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I just want to get a little more out of my payday
Finally own a car that doesn't break down on the freeway
A little vacation...ain't askin' very much
I hate comin' home to this old broken down apartment
I wish I had a dime for every hole that's in the carpet
No I don't want it all...but I ain't got enough
Chorus:
All I want is a life
To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry
I'm sick of the crumbs...I want a piece of that pie...
All I want is a life
I don't mind the pain that comes from workin'
But it's enough to kill me when I see my baby hurtin'
Wanna give her that diamond...I never got to buy
She keeps tellin' me that everything is gettin better
But one step up the rung
And someone knocks me off the ladder
Just wanna break even someday before I die
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Everywhere I go, they're staring at her
Every man I know-he wants to have her
I guess I ought to be a jealous man
I look the other way-they're hittin' on her
Every night and day, they telephone her
They try to get to her, but I know they can't
She never lets it go to her heart
She never lets it go that far
When they start talking, she starts walking
Right back to my arms
She can turn every head
But she never lets it go to her heart
She walks into the room and everybody
Watches every move, hoping she don't love me
I know it by the way they hang around
But they don't realize there's more to her than
What meets the eye, that's why I'm certain
No matter what they do to reach her now
('Cause) she never lets it go to her heart
She never lets it go that far
When they start talking, she starts walking
Right back to my arms
She can turn every head
But she never lets it go to her heart
When they start talking, she starts walking
Right back to my arms
She can turn every head
But she never lets it go to her heart
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Her hat is hanging by the door
The one she bought in Mexico
It blocked the wind-it stopped the rain
She'd never leave that one
So, she can't be really gone
The shoes she bought on Christmas Eve
She laughed and said they called her names
It's like they're waiting in the hall
For her slip them on
So, she can't be really gone
I don't when she'll come back
She must intend to come back
And I've seen the error of my ways
Don't waste the tears on me
What more proof to you need
Just look around the room
So much of her remains
Her book is lying on the bed
The two of hearts to mark her page
Now, who could ever walk away
At chapter twenty-one
So, she can't be really gone
Just look around this room
So much of her remains
Her book is lying on the bed
The two of hearts to mark her page
Now, who could ever walk away
At chapter twenty-one
So, she can't be really gone
No, she can't be really gone
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I got and empty feelin'
When that moving van pulled up
It got a whole lot emptier
As I watched them fill that truck
And when they carried out your clothes
It took my breath away
Now they're headed for that bed
The thought keeps runnin' through my head
Baby, maybe we should just sleep on it tonight
And give our hearts just one more chance
To change our minds
I could be wrong but goodbye
Just don't feel right
So baby, maybe we should just sleep on it tonight
I'll pay them boys to stop right now
And leave that truck out on the curb
The TV and the phone's packed up
So we won't be disturbed
There's not a light left in this room
Just a shadow of a doubt
So let's make sure we don't give up
Before we've thought this through enough
Baby, maybe we should just sleep on it tonight
And give our hearts just one more chance
To change our minds
I could be wrong but goodbye
Just don't feel right
So baby, maybe we should just sleep on it tonight
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Fogged in in Dallas on my way to L.A.
Staring up at the screen, all flights were delayed
When a voice from behind me asked
"Stranger, how have you been?"
I was caught off guard when I saw her face
Stumbled my way through an awkward embrace
Yet somehow I managed to say,
"Good to see you again"
We caught up on old friends
Caught up on old times
But all through the small talk,
It kept burning through my mind
Does she think about the nights we spent on Crystal Lake?
Wrapped up in a blanket 'til the break of day
So many times I've wondered
Does she think of me that way?
I didn't ask and she didn't say
Trading stories and pictures of kids
Things we're gonna do and things we never did
'Til we were stranded in that moment
Not sure what to say
Then she broke the silence with her little shy smile
And she brought up the weather but all the while
I wondered if she thinks about Jackson Hole
Nights beside the fire and angels in the snow
So many times I've wondered
Does she think of me that way?
I didn't ask and she didn't say
We said our goodbyes,
Swore we'd stay in touch
Then we went our separate ways,
Knowing no one ever does
But I couldn't help but wonder as I walked away
If things had turned out different
Where would we be today?
So many times I've wondered
Does she think of me that way?
