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| 1. |
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Every now an' then, on my home
I stop at a spot where the wild flowers grow, an' I pick a few Cause she don't tell me to I go out with my boys all right But most of the time I call it a night before they do Cause she don't tell me to Sunday mornin', I'm in church An' my butt an' my back an' necktie hurt, but I'm in the pew She don't tell me to Any other woman I know would have tried To control me and it would be over Blame it on my goin' on my own way attitude All of that stubbornness melts away When I wake with her head on my shoulder An' I know I've got to love her Until my life is through Cause she don't tell me to Well, I got demons and I've got pride But when I'm wrong, I apologize like she's mine to lose Cause she don't tell me to Well, I got dreams in this heart of mine But nothin' that I wouldn't lay aside if she asked me to Cause she don't tell me to An' she don't even know That she keeps lookin' for the next right thing to do Cause she don't tell me to Yeah, yeah Any other woman I know would have tried To control me and it would be over Blame it on my goin' on my own way attitude And all of that stubbornness melts away When I wake with her head on my shoulder An' I know I've got to love her Until my life is through What else can I do What else can I do Whoa, I love her Cause she don't tell me to She don't tell me to Every now an' then, on my home I stop at a spot where the wild flowers grow, an' I pick a few Yes I do |
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| 2. |
| 4:15 |
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There's a story that my daddy tells religiously
Like clockwork every time he sees an opening In a conversation about the way things used to be Well I'd just roll my eyes and make a bee-line for the door But I'd always wind up starry-eyed, cross-legged on the floor Hanging on to every word Man, the things I heard It was harder times and longer days Five miles to school, uphill both ways We were cane switch raised, and dirt floor poor 'Course that was back before the war Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a pair Flying F-15's through hostile air He went down but they missed me by a hair He'd always stop right there and say... That's something to be proud of That's a life you can hang your hat on That's a chin held high as the tears fall down A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out Like a small town flag a-flyin' Or a newborn baby cryin' In the arms of the woman that you love That's something to be proud of So I'm graduatin' college, that was mama's dream But I was on my way to anywhere else when I turned 18 Cuz when you gotta fast car you think you've got everything I learned quick those GTO's don't run on faith I ended up broken down in some town north of L.A. Working maximum hours for minimum wage Well, I fell in love, next thing I know The babies came, the car got slow I sure do miss that old hot rod But you sure save gas in them foreign jobs Dad, I wonder if I ever let you down If you're ashamed how I turned out Well, he lowered his voice, then he raised his brow Said, lemme tell ya right now That's something to be proud of That's a life you can hang your hat on You don't need to make a million Just be thankful to be workin' If you're doing what you're able And putting food there on the table And providing for the family that you love That's something to be proud of And if all you ever really do is the best you can Well, you did it man That's something to be proud of That's a life you can hang your hat on That's a chin held high as the tears fall down A gut sucked in, a chest stuck out Like a small town flag a-flyin' Or a newborn baby cryin' In the arms of the woman that you love That's something to be proud of That's something to be proud of Yeah, that's something to be proud of That's something to be proud of Now that's something to be proud of |
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| 3. |
| 4:09 |
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This ain't no temporary, typical, tearful good-bye, uh uh uh
This ain't no breakin' up and wakin' up and makin' up one more time, uh uh uh This is gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things that ain't never coming back She's gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone, she's gone This ain't no give it time, I'm hurtin' but maybe we can work it out, uh uh uh Won't be no champagne, red rose, romance, second chance, uh uh uh This is gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things that ain't never coming back She's gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone She's gone She's gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone, she's gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things that ain't never coming back She's gone (gone) she's gone (gone) she's gone (gone) she's gone She's gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all the good things Well, she's gone Long gone, done me wrong Never comin' back, my baby's gone Lonely at home, sittin' all alone She's packed her bags and now she's gone Never comin' back, she's gone No no never, no no never, no never comin' back |
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| 4. |
| 3:25 |
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My old man's backhand used to land
Hard on the side of my head I just learned to stay out of his way There's been street fights, blue lights Long nights with the world sittin' on my chest It just showed me how much I could take Hard times, bad luck Sometimes life sucks [Chorus] That's all right, I'm okay It ain't nothin' but another day But only God knows where I'd be If you ever stopped lovin' me The bank man, the boss man, the lawman All tryin' to get their hands on me And I ain't even done a danged thing wrong I've been waylaid, freight-trained, short-changed By bigger an' badder men An' all I got to say is: "Bring it on." Hard rain, rough road So my life goes [Chorus] I need you Gotta have you In my life, on my side Every day I'm alive Every night when I'm greedy an' needing You! [Chorus] It ain't nothin' but another day But only God knows where I'd be If you ever stopped lovin' me Baby, never stop lovin' me Ah, just see what your lovin' does to me |
