just a workin man in a country band i pick an old guitar with these calloused hands i love to knock a cold one back when i get the chance i like aerosmith and copehagen dip i like my country music with some rock n roll grip been known to burn one down with all my friends i love the sound of a harley just a little too loud and late night honky tonks in one horse towns and i come from the heart of the usa red white and blue collar blood runnin through my veins just like the truck i drive everyday yeah i m american made my politics ll go this way gonna keep my guns and still gonna pray what you choose to do well that s your right i wish uncle sam would cut a little slack for the folks like me bustin their back just tryin to make it through to friday night when the weekend comes my bended knee play our guitars loud shake up the crowd til everybody screams and i come from the heart of the usa red white and blue collar blood runnin through my veins just like the truck i drive everyday yeah i m american made and i come from the heart of the usa red white and blue collar blood runnin through my veins just like the truck i drive everyday yeah yeah i m american made i m american made

a gun goes off in a far off city a siren wails right here at home well sometimes life ain t all that pretty when you re watching it all alone you build a wall around your feelings just another heart afraid to break and you don t wanna let me in cause really what difference can i make i can t change the world baby that s for sure but if you let me girl i can change yours i bet i can change yours so let jesus look down on this mess and let the powers that be just fuss and fight cause everyone needs to pick their battles and we all realize that i can t change the world baby that s for sure but if you let me girl i can change yours i bet i can change yours and every time you light a flame you just get burned and you feel like it s all in vain you feel like you need to learn that no one s gonna save you no no one s gonna save you but i m standing here my heart s on my sleeve never gonna let you down never ever gonna leave you baby that s for sure oh i can t change the world but i can change yours i bet i can change yours

so she left me said so long yeah so what i ll find someone in no time with a little luck it don t really bother me that much it s only a girl there s a million of em in this town only a girl they re everywhere just look around she don t matter anymore i m probably better off for sure it ain t the end of the world it s only a girl there goes one now pretty smile oh well i watch her walk by just keep to myself cause when you re in love with someone else it s only a girl there s a million of them in this town only a girl they re everywhere just look around she don t matter anymore i m probably better off for sure it ain t the end of the world it s only a girl what can keep you up all night make you believe that black is white make you laugh make you cry make it wrong then make it right only a girl only a girl

back as far as i remember mama always worried about me you see mama knew my taste in women she d say whatever you do boy find one that s sweet mama i finally found one that i d like you to meet she s sweet like a cadillac sweet like a stack of hard cash sweet like the diamond bling dangling down from her belly button ring she s sweet like a handful of aces tattoos in secret places mama can t you see she s sweet no mama she isn t into ironing and she isn t one to scrub the house and clean no mama she couldn t boil a pot of water so she won t need non of grandma s recipes but mama don t you worry none she s taking real good care of me she s sweet like a cadillac sweet like a stack of hard cash sweet like the diamond bling dangling down from her belly button ring she s sweet like a handful of aces tattoos in secret places mama can t you see she s sweet she s sweet like a cadillac sweet like a stack of hard cash sweet like the diamond bling dangling down from her belly button ring she s sweet like a handful of aces tattoos in secret places mama can t you see she s sweet she s sweeter like a hollywood dream 7 7 7 on a slot machine she s sweet

always runnin like i m racing world keeps spinnin while i m trying to chase it down always sooner never later and i only know one way to slow it down i wanna hear you breathin feel your head there on my shoulder man this whole crazy life is movin way to fast i wanna dance real slow put your arms around me let me hold you close girl i want to hear you tell me don t let go i love it when we dance real slow we can go out honky tonkin or stay here where no one s watchin me and you light a candle in the kitchen i can clear a spot out if you want me to put on a record find a station on the radio if it s too rockin all we gotta do is close our eyes and dance real slow put your arms around me let me hold you close girl i want to hear you tell me don t let go i love it when we dance real slow like we re the only people left in the world there ain t nobody here but me and you girl what you say we give it a whirl girl i want to hear you tell me don t let go i love it when we dance real slow

black holes and amnesia no ones ever gonna know or believe us im a good girl but i cant get you out of my head i wont tell if you wont but we wont know if we dont give it a go let this kiss say what needs to be said no looking back baby no regrets whats one night between friends come on lets try you can stop pretending i cant promise this is gonna be right but whats one night whats one night between friends box wine cold pizza sounds like a great time dont you think ya want to stop by maybe stay for a little while slow dance to the radio romance we can take it slow pull me in tight let the moonlight shine dont think about anything but us tonight whats one night between friends come on lets try you can stop pretending i cant promise this is gonna be right but whats one night whats one night between friends dont wanna be just friends dont know how half the story ends but whats one night between friends whats one night between friends come on lets try you can stop pretending cant promise this is gonna be right whats one night whats one night between friends come on lets try you can stop pretending cant promise cant promise this will be right but whats one night whats one night whats one night between friends

