Well from Dalhart to Del Rio
And out El Paso way
I've been doin' fine on Houston time
When the sun sets on the Copano Bay
From way up where the Red River flows
On down to the Rio Grand
I was born a little native Texan kid
And i'm proud to say that I am
Chorus
Yeah well I like Texas
Ain't it fine here
I like to pick my guitar down at ol Gruene Hall
And drink that Miller Lite beer
Yeah well I like Texas
Man there ain't no doubt
Just listen to me cause I know what i'm talkin about
Well theres old dancehalls and little cafe's
Where you can get a taste of the Lone Star State
You can strap on boots and have yourself a laugh or two
Well theres no line dancing just straight romancing
That Hill Country love is what I fancy
The streams running clear and the skies they are so blue
Chorus
Yeah well I like Texas
Ain't it fine here
I like to pick my guitar down at ol Gruene Hall
And drink that Miller Lite beer
Yeah well I like Texas
Man there ain't no doubt
Just listen to me cause I know what i'm talkin about
Well it's a two day old burrito
One lukewarm beer to go
On the Sunday side of a roadtrip weekend
Lordy I was feeling so low
When somebody flipped on the jukebox
And I heard ol Bob Wills say

Let your hair down

Wear something pretty
Don't you know
How you make us both look good
Call your momma
Tell her were going out tonight
Were gonna be late
Hell we might not make it back at all

Chorus:
So take me out to the dancehall
Slap my foot down to the rythm
Tell them to play them old songs that we all love
Tell me that you want me
And i'll tell you that i want you to
And i'll kiss your face whenever you want me to

Some people say
Don't you waist your time away
Late night livin let us rendevouz
Take my hand
Take a chance yeah
Close your eyse
Hey the rest is gonna come to you

Chorus

I said forget about tomorrow
I don't care if it comes at all
And if we get a lilttle crazy
We'll blame it on the alcohol

Chorus

Hey baby tell me that you want me
And i'll tell you that i want you to
And i'll kiss your face whenever you want me to

Saw you early this morning
Sleeping all dressed in white
For a moment I thought you were an angel
Come to take me home alive
You woke up and you caught me staring
You smiled and said

Well when the wind don't blow in Amarillo, and the moon along to Gunnison don't rise, shall I cast my dreams upon your love babe, and lie beneath the laughter of your eyes.
Chorus
Snowing on Raton, come morning I'll be through the hills and gone.
Mother thinks the road is long lonely, little brother thinks the road is straight and fine, will little darlin' thinks the road is soft and lovely, I'm thankful that old road is a friend of mine.
Chorus
Bid the years good-bye you cannot still them, you cannot turn the circles of the sun, you cannot count the miles until you fell them, you cannot hold a lover that is gone.
Chorus
Tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping, silently the blanket green and blue, but I shall hear the silence they are keeping, I'll bring all their promises to you.
Chorus 3x

Well I believe in hope and marriage
Forever and I do
But love suffers pain when you try to hard
And tonight we're living proof
But if we fell in love
We can fall in love again
There is no doubt we can work it out
Find a way to fall back in
Do you remember when I met you
What I whispered in your ear…

(Chorus:)
Be my temporary angel
And I'll be your love for just one day
Hold me for the moment
Let the moment fade away
When you wake up the morning and your heart tells you stay
Be my temporary angel forever
When forever comes our way

We can start this thing all over
Let tomorrow win its turn
Give back the past – it'll never last
Strike a match and watch it burn
Do you remember when I met you
What I whispered in your ear…

(Chorus)

Close the door and turn the lights down
Let it all come down right now

by Pat Green
2000 Greenhorse MusicBMI. All Rights Reserved
Momma cried when you left me, Know she's always loved you so, She said hey fool what the hell did you do I said now mom I swear to God I just don't know, Picture book sittin on the table, Memories were stacked up through the years, But tonight their ain't no pictures on them pages,Cuz your kinda gone And you're never coming back home again
CHORUS
And tonight all the dancehalls are empty
No lovers on the floor
So I'll sit here with my whiskey
Drink it till I just can't drink no more
And I don't know why you had to leave me, All I really know is that you are gone, long gone, And everywhere I go I just feel lonely, You're the only life I've ever known, And I guess you heard the highway calling, Because you packed up your things and headed for the coast, I had to fight the urge to follow, I guess some time away from me is all you've ever really needed most
CHORUS
And tonight you know this whole damn town is empty
And I don't think I can take it anymore
So I'll sit here with my whiskey
Drink it till I just can't drink no more
A Late night phone call from the East Coast, Said she had enough, She's coming on back home, Guess she went out and got crazy for awhile, If she leaves right now, Maybe she'll make Memphis by the dawn
CHORUS
And tonight you know this whole damn house is empty
Tomorrow will be like it was before
So I'll put away my whiskey
Guess I just don't need it anymore
Yeah I'll put away my whiskey
Guess I just don't need it anymore

(Pat Green)
Adios days on the wide open prairie
Nights in the canyon are gone
Steven is dead, Johnny got married
and me I'm here all on my own
I'm all on my own
Used to have nights on the town of Loredo
Spinning them girls 'cross the floor
Now I'm too old for dancing
Too far gone for the whiskey
so I don't go down there no more
CHORUS (BOTH)
Now it's adios days on the wide open prairie
Nights in the canyon are gone
Steven is dead, Johnny got married
and me I'm here all on my own
(Cory Morrow)
My dad was a top hand
When he was a young man
He road for the Diamond Bar Jade
He pushed all day long
From the back of his pony
At night time he'd gather the streets
(Pat Green)
He hated the cities
Cussed all the railroads
Said they would lead us to fall
Now we have street cars
Cowboys dieing
Guess he weren't too far from wrong
CHORUS

Can you help me out with something
Cause I feel a little sad inside
Did you turn me on for nothing
Are you sad or satisfied
It was long before today
That I felt you were slipping away

(Chorus:)
And you can't change anything
You can't change anyone
You can't do nothing about the way I feel
You can lay into me
It won't change anything about the way I feel
About my little heaven
My little heaven

Can I pay you some attention
Tell me would it be ok
I'm a little imperfection
And your picture perfectly
And I don't think I could take it
If I thought you were trying to fake it

(Chorus)

If you want me baby I'll be there
Take me away

(Chorus)

My little heaven

We were just young kids with a six pack
Pat:
That a bad fake ID bought.
we were just dumb kids
Sittin' on the living room couch
with a 6 pack
hopin that we didn't get caught
that bad fake ID I bought
And when we did, my dad
sitting on the living room couch
had some good advice for me
hoping that we didn't get caught
He said Son, there's a time and place

for just about everything
Brad:
it's called College
and when we did my dad had some good advice for me

he said son there's a time & place for just about everything
Next thing I know I'm packing up
its called college
and headin on out of here.

a backseat full of clothes,
next thing I know im packin up
and my old cavalier
and hey im outta here
And there's empty pizza boxes
a backseat full of clothes
stacked all around the room
in my old cavalier
Couple of beers on a Tuesday
Pat:
and one in the afternoon
there was empty pizza boxes
hey, college
stacked around the room

a couple of bears on Tuesday
Those were the best days of my life
and one in the afternoon
I found my friends, myself, and my wife.
hey, college
learned almost everything that I know

without ever gaining knowledge
Brad:
in college....yeah college
those were the best days of my life

I found my friends myself and my wife
I had suck a good time those four years

that I stretched them into six.
Pat:
And I'd like to thank ole George's Bar
I learned almost everything I know
for the the classes that I missed
Without ever gaining knowledge
I was searching for the meaning of life

When I saw her walk my way.
Brad:
There was not doubt in my my mind
In college
That it wasn't about a GPA
In college


Those were the best days of my life
I had such a good time in those 4 years
I found my friends, myself, and my wife.
That I stretched it into 6
learned almost everything that I know

without ever gaining knowledge
Pat:
in college....yeah college.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK OL' GEORGE'S BAR

FOR THE CLASSES THAT I MISSED
Those were the best days of my life

I found my , myself, my friends and my wife.
Brad:
learned almost everything that I know
I was searching for the meaning of life
Might have gained a little knowledge
When I saw her walk my way


in college....yeah college
Both:
in college
And there was no doubt in my mind
in college..yeah yeah yeah...
That it wasn't about no GPA



Brad:

