Lyrics

Behind these eyes lies a lonely man waiting on true love
Girl, I hope that you understand behind these eyes lies a lonely man

I don’t want to be heartbroken like so many times before
Girl, when you first smiled at me, my heart fell to the floor
I’m still picking up the pieces of what once held me tenderly
She used to whisper to me softly that she would always be here with me

Behind these eyes lies a lonely man waiting on true love
Girl, I hope that you understand behind these eyes lies a lonely man

Women have tried to be near to me, but I could never give the time
Cause ever since she left me, her memory never left my mind
I guess we’ll just stay together – just her memory and me
I’ll just keep on dreaming of what could never be

Behind these eyes lies a lonely man waiting on true love
Girl, I hope that you understand behind these eyes lies a lonely man

Monday mornings’ like hell on wheels
Punching clocks and earning dollar bills
To pay endless bills, this ain’t the way you thought things would be
Call this workweek what you will –
Ruthless, ceaseless, fit to kill
But there’s sunshine coming at the end of this misery
Two whole days and one whole night
Yeah, me and my buddies gonna do it right
We’ll have kegs on ice and the music for your ear
Call this weekend what you may –
Hillbilly hootenanny coming our way
And y’all know how the rednecks get it done way out here

We get ready to get rowdy
Pretty ladies in bikinis, podunk homies rollin’ up
To get the party done started
Straight loony in the boonies time you’ll never be forgettin’
Get ready get rowdy – Get ready get rowdy tonight!

Take a rope swing plunge into Papaw’s lake
Like we used to do back in our younger days
Brings back memories of being a kid again
This is where we all were raised
Climbing chestnut trees, blazing summery haze
Listen to the rumble of the coal-black ol’ coal trains
From sippin’ Mamaw’s tea to shootin’ JD Rye
From catchin’ fireflies to courtin’ purty eyes
We all weathered year to year, yet we’re still the same
So let’s raise a glass to good times ahead
With my kinfolk and friends, cuz it’s like I said
We straight baller in the holler with our whiskey-fueled honkytonk ways

We get ready to get rowdy
Pretty ladies in bikinis, podunk homies rollin’ up
To get the party done started
Straight loony in the boonies time you’ll never be forgettin’
Get ready get rowdy – Get ready get rowdy tonight!

We get ready to get rowdy
Pretty ladies in bikinis, podunk homies rollin’ up
To get the party done started
Straight loony in the boonies time you’ll never be forgettin’
Get ready get rowdy – Get ready get rowdy tonight!

Ooh get ready get rowdy tonight!
Mmmm get ready get rowdy tonight!

I got my eyes on the prize of the beautiful lady right in front of me
Baby, can you dance to the rhythm I’m feeling when I see your angel wings
It’s no contest – I must confess you won my heart and I’m falling
‘Cause I got my eyes on the prize of my beautiful baby to be

I thought I heard you thinking and I think that you’ve been thinking ‘bout me
Could it be true that two hearts can hear each other’s beat?
If you’ve been thinking what I’ve been thinking, it’s true
You’re in love with me, and I’m in love with you

I got my eyes on the prize of the beautiful lady right in front of me
Baby, can you dance to the rhythm I’m feeling when I see your angel wings
It’s no contest – I must confess you won my heart and I’m falling
‘Cause I got my eyes on the prize of my beautiful baby to be

Come on pretty baby – don’t you push my love away
Playing hard to get, but I’m placing my bet that you’re falling in love today
Don’t be scared, ‘cause I’m prepared to sweep you off your feet
One thing’s for sure – our love is meant to be

I got my eyes on the prize of the beautiful lady right in front of me
Baby, can you dance to the rhythm I’m feeling when I see your angel wings
It’s no contest – I must confess you won my heart and I’m falling
‘Cause I got my eyes on the prize of my beautiful baby to be

Come on pretty baby – won’t you dance forever with me?

