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Nice Things
03:48
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God came down to earth
To enjoy what she’d created
Took a fishing trip to Georgia
To see what she could see
Cast out a holy line
Thought she’d hooked a big one
Reeled in a oil barrel
And said “Oh my me!”
This is why your whole world is on fire
This is why you can’t drink from your own springs
This is why, this is why, this is why, why, why
This is why y’all can’t have nice things
So she walked back to the highway
Flagged down a passing stranger
An old man with a kind streak
Who offered her a toke
Just as she was partakin’
The blue lights started flashing
As they slipped the handcuffs on her
She thought this must be a joke
This is why y’all are all strung out to Christmas
This is why I left you all them seeds
This is why, this is why, this is why, why, why
This is why y’all can’t have nice things
So she walked out of the jail
With a rap sheet and no money
Went lookin’ for a coffee
And passed by an angry mob
They were yelling about people
Who should suffer pain eternal
She asked one for a dollar
And they said, “Sinner, get a job”
This is why I blessed you with compassion
This is why I gave you empathy
This is why I said to love your neighbor
This is why pills don’t grow on trees
This is why I gave you all salvation
This is why angels lose their wings
This is why, this is why, this is why, why, why
This is why y’all can’t have nice things
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You Get It All
03:08
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All my tame and all my wild, all my man and all my child
All my faults and all my scars
All my sometimes lucky stars
All my joys and my regrets
All my old Guy Clark cassettes
I knew the night we met, you get it all
All my lows and all my highs, all my truth and all my lies
All my rights and all my wrongs
All my from now on love songs
All my future, all my roots, all my worn out cowboy boots
I kick off in the hall, you get it all
And I’d rather drive you crazy being more than you can stand
Than to let you try to love half a man
All my cards are on the table and darlin’ it’s your call
But I’m all in, so lose or win, you get it all
All my will be, all my was, all my cloud of Texas dust
All my humble, all my braggin’, all my on and off the wagon
All my be your place to hide, all my always on your side
All my catch you when you fall, you get it all
And I’d rather drive you crazy being more than you can stand
Than to let you try to love half a man
All my cards are on the table and darlin’ it’s your call
But I’m all in, so lose or win, you get it all
All my blessing, all my curse, all my better, all my worse
From the chapel to the hearse, you get it all
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3. |
Help Me Remember
04:55
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The leaves on that ancient old oak tree are starting to turn
The same shades as the flames of this fire that I’m watching burn
There’s an unfinished crossword resting on the arm of this chair
And for the life of me I can’t recall if I’m the one who left it there
It feels so familiar as I watch you walk in the room
At first I don’t recognize you but then I damn sure recognize that perfume
And you kneel down beside me and gently take hold of my hand
I say, “Baby I’m scared and I’m not sure I know who I am”
Can you help me remember
Who it is I used to be
Can you tell me the story of my family, my hopes and my dreams
Did I try to stand for something or would I always fold
Did I do things when I was young to be proud of when I was old
Was I a house on fire or was I just a slow burning ember
Could you please help me remember
This ring on my finger is golden and faded and worn
Like it was forged in the fires of love and has weathered the storms
I try to make sense of these old photographs on the wall
But they’re just faces and places that I don’t know at all
Can you help me remember
I feel like I’m losing my mind
I know there’s a story it’s getting harder to find
Did I protect my children, stand up for my friends
How much damage did I do, did I ever make amends
Did I try to make a difference, did I give a damn
Was I a believer in God and his plan
Did I light up your life like a full moonlit night in December
Could you please help me remember
I need you to help me remember
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I have climbed up on the mountain and I’ve fallen in the pit
I’ve looked love in the eye and seen the other side of it
I spend most my time just laughing at a joke nobody gets
And I wouldn’t have it any other way
She said she’d stay forever but she lied, lied, lied
She couldn’t keep a straight face if she tried, tried, tried
Told me that she loved me, now she someone else’s bride
But I wouldn’t have it any other way
Ain’t it funny
What gets you where you’re going
Who’s to say what’s right or what is wrong
There ain’t nobody
Knows how life’s gonna happen
Only thing to do is live it ‘til it’s gone
Every time I see my buddies we get way too stoned
We start trading stories and it’s on, it’s on
I swear I’ve left a piece of me down every road I’ve gone
But I wouldn’t have it any other way
Ain’t it funny
What gets you where you’re going
Who’s to say what’s right or what is wrong
There ain’t nobody
Knows how life’s gonna happen
Only thing to do is live it ‘til it’s gone
It’s a big old beautiful universe and I’m happy where I am
I got supper in the oven and a cold drink in my hand
I take naps when I want to and go dancing when I can
And I wouldn’t have it any other way
Ain’t it funny
What gets you where you’re going
Who’s to say what’s right or what is wrong
There ain’t nobody
Knows how life’s gonna happen
Only thing to do is live it ‘til it’s gone
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5. |
Different Boats
05:22
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You row your boat, I’ll row mine
We’ll both get there in our own sweet time
In our own sweet time
Our own sweet time
Some stay in the shallow, some get in the deep
Some are slow and lazy, others up a creek
Others up a creek
You know what that means
We get what we are given and hope that it floats
Everybody’s on the river, just takin’ different boats
He drinks liquor, she loves the Lord
Some hear the music, some jump overboard
Some jump overboard
They jump overboard
Hard storms raging out in the West
Some never get lucky, some might’ve been born blessed
Might have been born blessed
Hard to say I guess
We get what we are given and hope that it floats
Everybody’s on the river, just takin’ different boats
Water is smooth, water is rough
You hang on tight then you hang in tough
It don’t matter what will be and be and be
We’re all headed to the same sea
You row your boat and I’ll row mine
We’ll both get there in our own sweet time
