George Strait

As I hold you close tonight, hear what I say.
There's no doubt, it's love alright
'Cause I've never felt this way.
An angel's what you are, and now I see
You're not just someone else, you're something special to me.

Every man has a dream and you made mine come true.
How it happened I don't know or care.
I'm just happy I found you.
Wrapped in the arms of love is where I'll be
For all the world to see you're something special to me.

Every man has a dream and you made mine come true.
How it happened I don't know or care.
I'm just happy I found you.
Wrapped in the arms of love is where I'll be
For all the world to see you're something special to me.

It's all such a mystery, you're something special to me.

As I hold you close tonight, hear what I say.
There's no doubt, it's love alright
'Cause I've never felt this way.
An angel's what you are, and now I see
You're not just someone else, you're something special to me.

Every man has a dream and you made mine come true.
How it happened I don't know or care.
I'm just happy I found you.
Wrapped in the arms of love is where I'll be
For all the world to see you're something special to me.

Every man has a dream and you made mine come true.
How it happened I don't know or care.
I'm just happy I found you.
Wrapped in the arms of love is where I'll be
For all the world to see you're something special to me.

It's all such a mystery, you're something special to me.

As I waltz in the arms of somebody new
Could it be what I feel may be too much too soon
But the way that you touch me, I want to give in
It's not so easy holding you when..

You're dancing this dance all wrong
New steps don't come easy
When old memories hang on
I'm finding I'm falling as the music plays on
Keep dancing this dance all wrong.

A new partner's touch to an old partner's song
I'm getting the feeling as we dance along
Two strangers tonight won't be strangers for long
Keep dancing this dance all wrong.

You're dancing this dance all wrong
New steps don't come easy
When old memories hang on
I'm finding I'm falling as the music plays on
Keep dancing this dance all wrong.

You're dancing this dance all wrong
New steps don't come easy
When old memories hang on
I'm finding I'm falling as the music plays on
Keep dancing this dance all wrong...

As I waltz in the arms of somebody new
Could it be what I feel may be too much too soon
But the way that you touch me, I want to give in
It's not so easy holding you when..

You're dancing this dance all wrong
New steps don't come easy
When old memories hang on
I'm finding I'm falling as the music plays on
Keep dancing this dance all wrong.

A new partner's touch to an old partner's song
I'm getting the feeling as we dance along
Two strangers tonight won't be strangers for long
Keep dancing this dance all wrong.

You're dancing this dance all wrong
New steps don't come easy
When old memories hang on
I'm finding I'm falling as the music plays on
Keep dancing this dance all wrong.

You're dancing this dance all wrong
New steps don't come easy
When old memories hang on
I'm finding I'm falling as the music plays on
Keep dancing this dance all wrong...

Hope is an anchor and love is a ship, time is the ocean and life is a trip
You don't know where you're going, ‘till you know where you're at
And if you can't read the stars, well you better have a map
A compass and a conscience, so you don't get lost at sea
Or on some lonely island, where no one wants to be

From the beginning of creation, I think our maker had a plan
For us to leave these shores and sail beyond the sand
And let the good light guide us through the waves and the wind
To the beaches in a world where we have never been
And we'll climb up on a mountain, y'all we'll let our voices ring
Those who've never tried it, they'll be the first to sing

Whoa, my, my
I'll see you on the other side
If I make it
And it might be a long hard ride
But I'm wanna take it
Sometimes it seems that I don't have a prayer
Let the weather take me anywhere
But I know that I wanna go
Where the streets are gold
‘Cause you'll be there
Oh, my , my

You don't bring nothing with you here
And you can't take nothing back
I ain't never seen a hearse, with a luggage rack
So I've torn my knees up prayin'
Scarred my back from fallin' down
Spent so much time flying high, till I'm face first in the ground
So if you're up there watchin' me, would you talk to God and say,
Tell him I might need a hand to see you both someday

Whoa, my, my
So I'll see you on the other side
If I make it
And it might be a long hard ride
But I'm wanna take it
Sometimes it seems that I don't have a prayer
Let the weather take me anywhere
But I know that I wanna go
Where the streets are gold
‘Cause you'll be there
Oh, my , my
Cause you'll be there
Oh, my ,my

Oh, I recall some barroom brawls,
That I got myself into
Just a stich or two,
Got me back together
But, what's it take to ease the ache,
That came with losing you
I thought I was tough,
But goodbye is too much
This healing is taking forever

Woman you sure got this old redneck feeling blue
Whats going on inside me I ain't used to going through
This ol country boys hillbilly heart is breaking in two
Yea, you sure got this old redneck feeling blue

I've never seen anything,
Hit me quite like this
You know the pain and lonliness
It keeps hanging with me
Oh, this good time joe,
He took quite a blow
Oh, why'd you call it quits,
It'll take some time
To mend my mind,
And put me out of my misery

Woman, you sure left this old redneck feelin' blue
Whats going on inside me I ain't used to going through
This ol country boys hillbilly heart is breaking in two
Yea, you sure got this old redneck feeling blue.

Woman.
Yea, you sure got this old redneck feeling blue...

Oh, I recall some barroom brawls,
That I got myself into
Just a stich or two,
Got me back together
But, what's it take to ease the ache,
That came with losing you
I thought I was tough,
But goodbye is too much
This healing is taking forever

Woman you sure got this old redneck feeling blue
Whats going on inside me I ain't used to going through
This ol country boys hillbilly heart is breaking in two
Yea, you sure got this old redneck feeling blue

I've never seen anything,
Hit me quite like this
You know the pain and lonliness
It keeps hanging with me
Oh, this good time joe,
He took quite a blow
Oh, why'd you call it quits,
It'll take some time
To mend my mind,
And put me out of my misery

Woman, you sure left this old redneck feelin' blue
Whats going on inside me I ain't used to going through
This ol country boys hillbilly heart is breaking in two
Yea, you sure got this old redneck feeling blue.

Woman.
Yea, you sure got this old redneck feeling blue...

I feel the same way that I always have.
You still get to me, like you used to do.
I can't complain dear you make my life complete.
After all this time honey, it's still true.
I want to thank you over and over.
I'm gonna love you through and through.
If you changed dear, you just got better.
You still get to me, like you used to do.

When I'm down, dear, there's no way I can hide.
You still get to me, like you used to do.
And if I feel blue, your love is like a light
That you shine for me just to see me through.
I'm here to tell you over and over
I just love you 'cause you're you.
If you changed sweet heart, you just got better.
You still get to me, like you used to do...

