Charlie's got a gold watch Don't seem like a whole lot After thirty years of driving up and down the interstate But Charlie's had a good life And Charlie's got a good wife And after tonight she'll no longer be counting the days
Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses Ten more miles on his four-day run A few more songs from the all-night radio Then he'll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves
They'll buy a Winnebago Set out to find America They'll do a lot of catching up a little at a time With pieces of the old dream They're gonna light the old flame Doing what they please, leaving every other reason behind
Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses Ten more miles on his four-day run A few more songs from the all-night radio Then he'll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves
Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses Ten more miles on his four-day run A few more songs from the all-night radio Then he'll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves
I will pledge my heart To the love we share Through the good And the bad times too
I'll forsake my rest For your happiness 'Til my death I will stand by you
With God as my witness This vow I will make To have and to hold you No other to take
For rich or for poor Under skies grey or blue 'Til my death I will stand by you There are war's and there are rumor's Of war's yet to come
Temptations we'll have to walk through Though others may tremble I will not run 'Til my death I will stand by you
I will put on the armor of faithfulness To fight for a heart that is true 'Til the battle is won, I will not rest 'Til my death I will stand by you
With God as my witness This vow I will make To have and to hold you No other to take
For rich or for poor Under skies grey or blue 'Til my death I will stand by you 'Til the battle is won I will not run 'Til my death I will stand by you
Late in the day when shadows start to play On my backdoor and up and down this alleyway I think back on the times with your hand in mine We sat talking low...late in the day It seems you never know a good thing till it goes Slippin' through your fingers...that's just the price I pay For being on my own and doin' the best I can Now I'm alone without a plan...late in the day Now I pour whiskey, break the ice Put my feet up and close my eyes I try hard to listen to what my heart might say Try to find the rhyme to take me back in time And be with you here...late in the day Now, I look out over tops of houses and the shops As the sun sets, another day does wind down And my life is still the same, my lips still call your name And my heart can't hide the pain...late in the day Now I pour whiskey, break the ice Put my feet up and close my eyes I try hard to listen to what my heart might say Try to find the rhyme to take me back in time And be with you here...late in the day My life is still the same My lips still call your name And my heart can't hide the pain Late in the day
I'll be leaving when the sun is on the rise I can see the sorrow shining deep inside your eyes But this life that I've been living Has grown to a routine So I'm headed for somewhere I've been in my dreams Oh, I want to go where a soul feels alive And the untasted honey waits in the hive Yeah, I want to be where a free spirit thrives And the untasted honey waits in the hive You were faithful as a lover and a friend All the good times and the bad, I'd live them once again But I'd never be contented With a family and a ring Better open your window I'm a bird on the wing Oh, I want to go where a soul feels alive And the untasted honey waits in the hive Yeah, I want to be where a free spirit thrives And the untasted honey waits in the hive Call it heaven on earth Call it fools paradise Gonna find where it's hidden Even if it takes all my life Oh, I want to go where a soul feels alive And the untasted honey waits in the hive Yeah, I want to be where a free spirit thrives And the untasted honey waits in the hive
Surprise goodbyes and tears unanswered Promises that fall Can leave your precious dreams defenseless Back against the wall
But I will hold them tenderly Your secrets are a part of me
As long as I have a heart, you've a safe place to dream in A tree to carve your name in as long as I have a heart As long as you need a love that time won't take away Baby, you have it made as long as I have a heart
A hail of dew, can you think your thoughts in? A garden where they grow A peaceful place to settle down in Away from winds that blow
My love will always hold you near No matter where you go, you're here
As long as I have a heart, you've a safe place to dream in A tree to carve your name in as long as I have a heart As long as you need a love that time can't take away Baby, you have it made as long as I have a heart
Your family ties are tightly sewn My arms will always be your home
As long as I have a heart, you've a safe place to dream in A tree to carve your name in as long as I have a heart As long as you need a love that time won't take away Baby, you have it made as long as I have a heart
Every love is different Every love's the same Every love has memories Every love has pain I knew love at twenty I knew love at nine But the love I know right now Is the sweetest love I'll ever find Every town's familar Every town is strange When you're feeling lonely Every town's the same I have dreamed of Paris And I have dreamed of Rome But the dream we're in right now Is the sweetest dream I've ever known Touch me In the silent Shelter of the night Hide me Safely wrapped in your arms Till morning light Every love remembers Every love forgets I've had my share of sorrow's But I have no regrets Love is made of silver Love is made of gold But the love that we have made Is the sweetest love I'll ever know
The key's in the mailbox the U-Haul is loaded This is the last time we'll call this place home The cats in a cage to leave at your mother's I'll be halfway to Ashville when you wake up alone
It's been a while since I've seen Carolina It always was pretty this time of year And if this is the end of life as we knew it You won't find me living around here
I love life as we knew it I still can't believe we threw it away Goodbye that's all there is to it Life as we knew it ended today
I'll leave a number if you need to reach me You always called when I had to be gone I know that here in my memory Life as we knew it still lives on
I love life as we knew it I still can't believe we threw it away Goodbye that's all there is to it Life as we knew it ended today Life as we knew it ended today
