Joe Diffie

Got a boat, got a car, got a house with a yard:
I'm still workin the best job I've ever had.
But I'd give it all away, every dollar that I've made,
If I could only bring you back.

There's a door that I keep closed; there are boxes full of clothes,
But it's memories I'm wishin I could pack.
I would retrace every step; say the things I should have said,
If I could only bring you back.

But there's no words I can say:
Not a prayer I can pray.
No road that you can take back to my arms.
But you'll never be gone:
Our love will live on,
As long as there's a beat in my heart.

There's a smile that I still see, a voice callin out to me,
And a longing in my soul I've never had.
I wish I could touch your face, I would even take your place,
If I could only bring you back.

But there's no words I can say:
Not a prayer I can pray.
No road that you can take back to my arms.
But you'll never be gone:
My love will live on,
As long as there's a beat in my heart.

Got a boat, got a car, got a house with a yard:
I'm still workin the best job I've ever had.
But I'd give it all away, every dollar that I've made,
If I could only bring you back.
If I could only bring you back.

big coals, corn rows, barbed wires, bows and hides, dirt roads
tractors, trucks and overalls
copper heads, grig beds, pickup a rock and find an arrowhead
a ropeswing hangin by a waterfall
morning new, howdy moon, i thank god for

my redneck of the woods
a blue collar flag flyin neighborhood
its love grown down home life is good in
my redneck of the woods

tailgates, a hot date, a bonfire burnin on the rivebank
copenhagen, coolers, and mason jars
old song, sing along, neckle through the hills and hollars all night long
good old boys pickin at 'em old guitars
a wild bunch, clean front, i dont go far from

my redneck of the woods
a blue collar flag flyin neighborhood
its love grown down home life is good in
my redneck of the woods

if i die in my sleep they better bury me in

my redneck of the woods
my blue collar flag flying neighborhood
its love grown down home life is good in

my redneck of the woods
my redneck of the woods
my redneck of the woods

I work overtime cause my boss is a jerk
It gets him off my back
I go to see my momma right after work
So she knows where I'm at
Stop by my sister's and I hug her neck
Tell her just let that guy go
But there's a few things I do
When I'm all by myself
That nobody knows

1st Chorus:

It's just somethin' I do for me
Sometimes when I can't sleep
I get in my car and drive down your street
It's just somethin' I do for me
I did everything that a man could do
To try and make you smile
I couldn't keep love from slippin away
But I slowed it down a while

When you finally told me that you'd had enough
Well it broke my heart into
So I swallowed my pride
Walked out of your life
I did that for you

2nd Chorus:

But there's somethin' I do for me
Sometimes I really need
Sit in a bar drown some old memories
It's just somethin' I do for me

Bridge:

I know these things might all seem strange
But somehow they get me by
This smile on my face is hidin' the trace of teardrops
In my eyes

3rd Chorus:

It's just somethin' I do for me
Sometimes when noone sees
I talk to the man, I get down on my knees
It's just somethin' I do for me.

A little boy walks in with a bloody nose
got beat up on his way home from school...
again!
His dad caught him runnin out the back,
tears in his eyes and a baseball bat.
oohooh revenge!
Said "Son I won't stop you but before you go,
let me tell you a little story bout the
toughest man I know.

They hit Him and He just turned the other cheek
Don't think for a minute, He was weak
Cuz in the end, He showed them,
He was anything but frail...
They hammered Him to a cross
but He was tougher than nails.

Well he dropped that bat like it weighed a ton
father put his arms around his son and said..
just let it go...
Believe me I've been in your shoes
had to ask myself "What would Jesus do"
and here's what I know.
Whenever I'm in doubt I look up what He said
it's all there in the good Book
in black and white and red.

They hit Him and He just turned the other cheek
Don't think for a minute, He was weak
Cuz in the end, He showed them,
He was anything but frail...
They hammered Him to a cross
but He was tougher than nails!

Yeah in the end, He showed them
He was anything but frail,
They hammered Him to a cross
but He was tougher than nails!

tougher from nails!

ooh ooh oh oh!

He plays guitar at a hotel bar
For out of towners and business men
He struts and sings to his drum machine
But he won't make it big at the Holiday Inn
But she thinks that he looks like Elvis
When he runs his fingers through that jet black hair
And sometimes she forgets an order
'Cause she's so struck by him that she stops and stares

Chorus:
They gotta love bigger than the Beatles
Wild and free like a Rolling Stone
They gotta love takes 'em higher than the Eagles
Ain't life such a sweet sweet song
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na yeah yeah yeah

She pours some drinks, loads up the sink
And dreams of being a movie star
Her mama said she'd knock 'em dead
But Hollywood hasn't called so far
But he thinks she's as pretty as a picture
When she wipes down tables in her apron strings
And sometimes he forgets a chorus
'Cause she's shining like a beauty on the silver screen

Chorus

No you won't find their names on the walk of fame
But they ain't missing much
'Cause when the lights go down on tinsel town
All you need is love

Chorus

The only the thing I see ahead is
Just the heat a rising off the road
The rainbows I've been chasing keep on fading before I find my pot of gold
But more and more I'm thinking, that the only treasures that I'll ever know
Are long ago and far behind and wrapped up in my memories of home

Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole and the feel of a muddy row between my toes
Home was a back porch swing where I would sit and mom would sing amazing grace
While she hung out the clothes,
Home was an easy chair with my daddy there and the smell of Sunday supper on the stove
My footsteps carry me away but in my mind I'm always going home

Now the miles I put behind me ain't as hard as the miles that lay ahead
And its much too late to listen to the words of wisdom that my daddy said
The straight and narrow path he showed me turned into a thousand winding roads,

My footsteps carry me away, but in my mind I'm always going home.

Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole and the feel of a muddy row between my toes
Home was a back porch swing where I would sit and mom would sing amazing grace
While she hung out the clothes,
Home was an easy chair with my daddy there and the smell of Sunday supper on the stove
My footsteps carry me away but in my mind I'm always going home

Yeah, the straight and narrow path he showed me turned into a thousand winding roads,
My footsteps carry me away, but in my mind I'm always going home.