Oh how you sparkle
And oh how you shine
The flush on your cheeks
Is more than the wine

And he must do something
That I didn't do
Whatever he's doing
It looks good on you

You look so good in love,
You want him
That's easy to see
You look so good in love
I wish you still wanted me

He must have stolen
The stars from the sky
And gave them to you
To wear in your eyes

I had my chances
But I set you free
And now I wonder
why I couldn't see

You look so good in love,
you want him
It's easy to see
You look so good in love
I wish you still wanted me

(spoken)
Darling I've wasted a lot of years not seeing the real you
But tonight your beauty is shining through,
And I never took the time to let you know
So before he takes you awayplease let me say

You look so good in love,
You want him
Its easy to see
You look so good in Love,
I wish you still wanted me

Oh how you sparkle
And oh how you shine
The flush on your cheeks
Is more than the wine

And he must do something
That I didn't do
Whatever he's doing
It looks good on you

You look so good in love,
You want him
That's easy to see
You look so good in love
I wish you still wanted me

He must have stolen
The stars from the sky
And gave them to you
To wear in your eyes

I had my chances
But I set you free
And now I wonder
why I couldn't see

You look so good in love,
you want him
It's easy to see
You look so good in love
I wish you still wanted me

(spoken)
Darling I've wasted a lot of years not seeing the real you
But tonight your beauty is shining through,
And I never took the time to let you know
So before he takes you awayplease let me say

You look so good in love,
You want him
Its easy to see
You look so good in Love,
I wish you still wanted me

Baby since you left me there's somebody new
She thinks I'm perfect I swear
She likes my body, my class, and my charm
She says I've got a confident air
She respects my ambition, thinks I'm talented too
But she's in love with an image time is bound to see through
Oh,

Chorus:
You know me better than that
You know the me that gets lazy and fat
How moody I can be
All my insecurities
You've seen me lose all my charm
You know I was raised on a farm
Oh she tells her friends I'm perfect
And that I love her cat
But you know me better than that

I miss picnics and blue jeans and buckets of beer
Now it's ballet and symphony hall
I'm in culture clean up to my ears
It's like wearin' a shoe that's too small
Oh I caught her with an issue of brides magazine
Starin' at dresses and pickin' out rings
But,

Chorus

Oh she tells her friends I'm perfect
And that I love that cat
Oh, but you know me better than that

The laughter is gone
The crying' is over
And I'm not losin' sleep anymore
The walls are all bare
The closet's half empty
The phone doesn't ring like before
I'm done with fallin' apart
I'm waitin' for my change of heart.

I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Of the things that I need to forget
Everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet.

I painted our room
Replaced all the curtains
And there's a new rug on the floor
Called up the Good Will
Said come and get it
Everything she left behind is yours
I can still see you drivin' away
So why do I still see your face
When.

I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Of the things that I need to forget
Everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet.

There's not a picture left
Not a stitch of clothes
But there's still something here
And I don't believe in ghosts

I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Of the things that I need to forget
Everything's gone
But you haven't left me yet

I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own again
You haven't left me yet
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Oh, You haven't left me yet
Everything's gone
You haven't left me yet...

At a table for two,
With candle light and wine.
That diamond burnin' holes in his pockets,
Thinkin' now's the perfect time.

When he popped the question,
He could see the teardrops fill her eyes.
She said I knew this was comin'
And I'm sorry, but I hope you realize.

You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can tell it what to do, but it won't listen at all.
You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

Then she reached for his hand
And said, I want you to know,
I've done everything that I know
Of to make the feeling grow.

I've begged and I've pleaded with my heart,
But there's no gettin' through.
My heart's the only part of me
That's not in love with you.

You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can tell it what to do, but it won't listen at all.
You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can tell it what to do, but it won't listen at all.
You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall...

At a table for two,
With candle light and wine.
That diamond burnin' holes in his pockets,
Thinkin' now's the perfect time.

When he popped the question,
He could see the teardrops fill her eyes.
She said I knew this was comin'
And I'm sorry, but I hope you realize.

You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can tell it what to do, but it won't listen at all.
You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

Then she reached for his hand
And said, I want you to know,
I've done everything that I know
Of to make the feeling grow.

I've begged and I've pleaded with my heart,
But there's no gettin' through.
My heart's the only part of me
That's not in love with you.

You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can tell it what to do, but it won't listen at all.
You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can tell it what to do, but it won't listen at all.
You can't make a heart love somebody.
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall.

You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall...

I never saw the end in sight, fools are kinda blind
Thought everything was going all right, but I was running out of time
'Cause you have one foot out the door, I swear I didn't see
But if you'r really going away, heres some final words from me.

Baby write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go
Write this down!

Take my words and read them everyday
Keep them close by, don't you let them fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down!

I'll sign it at the bottom of the page, I'll swear under oath
Every single word is true, and I think you need to know
So use it as a book mark, stick it on your frigerator door
Hang it in a picture frame up above the mantle where you can see it for sure

Baby write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go
Write this down!

Take my words and read them everyday
Keep them close by, don't you let them fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down!

You can find the chisel, I can find the stone
Folks'll be a-readin these words, long after we're gone.

Baby write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go
Write this down!

Take my words and read them everyday
Keep them close by, don't you let them fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down!

Oh, I love you and I dont want you to go
Baby write this down!...

I never saw the end in sight, fools are kinda blind
Thought everything was going all right, but I was running out of time
'Cause you have one foot out the door, I swear I didn't see
But if you'r really going away, heres some final words from me.

Baby write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go
Write this down!

Take my words and read them everyday
Keep them close by, don't you let them fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down!

I'll sign it at the bottom of the page, I'll swear under oath
Every single word is true, and I think you need to know
So use it as a book mark, stick it on your frigerator door
Hang it in a picture frame up above the mantle where you can see it for sure

Baby write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go
Write this down!

Take my words and read them everyday
Keep them close by, don't you let them fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down!

You can find the chisel, I can find the stone
Folks'll be a-readin these words, long after we're gone.

Baby write this down, take a little note
To remind you in case you didn't know
Tell yourself I love you and I don't want you to go
Write this down!

Take my words and read them everyday
Keep them close by, don't you let them fade away
So you'll remember what I forgot to say
Write this down!

Oh, I love you and I dont want you to go
Baby write this down!...

What kind of a world would it be
For you without me
Would you think its a better world,
Or would you be lonely
And if your love for me should die,
Would you even say goodbye
Or would you just walk away
Into the dark of night.

Sometimes I need assurance of your love
All your thoughts and gentle touch
Only kings are worthy of
And at these times you take me by the hand
Like a child you lead me through
A wonderland of love.

I can't visualize without you by my side,
Life would be meaningless
Like some of them skies
Girl, you show me everyday,
You're love in everyway
I'm afraid it's all a dream,
That'll favor your awake

Sometimes I need assurance of your love
All your thoughts and gentle touch.
Only kings are worthy of
And at these times you take me by the hand
And Like a child you lead me through
A wonderland of love

A wonderland of love...

You take it nice and easy
You play it safe 'cause that's what people do today
I guess that's ok
Girl, somewhere in your mind
There must be a perfect time to fall in love
But baby, I'm burnin' up.

So why not now, why not here
Darlin', my heart just ain't too clear
Oh, What are we waitin' for
'Cause I've never been so sure
Why not you, why not me
Livin' like we were meant to be
Together, forever
Why not now?

Right here in this moment
We could start a love to stand the test of time
Baby, you know that's right
No one knows tomorrow
The mornin' sun could rise and take our chance away
Long gone with yesterday.

So why not now, why not here
Darlin', my heart just ain't too clear
Oh, what are we waitin' for
'Cause I've never been so sure
Why not you, why not me
Livin' like we were meant to be
Together, forever
Why not now?

So why not now, why not here
Darlin', my heart just ain't too clear
Oh, what are we waitin' for
'Cause I've never been so sure
Why not you, why not me
Livin' like we were meant to be
Together, forever
Why not now?..

