I slept straight through to eight a.m. That same old lame alarm clock excuse Just ain't gonna work again Well, I light a Marlboro for breakfast On the way out the door That's the third day this month I had too many the night before And judging from the past It won't be the last
It's a free fall When your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line And I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Just living in a free fall
With a shovel in my hand and a hammer in my head Right about now I can think of a thousand things I'd rather do instead But I'm digging this hole for my dignity I think I've finally come to understand Workin' for the Man ain't workin' for me I can only take so much My only way to go is up
From a free fall When your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line And I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Living in a free fall
It's a free fall When your back's against the wall When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out How's a man supposed to stand tall Well the high life ain't my life I can't walk a line And I damn sure ain't gonna crawl Just living in a free fall Free fall
His cows get loose and run right through the fast food parking lots And Daddy gets calls from the mini-malls When they're downwind from his hogs When his tractor backs up traffic, the reception ain't too warm The city's growing around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm
You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep You can't pull roots when they run that deep He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm
He worked and slaved in '68, he bought these fields and trees He raised his corn and a big red barn and a healthy family He learned to love the woodlands, he can't stand to do them harm There's concrete all around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm
You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep You can't pull roots when they run that deep He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm
One day he's gonna leave it all to me And I'll start my own branch of the family tree They'll get the message written on the roof of the barn Daddy won't sell the farm
You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep You can't pull roots when they run that deep He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm
We're gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm Daddy won't sell the farm Oh you know a country boy can survive
I could say it's all her fault She never had any patience at all I'm a complicated guy And she didn't try to understand
I could claim I had nothing to do With the fact I'm lonesome and blue But that wouldn't be true I'm a self made man
Yeah I'm the one that fooled around And let the one who loved me down She had more of me than she could stand I blamed everyone but me But now that it's too late I see Nobody helped me get to where I am I'm a self made man
I could blame it on the way I was raised Or I could say I was just to afraid To lay my heart in somebody else's hands I could always make one more excuse But in the end what's the use I might as well face I'm a self made man
Yeah I'm the one that fooled around And let the one who loved me down She had more of me than she could stand I blamed everyone but me But now that it's too late I see Nobody helped me get to where I am I'm a self made man
Oh I blamed everyone but me But now that its to late I see Nobody helped me get to where I am I'm a self made man Self made man Self made man I can't blame anybody but me
Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper Found my key, and unlocked the door I walked in, felt like a stranger Like I'd never been there before As I wandered room to room It was silent as a tomb Could have heard a teardrop Could have heard a heartbreak Never saw the flood come Even though I felt the rain Never heard a house sound So loud with memories Where there used to be A happy home In the house on the corner Of lonely and gone If she talked about leaving, I wasn't listening If she showed me a sign, well I never saw Did she stop believing, did I stop giving Can't put my finger on what went wrong Now the quietest noise I'm told, is the sound of letting go Could have heard a teardrop Could have heard a heartbreak Never saw the flood come, even though I felt the rain Never heard a house sound, so loud with memories Where there used to be a happy home In the house on the corner Of lonely and gone Whoa...never heard a house sound So loud with memories Where there used to be a happy home In the house on the corner In the house on the corner Of lonely and gone
I've been lookin' for a sign Runnin' through the rain Shivered to the bone But I still can't shake the pain
I've been lookin' for a sign Crawlin' on the ground And what did I do today Well, I can't remember now
Tryin' to survive Best way I know how But my heart just keeps on wantin' The one that doesn't want me now So what if I go crazy Goin' there keeps me alive But livin' makes it clear That I'm just stuck right here Tryin' to survive
I won't stay down long I'll be back again ?N I'll even learn to smile Just wish I knew when
Tryin' to survive Best way I know how But my heart just keeps on wantin' The one that doesn't want me now So what if I go crazy Goin' there keeps me alive But livin' makes it clear That I'm just stuck right here Tryin' to survive
I was there when the men came, and told us all the news Father forgive them for they know not what they do Till they walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes
You want to judge me by the whiskey on my breath You think you know me but you ain't seen nothing yet Till you walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes In my hillbilly shoes
You work all day in the muck and the mire Dance a little jig and a stomp by the fire Ain't too much these boots can't do Might even kick a little sense into you
Well I'm going up cripple creek going in a run Going up cripple creek to have a little fun Law man said they found some tracks People saw them leavin but they never come back
Oh, you don't know me, you don't know, you don't know you don't know Till you walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes In my hillbilly shoes
Sometimes I think what turned her on was my ole' broke down boots She wanted her a real cowboy, it was a phase she was going through Not one week after she moved in and I caught her paintin' the bedroom blue Brought home a bottle of pink Chablis, poured out my best home-brew I was sittin' on the porch in my over-alls as she packed her things to leave She changed her mind when she couldn't change me
She changed direction, headed out West She changed her tune to some Hip-Hop mess Her dark brown hair went to blonde and her pretty blue eyes went to green She changed everything when she couldn't change me
She was sittin' beside the ocean, lookin' out at the waves Watchin' how they keep on rollin' But always seemed the same She called and said she'd been thinkin' about all those quiet country nights And whatever she thought was so wrong with me Suddenly seemed alright I was sittin' on the porch in my over-alls when her truck pulled into view She said I changed my mind when I couldn't change you
She changed direction, headed back home She changed her tune, it's all Haggard and Jones Had her dark brown hair pulled back and the bluest eyes you ever seen She changed everything when she couldn't change me
She said I guess when you love someone, you just gotta let it be She changed her mind when she couldn't change me
She changed direction, she's back in my arms She thought it through, had a change of heart She said I guess when you love someone, you just gotta let it be She changed her mind when she couldn't change me
Yeah Yeah She changed it all when she couldn't change me
I'm tired of spinning my wheels I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey mister, what you got out on that lot you can sell me in a pinch Maybe one of them souped up muscle cars The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are Color don't matter, no I don't need leather seats All that really concerns me is:
[Chorus:] Speed, an' how fast will it go Can it get me over her quickly Zero to sixty, can it outrun her memory Yeah, what I really need Is an open road An' a whole lot of speed
I'd like to trade in this old truck 'Cause it makes me think of her and that just slows me up See, it's the first place we made love, where we used to sit and talk On the tailgate all night long, but now she's gone An' I need to move on So give me:
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Throw me them keys so I can put some miles between us Tear off that rear view mirror, there's nothing left to see here, yeah Let me lean on that gas, oh she catches up fast So give me:
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That's what I need I'm tired of spinning my wheels I'm tired of spinning my wheels
Eye on the crowd, baby For folks who want to satisfy my need Someway, somehow Gonna find someone to spend some time with me Well I ain't lookin' forever Just a woman to treat a good man right You look so good you got me thinkin' You might satisfy my soul tonight
There's no harm done I know you're the one You don't have to worry No hurry The night's still young I'm just looking for some good clean fun
I ain't lookin' for a woman Who's always tryin' to put me down I don't want nobody Giving me that same old run around
I ain't leavin' I'm just leanin' And I'm lookin' for that good time thing And I could tell by the way you're acting Girl, you know exactly what I'm thinkin'
There's no harm done I know you're the one You don't have to worry No hurry The night's still young I'm just looking for some good clean fun
Don't want to slow down, don't want to move too slow I am so confused, I don't know what to do So please don't think I'm moving in for the kill If you don't want to love me somebody else will
Don't want to slow down, don't want to move too slow I am so confused, I don't know what to do So please don't think I'm moving in for the kill But if you don't want to love me somebody else will
There's no harm done I know you're the one You don't have to worry No hurry The night's still young I'm just looking for some good clean fun Looking for some Oh, baby Looking for some good clean fun Looking for fun
Ah, let me tell you a little story about my family
Daddy almost made a living With eighty acres and a plow He could've bought that place twice over Working for someone in town Ah, but you should've seen him In his fields at harvest time He'd swear the gates of heaven opened And he was standing first in line
You can't be in it for the money Money comes and money goes You can't be in it for the money Oh, you got to satisfy your soul
I grabbed the world when I turned eighteen I turned it over and I shook it hard I filled my pockets up with money But it burned a hole right through my heart
You can't be in it for the money Money comes and money goes You can't be in it for the money Oh, you got to satisfy your soul