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| 5. |
| 4:50 |
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He works way too much for way too little
He drinks way too early till way too late He hasn't had a raise since new years day In eighty-eight gets trampled on by everyone Except when he comes in here And he's the product of the Haggard generation He's got a redneck side when you get him agitated He got the gold toothed look from a stiff right hook He's proud he took for his right wing stand on Vietnam Says he lost his brother there He yells out Johnny Cash And the band starts to play A ring of fire as he walks up And stands there by the stage And he say [Chorus] Hell yeah! Turn it up! Right on! Hell yeah! Sounds good! Sing that song! Guitar man playing all night long Take me back to where the music hit me Life was good and love was easy She's got an MBA and a plush corner office She's got a don't mess with me attitude She'll close a deal she don't reveal that she can feel The loneliness the emptiness Except when she comes in here She's the product of the Me generation She's got a rock and roll side when you get her agitated She got the tattoo there on her derri??짢re from a spring break dare In Panama where love was all she thought she'd ever need She yells out to the band Know any Bruce Springsteen Then she jumps up on the bar And she, and she starts to scream She say [Chorus] Yeah, yeah Can or can't you get my mind off thinking about Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Hey, hell yeah [Chorus: x2] |
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| 6. |
| 4:00 |
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I'm tired of spinning my wheels
I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey mister, what you got out on that lot you can sell me in a pinch Maybe one of them souped up muscle cars The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are Color don't matter, no I don't need leather seats All that really concerns me is: [Chorus:] Speed, an' how fast will it go Can it get me over her quickly Zero to sixty, can it outrun her memory Yeah, what I really need Is an open road An' a whole lot of speed I'd like to trade in this old truck 'Cause it makes me think of her and that just slows me up See, it's the first place we made love, where we used to sit and talk On the tailgate all night long, but now she's gone An' I need to move on So give me: [Chorus] Throw me them keys so I can put some miles between us Tear off that rear view mirror, there's nothing left to see here, yeah Let me lean on that gas, oh she catches up fast So give me: [Chorus] That's what I need I'm tired of spinning my wheels I'm tired of spinning my wheels |
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| 7. |
| 4:45 |
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There's a for-sale sign on a big ol rusty tractor
You can't miss it it's the first thing that you see Just up the road a pale blue water tower With I love ginny painted in bright green Hey that's my uncle bill there by the courthouse He'll be lowering the flag when the sun goes down And this is my town Nah na nah nah nah Yea this is my town Nah na nah nah nah [Chorus] Hey where I was born Where I was raised Where I keep all my yesterdays Where I ran off cause I got mad And I came to blows with my old man Where I came back to settle down This is where they'll put me in the ground This is my town Nah na nah nah nah Yea this is my town Nah na nah nah nah This is my town There ain't much going on here since they closed the mill The whistle still blows everyday at noon A bunch of us still go down to the diner Wonder if that interstates still comin' through Come the Sunday morning service at the church of christ There ain't an empty seat to be found And this is my town Nah na nah nah nah Yea this is my town Nah na nah nah nah [Chorus] Well I bought and painted up that rusty tractor You can't miss it its sitting right there in our yard The county came and took that water tower And that's Ginny with a baby in the car We're off to Sunday service at the church of Christ And if we want a seat we better leave right now And maybe later me and ol t-roy will show you around Our town Nah na nah nah nah Yea this is my town Nah na nah nah nah [Chorus] |
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| 8. |
| 3:42 |
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Didn't I make you proud
Go and lay my life down When you called my name I thought I stood for something Was doing the right thing when I went away Now being back should be so simple But I keep getting mixed signals from everyone Why do folks sit and judge me Who I ain't seen what I seen or did what I've done Didn't I burn Didn't I bleed enough for you I faced your fears Felt pain so you won't have to Didn't I do my best And wasn't home here when I left I've seen boys fall to pieces Grown men cry out for Jesus Til they're black and blue I thought God was on our side Weren't we suppose to be the good guys That would never lose Cause I don't see no ticker tape Or five mile parade Saying "Thank You son" Just folks that sit and judge me Who ain't seen what I've seen or did what I've done Didn't I burn Didn't I bleed enough for you I faced your fears Felt pain so you won't have to Didn't I do my best And wasn't home here when I left. |
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| 9. |
| 4:20 |
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Sometimes I think what turned her on was my ole' broke down boots