Those were the best days of my life
I found my friends myself and my wife

Pat:
Learned almost everything I know
Without ever gaining knowledge

Brad:
In college

Those were the best days of my life
Pat:
I found my friends myself and my wife

Brad:
Learned almost everything I know
Might have gained a little knowledge

Both:
In college (yeah yeah yeah)
In college (yeah yeah yeah)
In college (yeah yeah yeah)

I woke up this morning
Texas on my mind
Thinking about my friends there
And a girl I'd left behind
The way she held me when we kissed
The loving that we'd done
And how I left her waving goodbye standing in the Texas sun
Chorus:
I've got a half a mind to call her
Half a mind to go
Jump a big jet liner
And wing it on my way back home
And all the morning it was raining on the streets of Liverpool
So I stayed in and played guitar and sang the lovesick blues
My mind kept going back in time when we both had fun
And how I left her waving to me standing in the Texas sun
Chorus:
I've got a half a mind to call her
Half a mind to go
Jump a big jet liner
And wing it on my way back home
In my dreams she's still in love with me
But I'd have to travel home to see
If she's found another man to take the place of me
Guess I'll have to keep on dreaming sunny memories
Wishing I was back there doesn't help me much at all
When I want to hold her it doesn't help me much to call
Stuck here in this seaport town longing for the one
That I left behind me there standing in the Texas sun
Chorus:
I've got a half a mind to call her
Half a mind to go
Jump a big jet liner
And wing it on my way back home
I've got a half a mind to call her
Half a mind to go
Jump a big jet liner
And wing it on my way back home

A thick plush blue carpet at my feet
A peacock stained glass window staring back at me
A nine foot crushed white velvet sofa in the hallway

There's a TV in the kitchen
She's cooking in her panties
flipping them little sandwiches likes she's flipping her hair
sure is nice to have someone to hold me

I'm the king of kings you see
Everything you need
Baby, I'm Elvis

I got a hundred golden records in this one room
I got fifty golden knobs upon my door
I got one black twenty-five foot stretch Cadillac to drive you home

Downstairs there's a room in the basement
It's mostly made of yellow and black
Some folks call it the jungle
I just think its a nice place to relax

Once a year they all come to see me
I watch them throwing flowers at my toes
There's a line that stretches down the driveway
Past my plane and ends at the gift shop

Day after day
The search goes on
No ones explained
That grevings so strong
Love runs so deep
Down in your soul
It hit me so high
All that I know

(Chorus:)
Cause baby the lucky ones
Baby the lucky ones
Baby the lucky ones
For a moment or two
Get to fall in love with somebody like you
Get to fall in love with somebody like you

They say use your head
Don't lose control
To hell with that pride
I swallowed it hole
There's nothing but love
No one but you
Can make such a hero
Of such a fool

(Chorus)

Baby the lucky ones
Baby the lucky ones
Baby the lucky ones
For a moment or two
Get to fall in love with somebody like you
The lucky ones
Baby the lucky ones
Baby the lucky ones
For a moment or two
Get to fall in love with somebody like you
Get to fall in love with somebody like you

Dancehall Dreamer
I found myself in bar room
Doing the things I ought not to
Watching life as it slowly passed me by
I was holding onto lovers
And disregarding others with my lies
Living my whole life like this
I guess its risky business
Some folks say that I wont last too long
And I cant say I blame them
For saying what their saying
Cause right now Im just holding on
Chorus
Im just an old Dancehall Dreamer
Living my life in the past
Holding onto dreams and them slow moving trains
And I dont know how long I can last
So I called out to Jesus
Said Lord I really need you
Youve got to carry me for a while
Ive been running too long
Singing them old tired songs
As wheels keep on turning out the miles
Like I said Im just a dreamer
Got to keep believing someday things will go my way
Im just running from the devil
Got one foot on the pedal
While the others laid up in the grave
Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Hello, California
Sure is strange to be here today
Whats a boy from down in Austin
Doing in a city of angels anyway
So wont you come on out here with me
Find out what you can and cannot see
Maybe gain a new perspective
Why were so infected by our dreams
Chorus
Yeah baby, Ill be out here dreaming
Thinking about the life we could have
Youre back home in Texas
Im stranded in Los Angeles
Wondering when is the next time I get to hold you
I just want to hold you
Its the sweetest kind of poison
Tickle you and take away your faith
Whiskey for a lifetime
Wreck your soul with the smallest little taste
Chorus
I am just a guitar man who fell in love with you
Times are good or bad, I take them all the same
You could have some 9 to 5 man coming home to take your hand
You know hes never gonna do
Is this the life Ive dreamed of
Or is this just the way it all went down
But damn right I sure am happy
A crazy piece of life I have found
Chorus

Got myself a threadbare gypsy soul
Likes to dance and drink and go wherever the wind blows
Gotta little threadbare gypsy soul
Gotta little threadbare gypsy soul
Gotta little wild streak in my heart
I guess that I have had it since I heard the music start
I gotta little wild streak in my heart
I gotta little threadbare gypsy soul
I like to hear the highway sounds
And I don't think that I'll ever settle down
I can't change and it's a sin
Hope St. Peter gonna let me in
Come on Pete won't you let me in
I wear this cowboy hat up on my head
And you can take it off me some time after I am dead
Gotta cowboy hat up on my head
Gotta a little threadbare gypsy soul
I wear these crusty shoes down on my feet
I could write a book about the places that they've seen
I got these crusty shoes down on my feet
I gotta little wild streak in my heart
And I like to hear the highway sounds
Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever settle down
And I can't change and it's a sin
I hope St. Peter gonna let me in
Come on Pete won't you let me in
I know this crazy living just ain't right
Most of the time I'm smoking, drinking, looking for a fight
But I've been talking to Jesus every day
I've been talking to Jesus every day
And I got this girl back home I call my wife
If you ever met her I swear she would change your life
She's gotta little wild streak in her heart
But she's been saying hallelujah every day
I like to hear the highway sounds
I don't think that I'll ever settle down
I can't change and it might be a sin
Hope St. Peter gonna let me in
Got my gypsy soul to bare, Amen

Hello California,
Sure is strange to be here today.
What's a boy from down in Austin
Doin' in the city of angels anyway?
So won't ya come on out here with me?
Find out what you can or can not see
Maybe gain a new perspective
Why we're so infected by our dreams

Yeah and baby, I'll be out here dreaming
And thinking about the life we could have
Yeah but you're back home in Texas,
And I'm wondering when's the next time I get to hold you
I just wanna hold you

It's the sweetest kind of poison
Tackle you and take away your faith
Whiskey for a lifetime
Wreck your soul with the smallest little taste

Yeah and baby, I'll be out here dreaming
And thinking about the life we could have.
Well I'm stranded in Los Angeles
Wondering when's the next time I get to hold you,
I just wanna hold you.

I am just a guitar man
That fell in love with you
Times good or bad, I'd take ‘em all the same
You could have some 9 to 5 man comin' home to take your hand
You know he's never gonna do

Is this the life I dreamed of?
Guess it's just the way it all went down
Damn right I sure am happy
With the crazy piece of life that I have found

Yeah and baby, I'll be out here dreaming
And thinking about the life we could have
Yeah but you're back home in Texas,
And I'm stranded in Los Angeles
Wondering when's the next time I get to hold you,
I just wanna hold you.

