| 'Till
I Fell For You (Back to Top)
Thought I was awful tough
Been knocked down in the dust
A few more times than I would care
to say
Then you came blowin' in
Like that old Texas wind
And girl, you blew my heart away
Oh, I've tamed wild horses
Rode the meanest bulls
Broke a few bones
And kept my cool
Baby, I've been thrown
A time or two
And I thought I'd fallen hard
'Til I fell for you
I know it's dangerous
To take a chance on love
That's why I never dared to get
too close
Then deep inside my heart
You had to go and start
A feeling I just can't control
Oh, I've tamed wild horses
Rode the meanest bulls
Broke a few bones
And kept my cool
Baby, I've been thrown
A time or two
And I thought I'd fallen hard
'Til I fell for you
The way you look at me
Makes this cowboy weak
I'd try to walk away
But I ain't got the strength
Oh, I've tamed wild horses
Rode the meanest bulls
Broke a few bones
And kept my cool
Baby, I've been thrown
A time or two
And I thought I'd fallen hard
'Til I fell for you
And I thought I'd fallen hard
'Til I fell for you
'Til I fell for you. (Back
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D
SHE MOVED INTO MY OLD APARTMENT
A
THAT'S HOW WE GOT THIS WHOLE THING
STARTED
B
SHE CALLED AND SAID THAT I HAD MAIL
G
WAITING THERE FOR ME
D
I TOLD HER THAT I'D COME AND GET
IT
A
HOW COULD I KNOW IN JUST A MINUTE
B
THAT I'D BE STANDING FACE TO FACE
G
WITH MY OWN DESTINY
A
B
G
D
OH AND WE SAT THERE TALKING
JUST LIKE WE WERE OLD FRIENDS
A
B
G
OH THEN I ASKED HER CAN I
SEE YOU AGAIN
D
A
SHE SAID YES ,
AND I SAID WOW
B
G
AND SHE SAID WHEN, AND I SAID
HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW
D
A
B
G
LOVE CAN'T WAIT THEN I ASKED IF
SHE BELEIVED IN FATE,
D
AND SHE SAID YES
THE DAYS FLEW BY JUST LIKE A FAST
TRAIN
AND NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN
ON MY BRAIN
EXCEPT THE THOUGHT OF HOW SHE MAKES
ME
THE MAN I WANT TO BE
SHE'S THE ONE I WANT FOR A MILLION
REASONS
LOVEING HER IS JUST LIKE BREATHING
IT'S EASY AND IT'S OBVIOUS
SHE WAS MAKE FOR ME
OH THEN IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, LOOKING
IN HER EYES
OH WHEN I POPPED THE QUESTION, MUCH
TO MY SURPRISE
SHE SAID YES , AND I
SAID WOW
AND SHE SAID WHEN, AND I SAID
HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW
LOVE CAN'T WAIT THEN I ASKED IF
SHE BELEIVED IN FATE,
AND SHE SAID YES
(SOLO)
A
SO WE CALLD THE PREACHER FAMILY
AND FRIENDS
B
AND NOTHINGS BEEN THE SAME SINCE
SHE SAID YES , AND I
SAID WOW
AND SHE SAID WHEN, AND I SAID
HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW
LOVE CAN'T WAIT THEN I ASKED IF
SHE BELEIVED IN FATE,
AND SHE SAID YES
SHE SAID YES. (Back
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INTRO A
E E
A
A
E
She's been here workin all summer
long
E
A
Pumping gas for the boats at the
Copely Block
A
E
She's so brown from being in the
sun all day
E7
Boys from town hang around her paPA's
place
Chorus
A
E
Hey, you can see her at the boat
dock
A
Walkin up the pier in her flip flops
E
Tying up lines to her tank top
A
Dipping for bait in the bait shop
D
A
Everyboy around would like to say
that girl's mine
E
Summer's gonna end I know it
E
Oh were gonna miss you so
E
A
Wish you didn't have to go ..Evangeline
Verse2
A
E
Won't be long, she'll being going
back to school
A
Going home, all the way to Baton
Rouge
E
Her paPa, says he'll get along the
best he can
E7
And all the boys will be so brokenhearted
again
Till the summer again
Repeat Chorus
E
A
Wish you didn't have to go Evangeline.
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D
G
Shelley's at the kitchen table,
cup of coffee and the morning paper
D
Bm G
He walks in she's so surprised,
to see the tears in his eyes
D
G
He says I love you I'm so sorry,
but bigger things are waiting for me
D
Bm G A
And I can't take this anymore...