Been down the road to work and back
Been in what I thought was love a few times
But every once in a while I stop and ask
Where have I been all my life

These days broccoli don't taste so bad
And neither does swallowing my prde
And I'm agreeing more and more with my old man
Where have I been all my life

Some years are clear and some a little blurry
Man how they fly by
Mom and dad sure got old in a hurry
Where have I been all my life

Been learning that forgiveness is as much for myself
As it is for the other guy
And I read the good book these days and believe it
Where have I been all my life

Some years are clear and some a little blurry
Man how they fly by
Mom and dad sure got old in a hurry
Where have I been all my life

I heard "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
It brought a tear to my eye
After all these years I finally get that song

Don't go in the summertime
It's too hot, and the rooms are high
But if you go in the fall you'll have a ball
There's so much to see and do
When you're in love

There's an old hotel right on the beach
Romantic rooms you won't want to leave
But take my word take a stroll into town
There's so much, to see and do
When you're in love

Don't miss Jamaica Joe's you can dine Al fresco
Then dance in the street 'til the sun comes up
You can take a barefoot cruise
Share a moonlight made for two
There's so little time and so much, to see and do
When you're in love

Be sure and take, lots of pictures when you're there
Be sure and make, lots of memories trust me

Don't go in the summertime
It's too hot and the rooms are high
But if you go in the fall you'll have a ball
There's so much, to see and do
When you're in love

There's so much to see and do

They don't have words
To say how blue I'm feelin'
This ol' world can lift you up then lay ya' down
It's a mighty lonesome feelin'
When your lover's gone
This ol' town go's colder
When you're a man on your own

I keep walkin' the streets of this ol' city
Window shoppin' but I can't see a thing
Just a walkin' and a hummin'
This lonesome song
This ol' town grow's colder
When you're a man on your own

Oh' look at them their smilein'
They don't know I'm here
They couldn't care less
If I just up and disappeared
Oh' there must be a reason
Why my nights are so long
It's a mighty lonesome feelin'
When you're a man on your own

Yeah, it's a mighty lonesome feelin'
When you're a man on your own...

What's going on in your world? I hope that you're doing fine.
I just called to say there's not a day that you don't cross my mind.
I just wanted to see if you feel like me - sorry that we said goodbye.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

What's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

What's going on in your world? I hope that you're doing fine.
I just called to say there's not a day that you don't cross my mind.
I just wanted to see if you feel like me - sorry that we said goodbye.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

What's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

What's going on in your world? I hope that you're doing fine.
I just called to say there's not a day that you don't cross my mind.
I just wanted to see if you feel like me - sorry that we said goodbye.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Just tell me that you're happy and I'll hang up the phone.
Just tell me you don't need me anymore and I'll leave you alone.
I just wondered if you had somebody new after all of this time.
So what's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

What's going on in your world? It sure is lonesome in mine.

Sometimes I smile
When you stayed home for awhile
What did you expect me to do
I always cry each time you told a lie
What did you expect me to do?

Each time I forgave you, you grew bolder
And each time you hurt me my heart grew colder
Sure, I love you but I found someone new
What did you expect me to do?

Each time I forgave you, you grew bolder
And each time you hurt me my heart grew colder
Sure, I love you but I found someone new
What did you expect me to do?

Sometimes I smile
When you stayed home for awhile
What did you expect me to do
I always cry each time you told a lie
What did you expect me to do?

Each time I forgave you, you grew bolder
And each time you hurt me my heart grew colder
Sure, I love you but I found someone new
What did you expect me to do?

Each time I forgave you, you grew bolder
And each time you hurt me my heart grew colder
Sure, I love you but I found someone new
What did you expect me to do?

It's six minutes until eleven
The phone rings but it's never you
I won't walk the floor
I'll just watch it
Stood up, impatient, and blue.

What am I waiting for?
She might never show
What am I waiting for?
My legs won't let me go
What am I waiting for?
What am I waiting for?
She'll never get here.

It's not that I'm worried about her
She'll think of some brand new excuse
So why am I all alone and crazy?
While she's having fun running loose.

What am I waiting for?
She might never show
What am I waiting for?
My legs won't let me go
What am I waiting for?
What am I waiting for?
She'll never get here.

It's six minutes after eleven
But I'm talking about the next day
Our date was just made to be broken
I guess some things just never change.

What am I waiting for?
She might never show
What am I waiting for?
My legs won't let me go
What am I waiting for?
What am I waiting for?
She'll never get here.

What am I waiting for?

What am I waiting for?

What am I waiting for?

She'll never get here...

I'm on my way to Amarillo
I can't seem to get my fill of that
Little west Texas Town
I've got a sweet thing built, right Betty
Head to toe, shes mighty pretty
Living in that west Texas town

Friday comes, it's time to roll
Time for me to hit the road
I've got my eyes on the horizon
My little dish in that panhandle
Lights up like a Roman Candle
When I reach that west Texas town
Ah, sing it Dean

From Big Spring all the way to Plainview
I can't wait to get to you know who
In that west Tesas town
I drive through hell and half of Texas
Just to get to her by breakfast
Waiting in the west Texas town

Friday comes, it's time to roll
Time for me to hit the road
I've got my eyes on the horizon
My little dish in that panhandle
Lights up like a Roman Candle
When I reach that west Texas town
Ah, sing it Dean

Baby, turn the porch light on
Your big Poppa's coming home
To that west Texas town
Awwww...

We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you need to lie.
This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere,
We're gettin' way too close to going there
The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this.
Only an isolated incident, but the acquaintance left me stunned.
The first attraction was the hardest hit I thought I'd ever overcome.

This kinda situation has to pass, this chance encounter has to be the last.
To take it further we would be remiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.
We'd each be hurting somebody else if we don't say our good-byes real fast.
Won't even think about a farewell kiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.

Well...
We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you have to lie.
This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere,
We're gettin' way too close to going there
The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this.

This kinda situation has to pass, this chance encounter has to be the last.
To take it further we would be remiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.
Won't even think about a good-bye kiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.

We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you need to lie.
This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere,
We're gettin' way too close to going there
The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this.
Only an isolated incident, but the acquaintance left me stunned.
The first attraction was the hardest hit I thought I'd ever overcome.

This kinda situation has to pass, this chance encounter has to be the last.
To take it further we would be remiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.
We'd each be hurting somebody else if we don't say our good-byes real fast.
Won't even think about a farewell kiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.

Well...
We really shouldn't be doing this and we both know why.
Just being close enough to think like this, enough to make you have to lie.
This kinda talk will lead us to somewhere,
We're gettin' way too close to going there
The farther off the better to resist, we really shouldn't be doing this.

This kinda situation has to pass, this chance encounter has to be the last.
To take it further we would be remiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.
Won't even think about a good-bye kiss, we really shouldn't be doing this.

Give me a bottle,
Of your very best,
Cause I've got a problem
I'm gonna drink off my chest.
I'm gonna spend the night,
Gettin' down,
Cause that woman that I had
Wrapped around my finger just a come unwound.

That woman that I had wrapped around my
Finger just a come unwound,
She kicked my out of the house and
Tonight I'm whiskey bound.
Well I'm gonna be,
The drunkest fool in town,
Cause that woman that I had
Wrapped around my finger just a come unwound.

Well she packed my bags,
And opened up the door,
And I got a feelin she didnt want me around no more.
She caught me in a lie,
When I was messin around,
And that woman that I had
Wrapped around my finger just a come unwound.

That woman that I had wrapped around my
Finger just a come unwound,
She kicked my out of the house and
Tonight I'm whiskey bound.
Well I'm gonna be,
The drunkest fool in town,
Cause that woman that i had
Wrapped around my finger just a come unwound.
Just a come unwound

And that woman that I had
Wrapped around my finger just a come unwound.

