The Warren Brothers

I told you when we first met
I don't want nothing serious
And you said I understand
No commitment that's for sure
I always need that open door
'Cause that's just the way I am

Now you say I can't make it babe without you
Is that how you see it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And if you go I won't know how to forget about you
Is that how you believe it
To be true

If you're accusing me
Of needing your sweet touch
Accusing me
Of loving you too much
Guilty
Yeah, Yeah
I'm guilty

And I never thought there'd be someone
Who could ever do what you've done
Oh baby how'd you do it?
You broke the walls around this heart
You turned upside down
Like there was nothing to it

Now you say I can't make it babe without you
Is that how you see it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
And if you go I won't know how to forget about you
Is that how you believe it
To be true

If you're accusing me of needing your sweet touch
Accusing me of loving you too much
Guilty
I'm Guilty

If you're accusing me of needing your sweet touch
Accusing me of loving you too much
Now you say I can't make it babe without you
Guilty

And if you go I won't know how to forget about you
Guilty
If you say my arms need to be around you
Guilty

If you say I never knew love till I found you
Baby I'm guilty
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Guilty
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Baby, baby I'm guilty

Beyond the cost of diesel fuel
And the tearing down of my old high school
I still think about her
The nation's rising deficit

And my fatal crave for cigarettes
They all make me think about her
My life's one big catastrophe
So don't expect too much from me

I'm just hanging on
Surviving Emily
My T-shirt that she always wore
Her makeup in the bathroom drawer

I can't get away from her
Her perfume on my pillow case
When I close my eyes, I always see her face
Sometimes I wish I were blind

My life's one big catastrophe
So don't expect too much from me
I'm just hanging on
Surviving Emily

Oh Emily can you hear me
I'm callin' out your name
Rescue me from these lonely days
And sleepless nights

They're driving me insane
I tried to stop this endless search
Even started going back to church
But I still feel the same

And my friends all say I'm doing fine
It's just gonna take a little time
Oh yeah nothing's changed
My life's one big catastrophe

So don't expect too much from me
I'm just hanging on
Surviving
Just hanging on

Surviving
I'm barely hanging on
Surviving Emily
Yeah...

I saw some old friends the other day
And all they could talk about was how I've changed
They thought I'd be the last one to ever settle down
They can't believe I'm flyin' so high with both feet on theground

[*Chorus*]
And you make me want to be a better man
And you make me want to be the best I can
I feel a little stronger every time you hold my hand
You make me want to be a better man

Now there was a time when I ran wild as a Texas wind
Never slowin' down enough to ever let that party end
Woah, then your love surrounded me like the shelter from thestorm
Woah baby you believed in me like no one has before...

[*Chorus*]
And you make me want to be a better man
And you make me want to do the best I can
I feel a little stronger every time you hold my hand
You make me want to be a better man

Well you know sometimes I stumble...
Yeah, everybody does
But you keep me reaching for the man I can be...
And not the man I was, no

I feel a little stronger every time you hold my hand
You make me want to be a better man, oh baby
You make me want to be a better man

The rumble of the engines in the station almost put me to sleep
And the wino covered up with yesterday's news is lying next to me
I see a red-haired girl with ponytails reminding me of you
I don't know why I left it was somethin' I had to do

Looking out the window the skyline fades away
When I see your face I have no idea what I'm gonna say
I've got a picture of me holding you right here in my hands
I recognize my face but I don't know who I am

Now I'm gonna catch a Greyhound
Getting out of this town
I'm gonna catch a Greyhound back to you
I close my eyes, but I can't seem to sleep

And the past rolls through my mind like a river cold and deep
Morning comes and the sky begins to rain
It feels good to feel something even if it's pain
Now I'm gonna catch a Greyhound

Getting out of this town
I'm gonna catch a Greyhound back to you
It's amazing how a tender voice on the other end of the phone
can change your mind, your life, your plans just by saying

"Daddy, please come home"
Gonna catch a Greyhound
Getting out of this town
I'm gonna catch a Greyhound back to you

Yes, I'm gonna catch a Greyhound
Getting out of this town
I'm gonna catch a Greyhound back to us
I'm starting my life over on a Greyhound bus