So tell me a story about something pretty
A gaurdian angel up in the sky
Make me believe in the hill for a climber
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
I'm hangin on mouth hangin open
World spinnin faster round and around
Hey whats the matter
Look unexpected
You took a right turn on the wrong side of town
You with the light on lookin so hopeful
Your just pretending you know what youve done
Cryin your heart out but nobodys lookin
Its not gettin better not having fun
I'm hangin on mouth hangin open
World spinnin faster round and around
Hey whats the matter
Look unexpected
You took a right turn on the wrong side of town
Jesus was wrong about all the sinners
He'd take a stump for the sign of the time
Running for shelter like nobody's business
You don't even notice the face of the sky
So many answers just booze talk and whispers
Pick up the pieces and gobble them down
Don't talk in words so I won't understand you
Just hold up your finger and cry like a girl
Im hangin on mouth hangin open
world spinnin faster round and around
Hey what's the matter
You look unexpected
You took a right turn on the wrong side of town

My daddy was an outlaw
Mom died giving birth to me
They both left me all alone when I was on bended knee
If you don't like my story I suggest you turn the page
I don't need no preachin' I ain't got no soul to save
My name is Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh
And this here's Tennessee Jack
Don't you give us any lip now boy
Or today will be your last
When the bank was dry we said goodbye and walked out to the street
When a cloud of bullets came tumbling down
And took Tennessee to his knees
I just stood there and watched him bleeding
Like a fool out in the rain
Didn't have time to think as I jumped through the banks front window pane
Grabbed the teller in the blink of an eye and put a Colt up to his head
Said careful son don't you try to run or tomorrow you'll wake up dead
Chorus
I've got to fly just like an eagle
Free like a bird on the wind
Hell fire and brimstone are comin' down on me
Mister I was born of sin
Sat down in the corner and I rolled a little home grown
Said if I'm gonna die today I sure as hell ain't goin' alone
So I ran out the bank shootin' I was two for two at first
Then I felt a painful saound as a bullet tore my shirt
Chorus
I've got to fly just like an eagle
Free like a bird on the wind
Hell fire and brimstone are comin' down on me
Mister I was born of sin
I crawled back to the alleyway where I knew my horse was tied
And thats where all the legends say Arkansas Dave Rudebaugh died
But I was in a place so far from there in a time so long ago
In the arms of a pretty little senorita on the Gulf of Mexico
Chorus
I've got to fly just like an eagle
Free like a bird on th

If I had a million I would build you a mansion,
a hundred miles from nowhere with all a girl could need,
We would run through the hallways and dance in the backyard,
if we ain't got no neighbors ain't noone will see.
and if I had a speed plane we'd fly across the land,
settle in some little border town,
we'd drink margaritas and dance to mariachis,
put you on my speed plane and I would bring you back home.
and if I had a steamboat we'd sail across the ocean,
dock in some little port of call,
we would have a fine time with Swiss cheese and French wine,
put you on my steamboat and I would bring you back home.
But I ain't got a million and I ain't got a speed plane,
I ain't got no boat upon the sea,
all I've got is two strong arms to hold you so tightly,
so baby won't you, won't you please, come back home with me.

Might stand out in the wind
Out on Mustang Island
Might stay up all night
Hangin' out with Hank Williams and cryin'

I slept out on the sand so many nights that I can't remember
Yeah but love is love and life is hard
And one undoes the other

Summer gold, Winter blue
Where ever I am whatever I do
Wrapped in you

Might find me in Paris France, Someday soon
Might drive this Malibu all the way to China
Never can tell what I'll do.
I'm busted, shot clean through
Where ever I am whatever I do
Wrapped in you

Held you once through April
And in summer set you free
Now the cold, cold nights are coming
And I've lost everything

I've never been to Paris France
Never even seen Mustang Island
Ol' hank was gone before I was born
I'm not the kind to stay up cryin'
May never go far, but here's the truth
Where ever I am whatever I do
I'm busted, shot clean through
Whatever you want is what I'll do
I'm wrapped in you.

Wrapped in you
Wrapped in you

Tree blows against my window
There's a storm brewin' in my heart
Watchin' credits roll on a late night TV show
Lonely street light peekin'
Through the cracks in the window shade
After all that he's seen I wonder if he truly knows
Did he watch her when she slammed the door
Like a hammer against a nail
Leavin' me in what's become
A lonely prison cell
Chorus
I thought always meant forever
Guess you couldn't play second fiddle to my guitar
Like an old man drinkin' down at the tavern
I was one for the road now your headed on back home
I met you at a party seems like only yesterday
We were fallin' in love and livin' to chase our dreams
I gave you flowers on Valentines
And I had a strong feelin' deep and down inside
That someday we'd make a home and a family
I'd say I'm sorry in a heartbeat
If you would only let me
I could learn to forgive if you would only forget
A hotel room down in Austin
After another one night show
I caught your silouette creepin' down the street
Under a moonlight glow
And as you took my hand
So went all my pain
We stepped right off the platform and caught the midnight train
Chorus
And I thought always meant forever
And I won't make you play second fiddle to my guitar
Like an old man drinkin' down at the tavern
I was one for the road and you headed on back home

Mama always said stand up to the truth
There ain't no such thing as the fountain of youth
Two wrongs never made it right
Grass ain't always greener on the other side
Better save your money for a rainy day
Count your blessings come as they may
Only Wil Rogers never met a man he didn't like
Always throw the first punch when it comes to a fight
It ain't over till it's over and the fat lady sings
Only quitters and losers throw the towel in the ring
Well, I hope you ain't working on a rainy day
Count your blessings come as they may
It's a hush my mouth land sakes alive
I don't believe that fisherman smell the same when they die
Never put the cart before the horse
Unless he knows how to push it of course
Seems like I'm always dreamin on a rainy day
Count your blessings come as they may
And it was grandpa who said son you can't buy love
You can jump in with both feet, but don't jump the gun
Stay out of trouble count your lucky stars
Never get drunk in two states inside the same bar
Seems like I'm always drinking on a rainy day
Count your blessings come as they may
Grandma who said silence is golden
You only answer to one he's the almighty beholder
Bird in the hand is better than two in the nest
Don't you count your chickens before they hatch
Always save the loving for a rainy day
Count your blessings come as they may
It's a hush my mouth land sakes alive
I don't believe that fisherman smell the same when they die
Never put the cart before the horse
Unless he knows how to push it of course
Seems like I'm dancehall dreaming on my rainy days
Count your blessings come as they may
Talk being cheap well I took their advice
And the older I get the more I know they were right
Works for me may not work for you
Everything I said was the goddang truth
Well, I hope you ain't lonely on a rainy day
Count your blessings come as they may
And they're etched in my mind I can never forget 'em
See it ain't what you said its just how you said it

My brother and I used to go down to George's Bar, and drink big O's until they close down the place, we'd talk about our lives, dreams and ambitions, I still recall the smile upon his face. He took off for the bright lights of Austin, said Pat don't you know there ain't no money here, he made a billion bucks selling computers, I still go to George's and drink my beer.
He's gone, yeah he's gone, but I'm still here.
He's gone, yeah he's gone, but I'm still here.
There was this curly headed girl back in the seventh grade, she didn't even know she caught my eye, we dated for a while back in high school, I thought that one day she'd be my wife. The road took a turn somewhere around eighteen, she took off to find her own way, feel in for some Nashville high roller, I know he gonna break her heart one day.
She's gone, yeah she's gone, but I'm still here,
She's gone, yeah she's gone, but I'm still here.
I used to go to my grandpas house every Sunday, watch the football game on TV, sit around sometimes he'd tell us stories, about how simple life used to be. My grandpa died a year ago last Sunday, I thought to myself he was one helluva' man, and I know when the darkness surrounds me, he reaches out and he takes my hand.
He's gone, yeah he's gone, but I'm still here,
He's gone, yeah he's gone, I swear to God that he's still here.

I feel like getting out of here
I feel like giving up
I give my best and you punch and you kick me
Then you tell me that I aint enough
Everybody know what's gonna happen
Everybody know what's in store
I give you everything that you ask me
Now I just can't give it anymore

(Chorus:)
Over and over and over and over
What kinda spell have you got me under
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me
Under the gun
Out of my mind
I lost my brain
And that's just fine
I'm just a fool
No it aint cool
But I am still in love with you

I don't know why I'm getting so angry
I just know that I'm getting bored
After all the crap that's happened
I hear a heartbreak & it's knocking at the door

(Chorus)

Open your eyes
Hey lighten up
You look like nails
But you aint that tough
You got what you want
Cuz im still here
No I aint going anywhere

Under the gun
Out of my mind
I lost my brain
And that's just fine
I'm just a fool
No it aint cool
But I am still in love with you

Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me under
Over and over and over and over
What kinda spell have you got me.....