Oh, how I wish
You could read my mind
'Cause words can't always tell it
Like it is, some times
When we're this close
The lights and music glow
Why don't we let our feelings
Take us where we want to go.

Under these conditions
There ain't no wrong or right
We're dealing with emotions
That's running wild tonight
A man needs a women
A women needs a man
And under these conditions
Hearts get out of hand.

You've got those eyes
That won't let go of me
They pull me in and out of touch
With reality
And you got those lips,
That I just got to taste
I'd love to hear them whisper
Darlin take me from this place.

Under these conditions
There ain't no wrong or right
We're dealing with emotions
That's running wild tonight
A man needs a women
A women needs a man
And under these conditions
Hearts get out of hand...

When I get off of work on Friday after working like a dog all week
I go to meet the boys for a cold one at a little joint up the street
They got a jukebox in the corner full of old country tunes
Feed it five dollars worth of quarters is the first thing I always do

'Cause I need a little twang
A little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings
Some peddle steel whining like a whistle of an old freight train
To get that foot stomping honkey tonkin' feeling going through my veins
I ned a little twang, twant, twang

Well, I like a lot of kinds of music
I try to keep an open mind
Depending on the mood to strike me
If I'm gonna stay till closing time
So when I wanna lift my spirits to get me feeling worth a dang
I know I'm gonna have to heart it
'Cause I gotta have some Hank to hang

'Cause I need a little twang
A little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings
Some peddle steel whining like a whistle of an old freight train
To get that foot stomping honkey tonkin' feeling going through my veins
I ned a little twang, twant, twang

'Cause I need a little twang
A little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings
Some peddle steel whining like a whistle of an old freight train
To get that foot stomping honkey tonkin' feeling going through my veins
I ned a little twang, twant, twang

True in this modern world, when two lovers get together
chances of em ever makin it to forever,
couldn't be better than two in a million hearts.
Girl this ain't just another run of the mill emotion,
What I'm feelin' the definition of devotion, my love for you is true

True like the sun comin' up each mornin,
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as the mountain river winding,
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true

True not another minute on this earth can be borrowed,
so there's no way to know when i'll live my last tomorrow
but everyday i get i'll share with you
this feelin just keeps getting stronger as the time goes by
it's written on my face you can see it in my eyes
My love for you is true

True like the sun comin' up each mornin,
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as the mountain river winding,
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true

True like the sun comin' up each mornin,
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as the mountain river winding,
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true

True in this modern world, when two lovers get together
chances of em ever makin it to forever,
couldn't be better than two in a million hearts.
Girl this ain't just another run of the mill emotion,
What I'm feelin' the definition of devotion, my love for you is true

True like the sun comin' up each mornin,
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as the mountain river winding,
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true

True not another minute on this earth can be borrowed,
so there's no way to know when i'll live my last tomorrow
but everyday i get i'll share with you
this feelin just keeps getting stronger as the time goes by
it's written on my face you can see it in my eyes
My love for you is true

True like the sun comin' up each mornin,
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as the mountain river winding,
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true

True like the sun comin' up each mornin,
Bright as the light in a baby's smile,
Sure as the mountain river winding,
Right as the rain fallin' from the sky,
Girl my love for you, is true

I still feel 25, most of the time.
I still raise a little cain with the boys.
Honky tonks and pretty women.
Lord I'm still right there with them.
Singing above the crowd and the noise.

Sometimes I feel like Jesse James,
Still trying to make a name.
Knowing nothing's gonna change what I am.
I was a young troubadour, when I rode in on a song.
And I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone.

Well, The truth about a mirror, It's that a damned old mirror,
Don't really tell the whole truth.
It don't show what's deep inside, or read between the lines,
it's really no reflection of my youth.

Sometimes I feel like Jesse James,
Still trying to make a name.
Knowing nothing's gonna change what I am.
I was a young troubadour, when I rode in on a song.
And I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone.

I was a young troubadour, when I rode in on a song.
I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone.
I'll be an old troubadour, when I'm gone.

I was five years old
When daddy started packing
And I stood there by my momma
As she cried
And the next thing that we knew
Some old train came passing through
And daddy got on board
And we ain't seen him no more.

I wonder why trains make me lonesome
It happens everytime that engine moans some
And when I hear that whistle blow
It makes my heart sink low
And I wonder why trains make me lonesome.

It was a cold dark night
When I drove her to the depot
There were tears in my eyes
And a ticket in her hand
And as we stood there by those tracks
I knew she wasn't coming back
So I turned and walked away
But I still miss her today.

I wonder why trains make me lonesome
It happens everytime that engine moans some
Now, when I hear that whistle blow
It makes my heart sink low
And I wonder why trains make me lonesome.

Those blocks looked like little stations
Those ink spots look like engine No. 9
And this couch on which I lay
Suppose to haul my blues away
That old pipe you keep toking
Is like an old coal engine smoking.

I wonder why trains make me lonesome
It happens everytime that engine moans some
And when I hear that whistle blow
It makes my heart sink low
And I wonder why trains make me lonesome.

Oh yes, I wonder why trains make me lonesome...

Well, here we sit at a table for two
But bottle, there's just me and you
She loved me so, but I loved her so wrong
I gave her too much of too little, too long

So tell me bottle, are the things I hear true
That all the answers are in the bottle, of you
I need your help, this memory's is so strong
I gave her too much of too little, too long

Sometimes a man can get lost in a world of his own
He'll neglect his real world, who's waiting at home
A woman needs her man's love, to lean on
I gave her too much of too little, too long

I gave her too much of too little, too long...

We made it final today
I gave you all I had
You made your getaway
All the love we once made
Turned to memories today

I left the courtroom and went straight to the church
I hit my knees and told God how much I hurt
Nothing left of my heart
It's gonna be so hard to make a new start

Cause today my world slipped away
We buried the plans that we made
And tonight I'm alone and afraid
Cause today my world slipped away

All my friends say I'll make it alright
I'll recover and start a new life
But that'll be so hard to do
Cause livin ain't worth livin without you

Cause today my world slipped away
We buried the plans that we made
And tonight I'm alone and afraid
Cause today my world slipped away

Cause today my world slipped away

The band had just started when they walked in the door
He sat her at a table and strolled out on the floor
He grabbed the first sweet thang that gave him the eye
And left the door open for the steal of the night

Three dances later she was still in her chair
He was still on the dance floor like he didn't care
So I eased on over, there was no ring in sight
And I found myself facin' the steal of the night.

She was the steal of the night,
Oh yeah, she was the steal of the night
Her long hair flowin' and her jeans so tight
I held her close and it felt so right
She was the steal of the night
Oh yeah, she was the steal of the night
He left her lonely and the pickin's were right
She was the steal of the night

We danced every slow one the band could play
Was it ever this easy for ole Jesse James
Had the gold in my hands and the banker was blind
Just inches away from the steal of the night

When the band stopped playin' we walked to the car
As I closed the door he ran out of the bar
Saw him shaking his fist under the parkin' lot light
As I strolled away with the steal of the night

She was the steal of the night,
Oh yeah, she was the steal of the night
Her long hair flowin' and her jeans so tight
I held her close and it felt so right
She was the steal of the night
Oh yeah, she was the steal of the night
He left her lonely and the pickin's were right
She was the steal of the night

She was the steal of the night,
Oh yeah, she was the steal of the night
Her long hair flowin' and her jeans so tight
I held her close and it felt so right
She was...

