Mark Matejka

Broken bones, broken hearts
Stripped down and torn apart
A little bit of rust
I'm still runnin'
Counting miles, counting tears
Twist of roads, shifting gears
Year after year
It's all or nothing

But I'm not home
I'm not lost
Still holding on to what I got
Ain't much left
Though there's so much that's been stolen
Guess I've lost everything I've had
But I'm not dead, at least not yet
Still alone, still alive, still unbroken
I'm still alone, still alive, I'm still unbroken

Never captured, never tamed
Wild horses on the plains
You can call me lost, I call it freedom
I feel a spirit in my soul
It's something Lord I can't control
I'm never giving up while I'm still breathing

I'm not home
I'm not lost
Still holding on to what I got
Ain't much left
Though there's so much that's been stolen
Guess I've lost everything I've had
I'm not dead, at least not yet
Still alone, still alive, still unbroken
I'm still alone, still alive, I'm still unbroken

I'm still unbroken

Still unbroken

Like the wind, like the rain
Keeps on running through my veins
Like a river pouring down into the ocean
I'm out here on the street
But I'm standing on my feet
Still alive, still alone, still unbroken

I'm not home
I'm not lost
Still holding on to what I got
Ain't much left
Though there's so much that's been stolen
Guess I've lost everything I've had
But I'm not dead, at least not yet
Still alive, still alone, still unbroken
I'm still alone, still alive, I'm still unbroken
I'm still alone, still alive, I'm still unbroken

I'm still unbroken

I ain't never going down

I'm still unbroken
Oh

Hey, when is the last time you sat down and had dinner with your kids?
Talked about what's going on in their lives?
Hey, when is the last time you just stopped and helped somebody out?
I bet you can't remember

Well a lot of people are sayin'
"we're changing for the better"
Well that don't interest me

I like the simple life
The way it used to be
We left our doors wide open
We didn't need no key
I've been around the world
Seen all there is to see
I'd trade all those memories for one more day
How it used to be
I like the simple life

I wanna get up Sunday mornin'
Go fishin' with my boy
Watch the sunset kick back in my yard
Take my harley on a real long lazy Sunday drive
And do a little more nothin' once in a while

Yeah maybe kick my feet up
Watch a little re-run on tv
Laughin' with ol' barney, andy and aunt bee

I like the simple life
The way it used to be
We left our doors wide open
We didn't need no key
I've been around the world
Seen all there is to see
I'd trade all those memories for one more day
How it used to be
I like the simple life

Everything's going by so fast
I swear sometimes we just can't see
So caught up in where we're trying to get
Life as we know it, could be gone in a minute

I like the simple life
The way it used to be
We left our doors wide open
We didn't need no key
I've been around the world
Seen all there is to see
I'd trade all those memories for one more day
I like the simple life
I like the simple life
I want the simple life

Woman lose my number
You can't get to me
My pockets ain't deep enough
Your eyes were seeing green
I caught you lyin', you're a cheat
Oh lord shame on me
I loved you once
Tried you twice
But you've become bad company

Somebody call the rescue
'cause I think I'm on the edge
Yeah you're just like a sledgehammer
You keep poundin' in my head
While you were on the phone lyin' to me
You were lyin' next to who
It ain't nothing to do about the heartache
It's just a little thing called you

All my friends did tell me
But I could not believe
Well you were doin' me wrong
When I was gone
How wicked can you be?

Yeah a black cat crosses many roads
Chills you to the bone
I might be hurt, but I won't cry
'cause I'm a man that's not alone

Somebody call the rescue
'cause I think I'm on the edge
Yeah you're just like a sledgehammer
You keep poundin' in my head
While you were on the phone lyin' to me
You were lyin' next to who
It ain't nothing to do about the heartache
It's just a little thing called you

Somebody call the rescue
'cause I think I'm on the edge
Yeah you're just like a sledgehammer
Girl you're poundin' in my head
While you were on the phone lyin' to me
You were lyin' next to who
It ain't nothing to do about the heartache
Yeah it ain't nothing to do about the heartache
It's just a little thing called you
A little thing called you!
A little thing called you!

