Suzy Bogguss

Spent my life looking for
Happiness like it was buried treasure
Somewhere behind the secret door
Surely there were riches beyond measure
I would take my sanity to task
Walk across broken glass, to find it
And no mountain top was left unclimbed
Before I ever took the time to look inside me

These dreams of mine, these precious years
Oh, how they shine like diamonds and tears
The slow grace of time, the joy and the fears
Oh, how they shine like diamonds and tears

Oh, sure, there was love
And of course I thought it'd be my salvation
And in a way, I guess he was
There's always room for higher education
Yes, I have said and heard the word goodbye
Felt the blade and turned the knife, sideways
But I'd crossed bridges while they'd burn
To keep from losing what I've learned, along the way

These dreams of mine, these precious years
Oh, how they shine like diamonds and tears
The slow grace of time, the joy and the fears
Oh, how they shine like diamonds and tears...

The wind is blowing from a new direction
If you're thinking 'bout going, I know
It's been a long season, and hard on our affections
But that's no reason to let go

You change just like the weather
But the weather you know will always change
If you stay it'll get better
Wherever you go it's bound to rain

So put on your jacket and stand your ground
Love's gonna have its highs and lows
If we turn and face it, the wind will come around
You don't have to chase it when it blows

You change just like the weather
But the weather you know will always change
If you stay it'll get better
Wherever you go it's bound to rain

You change just like the weather
But the weather you know will always change
If you stay it'll get better
Wherever you go it's bound to rain

You change just like the weather...

Seems like after all we've been through,
We would've learned by now
Never to fight for who gets the last word,
It doesn't matter anyhow
But round and round we go in circles,
Trying to work things through
Sometimes it feels like miles between us,
But I keep comin' back to you

And it's rough, and it's tough,
And it's harder than anything
I've ever tried to do
But I love you so much
That in spite of the struggle
I keep comin' back to you

Hold me now, just think about
This room that we've shared so long
We've studied the map of cracks in the ceiling,
Talking till the break of dawn
Oh, there is something strong as history,
Telling me this love is true
It says, follow your heart,
And you'll be happy,
So I keep comin' back to you

And it's rough, and it's tough,
And it's harder than anything
I've ever tried to do
But I love you so much
That in spite of the struggle
I keep comin' back to you

And it's rough, and it's tough,
And it's harder than anything
I've ever tried to do
But I love you so much
That in spite of the struggle
I keep comin' back to you...

The sun comes creeping
Chasing away shadows of last night
You're still sleeping, I'm facing the day
Things look so different in the light.

Someday you're gonna love me, I see it in your eyes
When I held you in the darkness, I could believe those lies
Now the sun is up, it's morning and you don't love me still
It finally dawned on me, you never will.

Look at you how real it all seems
I still feel your touch
Well, I'm through believing this dream
I guess I'm finally waking up.

Someday you're gonna love me, I see it in your eyes
When I held you in the darkness, I could believe those lies
Now the sun is up, it's morning and you don't love me still
It finally dawned on me, you never will.

Hold on, you said hold on
There's no use crying when it's done
Another day has just begun.

Now the sun is up, it's morning and you don't love me still
It finally dawned on me, you never will...

I didn't mean to get this close
It feels too right
And I'll think straighter tomorrow
If I don't hold you tonight
I realize it's time for me to go
But it seems only fair to let you know.

Of all the things I've wanted to do and never done
You'd be the one.
And if you want to know how close I'd ever come
You'd be the one.

Looking at it honestly
I guess I knew
I opened up this door
But I can't let you walk through
I have too much to lose if I fall
But if it means anything at all.

Of all the things I've wanted to do and never done
You'd be the one.
And if you want to know how close I'd ever come
You'd be the one.

I wear this ring to tell the world I love one man
But you and I almost got out of hand.

Of all the things I've wanted to do and never done
You'd be the one.
And if you want to know how close I'd ever come
You'd be the one.

Of all the things I've wanted to do and never done
You'd be the one.
And if you want to know how close I'd ever come
You'd be the one...

All alone at the end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking about the one man who might love me
I never knew.

You know I've always been a dreamer,
Spend my nights running round
And it's so hard to change, can't seem to settle down
But the dreams I've seen lately
They're all turning out, and burning out,
And turning out the same.

So put me on a highway and show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time.

You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine.

And when you're looking for your freedom,
Nobody seems to care
And you can't find the door, can't find it anywhere
When there's nothing to believe in.

Still you're coming back you're running back,
You're coming back for more
Put me on a highway, show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Oh you can take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time...

We believed in fairy tales that day
I watched your father give you away
Your aim was true a pink bouquet
It fell right into my hands

We danced for hours and we drank champagne
You screamed and laughed when I got up and sang
And then you rode away in a white Mustang
To your castle in the sand

Through the years and the kids and the jobs
And the dreams that lost their way
Do you ever stop and wonder
Do you ever just wanna say

Hey,Hey Cinderella what's the story all about
I've got a funny feeling
We missed a page or two somehow
Oh, Cinderella maybe you could help us out
Does the shoe, fit you now

Your older but no more the wise
But learn the art of compromise
Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry
And sometimes we just break down

We're good now 'cause we have to be
We come to terms with our vanity
Sometimes we still curse gravity
When no one is around

Yeah, I don't gather dust in the corner of the attic
Bicycle rusting in the rain
Still we walk in the fabled shadow
Sometimes we call her name

Hey, Hey Cinderella what's the story all about
I've got a funny feeling
We missed a page or two somehow
Oh, Cinderella maybe you could help us out
Does the shoe, fit you now

Hey, Cinderella maybe you could help us out
Does the shoe, fit you now
Fit you now
Oh, Cinderella (Cinderella)
Does it fit you now
Cinderella (Cinderella)
Ohh,
Cinderella (Cinderella)
Fit you now (Cinderella)
Oh - Oh - Oh - Ooo...

Set out like Kerouac in my American car
Carrying a dream and a road map
Deep in my American heart
Where's those mountain majesties,
Where's those waves of grain
Billboards from sea to shining sea, man it ain't the same.

They got Mount Rushmore on a cup,
Everybody needs one of those
For a dollar more they'll fill it up,
You can drink out of Lincoln's nose
They got the Hard Rock t-shirts, they got Elvis too
Sooner or later, mark my words, they're gonna get you.

Well, I've been searching for the promised land
But it's just another neon come-on roadside stand
Little tin toys that fall apart, that's all they got here
I come all this way to find my heart, all I get is souvenirs.

Baby, I believed in you, I thought you believed in me
I thought we had a love that's true, not a close facsimile
Now I don't want your dime store ring,
It turns my finger green
I don't want your dime store love, I want the real thing.

'Cause I've been searching for the promised land
But it's just another neon come-on roadside stand
Little tin toys that fall apart, that's all we got here
I come all this way to find my heart, all I get is souvenirs.

Souvenirs.

Little tin toys that fall apart
Souvenirs.

I come all this way to find my heart
Souvenirs...

I don't know why we act like that
You hurt me, I only hurt you back
I can't believe how carelessly we say those things
That put our love in danger.

You wouldn't say that to a stranger, we hurt the ones we love
When we say those words in anger, do we ever make it up
We say what we don't mean and then we say we're sorry later
But you wouldn't say that to a stranger.

Last night, there was over in the air
Toda,y it's gone just like it was never there
And I don't know where those hateful words come from
It goes against our nature.

You wouldn't say that to a stranger, we hurt the ones we love
When we say those words in anger, do we ever make it up
We say what we don't mean and then we say we're sorry later
But you wouldn't say that to a stranger.

Let's pretend that we just met.
And we said nothing we regret.

We say what we don't mean and then we say we're sorry later
But you wouldn't say that to a stranger...

