Mamma's tears fell so easy
Daddy's handshake was strong
Then I climbed aboard that Greyhound
Eighteen and glad to be gone

Took a rented room on broadway
As I unpacked everything I owed
I found a note my mamma left me
With a Bible and a bus ticket home (It said)

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When you told me
That we were through
I thought it would be easy
Getting over you
Now I know that it's gonna take some time
'Cause when I come home now
What do I see
So many memories staring at me
I know you left
But you left so much behind

It's plain to

I know you're listening as I lay me down to sleep
It's not for me I ask, but my children's souls to keep
It seems the world is going crazy
And though I need to do my share
Could you please take them under wing
Watch over them especially
Keeping them safe from everything<

I remember when baseball was everything
It was Little League, but what a big game
There were two men on and one man out
I got a fastball hangin' outside
I swung that bat with all my might
And the ball was gone
They say I knocked the cover off
It was the only homer tha

All I can be is a sweet memory That drifts through your mind time from time I can never be more than a knock on your door Just a shadow that's gone with the sunshine For you know I'm not free And

All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind time from time
I can never be more than a knock on your door
Just a shadow that's gone with the sunshine
For you know I'm not free
And I never can be
And your bound to get restless in time
All I can be is a

Looking back from were I stand tonight
I Wouldn't change a thing about my life.
Wrong turnes I had to take back in those crazy years.
Could not have been mistakes if they have brought me here.

Cuz all my roads have led me to this night, this love I sharewith you
and though

And I'll love you so
The people ask me how
How I lived till now, I tell them I don't know

I guess they understand how lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand

And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me and the night won'

Heaven knows where I'd be now
If you had not found me
On that road that takes a man
To places he's not meant to be.

I wasn't ready for the touch
That turned my life around
Now I'm helpless in your hands
It's love that ties me down.

Angel of no mercy
Girl y

I got money in my pocket and a guitar in my hand
These lonely nights without you are more than I can stand
I work like a puppet
But it's time to cut the strings
Well I hit the ground running
And I won't be looking back
I'll be like a locomotive headed down a one way track

Baby, I bought wine and roses on my way home
Yeah, I know we can't afford it but life doesn't last too long
This world has gone half crazy
And knocked us both to our knees
I'm fumbling for the words to try and tell ya I love you for hangin' on to me

When anyone else would'v

I'm just a fool for April
There's nothing more to say
Long as I can remember
She's led my heart astray
When I was green as willow
She had me ditchin' school
And even then she tricked me
I'm just an April fool

She tangles dogwood blossoms
Into her yellow hair

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head,
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes
I love thee,

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
I've shown the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears I've cried over that woman
Well they're gonna flood you big river
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die

Well I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Min

Blackbird singing in the dead of night,
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All you life,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All you life
You were only waiting for this m

I hear your favorite music on the jukebox
And right away I know that you are here
You always pick a time
Just when I think my mind is clear you reappear
And once again you've got me in your power
This time I hope it's not a brief romance
'Cause it's too late to run
Y

There's two things i know for sure.
She was sent here from heaven, and she is daddys little girl.
As i drop to my knees by her bed at night, she talks to Jesus
and I close my eyes and I thank God for all of the joy in mylife.
oh but most of all..

..for butterfly kisses afte

Before you I was totally lost
And so hopelessly sure I'd end up by myself
I was so unaware there was someone out there
For me who'd love me like nobody else

Then you gave me something that I always wanted
Now I'm giving it all back to you

Darlin' completely
With a

The cool cat knows when it's time to relax
And get some rest
And that cool cat likes to unwind inhis room
'Cause it's the best
All the bestest boys and groovy girls
Are sure of one thing they have found
That cool cat knows how to settle
Whoa, the cool cat knows how to

For all I've been blessed with in this life,
there was an emptiness in me.
I was imprisoned by the power of gold.
With one honest touch, you set me free.

Let the world stop turning,
let the sun stop burning.
Let them tell me love's not worth going through.
If it all