When I was 15 I dreamed of leaving my home
I had to see the world
And live like a rolling stone
I heard California was paved in gold
So I hopped on that train
It didn't come easy
But I keep thinkin' bout
The green grass and missing my home

Take me back to my southern ways
Where I can be myself and live another day
Take me back to my southern ways
Where the tall pines blow and the southern winds kiss my face

Oh southern grace

Me and my boys started a band
Practiced everyday out on the Hell House land
Played every honky tonk and this ol' bar
To sing about ol' Bama
We were just simple men
The music is forever
And the songs will never ever end

Take me back to my southern ways
Where I can be myself and live another day
Take me back to my southern ways
Where the tall pines blow and the southern winds kiss my face

Oh take me back!

I sit here thinkin' about those days
I wouldn't change a thing about my life today
Ain't it funny how time sure flies
'Cause all I ever wanted and needed
WAS YOU

Take me back to my southern ways
Where I can be myself and live another day
Take me back to my southern ways
Where the tall pines blow and the St. John's flows, and only God - he

Knows, and those southern winds kiss my face

I think it's gonna be good night here Rickey!
I think it's time to rock!
It's gonna be hell of a show!


People out there in the parking lot
Smoking that stuff it's a rebel flag rock
Turn it up, crank it out, let me hear you shout!
That sweet soul southern music!

So put your hands in the air
Give us all you got

We're feeling right (feelin' right)
Gonna take all night (take all night)
To rock this joint the way it's supposed to be
Young and old (young and old)
3 generations bold (generations)
We've been told
It's a Skynyrd nation!

Motorcycle ladies hugging up to their daddies
Oh teenage bangers they're all getting ready!
Open those gates gonna rock tonight
Oh when those lights go down it's a beautiful sight!

So put your hands in the air
Give us all you got

We're feeling right (feelin' right)
Gonna take all night (take all night)
To rock this joint the way it's supposed to be
Young and old (young and old)
3 generations bold (generations)
We've been told
It's a Skynyrd nation!

Hey put your hands in the air!

We're feeling right (feelin' right)
Gonna take all night (take all night)
To rock this joint the way it's supposed to be
Young and old (young and old)
3 generations bold (generations)
We've been told
It's a Skynyrd nation!

Skynyrd nation! (young and old)
Skynyrd nation! (3 generations more!)

We've been told

It's a Skynyrd nation!

Well I heard it on the late night radio
For the umpteenth time headin' from LA to the Florida coast
I was between black coffee and shifting gears
When the second verse took a turn and brought me to tears
They were talkin' about love, I do and forever
And how two people ought to stay together
Well the music hit me but the singer's got it all wrong

Unwrite that song
Unwrite that song
'Cause what he's saying to me don't go with that melody
Unsing them lines about those happy times
Don't they know she's gone
Unwrite that song

Well it was 3 AM and she was cryin' and her eyes were all red
When that music video came on and she sat up in her bed
She grabbed that whiskey bottle
Poured one last shot
And threw that empty glass at the TV and screamed

Unwrite that song
Unwrite that song
'Cause what he's saying to me don't go with that melody
Unsing them lines about those happy times
Don't they know he's gone
Unwrite that song

Well there was a time that I believed
All those words were true
And if I had a pen and paper right now
I know what I'd do

Unwrite that song
Unwrite that song
'Cause what he's saying to me don't go with that melody
Unsing them lines about those happy times
Don't they know he's gone
Unwrite that song
Lord I know she's gone
Unwrite that song
Unwrite our song

Floyd was a trapper way back in the holler
Made moonshine so he could make a dollar
Six feet tall, dressed in overalls
And wore himself a long gray beard

People say Floyd came to town one day
But two law dogs got in his way
Floyd never hurt no one in his life
But they never came back this way
No, they never came back this way

And the people say
Aye, aye, aye, aye hear the hound dogs moan
Aye, aye, aye, aye now that Floyd is long gone
And the creeper was a creepin' and the souls they were hollerin' singin'
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye

The G-men came out to track him down
But the swamp was too deep, even one of them drowned
They sent in the hellhounds but they turned around singing
How how how how how

And the people say
Aye, aye, aye, aye hear the hound dogs moan
Aye, aye, aye, aye now that Floyd is long gone
And the creeper was a creepin' and the souls they were hollerin' singin'
Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye

Yeah the souls are they were cryin'
Yeah the creeper he was creepin'

Sheriff Boudreaux came to talk to his neighbors
All they could say is he was eaten by a gator
The legend lives on but Floyd he's at home singing
How how how how how

And the soul said
Aye, aye, aye, aye hear the hound dogs moan
Aye, aye, aye, aye now that Floyd is long gone
Aye, aye, aye, aye now that Floyd is long gone
There's a full moon now
The moon was shinin' bright singing
Aye aye aye aye aye

Sometimes I want to light up underneath the no smoking sign
Sometimes I wished they'd tell me how justice got so blind
I wish they'd just leave me alone cause I'm doing alright
You can take your change on down the road and leave me here with mine

Cause that ain't my America, that ain't this country's roots
You want to slam ol Uncle Sam but I ain't lettin' you
I'm mad as hell and you know I still, bleed red white and blue
That ain't us, That ain't my America, That ain't My America

Yeah I was standing there in Dallas, waiting on a plane
I overheard an old man tell a young soldier thanks
Young soldier hung his head and said its hard to believe
You're the only one that took the time to say a word to me

And the old man said

That ain't my America, that ain't this country's roots
You want to slam ol' Uncle Sam but I ain't lettin' you
Yeah I'm mad as hell and you know I still, bleed red white and blue
That ain't us, That ain't my America, That ain't My America

It's to the women and men in their hands they hold a bible and a gun
And they ain't afraid of nothing when they're holding either one, oh, uh
Now there's kids that cant pray in school, hundred dollar tanks of gas,
I can tell you right now this country ain't, ain't supposed to be like that

No, that ain't my America, that ain't this country's roots
You want to slam ol' Uncle Sam but I ain't lettin' you
Yeah I'm mad as hell and you know I still, bleed red white and blue
That ain't us, that ain't my, that ain't my America, oh no, That Ain't My America

No, no, no, no, oh, oh, uh huh, that ain't my America, oh no

I ain't the kind to stick around without it
It'd be a crime 'cause man I'm all about it
It's in my blood
It keeps me breathin'
It's like a drug, gotta have the feeling

It's been awhile since I've seen your face
What a shame, what a waste

I've been up, I've been down
I've been kicked to the ground
But I can't get my mind off of you
So I keep on movin' on to a place I belong
Hopin' you wanted me to
I'm better than I was before
I'm knocking at your door
I'm coming back for more

Some say it's love
Some say it's hate
I'm here to tell you it's never too late
If you don't use it
Man you're gonna lose it
Your sweet little nothings are what I call music

It's been awhile since I've seen your face
What a shame, what a waste

I've been up, I've been down
I've been kicked to the ground
But I can't get my mind off of you
So I keep on movin' on to a place I belong
Hopin' you wanted me to
I'm better than I was before
I'm knocking at your door
I'm coming back for more

I keep comin' back, comin' back for more
I keep comin' back, yeah I need a little more
I keep comin' back, comin' back for more
I keep comin' back back back

I've been up, I've been down
I've been kicked to the ground
But I can't get my mind off of you
So I keep on movin' on to a place I belong
Hopin' you wanted me to
I'm better than I was before
I'm knocking at your door
I'm coming back for more

I keep comin' back, comin' back for more

There was a time that you believed
That nothing could happen to you
You were in a place, deep in a hole
So dark that you could not see

Everyday the rain won't fall
The sun will come out and shine on us all
There's a light at the end for you my friend
Oh, take it from me,
The Storm will someday end
Will someday end

So much has changed inside your heart
We can tell it's tearin' you apart
We share your pain and feel your hurt
But holy water cleanses the dirt

Everyday the rain won't fall
The sun will come out and shine on us all
There's a light at the end for you my friend
Oh, take it from me,
The Storm will someday end

Yeah
You were
Stuck in a hole

Everyday the rain won't fall
The sun will come out and shine on us all
There's a light at the end for you my friend
Oh, take it from me

Everyday the rain won't fall
The sun will come out and shine on us all
There's a light at the end for you my friend
Oh, take it from me

The storm will someday end
It's gonna end
It's gotta end!