In my heart there always crept
a jealousy that never'slept
It lived on calls that never came
and whispers of another's name
But your love is a light that shines so honestly
And now because of your true colors I can see.

No green eyes, no blue nights
No jealous heart, no little white lies
You showed me what love looks like
I had the colors all wrong but now they're right
No green eyes, no blue nights.

Your arms laid to rest the fear
and let suspicion disappear
There are no ghosts of lovers past
just our love in the hour glass
And what you give me is so constant
and so surely mine
That I can trust its unconditional this time.

No green eyes, no blue nights
No jealous heart, no little white lies
You showed me what love looks like
I had the colors all wrong but now they're right
No green eyes, no blue nights.

You showed me what love looks like
No green eyes, no blue nights...

Just when I thought I had kissed love goodbye,
And ridden off into the sunset,
This hip shooting cowboy steps up and says:
"Reach for the sky."

I could tell he was fast, I could tell he was smart;
I could tell he was looking for trouble.
He was fixing to take his best shot at my bullet proof heart.

I'm under the gun,
I'm under attack.
The sights are lined up,
The hammer is back.
I'm under the gun,
And it's going down to the wire.

I'm under the gun,
He's aiming to win.
He's thinking he might,
Get under my skin,
If he hits me with his fire.
I'm under the gun.

Just when I thought I had gotten away,
With all of the hearts I had stolen,
He looks in my eyes and says:
"Crimes of the heart do not pay."
It was too late to talk, it was too late to run,
It was too late to hold up this showdown.
It was already all said and done, I was under the gun.

I'm under the gun,
I'm under attack.
The sights are lined up,
The hammer is back.
I'm under the gun,
And it's going down to the wire.

I'm under the gun,
He's aiming to win.
He's thinking he might,
Get under my skin,
If he hits me with his fire.
Oh, I'm under the gun.

I'm under the gun,
I'm under attack.
The sights are lined up,
The hammer is back.
I'm under the gun,
And it's going down to the wire.
I'm under the gun...

You thought I was dangerous,
I thought you were cool
I met you in a parking lot
One day after school
We didn't have no money,
We didn't have no sense
You jumped in beside me
And then we jumped the fence

We had just enough gas to get to Memphis
Just the right song playing on the radio
Just enough highway to push the limit
We got tangled up with just enough rope

Oh, just enough rope
Barely hangin' on, barely in control
You and me baby and just enough rope

I was wild about you,
You gave me your heart
We made a solemn promise
To never be apart
Days turned into months yeah,
We were runnin' free
You and me together
And baby makes three

We had just enough pride
To think we'd make it
Just enough ride
To know the way to go
Just enough time
To find a preacher
We tied the knot
With just enough rope

Oh, just enough rope
Barely hangin' on, barely in control
You and me baby and just enough rope

We could have hung ourselves
Out to dry
But we wrapped it around
You and I
Then we pulled it tight
Here we stand
Ready to turn another page
Some things just get better with age
I've been lovin' you since
I can't remember when
I said it before
And I'll say it again

We got just enough fire
To keep it burning
Just enough dream
To never give up hope
Just enough love to last forever
We keep it tied together
With just enough rope
We keept it all together
With just enough rope

Oh, just enough rope
We're still hangin' on,
We're still going strong
Just enough rope
Oh, just enough rope

'Round and around and around we go...

--- Instrumental to fade ---

When I see the way you look at love I feel so blind
'Cause I don't know how to give that much to you
And when I think of what it means to love forever I get scared
That I won't be strong enough to see it through
And about that time I don't know what to do.

And when I run, it's only 'cause I don't know how to stay
I don't know how to get my feelings out of my way
It's not you, and it's not fun
I know tryin' to hide is crazy
Walking out won't save me
My demons only chase me when I run.

In your arms I am sound and safe from my own harm
Or at least you always make me feel that way
It's only when I turn away from you that I get lost
My mind lets some old hurt get in the way
I stop listening to what my heart has to say.

And when I run, it's only 'cause I don't know how to stay
I don't know how to get my feelings out of my way
It's not you, and it's not fun, I know tryin' to hide is crazy
Walking out won't save me
My demons only chase me when I run.

And how, tell me can I turn around
And face these feelings chasing after me
And why are there still so many things
You know about that I can't even see.

And when I run, it's only 'cause I don't know how to stay
I don't know how to get my feelings out of my way
It's not you, and it's not fun, I know tryin' to hide is crazy
Walking out won't save me
My demons only chase me when I run...

He was a giant
Swung a heavy hammer
In the bottom of a mine
But he always came up smiling,
A light within his eyes
Now there is a skeleton
That I don't recognize
But it is not the coal
That has him fading fast
It is a love gone forever
That he thought would last
That he can't get past

I wish hearts would break
It wouldn't be quite
Such a beating to take
Why don't they give in
Instead of coming back
Over and over again
Oh, I wish hearts would break

She was an angel
Arms open wide,
Never met a stranger
Now she withdraws
At the slightest touch
Like an animal that's beaten
One time too much
But it was not an angry hand
That hurt her so
It was a gentle one
That she used to hold
That let her go

I wish hearts would break
It wouldn't be quite
Such a beating to take
Why don't they give in
Instead of coming back
Over and over again
Oh, I wish hearts would break

I wish hearts would break
It wouldn't be quite
Such a beating to take
Why don't they give in
Instead of coming back
Over and over again
Oh, I wish hearts would break...

She was all alone at half-past four
At an all-night small town convenience store
When he walked in and locked the door behind him.
She ducked down behind the counter
He said "Get up, I know you're down there
I got a gun. Just hold on, I'll find it."
He fumbled through the pockets of his faded denim jacket
Handed her a note and said,
"You'd better do exactly what it says"

And she read:
Nobody love, and nobody gets hurt
She looked at him with a nervous grin
She pointed to that word
He said, "What the hell. I can't spell
But you know what I meant."
She said, "Yeah,
But that ain't what you said."

She said "I don't think you wanna do this
Sounds to me like there's more to it."
He said "Spare your views on my abusive childhood.
'Cause the last time I saw my old man
Was in a photograph in our garbage can.
He never gave a damn, so tell me why I should.
And you don't know the half of all
The demons that I've battled.
You ain't gonna save me with your mindless psychobabble
I'm damaged goods."

Nobody love, and nobody gets hurt.
And as he walked away in the pouring rain
She still could hear that word
He said, "What the hell. I can't spell
But you know what I meant."
She said, "Yeah,
But that ain't what you said."

She said, "Yeah,
But that ain't what you said."..

There was a maple tree in our front yard
When I was growin' up, I'd climb up to the top
And watch my brother trading baseball cards
My Daddy pulling weeds, mother's callin' me
I was hiding in the leaves

And the world looked fine as far as I could see
From the top of the family tree
A hundred branches growing 'round me
Way up there in the family tree

When I was seventeen, I left that town
My life was right on track,
I never once looked back
I was so sure that I was glory bound
I gave it all I had and when it all went bad
Got a phone call from my dad

And the world looked fine as far as I could see
From the top of the family tree
A hundred branches growing 'round me
Way up there in the family tree

Now I'm older and my husband laughs at me
I'm building houses for the kids up in a tree

And the world looks fine as far as I can see
From the top of the family tree
A hundred branches growing 'round me
Way up here in the family tree

The world looks fine as far as I can see
From the top of the family tree
A hundred branches growing 'round me
Way up here in the family tree...

You're mascara's runnin' and your hair is a mess
And what have you spilled on your party dress
Sittin' in the kitchen all broken-hearted
Lookin' for comfort in an ice-cream carton
But all you want, all you really want.

Is somebody to love, you want somebody
Oh, you've got to be strong
It's not enough to want somebody
Just 'cause the night is long
You've got to be tough and hold out honey 'cause
What you really want is somebody to love.

