Before She Does Lyrics
I believe that gas is too
damn high
An' there ain't nothin' more American
Than Mama's apple pie
I believe in love; I believe in peace
But
I don't believe we'll ever see it
In that Middle East
I believe the Bible is cold, hard fact
An' I believe that Jesus
is comin' back
Before she does
I believe the Sabbath is a day of rest
The taxman an' the Devil share the same address
I believe
don't start; You gonna quit
I believe in keep your mouth shut
An' carry a big stick
I believe that dogs are better
than cats
An' I believe that Jesus is comin' back
Before she does
There absolutely, positively
No doubt in my mind
That OJ did it; Lee Harvey didn't
An'
she's real gone this time
I believe cold, cold beer
Tastes better on a bar stool
Than it does anywhere
I believe
hard work really makes the man
But everyone should win a line every now an' then
I believe it's best to pay in cash
An'
I believe that Jesus is comin' back
Before she does
There absolutely, positively
No doubt in my mind
That OJ did it; Lee Harvey didn't
An'
she's real gone this time
I believe she was a real good thing
Can you believe I let a girl like her get away?
I believe
she meant it the night she packed
An' said Jesus is comin' back before she does
Before she does
Before she does
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Sinners Like Me Lyrics
I was fifteen when my
daddy's old man
Caught me half way through my first beer
He laughed so hard when my face turned green
He said “You
come from a long line of sinners like me”
Now me and my brother go to see him some times
But he don't have much to say anymore
So we
sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D.
Here's to a long line of sinners like me
La de dah de dah
La de dah
dah de de
I come from a long line of sinners like me
My mama had a soft spot for a hell raisin' boy
And she had two more just like him
It takes
an angel to raise a family
That comes from a long line of sinners like me
Well now maybe who knows one day I'll settle down
Give my dad a grandson of his own
And when
the doctor smacks him, he'll probably take a swing
Cause he'll come from a long line of sinners like me
La de dah de
dah
La de dah dah de de
I come from a long line of sinners like me
On the day I die
I know where I'm gonna go
Me and Jesus got that part worked out
I'll wait
at the gates til his face I see
And stand in a long line of sinners like me
I'll stand in a long line of sinners like
me
La de dah de dah
La de dah dah de de
I come from a long line of sinners like me
La de dah
de dah
La de dah dah de de
Here’s to a long line of sinners like me
I come from a long line of sinners like
me
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How 'Bout You Lyrics
I know where I come from:
How
'bout you?
I don't need baggy clothes,
Or rings in my nose to be cool.
The scars on my knuckles,
Match these scuffs
on these cowboy boots.
An' there's a whole lot more like me:
How 'bout you?
I punch the clock tryin' to make it to the top:
How 'bout you?
I ain't got no blue-blood trust
fund,
I can dip in to.
Yeah, I wish Uncle Sam would give a damn,
About the man who's collar's blue.
But if he
don't, hell, I'll make it on my own:
How 'bout you?
An' how 'bout you?
Do you feel the way I do?
To tell the truth,
I think we're the chosen
few.
But that's just me:
How 'bout you?
I still say: "Yes, Ma'am" to my Momma:
How 'bout you?
If I shake your hand, look you in the
eye,
You can bet your ass, it'll be the truth.
I cover my heart with my hat,
When they fly that Red, White and Blue,
Just
like my Daddy taught me:
How 'bout you?
An' how 'bout you?
Do you feel the way I do?
To tell the truth,
I think we're the chosen
few.
But that's just me:
Well, how 'bout you?
I like my country rockin':
How 'bout you?
Just put me on a stage, man,
Turn it up an' I'll
turn it loose.
Yeah, give me a crowd that's redneck an' loud,
We'll raise the roof.
Yeah, I might just stay all night
long.
How 'bout you?
Do you feel the way I do?
To tell the truth,
I think we're the chosen few.
An'
how 'bout you?
Do you feel the way I do?