(chorus)
D Bm
G
A
I pay the bills, watch tv, day in
day out the same routine
D
Bm G
A
I mow the grass, fix the leak just
to fix it again
D Bm
A
G
We go to church go to work, so picture
perfect that it hurts
D
Bm A
G D
I feel like I'm trapped inside this
ordinary life.
D
G
Shelley's at the kitchen table,
crayons and construction paper
D
Bm G
Hey mom look what I drew, it's a
picture of me and you
D
Then at night when she says their
prayers
G
She runs her fingers through his
hair
D
Bm G A
So thankful for every day...
(chorus)
D Bm
G
A
They pay their bills, watch tv,
day in day out it's all they need
D
Bm G
A
They mow the grass, fix the leak
just to fix it again
D BM
A
G
They go to church, go to school,
everyday it's something new
D
Bm
A
G D
Precious are the days as they go
by, in their ordinary lives.
Bm
A
G
Phone rings he's calling from the
airport
A
D
It's midnight he's all alone again
G
D
Bm A
He says I can't believe how much
I've missed
G
A
And what I wouldn't give...
(chorus)
D Bm
G
A
To pay the bills, watch tv, day
in day out the same routine
D
Bm G
A
To mow the grass, fix the leak just
to fix it again
D
Bm A
G
To go to church, go to work I can't
tell you how this hurts
D
Bm A
G D
I miss my son I miss my wife, and
my ordinary life! (Back to Top)
He sat down next to the window,
By the TV at my bar
He ordered Coke and whiskey,
And put something in my jar
An old black and white photograph,
He hung onto all his life
And his story broke my heart,
He "She was gonna be my wife"
(Chorus)
He said, "He mister, please
take this picture, "cause I don't wanna miss her anymore,
Though the corners
are tattered and torn, She's still the one that I adore
Mister, please take this,
"cause I don't want to miss her anymore
He told me how they met, how
at first sight they fell in love
He didn't have to say what
happened, the picture told me what is was
Her words in blue there on
the back, had all but been erased
By years of tears and promises,
love lost but not replaced
(Chorus)
I put his picture in a drawer,
with all the other ones like her
I get a different one every
now and then, and I here the same old words
Hey mister, please take this
picture,
'cause I don't wanna miss
her anymore. (Back to Top)
This (Back
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How'd you do that
I can't describe the way
it makes me feel
It threw me off track
Until your kiss I had nerves
of steel
Your lips just seem to fit
me
All this love is makin' me
dizzy
(Chorus)
I knew I was gonna see fireworks
The gates of heaven and emotional
bliss
Thought I had a great imagination
But I never imagined This
I wasn't ready
The way you touched me scared
me half to death
Have mercy
But not enough to let me
catch my breath
I dreamed of us together
But this dream is even better
(Chorus)
Oh, when we're doin' this
This feeling is overwhelming
When I think it's as good
as it gets
It's so good, nothin' can
help me
(Chorus twice). (Back
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The Visit
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Sorry I'm so late, but I've
been out walking
Trying to find a way to tell you
What I think you already know
I'd never want to hurt you 'cause
darling I still love you
But things aren't like they used
to be
It's time for letting go
I wasn't out there looking, but
a month ago last Sunday
I met someone just like you in line
at the grocery store
And we've been spending time together
Yeah, she knows all about you
The truth is she can give me
What you can't anymore
Lookin' back when we first started
I never thought I'd see this day
If only I could write the pages
Our story wouldn't end this way
I feel so much better knowing we
could have this moment
But it looks like it may rain soon
and it's getting kind of late
I'll always bring your roses each
time I come to visit
The caretaker's waving, he wants
to close the gates
Lookin' back when we first started
I never thought I'd see this day
If only I could write the pages
Our story wouldn't end this way
If only I could write the pages
Our story wouldn't end this way.
