call me computer illiterate redneck dot com on the internet i don t need it if i can t find it in my head just give me my pickup and a dip of skoal a blanket my baby and a fishing hole and head on after where life begins down where the black top ends look in the rear view smile away flying by watch it all disappear as the dust flies rip it off and never look back again i can t think of any place i d rather be middle of nowhere with her beside me snuggle up by the fire on the river bed down where the black top ends we ve been pounding the pavement and saving up enough for a down payment on a little house in the woods startin over again down where the black top ends now some say we re out of our minds well i d say that they re right and that is why we don t need a telephone fax or a time clock we just paint our last name on the mailbox if you need us feel free to just drop on in when you need to get a way you re welcome anytime leave your hustle and your bustle on the other side get back at the world ride holiday inn down where the black top ends we ve been pounding the pavement and saving up enough for a down payment on a little house in the woods startin over again down where the black top ends yeah we re down where the black top ends where life begins down where the black top ends

the first thing i remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing and a young un s dream of growing up to ride on a freight train leaving town not knowing where i m bound and no one could change my mind but mama tried one and only rebel child from a family meek and mild my mama seemed to know what lay in store despite all my sunday learning towards the bad i kept on turning til mama couldn t hold me anymore and i turned twenty one in prison doing life without parole no one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried mama tried to raise me better but her pleading i denied that leaves only me to blame cause mama tried dear old daddy rest his soul left my mom a heavy load she tried so very hard to fill his shoes working hours without rest wanted me to have the best she tried to raise me right but i refused and i turned twenty one in prison doing life without parole no one could steer me right but mama tried mama tried mama tried to raise me better but her pleading i denied that leaves only me to blame cause mama tried2

you come from west texas in a mercedes benz with your louis vuitton and your debutante friends your step mom came with you to watch you unpack she ll go home in the gulfstream when it s time to go back to midland midland your daddy he s been working since the day he turned 18 workin for his father turnin crude to gasoline in the great 1980 s when the boom came to town and all them big ole buildings they just shot out of the ground out in midland midland you re down to three houses for greek sisterhood how bout them tri deltas we all knew you would you re all set to major in the fashion merchandise but you ll drop it in the spring for a boy from alamo heights of course he ll be handsome and he ll have a good last name ya ll can sit in jerry s box at the cowboy football game take him home for christmas take him out to see the rigs where the roughnecks run the auger and dance the black gold jig out in midland midland some years down the road with your scripture rehearsed you ll baptize that newborn baby at the presbyterian church he ll be too young to know what is underneath that soil but you didn t either so just anoint his head with oil out in midland out in midland midland midland

there was a cloud of dust down lonesome road one full moon friday night the county sheriff and old man jones had a feelin that it wasn t right so they followed a beer can trail and it took them to the river bank there was girls and guys and four wheel drives and 500 watts of hank well that sheriff was packin a 44 and he shot it up into the air he said you on private property people better move it on out of here then a blue eyed cutie with a wiggly walk come slidin up next to him she said there ain t no way you are gettin us out so you might as well come on in she said it s friday night in dixie it s time to have some fun anything goes til the rooster crows and we see that southern sun we re gonna party down to that country sound you know what i m talkin about cause it s friday night in dixie can t hold it in let it all hang out well the sheriff searched all the pickup trucks to see what he could find some shotgun shells an old buck knife and a mason jar of shine then billy jumped up in the back of his truck and said sheriff i do confess well i stole that jar from old man jones cause i heard that he made the best well the sheriff put down his pistol looked over at old man jones said it s up to you what you want to do lock them up or leave em alone well that old man said i sure have done my share of raisin hell and i ain t too old to raise it with y all then he let out a rebel yell he said it s friday night in dixie it s time to have some fun anything goes til the rooster crows and we see that southern sun we re gonna party down to that country sound you know what i m talkin about well it s friday night in dixie can t hold it in lord let it all hang out you know it s friday night in dixe and we re gonna have some fun cause anything goes til the rooster crows and we feel that southern sun we re gonna party down to that country sound you know what i m talkin about it s friday night in dixie dont hold it in come on let it all hang out yeah let it all hang out all night long