I remember sober – it wasn’t that long ago
Spent my days workin’ 9-to-5’s and playing country music shows
I’d come home to find her wasted and passed out on the floor
Filled with rage I couldn’t put away, so I’d head on out the door…

Fast forward just a couple of months and I’m stoned out of my mind
Can’t drink enough to pick myself back up from the hellish truth I find
So I’m long gone everywhere I go, a child of 80-proof grand design
And my grip on the handle of sanity got poured out like some meth moonshine

That whiskey-drinkin’ woman made a whiskey-drinkin’ man out of me
What once was cut with sorrow is now laced with manic misery
Straight up heartless savage spirits, while my spirit’s soaked in agony
That whiskey-drinkin’ woman gonna be the bitter finish of me

I remember that first shot – sour pungence and burning pain
But as the drink went down it was then I found a way to feel brand new again
I stopped caring and started pouring – the town was sharing my new story
Always tied half-hitch but peace I could never obtain

That whiskey-drinkin’ woman made a whiskey-drinkin’ man out of me
What once was cut with sorrow is now laced with manic misery
Straight up heartless savage spirits, while my spirit’s soaked in agony
That whiskey-drinkin’ woman gonna be the bitter finish of me

Shot through the heart by the bottle and a bevvied bride
The proof’s in the lie I live to drown the ache inside

That whiskey-drinkin’ woman made a whiskey-drinkin’ man out of me
What once was cut with sorrow is now laced with manic misery
Straight up heartless savage spirits, while my spirit’s soaked in agony
That whiskey-drinkin’ woman gonna be the bitter finish of me

Bet you couldn’t wait for me to take
That first hit or that first shot or that first line
One more last time
Watching me forsake the morning break
As I chase that dragon down, down, down
Manic highs and vicious lows
As the sultry devil slowly molds
Delight and torment into one
My cries for help fall on deaf ears
As I hear your apathetic jeers
And I ride this coaster down, down down

Well I’m going down – I’m falling slow
Welcome to your favorite show
Where you get to laugh as you watch me die
Knowing this could be our last goodbye
Waiting on that final curtain call
With your front row ticket to see my downfall

Cotton balls and a silver spoon
Tea lights and a shared harpoon
I’m trapped yet also free to roam
Artifacts for the saboteur
I breathe my death as I smoke my myrrh
In this loathsome dungeon I call home
Paranoia strikes deep
I can’t trust anything I see
As I plummet through the path I’ve found
Prisoner of the impure
Slow approaching Acheron’s shore
As I ride this coaster down, down, down

Well I’m going down – I’m falling slow
Welcome to your favorite show
Where you get to laugh as you watch me die
Knowing this could be our last goodbye
Waiting on that final curtain call
With your front row ticket to see my downfall
With your ticket to see my downfall

Well I’m going down – I’m falling slow
Welcome to your favorite show
Where you get to laugh as you watch me die
Knowing this could be our last goodbye
Waiting on that final curtain call – ooo
Waiting on that final curtain call
With your front row ticket to see my downfall
With your ticket to see my downfall
Your front row ticket to see my downfall
With your ticket to see my downfall

Forever faithful – I give my love to you
Forever faithful and true
I will always be here for you
This I swear

Years will come and they will pass
But through it all, we’re sure to last
We walk together day by day
I don’t care what others think
Love was made for us to drink
Drink deeply, baby, come what may

Forever faithful – I give my love to you
Forever faithful and true
I will always be here for you
This I swear

I just can’t stop wondering
How such an angel came to me
You flew from heaven without wings
You look so beautiful tonight
Glowing softly in the moonlight
God must have made you perfectly

Forever faithful – I give my love to you
Forever faithful and true
I will always be here for you
This I swear

He was a pistol-packing, devil-may-care
Roughneck with an ice cold stare
On the loose from town to town
As the sun came up ‘til the sun went down
Ol’ John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number One
John Herbert Dillinger – you sold your soul for the gold and a life on the run

He was a smooth talking son of a gun
Making senoritas faint and the hombres run down in Mexico
He had a mean shot and a smile of a frown
Robbing banks from South Dakota on down to Ohio
But every rainbow has its end
He couldn’t find no buried gold when he turned the bend
As he was lying face down in an alley with a gun in his hand
Turns out the life of crime don’t pay my friend