If You Want Me To - Joe Diffie

Darlin' I'll pack up my clothes
Take my heart on down the road
I'll even make believe I don't love you.

Lose my mind, go insane, turn my face to the pourin' rain
There's nothin' I wouldn't do if you want me to.

But I'd rather stay around and love you
And be the one to make your dreams come true
But if it takes good-bye to make you happy
Then I'll just walk away if you want me to.

If there's no way to make it work
I'll find a way to hide the hurt
I'll do my best to do what's best for you.

I'll just take your memory and disappear quietly
Quit acting like a fool if you want me to.

But I'd rather stay around and love you
And be the one to make your dreams come true
But if it takes good-bye to make you happy
Then I'll just walk away if you want me to.

Ohh if it takes good-bye to make you happy
Then I'll just walk away if you want me to.

Well, I got my first truck when I was three
Drove a hundred thousand miles on my knees
Hauled marbles and rocks and thought twice before
I hauled a Barbie Doll bed for the girl next door
She tried to pay me with a kiss and I began to understand
There's something women like about a pickup man

When I turned sixteen, I saved a few hundred bucks
My first car was a pickup truck
I was cruising the town and the first girl I seen
Was Bobbie Jo Gentry, the homecoming queen
She flagged me down and climbed up in the cab
And said, "I never knew you were a pickup man"

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man

Most Friday nights I can be found
In the bed of my truck on an old chaise lounge
Backed into my spot at the drive-in show
You know a cargo light gives off a romantic glow
I never have to wait in line at the popcorn stand
'Cause there's something women like about a pickup man

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man

A bucket of rust or a brand new machine
Once around the block and you'll know what I mean

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man
Yeah, there's something women like about a pickup man

Well I ain't afraid of die'n,It's the though of being dead
I wanna go on being me once my eulogys been read
Don't spread my ashes out to sea, don't lay me down to rest
You can put my mind to ease if you fill my last request

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just let my headstone be a neon sign
Just let in burn in memory of all of my good times
Fix me up with a manican just remember i like blondes
Ill be the life of the party even when im dead and gone

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight


Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just make your next selection and while your still in line
You can pay you last respects one quarter at a time

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Oh prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

I could tell he'd had a tough life
By the way he sat and stared
And me, I'd come to push and shove
So I pulled up a chair.

We talked of roads untraveled
We talked of love untrue
Of strings that come unraveled
We were kings and kindred fools
And just when I'd hit bottom
That old man raised his glass
And said at least we had our chances
There's those who never have.

So here's to all the soldiers
Who have ever died in vain
The insane locked up in themselves
The homeless down on Main
To those who stand on empty shores
And spit against the wind
And those who wait forever
For ships that don't come in.

He said it's only life's illusions
That bring us to this bar
To pick up these old crutches
And compare each other's scars
'Cuz the things we're calling heartache
Hell, they're hardly worth our time
We bitch about a dollar
When there's those without a dime.

And as he ordered one last round
He said I guess we can't complain
God made life a gamble
And we're still in the game.

So here's to all the soldiers
Who have ever died in vain
The insane locked up in themselves
The homeless down on Main
To those who stand on empty shores
And spit against the wind
And those who wait forever
For ships that don't come in.

you could've kissed me, like this wasnt gonna last
kept me from saying something I'll never take back
you could have held me like there was no chance
of me waking up where I am
you could have stop short of every dream I've ever had

(chorus)
so help me girl
you've gone too far
its way too late
to save my heart
the way it feels
each time we touch
I know Ive never been so loved
and I can't help myself
so help me girl

you had to be there when that old sun came up
makin last night feel like a vision of things yet to come
you just had to hold me like nobody else
now look what you've gone and done
you had to love me till I couldnt get enough

(chorus)
2x
now I cant help myself so help me girl

She walks into Smokey's
one hip at a time
Like a broken field runner
slippin' through the lines
He likes the way she looks
so he calls a little wife
says don't wait up for me,
I'll be workin late tonight.
Wife hangs up the phone bursts into tears
calls her sister up and cries get over here.

Sister tells her boyfriend be back in awhile
boyfriend wants a beer, the store is just a mile.
Leaves the motor runnin' he'll only be a minute,
his car drives away with teenagers in it.
Driver tells his buddies, got one life to live
they scream into the night, lets get it over with.

Chorus:

Cause and effect, chain of events,
all of the chaos makes perfect sense,
when we're spinnin' round,
things come undone.
Welcome to the earth, third rock from the sun.

The kid guns the gas, car starts to swerve
Heads for a semi-truck, jumps the curb
Truck hits a bigboy in the Shoney's parking lot
Flies through the air, takes out the bank clock
Clock strikes a light pole, transformer sparks
lines go down, town goes dark.

Waitress calls the cops says she saw it all
swears a giant alien has landed at the mall
Cops ring up the mayor says there's panic in the street,
hate to wake you up but we cant find the chief,
mayor says use your head, if he ain't in his car
he's hiding from his wife, down at Smokey's bar

Chorus X2

Welcome to Earth third rock from the sun. X3

Been one tough week, dead on my feet
But, I've made plans for tonight
When I'm feeling blue, know just what to do
And how to make it right
Seems like I've needed this forever
Gonna have myself a night to remember

Dim the lights, lock the door, spread your pictures
On the floor, throw the dust off of our past let it
All come floodin' back, cause' it ain't easy being
Strong and when I can't forget your gone I just
Surrender, and have myself a night to remember.

Sad ain't my style but once in a while
I just have to give in
'Cause a woman like you, is so hard to lose
You just don't want it to end
I know this can't go on forever
So tonight I'll have a night to remember

Dim the lights, lock the door, spread your pictures
On the floor, throw the dust off of our past let it
All come floodin' back, cause' it ain't easy being
Strong and when I can't forget your gone I just
Surrender, and have myself a night to remember.

