Coy Bowles

There's a place, where the boat leaves from
It takes away all your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from
Take one part sand, and one part sea, one part shade of a big palm tree
The drinks they're cold and the ladies are hot
And I know this is the place for me

So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

See the problem is that you're down there
And there's a perfectly good island somewhere
Where a ride that floats and don't grab your coats
You won't need them where we are going

So get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

Pick me up
Out on a boat that is huge
Pick me up
I don't know how to do
Pick me up

Put me down
Down on the sand where its cool
Put me down
When I fall off my stool
Put me down
I'll just sleep there til morning comes around

With sunshine and ladies and pina colodas
and Bob Marley songs that are playing
There's a sound in my ear that I want you to hear
Soft tropical lips that are saying

Get away to where the boat leaves from
It takes away all of your big problems
You got worries you can drop them in the blue ocean
But you gotta get away to where the boat leaves from

She got eyes that cut you like a
knife and
lips that taste like sweet red wine
And pretty legs go to heaven every time
She got a gentle way that puts me at ease
When she walks in the room I can hardly breathe
Got a devastating smile knock a grown man to his knees

She got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything I wanted to say to a woman
but couldn't find the words to say
She got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
And every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out "I love you"
You got whatever it is

You know I've never been the type that would ever want to
stay
Bring 'em home at night and they're gone the next day
But that all changed when she walked into my life
And people askin why it is
I tell them I don't know
Just something about the woman makes my heart go haywire
And she's gonna be my wife

She got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything I wanted to say to a woman
but couldn't find the words to say
She got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out "I love you"
You got whatever it is

Now when she loves me
Girl that's how I feel
When she loves me I'm on top of the world
When she loves me I can live forever
When she loves me I am untouchable

You got whatever it is
It blows me away
You're everything I wanted to say to a woman
but couldn't find the words to say
You got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Every time I try and tell her how I feel
it comes out "I love you, I do"
You got whatever it is
Oh, you got whatever it is.

I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today
Life is good today

Well, the plane touched down just about 3 o'clock
And the city's still on my mind
Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head
I was still in the baggage line
Concrete and cars are their own prison bars
like this life I'm living in
But the plane brought me farther; I'm surrounded by water
And I'm not going back again

I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today
Life is good today

Adios and vaya con dios
Yeah I'm leaving GA
And if it weren't for tequila and pretty senoritas
I'd have no reason to stay
Adios and vaya con dios
Yeah I'm leaving GA
Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one
And grab my guitar and play

Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night
as the summer drew to an end
They couldn't believe that I just couldn't leave
And I bid adieu to my friends
Because my bartender she's from the islands
Her body's been kissed by the sun
And coconut replaces the smell of the bar
and I don't know if it's her or the rum

I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today
Life is good today

Adios and vaya con dios
A long way from the lake
Its where all the muchachas they call me "big poppa"
when I throw pesos their way
Adios and vaya con dios
A long way from GA
Someone do me a favor and pass me the Jaeger
And I'll grab my guitar and play

Adios and vaya con dios
Going home now to stay
The senoritas don't care-o when there's no dinero
I got no money to stay
Adios and vaya con dios
Going home now to stay

Just gonna prop up by the lake
With my ass in a lawn chair, toes in the clay
Not a worry in the world, a PBR on the way
Life is good today
Life is good today.

Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
And watch those feathers fly

Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
Break out the butter and
The flour ready to fry

My dog Pete is the smallest dog
Of all the dogs in my yard
He's a mean som bitch drinks
Beam and water from a broken mason jar

Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
And watch those feathers fly

Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
Break out the butter and
The flour ready to fry

We heard this awful noise
Comin outta the woods (comin outta the woods)
Heard chicken screams
We know it wasn't gon be good

I think we lost a chicken
I think we lost a chicken
I think we lost a chicken
Cuz i just heard him cry

I think we lost a chicken
I think we lost a chicken
I think we lost a chicken
But you can get another one for a dollar seventy nine

In a couple of years his spurs had grown
He wasn't safe to keep around the home
He almost took an eyeball from Lonnie's son
I was in the kitchen makin fig preserves
And I heard that young 'un get kicked in the face
And I knew that rooster's gon get what he deserves

So I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
And Pete hit him from the side
I chased the chicken
I chased the chicken
And me and Pete suppered
On a homemade chicken pot pie

Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
And watch those feathers fly
Sic em on a chicken
Sic em on a chicken
I can smell the kitchen and
It's almost supper time

Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this
way?

