause
Dancin' in the dark Middle of the night Takin' your heart And holdin' it tight Emotional touch Touchin' my skin And askin' you to do What you've been doing all over again
Oh it's a beautiful thing Don't think I can keep it all in I just gotta let you know What it is that won't let me go
**It's your love It just does something to me It sends a shock right through me I can't get enough And if you wonder about the spell I'm under Oh it's your love
Better than I was More than I am And all of this happened By takin' your hand And who I am now Is who I wanted to be And now that we're together I'm stronger than ever I'm happy and free
Oh it's a beautiful thing Don't think I can keep it all in And if you asked me why I changed All I gotta do is say your sweet name
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Oh it's a beautiful thing Don't think I can keep it all in I just gotta let you know What it is that won't let me go
Johnny came home broken hearted Said he lost his girl He bottled up all the hurt in his heart Punched a hole in the wall of his world
Now Betty she was a blonde haired beauty With an eye for a man who could spend She stole his heart in a pickup truck And drove off in her Mercedes Benz And he said
* Oh and she looked so innocent Talkin' about bein' just friends Oh and it don't make a bit of sense Ain't that the way that it always ends
Karen she had a long time dream And only one man in her life He kept her waitin' but she didn't care 'Cause he promised he'd make her his wife
Now Billy he had a good thing goin' But he let it go to his head He got careless and late one night She caught them both in her bed And she said
Oh and he looked so innocent Talkin' about bein' just friends Oh and it don't make a bit of sense Ain't that the way that it always ends
Oh it always looked so innocent Talkin' about bein' just friends Oh and it don't make a bit of sense Ain't that the way that it always ends
You always come back when I'm at my weakest When I'm fool enough to let you in Sayin' how this time around is different Asking if I want to try again
* I do, but I don't I want to, but I won't I am but I ain't I could but I just can't It feels right but it's wrong And I've hurt way too long So when you ask me if I know what I want I do but I don't
What resistance I have left within me I lose each time you're holding me this close With every bitter sweet kiss, girl, you tempt me Asking if I want to let you go
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So don't ask me if I know what I want I do But I don't
We used to chase that boy home from school We called him freckle faced red headed fool He was different, he wasn't cool like me Sticks and stones didn't break any bones But we never left well enough alone One day he ran away from home you see And I passed him as he walked away And in his eyes I heard him say
One of these days you're gonna love me You'll sit down by yourself and think About the times you pushed and shoved me And what good friends we might have been And then you're gonna sigh a little And maybe even cry a little But one of these days you're gonna love me
Patty Sue was a small town beauty I took one look at her and had to pull her to me Lord knows she should have seen right through me When I promised her the world But at seventeen you only want one thing I left her standing with my high school ring Innocent tears in a pourin' rain As I walked away And I still see her in my dreams And to this day she's whispering
One of these days you're gonna love me You'll sit down by yourself and think About the time you turned from me And what good friends we might have been And then you're gonna sigh a little And maybe even cry a little But one of these days, you're gonna love me
Now everybody stands up The congregation sings It's a song of sweet forgiveness And as the chorus rings The wind blows clear my memory The pages start to turn And suddenly I'm singing The moment that I learn
One of these days I'm gonna love me And feel the joy of sweet release One of these days I'll rise above me And at last I'll find some peace And then I'm gonna smile a little And maybe even laugh a little But one of these days...
I gave up pamento cheese D-D-Domino's delivery Whiskey sours Apple pies Finger-lickin' chicken fried Are gastronomic history I used to like them scary shows But I gave'em up a while ago Don't do no death-defyin' Rollercoster ridin' Now days I just take it slow Every since we started datin' I been compensating To keep from gettin' up To heaven any quicker 'Cause
* She's hard on the ticker Hard on the ticker The girl is such a hazard that she oughta have a sticker Sayin' hard on the ticker
Now, when she wiggles through my door My chin gets heavy hits the floor Silky hair, scarlet lips Swingin' double-jointed hips My blood begins to roar
And when she nibbles on me ear It's partly pleasure, partly fear Little dab is all it takes To get my heart a palpatatin' Feelin' like the end is near I oughta get a policy A double indemnity It'd make my beneficiary A whole lot richer 'Cause
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That's my girl Yeah, she's hard on the ticker I oughta get a policy A double indemnity It'd make my benificiary A whole lot richer
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Oh, she's hard on the ticker Hard on the ticker She's hard on the ticker Hey, she's hard on the ticker
We were born in this little town Growin' up I was countin' down Every single day till we made our get away But you said you could never see yourself Trying to make a life anywhere else This would be your home And I was on my own But ever since you said good-bye I've been out here on the wind And baby you would be surprised All the places you have been
I've seen you in Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert Watchin' the sun set in Monterey Girl I swear just the other day you were Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches Carolina barefoot on the beaches No matter where you choose to be In my heart I'll always see you Everywhere