if you d had made a tag on the back of those designer jeans she s wearin it s some big name brand you can t buy at a wal mart and you from what she s got on from her versace to her louis vuitton you wouldn t think she d know every merle haggard song by heart but when it comes down to the heart of the situation she s a little rockin honky tonkin modern day minnie pearl i should know i ve been all across this great nation oh there ain t no doubt she s an all american country girl well she comes pullin up to you at a red light in some high fallutin fancy foreign car rich lady shades and a little dog in the window you d never know she was born and raised right down on her grandaddy s farm but when it comes down to the heart of the situation she s a little rockin honky tonkin modern day minnie pearl i should know i ve been all across this great nation oh there ain t no doubt she s an all american country girl there s somethin bout her slow southern twang it sweet talks me into anything her smile her wink and her pretty please brings any country boy down to his knees but when it comes down to the heart of the situation she s a little rockin honky tonkin modern day minnie pearl i should know i ve been all across this great nation oh there ain t no doubt she s an all american country girl oh there ain t no doubt she s an all american country girl

when i was 19 there were places that i wanted to see when i was 20 cornell university and kefalonia didn t mean anything to me i read the classics but i didn t read thoroughly when i go to ithaca when i come back from america you ll be with me you found freedom in a chamber of the library you dig the roots up with the old etymology in kefalonia and the blue ionian sea the way i know ya is like an old old olive tree when i go to ithaca when i come back to south africa you ll be with me

wasn t really thinking wasn t looking wasn t searching for an answer in the moonlight when i saw your face saw you looking at me saw you peaking out from under moon beams through the palm trees swaying in the breeze i know that i m feeling so much more than ever before and so i m giving more to you that i though i could do don t know how it happened don t know why but you don t really need a reason when the stars shine just to fall in love made the love each other made to be together for a life time in the sunshine flying in the sky i know that i m feeling so much more than ever before and so i m giving more to you that i though i could do now i know love is real so when the sky high as the angels dry letting you and i fly love

ohh ohh whoa yeah yeah something bout the way you looked at me made me think for a moment that maybe we were meant to be living our lives separately and it s strange that things change but not me wanting you so desperately oh why can t i ignore it i keep giving in but i should know better cause there was something bout the way you looked at me and it s strange that things change but not me wanting you so desperately you looked my way and said you frustrate me like you re thinking of lines and times when you and i were you and me we took our chance out on the street then i missed my chance and chances are it won t be coming back to me oh why can t i ignore it i keep giving in but i should know better cause there was something bout the way you looked at me and it s strange that things change but not me wanting you so desperately so desperately oh oh why can t i ignore it i keep giving in but i should know better cause there was something bout the way you looked at me and it s strange that things change but not me wanting you so desperately i want you so desperately mmm i keep giving in but i should know better i keep giving in but i should know better so desperately i want you so desperately

this is an emotion in a bottle like a potion waiting forever waiting together my head s in the way my head s in the way my head s in the way of my heart chelsea blakemore i don t wanna play this game chelsea blakemore i don t wanna call your name chelsea i don t wanna play this game i don t wanna call your name chelsea hold back on your feeling put a face on for the evening this is forever in a bottle together my head s in the way my head s in the way my head s in the way of my heart chelsea blakemore i don t wanna play this game chelsea blakemore i don t wanna call your name chelsea i don t wanna play this game i don t wanna play it i don t wanna call your name i don t wanna say it don t wanna play this game don t wanna play it don t wanna call your name don t wanna say it chelsea blakemore i don t wanna play this game chelsea blakemore i don t wanna call your name chelsea chelsea blakemore i don t wanna play this game chelsea blakemore i don t wanna call your name chelsea chelsea blakemore i don t wanna play this game chelsea blakemore i don t wanna call your name

can i be your lover in the southern suburbs i wanna run for cover under the canopy can i please come over in my green land rover you re like a bossa nova playing in the heart of me fill a bowl with roses when evening closes in on my dreams come and cool my forehead and put me in my bed i feel feverish and i know it s not the truth it s only me and only you but it s an endless fall i m falling and i can only heed my calling can i be your lover in the southern suburbs i wanna run for cover under the canopy can i please come over in my green land rover you re like a bossa nova playing in the heart of me i could hear you coming you were a hummingbird hovering i think you re so pretty not far from the city in our eden and i know it s not the truth it s only me and only you but it s an endless fall i m falling and i can only heed my calling you keep me hanging tight suspended like an epiphyte and i won t let go i know that i m right my love don t try to calm me down don t calm me down calm me down i ll calm down can i be your lover in the southern suburbs i wanna run for cover under the canopy can i please come over in my green land rover you re like a bossa nova playing in the heart of me

