I always said I wouldn′t stand in the way of your dreams What good is the wind blowing in a blue sky to a bird without wings I meant it when I said it I swear it but things change and I can′t pretend That I could someone how live without you no matter what I say
[Chorus] I just can′t turn around walk away Give it up without a fight love won′t let me say goodbye After all this time love won′t let me
Alot of people looking around trying to find out where they′re at Sometimes it takes closing your eyes to see what you really have And we have it I know it I feel it But I hate to think that I′m standing in your way And though I tried to step aside No matter what I do
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I′ll whatever I gotta do Just tell me you don′t want me to Turn around walk away Give it up without a fight love won′t let me
Turn around walk away Give it up without a fight love won′t let me Don′t let me say goodbye after all this time Love won′t let me
Turn around walk away Give it up without a fight love won′t let me
I got a little game that I play And I call it "Try to beat the morning paper home" I ain′t very good but I get a lot of practice, Even won once a month ago Of course there was a girl involved that wasn′t gonna let me rest But I′ve always said I can sleep when I′m dead
[Chorus] If there′s somethin′ goin′ on within a hundred miles from home, Ya gonna hear my V-8 sing Long as I can beat the train and they got a passing lane, Baby, I ain′t gonna miss a thing Life′s too fun and I′m too young and the night ain′t over yet Like I said I can sleep when I′m dead
It ain′t no fun if ya ain′t got money So I always make it in to work The trick is to leave at least a half an hour To brush my teeth and change my shirt Keep a closet full of Red Bull and Visine to hide the red I don′t need the rest, I can sleep when I′m dead
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When I get tired, I′ll go to bed All that I can say is that it hasn′t happened yet
If there′s somethin′ goin′ on within a hundred miles from home, Ya gonna hear my V-8 sing Long as I can beat the train and they got a passing lane, Baby, I ain′t gonna miss a thing Life′s too fun and I′m too young and the night ain′t over yet Like I said I can sleep when I′m dead Like I said Like I said I can sleep when I′m dead
I knew you wouldn′t answer after the things we said that night You were crying I grabbed the keys and said goodbye Well hang on please don′t hang up let me talk to our machine I′ve had all this time to think about what you mean to me
[Chorus] I know you said it′s over but my hearts telling me that ain′t right I know it can′t be over ′cause I still wake up reaching for you in the night It took leaving for me to realize there′s good in goodbye
I′m listening to the talking should I pick up the phone And lay my pride aside and say come home I′ve played that moment over time and time again When giving up seemed easier than just giving in
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I′ll try to call you one more time Baby if you′d just call me one more time
I was 16, drivin′ my old mans car The light was red but I ran right through And I killed a mailbox and some flowers in a yard ′cause I was lookin′ at you
I was sittin′ in the stands it was the bottom of the ninth The score was tied 2 to 2 When a foul ball hit me right between the eyes ′cause I was lookin′ at you
[Chorus] Well some people like starin′ at the sunset And some prefer a tropical view And some like gazin′ at the stars and the moon But I like lookin′ at you (woo hoo)
Yeah, some things in this world might have passed me by And I might have missed a chance or two But you won′t find any regret in my eyes ′cause I′m still lookin at you
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Baby, in my heart I know There′s nothin′ as beautiful as you
A storm on the horizon weather′s coming in Smell of the rain takes me back again To a morning just like this clouds filled the sky And everytime I I think about that day I said goodbye
[Chorus] My heart beats like thunder as I call out your name And all my tears start falling down like the rain So let it rainlet it rain
I remember back in college you loved these kind of days When we′d run off to your apartment and hide away We′d talk about forever and how we′d share our lives It never crossed my mind I′d be without you here tonight
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I′m not afraid of dying it′s something we all do But I′m scared to death of living the rest of my life without you
My little girl met a new friend Just the other day On the playground at school Between the tires and the swings But she came home with tear-filled eyes And she said to me "Daddy, Alyssa Lies"
I just brushed it off at first Cause I didn′t know how much my little girl had been hurt Or the things she had seen I wasn′t ready when I said you can tell me And she said
[Chorus] Alyssa Lies To the classroom Alyssa lies Everyday at school Alyssa lies To the teacher As she tries to cover every bruise
My little girl laid her head down That night to go to sleep As I stepped out the room I heard her say A prayer so soft and sweet God bless my mom and my dad And my new friend Alyssa I know she needs it bad