I'm far from perfect babe
I know it's true
but I guess nobody has to tell you
I don't always listen
and I talk too much
I think I'm in tune when I'm
out of touch
Baby
Don't tell me I've done it again
There's a tear on your face
with my name on it
And at this moment it must be
hard to see
but I am not the enemy
[Chorus]
Lay your defenses down
I'll put my arms around you
put your arms around me
Baby I'm on your side
Someday I'll get it right
How can I make you see
I'm not the enemy
I don't call when I'm comin' home late
And there's three little words that
are hard for me to say
I'm not so good at all those little things
But baby I am not the enemy
[Chorus]
Lay your defensed down
This ain't no battleground
How can I make you see
I am not the enemy

Those rodeo clowns
They seem so funny
But in a way they're kinda sad too
But those rodeo clowns
Don't make much money
She smiles and says yeah kinds like you
I'm lost in the sand
But all she sees is a pearl
She says she loves me
But sometimes I make her feel
Like the loneliest girl in the world
Sometimes I'm right here
And sometimes I'm not
Sometimes my heart turns to rust
Sometimes I like me
Sometimes I don't
She smiles and says yeah that makes two of us
I'm lost in the sand
But all she sees is a pearl
She says she loves me
But sometimes I make her feel
Like the loneliest girl in the world
Some things in life
You can't understand
And I don't know why
But when I hold her hand
She says she loves me
'Cause sometimes I make her feel
Oh my baby loves me
'Cause sometimes I make her feel
Like the luckiest girl in the world

A high school girl in Southern California
Loses her life working in a fast food restaurant
And all the store lost was a hundred dollars
Sha la la la la la
While a six-year-old in Cleveland
ides his bike without training wheels, sis two front teeth missing
Smiles all the way to show his mother at the soccer field
Sha la la la la la

Under the very same sky
At the very same time
Somebody's laughing
Somebody's crying
Somebody's living
And somebody's dying
I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl
It's a beautiful day
In the cold cruel world
A young mother in Dallas, Texas who doesn't have long to live
Makes a video for each of her children's 16th birthday
It's the present that she'll give

Sha la la la la la
While a couple in Davidson County after a bitter separation
Reconcile and renew their vows in front of the church's congregation
Sha la la la la la

Under the very same sky
At the very same time
Well somebody's laughing
Somebody's crying
Somebody's living
And somebody's dying
I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl
It's a beautiful day
Tomorrow Wall Street's gonna rise or it will fall
The earth will keep on spinning 'round like some big old crystal ball
And we keep pretending like we really understand
While the children's choir keeps singing
"He's got the whole world in His hands"
Under the very same sky
At the very same time
Well somebody's laughing
Somebody's crying
Somebody's living
And somebody's dying
I'm just a guy who's in love with a girl
It's a beautiful day
In the cold cruel world
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a beautiful day
Yeah, yeah
It's a beautiful day
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a beautiful day
In the cold cruel world
It's a beautiful day

It's Tuesday night, it's twenty 'til eight
I'm pickin' up my baby and I'm already late
There's a blonde-haired beauty in the liquor store line
She asks me to share her bottle of wine

It's just my luck wouldn't you know
She wants to rock but I gotta roll
We're playin' Mac Dintons got one more show
A pretty little honey's on the very front row

A bluejean skirt climbin' way up her knee
As I was crawlin' on stage she was winkin' at me
It was just my luck and wouldn't you know
She wants to rock but I gotta roll

She wants to rock
But I gotta roll
She wants to talk about love
But I gotta stroll

That's always the way my life goes
When she wants to rock, I gotta roll
Sittin' in a diner it's three a.m.
There's a girl in the corner whose name is sin

But she wants to take me home and make me feel right
But I gotta get home to my sweetie tonight
It's just my luck wouldn't you know
She wants to rock but I gotta roll

She wants to rock
But I gotta roll
She wants to talk about love
But I gotta stroll

That's always the way my life goes
When she wants to rock, I gotta roll

You say you're alone when you're with me
And I don't care about the way you feel inside
You say the weight's all on your shoulders
Baby you say I never tried

But I tried runnin' from the way I feel about you
And I tried walkin' away from all the lies
And I tried leavin' but I couldn't live without you
And I never said goodbye, oh, but baby I tried

We judge ourselves by our intentions
And others by the way they live their lives
I always meant to do the right thing
But how can you say that I never tried?