we ve got one chance to break out and we need it now cause i m sick and tired of waiting sick of this fucking apartment love me or leave me or rip me apart this is the voice that i was given and if you don t like it take a long walk off of the shortest pier you can find and i ll be singing it out i ll be singing oh mr magazine i never wrote one single thing for you or your so called music scene you don t mean a thing to me pick it up pick it up it s what you wanted pick it up pick it up and you need it too pick it up pick it up it s what you wanted pick it up pick it up when they review the debut what if the critics hate you don t worry cause we might just catch somebody off their feet well they can love it or leave it or rip it apart we re living what we re singing so i guess that s a step in the right direction clever composition and the honesty mr magazine i never wrote one single thing for you or your so called music scene you both mean shit to me pick it up pick it up it s what you wanted pick it up pick it up and you need it too pick it up pick it up it s what you wanted pick it up pick it up so save your breath and the money you spent go work in retail and spare the suspense just don t take chances on anything at all anything at all so afraid of anything that may not come that easy too afraid of anything you may not have seen before so afraid of anything that may not come that easy too afraid of anything that may not pick it up pick it up it s what you wanted pick it up pick it up and you need it too pick it up pick it up it s what you wanted pick it up pick it up so save your breath and the money you spent go work in retail and spare the suspense just don t take chances on anything at all anything at all so save your breath and the money you spent go work in retail and spare the suspense just don t take chances on anything at all anything at all

well my dear what long arms you have all the better to hold you down slap my wrist with that sweet consequence what are we what are we to do what are we to do with you hey hey what are we what are we to do what are we to do with you well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough well my dear what deep roots you have all the better to hold you down we live inside your branches your family s nest asks boy where have you been well you don t know where i ve been what are we to what are we to well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough don t know where i ve been don t know where i ve been well my dear what long arms you have all the better to hold you down well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough and you don t know where i ve been no you don t know where i ve been you don t know where i ve been you don t know where you don t know where no i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough well i am i m ready to be new again i m ready to hear you say who i am it s quite enough

your flower tongue wilts with too much sun and that s where we ve been living for so long so send it off the western coast and watch the sun set with your shrinking voice see i ain t the boy she loves the most i m just enough to fill the void her daddy left lonely lonely lonely lonely don t you go changing for me wanna get me high wanna get me high lonely lonely lonely lonely don t you go changing for me but i often wondered just how deep i could sink my teeth into that crease on your arm the place where all the good times they go and grow would it taste the same the same for me well would it sound the same coming from me such an awful tearing sound lonely lonely lonely lonely don t you go changing for me wanna get me high wanna get me high lonely lonely lonely lonely don t you go changing for me changing for me oh all the things they said about you paper thin walls stacked around you an hour glass is silhouetting me no matter how hard i try or how dirty you fight there is no place on god s great earth where you can go to hide from me lonely lonely lonely lonely don t you go changing for me wanna get me high wanna get me high lonely lonely lonely lonely don t you go changing for me changing for me

you count them one two three you look so cute when you get that mad you drain the life from me and it feels oh so good the looks you give are so contagious the way we move is so outrageous just let me in just let me in let s make it look right so stay up and get down sleep s just time spent wasting time so get down get down let s make it happen all night you re moving close my pulse is racing we re getting close yeah i can taste it i ve never done it quite like this so slow it down now just slow it down the looks you give are so contagious the way we move is so outrageous just let me in just let me in let me in so stay up and get down sleep s just time spent wasting time so get down get down let s make it happen all night you count them one two three you look so cute when you get that mad you drain the life from me and it feels oh so good you count them one two three you look so cute when you get that mad you drain the life from me and it feels oh so good so stay up and get down sleep s just time spent wasting time so get down get down let s make it happen all night

i ve been changing you re still waiting on me just wait for me and i am on my own but it s nice to see you came along and this might sound wrong but i can only tell you through a song and i will take my time cause it s the only thing that s on my side and this can t be real tell me do you ever feel do you ever feel do you ever feel oh i ve been changing you re still waiting on me two years now since i met you and i just can t forget about you you don t know what you do to me oh you don t know what you re doing to me and baby i m not lost i m just a little confused on what to do and it s all on me oh it s not you why can t you see oh who are you now

