Earl Thomas Conley

Hey, how have you been?
Good to see you again
Gee, it's been a long time
How's that new man
Momma and Dad
Since I told you goodbye?

Now I'm still the same
Still raisin' Cain
Nobody's worried 'bout me
I come and I go, just as I please
Since I set myself free

But I can't win for losin' you
I just can't get over you
Bein' footloose and fancy free
Ain't all it's cracked up to be

And the grass ain't no greener
Here on the other side
I might win a heart or two
But I can't win for losin' you

Well I'm on my way, there's so much to say
Lord knows that I've had my time
But girl, you can bet I'll never forget
When you used to be mine

But I can't win for losin' you
I just can't get over you
Bein' footloose and fancy free
Ain't all it's cracked up to be

And the grass ain't no greener
Here on the other side
I might win a heart or two
But I can't win for losin' you

No I can't win for losin' you
I just can't get over you
Bein' footloose and fancy free

I'm a lonely rider
She's the sole survivor of this love affair
But she don't care
She's a real heartbreaker
And I can't find a taker, no, that can compare
'Cause she's so rare
She never let me hurt for love
She gave me all she had
But that was only long enough
To go from good to bad

Oh but love don't care whose heart it breaks
It don't care who gets blown away
If it all falls through as a bad mistake
Love don't care whose heart it breaks

I can still remember
Every time I see her, I go back in time
And lose my mind
Yeah I'm a good pretender
I just can't believe her heart's no longer mine
It's so unkind
She never let me hurt for love
She gave me all she had
But that was only long enough
To go from good to bad

Oh but love don't care whose heart it breaks
It don't care who gets blown away
If it all falls through as a bad mistake
Love don't care whose heart it breaks

No, love don't care whose heart it breaks

A heart isn't blind
It just sees what it wants to see
I hope yours is lookin' at mine
The way that you're lookin' at me
Well I've been around
I've taken chances before
But this time I'm hopin' for more
You're makin' it easy
CHORUS:
Nobody falls like a fool
Nobody loves like a believe
After so many dreams have fallen through
It's time that one came true
Nobody falls like a fool
Nobody loves like a believer
And I'm fallin' 'cause I believe in you
I know you're afraid
Of the words we have spoken
There's been so many promises made
And so many broken
Oh but please don't hold back
I've already opened the door
& this time I'm hopin' for more
You're makin' it easy
(repeat chorus & fade)

Like a young and courageous fool
Ready to take on the night
You came dressed to kill all of the boys
And it looks like you've done enough right

You say that love is your only rule
It kinda comes from the heart
When it all comes down to what lovers do
You fall in love and just fall apart

But that's the chance you take with a lonely heart
That's the price you pay with a lonely heart
That's the game you play when there's nothin' to loose
And I could never refuse the chance of lovin' you

You're beginning to look like you're feelin' content
Just for one night of romance
If it wasn't for love, you'd still be my friend
And I still put my heart in your hand

That's the chance you take with a lonely heart
That's the price you pay with a lonely heart
That's the game you play when there's nothin' to loose
Girl I could never refuse the chance of lovin' you

That's the chance you take with a lonely heart
That's the price you pay with a lonely heart
That's the game you play when there's nothin' to loose
And I could never refuse the chance of lovin' you

The chance of lovin' you
The chance of lovin' you
The chance of lovin' you

You were just another pretty face in the crowd
I was just hangin' out
I wasn't ready for love when I looked in your eyes
You took me by surprise

You weren't supposed to say that you loved me
You were just gonna stay for the night
I've never held a hand that could touch me
And leave me with stars in my eyes

Oh angel in disguise
You're just an angel in disguise

You almost made it too easy for me to believe
That love could happen to me
But you're not afraid to show me how much you care
And prove your heart is there

You weren't supposed to say that you loved me
You were just gonna spend the night
I've never held a hand that could touch me
And leave me with stars in my eyes

Oh angel in disguise
You're just an angel in disguise
Oh angel in disguise
You're just an angel in disguise

