Head Case
I know it’s hard to find the words so often standin’ face-to-face Sometimes it takes a thin white sheet to put things into place Things that I could never say come floodin’ out somehow upon these lines I’m still fightin’ the same battles I’ve been fightin’ all these years A dreamer is not a dreamer […]
Stranger
Who’s this stranger in the mirror The one that’s lookin’ back at me? He ain’t familiar, I don’t know this guy Who in the world could it be? It ain’t me, there ain’t no way And the stranger, gettin’ stranger everyday The guy I’m lookin’ for, he’s a young man He ain’t scarred-up and gettin’ […]
7th Floor
From the 7th floor window sometimes I swear I see it all From which way the wind blows to how we’re all bound to fall Doesn’t make much sense, the crazy things I do Under the influence of the pain that I’ve been through To get to you It’s what I do To get to […]
Can’t Quit Enough
I’ve played every honky tonk and roadside bar and juke joint Between here and Minneapolis You know I’ve lived these miles There’s a Haggard man behind these eyes and smile I picked up the guitar ’round the time I turned fourteen Lit that fire, been burnin’ tires, hard booze, both ends and gasoline Stayin’ wired […]
Colorado
Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado It’s about the only thing I ever do Don’t think that I don’t think about Colorado Don’t think I ain’t thinkin’ ’bout you Even though our love might’ve gone down burnin’ Like the sunset on the mountains out in Vail And our best days might have been […]
Desert Wind
The city lights Ain’t treatin’ me right On this side of the wall I’m thinkin’ it’s time To turn on a dime For the Sierra Madre call I caught wind From a friend of a friend Of mighty wealth untold If the stories are true Nothin’ left to do But head down to Mexico Desert […]
Big Last Name
Daddy must’ve told her when she was sixteen Don’t settle for a poor man’s diamond ring Take a lesson from your mama, girl, it ain’t no shame To find a man with some money and a big last name She wore that crown at the Rose Parade All them boys starin’ at her thinkin’ maybe […]
Lifers
He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun He’s got mouths to feed and cattle to run Same as his daddy and his daddy done It’s all he’s ever known In this modern world movin’ break-neck fast He’s a dyin’ breed, a thing of the past He’ll be damned if he don’t hit back […]
Somewhere Between I Love You and I’m Leavin’
I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’ Somewhere between I need you and lettin’ go And it scares me so when I look hard I find no good reasons I’m somewhere between I love you and I’m leavin’ Somewhere between I miss you and I’m gone Runnin’ hard through the middle of the […]
Must Be The Whiskey
No I’m not goin’ crazy, but lately my head and my heart Seem to be at least a million miles apart My heart says to love ya, my head says to run It’s like my heart is too afraid to tell my head what it’s done I know that it can never be the way […]
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