it s over look out below and i m wasted i still taste it yeah it s so hard to let go so breathe in now and breathe it out the forecast a car crash it s looking like another breakdown rebound this could be my last goodbye you cross your heart i hope to die and i can t deny your eyes you know i tried to read between the lines i saw a warning sign and then you threw me up against the wall who said that it s better to have loved and lost i wish that i had never loved at all no rewinds no second times and i won t break i won t waste everything you left behind so don t follow just let it go the weather s been better don t let it be another breakdown rebound this could be my last goodbye you crossed your heart i hope to die and i can t deny your eyes you know i tried to read between the lines i saw a warning sign and then you threw me up against the wall who said that it s better to have loved and lost i wish that i had never loved at all all the nights i spent sitting at home while you were out there on your own all the nights i waited by the phone when you were going in alone and all your different faces and all your different ways of making everything a mess and all i m saying is that all the different places and all the compilations laid to rest and i can t deny your eyes you know i tried to read between the lines i saw a warning sign and then you threw me up against the wall who said that it s better to have loved and lost i wish that i had never loved and i can t deny your eyes you know i tried to read between the lines i saw a warning sign and then you threw me up against the wall who said that it s better to have loved and lost i wish that i had never loved at all

yeah i played deaf immersed in that technicoloured kind of black and white type counting one to seven through the roof if my lady only knew how high i am i am tonight i crack open the safe myself now fourty five twenty two june until september three months til december the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around cause i ain t working for you anymore no i ain t working for you anymore so go prove to the world what you already proved that you just couldn t do on your own let s have a talk about the good times but you were always giving in let s have a talk about the good times boy you were only giving in the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around so let s have a talk about the good times but you were always giving in let s have a talk about the good times boy you were only giving in to the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around the summer is over and i doubt i doubt i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around i ll be seeing you around

im gonna leave the same way i came up from the ashes then out from the ashes if a house had stood here on this worn foundation then you you couldve fooled me i admit i was a fool for your southern days one hundred and fifty degrees in the shade it wasnt an option to go back to my place no i was put in my place and yeah we live in separate houses we have for all our lives it wouldve been nice to say it wouldve been nice to say sure wouldve been nice to say i knew you when oh when will this sinking feeling feel like man that was ages ago ha i dont worry half as much as i did when i was an experiment your resident tourniquet lax now about your neck waiting just waiting see i am the mantle you dear are a painting come rest your frame on me come rest your frame on me i was a tower and you were an airplane we happened before we knew what was happening we lived in separate houses we have for all our lives it wouldve been nice to say it wouldve been nice to say sure wouldve been nice to say when oh when will this sinking feeling feel like man that was ages ago ha when oh when will this sinking feeling feel like man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago we lived inside each other such careless lazy lovers man that was ages ago wouldve been nice to say sure wouldve been nice to say when oh when will this sinking feeling feel like man that was ages ago ha when oh when will this sinking feeling feel like man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago man that was ages ago oh man that was ages ago2

i had a place to live in i had a job worth quitting i had some things i had to chase mistakes but we all make them we celebrate being young i had the chance to run away and i wish upon a satellite that wrong can turn to right believe me that we are our only chance in the world if faith should fail us then hope will see us through and we are our only chance in the world so stand for something cause something s overdue and i don t ask for much but this could define a lifetime at dead men s hands we are the only friends we ever had they called it education i saw a means to an end i saw my life another way to live and die a king i thought there could be worse fates to land upon and i d go back home when it all blew up in my face and i wish upon a satellite that wrong can turn to right believe me that we are our only chance in the world if faith should fail us then hope will see us through and we are our only chance in the world so stand for something cause something s overdue and i don t ask for much but this could define a lifetime at dead men s hands we are the only friends we ever had you need a map to see how far i was sticking out my neck we all have things that we all second guess and fears of being ordinary and i wish upon a satellite that wrong can turn to right believe me that we are our only chance in the world if faith should fail us then hope will see us through that we are our only chance in the world so stand for something cause something s overdue and i don t ask for much but this could define a lifetime at dead men s hands we are the only friends we ever had at dead men s hands we are the only friends we ever had

won t you be my distraction be my surrender here tonight my fatal attraction allow me to live inside this lie here tonight over the prison bars i finally break away never one to lay here stranded a lonely heart i see your pretty face it hits me like lightning bolt of love and it s takin over i can feel it in my veins now and it s takin over it s comin into focus won t you be my distraction be my surrender here tonight my fatal attraction allow me to live inside this lie and i feel like lettin go erase this pain i ve known won t you be my distraction be my surrender here tonight here tonight show me where to go go show me what to say open up your heart won t you let me fade away show me where to go go show me what to say you re all that i need won t you be my distraction woooah be my surrender here tonight my fatal attraction woooah allow me to live inside this lie and i feel like lettin go erase this pain i ve known won t you be my distraction be my surrender here tonight here tonight be my distraction be my surrender here tonight my fatal attraction allow me to live inside this lie and i feel like lettin go erase this pain i ve known won t you be my distraction be my surrender here tonight here tonight