Alright, now let this be a lesson to you Mama never raised any smart mouth kid She told us once and that was it She said, son sit down, son that's enough
Billy's at the bar, he's been there all night First ten beers, he's had since her goodbye Hey, hey, she left him broke in his new truck He don't smoke
Well, I boxed up those things You left behind And I gave 'em to goodwill Outta sight, outta mind But it's not working out Like I hoped that things would
It must fate or divine intervention When he broke down that day In front of a run down building in Baton Rouge He pushed his car across the bridge When
The moment you came home the other night I could tell that something wasn't right I ask you what the silence is about Then all I did was listen while
My name's Tommy Franks, an' my Daddy's name was Ray. Ray was a farm boy, a cowboy an' a banker. A clerk, a roughneck, a driller, A long-haul driver, a
Every night, I'm the life of the party I turn on with the neon lights And friends say, I'm the object of envy The call me Mr. Right Oh, I'm the life
We could use a bigger house We need a new car The money in the bank Could fill a mason jar And there's nothing 'round here That don't need fixing But
That song came out back in '62 Way way before there was you and me The guy who sang it wore a sharkskin suit Had Elvis like hair and Italian boots Somebody
The Montana night is still There's a coyote on the hill Howlin' at the diamond sky, but no one hears There are no answers in the stars Only questions
If you're lyin' in bed, you can't sleep You try readin' books, you try countin' sheep, ooh ooh, me too If you're losin' your case, burnin' your toast
Every now and then somebody calls me on the phone They wanna talk about old times we shared I listen patiently and laugh when I'm supposed to laugh While
In the blink of an eye at the drop of a hat We went from zero to love in nothing flat And you smiled at me and before I knew I was head over heels over
It seems like all my life I've never been satisfied Ain't nothin' I ain't tried Takin' every kind of line Tryin' to find my Home on the range Been close
Sometimes I get so down, I feel so lost and blue And I don't know why And yes I, I forget to say all the things I know are true Like you're beautiful
The rush I feel right now Lyin' here this close to you Is pure as a child's First time he sees the ocean blue Greatest discovery In a world so vast Somehow
The bottom of my boots could use some new cowhide My soles are wearin' thin but it ain't breakin' my stride I'm steppin' higher 'cuz of her sweet love