I left, out of Tucson, with no destination in mind.
I was runnin' from trouble and the jail-term the Judge had in mind.
And the border meant freedom, a new life, romance,
And that's why I thought I should go,
And start my life over on the seashores of old Mexico.

My first night in Juarez, lost all the money I had.
One bad senorita made use of one innocent lad.
But I must keep on runnin'; it's too late to turn back:
I'm wanted in Tucson, I'm told.
Yeah, an' things'll blow over on the seashores of old Mexico.

Two Mexican farmers en route to a town I can't say,
Let me ride on the back of a flatbed half-loaded with hay.
Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera,
Then in the Manzanillos,
Where I slept on the seashores of old Mexico.

After one long siesta, I came wide awake in the night.
I was startled by someone who shadowed the pale moonlight.
My new-found companion, one young senorita,
Who offered a broken hello,
To the gringo she found on the seashores of old Mexico.

She spoke of Sonora and swore that she'd never return,
For her Mexican husband, she really had no great concern.
'Cause she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo:
That's all I needed to know.
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico.

Yeah, she loved the gringo, my red hair and lingo:
That's all I needed to know, ha, ha.
Yeah, I found what I needed on the seashores of old Mexico.

Some people say I'm one of those guys
The blessings of life over looked.
Sometimes I feel like the tattered, torn pages
Of some old paperback book.
All the places I've played and the money I made,
I've still have nothin' to show.
And the only thing I have left
In the whole wide world is you.

You put your whole life into something you love,
But you never get that one big break
That'll take you out of the backstreet bar
And put you on center stage
But a million tears and million beers
Have just about washed me up.
And the only thing I have left
In the whole wide world is you.

I gave it all I had every night for all these years,
Pourin' out my soul till it was gone.
I spread myself so thin that I'm just barely hangin' on.
But tonight I'm with you, you can carry me through;
Just l o v e me.
'Cause the only thing I have left
In the whole wide world is you

I gave it all I had every night for all these years,
Pourin' out my soul till it was gone.
I spread myself so thin that I'm just barely hangin' on.
But tonight I'm with you, you can carry me through;
Just l o v e me.
'Cause the only thing I have left
In the whole wide world is you...

I'm not the hero
Who will always save the day
Don't always wear the white hat
Don't always know the way
I may not even be the dream
You wanted to come true
But I'll always be the man in love with you
I'm not the key
That opens every door
Don't have the power
To give you all you want and more
But when you're needing something special
You can hold onto
I'll always be the man in love with you

I could never work miracles
That maybe others who can do what I can't do
But no one else can be
As good as me
In loving you
So when the world won't turn
The way you wish it would
And the dreams you have don't come alive
As often as they should
Remember that there's someone there who's heart is always true
I'll always be the man in love with you

Remember that there's someone there who's heart is always true
Someone there to help you make it through
I'll always be the man in love with you

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Last night we had a bad one a mile or two down the road,
Yeah my buddy walked out and left his woman burnin' outta control.
Well I was down their in 'bout an hour or so,
With a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

I got a fire engine red, T-Bird automobile,
In a minute or less I can be dress fit to kill.
I work twenty four on and twenty four off,
If they get too hot they just give me a call.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Last night we had a bad one a mile or two down the road,
Yeah my buddy walked out and left his woman burnin' outta control.
Well I was down their in 'bout an hour or so,
With a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

I got a fire engine red, T-Bird automobile,
In a minute or less I can be dress fit to kill.
I work twenty four on and twenty four off,
If they get too hot they just give me a call.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Last night we had a bad one a mile or two down the road,
Yeah my buddy walked out and left his woman burnin' outta control.
Well I was down their in 'bout an hour or so,
With a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

I got a fire engine red, T-Bird automobile,
In a minute or less I can be dress fit to kill.
I work twenty four on and twenty four off,
If they get too hot they just give me a call.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

Yeah, they call me the Fireman,
That's my name.
Makin' my rounds all over town
Puttin' out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have what I got,
I can cool 'em down when their smolderin' hot.
I'm the Fireman,
That's my name.

I knew the stakes were high right from the start
And when she dealt the cards I dealt my heart
Now I just found a game that I can't play
And this is where the cowboy rides away

And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
It's time to say goodbye to yesterday
And this is where the cowboy rides away

We've been in and out of love and in-between
And now we play the final show-down scene
And as the credits roll a sad song starts to play
And this is where the cowboy rides away

And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
And this is where the cowboy rides away

Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
And this is where the cowboy rides away

I knew the stakes were high right from the start
And when she dealt the cards I dealt my heart
Now I just found a game that I can't play
And this is where the cowboy rides away

And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
It's time to say goodbye to yesterday
And this is where the cowboy rides away

We've been in and out of love and in-between
And now we play the final show-down scene
And as the credits roll a sad song starts to play
And this is where the cowboy rides away

And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
And this is where the cowboy rides away

Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
And this is where the cowboy rides away

I knew the stakes were high right from the start
And when she dealt the cards I dealt my heart
Now I just found a game that I can't play
And this is where the cowboy rides away

And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
It's time to say goodbye to yesterday
And this is where the cowboy rides away

We've been in and out of love and in-between
And now we play the final show-down scene
And as the credits roll a sad song starts to play
And this is where the cowboy rides away

And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
And this is where the cowboy rides away

Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
And this is where the cowboy rides away

Well her old friend, from her own end of town dropped by today,
And way down deep inside me something died
When he came 'round to see her that way.
Here it comes again, that same old chilly wind
Will blow like a cold winter squall.

And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.
And I'll be drinking again and thinking whenever he calls,
There's a storm coming on, it won't be too long till the snow falls.
Oh I'll be sobersome,
But when October comes and goes and no time at all
I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.

Oh how quick they slip away, here today and gone tomorrow.
Love and seasons never stay, bitter winds are sure to follow.
Now there's no doubt, it's gonna be cold out tonight;
I've shivered all day, and when I look in her eyes
Needing to hold her so tight, she just looks away.
Oh she'll swear that it's true, he's just someone she knew
Long ago, and I'll know that's not all,

And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.
Oh I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.

Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair.
No, that one's not taken; I don't mind if you sit here.
I'll be glad to share.
Yeah, it's usually packed here on Friday nights.
Oh, if you don't mind, could I talk you out of a light?
Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy?
Oh, listen to me. What I mean is can I buy you a drink?
Anything you please.
Oh, you're welcome. Well, I don't think I caught your name.
Are you waiting for someone to meet you here?
Well, that makes two of us, glad you came.
No, I don't know the name of the band.
But they're good, aren't they?
Would you like to dance?
Yeah, I like this song too, it reminds me of you and me, baby.
Do you think there's a chance that later on I could drive you home?
No, I don't mind at all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.

That wasn't my chair after all (fades out).

Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair.
No, that one's not taken; I don't mind if you sit here.
I'll be glad to share.
Yeah, it's usually packed here on Friday nights.
Oh, if you don't mind, could I talk you out of a light?
Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy?
Oh, listen to me. What I mean is can I buy you a drink?
Anything you please.
Oh, you're welcome. Well, I don't think I caught your name.
Are you waiting for someone to meet you here?
Well, that makes two of us, glad you came.
No, I don't know the name of the band.
But they're good, aren't they?
Would you like to dance?
Yeah, I like this song too, it reminds me of you and me, baby.
Do you think there's a chance that later on I could drive you home?
No, I don't mind at all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.

That wasn't my chair after all (fades out).

Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair.
No, that one's not taken; I don't mind if you sit here.
I'll be glad to share.
Yeah, it's usually packed here on Friday nights.
Oh, if you don't mind, could I talk you out of a light?
Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy?
Oh, listen to me. What I mean is can I buy you a drink?
Anything you please.
Oh, you're welcome. Well, I don't think I caught your name.
Are you waiting for someone to meet you here?
Well, that makes two of us, glad you came.
No, I don't know the name of the band.
But they're good, aren't they?
Would you like to dance?
Yeah, I like this song too, it reminds me of you and me, baby.
Do you think there's a chance that later on I could drive you home?
No, I don't mind at all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.

That wasn't my chair after all (fades out).

Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair.
No, that one's not taken; I don't mind if you sit here.
I'll be glad to share.
Yeah, it's usually packed here on Friday nights.
Oh, if you don't mind, could I talk you out of a light?
Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy?
Oh, listen to me. What I mean is can I buy you a drink?
Anything you please.
Oh, you're welcome. Well, I don't think I caught your name.
Are you waiting for someone to meet you here?
Well, that makes two of us, glad you came.
No, I don't know the name of the band.
But they're good, aren't they?
Would you like to dance?
Yeah, I like this song too, it reminds me of you and me, baby.
Do you think there's a chance that later on I could drive you home?
No, I don't mind at all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth,
That wasn't my chair after all.

That wasn't my chair after all (fades out).

He looks up from second base dad's up in the stands
He saw the hit, the run, the slide there ain't no bigger fan
In the parking lot after the game he said
"Dad I thought you had a plane to catch"
He smiled and said "Yeah son I did"

Life's not the breaths you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain't what it's all about
Ya just might miss the point
Try'n to win the race
Life's not the breaths you take
But the moments that take your breath away

Fast forward fifteen years
And a thousand miles away
Boy's built a life he's got a wife
And a baby due today
He hears a voice saying "I made it son
He said "I told you dad you didn't have to come"
He smiles and says "Yeah I know you did"

Life's not the breaths you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain't what it's all about
Ya just might miss the point
Try'n to win the race
Life's not the breaths you take
But the moments that take your breath away

Just like it took my breath when she was born
Just like it took my breath away when dad took his last that morn

Life's not the breaths you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain't what it's all about
Ya just might miss the point
If ya don't slow down the pace
Life's not the breaths you take

Without a warnin' your out of control.
The ground shakes and the oceans roll.
This is the big one,
There's no where to run.

On the Richter scale of a romance,
You hit 12 and you don't stand a chance.
This is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Now it's Beep, Beep, Beep,
My hearts sendin' out a message.
Please, please, please,
Don't save me tonight.
SOS in this situation means,
She's Out of Sight.

No need to panic,
I tell myself.
But I've never felt this feelin' with anybody else.
So, this is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Now it's Beep, Beep, Beep,
My hearts sendin' out a message.
Please, please, please,
Don't save me tonight.
SOS in this situation means,
She's Out of Sight.

No need to panic,
I tell myself.
But I've never felt this feelin' with anybody else.
So, this is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Oh yeah, this is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Without a warnin' your out of control.
The ground shakes and the oceans roll.
This is the big one,
There's no where to run.

On the Richter scale of a romance,
You hit 12 and you don't stand a chance.
This is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Now it's Beep, Beep, Beep,
My hearts sendin' out a message.
Please, please, please,
Don't save me tonight.
SOS in this situation means,
She's Out of Sight.

No need to panic,
I tell myself.
But I've never felt this feelin' with anybody else.
So, this is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Now it's Beep, Beep, Beep,
My hearts sendin' out a message.
Please, please, please,
Don't save me tonight.
SOS in this situation means,
She's Out of Sight.

No need to panic,
I tell myself.
But I've never felt this feelin' with anybody else.
So, this is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

Oh yeah, this is the big one,
I'm fallin' in love.

We loaded up my old station wagon
With a tent, a Coleman, and sleeping bags
Some fishing poles, a cooler of cokes
Three days before we had to be back

When you're seven you're in seventh heaven
When you're going camping in the wild outdoors
As we turned up on that old dirt road
He looked at me and swore

Dad, this could be the best day of my life
I've been dreaming day and night about the fun we've had
Just me and you doing what I've always wanted to
I'm the luckiest boy alive
This is the best day of my life

His fifteenth birthday rolled around
Classic cars were his thing
When I pulled in the drive with that old 'vette
I thought that boy would go in sane

When you're in your teens
Your dreams revolve around four spinning wheels
You worked nights on end
'Till it was new again
And as he sat behind the wheel

He said Dad
This could be the best day of my life
I've been dreaming day and night
About the fun we've had
Just me and you
Doing what I've always wanted to
I'm the luckiest boy alive
This is the best day of my life

Standing in a little room
Back of the church with our tuxes on
Looking at him I say I can't believe son that you're grown

He said Dad
This could be the best day of my life
I've been dreaming day and night
Of being like you
Now its me and her
Watching you and mom I've learned
I'm the luckiest man alive
This is the best day of my life

I'm the luckiest man alive
This is the best day of my life

Well that's just great
Just what I needed
The icing on that cake
You're leavin'
But I give up
Throw up my hands
There's nothing I can say or do
I've done all that I can

That's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What goes around comes around they say
That's the breaks
The way that ol' cookie crumbles
And what's been comin' round
Ain't been goin' my way

Well surprise me
Tell me something new
I know leavin's what I got
Comin' from you
And I'm sorry
You know I am
But one way or another I'll come through
In one piece once again

That's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What goes around comes around they say
That's the breaks
The way that ol' cookie crumbles
And what's been comin' round
Ain't been goin' my way

That's the breaks
The way the cookie crumbles
What goes around comes around they say
That's the breaks
The way that ol' cookie crumbles
And what's been comin' round
Ain't been goin' my way

What's been coming 'round
Ain't been going my way
That's the breaks

There wouldn't be no Alamo,
No Cowboys in the Superbowl:
No "Lonesome Dove", no "Yellow Rose",
If it wasn't for Texas.

I wouldn't be a Willie fan.
Nobody'd swim the Rio Grande.
I wouldn't be an American,
If it wasn't for Texas.

Fort Worth would never cross my mind,
An' there'd be no Austin City limits sign.
No Lonestar of any kind.
If it wasn't for Texas.

I'd never've gone to Tennessee,
To sing my songs an' chase my dreams.
Only Heaven knows just where I'd be,
If it wasn't for Texas.

Fort Worth would never cross my mind.
There'd be no Austin City limits sign.
An' no Lonestar of any kind.
If it wasn't for Texas.

It made me the man I am:
Thank God for my old stompin' ground.
I wouldn't be standin' right here, right now,
If it wasn't for Texas.
If it wasn't for Texas.
If it wasn't for Texas.

Love is so beautiful
When everything is fine
But when it is like hers and mine
And lives and dies at least ten thousand times.

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
How those old oil wells smell in the wind
Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back, believing I belong there again.

Eyes as blue as Tulsa skies
I kept getting lost in when I met her
Hair like Oklahoma sand
I could run my hands through forever
But all good things must end
All rivers have to bend
I keep running
But she keeps pulling me back in.

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
How those old oil wells smell in the wind
Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back, believing I belong there again.

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back, believing I belong there again...

Love is so beautiful
When everything is fine
But when it is like hers and mine
And lives and dies at least ten thousand times.

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
How those old oil wells smell in the wind
Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back, believing I belong there again.