Oh it ain't easy being strong and when I can't
Forget your gone I'll just surrender and have
Myself a night to remember

He plays guitar at a hotel bar
For out of towners and business men
He struts and sings to his drum machine
But he won't make it big at the Holiday Inn
But she thinks that he looks like Elvis
When he runs his fingers through that jet black hair
And sometimes she forgets an order
'Cause she's so struck by him that she stops and stares

Chorus:
They gotta love bigger than the Beatles
Wild and free like a Rolling Stone
They gotta love takes 'em higher than the Eagles
Ain't life such a sweet sweet song
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na yeah yeah yeah

She pours some drinks, loads up the sink
And dreams of being a movie star
Her mama said she'd knock 'em dead
But Hollywood hasn't called so far
But he thinks she's as pretty as a picture
When she wipes down tables in her apron strings
And sometimes he forgets a chorus
'Cause she's shining like a beauty on the silver screen

Chorus

No you won't find their names on the walk of fame
But they ain't missing much
'Cause when the lights go down on tinsel town
All you need is love

Chorus

The only the thing I see ahead is
Just the heat a rising off the road
The rainbows I've been chasing keep on fading before I find my pot of gold
But more and more I'm thinking, that the only treasures that I'll ever know
Are long ago and far behind and wrapped up in my memories of home

Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole and the feel of a muddy row between my toes
Home was a back porch swing where I would sit and mom would sing amazing grace
While she hung out the clothes,
Home was an easy chair with my daddy there and the smell of Sunday supper on the stove
My footsteps carry me away but in my mind I'm always going home

Now the miles I put behind me ain't as hard as the miles that lay ahead
And its much too late to listen to the words of wisdom that my daddy said
The straight and narrow path he showed me turned into a thousand winding roads,

My footsteps carry me away, but in my mind I'm always going home.

Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole and the feel of a muddy row between my toes
Home was a back porch swing where I would sit and mom would sing amazing grace
While she hung out the clothes,
Home was an easy chair with my daddy there and the smell of Sunday supper on the stove
My footsteps carry me away but in my mind I'm always going home

Yeah, the straight and narrow path he showed me turned into a thousand winding roads,
My footsteps carry me away, but in my mind I'm always going home.

Well the beer's on the bar and the smoke fills the air
And there's a fool in every corner man I just don't care
Tight pants, line dance, stetson hats and cowboy boots
They got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

Well the waitress never leaves you with a half-empty glass
And every girl's on the dance floor shakin' her... well
It's a two step, three step, outta step, country mood
They got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

Well now everybody knows that's where everybody goes
Just to dance away their blues
So leave your cares behind, it's just a state of mind
What have you got to lose

Hey bartender pour us another round,
We're just get gettin' started don't shut us down
We need a slow dance, romanced, last chance rendezvous
We need a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

If you've got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude
Yeah you need a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

If You Want Me To - Joe Diffie

Darlin' I'll pack up my clothes
Take my heart on down the road
I'll even make believe I don't love you.

Lose my mind, go insane, turn my face to the pourin' rain
There's nothin' I wouldn't do if you want me to.

But I'd rather stay around and love you
And be the one to make your dreams come true
But if it takes good-bye to make you happy
Then I'll just walk away if you want me to.

If there's no way to make it work
I'll find a way to hide the hurt
I'll do my best to do what's best for you.

I'll just take your memory and disappear quietly
Quit acting like a fool if you want me to.

But I'd rather stay around and love you
And be the one to make your dreams come true
But if it takes good-bye to make you happy
Then I'll just walk away if you want me to.

Ohh if it takes good-bye to make you happy
Then I'll just walk away if you want me to.

There's something wrong
Lord I'm feeling it too
That runs through my heart
Like a torch cuts through steel
You haven't said a word
Are you feeling it too
Is it cold in here
Or is it just you

Did I leave the door wide open
And let the chill just kill that old desire
Should I put my arms around you
Or put another log on the fire
Is it my imagination
Or did the temperature just drop
A notch or two
Is it cold in here
Or is it just you

There's no warmth at all
When I try to hold you near
You stare into space
As if I wasn't here
Did our love just die
Or is it just about to
Is it cold in here
Or is it just you

Did I leave the door wide open
And let the chill just kill that old desire
Should I put my arms around you
Or put another log on the fire
Is it my imagination
Or did the temperature just drop
A notch or two
Is it cold in here
Or is it just you

Oh is it cold in here
Or is it just you

Downtown, stoplight, red car rolls by.
What else can I do, but wonder if it's you.
Scanning the stations, every song they're playin'
is like a soundtrack, to the love we had.
I should be over you by now, but every time I turn around...

It's always somethin' every day remindin' me.
Everywhere I go, there's a memory.
Ready and awaitin' to catch me off guard,
There's no way to prepare my heart.
What I wouldn't give, what I wouldn't do.
If only I could just stop missin' you.
I'd let go of our love, like it was never nothing.
But it's always something.

Lunch time, a new place.
Waitress says her name.
Why does it have to be, Emily.
Corner store, stop in.
Someone ask, "How ya been?"
I say I wouldn't know.
I really gotta go.
Wish I could forget you, but I don't know how.
Cause every time I turn around......

It's always somethin' every day remindin' me.
Everywhere I go, there's a memory.
Ready and awaitin' to catch me off guard,
There's no way to prepare my heart.
What I wouldn't give, what I wouldn't do.
If only I could just stop missin' you.
I'd let go of our love, like it was never nothing.
But it's always something.