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She Does
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Don't remember what I was saying
The first time I struck a conversation
up
But I think that she does
I don't recall what song was playing
The first that I finally felt her
touch
But I'm pretty sure that she does
All of those moments now are just
a blur
Don't know exactly when I fell for
her
But she does something to me that
I can't explain
She's a walk in the park, she's
a runaway train
She lifts me up, she calms me down
When I can't turn my life around
She does and I probably don't even
see
All the little things that she does
for me
If anybody on this earth knows the
meaning of love
She does
I know my family means the world
to me
But sometimes I forget to call them
up
I know that she does
I'm working hard every single day
I don't know how to say enough's
enough
She does
Without her love I would be half
a man
Sometimes I know I'm hard to understand
But she does something to me that
I can't explain
She's a walk in the park, she's
a runaway train
She lifts me up, she calms me down
When I can't turn my life around
She does and I probably don't even
see
All the little things that she does
for me
If anybody on this earth knows the
meaning of love
She does
She does something to me that I can't
explain
She's a walk in the park, she's
a runaway train
She's an anchor in a raging sea
When I need to fly she gives me
wings
She does and I probably don't even
see
All the little things that she does
for me
If anybody on this earth knows the
meaning of love
She does. (Back
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A Country
Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version) (Back
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Computer man says it's the end of
time
December 31st nineteen ninety-nine
People buyin' up Army surplus things
Afraid of what the New Year will
bring
I live back in the woods you see
Y2K don't mean a thing to me
I've got a shotgun, a rifle
And a four wheel drive
A country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk 'till
dawn
Make our own whiskey
And our own smoke too
Ain't too many things these ol'
boys can't do
[including Bocephus]
We grow good ol' tomatoes
And homemade wine
A country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
'Cause you can't starve us out
And you can't make us run
We'll survive in the millenium
We say grace
And we say ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't
give a damn
We came from the West Virginia coal
mines
And the rocky mountains and the
western skies
If the bank machines crash
We'll be just fine
'Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me Bocephus
Called me hillbilly
[really]
But he was killed by a man with a
switchblade knife
For forty-three dollars my friend
lost his life
Now this dude's gonna get out in
a year or two
'Cause the system don't work for
me and you
But a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
'Cause you can't starve us out
And you can't make us run
We'll survive in the millenium
We say grace
And we say ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't
give a damn
We're from North California
And South Alabam'
And little towns all around this
land
If the bank machine's crash
We'll be just fine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
[Any year, anytime] (Back
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You
Had To Be There (Back to Top)
I can do my best to tell you what
it feels like in my skin
But you can't really know a man
till you've gone where he's been
I could give you all the details,
but you'd never understand
What it means to let that woman
slip right through your hands
I guess you had to be there when
she smiled
Had to feel the passion running
wild
To really know the woman and the
child
I guess you had to be there
Until she's stripped the layers off
and seen into your soul
Till you've watched her make a diamond
from a worthless piece of coal
Till you've held an angel and let
her fly away
You won't ever understand no matter
what I say
I guess you had to be there when
she smiled
Had to feel the passion running
wild
To really know the woman and the
child
I guess you had to be there
I guess you had to be there when
she smiled
Had to feel the passion running
wild
Till you've walked in my shoes for
a mile
I guess you had to be there
I guess you had to be there
I guess you had to be there. (Back
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Unbreak
My Heart (Back to Top)
I can't believe that we thought we
were through
We said some things and acted like
a couple of fools
Let's rekindle the fire while there's
still a spark
Let me uncry your tears and you
unbreak my heart
I saw you last night with somebody
new
I know that you saw me with somebody
too
You know neither one of us is happy
where we are
Let me uncry your tears and you
unbreak my heart
We'll undo all of the damage we have
done
Back up and get back to square number
one
We need to be together, 'cause we're
no good apart
Let me uncry your tears and you
unbreak my heart
I'll take back, "I'm leaving" and
"I don't love you"
And you'll take back, "It's over"
and "Honey, we're through"
We'll both say we're sorry and make
a brand new start
Let me uncry your tears and you
unbreak my heart
We'll undo all of the damage we have
done
Back up and get back to square number
one
We need to be together, 'cause we're
no good apart
Let me uncry your tears and you
unbreak my heart
Let me uncry your tears and you
unbreak my heart. (Back to Top)
Going The
Distance (Back to Top)
I don't know exactly what this is
that I'm going through
I know it seems like I'm somewhere
else
When I'm talk to you
I know what I'd be thinking if it
was you acting like this
Girl, you gotta trust me when I
tell you
That ain't what it is
I'm still standing where I always
stood
Right here beside you like I told
you I would
I'm here forever, if it's the last
thing I do
Baby, I'm in for better or worse
Even if it's hard, even if it hurts
I'm going the distance and baby,
I'm going with you
Maybe it's that mountain of bills
on the cedar chest
Maybe it's my boss man, maybe it's
the IRS
I don't know what it is, don't know
how long it might last
But I know it ain't nothing our
love ain't gonna get me past
I'm still standing where I always
stood
Right here beside you like I told
you I would
I'm here forever, if it's the last
thing I do
Baby, I'm in for better or worse
Even if it's hard, even if it hurts
I'm going the distance and baby,
I'm going with you
Well I'm still standing where I always
stood
Right here beside you like I told
you I would
Well I'm here forever, if it's the
last thing I do
And baby, I'm in for better or worse
Even if it's hard, even if it hurts
I'm going the distance and baby,
I'm going with you
I'm going the distance and baby,
I'm going with you. (Back to Top) |
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