'Cause I tried runnin' from the way I feel about you
And I tried walkin' away from all the lies
I tried leavin' but I couldn't live without you
And I never said goodbye, oh, but baby I tried

Whatever it is about you
Keeps pullin' me back into your web
I can't put my finger on it
Whatever it is I ain't figured it out yet

No, I tried runnin' from the way I feel about you
And I tried walkin' away from all the lies
And I tried leavin' but I couldn't live without you
And I never said goodbye, oh, but baby I tried

Baby I tried, oh yeah

Yes I 've been with someone new
She's a good woman too
But she can't compare to you
Chorus:
The more time that I spend with her
The more I see what it's about
She's someone I can live with
but you're the one that
I can't live without
She has brown eyes like you
Picks me up when I'm feelin' blue
Showers me with her love
But somehow it's not enough
Chorus
I know we said it's over
But I just can't let you go
'cause no one compares to you
Chorus
The more time that I spend with her
The more I see what it's about
She's someone I can live with
You're the one that I can't live without
You're the one that I can't live without
I can't live without you
I can't live without you

I knew I shouldn't love her
We were only seventeen
But I've always been a sucker
For long blonde hair and eyes so green

But I had to leave her
Leave her in my past
It wasn't my first broken heart
I know it's probably not my last

It's just another heartache
And I don't even wonder why
It's just another woman
Who's tellin' me goodbye

It's just another sad song
That I'll sing again tonight
Will I hit the big time with records that sell gold
Or will I sit on a stool at the Rock Away Grill

Playin' Neil Young 'til I'm old?
All I ever wanted was to be happy and to be free
But sometimes it takes so much
Just to bring those things to me

It's just another mountain
That I'm gonna have to climb
It's just another secret
That I'm gonna have to find

It's just another sad song
That I'll sing again tonight
Do do do do do do do do do.....sing it to me baby
Just another sad song

There's no use in complaining
But I do it anyway
I don't mind workin' hard
But it's sure hard working every day

It's just another story
That I'm gonna have to write
It's just another long day
I'll ride on through until the night

It's just another sad song
That I'll sing again tonight
Do do do do do do do...sing it to me baby
It's just another sad song

Just another sad song
Sing it to me baby
Just another sad song

(
I grew up here on Bourbon Street
Playin' for the beer and tips
Livin' by the Poncha Train
Watchin' drunks and sailin' ships
I'm sittin' on a midnight train
Gonna bury momma on my birthday
And never's gonna be too soon
To see these streets of Vieux Carre'
Thirty years ago
Momma was a pretty bride
She took this train to New Orleans
Made a mask for Mardi Gras
And never took it off it seems
Daddy drank away their honeymoon
He never wore his wedding band
They fought just like a hurricane
But she fell in love with Dixieland
Now I'm on a train to nowhere
To find the future in my past
I'm on a train to nowhere
Feelin' like a no one
How long will this last?
Goin' nowhere fast
Nine months later to the day
She labored deep into the night
I was the baby in her arms
And she was weakened by the fight
I grew up fast I grew up hard
The alleyways were my backyard
Momma sang at Pat O'Riley's
And I sat in with the band on Fridays
Now I'm on a train to nowhere
To find the future in my past
I'm on a train to nowhere
Feelin' like a no one
How long will this last?
Goin' nowhere fast
Tonight we'll cross the Mason-Dixon line
Finally takin' Momma home
She will find a restin' place
Beneath the garden made of stone
And I came here to find tomorrow
Now I hear my station name
If I can just forget my past
Maybe I can start again
Now I'm on a train to nowhere
To find the future in my past
I'm on a train to nowhere
But this trip will be my last
Yeah if I can just get goin'
And get myself on track
Off this train to nowhere
It's goin' nowhere fast...