They were farm kids way down in Dixie
Met in high school in the sixties
Everyone knew it was love from the start
One July, in the midnight hour
He climbed upon the water tower
Stood on the rail and painted a ten-foot heart

In John Deere green
On a hot summer night
He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
In letters three-foot high
And the whole town said that he should have used red
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green

They settled down on eighty acres
Raising sweet corn, kids, and tomatoes
They went together like a hand and a glove
On a clear day from their front yard
If you look and know what to look for
Off to the east you can still read his words of love

In John Deere green
On a hot summer night
He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
In letters three-foot high
And the whole town said the boy should have used red
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green

Now more than once the town has discovered
Painting over it ain't no use
There ain't no paint in the world that'll cover it
The heart keeps showing through

In John Deere green
On a hot summer night
He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
In letters three-foot high
And the whole town said the fool should have used red
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green

Ah, paint it green boy

In John Deere green
On a hot summer night
He wrote "Billy Bob loves Charlene"
In letters three-foot high
And the whole town said the boy should have used red
But it looked good to Charlene
In John Deere green

John Deere green

Well, I got my first truck when I was three
Drove a hundred thousand miles on my knees
Hauled marbles and rocks and thought twice before
I hauled a Barbie Doll bed for the girl next door
She tried to pay me with a kiss and I began to understand
There's something women like about a pickup man

When I turned sixteen, I saved a few hundred bucks
My first car was a pickup truck
I was cruising the town and the first girl I seen
Was Bobbie Jo Gentry, the homecoming queen
She flagged me down and climbed up in the cab
And said, "I never knew you were a pickup man"

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man

Most Friday nights I can be found
In the bed of my truck on an old chaise lounge
Backed into my spot at the drive-in show
You know a cargo light gives off a romantic glow
I never have to wait in line at the popcorn stand
'Cause there's something women like about a pickup man

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man

A bucket of rust or a brand new machine
Once around the block and you'll know what I mean

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man
Yeah, there's something women like about a pickup man

Well I ain't afraid of die'n,It's the though of being dead
I wanna go on being me once my eulogys been read
Don't spread my ashes out to sea, don't lay me down to rest
You can put my mind to ease if you fill my last request

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just let my headstone be a neon sign
Just let in burn in memory of all of my good times
Fix me up with a manican just remember i like blondes
Ill be the life of the party even when im dead and gone

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight


Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just make your next selection and while your still in line
You can pay you last respects one quarter at a time

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Oh prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

I could tell he'd had a tough life
By the way he sat and stared
And me, I'd come to push and shove
So I pulled up a chair.

We talked of roads untraveled
We talked of love untrue
Of strings that come unraveled
We were kings and kindred fools
And just when I'd hit bottom
That old man raised his glass
And said at least we had our chances
There's those who never have.

So here's to all the soldiers
Who have ever died in vain
The insane locked up in themselves
The homeless down on Main
To those who stand on empty shores
And spit against the wind
And those who wait forever
For ships that don't come in.

He said it's only life's illusions
That bring us to this bar
To pick up these old crutches
And compare each other's scars
'Cuz the things we're calling heartache
Hell, they're hardly worth our time
We bitch about a dollar
When there's those without a dime.

And as he ordered one last round
He said I guess we can't complain
God made life a gamble
And we're still in the game.

So here's to all the soldiers
Who have ever died in vain
The insane locked up in themselves
The homeless down on Main
To those who stand on empty shores
And spit against the wind
And those who wait forever
For ships that don't come in.

you could've kissed me, like this wasnt gonna last
kept me from saying something I'll never take back
you could have held me like there was no chance
of me waking up where I am
you could have stop short of every dream I've ever had

(chorus)
so help me girl
you've gone too far
its way too late
to save my heart
the way it feels
each time we touch
I know Ive never been so loved
and I can't help myself
so help me girl

you had to be there when that old sun came up
makin last night feel like a vision of things yet to come
you just had to hold me like nobody else
now look what you've gone and done
you had to love me till I couldnt get enough

(chorus)
2x
now I cant help myself so help me girl

A little Miss Dynamite just blew my world away.
It was a pitiful sight, me begging her to stay.
I never had a hunch, so how was I to know
That she packed a punch that knocked my heart out cold?

She put a hurtin' on this old cowboy,
Broke my heart like a little play toy,
Brought me to my knees from ten feet tall.
The night she left me in Amarillo
I cried crocodile tears in my pillow.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
How could a blue-eyed beauty only five-foot-three
Lay a Texas size heartache on me?

She came across so cool I didn't think that I'd get burned.
Now I'm a big ol' fool with a leaving lesson learned.
I thought I was strong like old Hercules,
But she proved me wrong with her little c'est la vie!

She put a hurtin' on this old cowboy,
Broke my heart like a little play toy,
Brought me to my knees from ten feet tall.
The night she left me in Amarillo
I cried crocodile tears in my pillow.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
How could a blue-eyed beauty only five-foot-three
Lay a Texas size heartache on me?

How could a blue-eyed beauty only five-foot-three
Lay a Texas size heartache on me?

She walks into Smokey's
one hip at a time
Like a broken field runner
slippin' through the lines
He likes the way she looks
so he calls a little wife
says don't wait up for me,
I'll be workin late tonight.
Wife hangs up the phone bursts into tears
calls her sister up and cries get over here.

Sister tells her boyfriend be back in awhile
boyfriend wants a beer, the store is just a mile.
Leaves the motor runnin' he'll only be a minute,
his car drives away with teenagers in it.
Driver tells his buddies, got one life to live
they scream into the night, lets get it over with.

Chorus:

Cause and effect, chain of events,
all of the chaos makes perfect sense,
when we're spinnin' round,
things come undone.
Welcome to the earth, third rock from the sun.

The kid guns the gas, car starts to swerve
Heads for a semi-truck, jumps the curb
Truck hits a bigboy in the Shoney's parking lot
Flies through the air, takes out the bank clock
Clock strikes a light pole, transformer sparks
lines go down, town goes dark.

