Stand
You feel like a candle
in a hurricane
Just like a picture with
a broken frame
Alone and helpless
Like you've lost your
fight
But you'll be alright
Chorus:
Cause when push comes
to shove
You taste what you're
made of
You might bend, till
you break
Cause its all you can
take
On your knees you look
up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong
Wipe your hands shake
it off
Then you Stand, Then
you stand
Life's like a novel
With the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon
With only one way down
Take what you're given
before its gone
Start holding on, keep
holding on
Repeat Chorus
Everytime you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece
of you
Starts to fall into place
Ooohhh
Repeat Chorus
Backwards
I was sitting on a bar
stool
In a barbecue joint in
Tennessee
When this old boy walked
in
And he sat right down
next to me
I could tell he'd been
through some hard times
There were tearstains
on his old shirt
And he said you wanna
know what you get
When you play a country
song backwards
You get your house back
You get your dog back
You get your best friend
Jack back
You get your truck back
You get your hair back
You get your first and
second wife back
Your front porch swing
Your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling
and a diamond ring
Your get your farm with
a barn and a boat and the harley
First nite in jail with
Charlie
Sounds a little crazy,
a little scattered and absurd
That's what you get when
you play a country song backwards
Well I never heard it
said quite like that
It hit me in the face
cause that's where Im at
I almost fell flat out
on the floor
He said wait a minute
that's not all theres even more
You get your mind back
And your nerves back
Your first heart attack
back
You get your pride back
You get your life back
You get your first real
love back
You get your big screen
tv, dvd and washing machine
You get the phone and
the lawn and the bed and the mower
You go back where you
don't know her
It sounds a little crazy
a little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country
song backwards
Oh play that song
Woo!!!
My Wish
I hope that days come
easy and moments pass slow,
And each road leads you
where you want to go,
And if you're faced with
a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the
one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens
to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin'
till you find the window,
If it's cold outside,
show the world the warmth of your smile,
More then anything, more
then anything,
My wish, for you, is
that this life becomes all that you want it,
To your dreams stay big,
and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry
more then you can hold,
And while you're out
there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody
loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
I hope you never look
back, but ya never forget,
All the ones who love
you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive,
and you never regret,
And you help somebody
every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace,
in every mistake,
And you always give more
then you take.
Oh More then anything,
Yeah, and more then anything,
My wish, for you, is
that this life becomes all that you want it,
To your dreams stay big,
and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry
more then you can hold,
And while you're out
there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody
loves you, and wants the same things too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.
Yes I Do
Do I cry, in the night?
Do I long to hold you
tight?
And do I wake, wanting
you?
Yes I do
Do I recall, everyday,
How you took my breath
away?
Do I remember loving
you?
Yes I do
(Chorus)
Yes I do dream of all
we had together
Yes it's true we lost
it all forever
Do I pray anyway?
Yes I do
Well I don't live in
the past
Wanting love that wouldn't
last
Well I don't wait, like
I used to
Yes I do
(Chorus)
Yes I do dream of all
we had together
Yes it's true we've lost
it all forever
Do I pray anyway?
Yes I do
(Repeat Chorus)
Words I
Couldn't Say
In a book- in a box-
in the closet
In a line- in a song
I once heard
In a moment on a front
porch late one june
In a breath inside a
whisper beneath the mooon
There it was at the tip
of my fingers
There it was on the tip
of my tounge
There you were and I
had never been that far
There it was the whole
world wrapped inside my arms
And I let it all slip
away
What do I do now that
you're gone
No back up plan no second
chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the
silence that remains
Are the words I couldnt
say
Theres a rain that will
never stop fallin
There a wall that I tried
to take down
What I should have said
just wouldnt pass my lips
So I held back and now
we've come to this
And it too late now
What do I do now that
your gone
No back up plan no second
chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the
silence that remains
Are the words I couldnt
say
What do I do now that
your gone
No back up plan no second
chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the
silence that remains
Are the words I couldnt
say
Cool Thing
We were wrapped up in
a blanket
red wine buzz kickin'
in
a little Sarasota moonlight
driftwood fire burnin'
she was on break from
Ohio State
and I was down there
sellin'
parasail rides
just another summer day
till I strapped her in
and
watched her fly
[CHORUS]
Talk about a sunset
all I could see were
purples
and reds
and her silhouette wavin'
goodbye
she didn't come there
lookin' for love
and the cool thing was
neither did I and neither
did I
She dipped down in the
water
as I slowed down holdin'
that line
wet t-shirt on a two
piece
we ditched that boat
and
hung outside
and we walked ankle deep
in ocean
you know that place where
footprints disappear
just like that evenin'
she drove away
it'll be burned in my
mind for a
million years
[REPEAT CHORUS TWICE]
WOO, WOO, WOO
He Ain't The Leavin'
Kind
They tried their best
to drag him out
Of a courthouse down
in montgomery
Now they want to kick
him out of school
And take him off our
money
They can take those words
off of paper and stone
But he aint gone, no
He ain't the leavin'
kind
He'd never walk away
Even from those who dont
believe
And wanna leave him behind