I've been to all of the places you go to
And I've danced the tango with Cassanova
The wine and the roses are so continental
But the champagne is flat and the tux is a rental
All you want, all you really want.

Is somebody to love, you want somebody
Oh, you've got to be strong
It's not enough to want somebody
Just 'cause the night is long
You've got to be tough and hold out honey 'cause
What you really want is somebody to love.

Yeah, you want somebody
To tear the night apart
Someone to love you back, now honey
That's a darn good start.

You've got to be tough and hold out honey 'cause
What you really want is somebody to love
Somebody to love...

I don't need moonlight and roses
I don't want you to stand here and tell me lies
I know what you're feeling, I think I know why
Please, don't let this love go by.

It's so hard to think in the long run
And it's so easy to stand back and drift apart
There's nothing you'd ask me that I wouldn't try
Please, don't let this love go by.

Don't let, this love go by
Don't you feed another flame
And let the first one die
You might believe you can take it in your stride
But these things go bad every time.

I feel a whole lot of heartache and bad times
Comin' on like a fast train for you and me
There's a change in your voice, a stranger in your eyes
Please, don't let this love go by.

Don't let, this love go by
Don't you feed another flame
And let the first one die
You might believe you can take it in your stride
But these things go bad every time.

I don't need moonlight and roses
I don't want you to stand here and tell me lies
I know what you're feeling, I think I know why
Please, don't let this love go by.

Darlin', please don't let this love go by...

(Both)
Take me back, take me back, take me back to your heart
Can't you love me again like you did at the start
There's a weight on my shoulders and I know I can't win
Take me back, take me back, again.

(Suzy)
I would call you to plead but I don't have the nerve
'Cause the thing that I need, I do not deserve
The way I was careless with your trust was a sin
(Both)
Take me back, take me back, again.

If my love was fire, it would burn this house down
With all of the lies that were told
But it's only a fever that burns me inside
From the longings of a broken down soul.

(Suzy)
Now the wind's blowing through and it's crying for me
'Cause it knows I was not what I wanted to be
And the sky must be sorry, 'cuase it's starting to rain
Take me back, take me back, again.

(Both)
If my love was fire, it would burn this house down
With all of the lies that were told
But it's only a fever that burns me inside
From the longings of a broken down soul.

(Suzy)
Take me back, take me back, take me back to your heart
Can't you love me again like you did at the start

(Both)
There's a weight on my shoulders and I know I can't win
Take me back, take me back again...

Funny we should meet
The three of us here on the street
You know I've wondered what I'd say
Now the moment's here
And suddenly it's crystal clear
Some things are never gonna change

From where I stand I see an old familiar story
Only last time I was in your shoes
Now it's looking like it's my turn to be lonely
And I tell you I don't like the view

I was just like you
For me he left somebody too
And I didn't care if that was wrong
Oh, but now I've found
The tears you cause come back around
And they're coming your way before too long

From where I stand I see an old familiar story
Only last time I was in your shoes
Now it's looking like it's my turn to be lonely
And I tell you I don't like the view

From where I stand
We've got a lot in common and
There's a good chance you'll be
Standing one day right here

From where I stand I see an old familiar story
Only last time I was in your shoes
Now it's looking like it's my turn to be lonely
And I tell you I don't like the view

From where I stand I see an old familiar story
Only last time I was in your shoes
Now it's looking like it's my turn to be lonely
And I tell you I don't like the view...

If I wanted to
I could stand up right now
Walk away from you
If I wanted to

There's a part of me
That would like to believe
But it isn't true
I'm tied to you

It's a natural thing
And I can't resist it
These feelings you're stirring up
I never knew existed

I surrender
There's no use in fighting
As strong as I am
This is stronger than me
I'm outnumbered
So many emotions
Are holding me down
And setting me free, so tender
This pull on my heart, I surrender

It amazes me
When I look in your eyes
How clear I see
It amazes me

There's a part of you
That's a part of me too
And it calls to me
It's like destiny

It's a natural thing
That I've been concealing
I'm gonna drop my defenses
And give in to this feeling

I surrender
There's no use in fighting
As strong as I am,
This is stronger than me
I'm outnumbered
So many emotions
Are holding me down
And setting me free, so tender
This pull on my heart, I surrender

So many emotions
Are holding me down
And setting me free, so tender
This pull on my heart, I surrender...

Little towns and neon signs fade away inside my mind
There is only one thing I can hold on to
I see pictures in my head replaying every word you said
Every memory's like a thread running through
Everything I do leads me straight to you.

This train of thought keeps coming back
It must be on a one-way track
It never stops, just picks up steam
And I can't get off this train of thought.

I've tried everything I swear
Television, solitaire
But all I do is sit and stare, dusk 'til dawn
I don't know where this heart is bound
The wheels keep turning 'round and 'round
I don't see 'em slowin' down
Not as long as I hear this song
Playing on and on.

This train of thought keeps coming back
It must be on a one-way track
It never stops, just picks up steam
And I can't get off this train of though.

This train of thought keeps coming back
It must be on a one-way track
It never stops, just picks up steam
And I can't get off this train of though.

No, I can't get off this train of thought...

Somewhere between your heart and mine,
There's a window that I can't see through;
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky,
Somewhere between me and you.

I love you so much I can't let you go,
And sometimes I believe you love me;
But somewhere between your heart and mine,
There's a door without any key.

Somewhere between your heart and mine,
There's a window that I can't see through;
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky,
Somewhere between me and you.

Somewhere between your heart and mine,
There's a love I can't understand;
It's there for awhile then it fads like a smile,
And I'm left in the middle again.

Somewhere between your heart and mine,
There's a window that I can't see through;
There's a wall so high it reaches the sky,
Somewhere between me and you.
Somewhere between me and you...

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
I want to learn to rope and to ride
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
Out west of that great divide
I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
While the sun sinks in the West
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
That's the life I love the best

(Yodeling)

I want to ride Old Paint goin' at a run
I want to feel the wind in my face
A thousand miles from all the city lights
Goin' a cowhand's pace
I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd
While the moon shines down from above
I want to strum my guitar and yodelay-hee-hoo
Oh that's the life that I love

(Yodeling)

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
I want to learn to rope and to ride
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
Out west of that great divide
I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
While the sun sinks in the West
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
That's the life I love the best

(Yodeling)

Maybe it's true we're not together
But when I close my eyes,
You're still here.
The sweet taste of love can last forever.
Sometimes it makes me cry,
But I still find a smile for every tear.

Maybe I am blue,
Maybe I'm crazy too,
But I'll always love you
Cross my broken heart.

When I hear your name in conversation,
I melt into a dream.
I can't forget.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining.
It hurts me now and then
But I'd do it all again,
With no regrets.

Maybe I am blue,
Maybe I'm crazy too,
But I'll always love you
Cross my broken heart

I could say love wasn't worth
All the tears that it took,
But I wouldn't lie to you now,
You know I never could.

Maybe I am blue,
Maybe I'm crazy too,
But I'll always love you
Cross my broken heart.

Maybe I'm crazy too,
But I'll always love you
Cross my broken heart...

While I was out a-ridin'
The graveyard shift midnight till dawn
The moon was as bright as a reading light
For a letter from an old friend back home.

He said last night I ran into Jenny
They married and have a good life
Oh, you sure missed the track when you never came back
She made the perfect professional's wife.

She asked me,
"Why do you ride for your money?"
"Why do you rope for short pay?"
You ain't gettin' nowhere
And you're losin' your share
Oh, you must've gone crazy out there.

They've never seen the northern lights
Never seen a hawk on the wing
Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide
And they ain't ever heard old Camp Cookie sing.

Now, I read up the last of my letter
And tore of the stamp for Black Jim
Little Dougie rode up to relieve me
He just looked at my letter and grinned.

