Martina Mcbride

Slow down, that's right
Give it all you got
Yeah, you got the right stuff
Kick back, let go
Trust yourself to know
Yeah, what you got is good enough

* Hey, don't give 'em what they think they want
'Cause they don't have a clue
Yeah, if you really wanna give 'em something different
Something to sink their teeth into
Well baby, then you just do what you do

All eyes, were on Alice
They laughed and made her cry
Yeah, she was a little different
But, hey you know what?
She found a way to fly
You see Alice, she got her strength from the inside

* Repeat

The cost of living just went up today
Soon as you started doing things your way
You'll be shakin' 'em off your coattails from every side
They'll be trying to catch that free ride

* Repeat

Do what you do, yeah
Do what you do
Yeah...

I sent myself a dozen roses
Right before the office closes
Just to make my girl friends green with envy
Ever since I lost you
All the crazy things I do
I didn't even know I had it in me, oh but

Hey, it's alright
It's just another Saturday night
Got nobody, got no nothin' to lose
I'm gonna get dressed up go downtown
Spread a little misery around
Anything's better than feelin' the blues

Found a restaurant on my way
I told 'em it was my birthday
Just to hear the waiters sing off-key
Sprung a loose wire, that's a fact
Got a strange little monkey on my back
But I kinda like the company, and I guess

Hey, it's alright
It's just another Saturday night
Got nobody, got no nothin' to lose
I'm gonna get dressed up go downtown
Dance the little monkey around
Anything's better than feelin' the blues

Hey, it's alright
It's just another Saturday night
Got nobody, got no nothin' to lose
I'm gonna get dressed up go downtown
Live it up and never live it down
Anything's better than feelin' the blues

Anything's better than feelin' the blues

Yeah
The sun is shinin' everyday
Clouds never get in the way for you and me
I've known you just a week or two
But baby I'm so into you
Can hardly breathe

And I'm in so totally
Wrapped up emotionally
Attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly
I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby, I love you, I love you

I never knew that I could feel like this
Can hardly wait till our next kiss
You're so cool
If I'm dreaming please don't wake me up
Cause baby I can't get enough
Of what you do

And I'm in so electrically
Charged up kinetically
Actin' erratically
Need you fanatically
You get to me magically
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby, I love you

I can't believe that this is real
The way I feel
Baby I'm gone head over heals

And I'm in so totally
Wrapped up emotionally
Attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly
I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue, yeah

And I'm in so electrically
Charged up kinetically
Actin' eratically
Need you fanatically
You get to me magically
Sure as the sky is blue

Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
Do you love me too
Baby, I love you

I'm still waiting

Tell me you love me and make me feel it
Convince me that your heart is true
Don't say you need me if you really don't mean it
'Cause boy I ain't nobody's fool, yeah

* Baby I'm trying to find a place inside your heart
Oh but it's hard to start a fire without a spark
If you wanna be the man that rocks me to my knees
Baby just make me believe

'Cause I'm still waiting

Every night I bring you all my broken pieces
But you just put them on your shelf
Tell me why you put this wall between us
And keep your reasons to yourself, ah...

* Repeat

You say you feel the same but my heart's full of doubt
You say you'll find the time
So we can work it out

But I'm still waiting

* Repeat (2X)

Baby just make me believe
Oh baby just make me believe
I'm still waiting

I was standing in the grocery store line
The one they marked express
When this woman came through with about 25 things
And I said don't you know that more is less
She said this world is moving so fast
I just get more behind everyday
And every mornin' when I make my coffee
I can't believe my life's turned out this way
All I could say was

Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain

He was walking by the other day and I said
Hey baby, how you been?
Yeah, I got me a little girl now
And she's 4 years old
And she's got her daddy's little grin
You only wanted what you can't have
And baby you can't have me now
I gave my heart to another
Yeah I'm a mother
And he's a father and we're a family
And we got each other
And I found out the hard way that

Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain

You drive three miles from all this prosperity
Down across the river and you see a ghetto there
We got children walkin' around with guns
And they got knives and drugs and pain to spare
And here I am in my clean, white shirt
With a little money in my pocket and a nice warm home
And we got teenagers walkin' around
In a culture of darkness
Livin' together alone, all I could say is

Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain

And I can't explain it, and I can't understand
But I'll come down and get my hands dirty
And together we'll make a stand
Somewhere 'cross the parking lot
Some bands playin' out of tune
City streets are gonna burn
If we don't do somethin' soon
And senorita can't quit crying, baby's due now any day
Don Juan left, got sick of tryin'
No one there to show him the way
She came down to the grocery store and
She said I, I wanna buy a little carton of milk
But I don't have any money
I said, Hey I'll cover you honey
Cause the pain's gotta go somewhere
Yeah the pain's gotta go someplace
So come on down to my house

Don't you know that
Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain in the world
Love's the only house big enough
For all the pain...

There you are in the early light of day
There you are in the quiet words I pray
I've been blessed by the simple happiness
Of the perfect love we've made

* Every time I turn around
When I'm lost and when I'm found
Like an angel standing guard
There you are
Every time I take a breath
And when I forget to breathe
You're watching over me
There you are

When I'm looking for the light
In the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star
There you are

There you are standing in a crowded room
There you are, the earth and I'm the moon
My desire is to stand by the fire
That burns inside of you

* Repeat

When I'm looking for the light
In the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star
There you are

When I'm looking for the light
In the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star
There you are
There you are
There you are

Red sun setting on the road behind her
A hundred miles out of her hometown
Drops a quarter in a beat up pay phone
Listens to it rattle on down
Voice's cold as the phone she's holding
The connection's way to clear
He's yelling where's my dinner
She's too far gone to care
She says listen here

* There's a time to stand and the time is now or never
Time to fly, a time to let go forever
Time to grow, and a time to discover
Life is precious, every second
You've wasted mine and it's my time

She puts a few more miles between them
He pours a distance of his own
Starts talking to the bottle
It's all that's left now that she's gone
He rages on 'till the national anthem
Comes on his TV
Then he looks straight at the bottle
Says you did this to me
And then he screams

* Repeat

It's my time, it's my time, it's my time
And time is what you make it
It's my time, it's my time, it's my time
And time is what you're taking

* Repeat

When the world is on your shoulders
Just too much to bear
Boy my love can make you stronger
I ain't going nowhere
When your followin' all the rules
But life just won't play fair
Come to me and we'll roll with the punches
I ain't goin' no where

* By your side by your side day and night
I will be always
There's a place in my heart in my heart
Just for you always
I ain't going nowhere
I ain't going nowhere

I can't guarantee that your dreams
Won't fade into thin air
But as sure as I'm livin', breathin'
I ain't going nowhere

* Repeat

But straight to you
No one else will do
My love will shine right through your rain
I will lift you up, I will lift you up

I ain't goin' nowhere
I ain't goin' nowhere
I ain't goin' nowhere

(By your side by your side always)
(I ain't goin' nowhere)
I ain't goin' nowhere

(By your side by your side always)
Yea, yea
(I ain't goin' nowhere)

What do you dream about?
Look at the stars, honey
All you gotta do is pick one out
And it's there for you
I'll be the one who makes
Your every dream come true

* Close your eyes and baby
Make a wish and baby
I'll give you anything and everything
The sky's the limit and my heart is in it
I'll give you anything and everything
Anything and everything

Where do you want to go?
Look at the world, baby
All you gotta do is just say so
And I'll take you there
Oh yeah, you know that
Love can take you anywhere

* Repeat

I could spoil you
Make it easy
Make you happy if you let me
Won't you let me

I'll be the one who makes your every dream come true

Close your eyes and baby
Make a wish and baby
I'll give you anything and everything
The sky's the limit and my heart is in it

I'll give you anything and everything (4X)

My right hand holds matches
My left holds my past
I hope the wind catches
And burns it down fast
I'm gonna step into the fire
With my failures and my shame
And wave goodbye to yesterday
As I dance among the flames So

* Don't try to save me now
Let the walls of my world all burn down
Just stand back and wait 'til the smoke finally passes
And I will rise
From the ashes
From the ashes
From the ashes

For all that I'm losing
Much more will I gain
The hard part is choosing
To change what needs changed
My step will be much lighter
With these demons off my chest
I'm born a better spirit
And lay the old to rest

* Repeat

I'll walk away stronger
I will be flyin'
Higher and truer
Than I've flown before

My right hand holds matches
My left holds my past
I hope the wind catches
And burns it down fast

Occurred to me the other day
You've been gone now a couple years
Well I guess it takes a while
For someone to really disappear
And I remember where I was
When the word came about you
It was a day much like today
The sky was bright and wide and blue

* And I wonder where you are
And if the pain ends when you die
And I wonder if there was
Some better way to say goodbye

Today my heart is big and sore
It's trying to push right through my skin
Won't see you anymore
I guess that's finally sinking in
Cause you can't make somebody see
With the simple words you say
All their beauty from within
Sometimes they just look away

* Repeat

Some better way to say goodbye, oh...