She stops and checks her reflection in a car parked on the corner
She says its hell on me this working down at the diner
Some people say man she was hot back when she was younger
Yeah well she was a dancer when she lived in LA

Well she was someone's baby doll
A beauty queen to someone long ago
For the midnight show

And if you close your eyes
You can hear the music playing
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight
And when she sleeps she dreams she's back in Hollywood
Back when all the world was young
She was someone's baby doll

She stops and checks her reflection in the bathroom on her lunch break
She says “I still look good for someone half of my real age”
Some people say “Man I bet she still makes love like an earthquake”
Yeah but man she ain't easy – she ain't letting you in my friend, my friend

Its time to wake up baby doll
Put your best dress and your high heals on
And dream your gone

When you close your eyes
You can hear the music playing
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight
And when she sleeps she dreams she's back in Hollywood
Back when all the world was young
She was someone's baby doll

She stops and calls an old friend from the payphone at the subway
She says I feel like I'm just sitting here wasting my days away
It's time to move on baby doll
And walk away just like you did before – when you wanted more

When you close your eyes
You hear the music playing
You can see her dancing underneath the spotlight
And when she sleeps she dreams she's back in Hollywood
When she was a younger girl – a pretty heart in a tainted world
Not sure who you wanna be
Your daddy's little drama queen
I hope that when you find yourself
You're more than just a baby doll

We must be headed in the wrong direction
Cause there's nothing but pain out there
I heard you say something about the cross upon your back
The truth is, baby, life aint always fair
Your whole life is water running down a sidewalk
You Followed the rocks and the cracks as you crawl cross the ground
I ain't seen you smile in so long
You must of built a house in the misery you found

I'm tired, I'm tired now
Tired of playing the same old game
You got to get yourself together
Say to yourself I ain't going down this way
I ain't going down this way

Sifting through your memories deep in the ground with the dead
Maybe you were high on the top of the cloud with the dragon that lives in your head
Maybe you were dragging your wagon with your thoughts like old wooden toys
Maybe you were looking for something that you lost when you were a boy

You eat when your hungry
You sleep when your sleepy
You drink like there's a hole in your soul
All of your problems are begging to leave
But you never want to let them go
You never want to let them go

It's a fine line between living it up and losing it all
It's a fine line between getting up and moving on
It's a fine line between living it up and losing it all
It's a fine line between living it up and moving on
If you stay one more day babe
Don't you know your going to die, your going to die

Well I don't know why I came here tonight
I've got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared, I might just fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you
And I'm wondering what it is I should do
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face
It keeps showing up all over the place
Well there's clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Well you started off with nothing
And you've found that you're a selfish man
And your friends they all come crawling
And they slap you on the back and say please, please
Trying to make some sense of it all
I can see it makes no sense at all
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor
I don't think that I can take anymore
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you
Well you started off with nothing
And you've found that you are a selfish man
And your friends they all come crawling
And they slap you on the back and say please, please
Well I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
Yeah, there's clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you
Said I'm stuck in the middle with you
Whoa, I'm stuck in the middle with you

Born lucky, I guess
Didn't hurt that I was in the right place
At the right time too.

That girl she was dandelion beautiful,
Damn she was beautiful.
The winter wind blows her like a bird
And the petals on the flower fly away
Sometimes it don't matter what you say

All the good things fade away
All the good things fade away

I found me a game out towards Shreveport
Couple days just hiding from the sun.
Good with the cards and
Good with the dice
You could say I had a lucky little run.

But what it all made it just a little bit more today
But all the luck you have is just the bills you left unpaid

All the good things fade away,
All the good things fade away.

Seems sure to me there has to be
Such a thing as the good ol' days
Some day somewhere my hair like my memories
Will all just fade out to gray
But they're all right now,
And I'd just as soon keep it that way.

All the good things fade away
All the good things fade away
All the good things fade away
All the good things fade away

by Walt Wilkins
2000 Multisongs. All Rights Reserved
When the sun hits it right on its way down it was the prettiest thing in our little town. Every hour I'd sneak a glance over at the plastic frame and cracked glass that holds the picture of Ruby's two sad daughters. Last mill closed when I was nine and Daddy left and Momma cried again, I spent my nights cleaning Ruby's floors, just another caf?on a wind swept highway the farmers bitched, we're no good at football anymore.
In this land that knows no laughter in this land that holds no water, we were all in love with Ruby's two sad daughters.
One went way out west, one went way wrong, one left at seventeen and the other couldn't wait that long. Neither went anywhere with me, not to the games or the Dairy Queen. Both split with the first boy who lied sweet and looked vaguely mean.
In this land that knows no laughter in this land that hold no water we were all in love with Ruby's two sad daughters
why so pretty and forlorn why so permanently blue I guess ours wasn't much of a kingdom to rule. Now when the sun hits it right on its way down, it's still the prettiest thing in our little town. Every hour I sneak a glance over at the plastic frame and I fix the glass that holds the picture of Ruby's two sad daughters. Why did hope leave town with Ruby's two sad daughters?

What the hell am I doing up in Kansas City
Know damn well it ain't where I belong, no no
Think I'll quit my job come five o'clock
Find my lonely way back home
Well, my baby said just what are you trying to prove here
Really want to leave me here all alone
Said I'm tired of staring at this ocean full of Yankees
I'd rather be in Texas on my own, oh yeah
Chorus:
Now we were southbound 35
We were headed down the road
Hit the border by the morning
To let Texas fill my soul
To let Texas fill my soul
Well, the tears start to flow about the time that I was leaving
She said I guess you better take me along
She said that God might have made her born a little Yankee child
She said it's time that I made Texas now her home
So we loaded her stuff on down into my pickup truck
Said adios to all my friends
Called my brother Dave living down in *AUSTIN*
Said I'm headed home again
Chorus:
Now we were southbound 35
We were headed down the road
Hit the border by the morning
To let Texas fill my soul
To let Texas fill my soul
Had her feet up on there on the dashboard
Holding my hand and wearing only a smile
Said it's gonna be hard just to start all over
The feeling I have well it makes it all worthwhile
Chorus:
Now we were southbound 35
We were headed down the road
Hit the border by the morning
To let Texas fill my soul
To let Texas fill my soul
I got Texas in my soul
I got Texas in my soul

Finally free
Finally gone
Finally breathing again
Finally back out on my own

Finally here
In an otherwise empty room
Where there's no one here to tear me all apart

Yeah tonight I'm gonna go out
I'm gonna get a little wasted.
Yeah I'm one of those guys
I'm one of those guys

I gotta run
Gotta be free
Don't hold me down
No baby

Yeah and speakin of faith
I finally found me a song
I'm in the same old place
But there's a lot less screamin and carryin on
Too much pain
Too much hate
Not enough fire
Now its way too late

Yeah tonight I'm gonna go out
I'm gonna get a little wasted.
I'm one of those guys
I'm one of those guys

You're looking back at me with your pretty little eyes
And you want so bad for me to try and change
You tried that one before
Win the battle lose the war
Just count your losses baby, and go
Just count you losses baby, and go

Well I gotta run, gotta be free
Don't hold me down
No baby
Yeah, I gotta run, I gotta be free
Don't hold me down
No baby…

Yeah, I gotta run, I gotta be free
Don't hold me down
No baby…

September come to Texas just one time every year, so we get our guns and our
pickup trucks, and a bunch of that Lone Star beer, well we head out for the
open plains, where the birds they all flow like wine, we hunt them up then we
shoot them down, man it makes me feel so fine, The manly sport is what I'm
talking about, so you can grab you a pouch of chew, If we get bored 'cause the
birds won't fly, we'll shoot the rabbits with my .22.
Chorus
I don't wanna go to Paris, I get enough French will my fries,
just send me on down to Abilene, for the huntingman's paradise,
Honey you can stay at home all day, laugh and dance go out shopping and play,
'cause I'll be out with the boys, on a West Texas Holiday.
Hunting is a lot like religion or so it is I'm told, they're both just a simple
little way of life, and they're both good for your soul, from Robert Earl Keen
to Robert E. Lee, perfect strangers or best of friends, we all have a common
little bond between us we were born to be huntin' men, If it flies it dies or
so they say, and so often times it's true, yeah but you take yours and I'll
take mine, and we'll have us a Bar-B-Que.
Chorus