I didn't ask and she didn't say
No, I didn't ask and she didn't say
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Baby I go too fast too far
Let's get it straight now, the way things are
I'm not the white knight in your fantasy
But I could be your wildest dream
I might ride with the wind
I might follow the sun
I gotta go where I've never been
'Cause my heart beats to a different drum
It's just the way I was made
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade
I'm gettin' this feelin' that I should be gone
Somethin' keeps tellin' me to take you along
I got a Chevy with a big back seat
Climb on board
And take a chance on me
I might ride with the wind
I might follow the sun
I gotta go where I've never been
'Cause my heart beats to a different drum
It's just the way I was made
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade
Don't even think about settlin' down
Ain't gonna hang my hat in no hometown
I might ride with the wind
I might follow the sun
I gotta go where I've never been
'Cause my heart beats to a different drum
It's just the way I was made
I'm a renegade
I'm a renegade
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Spent forty-eight dollars last night at the county fair
I throwed out my shoulder
But I won her that teddy bear
She's got me sayin' sugar-pie, honey, darlin' and dear
I ain't seen the Braves play a game all year
I'm gonna get fired if I don't get some sleep
My long lost buddies say I'm gettin' in too deep (but)
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I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
I try so hard, but I can't rise above it
Don't know what it is 'bout that little gal's lovin'
But I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
My Mama and Daddy tried to teach me courtesy
But it never sank in 'til that girl got a hold of me
Now I'm holdin' umbrellas, and openin' up doors
I'm takin' out the trash and I'm sweepin' my floors
Crossin' my fingers, countin' every kiss
Prayin' that it keeps goin' on like this (cause)
Repeat Chorus
Got to wash my truck, and dress up
To pick her up to watch TV
And she sit's down on the sofa
She'll move a little closer
She can't get enough of me
Repeat Chorus
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She was reading a book that she'd already read
Just to pass the time
He just sat there and stared at the TV set
Like he was barely alive
And when the local news was over
They would climb the stairs
And crawl in bed underneath the covers
Like neither one was there
It's a long, long way
Across the great divide
The songs that they once sang
Now echo far and wide
They could still get back
All the love that they have lost
(But) only if they both will reach across
('Cause) it's a long, long way to the other side
Of the great divide
He was up in the attic on the fourth of July
'Cause they flew a flag in the yard
When he found some old roses
She had long ago dried
Before they drifted apart
And how the years had slipped right by them
He didn't understand
He carried a petal into the kitchen
And he placed it in her hand
It's a long, long way
Across the great divide
The songs that they once sang
Now echo far and wide
They could still get back
All the love that they have lost
(But) only if they both will reach across
('Cause) it's a long, long way to the other side
Of the great divide
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Your eyes say that you've been hurt before
And you can't take the heartache anymore
You think I'll do what he's done to you
Break your trust and be untrue
But baby this is me you're talkin' to
You got the wrong man, it's not me
A case of mistaken identity
I didn't break your heart you see
What can I do to make you understand
You got the wrong man
I know you think that love will never last
And you see your future like the past
You don't want to make the same mistake
You think that I'm one more to make
But baby, I'm not him for goodness sake
You got the wrong man, it's not me
A case of mistaken identity
I didn't break your heart you see
What can I do to make you understand
You got the wrong man
You think I'll do what he's done to you
Break your trust and be untrue
But baby this is me you're talkin' to
You got the wrong man, it's not me
A case of mistaken identity
I didn't break your heart you see
What can I do to make you understand
You got the wrong man
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Mister, you can take me into Little Rock
I'll buy the coffee and I'll fill your truck
I'll listen all night if you wanna talk
Just don't mention Memphis
We can talk about your family
Politics and music and philosophy
Any ol' subject's all right with me
Just don't mention Memphis
Or blue eyes
And light brown hair
An angel wavin' to me
From the top of the stairs
The hardest thing I did
Was leave her standing there
So don't mention Memphis
Pass me the thermos and I'll fill your cup
We'll make Texas with a little luck
And I'm hanging with you
'Til the sun comes up
So don't mention Memphis
Or blue eyes
And light brown hair
An angel wavin' to me
From the top of the stairs
The hardest thing I did
Was leave her standing there
So don't mention Memphis
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With a trembling pen in hand I try the best I can
To write all the reasons I can't stay
And I hope she'll understand
I can't leave her like a man
'Cause a man would never leave her this way
A note of things I should've said
Lays beside her sleeping head
As I turn and make my way off in the night
By the time the morning's breaking
My heart will still be aching
Every time I think of what I've left behind
'Cause I don't want to see me leaving in her eyes
And I can't stand to watch her watch me make her cry
And I don't know a right way I can do her wrong
So I don't want to be here in the morning
When she wakes up and finds me gone
It hurts to know how much she'll hurt
I've told myself things could be worse
And I've convinced myself she's better off this way
By the time she finds I'm gone
I'll be a long, long way from home
When she reads a note of things I couldn't say
'Cause I don't want to see me leaving in her eyes
And I can't stand to watch her watch me make her cry
And I don't know a right way I can do her wrong
So I don't want to be here in the morning
When she wakes up and finds me gone
Lord I don't want to be here in the morning
When she wakes up and finds me gone
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Well I was southern born
And raised on the Good Book
My old boots are worn
From the hard roads I took
And I'm proud to be my daddy's son
And momma taught me how to work
And not to quit
Until the job's done
Well I may not be high society
But I got all I need
And that's just me
The only way I know to be
That's just me
What you get is what you see
Well they tell me I'm old fashioned
And that I'm part of a dying breed
I'd say I'm living in real good company
But that's just me
Well I got me a wife
And we're bringing up a young one
Well she's a backwoods woman
And my boy he's a top gun
We live out in the country
Where we're free to roam
And when a hard day is over
How I love just going home
Well it's the life I live
And the air I breathe
The way I believe
And that's just me
The only way I know to be
That's just me
What you get is what you see
Well they tell me I'm old fashioned
And that I'm part of a dying breed
I'd say I'm living in real good company
But that's just me
Yeah they tell me I'm old fashioned
And that I'm part of a dying breed
I'd say I'm living in real good company
But that's just me
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