Waitress calls the cops says she saw it all
swears a giant alien has landed at the mall
Cops ring up the mayor says there's panic in the street,
hate to wake you up but we cant find the chief,
mayor says use your head, if he ain't in his car
he's hiding from his wife, down at Smokey's bar

Chorus X2

Welcome to Earth third rock from the sun. X3

If l had sent a message
Like a whisper on the breeze
I reckon it's not wonder
That it never got to me
I'm down here in Kentucky
Where the sun don't ever shine
The wind don't blow in a hollow deep as mine
Oh if l raise my eyes
And look straight up in the sky
I can see the clouds rolling by
Well they're and then they're gone
But I'm still here alone
The wind don't blow in a hollow deep as mine

I saw a little blue bird
Heard him singing through the trees
It brought me right back to you
Just as pretty as you please
Then he took to flying
Disappeared among the pines
I can't get out of a hollow deep as mine

Oh if l raise my eyes
And look straight up in the sky
I can see the clouds rolling by
Well they're and then they're gone
But I'm still here alone
The wind don't blow in a hollow deep as mine

Darlin as i look at you..
reminds me of how much i am..
oh im a lucky man..
it wont mean love thats in your eyes..
only makes me realize.. where i should be..
and its time to leave..

kaz youve made me think of her..
and what our love was worth..
shes all ill ever need..
and i appreciate the drink.. and thank you for the dance..
and the chance to see..
if i lost her..
i couldnt live with me..

I cant remember what it was..
that made me say those hurtin words tonight..
what a silly fight...
so at the risk of being rude..
ill say goodbye and promise you..
i wont forget..what you just did..

kaz you made me think of her..
and what our love is worth..
shes all ill ever need..
and i appreciate the drink and thank you for the dance..
and the chance to see..
if i lost her..
i couldnt live with me!!

And i appreciate the drink and thank you for the dance..
and the chance to see..
if i lost her..
I COULDNT LIVE WITH ME!!!

Thumb stuck high in the air
Destination anywhere
This road decides to go
Underneath the desert sky
I find a place to hide and rest my weary bones
This underpass will shade the heat
As my mind drifts off to sleep...

There you are with your hair all down
And your feet are bare and your cotton gown
What a beautiful sight
In the moonlight
The way you're looking at me with your loving eyes
You let me know that for all my life
You would always be my only girl
But that's another place in time
Back when you were mine
In another world

A car stops way up ahead
I climb inside her hair is red
I thank her for the ride
She talks the miles away
I nod and smile and try to say
Anything to be polite
But as the darkness ends the day
Another voice whisper's my name

There you are with your hair all down
And your feet are bare and your cotton gown
What a beautiful sight
In the moonlight
The way you're looking at me with your loving eyes
You let me know that for all my life
You would always be my only girl
But that's another place in time
Back when you were mine
In another world

There you are with your hair all down
And your feet are bare and your cotton gown
What a beautiful sight (beautiful sight)
In the moonlight
The way you're looking at me with your loving eyes
You let me know that for all my life
You would always be my only girl
But that's another place in time
Back when you were mine
In another world

In another world
In another world

1st verse

Well you filled up my head,
With so many lies.
You twisted my heart
Til something snapped inside.
I'd like to give it one more try
but my give a damn's busted.

You can crawl back home
say you were wrong,
stand out in the yard
and cry all night long.
Go ahead and water the lawn.
My give a damn's busted.

(Chorus)

I really wanna care,
I wanna feel somethin'
Let me dig a little deeper.....
Nah...
Sorry....
Nothin'

2nd verse

You can say you've got issues.
You can say you're a victim.
It's all your parents fault,
I mean, after all you didn't pick em
Maybe somebody else has got time to listen.
My give a damn's busted.

Well your therapist says
It was all a mistake
A product of the prozac
And your co-dependent ways
So who's your enabler these days?
My give a damn's busted.

(Chorus)

I really wanna care,
I wanna feel somethin'
Let me dig a little deeper...
Nah, still nothin'

I'm stoned on your love
(take off Earl)
I don't need cigarettes or whiskey
I don't get a rush from caffeine
Ain't trippin out on nothing
Not into that scene

But I wake up every morning
And I take a shot of her love
It's a desperate habit if there ever was
She's the rock that I'm leaning on
She's my holy Jones
I got a thirst for her love comin on strong

she's my heart and soul addiction
she's the only one
I'm never giving it up
I'm stayin stoned on her love

l just can't live without it
I'm strung out and going insane
she's deep down in my bones
pumpin through my veins

She's the rock that I'm leaning on
She's my holy Jones
I got a thirst for her love comin on strong

She's my heart and soul addiction
Yeah she's the only one
I'm never giving it up
I'm stayin stoned on her love

She's my heart and soul addiction
I'm stayin stoned on her love
Hey she's the rock that I'm leaning on
Man I'm stayin stoned on her love

I'm stoned, stoned, stoned on her love
Yeah I'm stoned on her love
Stoned, stoned, stoned on her love
Whoa sweet baby don't you know that I'm stoned on your love

Here you come knockin' on my heart like a sledge hammer
Tearin' down these walls I built so high
I'm tryin' to hide the truth behind all this false glamour
But somehow the truth still shows up in my eyes

Got a smile painted on my face
Got my heartache locked away prayin' you won't see
Stayin' steady, stayin' strong
Actin' like there's nothin' wrong 'til you look at me
Won't win this fight I surrender
So turn another page of this pretender

Sometimes I think I put it all behind me and I'm finally healing
If you judge a book by it's cover then I'm alright
For a moment I find some piece of mind that my heart is stealing
Looks like I'm livin' it up but I'm dyin' down deep inside
Oh yeah

Got a smile painted on my face
Got my heartache locked away prayin' you won't see
Stayin' steady, stayin' strong
Actin' like there's nothin' wrong 'til you look at me
Won't win this fight I surrender
So turn another page of this pretender

Won't win this fight I surrender
Mmm Mmm turn another page of this pretender
Pretender, still your pretender
Turn another page
Pretender, still your pretender
I'm livin' a lie I can't deny it
Pretender, still your pretender
It's never ending, I'm always pretending
Pretender, still your pretender