He was a pistol-packing, devil-may-care
Roughneck with an ice cold stare
On the loose from town to town
As the sun came up ‘til the sun went down
Ol’ John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number One
John Herbert Dillinger – you sold your soul for the gold and a life on the run

On the day he lost his life,
Clark Gable was a conman throwing dice at the Biograph
J. Edgar Hoover set a team in array
This would be the last time that devil got away from the gunmen’s hands
He died without saying a word
That’s what all the newspapers said
But I could probably guess what he was thinking
It’s a dangerous thing to trust a lady in red

He was a pistol-packing, devil-may-care
Roughneck with an ice cold stare
On the loose from town to town
As the sun came up ‘til the sun went down
Ol’ John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number One
John Herbert Dillinger – you sold your soul for the gold and a life on the run
Ol’ John Dillinger – Public Enemy Number One
John Herbert Dillinger – you sold your soul for the gold and a life on the run

Do not chase after false beauty
For beauty soon fades away
Lean more closely to eternal things
And your paths will never go astray
Keep your mind on the brighter things
To help you walk through the dark
This world is cold, but Jesus loves you
He loves you just the way you are

He’ll pick you up and show you how to fly
He’ll hold your hand and help you as you try
You may fall, but he’ll be there to catch you everytime
His word says, “No greater love is there than mine”

When I think on the love of Jesus
It makes my heart grow tender
How could a man give his life
For a world of lost sinners
He is the way, he is the truth
He’s the rock I stand upon
Never can this world withhold me
From the gift I wait upon

He picks me up and shows me how to fly
He holds my hand and helps me as I try
I may fall, but He’ll be there to catch me everytime
His word says, “No greater love is there than mine”

And he’ll pick you up and show you how to fly
He’ll hold your hand and help you as you try
You may fall, but he’ll be there to catch you everytime
His word says, “No greater love is there than mine”
His word says, “No greater love is there than mine”

The trees are my companion – I’m never left alone
My clothes, soul and body are the only things I own
The river walks beside me anywhere it wills
And I make my bed from sticks and leaves in these old Kentucky hills
I spend my days with liquor and with fire to stay warm
I hide under the rocks and have communion with the storm
I sing a life of happiness, I sing a life of sin
I travel under starlight and I start over again

Lord bless the wandering soul who roams the earth
Lord bless the man who lives each day for everything it’s worth
I got none to blame for this life of shame – you’ve got to understand
That I’m a mountain man

Some souls are shackled to their silver and fettered to their gold
They spend each sacred moment on hollow dreams untold
I ain’t chained to all their money and their worldly misery
For my wealth is in this mountain air and these Appalachian streams
I won’t offer you excuses – I was born to live this way
Brand me wayworn wand’rer, but I’m happy all the same
This ain’t my final destination, just a transient abode
Til my spirit leaves this lowly ship and I finally journey home

Lord bless the wandering soul who roams the earth
Lord bless the man who lives each day for everything it’s worth
I got none to blame for this life of shame – you’ve got to understand
That I’m a mountain man

I’ve heard foolish supplications for selfish carnal gain
Men cry out to the heavens hand in hand
But the only thing I pray, is Lord please grant me one more day
To roam these East Kentucky mountain lands

Lord bless the wandering soul who roams the earth
Lord bless the man who lives each day for everything it’s worth
I got none to blame for this life of shame – you’ve got to understand
That I’m a mountain man

I’m a mountain man…I’m a mountain man

I can feel electricity dancing in the air
When you walk into the room, it’s like no one else is here
I do recall that you’ve been hurting from the way he put you down
I promise you I’ll only speak words that lift you right up off the ground

You are someone so special, an angel in the making
We’ve got nothing left to lose, and love’s up for the taking
We could never find two hearts that beat the same
I’ve dreamed about you lately – the portrait of a lady
Dressed in white apparel and then Cupid shot his arrow in my heart
Shot down in love – shot down in your name

No one has a voice that sings quite like you
Every word that you speak dances softly in the room
God works mysteriously, but his magic is clear
You are beautiful in every way that beauty can appear

