Lyrics from "Garth Brooks"

1. Not counting you
2. I've got a good thing going
3. If tomorrow never comes
4. Everytime that it rains
5. Alabama clay
6. Much too young (to feel this damn old)
7. Cowboy Bill
8. Nobody gets off in this town
9. I know one
10. The Dance

Not counting you

(Garth Brooks)

When loving turns to parting I'm always the first to leave
Cause when it comes to heartaches I'd rather give than receive
I've never cried myself to sleep just praying I'll get through
I've never lost at love not counting you

CHORUS
Not counting you I've never had a heartache
Not counting you I never have been blue
There's no exceptions to the rule
I've never been nobody's fool
I've never lost at love not counting you

I've never got down on my knees and asked the Lord above
If He would only bring to me the one I'm dreaming of
Begging to be taken back and swearing I'll be true
Has never crossed my mind not counting you

CHORUS
Not counting you I've never had a heartache
Not counting you I never have been blue
There's no exceptions to the rule
I've never been nobody's fool
I've never lost at love not counting you

TAG:
There's no exceptions to the rule
I've never been nobody's fool
I've never lost at love not counting you
No, I've never lost at love not counting you

I've got a good thing going

CHORUS
I've got a good thing going
It's plain to see, she's tired of hanging on
I've got a good thing going
It's killing me that she's as good as gone

By now she must be tired of always giving
And tired of what she's getting in return
I guess Oklahoma's more her style of living
'Cause I can see her heart is heading 'cross a bridge
I thought she'd burned

CHORUS
I've got a good thing going
It's plain to see, she's tired of hanging on
I've got a good thing going
It's killing me that she's as good as gone

Lord it's killing me, that she's as good as gone

If Tomorrow Never Comes

CHORUS
If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel

CHORUS

So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes

Everytime that it rains

Stuck in an airport in Austin, all of the flights are delayed
And as the rain keeps fallin' the mem'ries keep callin' me back
To another time and place
Back to a rainy day in Oklahoma, she was workin' at this roadside cafe
And it was just her and me and looked like it would be
At least 'till the storms rolled away

I played "Please Come to Boston" on the jukebox
She said hey that's my favorite song
The next thing I knew, the song was through
And we were still dancin' along
And with that look in her eyes she pulled from me
Then she pulled off that apron she wore
And with her hand in mine we turned off the sign
And locked the rain outside the door

CHORUS
Every time that it rains, I can hear her heart callin'
It rains, I can see that dress fallin'
The storm clouds roll on, still the memory remains
Every time that it rains

One late rainy night I got a phone call
So I went back to see her again
And through the dance we both stumbled and with the buttons we fumbled
So we decided just to call it at friends
If we ever had a thing now it's over, and only the memory remains
Of a roadside cafe on a September day
I relive every time that it rains

CHORUS
Every time that it rains, I can hear her heart callin'
It rains, I can see that dress fallin'
The storm clouds roll on, still the memory remains
Every time that it rains

Alabama Clay

The farm grew to be a moneymaker
And the house he lived in grew up room by room
The boy worked hard but soon got tired of farmin'
So he slipped away one night 'neath the harvest moon

FIRST CHORUS
His neck was red as Alabama Clay
But the city's call pulled him away
He's got a factory job and runs a big machine
He don't miss the farm or the fields of green

Now the city's just a prison without fences
His job is just a routine he can't stand
And at night he dreams of of wide-open spaces
Fresh dirt between his toes and on his hands

Then one day a picture came inside a letter
Of a young girl with a baby in her arms
And the words she wrote would change his life forever
So he went to raise his family on the farm

SECOND CHORUS
His neck is red as Alabama Clay
Now he's goin' home this time to stay
Where the roots run deep on the family tree
And the tractor rolls through the fields of green

SECOND CHORUS
His neck is red as Alabama Clay
Now he's goin' home this time to stay
Where the roots run deep on the family tree
And the tractor rolls through the fields of green

His neck is red as Alabama Clay

Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)

CHORUS
And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting colder
I'm much too young to feel this damn old
All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole
I'm much too young to feel this damn old

The competition's getting younger
Tougher broncs, you know I can't recall
A worn out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women and bad booze
Seem to be the only friends I've left at all

CHORUS

Lord, I'm much too young to feel this damn old

Cowboy Bill

You could almost hear those prairie winds blowin'
His saddle a creakin' 'neath his old faded jeans
You could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'
As he sat there and painted those west Texas scenes

FIRST CHORUS
And the grown-ups would tell us
You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' you lies
But to all of us kids Cowboy Bill was a hero
Just as true as his blue Texas skies

He told of a time whe he rode with the Rangers
Down on the pecos and he saved the day
Outnumbered by plenty, they were almost to cover
With thirty banditos headed their way

He looked back just in time to see a horse stumble
The captain went down and Bill pulled up on his reins
And through a flurry of bullets he rescued his captain
They rode for a sunset, just the story remains

FIRST CHORUS
And the grown-ups would tell us
You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' you lies
But to all of us kids Cowboy Bill was a hero
Just as true as his blue Texas skies

Well I still remember the day that it happened
We waited and we waited but Bill never showed
And the folks at the feed store said they hadn't seen him
So we set out for his place down on Old Grist Mill Road

And we cried when we found him lying there with his mem'ries
The old trunk wide open, things scattered about
He was clutchin' a badge that said Texas Ranger
And an ole "yeller" letter said Texas Is Proud

SECOND CHORUS
And the grown-ups that told us
You boys keep your distance, that old man's just tellin' you lies
Well now they're all sayin' Cowboy Bill was a hero
Just as true as his blue Texas skies

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Just as true as his blue Texas skies

Nobody gets off in this town

Nobody gets off in this town
Old folk's 'round here wear a frown
Now let me see if I can set the scene
It's a one-dog town and he's old and mean
There's one stop light but it's always green
Nobody gets off in this town

Nobody gets off in this town
High school colors are brown
They can't drag main because it kicks up dust
Their cars and their dreams are all starting to rust
The high school dances are always a bust
Nobody gets off in this town

Nobody gets off in this town
They oughta just tear it down
'Cause in the winter you freeze and in the summer you fry
Utility bill's the only thing that gets high
I'd go for a drink but this county is dry
Nobody gets off
Nobody gets off
Nobody gets off in this square old merry-go-round
No, nobody gets off in this town

I know one

Only a fool would do it
After the way you've done
And how many fools would have you
I know one

This fool keeps wondering why he fell in love at all
But you might need this fool around in case you fall
After the party's over and you've had your fill of fun
If you need a fool to forgive you....I know one

You never know you might be lonely when all your loves have missed
It wouldn't hurt to keep an extra fool on your list
After your heart's been broken and you need a place to run
If you'll take a fool who loves you...I know one
...I know one

The Dance

CHORUS
And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
And who's to say
You know I might have changed it all

CHORUS

Yes my life, it's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

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