Baby's just a little bit tired of the city
Billboards and bulls*** got her down
Seems like you need a little hill country
A little back roads drivin'
A little bit of the old top down
Everybody gotta get away sometime
Forget about yourself for awhile
Seems to me that all you need
Is a rag top car and a ride with me
Okay, all right
Just might get a little high tonight
Okay, all right, carry on
Old Walt Wilkins lives up in Nashville
You know his eyes have seen the miles
Walt, why don't you jump in Jim T.'s Caddie
Come down to Texas and drink with me awhile
Everybody gotta get away sometime
Forget about yourself for awhile
We'll go down to El Arroyo
Have some tacos and beer, yeah, let ourselves go
Okay, all right
Just might try to get a ride tonight
I'm okay, I'm all right, carry on
Life will make sure that you got your troubles
Life will make sure that you work too hard
There ain't nobody that don't get tired
Watching troubles pile up big in your own backyard
Sometimes you got to grab your world with your own two hands
Set it spinning off on a course all your own
Take yourself a big bag for your shoulder
Find yourself some good times and bring 'em on back home
Everybody gotta get away sometime
Forget about yourself for awhile
If you lay your whole life upon a shelf
Got no one to blame but your own damn self
Okay, all right
Heaven only knows what's going to happen tonight
I'm okay, I'm all right, I'm okay, I'm all right
I'm okay, I'm all right, I'm okay, I'm all right, carry on

I don't look all that ragged for all the time it's been
I'm weakened underneath me where my frame is rusted thin
And this years state inspection I just barely passed
Won't you drive me cross the country boy this year could be my last
Chorus
And I'm a tail fin road locamotive
From the days of cheap gasoline
For sale on the side of the road goin' nowhere
A rusty old American dream
I rolled off of the line in Detroit back in 1968
Spent two days on the showroom thats all I had to wait
I've been good to all who've owned me so have no fear
Come on boy put your money down get me outta here
Chorus
And I'm a tail fin road locamotive
From the days of cheap gasoline
For sale on the side of the road goin' nowhere
A rusty old American dream
This car need a young man to own him
One who will polish the chrome
I'll give you the rest of my lifetime
Just don't let me die here alone
Just jump me some juice to my battery
And give that old starter a spin
Here me roar, a spuuter, back fire to the carbourator
And roar into life once again
Chorus
And I'm a tail fin road locamotive
From the days of cheap gasoline
For sale on the side of the road goin' nowhere
A rusty old American dream

Mile upon mile got no direction,
We're all playin' the same game.
We're all looking for redemption,
We're just afraid to say the name.

So caught up now in pretending,
That what we're seekin' is the truth.
I'm just looking for a happy ending,
All I'm looking for is you.

And it came upon me wave on wave
You're the reason I'm still here, yeah.
Am I the one you were sent to save?
And it came upon me wave on wave.

I wandered out into the water,
And I thought that I might drown
I don't know what I was after,
Just know I was going down.

That's when she found me
Not afraid anymore
She said, “You know I always had you baby
Just waitin' for you to find what you were lookin' for.”

And it came upon me wave on wave
You're the reason I'm still here, yeah
Am I the one you were sent to save?
And it came upon me wave on wave.

Wave on wave
Wave on wave

And it came upon me wave on wave
You're the reason I'm still here, yeah.
Am I the one you were sent to save?
And it came upon me wave on wave.

The clouds broke and the angels cried
You ain't gotta walk alone
That's why they put me in your way
And it came upon me wave on wave.

Yeah, it came upon me wave on wave
You're the reason I'm still here, yeah.
Am I the one you were sent to save?
And it came upon me wave on wave.

Yeah, it came upon me wave on wave
You're the reason I'm still here, yeah
Am I the one you were sent to save?
And it came upon me wave on wave.

She holds the key to Eden's Gate
Somewhere deep inside
When she gives to me her patience
And a hundred smiles none the same
Her eyes are the ocean
i am drowning constantly
i am lucky just to linger
in the corners of her scene
Chorus
I am lost inside the walls of Eden
Don't you ever set me free
i am lost inside the walls of Eden
I'll never go back, no i'll never go back again
Outside the world's a bastard
The son whose father never cared
It keeps on raging like some crazy storm
but not in here
Chorus
I am lost inside the walls of Eden
Don't you ever set me free
i am lost inside the walls of Eden
I'll never go back, no i'll never go back again
All it cost me was my whole life
all it gives me is everything
a love like fire, the taste of skin
the feeling of falling again and again
it's a long drink from a cool well
it's everything, baby
it's everything, baby, it's eveything
I am lost inside the walls of Eden
don't you ever set me free
Repeat Chorus
I am lost inside the walls of Eden
Don't you ever set me free
i am lost inside the walls of Eden
I'll never go back, no i'll never go back again

Last night I had me a nightmare.
Dreamed that Texas was burning down.
And all those people, I'd grown up to love
were leavin' town.
So I cried oh-whoa Moses, bring a flood from the red, Red sea.
Bring back towns van zandt and my heroes back to me.
'Cause I can play these songs but it ain't the way they do.
Ain't the way they do.
I had a Nightmare, a Nightmare, it was a Nightmare.
Stevie Ray, was riding on the wind.
Buddy Holly, he was too.
But when there star comes tumblin to the ground.
Not a thing the king's horses, and all the king's men could do.
Me, I just got this ol' barstool.
And man it's burning me down. (burnin' me down)
Just like a brushfire, that burns all through the night.
One of these days I'm gonna, one of these days I'm gonna burn on out.
So I cried oh-whoa Moses, bring a flood from the red, Red sea.
Bring back towns van zandt and my heroes back to me.
'Cause I can play these songs but it ain't the way they do.
Ain't the way they do.
I had a Nightmare, a Nightmare, it was a Nightmare.
I had a Nightmare, a Nightmare, oooo-ooh.

Pouring rain, cracked front window
I turned off my radio and reached for my boot
For my favorite sterling horseshoe flask
To take a drink of what it holds

She was looking at her feet
When i saw her on the street
She was holding tight to someone else's hand
So I kept on rolling and now here I am
And I'm gonna sing 'til I stop crying

The earth is slow out west of llano
Better pull this car of mine off-road awhile
And reached to the back for my daddy's old martin
Hold it oh so close to me
I'd sing me some Jones or sad Newberry song
I'm Gonna Sing 'til I stop crying

Pull out my smokes, I pull out my Zippo
And fire it up cause there's nothing left to do
Well, the morning sun its a coming on
Guess its safe to say that I won't make work today
But a Roger Miller song sure sounds fine to me
I'm gonna sing 'til I stop crying
I'm gonna sing 'til I stop crying

Conway run to Miss Tammy
Willie would you find Miss Emmy Lou
Cause I'm gonna sing 'til I stop crying
I'm gonna sing 'til I stop crying

She was standing there at the edge of outta control.
Hair wild and her eyes filled with the pain.
She took her heart on a string and tied it to a red balloon
and she watched it fly up high into the clouds.

Don't break my heart again. We're one in the same.
Baptised by tears. Washed in the blame.
You can let your heart go. But I will hunt you down.
Your love is all I want to win. Don't break my heart again.

He dreams of a girl with a heart tied to a red balloon.
He wants her so bad, she wants him too.
There standing there at the edge of another lonely night.
House empty and the walls are caving in.

Don't break my heart again. We're one in the same.
Baptised by tears. Washed in the blame.
You can let your heart go. But I will hunt you down.
Your love is all I want to win. Don't break my heart again.

It's hard to find love.....
It's hard to find love.....

Your love is all I want to win. Don't break my heart again.

Well, I was born down in San An-tone
And daddy leave us all alone
Big red rollin thunder on a Dallas bound highway home
Well mama got a job and she worked hard
She had two of us kids and a trashed out car
Yeah but me and my brother seemed to get along just fine
Yeah and you know the highway, just like a river keeps rollin on
You know it's my way, I was born to sing this song
Have no fear, I ain't goin no where
Everything gonna be just fine
Well, I turn on the TV on a Sunday afternoon
This preacher was screamin

I sing songs about Texas,
I sing them often as if she were some old lover,
I used to know,
I wish I could follow them back to the homeland every time I hear
one on my radio.
Twin fiddles playing in my memory,
my daddy sang the wonders of old cow town,
silver haired and he's still there under a sky so warm and fair, I tell you friends there's a song in every town.
So sing me one more song about old San Antone, it seems like a dream now it was so long ago, Jerry Jeff Walker can be just like a coat from the cold, I'm goin' home
Well it's nothing short of the gospel hymns,
I guess that's why folks keep writing 'em when I die,
I want to go there too,
some day I hope to walk along heaven's street and I'll still be looking for my taco meat and I swear I hear a steel guitar rising in the air.
So sing me one more song about old San Antone, it seems like a dream now it was so long ago, and old Guy Clark he can be just like a coat from the cold, well I'm going home.
When the night is real real still,
I swear I could hear a whippoorwill,
she knows there's music in the dirt down there,
hill country rain is a cleansing thing and all I have to see one, sitting in a shallow creek got nothing to do.
So sing me one more song about old San Antone, it seems like a dream now it was so long ago, Jerry Jeff Walker can be just like a coat from the cold, I'm goin' home
So sing me one more song about those dusty plains, them honky tonk angels, and their lonely beehive pain, wish I was stowed away on some fast moving train going home, yeah I'm going home.

