Collin Raye Lyrics

I Think About You   Not That Differant   On The Verge
What The Heart Wants   Little Red Rodeo   Love, Me
That's My Story

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I Think About You

Everytime I see a woman on a billboard sign
I think about you
Saying "drink this beer and you'll be mine"
I think about you
When an actress on the movie screen
Plays Lolita in some old man's dreams
It doesn't matter who she is
I think about you

When I see a pretty woman walking down the street
I think about you
Men look her up and down like she's some kind of treat
I think about you
She wouldn't dare talk to a stranger
Always has to be aware of the danger
It doesn't matter who she is
I think about

Chorus
You... eight years old
Big blue eyes and a heart of gold
When I look at this world I think about
You... and I can't help but see
That every woman used to be
Somebody's little girl... I think about you

Everytime I hear people say it's never gonna change
I think about you
Like it's some kind of joke, some kind of game
I think about you
When I see a woman on the news
Who didn't ask to be abandoned or abused
It doesn't matter who she is
I think about

Chorus

Tag
When I look at this world
I think about you

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Not That Different

She said we're much too different
We're from two seperate worlds
And he admitted she was partly right

But in his hearts defense he told her
What they had in common
Was strong enough to bond them for life

He said look behind your own soul
And the person that you'll see
Just might remind you of me

Chorus
I laugh, I love, I hope, I try
I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry
And I know you do the same things too
So we're really not that different, me and you

She could hardly argue
With his pure and simple logic
But logic never could convince a heart

She had always dreamed of loving
Someone more exotic
And he just didn't seem to fit the part

So she searched for greener pastures
But never could forget
What he whispered when she left

Chorus

Bridge
Was it time or was it truth
Maybe both led her back to his door
As her tears fell at his feet
She didn't say "I love you"
What she said meant even more

Chorus


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On The Verge

Well they shouldn't have played that good
I got carried away and let the music
Go to my head

Well she shouldn't have worn that dress
The way it curled around when she was spinning
Just killed me dead

My heart began to tell my body and my soul
That it had gotten in the mood to lose control

Chorus
Oh no, when did neon lights turn into moonglow
When did that jukebox turn to a rainbow
I'm about to give into this urge
One more slow dance with her arms around me
One more long glance and nothing will slow down me
I got no chance, if I'm not in love I'm on the verge

All I wanted to be was cool
It ain't my style to overheat
Much less burn

But as we floated across the florr
All at once I flashed right past the point
Of no return

And when we said goodnight the sun was on the rise
And any stars that hadn't set had fallen in my eyes

Repeat Chorus


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What The Heart Wants

She met him down at the laundromat
Three a.m. on a washing machine
They sat, and talked till dawn

He bought her breakfast at a small cafe
The morning turned into the rest of the day
When the day was gone

He thought that she'd surely run away
No fairytale ever started this way but

Chorus:
It ain't the mind that calls the shots round here
When stronger powers pull two bodies near
Nothing on earth can interfere
When love is what the heart wants

They made a wish on the evening star
From a roof top high above the boulevard
Up in the twilight sky

He held her hand as she held her breath
Two lonely hearts beating scared to death
Of a chance to fly

Giving in to the arms of fate
This isn't quite like the plans that they made but

Chorus


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Little Red Rodeo

Well the note said you've had time to think about it
Looks like to me you're feeling kinda crowded
You're not looking for anything permanent here
So my Rodeo's packed and it's in goodbye gear

So I shot down to the Longhorn Diner
Her sister works there and she'd know where to find her
She said you did not hear this from me
All I'll say is momma's got that place out in Monterey

Chorus
Oh how fast can I go
Gotta catch that little red Rodeo
She drove off with my heart I got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red Rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red Rodeo

Two towns back I showed your photograph
And the gas station man just started to lauth
She said I might see you in this old bucket of rust
And said "Good luck boy just follow that cloud of dust"

Chorus

Bridge:
Maybe I was stradling the fence just like she said
It took her leavin' just to get it through my head

She's the one and only
It's over, that's it
I'm committed
I'm in love and I'm desperate
She's a good ways gone but I'm closing the gap
If I have to I'll chase her clear across the map

Chorus



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Love, Me

I read a note my Grandma wrote back in 1923
Grandpa kept it in his coat and he showed it once to me
He said "Boy, you might not understand but a long long time ago
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none but I loved your Grandma so

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together
Get married in the first town we came to and live forever
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead
I found this letter and this is what it said"

Chorus:
If you get there before I do don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through
I don't know how long I'll be
But I'm not gonna let you down
Darlin' wait and see
And between now and then till I see you again
I'll be loving you
Love, Me

I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away
In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years
But as he said these words to her his eyes filled up with tears

Chorus

And between now and then till I see you again
I'll be loving you
Love, Me



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That's My Story

I came in as the sun came up 
She glared at me over her coffee cup 
She said "Where you been?" 
So I thought real hard and said 
"I fell asleep in that hammock in the yard"
She said "You don't know it but you just blew it"
I said "Well that's my story and I'm stickin' to it"

Chorus:
That's my story (that's my story) 
Oh that's my story (that's my story) 
No I ain't got a witness, I can't prove it but 
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it 

Well I got that deer in the headlights look 
She read my face like the cover of a book she said 
"Don't expect me to believe all that static 
'Cause just last week I threw that hammock in the attic"
My skin got so thin you could see right through it
And I stuttered "Well that's my story and I'm stickin' to it"

Rrepeat Chorus 

The time comes when a wise man knows 
That the best thing that he can do 
Is just look her in the eye and beg for mercy 
And face the bitter truth 

"Well honey me and the boys played cards all night 
There wasn't no hanky panky not a woman in sight 
And I know I shoulda called and baby I'm real sorry 
But get a cellular phone and then you won't have to worry 
You know how much I love you darlin' and I'm ready to prove it
And that's my story and I'm stickin' to it"

Repeat Chorus 

I ain't gonna do a thing darlin' unless you approve it
And that's my story and I'm stickin' to it



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