He said
"Why do they ride for your money?"
"Why do they rope for short pay?"
They ain't gettin' nowhere
And they're losin' your share
Oh, They all must be crazy out there.

They've never seen the northern lights
Never seen a hawk on the wing
Never seen the spring at the Great Divide
And they ain't ever heard old Camp Cookie sing...

Just when I thought I had kissed love goodbye,
And ridden off into the sunset,
This hip shooting cowboy steps up and says:
"Reach for the sky."

I could tell he was fast, I could tell he was smart;
I could tell he was looking for trouble.
He was fixing to take his best shot at my bullet proof heart.

I'm under the gun,
I'm under attack.
The sights are lined up,
The hammer is back.
I'm under the gun,
And it's going down to the wire.

I'm under the gun,
He's aiming to win.
He's thinking he might,
Get under my skin,
If he hits me with his fire.
I'm under the gun.

Just when I thought I had gotten away,
With all of the hearts I had stolen,
He looks in my eyes and says:
"Crimes of the heart do not pay."
It was too late to talk, it was too late to run,
It was too late to hold up this showdown.
It was already all said and done, I was under the gun.

I'm under the gun,
I'm under attack.
The sights are lined up,
The hammer is back.
I'm under the gun,
And it's going down to the wire.

I'm under the gun,
He's aiming to win.
He's thinking he might,
Get under my skin,
If he hits me with his fire.
Oh, I'm under the gun.

I'm under the gun,
I'm under attack.
The sights are lined up,
The hammer is back.
I'm under the gun,
And it's going down to the wire.
I'm under the gun...

I don't want to be standing here
With this ticket for this outbound plane
'Cause I've been here before
And somehow it doesn't feel the same
Talk is cheap, so we could talk all night long
We may never figure out just where our love went wrong.

AndI don't wanna be standin' here
And I don't wanna be talkin' here
And I don't really care who's to blame
'Cause if love won't fly on its own free will
It's gonna catch that outbound plane.

The old folks say loves not forever anymore
Because these young people walk away
From love alone, to pace the floor
Young or old I say that love is still the same
And you may walk away from love
But you'll fall head and heel again.

AndI don't wanna be standin' here
And I don't wanna be talkin' here
And I don't really care who's to blame
'Cause if love won't fly on its own free will
It's gonna catch that outbound plane.

Two lonely hearts in this aiport knowing
Neither cares where that other heart is going
But if love won't fly on its own free will
It's gonna catch that outbound plane.

That crown you're wearin'
Is just your halo turned upside down
Where is the laughter we once shared
Back in the lost and found
These broken wings are gonna leave me here
To stand my ground
You can have this ticket
For that lonely plane thats flyin' out.

I don't wanna be standin' here
And I don't wanna be talkin' here
And I don't really care who's to blame
'Cause if love won't fly on its own free will
It's gonna catch that outbound plane.

If love won't fly on its own free will
It's gonna catch that outbound plane...

My old friend said to me
That I'm not being what I'm supposed to be.
Well I don't know, could be true,
I know I wasn't always there for you.

And now you're ready to walk out,
you're ready to run,
Talk to me, can't you see
I would never wanna do what it seems I've done.
You cant deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play,
Don't let this be the reason you would walk away.

The things you think I should do,
I've never understood that part of you.
You know I've tried to be a friend,
But you feel undermined and hurt again.
Now, don't let it convince you,
Please don't take it to heart,
Compromise and realize,
You can never really run everything you start.

You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play.
Don't let this be the reason you would walk away.

And I guess I said I couldn't see
That things would turn out like they've come to be.
And if I lied, and if I knew,
I was only trying to think of you.

And now you're ready to walk out,
You're ready to run.
Talk to me, can't you see
I would never wanna do what it seems I've done
You can't deal me the aces and think I wouldn't play.
Don't let this be the reason you would walk away,
Don't let this be the reason you would walk away.

There's a young man that I know whose age is twenty-one
Comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service, he's lookin' for his fun
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

My parents can not stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me cryin'
I would follow him right down the roughest road I know
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

But when he comes to call,
My pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's
Just as wild in his younger days.

So blow, you old Blue Northern, blow my love to me
He's ridin' in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

When he comes to call,
My pa ain't got a word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's
Just as wild in his younger days

So blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's ridin' in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon.

Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon...

It sure looks like this love is winding down
You changed your mind about me
And what you thought you'd found
Funny how it works that way,
'Cause I just couldn't see
Any sign that you were pulling out on me

I've been in your shoes and I know how it feels
You say you love me, but that don't make it real
I'm better off knowing that you'll be gone for good
Let's just let goodbye hurt like it should

One side of love doesn't get you anywhere
There's nothing worse than loving someone
Who's just not there
I know you searched for something here,
Can't say you didn't try
But feelings such as these
Don't just fall out of the sky

I've been in your shoes and I know how it feels
You say you love me, but that don't make it real
I'm better off knowing now that you'll be gone for good
Let's just let goodbye hurt like it should

I've been in your shoes and I know how it feels
You say you love me, but that don't make it real
I'm better off knowing now that you'll be gone for good
Let's just let goodbye hurt like it should
Let's just let goodbye hurt like it should...

You're gonna have to save yourself this time, darlin'
You're gonna have to find a soft heart in someone else
'Cause I almost drowned coming to your rescue
This time around, you're gonna have to save yourself.

I'm all out of rope, and I'm all out of reasons
You had me thinkin' I could help, that you needed a friend
One little white lie, and it all looks deceivin'
You keep going back out over your head again.

You're gonna have to save yourself this time, darlin'
You're gonna have to find a soft heart in someone else
'Cause I almost drowned coming to your rescue
This time around, you're gonna have to save yourself.

You can knock on the door
You can rattle at the windows
You can howl like a dog, but you're not comin' in
I'm anybody's fool, 'til I learn how the game goes
And I will never be your fool again.

You're gonna have to save yourself this time, darlin'
You're gonna have to find a soft heart in someone else
'Cause I'm not gonna drown coming to your rescue
This time around, you're gonna have to save yourself.

This time you're gonna have to save yourself...

We've sure had the snow for December
Just one open road to town
But it's three night's runnin' I've stood here
Watchin' you headed back down that Yellow River Road.

Now this winter is closin' in
Looks like it's gonna be long and hard
Go on down be with your friends
Just don't go too far.

Down the Yellow River Road
You know I always say that you ought to go
When you need some time alone
But If there's anything else pullin' you down that way
Then you ought to know
You've gone too far
Down the Yellow River Road.

That road goes lots of places
But don't forget it's my road too
And I won't have friends with guilty faces
Watchin' me walkin' with you down the Yellow River Road.

Could be all this snow that's fallin'
Makin' me think there's something wrong
But that road goes both ways darlin'
And you could come home.

Down the Yellow River Road
You know I always say that you ought to go
When you need some time alone
But If there's anything else pullin' you down that way
Then you ought to know
You've gone too far.

Down the Yellow River Road
You know I always say that you ought to go
When you need some time alone
But If there's anything else pullin' you down that way...
Then you ought to know
You've gone too far
Down the Yellow River Road.

You've gone too far
Down the Yellow River Road...

I put a candle in the window
Then take a picture off the wall
Avoid all the places we'd go
Then wait around on your call.

There's a part of me that wishes
All my dreams come true
And a part of me that prays
That I'll wake up someday over you.

I throw a penny in the river
Thinking that'll bring you home
Then throw another right behind her
Hopin' that you don't.

There's a part of me that wishes
All my dreams come true
And a part of me that prays
That I'll wake up someday over you.

The way it comes and goes
Ridin' high, fallin' low.

There's a part of me that wishes
That all my dreams come true
And a part of me that prays
I'll wake up some sweet day over you...