There's a silence on the front lines
You can cut it with a knife
You can stay and take your chances
Or you can run to save your life
One side is retreating
And the other's runnin' scared
And the drums of war are beating
Even though it's undeclared

And both sides say they're winning
And both sides know they're losing
And neither one knows what they're fightin' for
And in the quiet little places
You can see the little faces
Huddled right outside the bedroom door
Praying for an end to this uncivil war

Papa needs a new job
So he's swallowing his pride
Oh, but it don't go down easy
And it eats him up inside
And mama, she don't notice
Little sister's ragged dress
Lately she don't notice
Much of anything I guess

They're just fightin' off the hunger
Trying to keep from going under
But the wolves just keep on
Gatherin' 'round the door
There's no place to run for cover
So they're turning on each other
'Cause there really ain't no winners anymore
Just victims in this uncivil war

There's a silence on the front lines
You can cut it with a knife
You can stay and take your chances
Or you can run to save your life

For the love of a woman
A man unlocks his heart
And reveals all the secrets it holds
And the love of a woman
Will find his better part
When he gives her the key to his soul

He will listen to her dreams
He will ask her what she needs
He will help her build the life she wants to live
He will hold her when she cries
With a love that never dies
All these things he will give
For the love of a woman

For the love of a woman
A man will sacrifice
While he waits for a moment of grace
With the love of a woman
A man will pay the price
For the trust that he sees in her face

He will open any door
Leave the life he knew before
To convince her that he's all she'll ever need
And when he's afraid to start
He will step into the dark
Cause he knows she'll give his eyes the power to see
With the love of a woman

And he promises to help her dreams come true
Oh there's nothing in this world that he won't do
Though he's not a work of art
He will try with all his heart
To become the man she knows that he can be
With the love of a woman

With the love of a woman
He will give his life
For the love of a woman

Yeah
The sun is shinin' everyday
Clouds never get in the way for you and me
I've known you just a week or two
But baby I'm so into you
Can hardly breathe

And I'm in so totally
Wrapped up emotionally
Attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly
I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby, I love you, I love you

I never knew that I could feel like this
Can hardly wait till our next kiss
You're so cool
If I'm dreaming please don't wake me up
Cause baby I can't get enough
Of what you do

And I'm in so electrically
Charged up kinetically
Actin' erratically
Need you fanatically
You get to me magically
Sure as the sky is blue
Baby, I love you

I can't believe that this is real
The way I feel
Baby I'm gone head over heals

And I'm in so totally
Wrapped up emotionally
Attracted so physically
Actin' so recklessly
I need you so desperately
Sure as the sky is blue, yeah

And I'm in so electrically
Charged up kinetically
Actin' eratically
Need you fanatically
You get to me magically
Sure as the sky is blue

Baby, I love you
Baby, I love you
Do you love me too
Baby, I love you

There you are
In the early light of day
There you are
In the quiet words I pray
I've been blessed by the simple happiness
Of the perfect love we've made
Everytime I turn around
When I'm lost and when I'm found
Like an angel standing guard
There you are
Everytime I take a breath
And when I forget to breathe
You're watching over me
There you are
When I'm looking for the light
In the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star
There you are

There you are
Standing in a crowded room
There you are
The earth and on the moon
My desire is to stand by the fire
That burns inside of you
Everytime I turn around
When I'm lost and when I'm found
Like an angel standing guard
There you are
Everytime I take a breath
And when I forget to breathe
You're watching over me
There you are
When I'm looking for the light
In the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star
There you are

When I'm looking for the light
In the middle of the night
Searching for the brightest star
There you are
There you are
There you are

Through Your Eyes
By Martina McBride

Look at that cloud,
as high as a tree,
at least that's how it looks to me.

How about you?
What do you see?
What if we see things differently?

Show me,
How the world looks through your eyes.
Tell me about the sunrise.
Let me see the stars shine.
Show me,
how the world looks through your eyes.
And I can show you how it looks through mine.

If I had wings
and I could fly
I would tell you all about the sky.

How about you?
If dreams could come true,
what do you imagine you could do?

Show me,
how the world looks through your eyes.
Tell me about the sunrise.
Let me see the stars shine.
Show me,
how the world looks through your eyes.
And I can show you how it looks through mine.

And I could show you secret traits
where no one's ever gone.
I bet you've got secrets too
so don't be shy.

Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on, and

Show me,
How the world looks through your eyes.
Tell me about the sunrise.
Let me see the stars shine.
Show me,
how the world looks through your eyes.
And I can show you how it looks through mine.

Let me show you how it looks through mine..

The news is out all over town
That you've been seen out runnin' around
I know that I should leave but then
I just can't go you win again

This heart of mine could never
See what everybody knew but me
Just trusting you was my great sin what can
I do you win again

I'm sorry for your victim now
Cause soon his head like mine will bow
He'll give his heart but all in vain
And someday say you win again

You have no heart you got no shame
You take true love and give the blame
I guess that I should not complain
I love you still you win again

I love you still you win again -

There ain't no chains strong enough to hold me
Ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I never have seen a river that's too wide
There ain’t no jail tight enough to lock me
Ain’t no man big enough to stop me
I’ll be there if you ever want me by your side

So love me if you ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road to ruff to ride
There ain't no chains strong enough to hold me
There ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side

Now there ain't no rope tight enough to bind me
Look for me honey you will find me
any old time your ready with your charm
I'll be there ready and a waitin'
there won't be any hesitation
I'll be right here if you ever want me in your arms

So love me if you ever gonna love me
I never have seen a road to ruff to ride
There ain't no chains strong enough to hold me
There ain't no breeze big enough to slow me
I'll be there if you ever want me by your side

I can't stop loving you
I've made up my mind
To live in memory
of the lone sometimes
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life
in dreams of yesterday
Those happy hours
Those happy hours
that we once knew
that we once knew
Tho long ago
they still make me blue

They say that time
heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
since we've been apart
since we've been apart

I can't stop loving you
I've made up my mind
To live in memories
of the lone sometimes
I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life
in dreams of yesterday
So I'll just live my life
in dreams of yesterday
dreams of yesterday

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there's gotta be a little rain sometime
When you take you gotta give so live
and let live and let go oh oh oh oh
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
Well, if sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world
right now on a silver platter
But what would it matter
So smile for a while
and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there's gotta be a little rain sometime
When you take you gotta give so live
and let live and let go oh oh oh oh
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd just as soon let you go
But there's one thing I want you to know
You'd better look before you leap
still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone
there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while
and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there's gotta be a little rain sometime.....

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there's gotta be a little rain sometime.....