I was dumb enough not to settle down when you wanted to

Now I'm sittin' here going crazy trying to crawl back to
you

Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this way?

But I was smart enough to come to my senses

Be who you need me to be

And if you say that I'm too late

I'll curl up and die in misery

Mary, Mary, why you want to do me this way

I remember our first kiss on the 4th of July

I'll never miss another one of those

I'll be by your side

If my foolish heart was wrong,

this truly was never meant to be

Well I only hope that he'll count his lucky stars

and love you as much as me

Cocaine flame in my bloodstream
Sold my coat when i hit spokane
Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early
Morning rain
Lately my hands they don't feel like mine
My eyes been stung with dust and blind
Held you in my arms one time
Lost you just the same

Jolene
I ain't about to go straight
It's too late
I found myself face down in a ditch
Booze in my hair
Blood in my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means
Jolene

Been so long since i seen your face
Or felt a part of this human race
I've been living out of this here suitcase for way too long
A man needs something he can hold onto
A nine pound hammer or a woman like you
Either one of them things will do

Jolene
I ain't about to go straight
It's too late
I found myself face down in a ditch
Booze in my hair
Blood on my lips
A picture of you holding a picture of me
In the pocket of my blue jeans
Still don't know what love means
Still don't know what love means

Jolene

A man was bothering me today
I wanted to tell him to go away
But I stood and listened to him anyway, OK?
He said he didn't want to shoot that man
It was his thing and I wouldn't understand
He had done all that he can, OK?
OK...

I guess his body was as good as mine
Just like me he was wasting time
Turning over every stone to see what he could find, OK?
He was filling tank and he asked for money
I lied and said I didn't have anyThen my conscience took over and gave him a handful of
change.

Don't do a thing.
Stay right there.
You'll lie there.
You don't seem to care

I know it's hard to survive in the city
When beautiful days don't look so pretty
And you don't have windows to keep the night away, OK?
He was dirty and stink and just a bit crude
But I didn't say that because that's kind of rude
And he didn't care what I had to say in the first place.
OK...

I wanted to say you're a big disgrace
To the world, yourself, and the human race
And reach back and pop him one good time in the face, OK?
No, it's not OK and I didn't do that
But I gave him a smile and tipped my hat and
Told him to have a very nice rest of the day

Don't do a thing.
Stay right there.
You'll lie there.
You don't seem to care.

I guess he bought some booze or shit
And sure that bothers me a little bit but
It's his life and I can't tell him how to live it
As he turned and started to go his way
I tried to think of something wise to say like...

Don't do a thing.
Stay right here.
You'll lie here.
You don't seem to care.
You'll die here.

I ride east every other Friday
But if I had it my way
A day would not be wasted on this drive
And I want so bad to hold you
Son, there's things I haven't told you
Your mom and me couldn't get along

So I drive and I think about my life
And wonder why that I slowly die inside
Every time I turn that truck around
Right at the Georgia line
And I count the days
And the miles back home to you
On that Highway 20 ride

A day might come you'll realize
That if you see through my eyes
There was no other way to work it out
And a part of you might hate me
But son, please don't mistake me
For a man that didn't care at all

And I drive and I think about my life
And wonder why that I slowly die inside
Every time I turn that truck around
Right at the Georgia line
And I count the days
And the miles back home to you
On that Highway 20 ride

So when you drive
And the years go flying by
I hope you smile
If I ever cross your mind
It was the pleasure of my life
And I cherished every time
And my whole world
It begins and ends with you