Got the news on Friday morning, but a tear I couldn't find You showed me how I am supposed to live And now you showed me how to die I was lost 'til Sunday
She said, "I've seen you in here before" I said, "I've been here a time or two" She said, "Hello, my name is Bobby Jo Meet my twin sister Betty Lou" "
I was hangin' out a last night at the top cat when the band slowed down to Merle man i hit it 'cross the bar room trying to find my baby girl some drunk
Winter gettin' colder, summer gettin' warmer Tidal wave comin' cross the Mexican border Why buy a gallon, it's cheaper by the barrel? Just don't get busted
Just a girl born in Dixie, washed in the blood And raised on the banks of the Mississippi mud She always had a thing about fallin' in love with a bad
Jacky Don Tucker was my Daddy's little brother And at seventeen he jumped the fence He joined a rock n roll band, got a tattoo on his hand Granny said
I'm just trying to be a father Raise a daughter and a son Be a lover to their mother Everything to everyone Up and at 'em, bright and early I'm all business
Sometimes I lie awake staring at the ceiling I'll have someone beside me but she won't know your name She won't be here long, hell, she's almost a memory
I was always the crazy one, I broke into the stadium And I wrote your number on the 50 yard line You were always the perfect one and the valedictorian
I'm the one who gets that look in your eye I'm the one who feels you tremble inside I'm the one who steals those kisses from your breath But sometimes
I gave up on cigarettes 'Til today I ain't touched one yet But tonight I think I'm gonna burn the whole pack I laid off 90 prof Ain't had a drop in years
How many Americans do we have in here tonight? In the days following September 11th last year Everybody that was a poet or a writer or a song writer
See that big blue note, over there on the counter? You don't wanna read that thing, man, it's a real get-you-downer But don't you dare say nothin' else
Yeah you can see the girl comin' From a mile away She's got her big wheels turnin' She's got Oklahoma plates She's got her sun roof up She's got her
Yeah, the big boss man he likes to crack that whip I ain't nothing but a number on his timecard slip I give him 40 hours and a piece of my soul Puts me
Day by day, we let love just walk away And I'll be the first to say, I was glad to see it go And day by day, ever since you went away I'm finding I'm
He's flying high tonight He's got a brand new lover Here you come a-runnin' You're looking for some cover I know you're sad and lonely I know you're
Well boy meets girl and it's a good bet Girl's gonna play a little hard to get But they both got the same thing on their minds Ain't that the way that
