Shenandoah

She use to sit there by the window
Worrying half to death waiting for my car
Not knowing if or when I'd come home
And when I finally would
She'd be right there at the door
She use to cry and carry on
Those were the days but now they're gone

Chorus-

She doesn't cry anymore
She don't wait up at night
She don't put up a fight
Her heart doesn't ache like before
I went to far
I guess she's had enough
She's given up on love
She doesn't cry anymore

What was I thinkin I must've been crazy
Cause when she needed me
I was never there
What I wouldn't do for one more chance now
Just one ray of hope
A sign that she still cares
No use tryin to apologize
No use tryin to dry her eyes

Chorus-

She doesn't cry anymore
She don't wait up at night
She don't put up a fight
Her heart doesn't ache like before
I went to far
I guess she's had enough
She's given up on love
She doesn't cry anymore

I guess she's had enough
She's given up on love
She doesn't cry anymore

Me and Jimmy Crowder and a single cigarette
Crouched down in a stall out in the barn
Three puffs later we were sick as we could get
Praying we'd get better before we got home
She saw me coming through the back door screen
I knew the minute that she looked at me

Mama knows, mama knows
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul
Mama knows, mama knows
Even when I think it doesn't show
Mama knows

Me and Becky Johnson ankle deep in ocean waves
Pants rolled up and hearts out on our sleeves
Both feeling more than either one of us could say
That first love left the sweetest memory
Fifteen and shy I didn't tell a soul
How is it mama never has to be told

Mama knows, mama knows
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul
Mama knows, mama knows
Even when I think it doesn't show
Mama knows

I wasn't home when mama passed away
Didn't get to say I love you
But I've got this feeling

Mama knows, mama knows
Sometimes I think she's got a window to my soul
Mama knows, mama knows
Even when I think it doesn't show
Mama knows

Intro

Ridin' down the road in my pick-up truck
ya better get ready cause I'm pickin' you up
with a full moon a shinin' and a little bit a luck
we'll run out outta gas and maybe get stuck
we could get lost baby I don't care
I ain't worried as long as you're there
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to sittin' next to me
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to you, next to me

Barbecue chicken in aluminum foil
just enough money for my gas and oil
who needs your shrimp and your caviar?
I'd sooner have you just the way you are
Rich people got their money to hold
mansion on the hill 'n' diamonds and gold
well, it can't compare as far as I can see
next to sittin' next to me
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to you, next to me

Radio playin' our favorite song
I'll change the station if the news comes on
when the signal ain't comin' in too strong
we'll make our music honey all night long
if the Good Lord's willin' when we're old and gray
the kids are grown up and moved away
well, it can't compare as far as I can see
next to sittin' next to me
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to you, next to me

I don't pick up the mail
I don't pick up the phone
I don't answer the door
I'd just as soon be alone
I don't keep this place up
I just keep the lights down
I don't live in these rooms
I just rattle around
I'm just a ghost in this house
I'm just a shadow

Verse 1:
Just about a mile off-a one-oh-nine,
There's a little church sittin' back in the pines.
I promised that girl she was gonna be mine;
I wouldn't be surprised if she was standin' there cryin'.

Chorus:
Wo-ah, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so slow.
Wo-ah, You got to put your foot down on the floor,
'Yeah we've been rocking all night, now, don't you know
You gotta get me to the church on Cumberland Road.

Verse 2:
Billy's passed out in the back, But I think he's alive.
Bobby's got his head hangin' over the side.
Here we are doin' only ninety-five.
What's the matter with you, man? I thought you said you could drive!

(Chorus)

Verse3:
Sweeter than the dew on a honeysuckle vine,
Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July,
Cutest little girl that I ever have known
Waitin' at the church on Cumberland Road.

(Chorus)

I brought flowers to your door last night
I done wrong and I wanna make it right
You say I'm not welcome here
I know it oughta be perfectly clear
But I can't help but wonder what it might be like
If I had two dozen roses
And an old bottle of wine

Mill worker houses lined up in a row,
another southern sunday morning blow
Beneath the steeple all the people have begun
shakin' hands with the man who grips the gospel gun
While the quiet prayer, the smell of dinner on the ground
heals up the morning air

Intro

Ridin' down the road in my pick-up truck
ya better get ready cause I'm pickin' you up
with a full moon a shinin' and a little bit a luck
we'll run out outta gas and maybe get stuck
we could get lost baby I don't care
I ain't worried as long as you're there
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to sittin' next to me
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to you, next to me

Barbecue chicken in aluminum foil
just enough money for my gas and oil
who needs your shrimp and your caviar?
I'd sooner have you just the way you are
Rich people got their money to hold
mansion on the hill 'n' diamonds and gold
well, it can't compare as far as I can see
next to sittin' next to me
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to you, next to me

Radio playin' our favorite song
I'll change the station if the news comes on
when the signal ain't comin' in too strong
we'll make our music honey all night long
if the Good Lord's willin' when we're old and gray
the kids are grown up and moved away
well, it can't compare as far as I can see
next to sittin' next to me
there ain't no place that I'd rather be
next to you, next to me

I got money in my pocket and a guitar in my hand
These lonely nights without you are more than I can stand
I work like a puppet but it's time to cut the strings

Well I hit the ground running and I won't be looking back
I'll be like a locomotive headed down a one way track
It won't take too long just you wait and see

As long as it will lead me back to you
Any old stretch of blacktop will do

North, south, east or west been everywhere it seems
Uptown rooms and honky tonks don't feel like home to me
I'll be stepping out the rhythm while I'm singing a new song
And it's knowing where I'm going that will keep me moving on

Turn my collar to the wind and put my thumb up in the air
Flag a diesel down or catch a bus from anywhere
Colorado, California, or even Kalamazoo

As long as it will lead me back to you
Any old stretch of blacktop will do

Well I hit the ground running and I won't be looking back
I'll be like a locomotive headed down a one way track
It won't take too long just you wait and see

As long as it will lead me back to you
Any old stretch of blacktop will do, alright

North, south, east or west been everywhere it seems
Uptown rooms and honky tonks don't feel like home to me
I'll be stepping out the rhythm while I'm singing a new song
'Cause right around the corner I see the lights of our home