blink an eye at the yellow light oh and you just might miss it all together just an old bp and a dairy queen where the farmers meet to talk about the weather it s a tailgate town just a needle on a map dot route hundred miles from the highway sound in the middle of nowhere where time came and went flying by like a new corvette oh but we ain t left it yet we re still kicking around this tailgate town friday night every soul for miles is underneath the lights cheering all together in 88 yeah we went to state there wasn t any place that was any better than this tailgate town just a needle on a map dot route hundred miles from the highway sound in the middle of nowhere where time came and went flying by like a new corvette oh but we ain t left it yet we re still kicking around this tailgate town church of christ chairs down in the aisle where someone gets baptized or sent up to heaven and they will rest in peace beneath that old oak tree yeah and just like me they ll be here forever woah woah woah oh woah woah oh woah in the tailgate town in a tailgate town in a tailgate town this is my tailgate town woah woah woah oh woah woah oh woah this is my this is my blink an eye at the yellow light oh and you just might miss it all together

watchin the time go the second hand is movin to fast who ever thought that it ever really ever would last and if your conscience weighs a little heavy tonight maybe you ll find it maybe you ll find nobody told you that nothin plays out like it seems twenty years now runnin scared of all of your dreams is it everything you thought it would be when you come back i ll be alright on your own again back to where it all began the phone don t ring and the tears they fall but you carry on and on and on past is past you never really gave it a shot to survive with your one last shot in the dark and if your conscience weighs a little heavy tonight maybe you ll find that empty boxes on the stairs remind you that there s no one there is it everything you thought it would be you ll see when you come back i ll be alright on your own again back to where it all began the phone don t ring and the tears they fall but you carry on and on and on you gotta go you ll never know just how it all will turn out forget what s done the western turn leaves no doubt on your own again back to where it all began the phone don t ring and the tears they fall but you carry on and on and on on your own again back to where it all began the phone don t ring and the tears they fall but you carry on and on and on on your own again back to where it all began the phone don t ring and the tears they fall but you carry on and on and on you gotta go on and on and on you gotta go on and on and on you gotta go on and on and on you gotta go you gotta go you gotta go you gotta go

their drinking on the deck down at maggie s margaritas they bumper to bumper out at the marina they ve been waitin all spring it s a summer thing the sun is getting right and the water is getting warmer the days are getting longer them shorts are getting shorter won t hear me complain it s a summer thing so grab a cerveza and everyone raise em and let s all give thanks for today we may not remember june through september drinking our troubles away it s a summer thing this little party cove ain t no panama city but the beer is ice cold and our girls are just as pretty drivin us boys insane it s a summer thing well the moon is coming out but we re just getting started we re gonna build us a fire and play some bob marley and we ll all sing it s a sumer thing so grab a cerveza and everyone raise em and let s all give thanks for today we may not remember june through september drinkin our troubles away it s a summer thing so grab a cerveza and everyone raise em and let s all give thanks for today we may not remember june through september drinkin our troubles away but that s okay it s a summer thing it s a summer thing here s to you here s to me may we never disagree let s raise a glass to days gone by here s to life here s to life

gettin tired of livin livin for a moment gettin tired of hangin on the line i wake up every morning and i pull back the curtain wonder if it s gonna rain or shine gettin tired of thinkin gettin so tired of beggin gettin tired of forgettin that there s two of us i m getting so tired of loving a man that just don t give a damn just tell me tell baby why i m holding on when your love is long gone i got a good mind so why don t you tell me why i can t say goodbye just tell me baby why i ve been holding on for so long and nothing but a miracle is gonna bring ya back bring ya back to me now whoa whoa oh oh ooh no no i gotta get myself together gotta stop tellin myself that i can do no better gotta go out and maybe start meeting some new people i gotta go out and buy myself one of those little black dresses cause i m so tired of this t shirt i m so tired of cryin off all my make up gettin just so tired of waking up with a lonely heart i m getting so tired of giving a damn about an absent hearted man just tell me tell baby why i m holding on when your love is long gone i got a good mind so why don t you tell me why i can t say goodbye just tell me baby why i ve been holding on for so long and nothin but a miracle is gonna bring ya back bring ya back to me now oh i can see it comin out the shadows i can see it it s comin through the it s comin through the windows oh i can see it i can see it comin down the ceiling i can t escape it can t escape it oh i can t escape it tell me yeah why i been holdin on when your love is long gone i got a good mind so why don t you tell me why i can t say goodbye just tell me baby why i ve been holding on for so long and nothing but a miracle is gonna bring ya back bring ya back to me now oh nothin but a miracle is gonna bring you back to me now oh nothin but a miracle oh no no no oh nothin but a miracle is gonna bring you back to me now oh no ooooh1