She'll take the painting in the hallway,
The one she did in junior high,
And that old lamp up in the attic,
She'll need some light to study by,
She's had 18 years,
To get ready for this day,
She should be past the tears,
She cries some anyway.

Ohho letting go.
Theres nothing in the way now
Ohh letting go,
Theres room enough to fly,
And even though, she's spent her whole time waiting
It's never easy, ohh letting go.

Mother sits down at the table,
So many things she'd like to do,
Spend more time out in the garden,
Now she can get those books read too,
She's had 18 years,
To get ready for this day
She should be past the tears,
She cries some anyway.

Ohho letting go.
Theres nothing in the way now
Ohh letting go,
Theres room enough to fly,
And even though, she's spent her whole time waiting
It's never easy, ohh letting go.

Ohho letting go.
Theres nothing in the way now
Ohh letting go,
Theres room enough to fly,
And even though, she's spent her whole time waiting
It's never easy, ohh letting go....

When I walk alone and think of you
I hear music on the wind
Birds are singing cause they hear it too
When there's music on the wind

Once there was a story I was told
Oh how love sings a song
If you hear the wind and listen close
It goes--aria,aria

I can feel the rhythm in my heart
When there's music on the wind
And with every beat it plays a part
Of music on the wind

How can you resist a moonlite night
When there's music on the wind
You and I could listen side by side


To the music on the wind

Just like the story I was told
Oh how love sings a song
If you hear the wind and listen close
It goes--aria,aria

Listen to a lover's rhapsody
It's the music on the wind

Won't you come outside and dance with me
To the music on the wind

Aria,aria

If I told you tonight that I loved you
Would you walk my way, would you say
Lies that I wanted to hear
If I told you tonight that I need you
Would you break my heart would you start
Wearin' me down again.

I feel so lonely when I'm with you
But I'm so lonely when you're gone
I can't live with you, can't live without you
But I still hold on.

If I told you tonight I was leavin'
Would you call my name, take the blame
Turn it all around again
'Cause you know I love you
And it's worth the heartache
I curse the heartbreak we make
But I still hold on.

I feel so lonely when I'm with you
But I'm so lonely when you're gone
I can't live with you, can't live without you
But I still hold on.
I still hold on.

I feel so lonely when I'm with you
But I'm so lonely when you're gone
I can't live with you, can't live without you
But I still hold on
I still hold on.

I still hold on...

Well I knew a man named Campbell he'd cheat and steal and gamble
And I guess he tried most everything lowdown
He was out tomcattin' last night when he got in a great big fight
And then a big policeman came and slapped him down
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
Well I told him once or twice to quit drinkin' gin and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Well when I met Bill's old gal Saddie and she said (have you seen my baby)
And I told her he was downtown in the can
Well old Saddie she started fussin' she went down to the jailhouse a cussin'
She said I come down here to get my man
She's in the jailhouse now (she's in the jailhouse now)
She's in the jailhouse now (she's in the jailhouse now)
So you can understand how little old Saddie got throwed in the can
She's in the jailhouse now

Well old Bill broke out one day I guess he thought he get away
But at the railway station they took him by the arm
The chief said I've come for you and Bill said (now this won't do)
Because Bill Campbell never was my name
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
Well old Bill he broke out and all over town the fool walked about
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now (he's in the jailhouse now)
Well I told him once or twice to quit drinkin' gin and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

He wasn't prepared for a daughter
He thought how nice a son would have been
But she had her way with her father
When she smiled at him.

Years ago he stopped trying to change her
He knew that he just couldn't win
She'd come home with stray dogs and strangers
And he'd have to let 'em in, when she smiled at him.

Now those old memories linger
In his mind she's still only ten
And he's still wrapped round her finger
Like the first time, when she smiled at him.

When he gave her away at the wedding
He paused for a moment and then
He whispered I think now I'm ready
When she smiled at him.

Now as the years fade into each other
He may forget some things now and then
But her face now so much like her mother's
Carries him back again, to when she smiled at him.

Now those old memories linger
In his mind she's still only ten
And he's still wrapped round her finger
Like the first time, when she smiled at him.

And he's still wrapped round her finger
Like the first time when she smiled at him...

Forget about it, I'm admittin' I was wrong
So, I'll just take my old guitar and walk out the door
Forget about it, I'll be gone
And you'll have memories you'll find hard to ignore.

'Cause after all I'll see you sometimes maybe
When I can't recall how you drove me crazy
Forget about it, when forever's over
I won't remember how much I love you anymore.

Forget about it, put me out of your head
Now that you're free and easy out there on the town
Forget about it, when you're lying in your bed
Just wishing I was there to lay my body down.

'Cause after all I'll see you sometimes, baby
When you will recall how I drove you crazy
Forget about those starlit nights
Laying by the fireside holding tight.

I can't remember when it felt so right
So just forget about it.

Forget about it, if you see me
On the street don't wave don't wink
Don't try to tease me with your smile
Forget about it if we chance to meet somewhere
Don't think it's 'cause I'm tryin' to reconcile.

'Cause after all I'll see you sometimes, baby
When I can't recall how you drove me crazy
Forget about those starlit nights.
Forget about those starlit nights.

Forget about it...

It began, I believe when Adam found Eve
He woke up and made her his wife
On that very first day she asked in dismay
Am I the first girl in your life.

Wives don't like old girlfriends
You know that's a fact of life
Wives don't like old girlfriends
And girlfriends don't like old wives.

Now, if you don't lie I'll bet every guy
Has an old flame that he thinks about
Wives pretend not to care but to her it's as clear
as if you were thinking out loud.

Wives don't like old girlfriends
You know that's a fact of life
Wives don't like old girlfriends
And girlfriends don't like old wives.

Oh, it's an awful sad affair
And though it's not goin' anywhere.

Wives don't like old girlfriends
You know that's a fact of life
Wives don't like old girlfriends
And girlfriends don't like old wives.

You know that's a fact of life

And girlfriends don't like
You know they don't like 'em
And girlfriends don't like old wives...

What have I got to do to make you love me
What have I got to do to make you care
What do I do when lightning strikes me
And I wake to find that you're not there.

What have I got to do to make you want me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it's all over
Sorry, seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sad, it's a sad, sad situation
And it's gettin' more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad, why can't we talk it over
Always seems to me
Sorry, seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sad, it's a sad, sad situation
And it's gettin' more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad, why can't we talk it over
Always seems to me
Sorry, seems to be the hardest word.

What have I got to do to make you love me
Oh, what have I got to do to be heard
What do I do when lightning strikes me
What have I got to do?
What have I got to do
Sorry, seems to be the hardest word...

We painted a beautiful scene
With brown eyes and emerald green
The balck of the night and the silver moonlight on you and me
But the tears that we're crying each day
Had bled all the colors away now all I can see.

Is two shades of blue (now it's over and it's)
Poor me and you (all alone and wondering)
What will we do (now our love is turning)
Two shades of blue.

In our kaleidoscope dream we could have had everything
If only our lives would have started the night when we first met
But reality pulled us apart now we're dancing
Alone in the dark what a sad silhouette.

Is two shades of blue (now it's over and it's)
Poor me and you (all alone and wondering)
What will we do (now our love is turning)
Two shades of blue.

But the tears that we're crying
Each day had bled all the colors away
Now all I can see is.

Two shades of blue (now it's over and it's)
Poor me and you (all alone and wondering)
What will we do (now our love is turning)
Two shades of blue...

Put those guitars in their cases
Put those cases on the truck
Drive that truck on to Memphis
Tune those guitars back up.

What we really love is playin'
Rollin' never slowin' down
But tonight I feel like stayin'
I kind of like this little town.

And I'm not ready to pack it up yet
If you don't have to go
Let's make this a night we'll never forget
There's time for one more one more for the road.

Tonight the lights feel like heaven
Makes me want to give it all I got
That's what I do for a livin'
Am I lucky or what.