I remember the day that he came in
I can't believe how long it's been
Like a poet, he began to play
Just an old friend that hung with the band
A drinkin' man he had no plan
But he played the 'Bird
Played it for free

'Cause I know he's here
He's everywhere
Take a look around oh and you will see
That cross we bear
It's in the air
Lord we thank you for these gifted hands

There are demons we live with every day
That tear at our hearts and take us away
To another place
Some of us don't get back
This song is for the hands of the workin' man
Who believes in himself and he understands
Love, hope, and faith are The Maker's plan

'Cause I know he's here
He's everywhere
Take a look around oh and you will see
That cross we bear
It's in the air
Lord we thank you for these gifted hands

One day we'll all take that ride
And with those gifted hands I know you'll fly

Let me tell ya,
Where I come from
it's grits and gravy
not champagne caviar
Got a pick up truck
this ain't no mercedes
That's who we are
ohhhhh
(Yeah I wouldn't change a thing)

I ain't no saint
sometimes a sinner
and I can't tell you why
but I get up every morning
thank the man above
(ohhhh wooo my life is good)
Let me tell ya how good

Like my women HOT and my beer ice cold
A real fast car and my whiskey old
Like a slow drive down an old dirt road
That's how I like it
I like to turn my music way up loud
Ain't nothing better than the sound of a crowd
American Flag it makes me proud,
Thats how I like it - wooooooooo aa

Listen now

Ain't no cell phone towers
you won't catch me online
Workin with my hands for hours
that's how I spend my time
And I don't stand in line for coffee
it ain't my cup of tea
Out here in the country
we got everything we need
oooooh woooooooooo
Yeah

Like my women HOT and my beer ice cold
A real fast car and my whiskey old
like a slow drive down an old dirt road
That's how I like it
I like to turn my music way up loud
Ain't nothing better than the sound of a crowd
American Flag makes me proud,
Thats how I like it

ohhhhhhh

wooooooo Thats how I like it

(whistle)

Like my women HOT and my beer ice cold
A real fast car and my whiskey old
like a slow drive down an old dirt road
That's how I like it
I like to turn my music way up loud
Ain't nothing better than the Skynyrd crowd
American Flag it makes me proud,
Thats how I like it
Thats why we like it
Thats how I like it
woooooo
mmmmmm
yeahhhhh

OOOOHHHHH Yeah

WOOO

well sometimes I lose my direction
and sometimes I jump off track, aaah

But when I hideout baby
I can always get it back

I need to feel the cool breeze in my face
The rumble of the engine between my legs
Hey little sister you can color me gone

So if I want to stay out all nite long
You can't stop me from runnin wild
yeah
Don't you worry how long I'm gone
I'll come back every once in awhile

(CHORUS)
I pick'em up and lay'em on down
I never like my feet to ever hit the ground
Don't miss me when I'm gone
Cuz' I'll be around
I'm a free spirit baby
Pick me up and lay me on down

Thats right........WOO

Well I know that I got me a good life
Jim Beam and woman they treat me right
I make my own rules, like it or not

Now don't miss understand me baby
I'll give in every once in awhile
Yeah well it's tough love
I'll leave you with a smile

So if I want to stay out all nite long
You can't stop me from runnin wild
yeah
Don't you worry how long I'm gone
I'll come back every once in awhile

(CHORUS)
I pick'em up and lay'em on down
I never like my feet to ever hit the ground
Don't miss me when I'm gone
Cuz' I'll be around
I'm a free spirit baby
Pick me up and lay me on down

OOOOH

I've been here I've been there
I've been every where
I wouldn't tell you no lies
And just like me your a wild one
Won't you take me runnin around

(CHORUS)
I pick'em up and lay'em on down
I never like my feet to ever hit the ground
Don't miss me when I'm gone
Cuz' I'll be around
I'm a free spirit baby
Pick me up and lay me on down

Yeah I'm a free spirit baby
pick me up and lay me on down

Ya gotta lay me on down, yes you do
I'm a free spirit
I know ya are Johnny

Oh thats what I do
WOOO.....