Now a days when I'm passin' through The conversation always turns to you I hear you're doin' fine Livin' out by the county line Got a man that's home every night A couple of kids and the kind of life That you want to leave Guess you could say the same for me But you and I made our choices All those years ago Still I know I'll hear your voice And see you down the road Maybe in
Oklahoma drivin' 'cross the prairie In Dallas Texas isn't that where we Always said we would like to try But never did so maybe that's why You're on every highway just beyond the high-beams Right beside me in all of my sweet dreams No matter where you choose to be In my heart I'll always see you In
Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert Watchin' the sun set in Monterey Girl I swear just the other day you were Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches Carolina barefoot on the beaches No matter where you choose to be In my heart I'll always see you Everywhere
You always had an eye for things that glittered But I was far from being made of gold I don't know how but I scraped up the money I just never could quite tell you no
Just like when you were leaving Amarillo Takin' that new job in Tennessee And I quit mine so we could be together I can't forget the way you looked at me
*Just to see you smile I'd do anything that you wanted me to When all is said and done I'd never count the cost It's worth all that's lost Just to see you smile
When you said time was all you really needed I walked away and let you have your space 'Cause leavin' didn't hurt me near as badly As the tears I saw rollin' down your face
And yesterday I knew just what you wanted When you came walkin' up to me with him So I told you that I was happy for you And given the chance, I'd lie again
You just get better all the time Darlin' don't you change a thing Lately you're the only song I wanna sing you're my reason to try You just get sweeter every day The little things you do and say If only you could see you through my eyes You just get better all the time
Oh, and I get the feelin' we can make it baby As long as you are by my side You're the music in my ears The laughter when the tears Are fallin' down in my life
And on down through the years You never tried to change my ways You never made me feel I had to say "I'm sorry"
You just get better all the time Why just today I heard you read my mind That kinda magic is so hard to find You just get better all the time
Yeah, I swore off love I swore off women Devoted my life to huntin' and fishin' I'd never be anybody else's lovesick fool It ain't cool I spend all my spare time Fixin' up That old rusted up pick-up truck In no time at all I'd have it lookin' like brand new Then you
* Flip the switch on my doomaflatchi Played my piano like Liberace I let down my guard And my heart was as good as gone So long Yeah, you cranked my tractor Ya flick my bic Woman you tripped the trigger on my thing-a-majig Can't explain how ya done it But, honey, you turn me on
You look at all the takin' I done all the gettin' I threw up my hands, said "The heck with it" I shut down my heart Locked it up and pulled the fuse Before it blew All my emotions were disconnected No sign of a spark Could be detected I had nobody So I had nothing to lose Then you
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Yeah, ya crank my tractor Ya flick my Bic Woman you tripped the trigger on my thing-a-majig Can't explain how ya done it But, honey, you turn me on (2X)
* If I never think about her I'll never miss her at all Never wonder what she's doin' Never give her a call Never see her again And I'll be free as a bird But the trouble with never is never, never works
If I never bring her flowers I'll never see her smile If I never try to kiss her She'll never drive me wild And I'll never feel the need To say those three little words But the trouble with never is never, never works
I know how to stay carefree Let no one get a hold on me But I can't keep my hands off her There's something different 'bout this girl
If I never let me love her, I'll never settle down And I'll never put roots in this God forsaken town And I'll never say I do or step foot in a church But the trouble with never is never, never works
I know how to stay carefree, Let no one put a hold on me But I can't keep my hands off her There's something different 'bout this girl
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Yeah, the trouble with never is never, never works At least not with her
Backseat of her daddy's car I was trying not to go too far Kept thinking about the words the preacherman said Lightnin' flashed across the sky I saw love in a young girl's eyes And that's a look you never forget
* Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime Don't it just fly by wild and free Goin' any way the wind blew baby Seventeen livin' on crazy dreams Rock and roll and faded blue jeans And standing on the edge of everything Seventeen
Legs hangin' off the bayou bridge Feedin' fish potato chips And talkin' about the mysteries of the universe Yeah the world was somewhere else We had the summer all to ourselves And the stars went off like fireworks
Six Lanes, tail lights Red ants marching into the night They disappear to the left and right again
Another supper from the sack A ninety-nine cent heart attack I've got a pounding head and an achin' back My Camels buried in a big straw stack
* I'm gonna live where the green grass grows Watch my corn pop up in rows Everynight be tucked in close to you Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed Point our rocking chairs towards the west And plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows Where the green grass grows
Well I'm from a map dot A stop sign on a black top I caught the first bus that I could hop from there But all of this glitter is getting dark There's concrete growing in the city park I don't know who my neighbors are And there's bars on the corner and bars on my heart
She left Oklahoma for California Sunglasses on the brim of her hat Smoke was pourin' from that old Cadillac But she wasn't turnin' back Just outside of Flagstaff Motor blew on her Coup De Ville Just in time she saw a sign There's was a Texaco waitin' at the bottom of the hill And she said