You say you love me but you love me not
Something about true love that you must have forgot
To lose a memory I know just where to go
Somewhere between Texas and Mexico
Somewhere between Texas and Mexico

(Chorus:)
King fish are jumping – the moon is right
Full throttle captain til the we're out of sight
Stars on the ocean will find me I know
Somewhere between Texas and Mexico
Somewhere between Texas and Mexico

South Padre Island to the Brownsville Bay
My heart is healing with each breaking way
But I got some real friends and they're ready to go
Somewhere between Texas and Mexico
Somewhere between Texas and Mexico

(Chorus)

It's gonna take just a little more time
With a little help from the salt and a lime
Something about the wind and the sea sets a broken heart free out there yeah

(Chorus)

Somewhere between Texas and Mexico

Home from church now, so let your hair down
It's the lord's favorite day.
There's a dance with the tavern, where the drums and fiddles play
So wear your new shoes, your red boots, the dress I cant forget.
Like to watch you dance around me like the rain in Lafayette.
Summers comin', my brain is hummin', said that only you can do
And the way your eyes are smilin' I know mine must be shinin' too
You're my lovely, my only, the one my ally???
Like to watch you dance around me like the rain in Lafayette.
So let the rain fall, cant hurt us at all, get as wet as we can get.
Like to watch you dance around me like the rain in Lafayette.
So let the rain fall, cant hurt us at all, get as wet as we can get.
Like to watch you dance around me like the rain in Lafayette.

Close my eyes
Close my eyes
And ask myself a question
And ask myself a question
Why is I do what I do
Why is I do what I do
Am I looking for some happy definition?
Am I looking for some happy definition?
Of Life, and love and the corners of the truth
Life, and love and the corners of the truth
Or am I just some curious bystander
Or am I just some curious bystander
Looking at the world through a child's eyes
Looking at the world through a child's eyes
Sunlight, always shining on my shoulders
Sunlight, always shining on my shoulder
While the storm rages on deep inside, deep inside
While the storm rages on deep inside


And it seems so hard
And it seems so hard
To keep it all together
To keep it all together
When the walls are fallin' down
When the walls are fallin' down
On every side
On every side
I'll be damned
I'll be damned
If I give up on it easy
If I give up on you easy
I've worked too hard
I've worked too hard
To get the barricades this high
To put the barricades aside


Now This world is a stage
This world is a stage
We're meant to play on
We're meant to play on
Direction from inside
Direction from inside
On what to do
On what to do
I know I should have all the answers
I don't know how I could have all the answers
Deep inside I haven't got a clue, not a clue
When inside I don't have a clue


And it seems so hard
And it seems so hard
To keep it all together
To keep it all together
When the walls are fallin' down
When the walls are fallin' down
On every side
On every side
I'll be damned
I'll be damned
If I give up on it easy
If I give up on you easy
I've worked too hard
I've worked too hard
To get the barricades this high
To put the barricades aside


Told myself that I would be ok
Tell me something
Told myself I'd be alright
And I'll be okay
No doubt
Told myself I'd be alright
Somewhere low I know
No doubt
That I've been lyin
So when do I know
I can't believe it took 30 years
When I've been lyin'?
To figure that shit out
I can't believe it took 30 years

To figure that shit out
And it seems so hard

To keep it all together
And it seems so hard
When the walls are fallin' down
To keep it all together
On every side
When the walls are fallin' down
I'll be damned
On every side
If I give up on it easy
I'll be damned
I've worked too hard
If I give up on you easy
To get the barricades this high
I've worked too hard
To put the barricades aside

You drink one for your memories
You drink one for yourself
You drink one for your family
Last time you saw them was a long time ago

I sing one for the children
You sing one for the miles
You sing one for them pretty green eyes
I'm headed home baby - I got a long way to go

And sing me to sleep sweet city
And let your highway be your lullaby
With nothing in my pocket
No fortune do I know
I'm headed home baby - I got a long way to go

Well you say a little prayer in the morning
You pray for those you left behind
Your heart starts to break as the sun goes down
I'm headed home baby - I got a long way to go

Sing me to sleep little darling
And do that little dance for me
Nothing in my pocket
No fortune do I know
I'm headed home mama - I got a long way to go

I will be there by the morning
And I don't know what makes me leave anyway, anyway, anyway

And God I miss you little darling
And save that little dance for me
With nothing in my pocket
No fortunes do I know
I'm headed home baby - I got a long way to go

It's good to be home
It's good to be home

Every day at lunch in high school and all my senior year
Id drink my cup of cola with a touch of Everclear
I never had to study math, science, or history
Id have a chemical flash back to jog my memory
My junior year I swore I loved sweet Miss Sherri Ann
One night I put some Everclear in her Dr. Pepper can
Well I thought itd make her easy
She took it pretty hard
I took her home and rang her doorbell left her lying in the yard
Chorus
Tequila dries me out
Beer just makes me fat
Whiskey makes me nauseas
Now tell me who the hell needs that
So if youre thinking about drinking
Well the answers crystal clear
Its the invisible, intoxicating
Its called Everclear
I remember my church picnic
In the spring of 89
Yeah they had four fresh watermelons
Sliced right off the vine
When they bowed their heads giving grace for the food
Hey I pulled out my bottle and I soaked them melons good
Well they never knew what hit em
When that potion went to work
They had grandmas doing back flips
Grandpas looking up their skirts
They were singing hallelujah and Willie Nelson songs
Preacher said it was the best dang picnic
That the Baptists had ever thrown
Chorus
Tequila dries me out
Beer just makes me fat
Whiskey makes me nauseas
Now tell me who the hell needs that
So if youre thinking about drinking
Well the answers crystal clear
Its the invisible, intoxicating
Its called Everclear
When Im drinking Everclear
I think Im king of this whole world
Im bigger and badder than John Wayne
Cooler than Steve Earl
Until I wake up and Im face down in the hall
Hey Im completely naked for a reason I cant recall
Well Im kinda sorta thinking that maybe I met c

Wake up, what you been dreaming about
I ain't got a lot to say, but I could talk to you for hours
The way you talk, the way that you breathe
The way that your spirit moves into me
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Chorus:
I got three days to wash the road out of my soul
I got three days to love you out of control
And I wish I had a lifetime to hold onto you this way
Love can do some healing in just three days
Yeah, and hold me and help me understand
Why on earth I have to be such a stupid man
To live the way I do, dream the dreams I dream
So far away from you, yeah
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Chorus
Three days and nights to put some life back in this man
I ain't holding nothing back
You got all I am
Hearts and souls and dreams in the plam of your hand
Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Well I think it's about time baby
Have things ever been this good
I think it's gonna get a lot better
Don't you think we should
Well just for grins I bought you these flowers
Got a table at the best place in town
There's a shiny ring in my pocket
And its got me coming unwound

Yeah I got a secret
And I gotta tell ya
Those little things that you do and you don't even know
Got me thinking lately
Well maybe its time to jump start forever
Maybe its time to let the good times roll
Maybe its time we lay these two hearts down
Well maybe its time

Well I hope to God that I don't crumble
There's a pretty good chance I will
But its time for this ((NO IDEA WHAT HE SAYS HERE))
Sign the papers and close the deal

Yeah I got a secret
And I gotta tell ya
Those little things that you do and you don't even know
Got me thinking lately
Well maybe its time to jump start forever
And maybe its time to we let your daddy know
Maybe its time that we lay these two hearts down
Well maybe its time

It's time I said this in front of God and everyone
I don't intend to ever let you go

Yeah maybe its time to jump start forever
Maybe its time we lay these two hearts down
It's time we seal this love we've found