Everybody said you'd break my heart
Well they're right, your love's killing me
Dying feels so good so far
I won't fight I'll go willingly

But what a way to go girl
If I should die in your arms tonight
What a way to leave this world behind
I'll give my heart and soul ‘til there's nothing left
I'll lie right here and let you love me to death
What a way to go
What a way to go

I can feel the flame of love so strong
Blazing high, burning in your eyes
There's no turning back I'm too far gone
I can't stop, Heaven waits tonight

But what a way to go girl
If I should die in your arms tonight
What a way to leave this world behind
I'll give my heart and soul ‘til there's nothing left
I'll lie right here and let you love me to death
What a way to go
What a way to go

I'd give my heart and soul
What a way to go

Been one tough week, dead on my feet
But, I've made plans for tonight
When I'm feeling blue, know just what to do
And how to make it right
Seems like I've needed this forever
Gonna have myself a night to remember

Dim the lights, lock the door, spread your pictures
On the floor, throw the dust off of our past let it
All come floodin' back, cause' it ain't easy being
Strong and when I can't forget your gone I just
Surrender, and have myself a night to remember.

Sad ain't my style but once in a while
I just have to give in
'Cause a woman like you, is so hard to lose
You just don't want it to end
I know this can't go on forever
So tonight I'll have a night to remember

Dim the lights, lock the door, spread your pictures
On the floor, throw the dust off of our past let it
All come floodin' back, cause' it ain't easy being
Strong and when I can't forget your gone I just
Surrender, and have myself a night to remember.

Oh it ain't easy being strong and when I can't
Forget your gone I'll just surrender and have
Myself a night to remember

That?s one for me, and one for you
Add it up and we?re just two fools
And on, and on, and on, and on, it goes

You hurt me, and I hurt you woman
Like two kids we're keepin? score
Am I one, two or three heartaches ahead

Are we even yet

Are we even yet
Do we even know if we?re holdin? on or lettin? go
Nobody wins, when we can?t forgive and forget
Are we even yet

My words hurt, and cause you pain

Tear drops fall like pourin? rain
You cry and cry, love dies and dies some more

Revenge is sweet, when you don?t talk
I?m afraid you?re gonna walk
What will it take to take back the things we?ve said

Are we even yet

Are we even yet
Do we even know if we?re holdin? on or lettin? go
Nobody wins, when we can?t forgive and forget
Are we even yet

The Day I left I told myself she's wrong
I'am better of gone....better of gone
I headed my old truck, in to the dawn
I'am better of gone...better of gone

If I'am better of gone
then why am I alone in the dark
If I made the right move
Then why am I so blue
and why can't I convince my heart
When my mind says better leave her alone
You're better of gone

I wonder should I call her on the phone..naw
I'am better of gone....better of gone
surely I can make it on my own
I'am better of gone....better of gone

If I'am better of gone
then why am I alone in the dark
If I made the right move
Then why am I so blue
and why can't I convince my heart
When my mind says better leave her alone
You're better of gone

If I made the right move
Then why am I so blue
and why can't I convince my heart
When my mind says better leave her alone
You're better of gone...better og gone

Yesterday you walked away and left me
Today you say your sorry that we're through
Our love will work we'll heal the hurt
so help me
laying blame is the last thing I would do

I'm the only thing I hold against you
let my loving arms show you the truth
there'll be no I told you so's
no matter how much heart ache we'll go through
I love you
(I'll always love you)
I'm the only thing I'll hold against you

I know it'll be just like the first time that I held you
when we swore that our love would always last
lets give it one more try don't be afraid to
One touch and we'll forget about the past

I'm the only thing I hold against you
Let my loving arms show you the truth
there will be no I told you so's
No matter how much heartache we'll go through
I love you
(I'll always love)
I'm the only thing I'll hold against you

Sometime things go wrong between a woman and a man
I know will make it work
All we need is a second chance

I'm the only thing I hold against you
let my loving arms show you the truth
there'll be no I told you so's
no matter heart ache we'll go through
I love you
(I love you I'll always love you)
I'm the only thing I'll hold agianst you

I'm the only hold against you

Downtown, stoplight, red car rolls by.
What else can I do, but wonder if it's you.
Scanning the stations, every song they're playin'
is like a soundtrack, to the love we had.
I should be over you by now, but every time I turn around...

It's always somethin' every day remindin' me.
Everywhere I go, there's a memory.
Ready and awaitin' to catch me off guard,
There's no way to prepare my heart.
What I wouldn't give, what I wouldn't do.
If only I could just stop missin' you.
I'd let go of our love, like it was never nothing.
But it's always something.

Lunch time, a new place.
Waitress says her name.
Why does it have to be, Emily.
Corner store, stop in.
Someone ask, "How ya been?"
I say I wouldn't know.
I really gotta go.
Wish I could forget you, but I don't know how.
Cause every time I turn around......

It's always somethin' every day remindin' me.
Everywhere I go, there's a memory.
Ready and awaitin' to catch me off guard,
There's no way to prepare my heart.
What I wouldn't give, what I wouldn't do.
If only I could just stop missin' you.
I'd let go of our love, like it was never nothing.
But it's always something.

Maybe a day will come
When you look into my eyes
And you won't see the love you saw before
Maybe a day will come
When the words you need to hear from me
Are gone with the closing of a door.

