As I lay by your side
And hold you tonight
I want you to understand
This love that that I feel
Is so right and so real
I realize how lucky I am
And do you ever wonder if my love is true
There is something that I want to make clear with you
Chorus:
There's no way
I could make it without you
There's no way
That I'd even try
If I had to survive
Without you in my life
I know I wouldn't last a day
Oh Baby, there's no way
It means so much to me
Whenever I see
That 'wanting me' look in your eyes
I don't know how
I could do without
Holding you close every night
I've waited so long just to have you to hold
Now that I've got you, I'll never let go
Chorus
I never knew what to do, what I was missin'
Now you say forever, I find my heart is listenin'
Yes, I'm listenin'
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Chorus:
Song, song of the south
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth
Gone, gone with the wind
There ain't nobody looking back again
Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch
We all picked the cotton but we never got rich
Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat
They oughta get a rich man to vote like that
Sing it...
Chorus
Well somebody told us Wall Street fell
But we were so poor that we couldn't tell
Cotton was short and the weeds were tall
But Mr. Roosevelt's a gonna save us all
Well momma got sick and daddy got down
The county got the farm and they moved to town
Pappa got a job with the TBA
He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet
Sing it...
Chorus
Play it...
Sing it...
Chorus
Song, song of the south...
Gone, gone with the wind...
Song, song of the south.
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth.
Song, song of the south.
Sweet potato pie and I shut my mouth.
Sing it...
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We didn't know the times were lean
Round our house the grass was green
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
I bet we walked a thousand miles
Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows
And learnin' how to give it all we had
As life went on and years went by
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt the love in mama's hands
They kept us warm and kept us fed
Taught us how to look ahead
Now lookin' back I understand.
Chorus:
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced.
When Sunday mornings rolled around
We dressed up in hand-me downs
Just in time together with the church
Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work.
Chorus x3
We were walkin' in high cotton
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Chorus:
Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on daddy till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on (roll on)
Well it's Monday morning, he's kissin' momma goodbye
He's up and gone with the sun
Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler
And he's off on a midwest run
And three sad faces gather round momma
They ask her when daddy's comin' home
Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler
And they sure miss him when he's gone (yeah they do)
Ah, but he calls them everynight and he tells them
That he loves them
He taught them this song to sing
Chorus
Well it's Wednesday evening, momma's waitin by the phone
It rings but it's not his voice
Seems the highway patrol has found a jacknifed rig
In a snow bank in Illinois
But the driver was missin' and the search had been abandoned
For the weather had everything strong
And they had checked all the houses and the local motels
When they had some more news they'd call
And she told them when they found him to tell him
That she loved him
And she hung up the phone singin'
Chorus
Momma and the children will be waiting up all night long
Thinkin' nothing but the words just comin'
With the ringin' of the telephone
Oh, but the man upstairs was listening
When momma asked him to bring daddy home
And when the call came in it was daddy on the other end
Askin' her if she had been singin' the song, singin'
Chorus
eighteen-wheeler
eighteen-wheeler
eighteen-wheeler
eighteen-wheeler
Roll on
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Fly away with me tonight
Take me on a one-way flight in your lovin' arms
And ev'rything's gonna be alright
You're the one who took my hand
When no one else could understand
You're the one who moves me
Like nobody else can
Chorus:
Take me down where I wanna be
Turn around, this man who lives inside of me
Take me down and love me all night long
Hold me close and make me strong
Take me down, take me down tonight
In your eyes I see the light
It's your emotions glowing bright
So keep the fires burning
And let it warm me through the night
You can be a part of me
'Cause you're what love was meant to be
You and me baby we'll set this flame inside us free
You don't have to stay forever
Let's just put our hearts together
And share another night in ecstasy
We know that it's feelin' better
Ev'ry time we come together
Maybe love was meant for you and me
Chorus
Take me down tonight
Take me down tonight
Are you gonna take me
Shake me
Take me down tonight
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Chorus:
Oh, play me some mountain music
Like grandma and grandpa used to play
Then I'll float on down the river
To a Cajun hideaway
Drift away like Tom Sawyer
Ride a raft with ol' Huck Finn
Take a nap like Rip Van Winkle
Days dreamin' again
Repeat Chorus
Swim across the river
Just to prove that I'm a man
Spend the day bein' lazy
Just bein' nature's friend
Climb a long tall hick'ry
Bend it over "skinnin' cats"
Playin' baseball with chert rocks
Usin' sawmill slats for bats
Bridge:
Play some back-home come-on music
That comes from the heart
Play something with lots of feelin'
'Cause that's where music has to start
Repeat ChorusTag:
Oh play me mountain music
Oh play me mountain music
Oh play me mountain music
Oh play-ya-ya
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Sometimes her morning coffee's way too strong
And sometimes what she says she says all wrong
Right or wrong she's there beside me like only a friend would be
And that's close enough to perfect for me
Now she's been known to wear her pants too tight
And drinking puts her out just like a light
Heaven knows she's not an angel but she'd really like to be
And that's close enough to perfect for me
Chorus:
She kisses me each morning
And smiles her sleepy smile
And she don't have to say it
I can see it in her eyes
Don't you worry about my woman
Or what you think she ought to be
She's close enough to perfect for me
Well sometimes she gets down and starts to cry
But then again a lady has a right
She's everything I ever wanted she's all I'll ever need
She's close enough to perfect for me
Chorus
Oh, she's close enough to perfect for me
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Chorus:
If you're gonna play in Texas,
You gotta have a fiddle in the band.
That lead guitar is hot, but not for "Lousiana Man".
So rosin up that bow for "Faded Love" and let's all dance.
If you're gonna play in Texas,
You gotta have a fiddle in the band.
I remember down in Houston
We were puttin' on a show
When a cowboy in the back stood up and yelled, "Cotton-Eyed Joe"
He said, "We love what you're doin' boys don't get us wrong
There's just somethin' missin' in your song"
Chorus
So we dusted off our boots and put our cowboy hats on straight
Them Texans raised the roof when Jeff opened up his case
You say y'all wanna two-step you say ya wanna doe-si-doe
Well, here's a fiddlin' song before we go
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Chorus:
I'm in a hurry to get things done
(Oh,) I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But, I'm in a hurry and don't know why
Don't know why
I have to drive so fast
My car has nothing to prove
It's not new, but it'll zero to sixty in 5.2, oh
Chorus
Can't be late
I leave in plenty of time
Shakin' hands with the clock
I can't stop
I'm on a roll and I'm ready to rock oh,
Chorus
I hear a voice
It says I'm running behind
I better pick up my pace
It's a race and there ain't no room for someone in second place
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I was walking home from school on a cold winter day
Took a shortcut through the woods, and I lost my way
It was getting late, and I was scared and alone
But then a kind old man took my hand and led me home
Mama couldn't see him, oh but he was standing there
And I knew in my heart, he was the answer to my prayers
Chorus:
Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live, to teach us how to give
To guide us with the light of love
When life held troubled times, and had me down on my knees
There's always been someone to come along and comfort me
A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand
A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand
And ain't it kind of funny at the dark end of the road
That someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope
Chorus
They wear so many faces, show up in the strangest places
To grace us with their mercy, in our time of need
Chorus
To guide us with a light of love
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