i m knocking down buildings searching high and low i m looking for a feeling just one more time before i go gonna buy some roses with a heart on my mind i m not gonna walk away no more i m living on borrowed time when you find away are you gonna fill me in but please don t say anything cause your thoughts and your mind will come back to see me again and i don t think that my heart can take what i just heard not for a little while cause your soul s not mine and i d like to get back to her everybody s talking about just how far she ll go am i blind to see what my ears will hear and my mind should already know no more talkingi ll pretend you re gonna say those words cause i m not listening unless you show me the way that i can get back to her are you going my way did you change your mind from just the other day don t look behind us so many dreams in my head are you sure this is real please don t play these games i know how you feel and when i wake up tomorrow see your face as i turn kind of like a long lost friend then i ll know that i finally made it back to her finally made it back to her finally made it back to her oh whoa oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh oh oh whoa oh

embers in the ashtray six pack down behind my seat one hand up on the wheel eat a peach playin on repeat got my baby at my side her hair whippin all in the wind the last time i felt this good i can t remember when listen to the goodyear s roll hummin through the radio let it lighten up your load ain t got no place to go watching those fence poles fly as the miles roll by nothin but blue skies hangin over you and i ain t lookin for direction don t need it if it don t come free a billboard says trust the lord a piece of country i ain t never seen nobody wavin in the rearview just put the pedal to the floor and drive don t it feel so good to you i feel so alive listen to the goodyear s roll hummin through the radio let it lighten up your load ain t got no place to go watching those fence poles fly as the miles roll by nothin but blue skies hangin over you and i her painted toes on the dash her hand on my knee she ain t looking out the window cause she s too busy lookin at me yeah listen to the goodyear s roll hummin through the radio let it lighten up your load ain t got no place to go watching those fence poles fly as the miles roll by nothin but blue skies hangin over you and i nothin but blue skies hangin over you and i

i was taught when i was young to share myself to show my love smile at everyone oh to shine above the sun now i m standing next to you i think i ve changed my point of view i ve noticed you can tell you re fighting for my love for my love yes you re fighting for my love for my love yes you re fighting for my love many times i tried to talk to let you know someday i d walk in me you found a drug an addiction to my love i could swear i let you know i tried one day to let you go you fight me all along yes you re fighting for my love for my love yes you re fighting for my love for my love yes you re fighting for my love i know how it feels i ve been burned one time before i still feel the scars on my lips when i touch when i love when i kiss when i kiss now i m calling back for you i figured out i m missing you you re nowhere to be found oh i ve asked and looked around seems you found a better fish i must confess i had a wish to love you all along but you fight me for my love fight me for my love for my love yes you re fighting for my love for my love yes you re fighting for my love fight me oh yes yes yes you re wanting my love you don t know how you re missing my love oh yeah yeah yeah you re needing my love you don t know how you re fighting my love

it s so nice to see you can we sit and talk for a while i have searched forever i can t imagine anything better kids up on the stairway couples on the sidewalk squares if i get to your heart soon i ll call a perfect afternoon won t you call my number don t push but don t hesitate wake me from this slumber rush me but leave time to wake checkmate on my shoulder i m tired of this win or lose well i m no knight in shinning armor but i m no pair of dancing shoes i m no pair of dancing shoes my patience ran away take me with you you keep me holding on nothin s understood you re so confusin tell it to me straight won t you call my number don t push but don t hesitate wake me from this slumber rush me but leave time to wake rush me but leave time to wake i got nothin left to lose but i m no pair of dancing shoes i got nothin left to lose but i m no pair of dancing shoes i got nothin left to lose but i m no pair of dancing shoes i got nothin left to lose but i m no pair of dancing shoes

swing in this tree oh i am bounce around so well branch to branch limb to limb you see all in a day s dream i m stuck like the other monkeys here i am a humble monkey sitting up in here again but then came the day i climbed out of these safe limbs ventured away walking tall head high up and singing i went to the city car horns corners and the gritty now i am the proudest monkey you ve ever seen monkey see monkey do yeah then comes the day staring at myself i turn to question me i wonder do i want the simple simple life that i once lived in well all things were quiet then in a way they were the better days but now i am the proudest monkey you ve ever seen monkey see monkey do yeah monkey see monkey do

