Dan Seals

I came from a town that was so small
You look both ways, you could see it all
All I wanted was some way out
Every evening I'd slip into town

And stand around by the caution light
And watch the big trucks rolling by
For me it was a beautiful sight
Big wheels in the moonlight

I had a case of wanderlust
I'd lie awake with the windows up
Out on Highway Fifty Nine
I could hear some big old diesel whine

She was going through all the gears
And headed out to who knows where
I fell asleep 'most every night
Dreaming about big wheels in the moonlight

And I want to put my life on the centerline
And I want to see the world before I die
And I know that there's a peace I'll never find
'Cause those big old wheels keep rolling through my mind

How I got here, it's hard to say
So many things got in my way
Can't complain about all I've got
Kids and a wife and a regular job

But at night when I'm sitting here
All alone in a living room chair
Sometimes I close my eyes
And see big wheels in the moonlight

And I want to put my life on the centerline
And I want to see the world before I die
And I know that there's a peace I'll never find
'Cause those big old wheels keep rolling through my mind

And I want to put my life on the centerline
And I want to see the world before I die
And I know that there's a peace I'll never find
'Cause those big old wheels keep rolling through my mind

'Cause those big old wheels keep rolling through my mind

She's a small town girl with no room to grow
And he's a reckless boy with no where to go
They're like birds in a cage with no place to fly
So he parks the car and she holds him tight

And they rage on some how searching for the answers
In the night like shadow dancers before their time is gone
They rage on

On the same dark night two more people meet
In a rented room on a cross town street
And she's lost her youth and he's lost his dreams
But for a while they feel like they used to feel

And they rage on
Against the lives that this world gave them
Hoping something's there to save them
They rage on rage on

And somewhere between right and wrong
In the grey between dusk and dawn
They tell themselves they're not alone
Cause they rage on

And they rage on some how searching for the answers
In the night like shadow dancers before their time is gone
They rage on

They rage on against the lives that this life gave them
Hoping something's there to save them
They rage on they rage on

In the quiet hours before the dawn
Buttons up his uniform
Takes out his badge and pins it on
For thirty years he's enforced the law
And he drives out on the Rio Grande
Across the dry and sunburned land
And on this side he takes his stand again

(chorus)
They won't get through this bordertown
He turns 'em back, he stands his ground
But still they come, because they know
Somewhere the streets are paved with gold
Somewhere beyond the sound of this bordertown

It's not his place to say what's fair
He's done his duty all these years
In his mind the law's the law
But then at dusk she wades across
And he sees the hope thats in her eyes
Child with dreams of a brand new life
It's not his job to say what's right or wrong

(repeat chorus)

As night falls over Mexico
He waits there as she comes ashore
Finished, there's a moment of faith
He turns his back and he walks away

(instrumental solo)

He walked his sweetheart down the aisle
You should have seen his mama cry
She was the only girl for him
And he would never, never leave her side

And daddy sends them the money down
To build a castle in the sky
Just like a magazine romance
A springtime honeymoon in France

Soon comes the bouncin' baby boy
And he's the apple of her eye
A custom-made recipe for joy
A gift that money couldn't buy
But Bobby's staying out late at night
And Mary's drinkin' on the sly

(chorus)
Is this some world that I'm dreaming of?
Is there somebody above?
Teach us to play the game of love.

Pushing and pullin', tears on the pillow
Digging in deeper each day
She wants his lovin', he says she's changin'
and slipping away
Who needs the heartache of staying together?
Let's call it a day.

Some people say right from the start
That love is just a foolish game
And when we end up against the wall
To find somebody else to blame
But if the loser gets the broken heart
How come the winner gets the same?
The winner get the same.
We just pick up the house of cards
So we can do it all again.

(chorus)

Teach us to play the game of love.

C'mon and let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our soul
If it takes all night long
Yeah, c'mon and let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our soul
If it takes all night long

I could tell ya....

The evening sun is sinkin' low
The clock on the wall says it's time to go
I've got my plans, I don't know about you
I tell you exactly what I'm gonna do

Get in the groove and let the good times roll
I'm gonna stay here 'till I soothe my soul
If it takes all night long
Yeah, everybody let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our soul
If it takes all night long

Yeah, it might be one o'clock, it might be three
Time don't mean that much to me
I ain't felt this good since I don't know when
I might not feel this good again

So everybody let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our soul
If it takes all night long

All night, all night
And all night, and all night long
Somebody said it might take all night long
And all night, all night long

(sax instrumental)

So c'mon and let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls
If it takes all night long, yeah.
So everybody let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls
If it takes all night long.

And all night, and all night
And all night, all night long
Somebody said it might take all night long
And all night, all night long

Lonestar is fading into the shadows
Standing there waiting for something to say
But she's so impatient she might not see him
The chance of a lifetime could be slipping away

(chorus)
Standing alone, he wears his freedom
He's seen it before, the sun going down in her eyes
His heart is his own, a lonely companion
As true as the wind and the deep purple sky

Now lonestar is grieving, but she doesn't notice
She's laughing and dancing with some Romeo
But out of the bright lights there's one lonely cowboy
With nothing to hold him, and nowhere to go

(instrumental solo)

(repeat chorus)

Now lonestar is fading into the shadows

I just had to call, cause babe I got your letter
And I understood almost every line
You said T. L. C. is what you miss from me
You want back in my arms P.D.Q.
And ooh I love this game
Them three letters by your name L.O.A. what does that say?