In our own sweet time
In our own good time
We get what are given and hope that it floats
Everybody’s on the river, just takin’ different boats
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The good times we’ve had, the smiles and the laughs, are the pictures that fill up these frames
That hang in the halls and cover the walls of the home where we spend our days
Most times the good times are the times that we’re in
And even the tough times we’d walk through again
But in the meantime, the holler and scream time
The crush all your dreams time, the can’t hardly breathe time
When faith gets forgotten and hope falls behind
The love that we had turns bitter and bad
In the meantime
We’ve been through some years, some heartache, some tears
Some struggles like all people do
We held on by a thread to the vows that we said
And somehow we’re still true blue
At yesterday’s end we were still friends
And tomorrow might find us right back there again
But in the meantime, the holler and scream time
The crush all your dreams time, the can’t hardly breathe time
When faith gets forgotten and hope falls behind
The love that we had turns bitter and bad
In the meantime
Lord help us outrun
The damage we’ve done
In the meantime
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7. |
She'll Come Back To Me
03:43
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It rains all day in the desert
And Elvis is alive
A circle’s got four corners
And two plus two is five
I’ve never been hung over
And there ain’t no fish in the sea
And she’ll come back to me
A guitar don’t make music
And a bumblebee won’t sting
It works if you don’t use it
And Dolly just can’t sing
We don’t go to church on Sundays
And freedom, it comes free
And she’ll come back to me
And I heard her say I do
But just because one says a thing
That don’t make it true
Now I’m sittin’ here by my lonesome
Sad as a man can be
Prayin’ she’ll come back to me
A clock don’t tick and time stands still
Monkey is a man’s best friend
It’s easier pushing that rock uphill
There’s no such thing as sin
Mommas don’t love their babies
And money grows on trees
And she’ll come back to me
And I heard her say I do
But just because one says a thing
That don’t make it true
Now I’m sittin’ here by my lonesome
Sad as a man can be
Prayin’ she’ll come back to me
Prayin’ she’ll come back to me
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To Keep From Being Found
03:15
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I bought myself a tall boy and some cigarettes
I’m gonna climb into this old truck and get as far as I can get
Go looking for a motel room, one with an actual key
The old kind I used to find where you pay by the week
Gonna hang a couple pictures above that rotary phone
The one on which I’m not expecting too many calls from home
Gonna find me a movie, one that makes me laugh
Roll around that old TV so I can watch it in the bath
I can’t remember where I had my breakfast
Probably some old run-down diner
In a broken border town
But I ain’t ever going back to Texas
I’ll pay the cost of being lost just to keep from being found
I really like my lawyer
He’s a helluva guy
He spreads the love and he ain’t above
Watching a grown man cry
I don’t have to worry ‘bout whose side he’s on
He’ll be my friend until the end
Or ‘til the money’s all gone
I can’t remember where I had my breakfast
Maybe Southeast Oklahoma
Or some backwoods Arky town
But I ain’t ever going back to Texas
There’s a girl down there in Texas
Who does not want me around
I ain’t ever going back to Texas
I’ll pay the cost of being lost just to keep from being found
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9. |
Leave It All Behind
04:11
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Ever see a star about to go out
It burns so bright before the final bow
Who would ever think it was on its last breath
Kind of like looking at you right now
When you’re way down in it
And you reach your limit
And you finally admit it
Baby don’t lose your mind
Just leave it all behind
So get your feet back underneath you
A little solid ground will remind your soul
You can walk down any empty hallway
Find the door and then let go
When you’re way down in it
And you reach your limit
And you finally admit it
Baby don’t lose your mind
Just leave it all behind
When you’re way down in it
And you reach your limit
And you finally admit it
Baby don’t lose your mind
When you’re way down in it
And you reach your limit
And you finally admit it
Baby don’t lose your mind
Just leave it all behind
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10. |
The Way I Love You
03:56
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I drove all the way to Tennessee to keep from looking at you
Constantly reminded of the damage love can do
Amped up like a junkie praying for a little sleep
I tried every kind of medicine to purge you from my bloodstream
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
I told myself I’d never but I don’t believe it
Prob’ly ought to let it go but I can’t conceive it
I finally found a dream that ain’t gonna leave
I figured out there ain’t no reprieve
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
Your love is gonna put me in the grave
I ain’t got no soul to save
Goddamn the way I love you
Goddamn the way I love you
I drove all the way to Tennessee to keep from looking at you
Constantly reminded of the damage love can do
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
Goddamn the way I love you, Goddamn the way I love you
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11. |
If It Was Up To Me
04:15
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If it was up to me
The fish would all be bitin’
The words would not need writin’
They’d just fall out of my pen
If it was up to me
My bank account would have more zeroes
I’d be friends with all my heroes
And they’d call me now and then
If it was up to me
I’d live out by the sea
And order extra rum with every single drink
I’d let it and the waves
Drown your memory
If it was up to me
If it was up to me
We’d all be driving eighty
I’d be livin’ like they paid me
Instead of working to get paid
If it was up to me
My mistakes would not outlive me
And everyone could just forgive me
For all the ones I’ve made
If it was up to me
I’d have my own money tree
And I’d buy all the things that I don’t really need
It’d help me not to think
About how we used to be
If it was up to me
If it was up to me
The Stros would win the season
And I’d have every reason to go out and paint the town
If it was up to me
This life would be so easy
Everyone would aim to please me
And they’d never let me down
If it was up to me
I’d have no enemies
And I’d receive the grace I need without apology
And no one that I love
Would ever have to leave
If it was up to me
But it’s not up to me
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