Collin Raye - All I Can Be (1991) by Collin Raye (보컬) on maniadb.com

All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind from time to time
I can never be more than a knock on your door
Just a shadow that's gone with the sunshine
For you know I'm not free and I never can be
And you're bound to get restless in time

Well listen dear I think it's clear
We need to sit and talk
Seems you've got this notion I've been
having second thoughts
Well I must confess in a way I guess that silly
notion's true
'Cause every second you're not here with me I think of you'
Every second, every minute, every hour of every day
Every second there's a thought of you that comes my way
So if you ask that I've had second thoughts I'd have to say
Every second, every minute, every hour of every day.
Now I propose we drink a toast and turn the lights down low
Put our favoritie music on and hold each other close
Don't worry dear you'll always be here in my heart to stay
Every second, every minute, every hour of every day
Every second, every minute, every hour of every day
Every second there's a thought of you that comes my way
So if you ask that I've had second thoughts I'd guess I have to say
Every second, every minute, every hour of every day.
Every second, every minute, I love you more and more eatch day

You come around most every night
Looking for my heart
Each time i turn out the light
I can count on you to start
Bringing back sweet memories
Of the love we made
You never change
You're a faithful old flame
I know you'll be here right on time
To ear me up again
You never stay away too long
And give me a chance to mend
Tears won't drown your fire in me
It's even worse when it rains
You never stray from a faithful old flame
Just when i think you're gone
You start the fire
And i yearn for your touch
That i miss so much
Embers of love glow even brighter
Than they did
Yesterday, they won't go away
I've tried my best
To put you out
But the spark remains
It's still the same
You're a faithful old flame
You never stray
You're a faithful old flame

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 diesal 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

I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. He said,
"Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so."

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
Of her, I found this letter, and this is what it said:

If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long I'll be.
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till I see you again,
I'll be loving you. Love, me.

I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away,
In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through,
I don't know how long I'll be.
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till I see you again,
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
Between now and then, till I see you again,
I'll be loving you. Love, me.

I hear your favorite music on the jukebox
And right away i know that you are here
You always pick a time
Just when i think my mind is clear you reappear
And once again you've got me in your power
This time i hope it's not a brief romance
'cause it's too late to run
You've got me thinking one slow dance is worth a chance
Then that old blue magic still works like a charm
As if you never even left these aching arms
You put a spell on me i guess i'll always be hypnotized
By that blue magic in your eyes
Though i should run and hide from this illusion
Your smile is so much quicker than my pride
There's something up your sleeve
That makes my heart believe inside
This carpet ride might lift us up and fly us to forever
But up 'til now its all been slight of hand
I've got to face the fact one look and
I'm right back at your command
'cause that old blue magic still works like a charm
As if you never even left these aching arms
You put a spell on me i guess i'll always be hypnotized
By that blue magic in your eyes
Yes, you put a spell on me i guess i'll always be hypnotized
By that blue magic.. that old blue magic... that blue magic in your eyes

When i think about you leaving and being here alone
It's not the love we knew that hurts me
But the love we could have known
I'm not sorry that i held you
I just wish that i still could
Oh it's not that it was so bad
It just could've been so good
I don't regret one moment that we had together
What's killing me is knowing we could have had forever
I just wish we loved each other the way i know we could
Oh it's not that it was so bad
It just could've been so good
I don't want to lose the memories of all the nights we shared
And i never found a new love that ever could compare
I just wish we hadn't left things standing where they stood
Girl it's not that it was so bad
It just could've been so good
Oh it's not that it was so bad
It just could've been so good

We had a storybook beginning getting better with each page
Somewhere in the middle i somehow lost my place
Then came the final chapter where you said we were through
And left me living sadly ever after loving you
Sadly ever after since you said goodbye

You want to know where we go from here
So many roads but none that seem clear
Is what we have enough to last a whole life through
Who knows baby who knows
So you're asking me what do we do

Cause time moves so fast and the chances seem so few
Is it too much to think that we could have it all
Who knows we may never know

But if I were you I'd promise to live life for all it's worth
Take all that you've been given and leave your mark upon this earth
Trust your heart to show you everything you'll ever need
And if I were you I'd fall in love with me

So hold me close I'll kiss away your fears
I won't promise the moon but I promise to be here
And what if together it gets better every day
Who knows baby who knows
But if I were you I'd promise to

But if I were you I'd promise to,
If I were you I'd fall in love with me