I've been bound to leave you, we've known that for awhile
I'm sure it's something I can't do if I can't leave you with a smile
I don't know how far I'll have to go 'til I'm sure those eyes won't cry
And in my mind I've left enough to know that I can't leave you
With a bad goodbye

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
I don't know if w

There's something talkin' in the wind
Whispering through the trees
That feeling in my bones again
Just puts me right at ease
It takes me back to all the times
I' ve been here before
But crossroads, old familiar signs
Tell me there's something more

Can't explain,

A high roller even when the chips are down
To win her over, i'd seen the tables turn around
She's tenthe hard way, i can feel it in my bones
She'll be makin' my day, and not another night alone.
It's time for a windfall and not a single minute to soon
I've been to long overdu

On a barstool like a damn fool
Hoping she won't think I'm to much older
Just another come on line
To a girl like you in a place like this
And on the dance floor wanting so much more
I crossed that line and got that cold shoulder
You probably think I'm full of it
But

Tiny peices of my heart
Like confetti everywhere
Hidden sorrows in the dark
You can feel it in the air
The spotlight finds me
I can no longer hide my frown
Say hello to a lover's clown

Distorted mirror images
Turn the good to bad
If that's not the way it is

Now I'm not talking tough, telling the truth ought to be enough
I've had my share on the darker side
Sitting and starring at a TV screen, racking my brain over all the things
If I'd just been there I could have tried
Things to do I can't help but think of more
I could fill my

In a world of confusion i follow my heart
Beyond all my shadows of doubt
Way past the illusions a true work of art
Just when i had it all figured out

And you may not understand, it's a mystery to me
Love a lady a lifetime, you still might not see
There's no use in tryin

I've had it with this town
I'm building a frame

I never saw those shifting skies
A place to put my ten yard stare

I never saw the ground
Thinking of that paint

Or the sunset rise
Painted in plein-air
I want to live on an abstract plain

I need a new add

Lord it's the same old thing
Fiddle and guitar
Where do we take it from here ?
Rhinestone suits, new shiny cars,
It's been the same way for years.
It's bound to change.

Somebody told me when I came to Nashville,
"Son, you finally got it made"
Ole Waylon ma

Behind every good man stands a good woman
Though they might be looking a different way
While she's dealin' with one thing
I've got another thing comin'
If I'm lookin' at tomorrow, she'll be thinkin' 'bout yesterday

Back to back, we face each other
Still together all alo

Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night
And wonder where you were
You need the one and only that can hold you tight
And you reach for her, but she's not with you
You just wish this trip would end
You know I've been there, I don't wanna go back again

Did you ever

Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night and wonder where you were?
You need the one and only that can hold you tight and reach for her
But she's not with you, you just wish this trip would end
Well you know I've been there, I don't want to go back again

Did you ever wak

Verse One

Sages have come from far following one bright star
Telling us where thou art from heaven
The king of kings, Lord is the word he brings
Praise of the Nazarene the angels will sing

Chorus

Jesus born unto Mary in Bethlehem
The angels herald the pietas in

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

well im goin down to the river
ive got a canepole in my hand
ive got my redworms in a maxwell house coffee can
i'm gonna sit under ashade tree on a riverbank where its cool
im gonna close my and dream and let that cork bob away my blues

well i wake up every mornin i pick pe

I guess you're off to have your fun
Another ending just begun
And I know what I don't see
Really shouldn't bother me
So go and have yourself a ball
You'll be at no one's beck and call
And with that fire in your eyes
Another lover's moon will rise
And someone else

Verse One

The roar of his laughter is widely renown
A distinct ho-ho-ho as he goes town to town
The number of kids is sure to astound
It's many the chimney that he'll shimmy down
He know's who's been bad and who's good
And he'd empty that bag out if only he could

Straight from the factory We were made for each other One of those things that's meant to be Straight from the factory Nothin' less than exactly You're the only lock that's made to fit my key.

These times are troubled and these times are good
And they're always gonna be, they rise and they fall
We take 'em all the way that we should
Together you and me forsaking them all
Deep in the night and by the light of day
It always looks the same, true love always does
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