She asked me how love gets along with me all by myself Wonders how I keep from getting dust upon that shelf She wanted to know how a man like me ends up alone, anyway 'Was I breakin' all the rules of love and the games that people play
I said not too many hangin' round of all the ones I meet In time they always find that I'm on the bitter side of sweet
She huddled on the gate on my block where I always catch my bus An' I hoped it wouldn't stop today, there'd just be the two of us But it showed up like it always does, about twenty minutes late I told her it'd be right along but she said she couldn't wait She didn't need any assistance in putting some distance, between us on that empty street She was of a mind, in record time that I'm on the bitter side of sweet
That I act this was is really not my fault It just means all the sweet things I've got to say Come along with a grain of salt
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It's no wonder I'm not scoring points, I'm always out of bounds If any wise willed words convince the point, I'm foolish by the pound An' a fool can see no one believes what's rollin' off my tongue An' I've never seen a recipe for sweet talkin' anyone I could have written a book on the lessons I took in the agony of defeat An showed you all the signs between the lines on the bitter side of sweet
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses You been out ridin fences for so long now Oh, you're a hard one, I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin you can hurt you somehow
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy She'll beat you if she's able You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet Now it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table But you only want the ones you can't get
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin no younger Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin you home And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin Your prison is walkin through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine It's hard to tell the night time from the day and you're losin all your highs and lows Ain't it funny how the feelin goes away
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses Come down from your fences, open the gate It may be rainin, but there's a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you, let somebody love you, You better let somebody love you, before it's too late
I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head I still believe the words we said Forever will ring true
Love is certain, Love is kind Love is yours and love is mine But it isn't something that we find It's something that we do
It's holding tight, It's lettin go It's flying high and laying low It lets your strongest feelings show And your weakness too
It's a little and a lot to ask An endless and a welcome task Love isn't something that we have It's something that we do
We help to make each other all that we can be Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently The way we work together is what sets our love apart So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start
It gives me heart remembering how We started with a simple vow There's so much to look back on now And still it feels brand new We're on a road that has no end And each day we begin again Love's not just something that we're in It's something that we do
We help to make each other all that we can be Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently The way we work together is what sets our love apart So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start
Love is wide, Love is long Love is deep and Love is strong Love is why I love this song And I hope you love it too
I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head Love isn't just those words we said It's something that we do
There's no request Too big or small We give ourselves We give our all Love isn't some place that we fall... It's something that we do
There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave. Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save. Legal tenders never gonna change the number of your days. The highest cost of livin is dying, that's one everybody pays. So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill.
If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now Would we spend tomorrows yesterdays and make it last somehow Or lead the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play And see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day. The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill.
No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still. No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in And quit this work and worry looking back at where I've been. If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.
If we had an hour glass to watch each one go by Or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly. Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold Or would we never know the fortunes that we had til we grow old. And do we just keep killin time until there's no time to kill.
No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin still. No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in And quit this work and worry lookin back at where I've been. If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.
No time to kill, even I've said it and probably always will But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin still. No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in And quit this work and worry lookin back at where I've been. If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill.
What do you say when it's over? I don't know if I should say anything at all One day we're rollin' in the clover Next thing you know we take the fall
Still, I think about the years since I first met you And the way it might have been without you here And I don't know if words from me can still upset you But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear
I know I'm leavin' here a better man For knowin' you this way Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can And I'm leavin here a better man
I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you But I'd never be the one to set you free Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you You still believe in some old meant-to-be
I spent my lifetime wishin' the waitress would come around Tellin' jokes and shootin' pool on the other side of town When the whistle blows at five o'clock there's only one place I'll be found Down at Ernie's icehouse liftin' longnecks to that good old country sound And talkin' 'bout the good old times Braggin' on how it used to be But I've worn out the same old lines And now it seems nothing's news to me There's nothin' like a steel guitar cryin' in the night There's nothin' like a sawdust floor and a good old friendly fight I'd finally find my way back home and you'd patch up my face But that was another time and another place Repeat chorus I wonder how I came to be the know-it-all I am And how the world ever got used to me And now we're talking 'bout the good old times Braggin' 'bout how it used to be But I've worn out the same old lines And now it seems nothing's news to me.
Maybe I took for granted You'd be around To pick me up on my way down I thought my feet were planted Firmly on the ground 'Til one day my whole world came unwound And like a ball of yarn Kept neatly on a spool You held the life together Of this broken-hearted fool And what once was the exception Now seems to be the rule And there's a burnin' question A fire in my mind You always had the answers The ones I couldn't find
So all I'm askin' Is where are you now? What Father Time would sell me I'd take it all If only you'd come back around But then if time should spell me Well I might take the call But there's no way of knowin' where I'm bound So here comes another Fine mess I've got into And if I knew which way to turn I'd still turn to you So if everything is said and done What am I supposed to do? And that's the burnin' question On fire in my mind
You always had the answers for me Time after time So all I'm askin' Is where are you now? All I'm askin' Is where are you now?