He ain't the leavin'
kind
She stayed mad at him
for a lot of years
For taking her husband
Started losing her faith
and thinking that
Her life meant nothin
But when she looks at
those kids
She raised all by herself
She knows she had some
help
Yeah she knows
He ain't the leavin'
kind
He'd never walk away
Even from those who don't
believe
And wanna leave him behind
He ain't the leavin'
kind
No matter what you do
No matter where you go
he's
Always right there
With you
Even from those who don't
believe
And wanna leave him behind
He ain't the leavin'
kind |
What
Hurts The Most
I can take the rain on
the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears
now and then and just let 'em out
I'm not afraid to cry
every once in a while
Even though going on
with you gone still upsets me
There are days every
now and again I pretend I'm ok
But that's not what gets
me
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to
say
And watching you walk
away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving
you
Is what I was tryin'
to do
It's hard to deal with
the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' It
It's hard to force that
smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed,
livin' with this regret
But I know if I could
do it over
I would trade give away
all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to
say
And watching you walk
away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving
you
Is what I was trying
to do
What hurts the most was
being
so close
And having so much to
say
And watching you walk
away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving
you
Is what I was trying
to do
Not seeing that loving
you
That's what I was trying
to do
I Feel Bad
I should be out in that
driveway stopping you
Tears should be rolling
down my cheek
And I don't know why
I'm not falling apart
Like I usually do
And how the thought of
losing you's not killing me
I feel bad
That I can stand here
strong
Cold as stone, Seems
so wrong
I can't explain it
Maybe it's just
I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb
Baby I hate it
I feel bad that I don't
feel bad
V2
I can let myself be angry
over wasted time
And sad about you throwing
love away
Yeah I almost wish my
heart was breaking
But I cant lie
All I want to do is turn
the page
I feel Bad
That I don't feel bitter,
alone
I just feel its time,
its time to move on
I just gotta move on
and on and on
Pieces
From the moment that
we met
My world was turned around
Upside down
To some degree I still
regret
My memory for keeping
you around
Girl I thought that you
were mine
But my broken hearts
been shattered
One too many times
And I don't want to see
you anymore
I'm just not that strong
I love it when you're
here,
But I'm better when you're
gone
I'm certain that I've
given and oh how you can take
There's no use in you
looking
There's nothing left
for you to break
Baby please release me
Let my heart rest in
pieces
Someone let you down
again
So you turn to me
Your convenient friend
Oh but I know what you're
doing
And what you hope to
find
I've seen it a thousand
times
Oh the fire we had before
Are now just bitter ashes
Left scattered on the
floor
Repeat chorus
To Make
Her Love Me
You waved your hand and
it was done
So let it be and there
it was
A mountain, so high,
it broke through, the sky
A canyon, so deep, it'll
bring a man to his knees
(Chorus)
I've seen what you can
do
I've seen you make miracles
and hopeless dreams come true
You've made the heavens
and the stars
Everything, come on how
hard
Could it be, To make
her love me?
I've said some things
I shouldn't have
Tried everything to win
her back
I'm human, I messed up,
Is she gone?, Are we done?
Forgiveness, another
chance, that's all I want, it's in your hands
(chorus)
I've seen what you can
do
I've seen you make miracles
and hopeless dreams come true
You've made the heavens
and the stars
Everything, come on how
hard
Could it be, To make
her love me?
(Chorus)
To make her love me
To make her love me (oooo)
Me And My
Gang
Way on down to southern
Alabama
With the guitars jammin'
that's where we're headed
Straight up to Butte,
Montana singin' Lord I was born a ramblin' man
California to Oregon
Even New York City got
one or two hillbillies ready to hit the road
It's a brother and a
sister kinda thang
Raise up your hands if
you all wanna hang with
Me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride
to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab a hold of them reigns
We gonna rock this thang,
cock this thang
Me and my gang
We got hippies, gypsies,
freaks and geeks
High class women in Daisy
Duke denim
Bangin' on gongs and
singin' our songs
Dude named Elrod jammin'
on an Ipod
Beer and bonfires
Wide open throttle, Coors
in a bottle
It's all for one and
ONE FOR ALL YA'LL
It's a brother and a
sister kinda thang
Raise up your hands if
you all wanna hang with
With me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride
to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab a hold of them reigns
We gonna rock this thang,
cock this thang
Me and my gang
Ellsworth
Grandma burned the biscuits
Nearly took the house
down with her.
Now she's in assisted
livin'
We all knew that day
would come.
We knew she was to gone
to drive
The day she parked on
I-65.
Found her on the shoulder
cryin'
She didn't know where
she was.
Its like her mind just
quit.
Oh but bring up grandpa-
its like someone flipped a switch
A front porch light and
a blue Desota,
Couple a straws and a
coca cola:
You can see it all goin'
down.
A handsome boy in army
green
A tear on his face- down
on a knee,
Shaky voce- a diamond
ring should put you in that town.
Tomorrow she won't remember
what she did today,
But just ask her about
Ellsworth, Kansas, 1948.
She takes out his medals,
A cigar box of letters.
Sits and scatters pictures,
Black and whites of days
gone by.
We started losin' her
when she lost him,
But to hear her carry
on you'd swear she's seventeen again
Football games and leaves
a'cracklin'
Walkin' her home in his
letter jacket,
You can see it all goin'
down.
A perfect night on a
front porch glider,
Saying goodnight for
the next 3 hours.
Her tired eyes glow wild
and bright
When she talks about
that town.
Tomorrow she won't remember
what she did today,
But just ask her about
Ellsworth, Kansas 1948. |