You know everybody's got a purpose From mending bones to tending bar You might say that I found mine When I wrap my hands around this guitar
And I still wonder if I'm crazy Trying to bring a dream to life But I look forward to tomorrow And I sleep pretty good at night
You can't be in it for the money Money comes and money goes You can't be in it for the money Oh, you got to satisfy your soul
You can't be in it for the money You can't be in it for the money
I know it's over I won't hide from that Once that door closes you won't be coming back I've only one favor left to ask of you If your heart's not hurting too
Lie before you leave and tell me we were something Say that leaving me will be your great regret Say it sweet enough that one day It'll feel like it was love that we made Do this thing for me Set my mind at ease Lie before you leave
I never doubted you made me believe That deep down inside you really cared for me But if that was just some kind of spell you weaved That's fine As long as you work that magic one more time
Lie before you leave and tell me we were something Say that leaving me will be your great regret Say it sweet enough that one day It'll feel like it was love that we made Do this thing for me Set my mind at ease Lie before you leave
Lie before you leave and tell me we were something Say that leaving me will be your great regret Say it sweet enough that one day It'll feel like it was love that we made Do this thing for me Set my mind at ease Lie before you leave Lie before you leave
I've never had a broken bone I hardly ever get a cold I keep myself in pretty good shape But I know I wouldn't here today
If a broken heart could kill I'd be long gone Ashes to ashes, dust to dust by now Six feet under, a tombstone on a hill Lying there alone in my new wooden home If a broken heart could kill
I've run the rapids, jumped from a plane Been through earth quakes and hurricanes I've climbed mountains, been a rodea clown But after you, I'm lucky I'm still around
If a broken heart could kill I'd be long gone Ashes to ashes, dust to dust by now Six feet under, a tombstone on a hill Lying there alone in my new wooden home If a broken heart could kill
Yeah I'd be heaven bound, Or on my way down If a broken heart could kill.
When I was just a little baby My mama held my hand Tried to hold me steady all she could But I pulled just like a full-grown man Now mama was a real fine woman Only angel I've ever known Guess I must have turned out more like my daddy A chip off the rollin' stone
Sometimes I wake up sweatin' Yeah, eyes open wide I feel like a freight train comin' I wish I knew the reason why Why do I feel like running
I love the life I'm livin' I've made myself a happy home I've got a woman who's in love with a man But she's worried about my gypsy bone
Sometimes I wake up sweatin' Yeah, eyes open wide I feel like a freight train comin' I wish I knew the reason why Why do I feel like running
I tell her I ain't never leavin' I only travel with my mind A part of her knows that I'm in it for the long haul But part of her knows I'm lyin'
Sometimes I wake up sweatin' Yeah, eyes open wide I feel like a freight train comin' I wish I knew the reason why Why do I feel like running
Why do I feel like running Why do I feel like running Why do I feel like running Why do I feel like running Yeah I guess it's just my daddy's blood That's right
One coffee cup, one toothbrush One set of keys, one car out in the drive One half of the closet empty One half of the bed cold at night One of us just up and disappeared That only leaves one of us 'round here
Lonesome Can drive a man insane Lonesome It's the sad part of the game Win some, lose some Lonesome
One man and one woman One too many cold and bitter fights One high powered lawyer later One piece of paper they want me to sign The hand she used to hold picks up the pen And all at once reality sets in
Lonesome Can drive a man insane Lonesome It's the sad part of the game Win some, lose some Lonesome
He works way too much for way too little He drinks way too early till way too late He hasn't had a raise since new years day In eighty-eight gets trampled on by everyone Except when he comes in here And he's the product of the Haggard generation He's got a redneck side when you get him agitated He got the gold toothed look from a stiff right hook He's proud he took for his right wing stand on Vietnam Says he lost his brother there
He yells out Johnny Cash And the band starts to play A ring of fire as he walks up And stands there by the stage And he say
[Chorus] Hell yeah! Turn it up! Right on! Hell yeah! Sounds good! Sing that song! Guitar man playing all night long Take me back to where the music hit me Life was good and love was easy
She's got an MBA and a plush corner office She's got a don't mess with me attitude She'll close a deal she don't reveal that she can feel The loneliness the emptiness Except when she comes in here She's the product of the Me generation She's got a rock and roll side when you get her agitated She got the tattoo there on her derri??짢re from a spring break dare In Panama where love was all she thought she'd ever need
She yells out to the band Know any Bruce Springsteen Then she jumps up on the bar And she, and she starts to scream She say
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Yeah, yeah Can or can't you get my mind off thinking about Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Hey, hell yeah
