I may never buy me a big house A Cadillac, cruisin' with the top down That ain't the way I am I judge a man by the gold on the inside I'm not fooled by the glitter on the outside That ain't the measure of a man
It ain't how far you go It ain't how much you make Son, it's what you give Not what you take It's being strong and true To those countin' on you It's lendin' a hand, makin' a stand That's the measure of a man
I give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay I'll stand behind every word I say I'll seal a deal with a shake of a hand If I'm a few rungs short of the top of the ladder When I meet my maker what will it matter That ain't the measure of a man
It ain't how far you go It ain't how much you make Son, it's what you give Not what you take It's being stong and true To those countin' on you It's lendin' a hand, makin' a stand That's a measure of a man
It's lendin' a hand, makin' a stand That's a measure of a man That's a measure of a man
I pretend that I'm glad you went away But these four walls close in more every day And I'm dyin inside And nobody knows it but me
Like a clown I put on a show The pain is real even if nobody knows And I'm cryin inside And nobody knows it but me
Why didn't I say - the things I needed to say How could I let my angel get away Now my world is just a - tumblin down I can see it so clearly, but you're nowhere around
(Chorus) The nights are lonely, the days are so sad And I just keep thinkin about the love that we had And I'm missin you And nobody knows it but me
How blue can I get - you can ask my heart Just like a jigsaw puzzle it's been torn all apart A million words couldn't say - just how I feel A million years from now you know - I'll be lovin you still
The nights are lonely, the days are so sad And I just keep thinking about the love that we had And I'm missin you And nobody knows it but me
Nobody (The nights are lonely, the days are so sad) No one knows (And I just keep thinking about the love that we had) Nobody knows (Nobody knows it but me)
Mount Everest, I'll climb it No problem, just say when Mississippi, I'll swim it Down to the delta and back again
If you love somebody, it ain't that hard If you love somebody, to go that far Well, there ain't no limit to the things you do If you love somebody the way that I do you
Get a ladder, a cheap guitar And serenade you under the stars Scream and shout, make a scene Tell the whole world you're the girl of my dreams
If you love somebody, that's what you do If you love somebody, and your love is true You don't think twice about being a fool If you love somebody the way that I do you
Send me down the river with my soul on fire The thought of you Makes the weight of this world seem a little bit lighter If you love somebody If you love somebody
Ooh, send me down the river with my soul on fire The thought of you Makes the weight of this world seem a little bit lighter Taking me higher, higher
If you love somebody, you do anything If you love somebody, you jump up and sing Well, there ain't no limit to the things you do If you love somebody the way that I do you
If you love somebody, that's what you do If you love somebody, and your love is true Well, there ain't no limit to the things you do If you love somebody the way that I do you The way that I do you, girl
We decided to try Going our own ways for a while And give each other some space But I never dreamed it would be miles I thought she would cry While she was packing up I guess something isn't wrong enough
She's sure taking it well Taking my heart and my soul You'd think I wasn't here Falling apart watching her go If she knows it's killing me You couldn't look at her and tell My heart's breaking and She's sure taking it well
There go all of my dreams Melting like sugar in the rain I would love to believe She's only smiling through the pain All the tears are mine Shouldn't she be sad After losing everything we had
She's sure taking it well Taking my heart and my soul You'd think I wasn't here Falling apart watching her go If she knows it's killing me You couldn't look at her and tell My heart's breaking and She's sure taking it well
She's sure taking it well She's sure taking it well She's sure taking it well
Met her on Monday down at the Blue Star Where we all hang out I picked her up at work Tuesday afternoon That night we were rocking the town Wednesday, Thursday, Time sure flies When you're having a ball A perfect match, no strings attached By Friday we'd done it all
Saturday night under the stars Huggin' and a-kissin' in the back of her car I said, "Ain't this the life, what could go wrong?" When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb
Those three little words Set off a chain reaction like I'd never seen I was shakin' in my boots When she lit the fuse I was blown to smithereens 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, It hit me like a ton of bricks She'd got a mind to cross that line I shoulda known it would come to this
Saturday night under the stars Huggin' and a-kissin' in the back of her car I said, "Ain't this the life, what could go wrong?" When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb
I was keeping it loose, taking it slow Playing it cool, but wouldn't you know