You are someone so special, an angel in the making
We’ve got nothing left to lose, and love’s up for the taking
We could never find two hearts that beat the same
I’ve dreamed about you lately – the portrait of a lady
Dressed in white apparel and then Cupid shot his arrow in my heart
Shot down in love – shot down in your name

You are someone so special, an angel in the making
We’ve got nothing left to lose, and love’s up for the taking
We could never find two hearts that beat the same
I’ve dreamed about you lately – the portrait of a lady
Dressed in white apparel and then Cupid shot his arrow in my heart
Shot down in love – shot down in your name

Good morning again, it’s good to see your lovely face
I’m such a lucky man to be here with you in this place
Your smile ravishes me – girl it takes my breath away
There is nowhere else I’d ever wanna be without you – I gotta say
Good morning again to the one that helped me through
Life was so mundane everyday spent without you
I get blown away by the little things that you do
Every kind word that you speak, like balm that heals an open wound

I’m going crazy for your love – I’m going crazy for your touch
I never wanna be apart from the rhythm of your heart
They say it’s not okay for a man to be insane
Girl, just lock me up and throw away the key
For your love, I’m going crazy

I used to pray every night and every day
That one day true love would finally come my way
I don’t care what others think or what they say
I love you just the way you are – I don’t want for you to change

I’m going crazy for your love – I’m going crazy for your touch
I never wanna be apart from the rhythm of your heart
They say it’s not okay for a man to be insane
Girl, just lock me up and throw away the key
For your love, I’m going crazy

I love the way you smile – I love the way you dance
I love the jokes you tell and the tenderness in your glance
I love the way you want to love me everytime you get the chance
Darling I love the love we have – a one-in-a-million romance

I’m going crazy for your love – I’m going crazy for your touch
I never wanna be apart from the rhythm of your heart
They say it’s not okay for a man to be insane
Girl, just lock me up and throw away the key
For your love, I’m going crazy

For your love, I’m going crazy

She was cool, calm and collected there in the pale moonlight
My heart stopped and I lost my breath at such a beautiful sight
I had never seen nobody like her – she’s an angel in disguise
She looked like she came from heaven with her driving-me-crazy eyes
How could she not know what she does for me
And how her smile always made me weak?
How could it not show how I felt inside
And how my heart was on a roller-coaster ride

I wish I could say I love her
I wish I could hold her near
She’s the only thing that matters
If she could only see my lonely tears
I would gladly give whatever
It would take to have her here
I’ll going on loving her forever
Just me and my lonely tears

It’s been two years since the last time I saw her lovely face
But today my angel’s gone away – God took her to a better place
As I stood by her casket, her best friend looked at me and said
“I hope you know how much she loved you and how many lonely tears she shed…”
How could she not know what she did for me
And how her smile always made me weak?
How could it not show how I felt inside
And how my heart was on a roller-coaster ride?

I wish I could say I love her
I wish I could hold her near
She’s the only thing that matters
If she could only see my lonely tears
I would gladly give whatever
It would take to have her here
I’ll going on loving her forever
Just me and my lonely tears

I would gladly give whatever
It would take to have her here
I’ll going on loving her forever
Just me and my lonely tears

Well I’ve been fighting mad, spitting nails and breathing flames
It only took one look at you with him to make me this way
Better get myself out of this place
Before I get a little crazy and I lose a lot of face
How could you be so cruel?
You know I loved you more than anyone and now you’re sporting someone new
Like a trinket on your jewelry display
He’s just another notch chalked on your wall of shame, let’s go

Well it’ll all come out in the end when you’ve wandered from man to man
And you’re busy looking back at everything we could have been, oh yeah
By that time I’ll be long gone and you’ll be hearing me singing this song
About a woman with a lot of nerve, for a lack of better words – baby I’m moving on

Go ahead and kiss him – he’ll be kissing another woman later tonight
Why couldn’t you see that we were meant to be?
Well maybe that just me thinking we could have been right
I’ve packed my bags and I’m heading on down the road
To anywhere that the good Lord’s gonna help me go
We’re through, so baby goodbye, farewell, sayonara, au revoir forevermore

