Lonely Too

How can you ask me how have I been?I think you should know well the shape that I’m inYou tell me you wonder if I was okayWell that’s a damn fool thing to say The water is risin, the water is rideAnd you’re always standin on the other sideAnd then […]


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Never Again, Again

Never again, again.Once more I’ll let you back inI know how the story endsBut I can’t help myselfYou’ll break my heart I knowThrough my tears I watch you goThen just like it’s always beenI’ll say never again, again Each time you leaveI say I’ve had enoughBut I must be addictedTo […]


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Montgomery To Memphis

I’ve got a two room flat with a view of the bridgeThat crosses over into ArkansasIt’s pretty to see all lit up at nightTips are good, waitin’ tables at a downtown restaurantYou sound a little surprised that I might beDoing all rightYeah, this is a big town, and I stillGet […]


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Don't Tell Me

Tell my heart to stop beatingTell my mind not to thinkThrown a stone in the oceanAnd tell that stone not to sink Tell the world to stop turnin’ aroundTell the sky not to be so blueTell the rain to stop fallin’ down like tearsBut don’t tell me to stop loving […]


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A Little Past Litle Rock

I had to leave my life in DallasThat town will always be youIn every crowd, on every cornerIn every face I’d see youSo with nothin’ more than a tank of gasI drove away without lookin’ backAnd I guess that’s how I got where I amAnd goin’ anywhere as fast as […]


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Buckaroo

I ain’t a lookin’ for a smart guy school guySome proud in-crowd decked-out necktieI need a man who can tame a wild mustangKnows the difference ‘tween love and lust thangSomebody who looks a whole lot like youBuckaroo Ain’t interested in a yes ‘mam yes manI’ll pass on the politically correct […]


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Does My Ring Burn Your Finger

When I gave you my heartIt was not what you wantedNow the walls say your nameAnd the pictures are haunted [Chorus]Does my ring burn your fingerDid my love weigh you downWas a promise to muchTo keep around I remember your wordsAnd I can’t keep from cryingI could never believeThat your […]


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Am I The Only Thing You've Done Wrong

You’re the life of the partyYou stand out in a crowdWhen I think of all the things you’ve doneIt always makes me proudBut tonight I’m feeling emptyIt seems I’m always here aloneAm I the only thing you’ve done wrong Am I the only one that you’ve forgotten on the wayTo […]


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Ashes By Now

This mornin is MondayWhere are you now? Teasin my memory Tellin me how To lay low when I don’t want to Your love is elusive This I know now It’s makin me crazy Leavin me out in the open When I don’t want to Baby, I can’t go through this […]


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Get Up In Jesus’ Name

Get up in, get up in Jesus’ nameThe Lord is calling daily to thoseWho would be savedDon’t go down defeated while victory’sHere to claimGet up, get up, get up in Jesus’ name At the gate called Beautiful, there laid out in the streetA poor and lowly beggar who was crippled […]


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I Know Why The River Runs

When I reach to hold you, I’ll still be aloneWhen I heard the ringin of the telephoneI’ll think it is you It will not be true I know why the river runs To a place somewhere far away I know why the sky is cryin When there aren’t any words […]


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Do You Feel For Me

3 a.m. sit up straight in my bedGuess I’ve been dreamin’ about you againI look to my left, oh but something ain’t right‘Cause you no longer sleep at my side Then I turn that old lamp light onIt hurts my eyes to see that you’ve goneIf wishful thinking could somehow […]


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I Keep Forgetting

If I see you on the street and start to cryIf it looks like I’m so lonesome I might dieIf you can hear my heart just breaking right in twoRemind me once again who left who I keep forgettingThat I don’t need you nowIt slips my mindThat’s I’m the one […]


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I Hope You Dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,May you never take one single breath for granted,GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,Whenever one door closes I hope […]


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Stronger Than I Am

Things around here haven’t changed muchIt’s all pretty much the same stuffDay after dayThe only thing that keeps me goin seems to be our baby girl I’m tryin to raiseShe’s my life, my mornin angelAlways seems to find the rainbow after the rainLately she’s so busy growin, I don’t even […]


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