Chorus
But not in this lifetime
Not in this lifetime
It's too impossible to do
Not in this lifetime
Could this heart of mine
Be for anyone else but you

Maybe a night will come
You'll reach for me and find
That I'm just a stranger that you hardly know
Maybe a night will come
When all this love I'm feeling for you now
I won't feel anymore

Chorus
But not in this lifetime
Not in this lifetime
It's too impossible to do
Not in this lifetime
Could this heart of mine
Be for anyone else but you

There could never be a moment in my life
No, not a single minute
That didn't have you in it.
Not in this lifetime
Not in this lifetime
It's too impossible to do
No, not in this lifetime
Could this heart of mine
Be for anyone else but you
Be for anyone else but you

I know you're holding your breath
You're wondering what's coming next
Can't be too careful this time
No Love ain't something you trust
You've seen a little too much of the quittin' kind
That pain you're wrestling with
I know right where it lives
Been there a couple of times
Always 'almost in tears'
Living in fear of the quittin' kind

If you don't know what you're got
I'll tell you one thing it's not
It's not the kind of love that would turn and run
This one's steady and strong
This one will keep going on and on and on
To the end of time
It ain't the quittin kind

You don't have to be scared
We're not going back there
We're going to leave it behind
All that sorrow and grief those bad memories of the quittin' kind

If you don't know what you're got
I'll tell you one thing it's not
It's not the kind of love that would turn and run
This one's steady and strong
This one will keep going on and on and on
To the end of time
It ain't the quittin kind

This one's steady and strong
This one will keep going on and on and on
To the end of time
It ain't the quittin kind
Quittin' kind no no no
It ain't the quittin kind

My name ain't someone that they would know
But I lived here not that long ago
She told me that she loved this little frame house
So I saved up some money
and put a payment down

(chorus)
Right over there in that front porch swing
We held hands and we dreamed a dream or two
That sure looks like the same ol' door
Where I kissed her goodbye a thousand times before
Please, bring her back to me
I came lookin' for a feelin' but the feelin's gone
You can go back, but you can't go home

I wonder if they'd mind if I wandered around inside
I'm feelin' kinda low and it's been such a long long time
I'd like to get a good look at what our life used to be
But there's one bedroom I can't bear to see

(chorus)

It's where it started
Home, it's where the heart is
Home, is where I lost it
Home, it's so hard to find again

Right over there in that front porch swing
We held hands and we dreamed a dream or two
Underneath the moon
That sure looks like the same ol' door
Where I kissed her goodbye a thousand times before
Please, bring her back to me
I came lookin' for a feelin' but the feelin's gone
You can go back, but you can't go home

Oh, you can go back, but you can't go home

This is your brain makin' everything make sense,
Countin' those nickels and dimes.
This is your brain balancin' on the fence, walkin' that logical line.
This is your brain got it all under control, both hands on the wheel.
Stay in your lane, keepin' it tame, this is your brain.

Then she walks right by and that all goes out the window,
And your IQ starts to dwindle, at the mention of her name.
And she winks and smiles and your heart starts over loadin'
And you're crazy over everything she does.
You ain't insane, this is your brain, on love.

This is your brain buddy you can handle this,
Gotta just get a grip.
This is your brain man there ain't a woman alive,
That you can't resist.
This is your brain baby, just slow on down,
Don't want to jump the tracks.
You can refrain, keep it contained, this is your brain.

Then she walks right by and that all goes out the window,
And your IQ starts to dwindle, at the mention of her name.
And she winks and smiles and your heart starts over loadin'
And you're crazy over everything she does.
You ain't insane, this is your brain, on love.

You think that you're too clever now, to ever fall again,
And your medulla oblongata says, boy get out while you can

Then she walks right by and that all goes out the window,
And your IQ starts to dwindle, at the mention of her name.
And she winks and smiles and your heart starts over loadin'
And you're crazy over everything she does.
You ain't insane, this is your brain, on love.

You ain't insane, this is your brain on love.
Sweet love.

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM [2:50]
Joe Diffie

From The Album: Twice Upon A Time (1997)

Written by: Steve Dukes/Michael Higgins/Chris Lindrey

Peaked Billboard position: Did not chart


She said she'd meet me in the cheap seats in the end zone
And now I sittin's here cryin'
In the parkin' lot of the Astro Dome
When she stands me up like this,
We both know where she is
Big city what are we gonna do
Looks like it's just me and you

Houston, we have a problem
I think we've lost her one more time
Houston, she's gone to Austin
She's run off and left us high and dry

He slicks his hair back
And he talks fast for a southerner
He's the bona fide right hand
Of the third hand from the governor
I don't know what she sees in him
But dog gone it, she's gone again
Leavin' me in a pool of tears
What's it gonna take to keep her here

Houston, we have a problem
I thank we lost her one more time
Houston, she's gone to Austin
She's run off and left us high and dry

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
You've gotta million petty fights
But every time she takes that ride
You loose every bit of your shine
Houston, we have a problem
I think we've lost her one more time

Houston, she's gone to Austin
She's run off and left us high and dry
Houston, we have a problem
I think we've lost her one more time

Houston, she's gone to Austin
She's run off and left us high and dry

A haugh, high and dry

I'm out here stranded on this Oklahoma Road
Nothing but a broken truck, heat and dust and a million high line poles
If only I could tap the line I'd be just fine
If I could talk to her right now

Cause there's a voice inside of me
That's saying something's wrong
Cause I've tried a hundred times and a hundred dimes to reach her on the phone
and like the sun my hearts sinkin cause I'm thinkin it don't matter anyhow

And I got a feelin' she ain't feelin' what I'm feelin anymore
I got a sneakin suspicion love is walkin out the door
Now I'm dealin with a heartache like I've never felt before
I got a feelin' she ain't feelin' what I'm feelin anymore

I like this ramblin life but what a price to pay
To think I'd let a dollar sign and a diesel whine drive her love away
I've got a real strong premonition
She ain't missin me as much as I miss her

And I got a feelin' she ain't feelin' what I'm feelin anymore
I got a sneakin suspicion love is walkin out the door
Now I'm dealin with a heartache like I've never felt before
And I got a feelin' she ain't feelin' what I'm feelin anymore

I got a feelin' she ain't feelin' what I'm feelin' anymore

This is your brain makin' everything make sense,
Countin' those nickels and dimes.
This is your brain balancin' on the fence, walkin' that logical line.
This is your brain got it all under control, both hands on the wheel.
Stay in your lane, keepin' it tame, this is your brain.