Mmmmmmmm

Ha ha ha

Let me tell ya a story

Outside of Macon, off a country road
Justice was forsaken
when they let the wrong man go
Johnny Law was shady
First one on the scene
They called it murder
in the first degree

Dead man walkin'
Walkin' down the hall
Judge says guilty
but still he's standing tall
Dead man walkin'
they say broke the law
Taking the life of another man
Who done his daughter wrong

Light 'em up
Lay 'em down
Take 'em out
But there's more of us around
When wrong is right and right is wrong
Oh there's a dead man walkin' tonight

Walk on
Walk on
Walk on

(Whistle)

Oooooohhh

If I asked you a question
would you tell the truth
Would you pull the trigger
if you was standin' in his shoes

Dead man walkin'
I know what I'd do
If someone hurt my baby
I'd be walkin' too

Light 'em up
Oh lay 'em down
Take 'em out
But there's more of us around
When right is wrong and wrong is right
Oh there's a dead man walkin' tonight

Walk on
You gotta walk on baby
Walk on
Ohhh
You gotta walk on baby
Walk on

Ohhhhhh

Yeah

So if I asked you that question
would you tell the truth

Dead Man Walkin'

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Well the sun don't shine where it use to
and the angels are hiding their heads
People don't listen to their hearts anymore
Seems the good men all are dead

There aint no right, wrong, no in between
That ain't the constitution that they wrote for me
Got our heads stuck in something overseas
Standing ass deep in hipocracy

(Ohhhhhhhhhhh)

Well I found myself out on the open road
Heading out into the desert
looking for another world
Thats's waiting on me
that none of us can see
I keep thinking to myself as I move along
Where do we all come from
Is there religion or another dimension
Another place and time (Yeah)

(Ohhhhhh)

When my life is over and done
Finally made my way through it
Another life has just begun (Is this is the way to it)
Oh The way

(OhhhhOhhhhOhhhh)

Looking in the eyes of the man in the moon
He is starring down at me
Wondering what he's thinking
and if he knows
please let me see

Life is like an open door
we're all walking through
Do you know the answers
No one knows the truth
until we pass on through

When my life is over and done
Finally made my way through it
Another life has just begun
(Is this the way to it)

(Ohhhhhh)

Walkin' on the world upside down
It keeps spinning round and round
World upside down
I'm so tired of all this bullshit going down

Finally made my way through it
When my life is over and done
This is the way to it
When my life is over and done
Finally made my way through it
Another life has just begun
This is the way to it

Ohhhh wayyyyy

This is the way to it

Ohhh wayyyyyyy

OOOOOOO MMM MMM MMMMMMM

We don't have no plastic L.A. friends
ain't on the edge of no popular trend
ain't never seen the inside of that magazine GQ
we don't care if your a lawyer or a Texas oil man
or some waitress busting ass at some liquor stand
if you got soul we hang out with people just like you

Well my hairs turning white
my necks always been red
my collars still blue
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you
guess you could say we've always been Red White and Blue

Ride our own bikes to Sturgis pay are own dues
smokin camels and drinking domestic brews
if you want to know where i've been just look at my hands
yeah i've driven by the white house and spent some time in jail
mama cried but she still wouldn't pay my bail
i ain't been no angel but even god he understands

My hairs turning white
my necks always been red
my collars still blue
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you
guess you could say
we've always been red white and blue

yeah that's right.....

My daddy worked hard and so have I
We paid our taxes and gave our lives to serve this great country
so what are they complaining about
yeah we love our families
we love our kids
you know it's love that makes us all so rich
that's where were at
if they don't like it they can just...get the hell out! Yeah!

My hairs turning white
my necks always been red
my collars still blue
we've always been here
just trying to sing the truth to you
guess you could say
we've always been red white and blue

OooOoOO RED WHITE AND BLUE

YA KNOW YA KNOW YA KNOW

RED WHITE AND BLUE

YEAH

ooooOOOO RED WHITE AND BLUUUUUUUE.....