Well it’ll all come out in the end when you’ve wandered from man to man
And you’re busy looking back at everything we could have been, oh yeah
By that time I’ll be long gone and you’ll be hearing me singing this song
About a woman with a lot of nerve, for a lack of better words – baby I’m moving on

Baby I’m moving on
Baby I’m moving on
Baby I’m moving on
Baby I’m moving on
Baby I’m moving on

Bittersweet is the word that I use to describe
The way I feel deep inside, ‘cause our love’s turned bittersweet

Like a leaf in late November, our love’s wilted
Can’t help but keep feeling I’ve been jilted
It’s in the way that you look at me like I’m an enemy
I can’t take this – it’s enough to drive a fellow anxious
Baby, I believe you don’t believe in me – it’s plain to see
Whatever happened to the unspoken passion
That consumed my soul so ceaselessly?
What once was my glory – my real-life love story
Has faded away into darkness, now I feel so incomplete

Bittersweet is the word that I use to describe
The way I feel deep inside, ‘cause our love’s turned bittersweet

I taste pleasure mixed with pain when I kiss you
Can’t help but keep feeling that you’re untrue
Used to be you would supply my need, but now you lie to me
There’s no reason why our love goes in and out of season
Baby, I believe you don’t believe in me
Why can’t I make you see?
Whatever happened to the unspoken passion
That consumed my soul so ceaselessly?
What once was my glory – my real-life love story
Has faded away into darkness, now I feel so incomplete

Bittersweet is the word that I use to describe
The way I feel deep inside, ‘cause our love’s turned bittersweet

Bittersweet is the word that I use to describe
The way I feel deep inside, ‘cause our love’s turned bittersweet

Today as I came to bring you flowers
I took the time to take a look around
It’s been three years since the last time that I saw you
Your tombstone sure looked pretty in the ground
I began to notice a place upon the hill
Where the grass grew taller and the weeds grew wild
There were stones without a name to tell about the fame
Of the ones who once were only just a child

Someone’s mother, someone’s father
Someone’s husband, someone’s wife
Their loved ones sit at home while their body lies alone
In a grave unmarked and unknown
Another forgotten tombstone

There were graves of men who proudly served our country
Graves of women who had taught our children too
Whether overseas or right here in the homeland
Each person made a difference for the red, white and blue
Today these stones stand tattered and faded
But they’ve stood their ground and still stand tall
I will always remember the gifts that they gave
In the lives they lived as they gave their all and all

Someone’s brother, someone’s sister
Someone’s best friend, someone’s child
Their loved ones sit at home while their body lies alone
In a grave unmarked and unknown
Another forgotten tombstone

This promise is true that I make to you
To me, you will never be another forgotten tombstone

Walking through the darkness
Lord I need a light
Feeling kind of restless
I need your peace in my life
This ol’ world’s so crazy
Lord it’s driving me insane
I need your love to save me
Send me an angel today

Jesus take my hand
I need you more each day
I know you’ll understand
What I’m trying to say
Make my soul renewed
I give my life to you
Jesus take my hand
And help me see it through

I’ve got nowhere to turn, Lord
Every bridge has been burned
I’ve been backed into a corner
Lord, I wonder if I’ll learn
Lord, you’re my bartender
Serve me up a shot of love
I need you in my life – I lay it all down on the line
Come and fill me from above

Jesus take my hand
I need you more each day
I know you’ll understand
What I’m trying to say
Make my soul renewed
I give my life to you
Jesus take my hand
And help me see it through

Jesus take my hand
And help me see it through

You may love me, but you don’t want me
I’m not who you wanted me to be, and that’s okay
So while Prince Charming is holding you tonight
I’ll be holding someone special who’s never left my side
She never complains when I need her
I hold her close and she helps me make it through
She always knows the words to say to help bring a smile to my face
And she never puts me down when I tell her about you