'Cause, man, I know where I come from:
How 'bout you?
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These Boots Lyrics
(One,
two, three)
These boots have counted off a many of band
Playin' one night roadhouse stands
For tips an'
empty rooms
These boots have stood toe-to-toe
With the biggest, baddest Joes
Like they had some things to prove:
These
boots
Yeah, these boots, more than once saved my ass
Like the time they had that grass
For those
cops in Tupelo
An' these boots have danced with the devil
An' nearly lost that battle
An' to a wild Irish rose
I wore out more soles than I'd care to count
An' done more stupid things than most with them
too
I've kicked myself more times than not
For the roads they led me down
But the damndest thing I've ever seen em
do
Is walkin' out on you
(Instrument Break)
These boots had to see California
And an Arizona mornin'
Where God paints the sky
An' these
boots had to spur that beast in Cheyenne
Cause that bull'd make me a real man
I still drag that leg sometimesI wore out more soles than I'd care to count
An' done more stupid
things than most with them too
I've kicked myself more times than not
For the roads they led me down
But the damndest
thing I've ever seen em do
Is walkin' out on you
(Instrument Break)
Now these boots are one step from the door
They walked out of years before
I can almost see
her now
These boots outta kick that door aside
Stomp out my foolish pride
But they just turned an' ran
Damm these boots
Damn these boots
These boots
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What I Almost Was Lyrics
It was my senior year
I
just turned eighteen
I was a friday night hero, with division one dreams
I had an offer on the table
A four year
ride
'Til that fourth and two and twenty four dive
I left on a stretcher, wound up on a crutch
Walked on that next
summer
Wound up getting cut
Flipped off that coach, left that school in the dust
For letting my dreams go bust
But
I thank God I ain't what I almost was
Yea, I moved on back home
And came awful close to being some son-in-law to some CEO
Coulda
been a corner office, country club, suit and tie man
Answerin' to no one, but her and him
I ran out on his money, ran
out on her love
At four in the morning I loaded my truck
I left my home town in a big cloud of dust
I just had to
follow my gut
And I thank God I ain't what I almost was
In guitar town I bought this old Epiphone
Started stringin' chords and words into songs
I've
been putting in time on Sixteenth Avenue
Pouring out my heart for tips on a stool
I ain't making a killing, but then
theres those nights
When the song comes together and hits them just right
The crowds on their feet cause they can't
get enough
Of this music I make and I love
And I thank God I ain't, yea I thank God I ain't,
Yea I thank God I ain't,
what I almost was
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The Hard Way Lyrics
Only fools would race down Grist
Mill Road
Let alone in angry weather
That what I tell everyone I know
Now that I know better
That's a lesson I
wish I woulda learned
Without havin' to watch my Mustang burn
Before my best buddy had to wind up hurt
An' his whole
life changed
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard way
Only a fool would keep a diamond ring
In a box on the top of his closet
He came so close;
he almost asked
It was right there in his pocket
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
Before standin' in the back
row of that church
Watchin' her daddy givin' her
To the man who took my place
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn
the hard way
Regret's been know to give a man a beatin'
But I ain't in the mood for fightin' back this evenin'
Only fools don't take the time of day
They stay too busy runnin'
An' to stop just once to
tell their Dad
Just how much they love him
That's a lesson I wish I woulda learned
Before that phone call came an'
it was her
No, Momma never had to say a word
I knew it was too late