Saturday night under the stars Huggin' and a-kissin' in the back of her car I said, "Ain't this the life, what could go wrong?" When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb When all of a sudden she dropped the love bomb
When it comes to love I've had my doubts But when you walked in my heart checked out And like a schoolboy crush I knew it when we touched I'm already loving you too much
Mind and body, heart and soul You came in and took control And, oh what a rush This is powerfull stuff I'm already loving you too much
Too much, I'm already falling too fast
Too much, It's too late for me to turn back I can't stop this love that we've started
Too much, I'm already falling too fast Too much, It's too late for me to turn back I can't stop this love that we've started
Who knows where I'll go from here I'm too far gone to see it clear So my heart I'll have to trust And hope that it's enough 'Cause I'm already loving you There's nothing left for me to do I'm already loving you too much Already loving you too much
I'm proud of my history, proud of my home But there comes a time in a young boy's life When he feels he's got to roam Daddy says I'm crazy, Mama thinks I'm naive But if I don't do it now then I'll never leave
‘Cause I've driven every back road in this part of the state Ain't a girl in my graduation class that I didn't date Tried everything on the menu down at Fiddler's Bar & Grill I got a taste for something this town will never fill
There's a great big world out there for me to see I might sail a boat to China, chase dreams in Tennessee Right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do Tell my friends goodbye Drive these streets for one last time Change that city limit sign To "Population 4000 Minus 1"
Gonna see the bright lights, gonna make my mark So many things I've got to do I don't know where to starts Play cards in Vegas, walk the beach at Malibu Learn a few things that I never knew
There's a great big world out there for me to see Might play for the '49ers, Mardi Gras in New Orleans Right now the motor's running, just a few things I gotta do Tell my friends goodbye Drive these streets for one last time Change that city limit sign To "Population 4000 Minus 1"
Now I'm stuck in New York City, staring at these walls Thinking how the grass out here ain't that green at all Ain't that green at all
There's a great big world out there for me to see I might wed a farmers daughter and raise a family Right now the clock is ticking, just a few things I gotta do Tell my friends goodbye Ride that subway one last time Change that city limit sign To "Population 12 Million Minus 1" To "Population 12 Million Minus 1" Coming home, coming home
It's five o'clock at the sad cafe Dinner for one, table for two, another lonely day She tries to hide the pain But her strong will is just a weak disguise It's there in her eyes
(Chorus) She wants to be somebody's baby She wants to be somebody's friend She just needs a shoulder to lean on now and then She's no stranger to danger She's had her heart broke a time or two She wants to be somebody's baby But she's nobody's fool
Someone long ago promised her the moon But the fairy tale didn't go so well It ended way too soon And the scars of love have been known to take some time to heal Can't you see how she feels
(Repeat Chorus)
She's no stranger to danger She's had her heart broke a time or two She wants to be somebody's baby But she's nobody's fool
The farm was still standin' at the end of the road The mailbox still carried our name In spite of the rust and the weeds and the dust The old place looked almost the same
The screen door was slammin' real slow in the wind Like it did bout this time each November Like someone applauding the end of a dream That no one could seem to remember
When she came around from the side of the house She looked like the day we first met Before I could speak she was there in my arms Sayin somethin I'll never forget she said
(Chorus) I knew you'd come back my heart told me so Men like you search every corner on Earth When there's love here at the end of the road
It was hard to believe he was seventy-one The way that he still got around His station was still full-service, by gosh And he fixed every car in this town
I stood in the door and saw nothin had changed That stubborn old son-of-a-gun Not the clock on the wall, not the soda machine Or the sign that said Miller And Son he said
(Repeat Chorus)
The roof needed mending and the walls needed paint But the stained glass still gave them a glow I couldn't bear one more unanswered prayer So I turned and I started to go
Then I heard a voice from the back of the room That would make any sinner believe The words that he spoke they went right to my soul And brought me on down to my knees He said
There's a little voice inside your head That's getting hard to ignore Your pulse is racing and your heart is set What are you waiting for? How many moments like this come along? The kind that change your whole world? If you just stand there, it could be gone
Kiss the girl, take a chance Let her know where you stand Hold her close, make it real If it's love that you feel Kiss the girl
Don't you see the way she looks at you? Can there be any doubt? Everything you feel, she's feeling too Your chance is here and now All this emotion you've been holding inside Can't be put into words Best way to show her is to just close eyes and