Nothin' on Earth that'll get me hummin' Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin' With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight And every night is a Saturday night And everything's right with the summer comin' I'm the first one standin' in line For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'til the sun don't shine Takin' off my hat leave it to the boys Get that old work monkey down off my back All I want's a little peace and noise Hit the cruise control get me back on track Let my old Ford treat me like a Cadillac
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When the day gets cookin' gonna grab my toys And it really doesn't matter which wave we're on Get to turnin' up them good old boys Crankin' into the night, by the break of dawn All the towns are red and I still see blonde
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For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine Summer's comin' to shine Summer's comin' to shine Summer's comin'
I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you Every thunder cloud that came was one more I might not get through On the darkest day there's always light and now I see it too But I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you I hear it falling in the night and filling up my mind All the heaven's rivers come to light and I see it all unwind I hear it talking through the trees and on the window pane And when I hear it I just can't believe
I never liked the rain Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you Liked the rain always calling for you I'm falling for you now Just like the rain
When the cloud is rolling over thunder striking me It's as bright as lightning and I wonder why I couldn't see That it's always good and when the flood is gone we still remain Guess I've known all along I just belong here with you falling Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you Liked the rain always calling for you,
I'm falling for you now Just like the rain I have fallen for you I'm falling for you know just like the rain And when the night falls on our better days And we're looking to the sky For the winds to take us high above the plains I know that we'll find better ways to look into the eye of the storms that will be calling Forever we'll be falling Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just Like the rain
Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain
Well I sit here all alone No one's gonna do me wrong tonight It seems I've been through it all And there's no one I could call to get it right And everywhere I go Everyone seems so settled in And sure of where they're going Well I don't know what I need Since I've been freed I'm a horse without a rider And there's no one left to take the lead
I've been loving blind Loving every heart I could call mine I've been loving blind So sure there was something I could find But I just couldn't see There was nothing there for me
Now there's a smile on my face No there's no trace of the pain I know I've been through it all And I know those tears won't fall again But oh the times I thought Someone's heart I'd caught Well, I was fooled oh and I regret I was so naive Oh and I'd believe them when they'd tell me That's as good as love can get
And I've been loving blind Loving every heart I could call mine And I've been loving blind So sure there was something I could find But I just couldn't see There was nothin' there for me
You were the first thing that I thought of When I thought I drank you off my mind When I get lost in the liquor You're the only one I find And if I did the things I oughta You still would not be mine So I'll keep a tight grip on the bottle Gettin' loose and killin' time
[Chorus:] This killin' time is killin' me Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see That if I cross that line and they bury me I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity
I don't know nothin' 'bout tomorrow I've been lost in yesterday I've spent all my life just dying For a love that passed away And if there's an end to all my sorrow And this is the only price I'll pay I'll be a happy man when I go And I can't wait another day
Blue Kentucky highway, headin' for the line She hadn't said a word all night, But the wheels are turnin' in her mind Now I was ridin' shotgun, And I knew things had gone awry Just as soon as she dropped me off At the side of the road And she let that gravel fly
CHORUS Now I'm walkin' in the moonlight, Seein' nothin' but the taillights And that's a pair of taillights I may never see again She hit me with the left and right, Showin' me nothin' but the taillights And that's about as lonely As the highway's ever been Back here with my thumb out in the wind
Was it somethin' that I did to her, Or the things I never said I wonder if the way we were was only in my head Now if I even make it back to town Before the sun comes up I'm gonna hit every parking spot around 'Til I find that pick-up truck
CHORUS Now I'm talkin' in the moonlight Seein' nothin' but the taillights And that's a pair of taillights I may never see again She hit me with the left and right Showin' me nothin' but the taillights And that's about as lonely As a highway's ever been Stuck here with my thumb out in the wind
Well I'll bet right now she's laughin' At how she brought me to my knees But she won't be laughin' half as loud When she gives me back my keys
CHORUS She'll be walkin' in the moonlight, Seein' nothin' but the taillights And that's a pair of taillights She won't ever see again She hit me with a left and right And with nothin' but the taillights And I know that's about as lonely As a highway's ever been Back here with my thumb out in the wind
When I bought this guitar it had brand new strings Brand new strap all those things Brand new picks both thumb and flat All the elementary things like that
I went ahead and took it everywhere I went Couldn't count the hours that I must have spent I heard the girl was lookin' for a guitar man I'll ablidge her anyway I can
'Cause I can win her over Like Romeo did Juliet If I can only show her I can learn to pick that Figato lick like Chet
It'll take more than Mel Bay 1, 2, & 3 If I'm ever gonna play like CGP My legato is staccato but what I don't fret Is droppin' any note that I don't get