* Somebody must be prayin' for me Somebody out there must be prayin' for me Must be angels I can't see Somebody must be prayin' for me, yeah
A boy about 20 climbed out of a truck All covered in grease and dirt She said, hey Charles, but he just laughed He said, I'm wearin' my daddy's shirt He stood there lost in her eyes Then she got lost in his As the years roll by She would sigh everytime they kissed And she'd say
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Sometimes she stares out the window And wonders about her Hollywood dreams But when she tucks her kids in bed She softly whispers as they fall asleep
Somebody must be prayin' for me Somebody out there must be prayin' for me Ain't it funny how you always find just what you need Somebody must be prayin' for me
Yeah, somebody must be prayin' for me Prayin' for me, yeah
I never had no one I could count on I've been let down so many times I was tired of hurtin' So tired of searchin' 'Til you walked into my life It was a feelin' I'd never known And for the first time I didn't feel alone
*You're more than a lover There could never be another To make me feel the way you do Oh. we just get closer I fall in love all over Everytime I look at you I don't know where I'd be Without you here with me Life with you makes perfect sense You're my best friend You're my best friend, oh yeah
You stand by me And you believe in me Like nobody ever has When my world goes crazy You're right there to save me You make me see how much I have And I still tremble When we touch And oh the look in your eyes When we make love
She left more than just her lipstick When she walked out Her memory keeps haunting me That's why I'm hunting you down It's been a long time since our lips met You've always been good at helping me forget I'll regret it in the morning But that's not stopping me now
* Senorita, margarita I'm as lonesome as a man can be I still love her I still need her I'm just hoping you can comfort me I don't want to do her wrong I don't need somebody new I just can't be alone tonight So senorita, margarita, let me hold you tight La la la la la la, la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la la...
She always comes to her senses With some space and time And you're just what I needed To cool off this hot head of mine I hope you realize this is a one night stand I'm gonna get her back, I know I can So let's keep this between you me the salt and the lime
After all this time I still miss you everday The same world spins 'round I guess some things never change Sometimes I go out but it never feels the same I still look for you Baby some things never change
When I said I'd love you for eternity I just never knew how true those words would be Just an old love song Just a mention of your name My heart breaks in two again I guess some things never change
Maybe someday someone else will set me free Until then I'll live with your loves legacy And I'll keep holding on Hoping you'll come back someday You can rest assured Baby some things never change Girl I'm still in love with you I guess some things never change
She walks over to him and she says do you remember me I think we might have met somewhere before Southern Carolina is the place that comes to mind But hey I guess you never really can be sure
Oh there's nothing like a true love To go and make a fool of someone just like before And right there for a minute I forgot that you don't love me anymore
Then an old familiar feeling Wraps its arms around the moment And he says so many times I've tried to call Well you think you'd spent a lifetime It's been two years since I've seen you But it seems just like no times gone by at all
Oh there was nothing like a real love To give you back the feel of Someone just like before And right there for a minute I forgot that you don't love me anymore
Oh and how far we'll travel For a place to heal our hearts We watched it unravel So why's tonight the hardest part
Then he says the weather's changin' And it's icing up the highway So I guess it's time for me to hit the road So she says goodbye and then before she knows what she is saying She says I wish that you didn't have to go
Oh there's nothing like a true love To go and make a fool of someone just like before And right there for a minute I forgot that you don't love me anymore
And right there for a minute I forgot that you don't love me anymore
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen I bought a Coke and some gasoline And I drove out to the county Fair When I saw her for the first time She was standing there in the ticket line And it all started right then and there Oh, a sailer's sky made a perfect sunset And that's the day I'll never forget
I had a barbeque stain on my white T-shirt She was killing me in that miniskirt Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks She had a suntan line and red lipstick I worked so hard for that first kiss And a heart don't forget something like that
Well it was five years later on a southbound plane I was headed down to New Orleans To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras When I heard a voice from the past Comin' from a few rows back And when I looked, I couldn't believe just what I saw She said I bet you don't remember me And I said only every other memory
I had a barbeque stain on my white T-shirt You were killing me in that miniskirt Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks You had a suntan line and red lipstick I worked so hard for that first kiss And a heart don't forget something like that
Like an old photograph Time can make a feeling fade But the memory of a first love Never fades away
I had a barbecue stain on my white tee shirt She was killing me in that miniskirt Skippin?rocks on the river by the railroad tracks She had a sun tan line and red lipstick I worked so hard for that first kiss A heart don't forget, no a heart don't forget I said a heart don't forget something like that Oh, not something like that