That's a lesson I wish I didn't learn the hard
way
The hard way
The hard way
The hard way
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Guys Like Me Lyrics
I wear a greasy ball cap
I
like my shirt untucked
I spend saturdays working on my truck
I don't like to fight
But I ain't scared to bleed
Most
don't mess with a guy like me
Guys like me drink to many beers on friday after work
Our best blue jeans have skoal rings
We
wear our boots to church
So rough around the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Your daddy worked at the bank
Mine worked on cars
You went to college
I pulled graveyard
You
must have had your pick
Of all the trust fund types
But you came back to me and only god knows why
Guys like me drink
too many beers on friday after work
Our best blue jeans have skoal rings
We wear our boots to church
So rough around
the edges
It's hard to believe that girls like you
Love guys like me
Now theres a lot of guys like me out there
In a lot of little towns
And tellin' all our buddies,
we won't ever settle down
We say thats just the way we are and the way we'll always be
So God sends girls like you for
guys like me
Thank God theres girls like you, for guys like me
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Lightning Lyrics
Lyrics DThese four walls of Fort
Worth
Are closin' in on me
My final meter's over
An' their gonna set me free
I can feel the fire's a burnin'
As
the devil guards my door
I hit my knees in search of Jesus
On a cold jailhouse floor
Chorus:
Lord, now I'm singin': "Get me out of here"
I see the preacher's eyes
As my daughter
cries
When they strap me in this chair
Lord, I hope she forgives me
For livin' my life this way
Tonight I ride
the lightning
To my final judgement day
Every life owes a debt
That's what the Bible says
I owe mine to this state
For shootin'
that boy to death
A liquor store at ten
He was reachin' for his gun
Well, now his Momma sits there smilin'
As
the bar shifts: roll on, one
Lord, now I'm singin': "Get me out of here"
I see the preacher's eyes
As my daughter cries
When
they strap me in this chair
Lord, I hope she forgives me
For livin' my life this way
Tonight I ride the lightning
To
my final restin' place
A hungry blue eyed baby cryin'
Made me rob that store
An' as that boy lay there dyin'
I
dropped my pistol on the floor
Yeah, I'd take it all back but there's nothin' I can do
They've covered my face
An'
the order's gone throughAs the bar shifts: roll on, one
Now I'm flyin'
Up an' out of here
I close my eyes an' slowly rise
Let my body leave this
chair
Lord I hope you forgivie me
For livin' my life this way
Yeah, tonight I ride the lighning
To my final restin'
place
These four walls of Fort Worth
Are closin' in on me
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Can't Take It With You Lyrics
Never realized how
much she brought to the table
Till I went to sit my coffee cup where the table use to be
No cats, no bed, no heirloom
antique cradle
An' no more hope for one day startin' that family
Bet she's gainin' fast on Memphis with a trailer-load
in tow
Who says you can't take it with you when you go
Chorus:
Cause she got away with everything that I had goin'
An' she got away 'fore I could
make it alright
An' I got away with leavin' what needs said unspoken
Hell, I even blew the chance I had to say goodbye
Yeah,
she took her heart an' took off down the road
An' they say you can't take it with you when you go
Good news is: ain't much here left for packin'
Bad news is: she left behind a million memories
All
the echoes of her cryin', lovin' an' laughin'
Left me with nothin' left to do but leave
That ol' house is in the rear
view: ridin' shotgun is her ghost
Who says you can't take it with you when you go
(Repeat Chorus)
(Instrument Break)
Closin' in on Dallas, now, is the best love I've ever known
An' they say you can't take it with
you when you go
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Pledge Allegiance To The Hag Lyrics
(feat.