Here we go

Come on

I was raised on the west side, shanty town
I didn't get up until the sun went down
When your back's against the wall you better get tough
I Learned real quick how to swing and duck

I was born in the sweet hot Florida sunshine
Good looking women backwoods and moonshine
Learned more about life on the street than in the school
Sweet mama didn't raise no fool

No she didn't

Hehaha

Ohhh

Some folks cheat and some folks lie
I can judge a man by the look in his eye's
Don't hand me Jack and try to call it cola
I know the difference 'tween shit and shineola

I was born in the sweet hot Florida sunshine
Good looking women backwoods and moonshine
Learned more about life on the street than in the school
Sweet mama didn't raise no fool

No she didn't

Play it boy's

No no no

Uh huh

Mama was no angel when she taught me right from wrong
She knew every single note and every word in every song
She taught me how to gamble and how to roll the dice
If it makes you feel good do it, don't think twice

I was born in the sweet hot Florida sunshine
Good looking women backwoods and moonshine
Learned more about life on the streets than in the school
Sweet mama didn't raise no fool

I was born in the sweet hot Florida sunshine
Good looking women backwoods and moonshine
Learned more about life on the streets than in the school
Sweet mama didn't raise no fool

Noooooo

Talking about mama

Owww Im telling ya she's so sweet

Talking about sweet, sweet, sweet mama

(Talking about sweet,(inaudible)sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet mama)

(Talking about sweet, sweet, sweet, - sweet, sweet mama)

(Talking about sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, mama)

Ohhhhhhh
Ahhhhhhh

Tornados spinning, I sit here grinning
I think we've all seen this movie before
This is confusing, almost amusing
It's hard to tell up and down anymore

When did it get so crazy
How did we lose control
Everybody's shouting how bad it really sucks
Situation normal, all funked up (uhhhh)
We're all funked up

We had some leaders and they all were cheaters
but they came out smelling like a rose
We should just reject them
but we respect them
for what they do when the door is closed

Nothing in this world, a simple man can do
Stand up and be counted
Ain't you had enough
Situation normal, all funked up

Yeah we're all funked up
We're functionally dysfunctional
We're functionally (yeah) dysfunctional
We're all funked up

Ohh
Ahhhh

Don't you know the meaning of the word snafu
better known as trouble for me and you
Murphy's law will get'cha
He is on his way
Same ol' same ol' shit, a different day

Oh

Tornados spinning, I sit here grinning
I think we've all seen this movie before
This is confusing, almost amusing
It's hard to tell up and down anymore

Everybody's shouting how bad it really sucks
Situation normal, all funked up
We're all funked up
We're all funked up
We're all funked up

Ohhhhhhhh

All Funked up

Mama used to say to me
You can make your destiny
Keep your feet planted on the ground
You can always get it back
Make a castle from a one room shack
It's all in what you make and what you found
Son your gunna find out when your older
Theres always been the hand of God
Resting right there on your shoulder

(Chorus)
Will it be Hell or Heaven on earth
The choice is up to you
Look to the sky the answer is clear
Are you gunna live life for all its worth
Choose Hell or Heaven on earth
If you live it right theres nothin to fear
Cause you'll find Heaven right here

Saw a man the other day
Had it made in every
Till his greed brought him down
He was blinded by the city lights
Now he shivvers in the cold of tonight
Who would save the lifegaurd
When he's about to drownd

(Chorus)
Will it be Hell or Heaven on earth
The choice is up to you
Look to the sky the answer is clear
Are you gunna live life for all its worth
Choose Hell or Heaven on earth
If you live it right theres nothin to fear
Cause you'll find Heaven right here

You know your gunna walk to far
You know your gunna feel the pain
Or your gunna lose if you wanna win the game
And every time your heart is breakin
And every time you breath is shakin
Remember what mama said oooohhhh that day

Hopin my time is comin
Left enough to build apart
Noones gunna say i didnt try
And heres why

(Chorus)
Hell or Heaven on earth
The choice is up to you
Look to the sky the answer is clear
Are you gunna live life for all its worth
Choose Hell or Heaven on earth
If you live it right theres nothin to fear
Cause you'll find Heaven right here

you'll find Heaven right here
Oooohhh
You'll find Heaven right here
Ooooohh
Oooooooo
Heaven right here

We just landed
We just touched down
It just hit home yeah that a good man's gone
Hey cat in the hat
We're all gunna miss you
And all of your practical jokes yeah
And takin three steps with you

(Chorus)
We never say goodbye we always say so long
You had nine lives I can't believe their all gone
Mad hatters movin' on yeah he's movin on

Well I will see you again one way or another
And now that your there yeah say "Hello" to our brothers