While you’re off lying in the arms of another man
Me and my guitar – we’re gonna fly away
We’re gonna sing new songs, we’re gonna cry some tears
We’re gonna laugh it off, we’re gonna have some fun
Like the good ol’ days – me and my guitar

You’re probably wondering how I’m gonna make it
You must think I’ll be crawling at your feet before long
Take those thoughts and throw ‘em baby far, far away
‘Cause I got six strings and the words to another song

While you’re off lying in the arms of another man
Me and my guitar – we’re gonna fly away
We’re gonna sing new songs, we’re gonna cry some tears
We’re gonna laugh it off, we’re gonna have some fun
Like the good ol’ days – me and my guitar

Yeah, me and my guitar

The sun don’t shine when you’re not near me
I can barely make it through a day
The wind blows soft, but there’s no comfort
Lord I don’t know how I’ll ever find my way

When you’re gone, I wonder if life is over
And I pray each day for your safe return
When you’re gone, I’m missing a friend and lover
Every day’s as dark as midnight when you’re gone

I know there’s things you must attend to
Business don’t get done all by itself
The engines in the airplane sing a sad song
You’re flying off to heaven while I’m lying here in hell

When you’re gone, I wonder if life is over
And I pray each day for your safe return
When you’re gone, I’m missing a friend and lover
Every day’s as dark as midnight when you’re gone

I know that one day you’ll be here
And you’re never gonna leave my side again
So I stand on the promise built within
Until the day I die, I will wait for you
My dearest friend

When you’re gone, I wonder if life is over
And I pray each day for your safe return
When you’re gone, I’m missing a friend and lover
Every day’s as dark as midnight when you’re gone

Every day’s as dark as midnight when you’re gone

Well, I walked into that barroom door
Yeah I’d been here so many times before
But tonight I was gonna get wild as a rebel yell
I got my boots on, woman gone, time to get my buzz on
Ain’t got time to be worried ‘bout the crack of dawn
Might as well know I’m ready to raise some hell

Well, the door swang open and the band was smokin’
They were pouring Jack Daniels on a 2-for-1 token
Eight-ball, rack ‘em up, baby I’m ready to play
Neon lights, barroom fights, sweet lookin’ honey got me feelin’ alright
Man, you know I wouldn’t have it any other way

Awww blame it on Hank – blame it on the honkytonks
Blame it on the all-night, get right
Fill-em-up, throw-em-down country songs
You know I can’t be held accountable
So bartender won’t you pour me another drank
Awww blame it on Hank

Well all these songs about rowdy friends and getting
Hellbound and a whiskeybent
They laid the framework for how I’d live my days
Always in a country state of mind
I got my shotgun rifle and a four-wheel drive
It’s plain to see how I earned my redneck ways

Awww blame it on Hank – blame it on the honkytonks
Blame it on the all-night, get right
Fill-em-up, throw-em-down country songs
You know I can’t be held accountable
So bartender won’t you pour me another drank
Awww blame it on Hank

Well, tonight we gonna get right rowdy, get country bouty
And if happens that they should lock me up
And I stand before that judge and he says
“Boy? Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
And I say “Yes sir I do”

Awww blame it on Hank – blame it on the honkytonks
Blame it on the all-night, get right
Fill-em-up, throw-em-down country songs
You know I can’t be held accountable
So bartender won’t you pour me another drank
Awww blame it on Hank

Yeah blame it on Hank

Meet me down at Cabin Creek
Where the honeysuckles smell so sweet
Let’s sit down and have a talk
Is this the path we’re gonna walk

At Cabin Creek
Where the birds sing and the turtles creep
That’s where I’ll meet you baby
Down at Cabin Creek

It was down at Cabin Creek
Where the squirrels and the chipmunks meet
That’s where we fell in love
Beneath the moon and stars above

At Cabin Creek
Where the birds sing and the turtles creep
That’s where I’ll meet you baby
Down at Cabin Creek

Let’s go!

