I stood before God, my family and friends And vowed that I'd never love anyone else again Only him
As pure a s my gown of white I stood by his side And promised that I'd love you till the day I died Lord, please forgive me even though I lied 'Cause you're the only one who knows just how hard I tried
I had a ring on my finger and time on my hands The woman in my needed the warmth of a man The gold turned cold in my wedding band It's just a ring on your finger When there's time on your hands
When I add up all the countless nights I cried myself to sleep And all the broken promises you somehow failed to keep He can't blame me
He's the one who left me too many times alone In a three bedroom prison I tried to make a home My love slowly died but the fire inside still burned And the arms of a stranger was the only place left to turn
I had a ring on my finger and time on my hands The woman in my needed the warmth of a man The gold turned cold in my wedding band It's just a ring on your finger When there's time on your hands
You believe that I've changed your life forever And you're never gonna find another somebody like me
And you wish you had more than just a lifetime to give back all I've given you And that's what you believe
But I owe you the sun light in the morning and the nights of all this loving that time can't take away And I owe you more than life now, more than ever I know that it's the sweetest debt I'll ever have to pay
I'm amazed when you say it's me you live for You know that when I'm holding you you're right where you belong And my love, I can't help but smile
with wonder when you tell me all I've done for you Cause I've known all alone
But I owe you the sun light in the morning and the nights of all this loving that time can't take away And I owe you more than life now, more than ever I know that it's the sweetest debt I'll ever have to pay
oh... I owe you the sun light in the morning and the nights of all this loving that time can't take away
and I owe you the sun light in the morning and the nights of all this loving that time can't take away
Lonely lady living down the hall Don't you have any friends at all I never hear a knocking at your door Could it be you just don't try anymore? You've been hurt so seriously You act so cold but it's so easy to see You're a waste of real good love But you can't hide or run fast enough
[Chorus] Somebody's gonna love you, no matter what you do Somebody's gonna find all the pieces of a broken heart Hidden inside of you Somebody's gonna touch you, it's just a matter of time And if you're ever gonna try love again, it might as well be mine
I know exactly how a heartache feels It's gonna take a little time to heal Why must you hide away inside yourself You could mean so much to someone else Every night while you're sittin' at home You may be lonely but you're not alone There's a whole world full of people out there Waiting on someone like you to care
It's over; I left the door unlocked again But this time someone new walked in When she was all alone He told her that there was much more life to see Than she would ever see with me Now she's going, going, gone
It's over; I never thought I'd see this day When everything would walk away That I depended on God, he'll hold her to make sure she don't change her mind I've lost her all the way this time She's going, going, gone
I should have paid attention; there were many warning signs But I just never thought she'd walk away Now here I stand in silence Just the echo of the words I heard her say
She said it's over & much too late to change her mind I've lost her all the way this time She's going, going, gone
If I only knew then what I know now You wouldn't be sayin' goodbye But I let you down, I was never around When you needed me there by your side I took a perfect love & gave you a perfect heartache I took a band of gold & made a 24-carat mistake & turned it into...
CHORUS: Fool's gold, and I was a fool 'cause I let you go Fool's gold, yes I was a fool 'cause I didn't know Too many times I just didn't try Now all I hear is you sayin' goodbye Starin' at an empty hand full of fool's gold
If I'd spent the time just holdin' you tight & sharin' my feelings with you Then you'd understand what's inside of this man & you'd know what I'm goin' through I know that I was wrong now that it's too late I took a band of gold & made a 24-carat mistake & turned it into...
I would pick and we would sing to the rhythm of that front porch swing The moonlight holds the spotlight that we shared I found new notes on that old guitar, she believed I could be a star She told me that she wanted to be fair
She said, I love you more than to hold you down, boy you're glory bound We can't share a world with different dreams So I chased mine and she found hers too, but someone else made hers come true Now I'm a star, but every time I sing
[Chorus] My heart goes drifting down a dusty Dixie road Taking my mind, back in time L.A. lights burn like hell once you know You left heaven waiting down the Dixie road.
Every night I'm in a different place and I'm searching every stranger's face Trying to find the girl that's just not there She's back there in Montgomery and I'm clear across the country But whenever I'm alone I go back there.
Come let me hold you for awhile, All you have to do is smile And I'm yours again I may not like some things you do But they're all a part of you And you're my best friend
(chorus) I don't mind the cold When I have a fire to warm me I don't mind the rain Cause it makes the flowers grow I can take the bad times When you wrap your love around me I don't mind the thorns when you're the rose
Stay, we can work the whole thing out That's what loves about And I understand You didn't mean the things you said They're so easy to forget When you take my hand
(repeat chorus)
If it was anybody else I would be gone But you're so beautiful to me Oh that I keep on holding on
(repeat chorus)
Well, I don't mind the thorns, when you're the rose...
If I never say the words you wanna hear When I hold you near Maybe they get said another way A kiss can mean as much to me as words could ever do You know I live for you You shouldn't ever doubt how I feel about you
CHORUS: Don't underestimate my love for you, darlin' It's always there, it's just the way care If you believe in me, then show more faith in us Don't underestimate my love
When you have a need for me & I'm not there You wonder if I'm where I could meet someone who'd take me from you In you heart & soul you know I'm the one you can't lose You know I live for you You shouldn't ever doubt how I feel about you
[Chorus] Oh it tears me up when you go all to pieces Your cryin' eyes say you've been hurt enough Tryin' hard don't always make it easy Cause hearts aren't made to break, they're made to love
Lately all I do is think about you It's weighin' like a stone inside my mind I know I've taken you for granted And left your heart hangin' on the line
[Chorus]
Your love is finally gettin' to me I can't believe the things I've done And still you're standin' here beside me The fool and the faithful one
[Chorus]
Oh hearts aren't made to break, they're made to love
There's a quiet time in the early dawn Before the mornin' paper, before the coffee's on When there ain't much movin' in the world outside Oh I'd love to take a mornin' ride My baby knows it's the time we share She wakes me gently, brushes back her hair And she moves into my arms sweet and slow I can't wait to get up and go Gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 'Bout an hour, maybe two Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do Than see the green grass glist'nin' in the mornin' dew While the world's still damn spankin' new Oh I know how beautiful the day will be When she takes a mornin' ride with me And when we get back, it will feel so right To just lay back and linger in the mornin' light Then she'll smile at me, thinkin' where we've been Wantin' me to take her again I'm gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside For an hour, maybe two Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do Than see the green grass glist'nin' in the mornin' dew While the world's still damn spankin' new Oh I know how beautiful the day will be When she takes a mornin' ride with me Oh I'm gonna take my baby on a mornin' ride When the sun comes slippin' 'round the mountainside 'Bout an hour, maybe two Ain't nothin' me and her would rather do ...and fade