(Chorus)

The cat in the hat is gone

oooooooo

Travelin' man the spirits never gone
It lives on and on and on and on

Mad hatter mmmmmmmmmmm

ooooooooo

So how 'bout our tribute
And light up a match
And tell all your brothers and sisters about the cat in the hat
He had nine lives I cant believe there all gone
I know the mad hatter he's movin on
Mad hatters movin on
Oooooohhh he's gone
Travelin' on travel on
Ooooooooo
Oooooo
Mad haters movin on see ya later

MMMMMMMM.............Thats right

Yeah Big bad machine still makin' the scene
Big wheels keep on turnin'
Step on the gas gone in a flash
Rubber just keeps on burnin'

(Chorus)
Cause every night is a saturday nite
No matter what town we're in
Open the doors and kick out the lights
Just let the party begin

We're just watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to folks like us
Makin' the music keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out of your Rockin' little town tonight
Yeah thats what we do

We get into town lay our head down
Really ain't nothin' to do
Just watching the clock gettin' ready to rock
We ain't no different than you

(Chorus)
Cause every night is a saturday nite
No matter what town we're in
Open the doors and kick out the lights
Yeah let the party begin

We're just watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to folks like us
Makin' the music keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out of your Rockin' little town tonight

MMMMMM
So good to see you all again
I hope this ride we're on.....OOOHH..yeah will never end

OOhh Rockin' little town
(In audible)

(Chorus)
OOOHHHH
Cause every night is a saturday nite
No matter what town we're in
So open the door and kick out the lights
Yeah let this party begin

Cause we're watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to boys like us
Makin' the music keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out of your Rockin' little town
(Repeat)
Watchin' the world from this big ass bus
The highway is home to folks like us
Makin' the music keepin' it alive
Slip in, slip out of your Rockin' little town tonight

Yeah thats what we do
OOOOhh We'll see ya soon
MMMM OOOHhhh

Yeah Little rockin townnn

Mmmmmmmm

Your love does something to me
That I can't describe
Dark eyes, see right through me
and I just can't hide

You drive me crazy with what you don't say
and the way that you hold back love
Tell me tell me won't you please please tell me
Need an answer from above

There you are,you're my desire
and here I am, I'd be a liar
If I said, I ain't gonna crawl
You ain't gonna nail my heart to the wall
You ain't gonna find me crying like a chid
just asking for it all
I ain't gonna beg
I'd rather lose it all instead

If that's what it takes to get you
Part of me just might let you
Someone like you, I'd do more than fall
I just might crawl

Ohhhh

Seems like I get this feeling
this time of night
Head down sense's reeling
Something just ain't right

Imagination locked up inside
and it's got no where to go
I see my lover through another's eyes
and it's killing me just to know, the truth
Like playing with fire, to lose you
I'd be a liar, if I said

I ain't gonna crawl
You ain't gonna nail my heart to the wall
You ain't gonna find me crying like a chid
just asking for it all
I ain't gonna beg
I'd rather lose it all instead

If that's what it takes to get you
Part of me just might let you
Someone like you, I'd do more than fall
I just might crawl

Ohhhhhh

I just might crawl

Ohhhhhh

Ooooooooo

I ain't gonna crawl
You ain't gonna nail my heart to the wall
You ain't gonna find me crying like a chid
just asking for it all
I ain't gonna beg
I'd rather lose it all instead

If that's what it takes to get you
Part of me just might let you
Someone like you, I'd do more than fall
I just might crawl

Crawl...
Sooner or later, we all fall
Crawl...

Mmmmmmm

The boy gets crazy when he's sittin' at the bar
Don't you mess with Jake don't you push him to far
Rot gut whiskey and home made wine
Make a good country boy just lose his mind

Like a run away train rollin' through the night
The boy ain't got no fear
Like a race car hittin' the wall he gets hard to steer
Waitin' for the smoke to clear

OOOOHH
Betty got caught in the back of Bobby's car
Bobby got caught with his hand in the cookie jar
Her daddy blew a fuse and he went for his gun
EEEEE
Now Bobby and Betty thier on the run

Like a run away train rollin' through the nite
Nothin's gonna stop them now
Gotta keep on movin', coverin' tracks somehow