Today I started loving you again

I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I've cried
I guess I should have known the worst was yet to come
And the crying time for me had just begun

Today I started loving you again

Today I started loving you again

Today I started loving you
Today I started loving you again

You've come to tell me something you
say I ought to know that
he don't love me anymore
and I'll have to let him go
you say you're gonna take him
oh but I don't think you can
cause you aint woman enough to take my man
women like you they're a dime a dozen you
can buy em anywhere for you to get to him
I'd have to move over
and I'm gonna stand right here
it'll be over my dead body so get out while
you can cause you aint woman enough to take my man
Sometimes a man's caught looking at
things that he don't need he took
a second look at you
but he's in love with me
well I don't know where that leaves you
oh but I know where I stand
and you aint woman enough to take my man
Women like you they're a dime a dozen you
can buy em anywhere for you to get to him
I'd have to move over
and I'm gonna stand right here
It'll be over my dead body so get out
while you can cause you aint woman enough
to take my man no you
aint woman enough to take my man.

When you found somebody new
I thought I never would
Forget you for I thought then I never could
But time has taken all the pains away until
now I'm down to hurtin' once a day
Once a day all day long
and once a night from dusk till dawn
The only time I wish you weren't gone is
once a day every day all day long

I'm so glad that
I'm not like a girl I knew one time
She lost the one she loved then slowly
lost her mind
She sat around and cried her life away
oh lucky me I'm only cryin' once a day
Once a day all day long...
Once a day every day all day long.

You were mine for just a while,
Now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back
At your home across the track.
You're the gossip of the town
But my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it to the ground.
Pick me up on your way down.

Pick me up on your way down,
When you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you,
Come on back where you belong.
You may be their pride and joy,
But they'll find another toy
And they'll take away your crown,
Pick me up on your way down.

They have changed your attitude,
Made you haughty and so rude,
Your new friends can take the blame,
Underneath you're still the same.
When you learn these things are true
I'll be waiting here for you,
As you tumble to the ground
Pick me up on your way down.

It don't hurt anymore
All my teardrops are dried
No more walkin' the floor
With that burnin' inside
Just to think it could be
Time has opened the door
And at last I am free
I don't hurt anymore

No use to deny I wanted to die
The day you said we were thru
But now that I find you're out of my mind
I can't believe that it's true
I've forgotten somehow
That I cared so before
And it's wonderful now
I don't hurt anymore

No use to deny I wanted to die
The day you said we were thru
But now that I find you're out of my mind
I can't believe that it's true
I've forgotten somehow
That I cared so before
And it's wonderful now
I don't hurt anymore

just you know why
why you and I
will by and by
know true love ways

sometimes we'll sigh
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why just you and I
know true love ways

throughout the days
how true love ways
will bring us joys to share
with those who really care

sometimes we'll sigh
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why just you and I
know true love ways

know true love ways

I'll need time
To get you off my mind
I may sometimes bother you
Try to be in touch with you
Even ask too much of you
From time to time

Now and then
Lord ya know I'll need a friend
Til I get used to losing you
Let me keep on using you
Til I can make it on my own

I'll get by
But no matter how I try
There'll be times you know I'll call
Chances are my tears will fall
And I'll have no pride at all
From time to time

But they say
Oh there'll be a brighter day
But til then I'll lean on you
That's all I mean to do
Til I can make it on my own

Surely someday I'll look up and see the mornin sun
Without another lonely night behind me
Then I'll know I'm over you and all my cryin's done
No more hurtin memories can find me

But til then
Lord ya know I'm gonna need a friend
Til I get used to losing you
Let me keep on using you
Til I can make it on my own
Til I can make it on my own...

At my door the leaves are fallin,
A cold wild wind has come,
Sweethearts walk by together,
And I still miss someone.

I go out to a party,
And look for a little fun,
But I find a darken corner,
Cause I still miss someone.

Oh I never got over those blue eyes,
I see them everywhere,
I miss those arms that held me,
When all the love was there.

Oh I never got over those blue eyes,
I see them everywhere,
I miss those arms that held me,
When all the love was there.

I wonder if he's sorry,
For leaving what we've become,
There's someone for me somewhere,
But I still miss someone.
Oh I still miss someone.

Heartache number 1 was when you...left me,
I never knew that I could hurt this way,
And heartache number 2,
Was when you...come back again,
You came back and never meant to stay.

Now I've got heartaches by the number,
Troubles by the score,
Every day you love me less,
Each day I love you more,
Yes, I've got heartaches by the number,
A love that I can't win,
But the day that I stop counting,
That's the day my world will end.

Heartache number 3 was when you...called me,
And said that you was coming back to stay,
With hopeful heart I waited,
For your...knock on the door,
I waited but you must have lost your way.

Now I've got heartaches by the number,
Troubles by the score,
Every day you love me less,
Each day I love you more,
Yes, I've got heartaches by the number,
A love that I can't win,
But the day that I stop counting,
That's the day my world will end.

Satin sheets to lie on
Satin pillows to cry on
Still I'm not happy don't you see
Big long Cadillac, tailor mades upon my back
Still I want you to set me free

I've found another man
Who can give more than you can
Though you've given me
everything that money can buy
But your money can't hold me tight
Like he does on a long long night
No, you didn't keep me satisfied

Satin sheets to lie on
Satin pillows to cry on
Still I'm not happy don't you see
Big long Cadillac, tailor mades upon my back
Still I want you to set me free

Satin sheets to lie on
Satin pillows to cry on
Still I'm not happy don't you see
Big long Cadillac, tailor mades upon my back
Still I want you to set me free

Satin sheets to lie on.

Thanks, thanks a lot
I got a broken heart
That's all I got
You made me cry
I cried a lot
I lost your love
Baby thanks a lot

You told our friends
As I was passing by
That your not sorry
That you made me cry
You said I deserved
Everything I got
Well if thats how you feel
Baby thanks a lot

Thanks, thanks a lot
I got a broken heart
That's all I got
You made me cry
I cried a lot
I lost your love
Baby thanks a lot

You wanted a fool
And I played the part
Now all I've got
Is a broken heart
You loved a little
And laughed a lot
Then you were gone
Honey thanks a lot

Thanks, thanks a lot
I got a broken heart
That's all I got
You made me cry
I cried a lot
And I lost your love
Baby thanks a lot

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Do you remember when you loved me
Before the world took you away
Well if you do, then forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away

Now I’m sorry if I hurt you
Let me make it up to you day by day
And if you will please forgive me
And make the world, make it go away

Make the world go away
Get it off my shoulder
Say the things we used to say
And make the world, make it go away.

Take the ribbon from my hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against your skin
Like the shadows on the wall
Come and lay down by my side
Till the early morning light
All I'm taken is your time
Help me make it through the night
I don't care what's right or wrong
I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
Its so sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night

I don't care what's right or wrong
I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone
And tomorrow's out of sight
Its so sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night
I don't want to be alone
Help me make it through the night

(Jimmy Dickens/Boudleaux Bryant)

I'm puny short and little but I'm loud
I learned to do my singing walking 'long behind a plow
The singing teacher always passed me by
And so I have to sing the only way that I know how
Just rear back open up and let her fly

I'm little but I'm loud
I'm poor but I'm proud
I'm countrified an I don't care who knows it
I'm like a Banty Rooster in a big red rooster crowd
I'm puny short and little but I'm loud
I'm puny short and little but I'm loud

Happy Girl
Artist : Martina Mc Bride.