And I'm not ready to pack it up yet
If you don't have to go
Let's make this a night we'll never forget
There's time for one more one more for the road.

What we really love is playin'
Rollin' never slowin' down
But tonight I feel like stayin'
I kind of like this little town.

And I'm not ready to pack it up yet
If you don't have to go
I'd like to stay here and pick one with Chet
There's time for one more, one more for the road.

Out my door the leaves are falling
A cold wild wind will come
Sweethearts walk by together
And I still miss someone.

I go out to a party
To look for a little fun
But I find a darkened corner
'Cause I still miss someone.

Though I never got over those blue eyes
I see them everywehere
I miss those arms that held me
When all the love was there.

I wonder if he's sorry
For leaving what we had begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone.

Though I never got over those blue eyes
I see them everywehere
I miss those arms that held me
When all the love was there.

And I wonder if he's sorry
For leaving what we had begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone...

A diamond is so hard to find
You keep searching patiently
You take a stone and make it shine
And somehow you bring out the best in me.

I count on you to lift me up
And sometimes take me down a peg
With a word or just a touch
Somehow you bring out the best in me.

I'm gonna run until I go to distance
'Cause you believe I will
And if I stumble baby what's the difference
You're standin' by me, still.

When there's a path in front of me
But I can't find it for the trees
I look at you and clearly see
Somehow you bring out the best in me.

I'm gonna run until I go to distance
'Cause you believe I will
And if I stumble baby what's the difference
You're standin' by me, still.

When there's a path in front of me
But I can't find it for the trees
I look at you and clearly see
Somehow you bring out the best.

I look at you and clearly see
Somehow you bring out the best in me...

You've been knocked down, you've been dragged out
You've been misled and left for dead in the shadow of doubt
Over your shoulder is your only view
And all I can say, is don't let yesterday get the best of you.

This is the beginning, this is not the end
This is not the time to be lyin' down and finally givin' in
This world keeps spinning around and again
And this is the beginning this is not the end.

Runnin' leaves you breathless, standin' makes you swoon
Fightin' leaves you layin' down
And stayin' down and prayin' it's all over soon
Who knows what's waiting further on up the track
One thing I know is there ain't no road gonna take you back.

Cause this is the beginning, this is not the end
This is not the time to be lyin' down and finally givin' in
This world keeps spinning around and again
And this is the beginning this is not the end.

One day you're flyin', next day you crawl
Next day you don't know why
You can only fly so high till you begin to fall
But sooner or later, you'll go it alone
There's only one job and there's
Nobody's problems to solve but your own.

Cause this is the beginning, this is not the end
This is not the time to be lyin' down and finally givin' in
This world keeps spinning around and again
And this is the beginning this is not the end.

No, this is not the end yeah...

Give me some wheels, put me on a highway
Won't look back anyway
I'll never be the angel, you see in your dreams
Oh, give me some wheels, if I can't have wings

We live in a world that suits you well
But it feels like a cage to me
And the pedestal you tried to put me on
Just slipped out from under my feet

Oh, give me some wheels, put me on a highway
Won't look back anyway
I'll never be the ange,l you see in your dreams
Oh, give me some wheels, if I can't have wings
Give me some wheels

You never knew me anyway
I just couldn't make you see
While you were looking
For the words to make me stay
I was looking for the keys

Oh, give me some wheels, put me on a highway
Won't look back anyway
I'll never be the angel, you see in your dreams
Oh, give me some wheels, if I can't have wings
Give me some wheels

I couldn't love you any better than that
But you never seemed satisfied
What I'm trying to say is
I need a man who don't mind letting me drive

Oh, give me some wheels, put me on a highway
Won't look back anyway
I'll never be your angel, whatever that means
Oh, give me some wheels, if I can't have wings
Give me some wheels

Oh, give me some wheels
Give me some wheels...

Some people say you can tell right away
If your love will stand, if your love will fall
They will give you odds, they will quote you statistics
Oh, But thinkin' don't figure into love at all

Hey, I've got a feeling
I'm gonna love you my whole life through
Hey, I've gotta feeling, about you

First time I saw you, you were mixing cocktails
It was two for one or was it four for two
All I remember was watching you and thinking
That one of these days I wanna be waiting on you

Hey, I've got a feeling
I'm gonna love you my whole life through
Hey, I've gotta feeling, about you

Well, You looked up at me
Like you done heard it all before
From some lovin'. leavin', liar
Who don't come around no more
Well Honey, I'm not her and she's not me
And the sooner we get that straight
You know the happier we will be

Hey, I've got a feeling
I'm gonna love you my whole life through
Hey, I've gotta feeling, about you, about you

Look at us a few miles later
You can see our dent, you can see our rust
They say we're wearing out,
They say we ain't gonna make it
If they don't believe it they can, eat our dust

Hey, I've got a feeling
I'm gonna love you my whole life through
Hey, I've gotta feeling, about you,
About you, about you, baby

Hey, I've got a feeling
I'm gonna love you my whole life through
Hey, I've gotta feeling, about you, baby...

I'm pulling my suitcase down, packing the things I need
Just a change of clothes and a porcelain rose you once gave to me
Leaving the guilt behind I'm not gonna take the blame
Got too far to go to be carrying stones when I roll away.

I'm traveling light, no baggage this time
And no bitter memories weighing on my mind,
I'm facing the wind and I'm ready to fly
Anywhere my heart takes me tonight, I'm traveling light.

It might take another town, it might take a year or two
But I'll find what I lost and I'll have what I thought I had with you
It could be an uphill climb or maybe a winding road
All I really know is for me there's only one way to go.

I'm traveling light no baggage this time
And no bitter memories weighing on my mind
I'm facing the wind and I'm ready to fly
Anywhere my heart takes me tonight I'm traveling light.

I'm facing the wind and I'm ready to fly
Anywhere my heart takes me tonight
I'm traveling light.
I'm traveling light.
I'm traveling light.
I'm traveling light...

These sleepless nights when will they end
Each one that passes seems like years
The sound of goodbye plays in my mind
While the rain is keeping time with my tears

If I'm gonna live to love another day I've gotta believe
That the heart doesn't really break, it beats on
Tonight it might be hard for me to see beyond the rain
But I'll outlast the pain somehow, someway
If I'm gonna live to love another day

Sometimes I pray let him come back
Please let me feel his touch again
But it's time to wake from that hopeless dream
'Cause the sun will keep on rising without him

If I'm gonna live to love another day I've gotta believe
That the heart doesn't really break, it beats on
Tonight it might be hard for me to see beyond the rain
But I'll outlast the pain somehow, someway
If I'm gonna live to love another day

Tonight it might be hard for me to see beyond the rain
But I'll outlast the pain somehow, someway
If I'm gonna live to love another day
I'm gonna live to love another day...

Momma's crying in the kitchen
Even the dog can feel the chill
She lays her head down on the table
Next to stack of unpaid bills
Daddy comes and put his arms around her
He says, "Girl your stocking's starting to run"
Now it ain't ever been easy
But ain't it always been fun, fun, fun...

We fell in love and there's no way out
We fell in love and there's no way out
Sometimes you just gotta laugh about it
We fell in love and there's no way out
I said no way.

Daddy's cussing in the backyard
Got the engine hanging from a tree
Kicking the tires on the T-bird
He says, "T, you ain't gonna get
The best of me not this time"
Not this time
Momma comes dancin out the back door
Slappin' a dish towel in her hand
She says "don't you be waistin all that good energy
Don't know you know how I love a sweaty man"
Oh, man oh.

We fell in love and there's no way out
We fell in love and there's no way out
Sometimes you just gotta laugh about it
We fell in love and there's no way, no way out
I said no way out.

Fell in love and there's no way out
Fell in love and there's no way out
Fell in love and there's no way out
We fell in love and there's no way out.

