Once againI lie awake at night in storylandI’m slippin’ awayUnderstandJust to escape I run to hopeStill light years away I’m sinking in the sandI’m gonna take your handyou gotta understand I’m carried awayYour eternal flameDon’t blow it outYou gotta leave it onI’m carried awayI’m finding my faithGoes on and onI’m […]
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You’re a girl that hates to see others happyUnless you’re happy tooSo, you’ve told the boy I loveA lot of things that ain’t true And it’s breaking my heart‘Cause it’s making us drift apartSo, humbly, I ask of youTo undo the wrong that you’ve done CHORUS:Please go to him, tell […]
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One good loveErases all the bitter tears on an empty dance hallAll those lonely nights when she never calledIt just don’t seem so tragic after allWith one good love One good loveAnd daddy’s hands were strong and fairAnd a momma understands because she’s been thereAnd all mistakes were just because […]
Continue ReadingHeard it on the X
Do you remember back in nineteen sixty-six?Country Jesus, hillbilly blues, that’s where I learned my licks.Oh, from coast to coast and line to linein every county there,I’m talkin’ ‘botu that outlaw Xis cuttin’ through the air. Anywhere, y’all,everywhere, y’all,I heard it, I heard it,I heard it on the X. We […]
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It’s not her fault that she’s so irresistibleBut all the damage she’s caused is unfixableEvery twenty seconds you repeat her nameBut when it comes to me you don’t careIf I’m alive or dead, so [Chorus:]ObjectionI don’t want to be the exceptionTo get a bit of your attentionLove is for free […]
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I am not the type of dog That could keep you waiting For no good reason Run a carbon-black test on my jaw And you will find it’s all been said before I can swing my megaphone and long arm the rest It’s easier and better To just beat it […]
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O.K. Ready to take offdo it slowI’m living on the bottomI got to gofive little fingersgrabbing at the glassgone, those daysnow I’m runningup and down in my cage Too late to defend, I’m buried – insane don’t you know there’s more to life than to win are you that kind […]
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Yeah, bye bye bye… Have you ever loved someone so much it hurts to see them leave and you hope it won’t be the last time that you will see them.So you try your best to stay strong because they’re just a phone call away.But to hear their voice with […]
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There’s a new guy in town He’s been dragging around He’s the figure of youth And his eyes are so blue And they’re looking at you So tell me the truth Well, well he’s got stories to tell He bites off more than he chews Well, well is he ringing […]
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If you want it did you never want for moreThe girlscout fell from graceIf you want it did you never want for moreI spit inside her faceIf you want it did you never want for moreThe lines that cut right throughIf you want it did you never want for moreThe […]
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I heat up and I, I can’t come downSwear I’m spinnin, I’m on a merry-go-roundAnd I picked up a joy to my faceMy heart beats faster than a regular paceAnd I’m not sure of what it isI asked my mother to help me with itAnd she said "Daughter, you reached […]
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I feel like I’ve been locked up tightFor a century of lonely nightsWaiting for someone to release meYou’re lickin’ your lips and blowin’ kisses my wayBut that don’t mean I’m gonna give it awayBaby baby baby (Ohhhh-ohhh-ohh)SPOKEN:My body’s sayin’ let’s go, go(Ohhhh-ohhh-ohh)SPOKEN:But my heart is sayin’ no, no CHORUS 1:If […]
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You pack your bags and you move to the cityThere’s somethin’ missin’ here at homeYou fix your hair and you’re lookin’ real prettyIt’s time to get it out on your ownYou’re always fightin’ with your mama and your papaYour family life is one big painWhen you, you gonna move to […]
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To all the girls around the way what you wanna doCuz we bout to come throughPut your sundresses on forget the thongs and let’s get our freak onBut first I wanna pop Cris with you, get high with you, lay down with youBut you gotta tell me what a nigga […]
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A penny for your thoughts now babyLooks like the weight of the world’sOn your shoulders now I know you think you’re going crazyJust when it seems everything’sGonna work itself outThey drive you right back down And you said it ain’t fairThat a man walksWhen a bird can flyWe have to […]
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