At Cabin Creek
Where the birds sing and the turtles creep
That’s where I’ll meet you baby
Down at Cabin Creek

It brings out the teenager living in me
When you smile at me like you do
It brings back the memories of a better place
It was heaven for two

At Cabin Creek
Where the birds sing and the turtles creep
That’s where I’ll meet you baby
Down at Cabin Creek

Meet me down at Cabin Creek

Country nights – we went frog gigging and a catfishing
Country nights – people from the city don’t know what they’re missing
I believe that if they gave it a chance, they’d be doing alright
While we’re hunting snipes on those country nights

Well I can’t wait ‘til it gets dark
We’re gonna light a bonfire and watch it spark
Down by the creek, laying on the banks
Looking up to heaven and giving thanks
For everything the good Lord’s done
We’re gonna jump in the creek and have some fun

Country nights – we went frog gigging and a catfishing
Country nights – people from the city don’t know what they’re missing
I believe that if they gave it a chance, they’d be doing alright
While we’re hunting snipes on those country nights

Roasting marshmallows, laughing ‘bout the past
Telling old stories and having a blast
Seeing if there really is a man on the moon
While the frogs and the crickets play a nighttime tune
Turning over rocks and hunting for bait
Better hurry up quick ‘cause it’s getting late

Country nights – we went frog gigging and a catfishing
Country nights – people from the city don’t know what they’re missing
I believe that if they gave it a chance, they’d be doing alright
While we’re hunting snipes on those country nights

The sun’s coming up
The nights about to end
Well I don’t know about you
But I can’t wait to do this all over again

Country nights – we went frog gigging and a catfishing
Country nights – people from the city don’t know what they’re missing
I believe that if they gave it a chance, they’d be doing alright
While we’re hunting snipes on those country nights

I had the time of my life on those country nights

When you hold my hand, I can see forever
When you hold me near and say all those things I’ve been longing to hear
I get so swept away – I don’t know what to say
You’re an angel

I used to get down on my knees and pray for you
That God would help me find you
You’re the answer to my prayers
You’re the one that makes my life complete
You give me strength to face the world everyday
I used to get down on my knees and pray for you

And now that you’re here
There’s nothing that I fear
I don’t have to face this world alone
You make my life worthwhile
You turn my frown into a smile
Don’t you know you’re my everything?

I used to get down on my knees and pray for you
That God would help me find you
You’re the answer to my prayers
You’re the one that makes my life complete
You give me strength to face the world everyday
I used to get down on my knees and pray for you

It’s going down tonight – round up the crew
I’ll pick up Jim and Jack and homemade mountain dew
Hey DJ crank it up – fill up my feel-good cup
Tonight it’s going down, so get yer boots on

Hey this is how we live
We keep it country proud
You know you can’t go wrong
So get yer boots on

All these ladies dancing – they sure be looking fine
Backwoods whiskey drinking guaranteed to blow your mind
This party’s going strong, so throw your hands up high
It’s going down tonight, so get yer boots on

Hey this is how we live
We keep it country proud
You know you can’t go wrong
Woah so get yer boots on
Woah get yer boots on
Let’s show ‘em how it’s done boys

We’re gonna burn some rubber in my favorite mudding hole
My quad’s gassed up and ready – I’ll show you where to go
Bonfire’s burning brighter – I’m talking ‘bout all-nighters
Y’all know what to do, so get ‘em on
I’m talking Ariat, Cody James – anything that’s got a name
Eagle straps, silver tips, leather’s how I get my kicks
Yeah man – y’all know what to do
So get ‘em on, get ‘em on yeah!

Hey this is how we live
We keep it country proud
You know you can’t go wrong
Woah so get yer boots on
So get yer boots on
Woah get yer boots on
So get yer boots on

That’s what I’m talking about right there!