We fell in love and there's no way out
We fell in love and there's no way out
Sometimes you just gotta laugh about it
We fell in love and there's no way, no way out.

We fell in love and there's no way out
We fell in love and there's no way out
Sometimes you just gotta laugh about it
We fell in love and there's
No way, no, no way, no way out...

Said I wouldn't but here I am about to
Follow my heart off these cliffs again
Leave good sense and caution
On the ledge behind me
I just want to feel that rushing wind
Stop all this double guessing
After all only heaven knows
If there's a curse or blessing
Waitin' on me somewhere below

And all I gotta do is fall
Close my eyes and lean
Love will find the wings
I don't have to understand
Where it's gonna to lead
How I'm gonna to land
If this love will fly at all
All I've gotta do is fall

I feel your heart beating
A thousand miles a minute
The points of no return are flying past
This ain't no game we're playing
So it's just out and say it
Sometimes you've gotta call the kettle black
I ain't over analyzing
Dehumanizing this emotional thing
The hard parts realizing
I've made it harder than it has to be

And all I gotta do is fall
Close my eyes and lean
Love will find the wings
I don't have to understand
Where it's gonna to lead
How I'm gonna to land
If this love will fly at all
All I've gotta do is fall

The hard part is realizing
I've made it harder than it has to be

And all I gotta do is fall
Close my eyes and lean
Love will find the wings
I don't have to understand
Where it's gonna to lead
How I'm gonna to land
If this love will fly at all
All I've got to do
All I've got to do is fall...

If I lose my concentration
Disappear from the conversation
Don't mind me
I'm saying goodbye to a friend.

I try to start each day out cheerful
But if my eyes get blue and tearful
Please understand
I'm saying goodbye to a friend.

I broke a glass while I was washing dishes
Fell to the floor in a million pieces
It's not just something you can pick up in your hand
These little things that shouldn't matter
Make something inside me shatter
And I'm on my knees
Saying goodbye to a friend.

Like the end an era
Like a scene in a rearview mirror
I Thought I'd got past it
Now I'm looking at it, again
Saying goodbye to a friend.

All our secret dreams and fears
All that's left of those hard earned years
Kick up like dry leaves
And drift off on the wind
Just when I think I've let it go
I catch a chill and that wind will blow
I'm out in the cold
Saying goodbye to a friend.

Like the end an era
Like a scene in a rearview mirror
I Thought I'd got past it
Now I'm looking at it, again
Saying goodbye to a friend.

Looking, again
Saying goodbye to a friend...

They sat at the table, polite conversation
Avoiding the issue at hand
Then he made the coffee and she did the dishes
And sat down at the table again
She waited a moment, hoping he would speak first
Though it never had happened before
He sat there in silence, expecting the worst
'Til she couldn't wait anymore

She said, "I'm mad"
He heard, "I'm leaving"
She said, "I need your attention"
He heard, "I want you to crawl"
She said, "I'm sad"
He heard, "It's all your fault"
There is no translation, emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said and what he heard

She said, "I love you, and that's not the problem
And I know how much you care
But, for too long now, we've been walking on egg shells
I just had to clear the air"
And he looked at her like she was speaking Chinese
With some of the letters left out
Try as he may, he just didn't know
What she was talking about

She said, "I'm mad"
He heard, "I'm leaving"
She said, "I need your attention"
He heard, "I want you to crawl"
She said, "I'm sad"
He heard, "It's all your fault"
There is no translation, emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said and what he heard

Then he started smiling and she started laughing
And they both reached out their hands
She said, "I think we're from two different planets
No wonder we misunderstand"

She said, "I'm mad"
He heard, "I'm leaving"
She said, "I need your attention"
He heard, "I want you to crawl"
She said, "I'm sad"
He heard, "It's all your fault"
There is no translation, emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said and what he heard
There's so much between what she said and what he heard

Do you ever wonder what happened to us
Prob'bly you don't think about it too much
If I could hold you I know what I'd say
But I don't even know where you are
Just that you're so far away

Far and away you were the love of my life
No one comes close, I don't have to think twice
Nobody else hurt me that much, when they went away
You couldn't stay, I tried to hold on
Until the day you left me alone
Still I'd have to say you were the best love
I've known far and away.

I'm not the kind to live in the past
I can't go back and the days go so fast
I try to be strong and live for today
And it will be brighter tomorrow
But right now it's so far away

Far and away you were the love of my life
No one comes close, I don't have to think twice
Nobody else hurt me that much, when they went away
You couldn't stay, I tried to hold on
Until the day you left me alone
Still I'd have to say you were the best love
I've known far and away.

Still, I'd have to say you were the best love
I've known far and away...

I'm here out of love and I wish I could stay
But I know you heartache you'll stand in my way
There's no use in wishin' 'cause I ain't satisfied
I'm fit to be a misfit when you're at my side

Heartache find another place to be
I'm tired of being your best friend
Look to another for your companion
And when you do my pain will end

There's nowhere at all I'm feeling no pain
My body is sickly and my mind is insane
I call on you heartache to come show me how
I can't get no lower than this hole I'm in now

Heartache find another place to be
I'm tired of being your best friend
Look to another for your companion
And when you do my pain will end

Heartache find another place to be
I'm tired of being your best friend
Look to another for your companion
And when you do my pain will end

When you do my pain will end...

I didn't say we wouldn't hurt anymore
That's how you learn you just get burned
We don't have to feel like dirt anymore
Though love's not learned, baby it's our turn
We were always looking for true love
With our heads in the clouds
Just a little off course
But I left that motor running
Now, if you're feeling down and out

Come on baby drive south
With the one you love
Come on baby drive south

I'm not talking about retreating, no sir
Gonna take our stand in this chevy van
Windows open on the rest of the world
Holding hands all the way to dixie land
We've been trying to turn our lives, around
Since we were little kids
It's been wearing us down
Don't turn away now darling
Lets fire it up and wind it out

Come on baby drive south
With the one you love
Come on baby drive south

I heard your momma calling
I think she was only stalling
Don't know who she's talking to
Baby me or you
We can go south with a smile on
Ain't going to pack my nylons
Just leave these legs showing
It gets hot down where were going

We were always looking for true love
With our heads in the clouds
Just a little off course
But I left that motor running
Now, if you're feeling down and out

Come on baby drive
Come on baby drive south

With the one you love
Come on baby drive south...

Don't wanna feel you in my heart
Don't wanna see you in my dreams anymore
Don't need to hear your doing fine, baby I'm sure
Don't wanna call you on the phone
Don't wanna hear you being kind to me
I'll either make it or I won't, baby we'll see

I never meant to be your fool
What can I do, I know it hurts you too
I wasn't careful at the start
Me with my dreams, you with your change of heart

Don't wanna look into your eyes
Don't wanna see the way it might have been
You think I can't see gentle lies, baby I can

I never meant to be your fool
What can I do, I know it hurts you too
I wasn't careful at the start
Me with my dreams, you with your change of heart

Don't wanna spend another night
Alone and swearing that I'll take control
I'm working over-time to hide, what you already know

Don't wanna feel you in my heart
Don't wanna see you in my dreams anymore
Don't need to hear you're doing fine, baby I'm sure

Baby I'm sure...

Baby, what's she got,
Baby, what's she do
What is this power
She has over you
How come, you go, to her
What keeps you a-running to her door
Ain't no way that she could love you more
How come, you go, to her

Ain't I got the looks,
Ain't I got the charm,
Ain't I got this heart, so true
You said it was heaven, in my arms
So how come, they ain't, holding you

Is it 'cause I scare you,
Or is it 'cause she don't
And I could win your heart
And you know she won't
How come (how come) , you go (you go), to her

Ain't I got the looks,
Ain't I got the charm,
Ain't I got this heart so true
You said it was heaven, in my arms
So how come, they ain't, holding you

All of the good love
You could ever want
You can get right here Darlin'
But you don't
How come (how come), you go (you go), to her

How come (how come), you go (you go), to her
(How come) how come, (you go) you go, to her
Mmm...