I used to live in a darkened room
Had a face of stone
And a heart of gloom
Lost my hope, I was so far gone
Cryin all my tears
With the curtains drawn
I didn't know until my soul broke free
I've got these angels watching over me, yeah

Oh watch me go
I'm a happy girl
Everybody knows
That the sweetest thing that you'll ever see
In the whole wide world
Is a happy girl

I used to hide in a party crowd
Bottled up inside
Feeling so left out
Standing in a corner wearing concrete shoes
With my frozen smile
And my lighted fuse
Now everytime i start to feel like that
I roll my heart out like a welcome mat

Oh watch me go
I'm a happy girl
Everybody knows
That the sweetest thing that you'll ever see
In the whole wide world
Is a happy girl

Laugh when i feel like it
Cry when i feel like it
That's just how my life is
That's how it goes

Oh watch me go
I'm a happy girl
And i've come to know
That the world won't change
Just 'cause I complain
Let the axis twirl
I'm a happy girl

Oh watch me go
I'm a happy girl
Everybody knows
That the sweetest thing that you'll ever see
In the whole wide world
Is a happy girl

Oh,yeah oh,yeah
I'm a happy girl

Every time I turn around
I run right into your pride
Sometimes I'm not sure if I wanna
Know that guy, know that guy
?Cause you've got a rock hard head
Stubborn as a mule
Oh, yeah, by the way I still love you

Go on and be that way
Slam that door
Make a scene
Yell some more
Come on let's have it out
Have your say
?Cause with love this strong
Baby it's ok for you
To be that way

Sometimes what you don't say
Stings like a paper cut
I get my feeling's hurt
And I just go nuts, well a little nuts
So try to ignore that girl
She's just blowin' off steam
Oh and I don't know about her
But I hope you say to me

Go on and be that way
Slam that door
Make a scene
Yell some more
Come on let's have it out
Have your say
?Cause with love this strong
Baby it's ok for you
To be that way

Baby let's get emotional
What do you say we let it all go
Let it all go

Go on and be that way
Slam that door
Make a scene
Yell some more
Come on let's have it out
Have your say
?Cause with love this strong
Baby it's ok for you
To be that way

Be that way
Be that way

She loved like he was the last man on earth. gave him everything she ever had.
He’d break her spirit down, then come lovin’ up on her. give a little, then
Take it back. she’d tell him about her dreams - he’d just shoot ’em down. lord,
He loved to make her cry. "you’re crazy for believin’ you’ll ever leave the
Ground." he said "only angels know how to fly."
And with a broken wing, she still sings. she’ keeps an eye on the sky. with a
Broken wing, she carries her dreams. man, you ought to see her fly.
One sunday mornin’, she didn’t go to church. he wondered why she didn’t leave.
He went up to her bedroom, found a note by the window, with the curtains
Blowin’ in the breeze, and with a broken wing, she still sings. she keeps an
Eye on the sky. with a broken wing, she carries her dreams. man, you ought to
See her fly. with a broken wing, she carries her dreams. man, you ought to see
Her fly. (with a broken wing oooooh)

From the day we met
You made me forget
All my fears
Knew just what to say
And you kissed away
All my tears

I knew this time I had finally found
Someone to build my life around
To be a lover and a friend
After all my heart had put me through
I knew that it was safe with you
And what we had would never end
Wrong again

Everybody swore
They'd seen this before
We'd be fine
And you'd come to see
that you still loved me
In good time

And they said there's nothing you can do
It's something that he's going through
It happens to a lot of men
And I told myself that they were right
That you'd wake up and see the light
And I just had to wait 'til then
Wrong again

And it seemed to me the pain would last
My chance for happiness had passed
And nothing waited 'round the bend
I was sure I'd never find someone
To heal the damage you had done
And my poor heart would never mend
Wrong again
Wrong again

I'm keeping my calandar open
Even if it takes me years
'Til you figure out what your plan is
You figure out all of your fears
I don't wanna know anything about her
Or what you feel like you have to defend
But I've seen your situation
And the world she keeps you in

I'm keeping my distance
I'm keeping my distance
And I'll wait until my time is here
I'm keeping my distance
I'm keeping my distance
And I'll wait until you make it clear

If you don't want to rush it baby
Well then by all means don't
But I'm gonna wait for the day when
When you see that it's me you want
I can see, I can tell that you need me
You know that I need you too
So why on earth can't you ever let her go
Will you ever try anything new

I'm keeping my distance
I'm keeping my distance
And I'll wait until my time is here
I'm keeping my distance
I'm keeping my distance
And I'll wait until you make it clear

Where will you find the strength
I can't hold you against your will
You keep me at arm's length
I'm reaching out to hold you still, yeah, yeah, yeah

I can see that you need me
You know that I need you too
So why on earth can't you ever let her go
Will you ever try anything new

I'm keeping my distance
I'm keeping my distance
And I'll wait until my time is here
I'm keeping my distance
I'm keeping my distance

There's something out there left for you
But it's not me
We've reached a point of no return it's only right
I set you free

I know I'll have to turn away
But there's nowhere for my love to go
And there won't come a day
When I won't honor what we've vowed
But I'll go on with my life
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart

When my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you
We can't deny that this one's
Out of our control

Stronger than the both of us
And bound to take its toll
I can stand the test of time
And as far as I can see

There are no walls that we can't climb
Standin' between you and me
But I'll go on with my life
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart

When my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you
And there's a place you'll always be
No matter where you are
You're here with me

When the world is turning upside down
Together we can stand our ground
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart

Even when my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you
I'm still holdin' on to you

You think I'm always makin'
Something out of nothin'
You're sayin' everything's okay.
You've always got an answer
Before I ask the question.
Whatever you say.

Now we can change the subject
Pretend I never brought it up,
Same old story anyway.
Later we can work it out
Right now you're talked out.
Yeah,whatever you say.

[Chorus]
Oh I know you can hear me
But I'm not sure you're listening
I hear what you're sayin'
But still there's something missin'.
Whether I go,whether I stay
Right now depends on
Whatever you say.

You say yes you need me
And no you wouldn't leave me
And that should be enough to make me stay.
And even though I want to
I don't hear I love you
In whatever you say.

[Chorus]

Oh whether I go,whether I stay
Right now depends on
Whatever you say.
Whatever you say.
Whatever you say.

I don't wanna think
That you could be runnin' around
After all the love
That I have shown you

I won't knock on your door
I won't call to see if you're home
But I won't close my eyes

Love's a matter of trust
And I just want to believe in us
But last night in your kiss
I felt a lie on your lips

I won't knock on your door
I won't call to see if you're home
But I won't close my eyes

There are two kinds of love
Those who are true and those untrue
I see black and white
Are you somewhere lost between the two

I won't knock on your door
I won't call to see if you're home
I won't knock on your door
I won't call to see if you're home
But, I won't close my eyes
No, I won't close my eyes

I don't wanna think
That you could be runnin' around

I don't want to see you
'Cause I don't want to feel you

Don't look so surprised
I told you that I'd say good-bye
If you couldn't just make up your mind
You keep saying love can wait
But I can't and it's too late
This old heart has just run out of time

I don't want to see you
'Cause I don't want to feel you
I don't want a love that I can't win baby
I don't want you to call
'Cause if I can't have it all
I don't want to see you again

When your new life gets you down
Don't be tempted to come around
Just think of all the times I let you slide
And when your teardrops finally come
You'll realize that I'm the one
But I won't be there when it's your turn to cry

I don't want to see you
'Cause I don't want to feel you
I don't want a love that I can't win baby
I don't want you to call
'Cause if I can't have it all
I don't want to see you

I don't want to see you
I don't want to feel you
I don't want a love that I can't win baby
I don't want you to call
'Cause if I can't have it all
I don't want to see you again

Here I go restless heart
Another lovely misadventure in the dark
All my friends who knew me when
Tell me not to wander down that road again
What they don't know what they can't see
It's being on that road that makes me free
Some say I'm running
I know I'm falling back to you

The water's deep under the bridge
As I pass by our old house upon the ridge
All our sins have washed away
Now all that's left are all the things we didn't say
Oh restless heart you beat so fast
While my mind is telling me that it won't last
Some say I'm running
I know I'm falling back to you

Against the odds I'll roll the dice
I guess my heart has won despite all good advice
So grab your things and come on in
And get to know your children once again
When does a fool stop being a fool?
And since when is love obliged to any rules?
Some say I'm running
I know I'm falling back to you