tiny bones and skin sand on your feet these healthy children are fruits of the tree turquoise flotation on the indian sea we can float together you and me now and we love you it s a beautiful day thank you for the journey to this new day where we ve been gifted this island we ve been gifted this day and we re all here together on this beautiful day feel a daddy is taking his steps 1 2 3 while the other one keeps on amazing us by what he can see to you re through broken shells a white moth comes she gives herself to him cause he keeps you strong and we love you it s a beautiful day thank you for the journey to this new day where we ve been gifted this island we ve been gifted this day and we re all here together on this beautiful day and we love you it s a beautiful day and we re all here together on this beautiful day well we love you it s a beautiful day and we re all here together on this beautiful day

talked about things that make your mind spin she s gone like a mystery she s gone like the wind to touch anything real you could stay up all night and transcend it always ends up the same in the end a little tired she was beautiful she was beautiful well i got shadows of dust covers up my heart and i got this picture of beauty that she is essence and she is art when the sun shines through your window some virgin mystic all the history you ve forgotten you know it s bound to repeat we ll make it tired cuz you re tired just like me she was beautiful she was beautiful when the weathers just moved like the two of you have done you can t melt the moon and i can t freeze the sun we ll make it tired cuz you ll be tired just like me she was beautiful well i ve been stoned as a junkie i ve been proud as a beast and i ve got these thoughts in my mind their like a lonely man s feast give me your victory song how bout an anthem so sweet make it fly like a child who s got the wings upon his feet make it fly like my brother 10 years younger than me he got the heart so why just legacy make it fly like a child who s got the wings upon his feet make it fly like my brother like i got wings upon my feet make it tired cuz you re tired just like me she was beautiful she was beautiful when the weathers just moved like the two of you have done you can t melt the moon and i can t freeze the sun we ll make it tired cuz you ll be tired just like me she was beautiful she was beautiful she was beautiful

there are many things that i would like to say to you but i don t have the words in my head days are passing by and all the leaves are changing too but time won t change the things unsaid cause everything is different now i d really like to tell you how how i wanted you here by my side i know what i said but i lied it looked like a laugh but i cried now i wish i could push rewind oh stupid pride it just can t hide the holes inside my heart cause i need you here with me oh i wish that i could take it back i d go back to the start and tell you all the things i feel cause everything is different now i d really like to tell you how how i wanted you here by my side i know what i said but i lied it looked like a laugh but i cried now i wish i could push rewind saw you on the corner holding hands with someone new happy as a boy could be love was in your eyes and yeah she looked the same way too it s funny that was almost me now i wanna be there by your side i know what i said but i lied i wanted to laugh but i cried cause it s too late to push rewind oh i wish i could push rewind

at least we ll get a story from it let s go find a nice place to sit where we can spit in the wind confess all our sins before we turn oursevles in we must be out of our wits like a temptress in love we re going to pull down the bridge just to watch it come tumbling down oh yeah all right just give me one reason just give me one check it get it now just give me one reason check it get it oh i ll take you all down confess to doctors not priests who you gonna trust or believe leave the priests to the recently deceased and let the rest of us get on with our lives we could get that bullet out there s a man i ve been hearin about and for a nominal fee he ll do anything anything we need oh yeah all right chorus before we go there my friend tell me where have you hidden the cash tell me where you stashed it before the life leaks out of that hole in your brest there s a hole in your breast there s a hole in your breast chorus

at the start of the conversation i didn t have much to say i was looking for some inspiration you just got in my way took a shot at an easy target you were too stunned to say anything you were the unsuspecting martyr you were not the most dangerous game bring my courage back now bring it back to me tired of being afraid of what i can t change and i want to be living free i don t want to be a prisoner i want to live free well it could be i was mistaken could be that i deceived myself but it s hard to understand somebody who doesn t want to understand himself there s an ocean of unlatched windows and a world of unlocked homes the only reason anybody still feels safe is most people still knock on the door bring my courage back now bring it back to me tired of being afraid of what i can t change and i want to be living free i don t want to be a prisoner bound in these chains a slave to my fears just want to be living free though we all return to dust there s a lot of us in an awful rush to by the end of the inquisition i was brought back from the brink torquemada and a couple of friends got together all went out for drinks left me here in this empty dungeon while they re living it up downtown as if they never even existed doesn t make much difference now bring my courage back now bring it back to me tired of being afraid of what i can t change and i want to be living free i don t want to be a prisoner just want to be living free well some take the road to damascus some take the road to hell i ll take highway 1 to the evergreens and everything will turn out well