Kiss the girl, take a chance Let her know where you stand Hold her close, make it real If it's love that you feel Kiss the girl
Kiss the girl Go on and kiss the girl Kiss the girl
A simple disagreement Over something so small That's how it always starts It ain't no one's fault We both had to be right That's when it all went wrong Making something out of nothing when we should have been holding on
We can get through this We can ride it out Love's what we're about We've been deeper down This is shallow water baby We've been up that hill It ain't no big deal Ain't no easy fix But we can get through this
Get out of that rain Baby come inside We're gonna kiss and make up If it takes all night Let a little misunderstanding Turn into a great big war Talk about quitting, we're forgetting what it really is that we're fighting for
We can get through this We can ride it out Love's what we're about We've been deeper down This is shallow water baby
We've been up that hill It ain't no big deal Ain't no easy fix But we can get through this
A little more forgiveness Tenderness
We can get through this This is shallow water baby We've been up that hill It ain't no big deal Ain't no easy fix But we can get through this
We can ride it out Love's what we're about We've been deeper down This is shallow water baby We've been up that hill It ain't no big deal Ain't no easy fix But we can get through this
We can ride it out Love's what we're about We've been deeper down We can get through this We've been up that hill It ain't no big deal Ain't no easy fix But we can get through this
If she only knew, what I knew but could not say If she could just see that part of me I hid away If I could just hold her in my arms again And just say 'I love you' What can I say, maybe she'd stay, if she only knew
If she could just feel, what I feel here in my heart She'd know it was real, going true right from the start But I'm just a man who didn't understand What she was going through She's gone away, maybe she'd stay, if she only knew
How? How did I let her get away? Love, love is so easy to feel, but the hardest word to say
If she could just see, what I see when I close my eyes She's all that I dream, surely she would realize But like a fool I waited much too long To let her know the truth She's gone away. maybe she'd stay, if she only knew
How? How did I let her get away? Love, love is so easy to feel, but the hardest word to say
If she only knew, what I knew but could not say If she could just see that part of me that I hid away If I could just hold her in my arms again And just say 'I love you' She's gone away, maybe she'd stay, if she only knew
Only knew My world is gray, each night I pray, she only knew That she only knew The price that I'll pay, what can I say? If she only knew If she only knew If she only knew Oh...yeah
I wrote it down when I was only A young boy of seventeen, a long list of what true love means Now I'm here on the wrong side of lonely 'Cause I never really knew what really matters to me
She don't have to be rich She don't have to be wild She don't have to be seen in the latest style I don't care if she's tough, of just a little bit shy Either one will be fine She just has to be mine
How could I been so foolish? Right there in black and white, my future Mrs. Right Hey, I barely scratched the surface But that's not what I'm looking for anymore
She don't have to be rich She don't have to be wild She don't have to be seen in the latest style I don't care if she's tough, of just a little bit shy Either one will be fine She just has to be mine
It took a while to see All that she has to be Someone who faithfully Just stays in love with me
She don't have to be rich She don't have to be wild She don't have to be seen in the latest style I don't care if she's tough, of just a little bit shy Either one will be fine She just has to be mine
She don't have to be rich She don't have to be wild She don't have to be strong, she just has to be mine She don't have to be hip, or drink the finest wine She don't have to be tough, she just has to be mine
We don't talk much, anymore Though I'm dying to call You say it's over, now for sure But for me it isn't over at all I lie awake and struggle every night Though it's less than what it was It's more than I can fight
It's still love and it still has awesome power inside and over me Look inside my heart, it's still love Even though we're not together there's a part of me That's never gonna change, that's still burning with the flame Even though it's not the same as it was It's still love, to me Still love
I don't know quite who's to blame Truth is I don't really care 'Cause either way the story's just the same I reach out for you but you're never there I'd like to hate you but I know that I can't I'm angry and I'm hurt but on the other hand
It's still love and it still has awesome power inside and over me Deep inside my heart, it's still love Even though we're not together there's a part of me That's never gonna change, that's still burning with the flame Even though it's not the same as it was It's still love, to me It's still love