Let's learn to give let's talk things out
Let's give them someone else to talk about
Some say I'm running
But I know I'm falling back to you

Wondering, waiting
Restless for a sign
I thought you walked so slow
In my haste I left you behind
Caught in the pace of this madness
Searching for shelter I find

That here in my heart there's a refuge waiting
Here in my heart you just won't let me go
I could run away run away
But you stay here in my heart

Meaning, purpose
Got lost in pursuit of my dreams
I've been longing, aching
In quest for a love that's supreme
I couldn't see you were reaching
But I should've known all along

That here in my heart there's a refuge waiting
Here in my heart you just won't let me go
I could run away run away
But you stay here in my heart
There's a refuge waiting
Here in my heart you just won't let me go
I could run away run away
But you stay here in my heart

I couldn't see you were reaching
But I should've known all along

That here in my heart there's a refuge waiting
Here in my heart you just won't let me go
I could run away run away
But you stay here in my heart
There's a refuge waiting
Here in my heart you just won't let me go
I could run away run away
I could run away run away
I could run away run away run away
But you stay here in my heart
(Here in my heart) Here in my heart [Repeats]
(Here in my heart)
(Here in my heart)

I am timeless, I am patient
I'm beside you and above
I'm the words when you need comfort
I'm the feeling you call love

You say that you can take or leave me
You think right now that you don't need me
Some way, somehow young heart believe me
One day you will
One day you will

You're a vessel, your a temple
You're a journey just begun
You're a young one who is running
You are destined to find love

And when you're lost, that's when you'll find me
We can't see till we are blinded
It's already all been decided
That one day you will
One day you will

You say that you can take or leave me
You think right now that you don't need me
Some way, somehow young heart believe me
One day you will
One day you will
One day you will

I am timeless, I am patient
I'm the feeling you call love

If there were no words, no way to speak, I would still hear you.
If there were no tears, no way to feel inside, I'd still feel for you.
And even if the sun refused to shine,
Even if romance ran out of rhyme,
You would still have my heart until the end of time.
You're all I need, my love, my valentine.

All of my life, I have been waiting for all you give to me.
You've opened my eyes and shown me how to love unselfishly.
I've dreamed of this a thousand times before,
But in my dreams I couldn't love you more.
I will give you my heart until the end of time.
You're all I need, my love, my valentine.

And even if the sun refused to shine,
Even if romance ran out of rhyme,
You would still have my heart until the end of time.
'Cause all I need is you, my valentine.
You're all I need, my love, my valentine.

I was walking down the street
In my blue jeans and my bare feet
I saw old Mrs. Mayo in her garden so high

She got her prize azaleas
And her big ole fat tomatoes
She invited me in to have a piece of her pie

And later on I thought I'd head on down
By the Caley River to the old rope swing
There was a bunch of kids laughin' and jumpin' in
I sat down on the grass and I just watched them play
And all my worries seemed to wash away

[Chorus]
Oh it's a magical thing
When the sun is shining down on me
And this is such a beautiful place
Don't want to miss a minute of today it's
So magical

Tonight I'll go home and write myself a letter
Tell myself to live a little freer and love a little better
Gonna soak it in like there's no tomorrow
And drink up every second like a big ole glass of water

[Chorus]

Oh I feel like I could fly
When I see the world through these eyes

[Chorus]

She remembers when she first got her wings
And how she opened up that day
she learned to sing
Then the colors came, erased the
black and white
And her whole world changed
when she realized

[Chorus]
She's a butterfly, pretty as the crimson sky
Nothing's ever gonna bring her down
And everywhere she goes
Everybody knows she's so glad to be alive
She's a butterfly

Like the purest light in a darkened world
So much hope inside such a lovely girl
You should see her fly, it's almost magical
It makes you want to cry, she's so beautiful

[Chorus]
God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground
God bless the butterfly,
give her strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground

[Chorus]
God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground
God bless the butterfly,
give her the strength to fly
Never let her wings touch the ground

This is no
Yellow brick road
We've been travelin' on

A river of tears
Washed us here
We're right where we belong

We rode it out
No we didn't drown
And look at what we've found

[Chorus]
Every street we take
Is paved with truth
If a mountain's in our way
That's a mountain we move
Baby there ain't nothin' we can't do
Since me and you
Built a city of love

Through shiftin' sands
With our own hands
We dug to solid ground

Where we found out
What love's about
Yeah there's no stoppin' us now

Yeah on our own stone by stone
We built a fortress strong where

[Chorus: x2]

This is for all you girls about thirteen,
High school can be so rough can be so mean,
Hold on to on to your innocence,
Stand your ground when everybody's givin' in.

This one's for the girls

This is for all you girls about twenty five,
In little apartments just tryin' to get by,
Livin' on on dreams and spaghetti-o's,
Wonderin' where your life is gonna go.

[Chorus]
This one's for the girls,
Who've ever had a broken heart,
Who've wished upon a shooting star,
Your beautiful the way you are,
This one's for the girls,
Who love without holdin' back,
Who dream with everything they have,
All around the world,
This one's for the girls.

This is for all you girls about forty two,
Tossin' pennies into the fountain of youth,
Every life line on your face,
Made you who you are today.

[Chorus]

Yeah we're all the same inside,
From one to ninety nine

[Chorus]

There's a boat, I could sail away
There's the sky, I could catch a plane
There's a train, there's the tracks
I could leave and I could choose to not come back
Oh, never come back

There you are giving up the fight
Here I am begging you to try
Talk to me, let me in
But you just put your wall back up again
Oh, when's it gonna end

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So, I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

There's a chance I could change my mind
But I won't, not 'till you decide
What you want, what you need
Do you even care if I stay or leave
Oh, what's it gonna be

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So, I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

Out of this chair or just across the room
Halfway down the block or halfway to the moon

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So, I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say
Yeah, I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

Jesus, tell my Father,
I wanna be His child again.
Tell Him what my name is,
In case He's forgotten.

Tell Him I'm the woman at the well,
Drawing water.
And, I'm sorry if I've been His,
Reluctant daughter.

Jesus, tell my angels,
To keep me in their prayers.
Remind them how I need,
To feel them everywhere.

Tell them I ready to drink,
Living water.
I don't want my angels to think I'm His,
Reluctant daughter.

*instrument bridge*

Jesus, tell my Father,
I want to come to heaven.
Tell Himmto shout my name out,
So I won't be forgotten.

Phones were ringing, tongues were wagging
Hot gossip was flying
All around town
She heard the talk, the lowdown was
The shameless color of
Her wedding gown

It's white
I mean really who's she trying to kid
Everybody knows the things she did
It just isn't right
Won't that be a sight
To see her wearing white

She was wild, a wayward child
To put it mildly
She made her life a mess
But she was young, the past is done
Now she's in love
And putting on a new dress

It's white
And it's nobody's business what she wears
Anyway the truth is she don't care
Baby it's her life
She'll do what she likes
And she likes wearing white

He's all nerves when he sees her
As far as he's concerned
She's an angel

In white
He just can't believe that she is his
What a crazy miracle this is
Who she was he don't mind

'Cause on their wedding night
She'll be wearing white
She'll be wearing white
She'll be wearing white

Sometimes I feel like I never quite fit in
Like I'm always a little out of place
It's hard to be everything to everyone
There's so many roles I have to play
Sometimes I'm just barely hanging on
Seems like I'm always fighting to be strong
To find somewhere that I belong

[Chorus]
When you love me every part of me feels
Like I'm right where I'm meant to be
When you touch me you reach through to
My soul to the truest place in me
Baby in your arms I'm free
To just be a woman

I can't believe how beautiful I feel
There is nothing here to hide
I'm unafraid and so completely real
Oh and never more alive
This life can be so hard to understand
But your eyes oh they see me as I am
And you take me as I am