Watch out when they start to twist
Hold tight with a leather fist
That's what his daddy told him
How to ride the bull
There's a jingle in his jeans
Sore places in between
He's leaving me in Tennesse
With a push and a pull.

Ten four,honey,come on back
Horse trainer on your Cadillac
I'm calling for the cowboy in the Coupe De Ville
Chug a lug up one side
Glide down the other
He's a lover of the other side of the hill.

Turn up the radio, don't think about rodeo
Don't think about roundup, up in old Cheyenne
It's a crazy circuit, yea and he still works it
Come on turn that sound up, let's check the scan.

Ten four,honey,come on back
Horse trainer on your Cadillac
I'm calling for the cowboy in the Coupe De Ville
Chug a lug up one side
Glide down the other
He's a lover of the other side of the hill.

Bandana on a rear view mirror
Still wet from ear to ear
I'm praying he'll remember
What the wise man said
When you ride that last one
Better make it fast one
Jump while he's moving
And just walk away.

Ten four, honey,come on back
Horse trainer on your Cadillac
I'm calling for the cowboy in the Coupe De Ville
Chug a lug up one side
Glide down the other
He's a lover of the other side of the hill.

Ten four, honey, come on back
Horse trainer on your Cadillac
I'm calling for the cowboy in the Coupe De Ville
Chug a lug up one side
Glide down the other
He's a lover of the other side of the hill...

He meets her in a tavern
He's taken by her smile
She thinks he looks reckless
And she's feelin' kind of wild
They leave that bar together
Make the rounds from place to place
They try to keep it light
Still they wind up face to face

So they open up the bottle
To let those feelings out
It's the only way they know
To say the truth or hide the doubt
In the night they love and fight
And sometimes even touch
But in the day they don't remember much

They hold on to one another
Make a circle of their friends
Time passes quickly
When the party never ends
They do everything together
Till there's nothing left to do
But keep the champagne flowing
Right on through the honeymoon

So they open up the bottle
To let those feelings out
It's the only way they know
To say the truth or hide the doubt
In the night they love and fight
And sometimes even touch
But in the day they don't remember much

Well, the sun comes through the window
She crawls out of bed
Tries to make the coffee
While he tries to clear his head
They stare across the table
Through the silence and the hurt
They've come down to the problem
And it's gonna take some work

So they open up the bottle
To let those feelings out
It's the only way they know
To say the truth or hide the doubt
In the night they love and fight
And sometimes even touch
But in the day they don't remember much

In the day they don't remember much...

He knows each time he holds her
It's love but he's never told her
He thinks that she knows
But thinks that it goes without saying

That's not the way she planned it
She needs to have a man
That can call her by name
For it's only a game that their playin'

Unless she knows, the distance grows
Because love goes, without saying

Tears fall and I know she's leavin'
She can't go on believin'
An unspoken love it's just not enough
She's not staying

He wakes and smells the coffee
The clock alarm goes off
He doesn't hear the door close
Doesn't hear his love goes without saying

Unless she knows, the distance grows
Because love goes, without saying

He reads the words of her letters
But just can't believe what they say
He cries out I love you don't do this
But it's too late she's pullin' away

Unless she knows, the distance grows
Because love goes, without saying

Love goes, without saying...

I go to work from 10:30 until 6 a.m.
Raking up the dimes and quarters
Slinging eggs and ham
Scrambled, poached, or over easy
Coffee black and strong
Jukebox of scratchy records
I play 'em all night long

Eternal blue neon, we're never closed
When the world is asleep
Darling, come take a seat
You can always eat at Joe's (eat at Joe's)

Here comes old Frank Taylor, smelling like old gin
Guess his wife couldn't get him sober
It's up to me again
Here's a hot top on your coffee
Honey, you're a mess
I ain't your wife, I ain't your momma
But I'll do, I guess

Eternal blue neon, we're never closed
When the world is asleep
Darling, come take a seat
You can always eat at Joe's (eat at Joe's)

Hello, Prince Charming, where are you, dear?
When will you come in and order biscuits here?

Truck drivers, musicians with no place to go
I can be your domestic goddess for an hour or so

Eternal blue neon, we're never closed
When the world is asleep
Darling, come take a seat
You can always eat at Joe's (eat at Joe's)

Go to work at
Black coffee strong (eat at Joe's)
Order's up...

You answer questions like a natural disaster
Voices in the wind you let them call me up
The whole foundation just went flying past here
I put my heart into it and you just yank it out
You pulled my love out through the window pane
That's what I get for lovin' a hurricane

I could've run off with some Texas tornado
Some Mr. Twister I could kick up my boot heels with
Could have rode him on down to Loredo
But you blew up from the Gulf like a hot wet kiss
Blew my mind fast as a bullet train
That's what I get for lovin' a hurricane

Wa, wa, wind and rain, wa, wa, oh, it's a shame
That's what I get for lovin' a hurricane

I might've known you'd get it sooner or later
Living in that trailer park out on the sandy beach
The tides roll in like a dream generator
Forces of nature throw everything out of reach
Water in my living room, fire up in my brain
That's what I get for lovin' a hurricane

Wa, wa, wind and rain, wa, wa, oh, it's a shame
That's what I get for lovin' a hurricane...

She'll take the painting in the hallway,
The one she did in junior high,
And that old lamp up in the attic,
She'll need some light to study by,
She's had 18 years,
To get ready for this day,
She should be past the tears,
She cries some anyway.

Ohho letting go.
Theres nothing in the way now
Ohh letting go,
Theres room enough to fly,
And even though, she's spent her whole time waiting
It's never easy, ohh letting go.

Mother sits down at the table,
So many things she'd like to do,
Spend more time out in the garden,
Now she can get those books read too,
She's had 18 years,
To get ready for this day
She should be past the tears,
She cries some anyway.

Ohho letting go.
Theres nothing in the way now
Ohh letting go,
Theres room enough to fly,
And even though, she's spent her whole time waiting
It's never easy, ohh letting go.

Ohho letting go.
Theres nothing in the way now
Ohh letting go,
Theres room enough to fly,
And even though, she's spent her whole time waiting
It's never easy, ohh letting go....

The moon is full but my arms are empty
All night long how I've pleaded and cried
You always said the day that you would leave me
Would be a cold day in July

Your bags are packed but not a word is spoken
Guess we said everything with goodbye
Time goes so fast when promises got broken
'Cause here's that cold day in July

Sun's coming up, coming up, down on main street
Children shout as they're running out to play
Head in my hands here I am standing in my bare feet
Watching you drive away
Watching you drive away

You said that we were going to last forever
You said our love would never die
It looks like spring and feels like sunny weather
But it's a cold day in July

Sun's coming up, coming up, down on main street
Children shout as they're running out to play
Head in my hands here I am standing in my bare feet
Watching you drive away
Watching you drive away

The moon is full my arms are empty
All night long how I've pleaded and cried
Sun's coming up on the day you're gonna leave me
And it's a cold day in July
Here comes that cold day in July

All alone at the end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking about the one man who might love me
I never knew.

You know I've always been a dreamer,
Spend my nights running round
And it's so hard to change, can't seem to settle down
But the dreams I've seen lately
They're all turning out, and burning out,
And turning out the same.

So put me on a highway and show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time.

You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine.

And when you're looking for your freedom,
Nobody seems to care
And you can't find the door, can't find it anywhere
When there's nothing to believe in.

Still you're coming back you're running back,
You're coming back for more
Put me on a highway, show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Oh you can take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time.

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time...