Eyes as blue as Tulsa skies
I kept getting lost in when I met her
Hair like Oklahoma sand
I could run my hands through forever
But all good things must end
All rivers have to bend
I keep running
But she keeps pulling me back in.

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
How those old oil wells smell in the wind
Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back, believing I belong there again.

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back, believing I belong there again...

Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry

You see that girl with the red dress on,
Some folks call her Dinah
Stoled my heart away from me
Way down in Louisiana

Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry

The big bee sucks the blossom
And the little bee makes the honey
Poor man throws the cotton
And the rich man makes the money

Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry

We travel all over this country wide
Playing music by the hour
Always wear this great big smile
We never do look sour

Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry

Would I go...
You ...
Let me off ...
And I'll walk down to Greenwood

Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry
Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry

I hate to admit it
But somebody else came along
And took you're love away
And tonight as I lay here
All alone in this room
He's out there some where
Takin' my place

Stranger things have happened to me
And it's getting all over town
That stranger things have happened to me
That stranger is holding her now

She said, I had better stop running around
Or she was gonna find somebody new
And that lady meant it
Because, now she's gone
And someone else is walking in my shoes

Stranger things have happened to me
And it's getting all over town
That stranger things have happened to me
That stranger is holding her now

That stranger is holding her now...

There's a stranger in my arms tonight
And I know the reason why
I've left her all alone one two many times
She use to tremble at my touch
And her kiss was soft and warm
But tonight, there's a stranger in my arms

She still look's the same
And she still talks the same
And she answers when I call her by the same name
But now to late I realize
I let her love for me die
There's a stranger in my arms, tonight

She still look's the same
And she still talks the same
And she answers when I call her by the same name
But now to late I realize
I let her love for me die
There's a stranger in my arms, tonight

There's a stranger in my arms, tonight...

I been on the road now dang near all my life:
An' I do love to sing a song.
I can say I've worked hard, put in my time:
Now it's time to go home.
And catch up on my chores:
Watch the sunset from my porch.

I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me,
Drinkin' in that great wide-open: soakin' up the summer breeze.
Kickin' back an' settled in with my family.
I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me.

That's where I got started, where I was born an' bred:
It's the fire inside of me.
I couldn't have imagined this Texas highway led,
Far beyond my wildest dreams.
But I'll turn out the lights tonight,
An' say goodnight, but not goodbye.

I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me,
Drinkin' in that great wide-open: soakin' up the summer breeze.
Kickin' back an' settled in with my family.
I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me.

I made so many friends,
Hope we meet someday again:
Till then:

I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me,
Drinkin' in that great wide-open: soakin' up the summer breeze.
Kickin' back an' settled in with my family.
I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me.

Yes, I'll take you back again, you knew I would
For I go on lovin' you that's understood
But it's the first time you've come back with
Tears in your eyes
Lately someone's taught you how to cry

Someone had to teach you
I didn't have the heart to
Hurt you just like you've been hurting me
Someone had to teach you
Things it's time that you knew
Now, maybe you'll be satisfied with me

Someone took your heart and rubbed it in the dirt
And that look on your face tells me you hurt
But you had this lesson coming for so very long
Our sins have a way of coming home

Someone had to teach you
I didn't have the heart to
Hurt you just like you've been hurting me
Someone had to teach you
Things it's time that you knew
Now, maybe you'll be satisfied with me

Now, maybe you'll be satisfied with me...

I know that I surprised you coming home,
It's not my usual time of year; but I've got myself a problem,
And I know that I might find the answer here.
Remember when I was dad's pride and joy and your little man,
Every time that I got hurt you were there to give a hand.
You would pick me up, and you'd kiss my hurt away.
Remember what you'd say,
"Boy you're getting more like him each and every day."
Can we have a talk like it was yesterday?

Your boy is back in trouble and he needs you right away.
She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
Nothing on God's green Earth would make her stay.
I can't live without her, momma,
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away.
But if I'm so much like my dad,

There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said that always made you stay.
She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
But if I'm so much like my dad,

There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay.

I know that I surprised you coming home,
It's not my usual time of year; but I've got myself a problem,
And I know that I might find the answer here.
Remember when I was dad's pride and joy and your little man,
Every time that I got hurt you were there to give a hand.
You would pick me up, and you'd kiss my hurt away.
Remember what you'd say,
"Boy you're getting more like him each and every day."
Can we have a talk like it was yesterday?

Your boy is back in trouble and he needs you right away.
She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
Nothing on God's green Earth would make her stay.
I can't live without her, momma,
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away.
But if I'm so much like my dad,

There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said that always made you stay.
She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
But if I'm so much like my dad,

There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay.

I let it all hang out last night
Come in hung over this morning
My woman met me at the door
Preaching me this warning
She said "You're gonna have to change
Your sinful way of living"
She's playing Hell
Trying to get me to Heaven

Well I promised to go to church with her
About a month of Sundays ago
And here it is, it's Sunday again
And I ain't been once in a row
And everytime that old church bell rings
You can hear my rod and reel singing
She's playing Hell
Trying to get me to Heaven

She's playing Hell
Trying to get me to Heaven
'Cause there ain't no way
All my sins could be forgiven
There's only Ten Commandments
But I broke at least eleven
She's playing Hell
Trying to get me to Heaven

She went out and bought me
A Sunday go-meeting suit
And I must confess it looked pretty sharp
With my old hunting boots
But I wore holes in both the knees
Trying to roll them sevens
She's playing Hell
Trying to get me to Heaven

She's playing Hell
Trying to get me to Heaven...

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like She'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Well you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face

One day you'll pass her on the street
With that guy you used to be
She'll say hello and walk on by
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Well you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like she'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile
Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like She'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Well you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face

One day you'll pass her on the street
With that guy you used to be
She'll say hello and walk on by
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Well you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like she'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile

Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile
Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile

Let's take a rest
Your kisses take my breath
You are the best
It's never been like this.

She used to say that to me
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that to me.

It thrills you so
When she whispers soft and low
"Please hold me tight
I need your love tonight."

She used to say that to me
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that to me.

"I'm yours," she sighs
And she means it at the time
But someday she'll go
If you're wonderin' how I know.

She used to say that to me
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that.

She used to say that to me.
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that to me.

She used to say that to me...

Let's take a rest
Your kisses take my breath
You are the best
It's never been like this.

She used to say that to me
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that to me.

It thrills you so
When she whispers soft and low
"Please hold me tight
I need your love tonight."

She used to say that to me
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that to me.

"I'm yours," she sighs
And she means it at the time
But someday she'll go
If you're wonderin' how I know.

She used to say that to me
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that.

She used to say that to me.
Over and over, so sweet
She'll tell you she'll never leave
She used to say that to me.

She used to say that to me...

Well, now I can see
Your dancin' every dance with her
And it seems to me
That your dancin' much too close to her
When you sat down at our table
You sat next to her
But I know that it's true
She loves me, She don't love you.

Chorus:
Let me tell you friend
I'm wise to your lies
You've been tellin' me that I'm the guy for her
And every little thing you do and say
Is givin you away
You're in love with her.

Well just one more dance with her
And friend you're gonna see
What it's like to hit the floor
And do a little dance with me.

Here's your coat and there's the door
I think you better leave
'Cause she just told me it's true
She loves me, She don't love you.

--- Instrumental ---

Chorus:
Let me tell you friend
I'm wise to your lies
You've been tellin' me that I'm the guy for her
And every little thing you do and say
Is givin you away
You're in love with her.