I'm tired of spinning my wheels I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey mister, what you got out on that lot you can sell me in a pinch Maybe one of them souped up muscle cars The kind that makes you think you're stronger than you are Color don't matter, no I don't need leather seats All that really concerns me is:
[Chorus:] Speed, an' how fast will it go Can it get me over her quickly Zero to sixty, can it outrun her memory Yeah, what I really need Is an open road An' a whole lot of speed
I'd like to trade in this old truck 'Cause it makes me think of her and that just slows me up See, it's the first place we made love, where we used to sit and talk On the tailgate all night long, but now she's gone An' I need to move on So give me:
[Chorus]
Throw me them keys so I can put some miles between us Tear off that rear view mirror, there's nothing left to see here, yeah Let me lean on that gas, oh she catches up fast So give me:
[Chorus]
That's what I need I'm tired of spinning my wheels I'm tired of spinning my wheels
Ninety-four degrees as far as the eye can see Corn is blowing in the wind Seven days a week out here in this heat A gentle rain my only friend
Sometimes when the sun goes down The moon is full the stars come out I look out across this land I'm proud of what I do But I bet I'm a lot like you I want to be more than who I am
One of these days I'm gonna run I'm gonna leave these fields behind To find what's over the horizon One of these days I'm gonna go When you look at me you're not gonna see A scarecrow
It's a simple life I lead Not much out here to bother me Just an occasional stubborn crow I should be satisfied or so it seems I got lots of time to dream About all I'm gonna do when I turn down this road
One of these days I'm gonna run I'm gonna leave these fields behind to find what's over the horizon One of these days I'm gonna go When you look at me you're not gonna see A scarecrow
One of these days I'm gonna run I'm gonna leave these fields behind to find what's over the horizon One of these days I'm gonna go And when you look at me you're not gonna see A scarecrow Just a scarecrow Just a scarecrow
Ninety-four degrees as far as the eye can see Corn is blowing in the wind Seven days a week out here in this heat A gentle rain my only friend
Sometimes when the sun goes down The moon is full the stars come out I look out across this land I'm proud of what I do But I bet I'm a lot like you I want to be more than who I am
One of these days I'm gonna run I'm gonna leave these fields behind To find what's over the horizon One of these days I'm gonna go When you look at me you're not gonna see A scarecrow
It's a simple life I lead Not much out here to bother me Just an occasional stubborn crow I should be satisfied or so it seems I got lots of time to dream About all I'm gonna do when I turn down this road
One of these days I'm gonna run I'm gonna leave these fields behind to find what's over the horizon One of these days I'm gonna go When you look at me you're not gonna see A scarecrow
One of these days I'm gonna run I'm gonna leave these fields behind to find what's over the horizon One of these days I'm gonna go And when you look at me you're not gonna see A scarecrow Just a scarecrow Just a scarecrow
How many Mrs. Rights have I had go wrong Every one that's come along And how many finish lines Have I had in sight and never crossed Every one I ever saw When it looks like I might win I go and break my heart again
Things aren't good unless they're bad And I ain't happy 'til I'm sad When I see the good life closing in I go and break my heart Break my heart again
Why do I think I can When I know I won't I always end up alone Why would a lonely man Hold love in his hands and let it go Well I don't know All I know is in the end I go and break my heart again
Things aren't good unless they're bad And I ain't happy 'til I'm sad When I see the good life closing in I go and break my heart Break my heart again
Things aren't good unless they're bad And I ain't happy 'til I'm sad When I see the good life closing in I go and break my heart Break my heart again
And I break my heart again And I break my heart again And I break my heart again
There's a for-sale sign on a big ol rusty tractor You can't miss it it's the first thing that you see Just up the road a pale blue water tower With I love ginny painted in bright green Hey that's my uncle bill there by the courthouse He'll be lowering the flag when the sun goes down And this is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
Yea this is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
[Chorus] Hey where I was born Where I was raised Where I keep all my yesterdays Where I ran off cause I got mad And I came to blows with my old man Where I came back to settle down This is where they'll put me in the ground This is my town Nah na nah nah nah Yea this is my town Nah na nah nah nah This is my town
There ain't much going on here since they closed the mill The whistle still blows everyday at noon A bunch of us still go down to the diner Wonder if that interstates still comin' through Come the Sunday morning service at the church of christ There ain't an empty seat to be found And this is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
Yea this is my town
Nah na nah nah nah
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Well I bought and painted up that rusty tractor You can't miss it its sitting right there in our yard The county came and took that water tower And that's Ginny with a baby in the car We're off to Sunday service at the church of Christ And if we want a seat we better leave right now And maybe later me and ol t-roy will show you around Our town