You're on my mind I'm in the dark
You're taking your time I'm falling apart
Girl you're holding mine in your hands and you know it
I'll get it right if you give me the chance to get closer
I'll give you my heart if that's what you're after
I'll give you my love if that's all the matters to get over
Yeah that's all right with me if you want to play hard with me
Don't make it easy for me
Down on my knees take a look at me
I'm easy to please so why can't you be
Girl you're holding mine in your hands and you know it
I'll get it right if you give me the chance to get closer
I'll give you my heart if that's what you're after
I'll give you my love if that's all the matters to get over
Yeah that's all right with me if you want to play hard with me
Don't make it easy for me
Yeah that's all right with me if you want to play hard with me
Don't make it easy for me

It's the third hardest thing I'll ever do
Leaving here without you
And the second hardest thing I'll ever do
Is telling her about you

She's been good to me
When things were going rough
How can I tell her now
That good ain't good enough

The hardest thing I'll ever have to do
Is holding her and loving you

If she'd give me one good reason I'd be gone
But she ain't done one thing wrong
So don't expect me just to walk out of the door
I still love her but I love you more

She's been good to me
When things weren't going right
She made my days
Long before you made my nights

The hardest thing I'll ever have to do
Is holding her and loving you

Yeah the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
Is holding her, loving you

Girl the hardest thing I'll ever have to do
Is holding her, loving you

You've never cheated, you've never lied you've never had feeling's that you've had to hide
For she's got you thinking of something so different tonight
It's too late to worry what's right or what's wrong and you're a little too crazy to leave it alone
When you're looking at something that's too good to push it aside
Boy, she's got your head in the clouds and your heart in a bind
How come you're feeling so proud when your love's on the line?
You still think your first love's the best in your life when you know you should hurry
But you can't say goodbye
And you know you can't go back and feel like you're where you belong
Now the sweet taste of freedom is hard to control when the touch of a woman's so tender to hold
She won't even let you remember how long you've been gone
Boy, you've got your head in the clouds and your heart in a bind
So how come you're feeling so proud when your love's on the line?
Yeah you've got your head in the clouds and your heart in a bind
So how come you're feeling so proud when your love's on the line?

Well I met in a small town bar not far from home
She was having second thoughts about a man who was always gone
Said the only way to get to him was a telephone
So she held on to me when she couldn't hold her own
She said I can be had but I can't be bought
And I can be bad lord if I don't get caught
But I'd rather be loved than left alone
Than be here in the middle somewhere between right and wrong
She said you know I never was the kind to spread it around
But I'll let you get to me as long as you don't let me down
Said I got the kind of love it takes to make if feel slow
But don't care how you get me there just long as I go
She said I can be had but I can't be bought
And I can be bad lord if I don't get caught
But I'd rather be loved than left alone
Than be here in the middle somewhere between right and wrong
Yeah its her kind of love keeps me coming back time after time
Just like a beautiful song I can't get off my mind
But I worry a lot about love you have to wait on
And I got second thoughts about a woman who is always gone
She said I can be had but I can't be bought
And I can be bad lord if I don't get caught
But I'd rather be loved than left alone
Than be here in the middle somewhere between right and wrong

In and out of honkey tonks from one town to the next.
But anything worth loving
Lord's just too hard to forget.
Everydays another day of feeling more the same.
Looks like I'll run out of highway before
I out run the rain.

But if there's fire and smoke,
Ooo what a rush I got when your love was hot.
Oh but I couldn't see.
That when the flame burned out you'd leave
A cold dark cloud a raining down on me.

So I'm reaching out to someone wishing, she were you instead.
Everything I left behid was waiting up ahead.
Pulling on the bottom baby, looking back on you.
Anyways the right way babe as long as I pull through.

But if there's fire and smoke,
Ooo what a rush I got when your love was hot.
Oh but I couldn't see.
That when the flame burned out you'd leave
A cold dark cloud a raining down on me.

Yeah, and when the flame burned out you left
A cold dark cloud a raining down, a raining down on me.