It's still love and it still has awesome power inside and over me Deep inside my heart, it's still love Even though we're not together there's a part of me That's never gonna change, that's still buring with the flame Even though it's not the same as it was It's still love, to me It's still love
It's still love In these arms, in this heart, in these eyes It's still love In this room, in the dark, every night It's still love In this town, in this world, in my life It's still love It's still love
She said I'm not pointing fingers And he said yes you are 'cause you wouldn't bring it up if you weren't If I told you I'd been walking Out in the dark night thinking Would you take as truth this alcholoics word? I can't change what's done is done But I can tell you this Not a day goes by that I don't curse myself and all my sins And I need you to hold on to while this part of me is dying Though I haven't kicked the demons that haunt me I'm trying I'm trying
She sat down on the floor And said I wish I was stronger Right now I feel fragile as glass I want to believe you Believe what's held you has freed you And I hate these doubts that keep on coming back
My parents think I'm crazy for staying here this long But there's nothing more I want for us than to prove to them they're wrong I don't want to be afraid, I don't want to think you're lying And though I haven't found the faith yet, that I need I'm trying Oh, I'm trying
He asked, do you want me to leave? 'cause if you do, you know I will But she said, much to his disbelief No, I love you still
He said I don't know why I've been the fool But I can tell you this Not a day goes by that I don't curse myself and all my sins Then he dropped down to his knees, by now they both were crying Said, I haven't been the man I want to be But, I'm trying Oh,i'm trying I'm trying Oh lord, I'm trying
Throw away the book, forget about the rules, set aside your doubts They don't apply now Everything you know, all that's gone before Ain't what we're about, it's here and right now Compared to any other love, baby this is way more Beyond the physical
This ain't your typical Predictable Here today and gone tomorrow fling It's more of a magical Mystical Once in every lifetime thing It may sound improbable It ain't logical But when love is this undeniable It's everything and it's anything But typical
Jealousy and pride, all that petty stuff, trips the others up With us there's no way
We can rise above, go against the gray We'll be strong enough to make our own way The future that I'm seeing ain't a paint by numbers picture It's an original
This ain't your typical Predictable Here today and gone tomorrow fling It's more of a magical Mystical Once in every lifetime thing It may sound improbable It ain't logical But when love is this undeniable It's everything and it's anything But typical
It's everything and it's anything But typical Predictable It ain't typical It ain't typical
I sometimes feel you drift away And I wonder if you'll always stay I hold you close, to feel your heart Yes, then I know, we'll never part
'Cause I can give you everything My love will never leave your side I'll be there in your darkest night Be your strength when you want to hide
And what other man Would give every thought he has Speak with love in all that he says Give all he is and hopes to be And what other man could love you like me?
No other love for me will do I've known the thrill of loving you All of my dreams sleep in your eyes I give them to you to realize
'Cause I can give you everything My love will never leave your side
I'll be there in your darkest night Be your strength when you want to hide
And what other man Would give every thought he has Speak with love in all that he says Give all he is and hopes to be And what other man could love you like me?
I'll build you a wall Keep you from harm When life is cold I'll keep you warm
And what other man Would give every thought he has Speak with love in all that he says Give all he is and hopes to be And what other man
Oh, And what other man Would give every thought he has Speak with love in all that he says Give all he is and hopes to be And what other man could love you like me?
One good bye And the world that I knew Just slips away And dares me to forget it I know my heart Will heal one day If memories will let it It hurts when everything reminds me of you So to protect myself, what else can I do?
I think of the sun I think of the rain I'll count the shadows on the wall, so I won't feel the pain 'Cause if I think of you My strength will be gone So I'll do anything at all So tears won't fall
How I try Never to slip And speak your name It would come so easy That would just stir the fire again That I swore was cold inside me I almost loved you, but I stopped just in time If I'm to save myself, you can't cross my mind
I think of the sun I think of the rain I'll count the shadows on the wall, so I won't feel the pain 'Cause if I think of you My strength will be gone So I'll do anything at all So tears won't fall
If my thoughts would let you through You'd find your way back somehow That's not what I need right now So to protect myself
I think of the sun I think of the rain I'll count the shadows on the wall, so I won't feel the pain 'Cause if I think of you My strength will be gone So I'll do anything at all Yes I'll do anything at all So tears won't fall