Like a run away train rollin' through the night
The kids ain't got no fear
Daddy's (wizz?) bang is the last sound Bobby's gonna hear
ooohhh
Waitin for the smoke to clear

Daddy finally caught him in the end of his gun
Put a dead end to all of Bobby's fun
OOhh
Good God almighty, Oh heaven sakes
Betty's Daddy turned out to be Jake

Like a run away train rollin' through the nite
Jake ain't got no fear

Know the hangman judge gonna give the boy 99 years
Here sits Jake at the back of this bar
Sippin' on a nice cold beer

If the law had a clue all they'd do is look right here
When they see Jake..... waitin' for the smoke to clear

Waitin for...OOOOHHHAAA

Mmmmmmmm

I listen, and still I haven't heard
Tell me what is the word
And if I ever heard it
Would it be clear as water

Oh tears run down your face
Reflects the human race
We're all caught up with winnin'
Losing time and space
Life's Lessons

So you think you know it all
but you're headin' for a fall
Oh to make it back again
You'll have to crawl and step back

Take a look around
are your feet still on the ground
Oh can we find you in the section of lost and found
Never think you've got it figured out
'cause when you do you'll begin to doubt
It's time for you to open your eye's

Will we look back and see what we've done
Will we be proud or ashamed of what we've become
Will we realize we all share one fate
Or is this another Life's Lesson, too late

Ohhh

Never think you've got it figured out
'cause when you do you'll begin to doubt
It's time for you to open your eye's

Ohhhh

Will we look back and see what we've done
Will we be proud or ashamed of what we've become
Will we realize we all share one fate
Is this another Life's Lesson, too late

Will we look back and see what we've done

Ohhh, ohhh

Will we realize we all share one fate

Ohhhh Life's Lessons

Ohhh,ohhh,ohhh, yeah Life's Lessons

Ohhhhh - Life's Lessons

Will we look back and see what we've done (back up singers)

Will we realize we all share one fate (back up singers)

Well it took so long for me to realize,
That my destiny was right before my eyes,
If it were up to me to travel through this life,
I'd find an open space for me to live out all my dreams,

CHORUS
I'm such a lucky man, I try to be a stronger man,
I shed a tear or two but that don't make me a weaker man,
It's made me a better man,
I've given all I can,
To a world that sometimes thinks that I'm a lesser man

I remember all the things that I've been through,
Gave myself to all those people I once knew,
I'm such a lucky man

I'd like to thank you for all the times that you have been with me,
I hope it meant as much to you to share these memories,
Theres a guiding light that always seems to shine,
If I did it all again,
I'd be happy to the end,

Im a lucky man,
I try to be a stronger man,
I shed a tear or two but that don't make me a weaker man,
It's made me a better man,
I've given all I can,
To a world that sometimes thinks that I'm a lesser man

I remember all the things that I've been through,
Gave myself to all those people I once knew,
I'm such a lucky man

Im a lucky man,
I try to be a stronger man,
I shed a tear or two but that don't make me a weaker man,
It's made me a better man,
I've given all I can,
To a world that sometimes thinks that I'm a lesser man
I'm a lucky man

Mmmmmmmm

I'm a lucky man

Whoa, such a lucky man

Life is so strange with it's changing yes indeed
Well I've seen hard times and the pressure's been on me
But I keep on working like a working man do
And I got my act together I'm gonna walk all over you

Gimme back my bullets, put 'em back where they belong
Ain't fooling around 'cause I've done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done, gimme back my bullets

Sweet talking people done ran me out of town
And I drank enough whiskey to float a battleship around
But I'm leaving this game one step ahead of you
And you will not hear me cry because I do not sing the blues

Gimme back my bullets, put 'em back where they belong
Ain't fooling around 'cause I've done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done, gimme back,gimme back my bullets
Oh put 'em back........where they belong

Been up and down since I turned seventeen
Well I've been on top then it seems I lost my dream
But I've got it back I'm feeling better every day
Tell all those pencil pushers they better get out of my way

Gimme back my bullets, put 'em back where they belong
Ain't fooling around 'cause I've done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done, gimme back,gimme back my bullets
Ooh put back where they belong
Gimme back my bullets