Merle Haggard)
There's a little dive on a dead-end road
Called the Cross-Eyed Cricket Waterin' Hole
Where
you can hear the sound of a steel guitar
An' get loud an' rowdy with PBR
But at the top of every hour, man, you can
hear a pin drop
As ol' Jack drops a quarter an' plays Merle on that jukebox, an' we stop
Chorus:
An' tip our hats
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fadin'
But
we still wavin' that flag around here
An' when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
Where the people pledge
allegiance to the Hag
When the weekend comes an' the weather's clear
There's a high spot fifteen miles from here
Where
you can always find a few dusty trucks
With the windows down an' the radio up
We sit there poppin' tops, shootin' bull
an' singin' songs
But you can bet your boots that when Haggard comes on
(Repeat Chorus)
One of these days when my time has come
You can take me back to where I'm from
Put me on a
westbound train
An' ship me off in the pourin' rain
Don't cry for me when I'm gone
Just put a quarter in the jukebox
an' sing me back home
An' tip our hats
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
They say country's fadin'
But
just keep wavin' that flag around here
An' I know, it'll keep on comin' back
Long as people pledge allegiance
Where
folks still pledge allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the Hag
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Two Pink Lines Lyrics
She was pacing back and forth on her front porch
I
pulled up slinging gravel in my Daddy's Ford
She cried all the way to Johnson's store
I kept the motor running and parked
by the door
Yeah I was foolish and wild
she was classic and regal
we were fresh out of school, both barely
legal
we were young and on fire and just couldn't wait
six weeks in, she was three weeks late
one means none and we're home free
two means three and a diamond ring
yeah i wonder what fate
is gonna decide
we're just sittin around waiting on two pink lines
sitting around waiting on two pink lines
yeah her Daddy's gonna kill me and thats a fact
maybe we'll just leave town and never come back
or
I could stand there and tell him
face him like a man
oh who am I kidding, he'll never understand
yeah thats second hand just keeps slowing down
i swear it stopped twice the last time around
yeah
we'll know the truth in three minutes time
we're just sittin around waiting on two pink lines
sitting around waiting
on two pink lines
hot summer nights, whispering her name
under the blanket by the river bank
hearts beating
fast we never thought twice
but she pulled me close and i held on tight
when the moment of truth finally comes
she gives me a look and then comes undone
she says
looks like were lucky
someones smiling down
she grabs her coat and says see ya around
yeah these days the rabbit doesn't die
you just sit around waiting on two pink lines
praying
that fate is on your side
sitting around waiting on two pink lines
sitting around waiting on two pink lines
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Livin' Part Of Life Lyrics
(Yeah,
One, two,;
yeah, one, two, three)
I woke up early this mornin’
An’ I’m already runnin’ late
There’s
a list of things on as my arm
I wanna get done today
Is it Tuesday? Is it Wednesday?
They’re runnin’
into each other
Somebody tell me, when is my day
Man, this life is sure bein’ a mother
Chorus:
So tomorrow I'm takin’ me fishin’
Hang a sign on the door of my life
Tell
the world that I’ve gone missin’
An’ I won’t be back for a while
I’m so tired of only
wishin’
I could leave my troubles behind
I wanna be front porch rockin’
With a big sun droppin’
in a blue sky
Kick back an’ get high
On the livin’ part of life
(Yeah, c’mon)
They say to keep your spot on the ladder
An’ keep that money rollin’ in
They say
keepin’ up with the feelies, boy
You can’t back off one inch
But I been puttin’ in my time
An’
I’ve built up a pretty good deal
I’m gonna spend more, maybe waste some
Before my time comes an’ I
wind up dead
Yeah tomorrow I'm takin’ me fishin’
Hang a sign on the door of my life
Tell the
world that I’ve gone missin’
An’ I won’t be back for a while
I’m so tired of only wishin’
I
could leave my troubles behind
I wanna be front porch rockin’
With a big sun droppin’ in a blue sky
Kick
back an’ get high
On the livin’ part of life
(Instrument Break)
(Yeah)
When I get home tonight
I’ll open the window an’ let whatever roll in
An’
if there’s no breeze, that’s cool with me
I’ll just raise myself, an’ wait on the wind, yeah
Yeah tomorrow I'm takin’ me fishin’
Hang a sign on the door of my life
Tell the
world that I’ve gone missin’
An’ I won’t be back for a while
I’m so tired of only wishin’
I
could leave my troubles behind
I wanna be front porch rockin’
With a big sun droppin’ in a blue sky
Kick
back an’ get high
Kick back an' get high
On the livin’ part of life
(Yeah, bop, bop)
(Bop, Bop, Bop, Bop)
(Yeah)
(That one was right)
(That’s cool)