She wanted her a real cowboy, it was a phase she was going through Not one week after she moved in and I caught her paintin' the bedroom blue Brought home a bottle of pink Chablis, poured out my best home-brew I was sittin' on the porch in my over-alls as she packed her things to leave She changed her mind when she couldn't change me She changed direction, headed out West She changed her tune to some Hip-Hop mess Her dark brown hair went to blonde and her pretty blue eyes went to green She changed everything when she couldn't change me She was sittin' beside the ocean, lookin' out at the waves Watchin' how they keep on rollin' But always seemed the same She called and said she'd been thinkin' about all those quiet country nights And whatever she thought was so wrong with me Suddenly seemed alright I was sittin' on the porch in my over-alls when her truck pulled into view She said I changed my mind when I couldn't change you She changed direction, headed back home She changed her tune, it's all Haggard and Jones Had her dark brown hair pulled back and the bluest eyes you ever seen She changed everything when she couldn't change me She said I guess when you love someone, you just gotta let it be She changed her mind when she couldn't change me She changed direction, she's back in my arms She thought it through, had a change of heart She said I guess when you love someone, you just gotta let it be She changed her mind when she couldn't change me Yeah Yeah She changed it all when she couldn't change me She couldn't change me She couldn't change me |
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| 4:19 |
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His cows get loose and run right through the fast food parking lots
And Daddy gets calls from the mini-malls When they're downwind from his hogs When his tractor backs up traffic, the reception ain't too warm The city's growing around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep You can't pull roots when they run that deep He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm He worked and slaved in '68, he bought these fields and trees He raised his corn and a big red barn and a healthy family He learned to love the woodlands, he can't stand to do them harm There's concrete all around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep You can't pull roots when they run that deep He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm One day he's gonna leave it all to me And I'll start my own branch of the family tree They'll get the message written on the roof of the barn Daddy won't sell the farm You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep You can't pull roots when they run that deep He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm We're gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm Oh you know a country boy can survive |
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| 3:19 |
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Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper
Found my key, and unlocked the door I walked in, felt like a stranger Like I'd never been there before As I wandered room to room It was silent as a tomb Could have heard a teardrop Could have heard a heartbreak Never saw the flood come Even though I felt the rain Never heard a house sound So loud with memories Where there used to be A happy home In the house on the corner Of lonely and gone If she talked about leaving, I wasn't listening If she showed me a sign, well I never saw Did she stop believing, did I stop giving Can't put my finger on what went wrong Now the quietest noise I'm told, is the sound of letting go Could have heard a teardrop Could have heard a heartbreak Never saw the flood come, even though I felt the rain Never heard a house sound, so loud with memories Where there used to be a happy home In the house on the corner Of lonely and gone Whoa...never heard a house sound So loud with memories Where there used to be a happy home In the house on the corner In the house on the corner Of lonely and gone |
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| 3:13 |
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I was there when the men came, and told us all the news
Father forgive them for they know not what they do Till they walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes You want to judge me by the whiskey on my breath You think you know me but you ain't seen nothing yet Till you walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes In my hillbilly shoes You work all day in the muck and the mire Dance a little jig and a stomp by the fire Ain't too much these boots can't do Might even kick a little sense into you Well I'm going up cripple creek going in a run Going up cripple creek to have a little fun Law man said they found some tracks People saw them leavin but they never come back Oh, you don't know me, you don't know, you don't know you don't know Till you walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes In my hillbilly shoes |
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| 4:03 |
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Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk
At our Christmas party We were drinkin' champagne punch And homemade eggnog Little sister brought her new boyfriend He was a Mexican We didn't know what to think of him Til he sang Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Brother Ken brought his kids with him The three from his first wife Lynn And the two identical twins From his second wife Mary Nell Of course he brought his new wife Kaye Who talks all about AA Chain smokin' while the stereo plays Noel, Noel, The first Noel Carve the turkey turn the ball game on Mix Margaritas when the eggnog's gone Send somebody to the Quik-Pak store We need some ice and an extension cord A can of bean dip and some Diet Rite A box of pampers , some Marlboro Lights Hallelujah everybody say cheese Merry Christmas from the family Fran and Rita drove from Harlingen I can't remember how I'm kin to them But when they tried to plug their motor home in They blew our christmas lights Cousin David knew just what went wrong So we all waited on our front lawn He threw the breaker and the lights came on And we sang Silent Night Oh Silent Night o' holy night Carve the turkey turn the ballgame on Mix Bloody Marys cause we all want one Send somebody to the Stop 'n Go We need some celery and a can of fake snow A bag of lemons and some Diet Sprite A box of midol, some Salem Lights Hallelujah everybody say cheese Merry Christmas from the family Feliz Navidad |
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