Let you hair down
Wear somethin' pretty
Don't you know, how you make us both look good
We'll call your mama
And tell her we're going out tonight
We're going to be late
Hey, we might not make it back at all
Chorus:
So take me out to a dancehall
And slap my foot down to the rhythm
Tell 'em to play them old songs we all love
So tell me that you want me
And I'll tell you that I want you too
And I'll kiss your face whenever you want me to
Some people say don't you waste your time away
Late night living, lover's rendezvous
Well, take my hand
And take a chance, yeah
Close your eyes, yeah the rest is going come to you
Chorus:
So take me out to a dancehall
And slap my foot down to the rhythm
Tell 'em to play them old songs we all love
So tell me that you want me
And I'll tell you that I want you too
And I'll kiss your face whenever you want me to
I said forget about tomorrow
I don't care if comes at all
And if we get a little crazy
Blame it on the alcohol
Chorus:
So take me out to a dancehall
And slap my foot down to the rhythm
Tell 'em to play them old songs we all love
So tell me that you want me
And I'll tell you that I want you too
And I'll kiss your face whenever you want me to
Hey baby tell me that you want me
And I'll tell you that I want you too
And I'll kiss your face whenever you want me to

by Pat Green
?1995 Dead Horse Music (BMI)
I can remember my grandpa when I was five years old, he'd pull me up on his knee, and I remember every story that he ever told, He and my grandma well they would always be, two southern lovers just kissing on each other so tenderly.
Chorus
And he'd say, all I ever wanted to be was your family man,
to work real hard girl and give you everything I can,
I just want to be your family man,
tell the children that I'll always lend a helping hand,
I just want to be your family man,
just want to be your family man.
Mom and Dad worked real hard to raise us kids, they were always there for me, and it didn't matter what is was I did, they've seen the hard times, sickness and the hell, it didn't really take too long, before they found that money it don't mean wealth.
Chorus
Last night I had a dream from heaven up above, he taught me how to win her heart and win her love, He said it I was going to love you then listen to what he said and do it His way.
Chorus
He said you just got to be her family man, work real hard boy, but live your life according to my plan, you just got to be her family man, tell the children, tell them exactly who I am, you just got to be her family man, just got to be her family man.

Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I didn't like the way he cocked his
hat and he wore his gun all wrong. We had the same girlfriend and he never
forgot it. She had a qute little chiwawa 'till one day he up and shot it. He
road the hard country, down the New Mexico line. He had a silver pocket watch
he never did wind. He crippled a piano player for playin his favorite song. Yah
Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I didn't like the way he buckled his
belt and wore his gun all wrong. He was bad to the bone, all hopped up on
speed. I would'a left him alone if it weren't for that sinorita, but he gave
her silver and he paid her hotle bills. It was knew that she loved him she said
she always will. Well I'd go and see her, whenever Billy was gone. Yah Me and
Billy the Kid, we never got along.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I didn't like the way he tied his
shoes and he wore his gun all wrong. One day I told Billy man I got this
foolproof scheme, we're gonna rob the Wells fargo, she's bustin at the seams.
Well I new that I'd framed him but didn't feel bad, cause the way that I was
livin was drivin me mad. Billy went for his gun, but his gun was on all wrong.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.
Yah Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along. I sure liked the way he swayed in
the wind when I played his favorite song. And my girlfriend sings harmony to La
Cuca Ratcha. We sit and wind that pocket watch and we pet her new chiwawa.
Moved into a hotle, got a room with a shower. I lie and listen to that watch
tick hour after hour. And outside the wind, it's bolwin on so sound. Yah Me and
Billy the Kid, we never got along.

If I was the devil
I'd hang out in blue eye, Missouri
Where the water and the mountain collide
I'd scare all the little children
And rumble around beneath the beds
Tell them all kind of stories
I cant help but get them stuck in their heads

Then I'd take out some of your livestock
You can blame it on the beast of the night
You know it was me
Same as you know wrong and right

If I was the devil
I'd go and find your preacher man
Crusty and white hair
I'd tell him that hell is on the way
Scare him right out of his skin
See the brimstone in his eyes
Then a band of fat white deacons would take him far away
That would be just fine with me
If I was the devil

If I was the devil
I'd gather up all your dreams
And drop them to the bottom if a black lagoon
I'd steal away all your patience and steal away all your pride
Leave you with nothing but uncontrollable fear
And then id reveal my masterpiece
As I dance around with the night
Down in blue eye, Missouri
Where the water and the mountain collide

Hearts and flowers, forget love letters
Pain and anger, forget forgiveness
Love ain't waiting for a guy like me

Debutants and champagne, diamonds and cocaine
I ain't the son of outrageous fortune
Cash ain't status for a guy like me

Put me on a cool river
Take my worries from me
Fly me high on a big blue sky
Well, there's no one here but me, just me

Long black limousine, pictures in magazines
All night parties, beautiful people
No super model for a guy like me

I'm just a good man, I work with my hands
I get the picture, I heard the message
Hell, ain't waiting for a guy like me

Put me on a cool river
Take my sins from me
Fly me high on the big blue sky
Well, there's no one here, just me

Put me on a cool river
Take my pain from me
Fly me high on the big blue sky
Well, there's no one here, just me
Yeah just me

Hearts and flowers, forget love letters
Pain and anger, forget forgiveness
Love ain't waiting on a guy like me

So put me on a cool river
Take my worries from me
Fly me high on the big blue sky
Well there's no one here but me

Put me on a cool river
Take my worries from me
Fly me high on the big blue sky
Well, there's no one here but me
Yeah, just me

by Pat Green
2000 Greenhorse MusicBMI. All Rights Reserved
Now it's cold outside , Feel the wind start to blow , All the leaves that have changed now,Are falling to the ground,You know I love this place, it puts a smile on my face ,When winter comes to town, Wake up early for breakfast , Yeah, but early for me is noon, I wait forever, the whole year round You know I love this place, it puts a smile on my face , When winter comes to town Now even time takes it easy, as I'm walking down the street, Hear them frozen puddles crackling beneath my feet, As I'm walking, hear the sound, You know I love this place, when winter come to town, Baby take your clothes out the attic, Put on this fuzzy little sweater I found, You know I love this place, you put a smile on my face, When winter comes to town.

Well I ain't looking for an indication
Apologies or a consolation
Pull them up and burn the roots
Kill their horses and steal their boots
Mmm yeah sweet revenge

Went to the river some years ago
And it didn't do much to save my soul
But I found out my saving grace
Is a little cold steel in a warm dark place
Mmm hey I got sweet revenge

There's no second chance
There's no half way
The first time you're sorry and the second time you pay
You got your prayers when all else fails
Yeah sweet revenge

Well my left eye know what my right eye sees
There's a line down that appears to me
Find the place and hide awhile
Let ‘em dance in the devil's fire
Mmm hey I got sweet revenge

I ain't looking for an indication
Apologies or a consolation
Mmm hey I got sweet revenge
Sweet revenge

When I was a kid I had a rockin' horse named Ranger
Out on the front porch we would ride we would ride
Little red cowboy boots, little red cowboy hat
And a pistol that shoots straight as an eagle flys
Mama would come out and say it's time to come in
I said I ain't going nowhere mama, don't ask me again
I was just an outlaw riding on the trail
Knocking over stage coaches riding on the rails
I'm going to Galleywinter
A place where all the cowboys ride
A place where all the outlaws hide
Away from the men who want to kill them for what they done
I'm going to Galleywinter
I'm going to Galleywinter
My sister'd come out and say
Where are you going anyway?
I'm going to Galleywinter and there ain't no girls allowed
I guess things are different now
Times have changed
A girl is nice to have with you when you're riding on the range
She can make you breakfast, talk to you at night
You can argue about things
you never thought you'd argue about in your whole life
Twenty-five years older
Ranger ain't here no more
Been replaced by a 1958 model T-bird Ford
Baby say where you want to go
I said I don't know maybe Mexico
Anywhere where tequila flows is all right with me
I'm going to Galleywinter
A place where all the outlaws hide
A place where all the cowgirls ride
You know that it's all right with me
I'm going to Galleywinter
I'm going to Galleywinter