I may be drinking, but I’m hopeful
I may be doing drugs, but I’m thankful
I know right now I’m sleeping around
But one day I’ll be able to say that I’m free
Ol’ sinful me

I may be mean, but I don’t mean it
I may even be unclean, but I regret it
I know right now that I’m not much
But one day you’ll think differently when you see
Ol’ sinful me

Why don’t you give me some time?
Why don’t you give me a hand?
I need a place to rest
I need a place to stand
Why don’t you throw me a line,
‘Cause I’m drowning in this sea
It’s just too much
I’ve had enough of ol’ sinful me

I may be swearing, but I swear I hate it
And I may be fighting, but I don’t want it
All I want is a change of heart
And I know that there’s just one place to start
And the key is ol’ sinful me

You may not notice, but I’m watching
Everything you do and I’m hoping
That one day I’ll be just like you
I’d give everything I own just to make it true
To not be ol’ sinful me

Why don’t you give me some time?
Why don’t you give me a hand?
I need a place to rest
I need a place to stand
Why don’t you throw me a line,
‘Cause I’m drowning in this sea
It’s just too much
I’ve had enough of ol’ sinful me

It’s just too much
I’ve had enough of ol’ sinful me

Well there’s a storm on the horizon
I can see it in her eyes
Big black clouds come rolling in
Like a thunderstorm in disguise
Teardrops falling down like rain
Everytime someone mentions her name
Yeah, there’s a storm on the horizon
You better get yourself back at home

There’s never any problem when she first walks in
Go on and take a chance, ask her for a dance
Her moves are soft and heaven-sent
But everytime she hears someone say his name
She stops whatever she’s doing
And you better get out her way

‘Cause there’s a storm on the horizon
I can see it in her eyes
Big black clouds come rolling in
Like a thunderstorm in disguise
Teardrops falling down like rain
Everytime someone mentions her name
Yeah, there’s a storm on the horizon
You better get yourself back at home

It’s not your fault, but she’ll blame you everytime
Every man’s done her dirty, even though one man’s on her mind
Just move along and you might be safe tonight
‘Cause any man looking for the last dance
Is surely looking for a fight

‘Cause there’s a storm on the horizon
I can see it in her eyes
Big black clouds come rolling in
Like a thunderstorm in disguise
Teardrops falling down like rain
Everytime someone mentions her name
Yeah, there’s a storm on the horizon
You better get yourself back at home

Yeah, there’s a storm on the horizon
You better get yourself back at home

Seeing the fog drifting slowly ‘cross the mountains
Way up high in the sky in the middle of nowhere
It’s the closest thing to heaven this side of the Smokies
I’m alive and free – don’t even have a care

So what I’ve been missing is some Tennessee Kissing
Baby even the birds been singing all day ‘bout you and me
Next thing I’m knowing, I’m already going
And I’m making a beeline straight for Tennessee

The sun shining in the sky reminds me of the light in your eyes
Soft blanket of clouds reminds me of the graceful way you move
The mountains stand so high, but even higher I could fly
Thanks to the downhome country loving I could get from you

So what I’ve been missing is some Tennessee Kissing
Baby even the birds been singing all day ‘bout you and me
Next thing I’m knowing, I’m already going
And I’m making a beeline straight for Tennessee

So I finally got the nerve to walk up to her door
And I said “Tennessee, you’re the girl I’ve been looking for”
And I said

What I’ve been missing is some Tennessee Kissing
Baby even the birds been singing all day ‘bout you and me
Next thing I’m knowing, I’m already going
And I’m making a beeline straight for Tennessee
Tennessee

What I’ve been missing is some Tennessee Kissing
Baby even the birds been singing all day ‘bout you and me
Next thing I’m knowing, I’m already going
And I’m making a beeline straight for Tennessee

Tennessee, you’re the woman for me

Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine
They always hang out at my place every night
They got a reputation for getting me downlow every time
Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine

I can’t find no relief – I can’t find no peace of mind
‘Cause they pour me some more
They get me drunk ‘til I’m bout half blind
Hey most people can see only me
Throwing down after closing time
We ain’t giving up
We gonna drink ‘til the bottle’s dry

Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine
They always hang out at my place every night
They got a reputation for getting me downlow every time
Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine

Well here we go – they start turning on the radio
They’re singing songs any drinkin’ man ought-ta know
And then they put that glass in my hand
Round and round after round we go
We ain’t slowing down until we’re blacked out on the floor

Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine
They always hang out at my place every night
They got a reputation for getting me downlow every time
Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine

Sad, drunk and lonely – three friends of mine