[Chorus]

Baby hold me close never let me go
Never let me go

[Chorus]

To just be a woman

In my daughter's eyes I am a hero
I am strong and wise and I know no fear
But the truth is plain to see
She was sent to rescue me
I see who I wanna be
In my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes everyone is equal
Darkness turns to light and the
world is at peace
This miracle God gave to me gives me
strength when I am weak
I find reason to believe
In my daughter's eyes

And when she wraps her hand
around my finger
Oh it puts a smile in my heart
Everything becomes a little clearer
I realize what life is all about

It's hangin' on when your heart
has had enough
It's giving more when you feel like giving up
I've seen the light
It's in my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes I can see the future
A reflection of who I am and what will be
Though she'll grow and someday leave
Maybe raise a family
When I'm gone I hope you see how happy
she made me
For I'll be there
In my daughter's eyes

I was alone in the dark
Never let down my guard
Closed the curtain on my heart
So the world could not see
All the demons in me
Told myself I was free
Then you showed me how wrong I could be
[Chorus:]
Now I'm standing on a mountain of rubble
That once was a wall
Took years to build around me
And you came along
And you tore it down
Like it was nothing at all
Now it's a little scary
Learning to fall
When you looked in my eyes
Past the fear and false pride
You saw goodness inside
I can't believe how I feel
I believe love is real
And I'm ready to heal
You show me how right I can be
[Chorus]
I was holding on, now I'm letting go
I was holding on, now I'm letting go
I was holding on, now I'm letting go
[Chorus]

I met God's will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves
It hid the braces on his legs at first

His smile was as bright as the August sun
When he looked at me
As he struggled down the driveway
It almost made me hurt

Will don't walk too good
Will don't talk too good
He won't do the things that the other kids do
In our neighborhood

I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'
Lost and lookin' all my life
I've been wounded, jaded, loved, and hated
I've wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father
And his mother's miracle
I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'
I guess I would be still
Yeah, that was until
I knew God's will

Will's mom had to work two jobs
We'd watch him when she had to work late
And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed
Since I don't know when

Hey Jude was his favorite song
At dinner he'd ask to pray
And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him

I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'
Lost and lookin' all my life
I've been wounded, jaded, loved, and hated
I've wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father
And his mother's miracle
I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'
I guess I would be still
Yeah, that was until
I knew God's will

Before they moved to California
His mother said they didn't think he'd live
And she said each day that I have him
Well It's just another gift
And I never got to tell her
That the boy showed me the truth
In crayon red, on notebook paper
He'd written me and God love you

I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded
I guess I would be still
Yeah that was until
I met God's will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?

The way you treat me baby
Cheat and tell me lies
I guess I shouldn't care at all
But still I care at all
But still I sympathize
'Cause you've got heart trouble
Coming on
Yeah you got heart trouble coming on
Well you think that you don't meed me baby
But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

You say that love can't touch you
You feel no pain at all
You think that you've above it baby
But I believe you'll fall
'cause you've got heart trouble coming on
Yeah you got heart trouble coming on
Well, you'll get down on your knees baby
Begging me to come back home

You tell me you'll find someone else
But on one's gonna care
'cause you have left a trail
Of broken heart everywhere
Now, you'll got heart trouble coming on
Yeah, You'll got heart trouble
Coming on
Well you'll know just how it feels baby
When you're left here all alone

Don't need no copy of vogue magazine
Don't need to dress like no
Beauty Queen
High heels or sneakers, he don't
give a damn
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
He never tells me I'm not good enough
Just give me unconditional love
He loves me tender and he loves me mad
He loves me silly and he loves me sad

[Chorus]
He thinks I'm pretty, he thinks I'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
He's always sayin' he's my biggest fan
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am

And when there's dark clouds in my eyes
He just sits back and lets 'em roll on by
I come in like a lion go out like a lamb
My baby loves me just the way I am
My baby loves me just the way I am

[Chorus]

He thinks I'm pretty, he thinks I'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
Don't see no reason to change my plan
My baby loves me just the way I am
My baby loves me just the way I am

(Gary Harrison/Tim Mensy)

I know she must've cut you deep
She's gone but you won't let her leave
I know your heart has not healed yet
But sometimes I think that you forget

That wasn't me
That wasn't me
I'm not the one
Who made love bring you to your knees
You can't love if you can't trust
Her memory's hurt you long enough
Let your heart see
That wasn't me

I can no longer pay the price
For damage done by her careless lies
We can't move on 'til you let go
I always thought by now you'd know

That wasn't me
That wasn't me
I'm not the one
Who made love bring you to your knees
You can't love if you can't trust
Her memory's hurt you long enough
Let your heart see
That wasn't me

You can't love if you can't trust
Her memory's hurt you long enough
Let your heart see
That wasn't me

Well she seemed alright by dawn's early light
Though she looked a lil worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinking again
But Daddy left the proof on her cheek
And I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day...

Well, word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was a dangerous man
But Momma was proud, and she stood her ground
She knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered, some folks talked
But everybody looked the other way
And when time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day...

Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is the day of a reckoning
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
Let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day

Well, she lit up the sky that Fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames and took down some names
and sent me to the county home
Now I ain't sayin' it's right, or it's wrong
But maybe it's the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's Independence Day...

Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is the day of a reckoning
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day

Roll the stone away...

It's Independence Day...

Where I used to have a heart
Feels like a mile wide ditch
I got a hole inside
The doctor just can't stitch
Gone without a trace
You left a hollow place
There's not a stone to mark
Where I used to have a heart

There were times when I would hold you
And feel the pounding in my chest
Now I'm just as empty
As a canyon way out west
That's how deep I loved you
And babe, I love you still
To the bottom of this place I'll never fill

Where I used to have a heart
Feels like a mile wide ditch
I got a hole inside
The doctor just can't stitch
Gone without a trace
You left a hollow place
There's not a stone to mark
Where I used to have a heart

I guess I'll learn to live with
A different kind of pain
I'm suffering from a sickness
That I cannot give a name
Such a strange sensation
I've never felt before
Missing you has cut me to the core

Where I used to have a heart
Feels like a mile wide ditch
I got a hole inside
The doctor just can't stitch
Gone without a trace
You left a hollow place
There's not a stone to mark
Where I used to have a heart
Where I used to have a heart

(Bill Lloyd/Pam Tillis)

The alarm went off but I wasn't asleep
After tossin' and turnin' all night what a relief
To go to work, get up and go to work
So I get onto the highway and I head into town
There's one part of my life I won't let you tear down
Yeah and that's my work-right now I'm goin' to work

When the whistle blows, I'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
And who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work

Now I remember what it is I do
For a while I thought my life was just loving you
But now it's back to work
Oh thank God for my work
So from nine to five I take a break from an empty
Bed and a heart that aches, I'm good at my work
Oh I'm good at my work

When the whistle blows, I'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
And who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work

Oh I got to stay busy that's the only way
Throw myself into my business and collect my pay
Watch me keep it together while I fall apart
'Cause a world won't stop for a broken heart
Oh no, no

When the whistle blows, I'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
And who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work
Watch me I'm goin' to work
Oh yeah you know I'm good at my work
Right now I'm goin' to work
Goin' to work

(Anna Lisa Graham/Walt Aldridge)

It's been a while since she heard him say
See you tonight his usual way
There's always some place he's gotta go
Somewhere he needs to be

And it's not the same now when they touch
But she figures he's just working too much
Somehow that makes it all okay
And gets her through another day

She's heard the talk all over town
But she don't wanna believe he's runnin' around
Deep down in her heart she's willing to bet
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet

She wouldn't read that heart shaped note
She found in the pocket of his coat
That time in the car she found an earring
You know that doesn't prove a thing

She's heard the talk all over town
But she don't wanna believe he's runnin' around
Deep down in her heart she's willing to bet
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet

He's not the same man that she met
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet
She thinks it's as bad as it's gonna get
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet

(Bobby Braddock)

Two strangers passing on the sidewalk
Barely brush each other's hand
He says "I'm sorry"
She says "Don't worry"
And that is how it all began

A few short days and night together
And it's like they were meant to be
Lying there with her he softly whispers
Just think what we were so recently

Strangers, strangers
The world greatest lovers
Last week we were strangers

Two strangers passing in the hallway
Barely touch each other's heart
Now they're pretending
Two shadows blending
But they're a million miles apart

Soon she'll be packing up her suitcase
They'll be dividing all the blame
They know how they started
Now empty hearted
They don't have a clue how they became

Strangers, strangers
The world greatest lovers
And now they are strangers
The world's greatest lovers
Have turned into strangers
Strangers, strangers

(Lonnie Wilson/Chris Waters/Charlotte Wilson)

Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame

I saw your face when
He waltzed in here
But those old embers
Haven't burned for years
The light that's shining
In my eyes
Is for the one that
I'm with tonight

Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame

No I don't blame you
For having some doubts
But when he left me
That fire burned out
So don't be thinking
There's still a spark
'Cause he could never
Tear us apart

Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame
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Said the night wind to the little lamb
Do you see what I see
Way up in the sky little lamb
Do you see what I see
A star, a star
Dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite

Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear
Ringing through the sky shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear
A song, a song
High above the tree
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea

Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king
Do you know what I know
In your palace wall mighty king
Do you know what I know
A child, a child
Shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold

Said the king to the people everywhere
Listen to what I say
Pray for peace people everywhere
Listen to what I say
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light

The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

It doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I brought some corn for popping;
The lights are turned way down low,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

When we finally say good night,
How I'll hate going out in the storm;
But if you really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing,
But as long as you love me so.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, o come ye
To Bethlehem
Come and behold him
Born the King of angels
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the lord

Sing, choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
O sing, all ye citizens
Of heaven above
Glory to God
Glory in the highest
Oh come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord

O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant
O come ye, o come ye
To Bethlehem
Come and behold him
Born the King of angels
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
O come let us adore him
Christ the Lord

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.

Everybody knows a turkey
and some mistletoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.

They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys
and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer
really know how to fly.

And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said
many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you.

O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining

'Til he appeared
And the soul felt it's worth
The thrill of hope
The weary world rejoices

For yonder brinks a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees

O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine

O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world

In sin and error-pining
Till he appeared
And the soul felt it's worth
The thrill of hope

The weary world rejoices
For yonder brinks
A new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees

O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling
Of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear

Silver bells
Silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling
Hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas Day

Strings of streetlights, even stoplights
Blink of bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crunch
See the kids bunch
This is Santa's big scene
And above all the bustle you'll hear

Silver bells
Silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas Day
Soon it will be Christmas Day

Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down his sweet head
The stars in the sky
Look down where lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep in the hay

The cattle are lowing
The poor baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying he makes
I love thee Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle
'Til morning is nigh

[Choir Sings]
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down his sweet head
The stars in the heavens
Look down where he lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay

[Martina Sings]
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down his sweet head
I love thee Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my cradle
'Til morning is nigh
Stay by my cradle
'Til morning is nigh

I'm dreaming of a white chirstmas
Just like the ones I used to know
where the tree tops glisten and children
listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas cards I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the once I used to know
Where the tree tops glisten and children
listen to hear the sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white christmas
with every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright and
may all your christmas be white



And may all your Christmases and be white

What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Mary's lap, is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come peasant king to own Him,
The King of kings, salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sings her lullaby:
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
With a love like me
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

[Choir Sings]
I'll be home for Christmas
There'll be snow and mistletoe

[Martina Sings]
Christmas Eve will find me
With a love like me
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
If only in my dreams

Silent night
Holy night
All is calm
All is bright
Round yon virgin
Mother and Child
Holy infant
So tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night
Holy night
Shepherds quake
At the sight
Glory streams
From heaven afar
Heavenly hosts
Sing alleluia
Christ the Savior is born
Christ the Savior is born

Silent night
Holy night
All is calm
All is bright
Round yon virgin
Mother and Child
Holy infant
So tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

Bewteen the perfect world and the bottom line
Keeping love alive in these troubled times
It's a mircle in itself
And we know too well what that's about
Still we made it through, only God knows how
We must've had a little help
(Must've been)

[Chorus]
Wild Angels, Wild Angels
Watching over you and me
Wild Angels, Wild Angels
Baby what could it be

Well it must've been hard, it must've been tough
Keeping up with crazy fools like us
'Cause it's so easy to fall apart
And we still break each other's heart sometimes
Spent some nights on the jagged side
Somehow we wake up in each other's arms
(Must've been)

[Chorus]

There are some nights
I watch you while you dream
I swear I hear the sound of beating wings

[Chorus]

My heart's not ready for the rocking chair
I need somebody who really cares
So tired of livin' solitaire
Someday I'm gonna be
Safe in the arms of love.

Strip your heart and it starts to show
Love is a high-wire act,I know
Someday I'll find a net below
Someday I'm gonna be
Safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love.

[Chorus]
I want arms that know how to rock me
Safe in the arms of love
I want to fall and know that love has caught me
Safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love.

I want a heart to be forever mine
Want eyes to see me satisfied
Gonna hang my heartaches out to dry
Some day I'm gonna be
Safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love.

With lipstick on his collar and a trace of cheap perfume
He undresses in the darkness and eases into bed
With her face turned to the other wall she pretends to be asleep
But it doesn't really matter 'cause there's nothing to be said

He calls from work to tell her he's sorry about last night
If he uses all the right words she'll forgive him once again
But the phone just keeps on ringin' and he knows something's wrong
He feels his heart start pounding, and his head begins to spin

Phones are ringin' all over town
North and south and east and west on Main Street up and down
He's got friends of his callin' friends of hers
But she's nowhere to be found
Phones are ringin' all over town

He calls the hospital, her sister's house and the place that does her hair
God, if somethin' ever happened he'd surely lose his mind
And he's thinkin' it's just like she's disappeared into thin air
As American flight 204 departed right on time

Phones are ringin' all over town
North and south and east and west on Main Street up and down
He's got friends of his callin' friends of hers
But she's nowhere to be found
Phones are ringin' all over town

Well he knows she'd never leave him
She's just got to be around
Phones are ringin'
Phones are ringin'
Phones are ringin' all over town

People talking, think I'm all right
Think I'm doin' fine
Goin' through the motions of my life
Go to work now every mornin'
Yeah I play the part
And hide away the contents of my solemn heart

But when the sun goes down
And the moon is high
I can't control the flood of all these tears inside
And if they only knew
They'd be so surprised
I'm just a good pretender in a great disguise

Keep 'em guessin', keep 'em laughin'
Build that wall up high

As long as they don't see the other side
You've really done it
Done a number, a number on my soul
But I'll be damned if I'll ever let you know

But when the sun goes down
And the moon is high
There's no way to hide the truth from me, myself, and I
Yeah, I wear it well
Though it ain't my size
I'm just a good pretender in a great disguise

I'm not one to show emotion
Like some fools I see
I won't wear my heart out on my sleeve
I don't miss you
Not for a moment
I'm gonna be okay

Words of wisdom spoken
By the light of day

But when the sun goes down
And the moon is high
Your memory pulls me under like a strong riptide
I'm still in love with you
It's all smoke and lights
I'm just a good pretender in a great disguise
I'm just a good pretender in a great disguise

You have worn a path
Right up to my heart
You come in for a while but you don't stay
And I've come to realize
That your promises are lies
To buy you time when you want to get away

[Chorus]
You must think my heart has swingin' doors
The way that you keep comin' back and forth
I can feel it's getting close to closing time
And I won't be leavin' my heart open any more

