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| 3:22 | 
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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 * Repeat(2X) |
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| 2. |
| 3:34 |
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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 * Repeat I keep seeing pictures now of me and her and those summer nights My mind fills with her, oh but it's alright 'cause * Repeat |
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| 3. |
| 3:46 |
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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 **Repeat 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 **Repeat |
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| 4. |
| 2:47 |
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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 Ain't that the way that it always ends Ain't that the way it always ends |
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| 5. |
| 3:28 |
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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 * Repeat So don't ask me if I know what I want I do But I don't |
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| 6. |
| 4:42 |
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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'm gonna love me |
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| 3:40 |
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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 * Repeat 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 * Repeat Oh, she's hard on the ticker Hard on the ticker She's hard on the ticker Hey, she's hard on the ticker |
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| 8. |
| 4:51 |
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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 |
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| 9. |
| 3:34 |
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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 *Repeat |
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| 10. |
| 3:21 |
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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 |
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| 3:41 |
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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 * Repeat 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) I can't handle that baby You better slow down |
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