You drink one for your memories
You drink one for yourself
You drink one for your family
Last time you saw them was a long time ago
I sing one for the children
You sing one for the miles
You sing one for them pretty green eyes
Im headed home baby - I got a long way to go
And sing me to sleep sweet city
And let your highway be your lullaby
With nothing in my pocket
No fortune do I know
Im headed home baby - I got a long way to go
Well you say a little prayer in the morning
You pray for those you left behind
Your heart starts to break as the sun goes down
Im headed home baby - I got a long way to go
Sing me to sleep little darling
And do that little dance for me
Nothing in my pocket
No fortune do I know
Im headed home mama - I got a long way to go
I will be there by the morning
And I dont know what makes me leave anyway, anyway, anyway
And God I miss you little darling
And save that little dance for me
With nothing in my pocket
No fortunes do I know
Im headed home baby - I got a long way to go
Its good to be home
Its good to be home
Im headed home baby - I got a long way to go

Some things I've done make my conscience burn
My very spine shudder and squirm
I only hope that I've learned from my sin
I heard a voice when I was thirteen
Got baptized - washed up clean
But the world has a way, if you know what I mean
To scuff you up again and again

I can't explain a blessed thing
Not a falling star, or a feathered wing
Or how a man in chains has the strength to sing
Just one thing is clear to me
there's always more than what appears to be
And when the light's just right
I swear I see-- man its poetry

Now, somebody made every natural thing
From the soul, inside out to saturn's rings
How my baby smiles and how Ray Charles sings
Of course we were created
The clouds make rain, the ocean makes sand
The earth breathes fire, and lava makes land
Now that took a mighty hand
And a wild imagination

I can't explain a blessed thing
Not a falling star, or a feathered wing
Or how a man in chains has the strength to sing
Just one thing is clear to me
there's always more than what appears to be
And when the light's just right
I swear I see-- man its poetry

The dreams I dreamed came back ten-fold
The friends I have, the woman I hold
I look down and I'm on streets of gold
After all the mud along the way
And sometimes the big old mystery
Just leans right in on me
And says that I'm home and I am free
And I'll take that any day

I can't explain a blessed thing
Not a falling star, or a feathered wing
Or how a man in chains has the strength to sing
Just one thing is clear to me
there's always more than what appears to be
And when the light's just right
I swear I see-- man its poetry

I don't wear my shirt tucked in
I like a little barbecue on Sunday
Well, I hang with a rougher crowd
Who drink too much, who talk too loud
Don't you know that it's all right with me
Yeah, I don't go to church too much, but I know that Jesus truly loves me
And if he was here I'd be drinking beer and
Hanging out and saving all of my friends, Amen
Who's to say and who are you to judge me anyway
This is my road, I take the corner as fast as I can go
Who's to say at how I got so lucky anyway
I am my own at least until the Man come and take me home
Well, I got my mama's features and my daddy's fixtures
All day long I been looking at pictures wondering
how in the hell they came up with me
Well, I'm crazy as a loon, I'm howling at the moon
My baby she don't know what to do
She's wondering how in the hell she's going to stay with me
Well, she's been church more than Billy Graham
And she knows the Bible like the back of her hand
Yeah, but she drinks gin like it's going out of style
Oh, it makes me smile
Yeah, who's to say and who are you to judge her anyway
This whole world spins, never gonna take that chance again
Yeah, who's to say at how we got so lucky anyway
We have a home, neither one of us will ever be alone
It's a lesson of survival
To ride out every trial
It's the secret of forgiveness
Way down deep inside
Who's to say and who are you to judge me anyway
This is my road, I take the corner as fast as I can go
Yeah, who's to say as how I got so lucky anyway
I am my own at least until the angels come,
angels gonna come and take me home

verse 1: i gotta a sister out in charolette love her cause shes crazy in her
head i gotta brother he was a pilot sometimes i pray that we'll see him again
dad he told me once he said son only the fool stays out at night its 4 A.M. and
im out here on this avenue got no money but you know im doing alright whoa oh
oh ya
chorus:you gotta know there aint nothin bout the money thats ever gunna save
your soul and the dreams of the young they aint never been nothing but the last
request of the old heaven is the fiddle on the late night radio hit by
redemption brother aint you got no soul who oh oh oh ya you gotta know
verse2:her name was amy she was a friend of mine she wanted to be a rich mans
wife she fell in love with cars and exspensive wine she must have forgotten
what it means to live your life who ho ho oh ya
(chorus)
verse3:wethered hands playing on a steel guitar plays every evening till they
turn them bar lights down you know he's tired of them damned old cigaretts
saving up his money so he can move on out of town oh ya ya ya
(chorus)2x
you gotta know!!

verse 1: i left Houston, Texas on a gulf coast hurricane i was blowed down by a
tornado washed up by the rain well my pappy wasnt happy with mehe told me to go
so i stole my daddy's cadillac and head on down the road i had a grin from ear
to ear with each and every mile i was headed for the border man and i was going
down in style
verse 2: now i hit Corpus Christi and the wind was at my back i drove them
women crazy with my daddy's cadillac ya i cruised them down that boulevard i
treated them like queens took em all the places that they wanted to be seen and
when i had to leave em i'd tell with a smile im headed for the border man and
i'm goin down in style
bridge: well you gotta take your chances if they ever come along close your
eyes and listen to the great big engine wind it dont really matter weather you
are right or wrong cause when you cross the border man you leave this world
behind
verse 3: i stomped on down the peddle set the cruise control 500 raging horses
be on by the state patrol lord the sirens were a screamin lights flashin red
there's a dozen more waitin at the road block up ahead had them scatteren like
chickens a heard one of them say he's headed toward the border and he's going
down in style
verse 4: now when you cross the border you aint never comin back there aint to
redemption when the cops are on your tail when the closest thing to heaven is a
great big cadillac the city lights of Houston or the firey gates of hell well
the nabbed me on the hill that over looks the Rio Grande and i was feeling just
like moses lookin on the promise land well they hauled me back to Houston put
me in the jail where my momma started crying my daddy paid the bail well im
sorry im not there to

Marty had a boutique on the corner, Stanley was a trucker by his trade, and everytime that Marty would shake her tail feathers, it would go and make old Stanley's day. They'd go bowling every Tuesday, down there at the Waco Fair Lanes, they'd drink a couple beers, roll a couple spares, then it's off to the trailer, Willie Nelson all the way.
Chorus
Yeah life here in the trailer park is fine,
you know that we've been living it everyday,
I got me a good looking woman I got me some indoor plumbing,
and I wouldn't have it any other way.
The trailer was a sight to see don't you know, Stanley said man double wide is the only way to go, we got the hurricane package, with the tires up on the roof, a satellite dish out back, tin foil in the windows.
Chorus
Things got a little tight that summer, Marty had to take a second job, seems money was the answer, so she became a dancer, down there at the local topless bar.
Chorus 2x

I met John Wayne and Jesus when I was just a kid
They both had on their cowboy hats just like I'd pictured them
I stood up at the front of the class waving my American flag
I said the pledge, sang amber waves of grain
Chorus
And(But) I sing all the songs of America
Danced in the rain in Lafayette
I'm still hanging out with John Wayne and Jesus
And I know this is good as life can get
Well, I had big time when I was down in Houston
Well, I fell in love and moved out to New Orleans
Well, she said so long, now I'm here all alone
She's still got a little bitty piece of me
Chorus
Well John Wayne and Jesus moved out to Hollywood
Workin' behind the scenes on MTV
Me I'm standing right down here in Texas
And I know that's where I was always meant to be
Chorus

Cigarettes and a lighter
Lonely woman, swinging door
Broken pieces of a broken love affair
I guess we've seen all that before
Tonight she stares to the darkness
Welcomes it back home again
She'll cry every night 'till the day that she dies
If she don't find out how to let love in
I need somebody to save me
I need to learn how to fly
Walk on the clouds with the angels
Laugh when the devil cries
I've got to take my chances
Spend my nights in wild romances
And hold on to what is holdin' on to me
Doesn't this all seem familiar
You said I took the words from your mouth
So maybe if we sit here and talk for awhile
Mmm, we just might work it all out
And the hardest thing about leaving
Is knowing when a friend is a friend
A couple more drinks and I'll be on my way
Sleeping and down, safe in your arms again
I need somebody to save me
I need to learn how to fly
Walk on the clouds with the angels
Laugh when the devil cries
I got to take my chances
Spend my nights in wild romances
And hold on to what is holdin' on to me
I got to take my chances
Spend my nights in wild romances
And hold on to what is holdin' on to me, yeah