Well, I've heard you're back in town
I suppose you'll come around
When nights are cold and friends are hard to find
You always seem to wait
'Til all the pieces are in place
Then you walk back in and rearrange my life

[Chorus]

So if you're walking down my street just keep on walking by
I'm hangin' out a sign sayin' this well has run dry

[Chorus]

They drank their anniversary glass
A silent moment passed
Then they kissed
She knows there's something on his mind
He'll tell her in due time
What it is

He says "I've never built
Your mansion on a hill
Or warmed you in the Spanish sun
I simply blink my eye
And think as years fly by
Of all the things we've never done"

She smiles and takes his hand in hers
And says "It just occurred
To me now
The thought that brings you such regret
What hasn't happened yet
It makes me proud"

"You never walked away
When I needed you to stay
Or made me feel I'm not the one
There've been no broken vows
And the reason we're here now
Is all the things we've never done"

"We've never grown apart
You never broke my heart
With secrets that you've kept me from
We've never been untrue
And I'm still here with you
Through all the things we've never done"

We came out west together with a common desire
The fever we had might-a set the west coast on fire
Two months later got a troublin' mind
'Cause my baby moved out and left me behind
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

Well, the way he left sure turned my head around
Seemed like over night he just up and put me down
Ain't gonna let it bother me today
'Cause I've been workin' and I'm too tired anyway
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

Well, I'm sixteen hundred miles from the people I know
I've been doin' all I can but opportunity sure comes slow
I'd be out in the sun all day
But I've been sweepin' out a warehouse in West L.A.
But it's all right 'cause it's midnight and I got two more bottles of wine
Yes, it's all right 'cause it's midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

I'm rolling out of Bakersfield
My own private hell on wheels
But this time I'm gone for good
And I've never gone this far before
Beyond the slamming of the back screen door
But you never loved me like you should

And there ain't no telling what I'll find
But I might as well move down the line
There's no comfort here in your zip code
I'd rather break down on the highway
With no one to share my load
And cry on the shoulder of the road

It makes me feel a little low
Steel guitar on the radio
And it's kinda scary the way these truckers fly
So this how leaving feels
Drinking coffee and making deals with the One above
To get me though the night

And there ain't no telling what I'll find
But I might as well move down the line
There's no comfort here in your zip code
I'd rather break down on the highway
With no one to share my load
And cry on the shoulder of the road

'Cause there ain't no telling what I'll find

Well, I was born full speed ahead
I was racin' time my mama said
I really covered some ground 'til you slowed me down
And took my life where angels fear to tread

Everywhere I go your hands are on the wheel
When everybody thinks they're mine
It takes a real man to take a backseat to a woman
But honey you've been drivin' all the time

Your love's so unconditional
You never push and you never pull
And your love is so blind
You walk a step behind
You start me every day and let me roll

Everywhere I go your hands are on the wheel
When everybody thinks they're mine
It takes a real man to take a backseat to a woman
But honey you've been drivin' all the time

And with each new day that passes by
And every dream I dare to try
You lift me gently up
So tenderly with love
And give me even stronger wings to fly

I don't know what brought us here
Something in the stars said you and me
I don't know where this feeling comes from
Surely it was meant to be
For I have know you even in my dreams
My eyes are open, my heart can see

[Chorus]
As sure as stars light the midnight sky
As sure as children wonder why
As sure as newborn babies cry
I was born to give my love to you
Born to give my love to you

Heaven must be holding on
To all the love I'm feeling now
Here we are this is a moment
I believe it's our turn somehow
Hearts together, hands across the night
One forever, finally in sight

[Chorus]

I was born to give my love to you
(I was born to give my love to you)
I was born to give my love to you
I was born to give my love to you

The sky's been grey every day since I lost you
But I know the sun is shinin' somewhere, beyond the blue
My eyes were red when you said that we were through
But now I can see better days for me, just beyond the blue

Beyond the blue, on the other side of lonely
And it's only a matter of time, until I'm
Lookin' back and feelin' like I'm over you
When these tears are gone and I'm beyond the blue

Beyond the blue, on the other side of lonely
And it's only a matter of time, until I'm
On my feet and I meet somebody new
And I fall in love again beyond the blue
When these tears are gone and I'm beyond the blue

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling
Of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear

Silver bells
Silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling
Hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas Day

Strings of streetlights, even stoplights
Blink of bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures
Hear the snow crunch
See the kids bunch
This is Santa's big scene
And above all the bustle you'll hear

Silver bells
Silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas Day
Soon it will be Christmas Day

I'll need time
To get you off my mind
I may sometimes bother you
Try to be in touch with you
Even ask too much of you
From time to time

Now and then
Lord ya know I'll need a friend
Til I get used to losing you
Let me keep on using you
Til I can make it on my own

I'll get by
But no matter how I try
There'll be times you know I'll call
Chances are my tears will fall
And I'll have no pride at all
From time to time

But they say
Oh there'll be a brighter day
But til then I'll lean on you
That's all I mean to do
Til I can make it on my own

Surely someday I'll look up and see the mornin sun
Without another lonely night behind me
Then I'll know I'm over you and all my cryin's done
No more hurtin memories can find me

But til then
Lord ya know I'm gonna need a friend
Til I get used to losing you
Let me keep on using you
Til I can make it on my own
Til I can make it on my own...

I want to tell you all the story bout the Harper Valley widow wife
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
She said mama I got a note here from the Harper Valley PTA

The note said Mrs Johnson you're a wearing your dresses way too high
It's reported you've been drinking and a running round with men and goin' wild
We don't believe you ought to be a bringing up your little girl this way
It was signed by the secretary Harper Valley PTA

Well it happened that the PTA was gonna meet that very afternoon
They were sure surprised when Mrs Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
She walked up to the blackboard and I recall the things she had to say
She said I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley PTA



Now there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he asked me for a date
And Mrs Taylor sure seems to use a lotta ice whenever he's away
And Mr Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town
And shouldn't wodow Jones be told to keep
Her window shades all pulled completely down

Well Mr Harper couldn't make it cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin
When you have the nerve to tell me that you think that as a mother I'm not fit
Well this is just a little Payton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
No I wouldn't put you on because it really did it happened just this way
The day my mama socket it to the Harper Valley PTA
The day my mama socket it to the Harper Valley PTA

I ain't complainin' but I'm tired
So I'm just sayin' what I think
And if we're bein' honest and honestly
I think I need a drink
My baby's growin' up,
She thinks she's fallin' all in love
And that I hate her
At 17 she's just like me when I was 17
So I don't blame her
Du-du-du-du-du
What are we going to do?
Du-du-du-du-du-du
What are we going to do about it?
Remember when we used to be
Everything they’d ever need
We had them believing we were cool
It’s like it happened over night
We’re always wrong
They’re always right
We used to be the ones breaking the rules
Now we’re just mothers
And we’re just fathers
Of teenage daughters
She rolls her eyes when I'm funny
But she's sweet when she wants money
And her freedom
Oh my god she's got a car
Swears they won't go far tonight
Wish I believed her
Du-du-du-du-du
What are we going to do?
Du-du-du-du-du-du
What are we going to do about it?
Remember when we used to be
Everything they’d ever need
We had them believing we were cool
It’s like it happened over night
We’re always wrong
They’re always right
We used to be the ones breaking the rules
Now we’re just mothers
And we’re just fathers
Of teenage daughters
They're beautiful, wild and free
Everything we wish we could be
Life gets too crazy
Oh, you know they can make us crazy
Remember when we used to be
Everything they’d ever need
We had them believing we were cool
It’s like it happened over night
We’re always wrong
They’re always right
We used to be the ones breaking the rules
Now we’re just mothers
And we’re just fathers
Of teenage daughters
Yeah, teenage daughters
I ain't complainin' but I'm tired
So I'm just sayin' what I think
And if we're bein' honest and honestly
I think I need a drink