She said ooh baby it's so simple
I did not mean to make it hard to understand
I've been gone so long
Want you to know I miss my man oh yes I do
And that message for you
Tells you what I'm gonna do when I get home oh yeah

(Chorus)
L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been countin' the days
I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
And now after all this time
I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you.

I said ooh baby I do love you
And I'm always amazed the way we fit
And I T.G.I.F.
Thank God I found you when I did, oh yes I do
Them three letters by your name
I will just give you just the same
When you get home, oh yes I will

(repeat chorus)

(Bridge)
I don't need no confirmation
I get it right here in my land
Don't need no translation
You done spelled it out with words
That I can understand L.O.A.
ooh ooh ooh, L.O.A.

(repeat chorus)

And now after all this time
I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival)

Everybody sings a different kind of song
All God's children have somewhere where they belong
Oh, I heard it said I know it must be true
We were meant to be, I'm made for loving you.

Everybody has something he must be
Call it fortune, or just call it destiny
I have spent my life making my way to you
See the way we fit? I'm made for loving you.

Like blue skies always seem to go with sunshine
And just like laughter goes along with good times

I have spent my life making my way to you
See the way we fit? I'm made for loving you.

Sittin' in a bar room
Joplin, Missouri
Texas on my mind

Got no way to get there
Got no need to hurry
All I got is my time

In walks a lady
Heart be still!
In walks a lady with a Coupe Deville

She asked for someone new
To ride Tulsa way
She said she had to be there
Yesterday

Said I need a ride
a little further south
She said "Climb on in, boy
just shut your mouth"

(chorus)
Mmmm, Let me tell you, brother
She flew the coupe (coupe, coupe)
Let me tell you, brother
She flew the coupe (coupe, coupe)
Could have been eighty, ninety, or a hundred
A woman that fast, she don't need a number.

About a half an hour in
I turned on the radio
I caught a little bit of news
About a lady you know

There was somthin' 'bout gunplay
and a car she took
Satisfactory conditions
For thowin' the book

I looked to my left (to my left, to my left)
Heart be still!
I was looking at the lady with the Coupe Deville

She said, "Back in Missouri
a man owed a little debt.
It wasn't over money
But she took what she could get."

"She was in the driver's seat
She never looked back."
And I was ridin' shotgun
In a Cadiliac

(repeat chorus twice)

Yeah, go on baby

For the first time in a long time I saw her last night
I stood face to face with the love of my life
She laughed, and I smiled, and we talked for a while
I held her close as I told her goodbye

She said, "I'm sorry I hurt you the way that I did"
And I said, "Don't worry....

(chorus 1)
"It's just water under the bridge
Tears that I've already cried."
I couldn't tell her my love never died
It's just water under the bridge
The river just never runs dry.

You can never go back, it's been said many times
But I've never left in my heart and my mind
Though I've done my best to go on with my life
Those memories never stop flowing by,

(chorus 2)
Just like water the bridge
Tears that I've already cried
I 'll never tell her my love never died
It's just water under the bridge
The river just never runs dry.

No, you can't stop those feelings that flow deep inside
Just like water the bridge

His old hands were brown
from the varnish and the stain
And I had come to talk
in my youth and in my pain
I told him that I was not
the man I want to be
I waited to see what he would say

But he just kept on working
as if I wasn't there
The sweat on his face
and dust in his hair
He paused for a moment
when I'd been there for a while
He wiped his brow - I thought I saw him smile

(Chorus)
He just said , "Wood,
From the earth beneath our feet there grows a tree
And we can take it, shape it, to what's it's meant to be
The stronger the fiber, the better for the good
Son, I believe that men are just like wood."

I handed him a timber
and he laid it on the bench
I watched the love and care he took
to measure every inch
the work it got harder
when he cut across the grain
but he just put more shoulder to the plane

I sat there beside him
as he carved out every line
He made a thing of beauty
from a rough 'ol piece of pine
He seem to have the vision
of what the end would be
I felt as if some pieces had been taken out of me

(repeat chorus)

I left a little taller
wiser, and free
I learned the use of tools
for the carpenter in me
I don't have all the answers
but one thing I have have found
We are the choices that we make
when the chips are down, wood.

He said, "The stronger the fiber, the better for the good
Son, I believe that men are just like wood."

Sleep, lay me down, Hold me closely in your arms and I will close my eyes. Please, promise me, That when I wake up from my dreams, you'll be there by my side. Love, if you say you won't slip away, Then I can go dreaming of forever more, But I won't rest until, I know that you will be here, in the morning, by my side. Love, if you say you won't slip away, Then I can go dreaming of forever more, But I won't rest until, I know that you will be here, in the morning, by my side. In the morning, by my side.