'Cause I can win her over Like Romeo did Juliet If I can only show her I can learn to pick that Figato lick like Chet
I can win her over Like Romeo did Juliet If I can only show her I can almost pick that Figato lick like Chet
Communications are down all over town People tryin to get through some will never get an answer But I've already found a way to get through to you It comes in gentle and clear I'm still the same romancer And you know what I'm thinkin if I have to tell you myself I can never let you wonder what I want you to believe And there isn't any wonder at how lucky I am From the smile that I'm wearin and the heart out on my sleeve
(Chorus) Everybody thinks they know me I don't doubt that it's true I've never been one to put up many walls There's so much of me they'll never know not the way you do When it comes to me you know it all
I've seen all of the signs and all the changing of minds And signals gettign crossed and the killing seeds are planted But those could never grow out of things that we know Like the vows that we made we can always take for granted While everyone else is losin groung you know where I stand Forsakin everyone but you to reap the love we sow And one thing everybody knows is I'm a man of my word And you and I have places that I'll never let them go while
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My life has been an open book til you walked in And turned a page I never saw You found a side of me that even I could never see When it comes to me you know it all
Still everybody thinks they know me I don't doubt that it's true I'm still not one to put up many walls Cause there's so much of me they'll never know not the way you do When it comes to me you know it all
I'm just out of the light I hadn't caught her eye But I think I might be lovin' her I just stepped outta the door Gotta be a fool to wanna go one more For the way we were For the good times, how many times I'm losin' track Everybody goes, everybody knows It's gone, don't look back
There's no love in the space I've gained I could burn my bridges through a pourin' rain No matter how far or hard I ride I can't outrun what I feel inside
Tell me, who do you see See me running 'round, and you think I'm free From the way we hurt Well I don't mean bodily harm When it comes to the heart, it's a free alarm You gotta be alert For the good times, how many lines I'm losin' slack It's the way to go, everybody knows If you don't look back
There's no love in the space I've gained I could burn my bridges through a pourin' rain No matter how far or hard I ride I can't outrun what I feel inside
I never mind what I think I know I'm getting nowhere everywhere I go
There's no love in the space I've gained I could burn my bridges through a pourin' rain No matter how far or hard I ride I can't outrun what I feel inside...
Holdin' on, safely to fall Like there's no tomorrow forsaking it all Bound and determined to share all of our days Loving and learning our special ways That I'm holdin' onto and you've been lettin' go And wherever you've gone to I'm so far below You're way over me I can't even see how Someday I'll need you the way you don't need me now
Movin' on, heart in a stall Like there's no tomorrow, no beating at all Bound and determined to forget all of our days Reliving and learning our special ways I'm still holdin' onto, maybe no lettin' go And wherever you've gone to I may never know The way you're over me I can't even see how Someday I'll need you the way you don't need me now
And you don't need me now Like you needed me then And I'm wondering how I'll be feeling when I'm way over you I can't even see how Someday I'll need you the way you don't need me now No way I'll need you the way you don't need me now...
We've all seen enough wrong and right To know everything's not black and white There's always something in between No matter how long or well you live You don't get anything you don't give Still no slate is clean For better or worse, anybody can
Take a look around and find a better man Upright no matter how he's faring No matter what kind of shoes he's wearing The shoes he's wearing They don't make the man
So many people out running around Handicapped before they hit the ground Thinking there's nowhere to go Shouldn't we all be looking for ways To keep on seeing our better days We're not chained to what we know But if your eyes are open and your mind is free There's no tellin' what a man can be
Upright no matter how you're faring No matter what kind of shoes you're wearing The shoes you're wearing They don't make the man But if you can't walk through the best of times and the worst of times Find your feet still walking the line You'll never carry the load worth bearing
No matter what kind of shoes you're wearing The shoes you're wearing They won't make the man The shoes you're wearing They won't make the man
I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head I still believe the words we said Forever will ring true
Love is certain, Love is kind Love is yours and love is mine But it isn't something that we find It's something that we do
It's holding tight, It's lettin go It's flying high and laying low It lets your strongest feelings show And your weakness too
It's a little and a lot to ask An endless and a welcome task Love isn't something that we have It's something that we do
We help to make each other all that we can be Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently The way we work together is what sets our love apart So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start
It gives me heart remembering how We started with a simple vow There's so much to look back on now And still it feels brand new We're on a road that has no end And each day we begin again Love's not just something that we're in It's something that we do
We help to make each other all that we can be Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently The way we work together is what sets our love apart So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start
Love is wide, Love is long Love is deep and Love is strong Love is why I love this song And I hope you love it too
I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head Love isn't just those words we said It's something that we do
There's no request Too big or small We give ourselves We give our all Love isn't some place that we fall... It's something that we do