Then she walks right by and that all goes out the window,
And your IQ starts to dwindle, at the mention of her name.
And she winks and smiles and your heart starts over loadin'
And you're crazy over everything she does.
You ain't insane, this is your brain, on love.

This is your brain buddy you can handle this,
Gotta just get a grip.
This is your brain man there ain't a woman alive,
That you can't resist.
This is your brain baby, just slow on down,
Don't want to jump the tracks.
You can refrain, keep it contained, this is your brain.

Then she walks right by and that all goes out the window,
And your IQ starts to dwindle, at the mention of her name.
And she winks and smiles and your heart starts over loadin'
And you're crazy over everything she does.
You ain't insane, this is your brain, on love.

You think that you're too clever now, to ever fall again,
And your medulla oblongata says, boy get out while you can

Then she walks right by and that all goes out the window,
And your IQ starts to dwindle, at the mention of her name.
And she winks and smiles and your heart starts over loadin'
And you're crazy over everything she does.
You ain't insane, this is your brain, on love.

You ain't insane, this is your brain on love.
Sweet love.

Been doin' the math ever since you left
Pondering the properties of loneliness
Stacking your efforts right up against mine
You know I get the same answer every time

You take four hundred seventeen nights and days
A million and one promises made
Put them all together and you throw 'em away
You get zero
Nothing but zero
Oh, zero
Mmmmmmm....

I remember learning all of this back in school
I guess I never did apply it to me and you
So, I guess I'll be the one to carry the blame
Something times nothing always ends the same

You take four hundred seventeen nights and days
A million and one promises made

Put them all together and you throw 'em away
You get zero
Nothing but zero
Oh, zero
Mmmmmmm....

Every time I think of how hard you try
Baby, my blues just multiply....

You take four hundred seventeen nights and days
A million and one promises made
Put them all together and you throw 'em away
You get zero
Nothing but zero
A great big zero
Whoa, zero

Well the beer's on the bar and the smoke fills the air
And there's a fool in every corner man I just don't care
Tight pants, line dance, stetson hats and cowboy boots
They got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

Well the waitress never leaves you with a half-empty glass
And every girl's on the dance floor shakin' her... well
It's a two step, three step, outta step, country mood
They got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

Well now everybody knows that's where everybody goes
Just to dance away their blues
So leave your cares behind, it's just a state of mind
What have you got to lose

Hey bartender pour us another round,
We're just get gettin' started don't shut us down
We need a slow dance, romanced, last chance rendezvous
We need a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

If you've got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude
Yeah you need a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude

Well I ain't afraid of die'n,It's the though of being dead
I wanna go on being me once my eulogys been read
Don't spread my ashes out to sea, don't lay me down to rest
You can put my mind to ease if you fill my last request

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just let my headstone be a neon sign
Just let in burn in memory of all of my good times
Fix me up with a manican just remember i like blondes
Ill be the life of the party even when im dead and gone

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight


Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just make your next selection and while your still in line
You can pay you last respects one quarter at a time

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Oh prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Well, I got my first truck when I was three
Drove a hundred thousand miles on my knees
Hauled marbles and rocks and thought twice before
I hauled a Barbie Doll bed for the girl next door
She tried to pay me with a kiss and I began to understand
There's something women like about a pickup man

When I turned sixteen, I saved a few hundred bucks
My first car was a pickup truck
I was cruising the town and the first girl I seen
Was Bobbie Jo Gentry, the homecoming queen
She flagged me down and climbed up in the cab
And said, "I never knew you were a pickup man"

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man

Most Friday nights I can be found
In the bed of my truck on an old chaise lounge
Backed into my spot at the drive-in show
You know a cargo light gives off a romantic glow
I never have to wait in line at the popcorn stand
'Cause there's something women like about a pickup man

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man

A bucket of rust or a brand new machine
Once around the block and you'll know what I mean

You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill
And I still wouldn't trade it for a Coupe De Ville
I got an eight-foot bed that never has to be made
You know, if it weren't for trucks we wouldn't have tailgates
I met all my wives in traffic jams
There's just something women like about a pickup man
Yeah, there's something women like about a pickup man

Well I ain't afraid of die'n,It's the though of being dead
I wanna go on being me once my eulogys been read
Don't spread my ashes out to sea, don't lay me down to rest
You can put my mind to ease if you fill my last request

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just let my headstone be a neon sign
Just let in burn in memory of all of my good times
Fix me up with a manican just remember i like blondes
Ill be the life of the party even when im dead and gone

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight


Fill my boots up with sand, put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Just make your next selection and while your still in line
You can pay you last respects one quarter at a time

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don't wanna go tonight
fill my boots up with sand put a stiff drink in my hand
prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

Oh prop me up beside the jukebox if I die

She walks into Smokey's
one hip at a time
Like a broken field runner
slippin' through the lines
He likes the way she looks
so he calls a little wife
says don't wait up for me,
I'll be workin late tonight.
Wife hangs up the phone bursts into tears
calls her sister up and cries get over here.

Sister tells her boyfriend be back in awhile
boyfriend wants a beer, the store is just a mile.
Leaves the motor runnin' he'll only be a minute,
his car drives away with teenagers in it.
Driver tells his buddies, got one life to live
they scream into the night, lets get it over with.

Chorus:

Cause and effect, chain of events,
all of the chaos makes perfect sense,
when we're spinnin' round,
things come undone.
Welcome to the earth, third rock from the sun.

The kid guns the gas, car starts to swerve
Heads for a semi-truck, jumps the curb
Truck hits a bigboy in the Shoney's parking lot
Flies through the air, takes out the bank clock
Clock strikes a light pole, transformer sparks
lines go down, town goes dark.

Waitress calls the cops says she saw it all
swears a giant alien has landed at the mall
Cops ring up the mayor says there's panic in the street,
hate to wake you up but we cant find the chief,
mayor says use your head, if he ain't in his car
he's hiding from his wife, down at Smokey's bar

Chorus X2

Welcome to Earth third rock from the sun. X3