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I had the worst night of sleep in years As I tried to think of a way to calm her fears I knew just what it was I had to do But when we got to school on Monday I heard the news
My little girl asked me why everybody looked so sad The lump in my throat grew bigger With every question that she asked Until I felt the tears run down my face And I told her that Alyssa wouldn′t be at school today
She doesn′t lie In the classroom She doesn′t lie Anymore at school Alyssa lies With Jesus Because there′s nothing anyone would do
Five o′clock smokestacks 15th, check′s fat Hacked off, backed up Hurry up and wait on the interstate Irate, tailgate tight Yeah, nothin′ but brake lights High rise concrete, painted up city street Fed up, red tape, add another lane Make it more insane, more strain Starbucksed up Man, I know where I′m pointin′ my truck
[Chorus] Out in the country, where the world turns green There′s a pretty girl waitin′ on a front porch swing The lazy river is a-windin′ around With a cane pole bobber goin′ down (goin′ down) Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie And the people of the steeple and the steeple don′t lie I swear, somewhere, out there′s everything I need Waitin′ in the country for me, for me
Big city hip hop, rattilin′ when I stop Parkin′ lot jumpin′, cars thumpin′ Hard mixin′ those rhymes And keepin′ it right in time, that′s cool But I guess I′m just old a-school Juke box, hony tonk Mom and pops resturant Willie, Waylon, Merle yeah Singin′ them a country song Bring it on, son Yeah, I know where to get me some
Out in the country, where the world turns green There′s a pretty girl waitin′ on a front porch swing Lazy river is a-windin′ around With a cane pole bobber goin′ down (goin′ down) Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie And the people of the steeple and the steeple don′t lie I swear, somewhere, out there′s everything I need Waitin′ in the country for me, Waitin′ for me
Out in the country, where the world turns green There′s a pretty girl waitin′ on the front porch swing A lazy river is a-windin′ ′round With a cane pole bobber goin′ down (goin′ down) Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie And the people of the steeple and the steeple don′t lie I swear, somewhere, out there′s everything I need Waitin′ in the country for me, for me Waitin′ in the country for me
I like my next-door-neighbor We do each other favors sometimes We threw somethin′ on the grill Sat around and chilled just the other night And we talk about our lawns and the goin′s on In our neighborhood He′s a real nice guy...that′s all fine and good
He ain′t my honky tonk friends
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Nobody really understands me like them I love the songs that they sing, I love the drinks that they drink I love the dances they dance They don′t make fun of my drawl, keep somethin′ cold and tall in my hand I ain′t gotta pretend, they take me just like I am I love my honky tonk friends
I like my growin′ up buddies, we still keep in touch now and then Them folks down at the office really ain′t all that stiff I met some real good people underneath the steeple in town I′ll still make time for them, but as for right now
I want my honky tonk friends
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Well, we light each other′s smokes and we bend each other′s ear And we laugh at each other′s stupid jokes and we buy each other beers Then we lose our butts in pool but we win it back in darts And we lend each other shoulders when someone breaks our hearts.
I love my honky tonk friends Nobody really understands me like them I ain′t gotta pretend, they take me just like I am I love my honky tonk friends
I ain′t gotta pretend, they take me just like I am I love my honky tonk friends
Baby, when I look at you With your hair falling down in your baby blues Standing there across the room I get so lost in the way you move It makes me reminisce, back to years ago On a night like this Teary-eyed, as you took my hand And I told you I′d be your man So many thing have come, so many things have gone One thing that′s stayed the same is Our love′s still going strong
[Chorus:] Baby just look at us, all this time and we′re still in love Something like this just doesn′t exist between a Backwoods boy and a fairytale princess People said it would never work out But living dreams, we shattered all doubts Feels good to prove ′em wrong Livin′ our love song
Darling, when you look at me With my heart beatin′ fast, and my shaky knees It′s pretty hard to believe After all these years, I still need you this badly You′re dancing in my arms With a spotlight moon and a sea of stars Oh girl we′ve come so far Everything I want is everything you are Just wanna lay you down, say I love you Without a sound I think you know what I′m talkin′ about
Baby just look at us, all this time and we′re still in love Something like this just doesn′t exist between a Backwoods boy and a fairytale princess People said it would never work out But living dreams, we shattered all doubts Feels good to prove ′em wrong Livin′ our love song