Well just one more dance with her
And friend you're gonna see
What it's like to hit the floor
And do a little dance with me.

Here's your coat and there's the door
I think you better leave
'Casue she just told me it's true
She loves me, She don't love you.

'Cause she just told me it's true
She loves me, She don't love you...

He wondered how she'd take it when he said goodbye.
Thought she might do some cryin': lose some sleep at night.
But he had no idea, when he hit the road,
That without him in her life, she'd let herself go.

Let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
Let herself go to New York City:
A week at the Spa; came back knocked-out pretty.
When he said he didn't love her no more,
She let herself go.

She poured her heart an' soul into their three-bedroom ranch.
Spent her days raisin' babies, ironin' his pants.
Came home one day from the grocery store and found his note,
And without him there to stop her, she let herself go.

Let herself go on her first blind-date:
Had the time of her life with some friends at the lake.
Let herself go, buy a brand new car,
Drove down to the beach he always said was too far.
Sand sure felt good between her toes:

She let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
Let herself go to New York City:
A week at the Spa; came back knocked-out pretty.
When he said he didn't love her no more,
She let herself go.

To Vegas once: Honolulu, New York City.
Came back knocked-out pretty.

She knows she's holdin' someone who don't love her
She knows she's where you could have been
She knows I turn to her because you turned me down
And she knows when you're on my mind again

Every night she opens up the door to heaven
But when you're on my mind, I can't go in
And you come runnin' through my mind
And I let my memory chase you
She knows when you're on my mind, again

Sometimes late at night, I hear her crying
She turns to me, but you won't let her in
She knows the door is locked but she keeps trying
She knows when you're on my mind, again

Every night she opens up the door to heaven
But when you're on my mind, I can't go in
And you come runnin' through my mind
And I let my memory chase you
She knows when you're on my mind again...

Did you ever meet somebody that likes all the same things you do?
Somebody who can make you or break you anytime they want to
I met her at a red light, love at first sight, can this be true?
She's good for me and she told me I was good for her too

Now, I don't want to jump into anything
I've been tryin' to use some self restraint
But man it's amazin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

Wild, wild nights, chasin' each other through the moonlight
My, my, my, I finally got somethin' right

'Cause every little off-beat move she makes
Suits me to a tee
You know what I'm sayin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

It's gettin' hard to use a ladder 'cause I keep climbin' down just to kiss her
'Cause she's out of my sight for a minute or two, I start to miss her
We stay all tangled up in each other's arms and it's so nice
She talks in her sleep but she always gets my name right

If there's anything at all that's wrong with her
It's somethin' that I can't see
Ain't no doubt about it
She's the same kind of crazy as me

Wild, wild nights, chasin' each other through the moonlight
My, my, my, I finally got somethin' right

'Cause every little off-beat move she makes
Suits me to a tee
You know what I'm sayin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

You know what I'm sayin'

If there's a plane or a bus leaving Dallas
I hope you're on it
If there's a train moving fast down the tracks
I hope you caught it
Cause I swear out there ain't where you ought to be
So, catch a ride, catch a cab
Don't you know I miss you bad
But don't you walk to me

Baby run
Cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line you can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave Dallas in the dust
I need you in a rush
So baby run

If you ain't got a suitcase get a box or an old brown paper sack
Pack it light or pack it heavy
Take a truck, take a chevy
Baby just come back
There's a shortcut to the highway out of town
Why don't you take it
Don't let that speed limit slow ya down
Go on and break it

Baby run
Cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line
You can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave Dallas in the dust
I need you in a rush
So baby run...Baby run...Oh baby run...

If there's a plane or a bus leaving Dallas
I hope you're on it
If there's a train moving fast down the tracks
I hope you caught it
Cause I swear out there ain't where you ought to be
So, catch a ride, catch a cab
Don't you know I miss you bad
But don't you walk to me

Baby run
Cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line you can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave Dallas in the dust
I need you in a rush
So baby run

If you ain't got a suitcase get a box or an old brown paper sack
Pack it light or pack it heavy
Take a truck, take a chevy
Baby just come back
There's a shortcut to the highway out of town
Why don't you take it
Don't let that speed limit slow ya down
Go on and break it

Baby run
Cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line
You can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave Dallas in the dust
I need you in a rush
So baby run...Baby run...Oh baby run...

As far as all my friends can tell
I took her leavin' well - that's kinda right,
'Cause when I'm out with them,
I don't let her memory rule the night.
For the most part I'm okay,
But I still miss her in a round about way.

Around about the time that midnight rolls around.
That's around about the time my tears start falling down.
'Cause she's not around,
I come unwound and my heart breaks.
Yeah, I still miss her in a round about way.

I no longer sit alone for hours by the phone,
Wishin' she would call.
And just the other day
I took her smilin' face down off my wall.
I've come a long long way,
But I still miss her in a round about way.

Around about the time that midnight rolls around.
That's around about the time my tears start falling down.
'Cause she's not around,
I come unwound and my heart breaks.
Yeah, I still miss her in a round about way.

Yeah, I still miss her in a round about way.

The first time I saw you
You were waitin' tables at the corner diner
I said to myself
Never seen a woman look any finer.

From that moment on
I was stone cold gone
You would be forever in my mind

Now somewhere in the neon lights
I'm holdin' on for dear life
Rockin' in the arms of your memory, tonight.

It was San Francisco
Silly suits and white ties by the bay
You appeared with your papa
Tears were rollin' down your mama's face.

Everyone was happy
Showered by well wishers as we drove away.

Now somewhere in the neon lights
I'm holdin' on for dear life
Rockin' in the arms of your memory tonight.

I'm living but dying
I'm laughing but crying
Somebody tell me it will be alright.

I bought it for your birthday
God, you looked so lovely in that dress
I took you to a party
Or was it to a night club I forget.

Been twenty years and counting
I'm drowning in your love a little more each day.

Now somewhere in the neon lights
I'm holdin' on for dear life
Rockin' in the arms of your memory tonight.

Now somewhere in the neon lights
I'm holdin' on for dear life
Rockin' in the arms of your memory tonight...

Hey baby, won't you take a little ride with me
Have a look around
See what we can see
I've got the paddle
I've got the boat
Come on baby, I know she'll float

We'll go rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing on the river of love

Drift away from all these city lights
Might rock a little bit
So hold on tight
Let's get carried away with the gentle flow
Might get caught up in it's undertow

We'll go rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing on the river of love

I got a little ukulele, let me sing you a song
Got a stream of kisses about ten miles long
Dancing on the water in the moonlight beach
Sparkling down through the sea of dreams

We'll go rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing on the river of love

We'll go rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing on the river of love

River of love, River of love, River of love
Rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing, rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing on the river of love
Rowing on the river of love
Rowing on the river of love
Let's go rowing, rowing on the river of love

Right or wrong, I'll always love you.
Though you're gone, I can't forget.
Right or wrong, I'll keep on dreaming.
Still, I wake with that same ol' regret.
All along I knew I'd lose you,
Though I prayed that you'd be true.
In your heart please just remember
Right or wrong, I'm still in love with you.

Right or wrong, I'll always love you.
Though you're gone, I can't forget.
Right or wrong, I'll keep on dreaming.
Still, I wake with that same ol' regret.
All along I knew I'd lose you,
Though I prayed that you'd be true.
In your heart please just remember
Right or wrong, I'm still in love with you...