You’re My Girl
Nobody holds me in the way you do - nobody rolls me in the way you do
the way you scold me as only you can - you’re my girl and I’m your man
Nobody told me how good love was - only reason there is just because
nobody knows you darlin like I do - you’re my girl and I’m the boy for you
Nobody wants you in the way I do - nobody wants you everyday but I do
so come on over darlin hold my hand - you’re my girl and I’m your man
Nobody showed me how good love could be - only reason there is I can see
nobody loves me darlin like you do - you’re my girl and I’m the boy for you
Been A Long Time
It’s been a long time since I been home
it’s been a long time I been gone so long
ain't nobody knows me here no more
I walk the streets all alone
It’s been a long time I must’ve lost my way
it’s been a long time I know I can’t stay
don’t recognise anybody I see
they’re all just strangers here to me
talking about people I don’t know
like explaining baseball in eskimo
I try to understand it but I may never will
time’s flyin by I’m still climbing that hill
Got nothing in common with this crowd
feel like a spaceman on solid ground
pour me a drink and then I’ll blow
but I left my heart here long ago
I try to understand it but I may never will
time’s flyin by I’m still spinning my wheels
try to understand it but I may never could
time’s flyin by I’m just knockin on wood
We used to own this town - take me home
Date With An Angel
Trucks loaded down with rocks and rubble droppin dirt all over the place
kid’s walkin on the side of the road someone tell his mamma to take him home
parked cars in the intersection some fool talkin on a cellular phone
state trooper got distracted by the sunset I wish they’d all go home
I’m trying to get outta here
I’m trying to get somewhere else
I wish they’d get outta my hair
Got a date with an angel - got a date with the girl I love
got a date with an angel but I can’t seem to get there
You gotta wonder what he’s been smokin fender’s hangin off and he don’t care
light’s green but he sure ain't movin and I gotta be somewhere
Ike and Tina on the radio telling me it’s gonna work out fine
I’m sittin in a line of traffic tryin to get to this angel of mine
Got a date with an angel - she’s the girl with golden hair
got a date with an angel but I can’t seem to get where she is
Stuck in neutral at a railroad crossing and I ain’t got no AC
wind’s hot as a hair dryer this drive’ll be the death of me
here come’s the train rollin and rumblin - horn blowin that soulful sound
another mile we’ll be together unless she thinks I’ve let her down
I’m dying to get outta here
I’m trying to get somewhere else
I wish they’d get outta my hair
Got a date with an angel - got a date with the girl I love
got a date with an angel but I can’t seem to get where she’s located
I just hope she’s still waiting
Anytime
I can’t tell you how happy I feel to hear you’re doing so well
I know you suffered I’ve had my trials too but you’ve been living in hell
anytime you’re passing through this neighbourhood come on in
don’t hesitate don’t wait at the gate don’t make that mistake again
Sunny days and good times ain’t just for songs with silly rhymes
cos I believe we make our own luck I can see though I was blind
anytime you’re passing through this neighbourhood come on in
please don’t feel like I’m pressuring you because that would be a sin
I’ll try my best to make you happy I’ll build a love nest for you and me
I’m drinking my last beer tonight sitting here and thinking of you
I’m wondering if you might pass by and wanna share a moment or two
anytime you’re passing through this neighbourhood come on home
don’t think you wouldn’t be welcome here because this is where you belong
I’ll try my best to make you happy - I’ll build a love nest for you and me
and when you wake up I’ll be waiting - we’ll build a home just you and me
Price Of Love
If the price of love is pleasure you don’t have to be smart
to know a poor man can find treasure if he opens his heart
but the price of love is pain and I believe that to be true
baby I’m confessing I know I’m losing you
Don’t tell me you’re seeing somebody new - this must be a dream
I’m not ready - I’m not ready for the truth
I can’t believe it’s true - the price of love is you
If the price of love is passion then you’ll drive me insane
you take all that I give you and I never stop paying
Don’t hurt me I’m much too easily bruised - I can’t stand any more pain
I’m not ready - I’m not ready for the truth
I can’t believe it’s true - the price of love is you
If the price of love is pleasure you don’t have to be smart
to know a poor man can find treasure if he opens his heart
but the price of love is pain this is the lesson I’ve learned
and I’m confessing baby I’ve been burned
She Ain’t My Girl
My girl ain’t like no woman you know
makes love in the kitchen and war on the bedroom floor
she won’t answer when the telephone rings
and her heart don’t pound when Elvis Presley sings
you won’t find her reading books
she don’t care about the way she looks
and she looks fine but she says she ain’t my girl
My girl ain’t like no woman you meet
she loves to dance but I got two left feet
and I defy you to tell her she’s a fool
cos she’ll do just what she intends to
she don’t waste time washing dishes
gets drunk anytime she wishes
she loves wine and she says she ain’t my girl
I could climb Everest and she wouldn’t care
I could make a bird’s nest out of her hair
but she looks good whatever she wears
wherever we go everybody stares at my girl
I could write a best seller she wouldn’t care
I could be a €uro millionaire
and anything I got she don’t wanna share
wherever she goes I wanna be there with my girl
She ain’t like no woman you see
walks into walls talks to everybody she meets
she don’t love me she don’t even care
she wouldn’t even know it if I wasn’t standing there
I guess she ain’t my girl
Your Secret
I know just how special you are baby and your secret’s safe with me
that thing that you do when you do it drives me crazy
come on over and keep me company
I know people willing to pay a fortune and I don’t have a red cent
so until I see you next my life will be torture
come on over and do that thing again
some fellers search all their life to meet a woman to be their wife
I found you and you made me the happiest man I ever could be
I know just how special you are baby
come on over you know your secret’s safe with me
Some fellers search all their life to meet a woman to be their wife
I found you and you made me the happiest man I ever could be
I know people willing to pay a fortune and I don’t have a dime
so until I see you next my life will be torture
come on over and do it to me one more time
come on over you know your secret’s safe with me
Lying
I’d do anything to make it up to you
I’d even tell the truth to stop you from crying
I’m a bad bet my own worst enemy
don’t put your money on me cos I can’t stop lying
Words fall out of my mouth - before I know it I’m talkin too fast
now there’s no going back - all those lies that I told in the past
they haunt me
I’d pay any price to win your love
the words come cheap to me when I’m not even trying
I can’t stop lying
All you know is the truth and I’ll never be true to you
I know I’m no good for you baby but I’m stuck like glue
I don’t know how it starts - my imagination has a mind of its own
one lie builds on the last - a house of cards that I call home
and it haunts me
I’m a hopeless case I can’t pretend anymore
don’t believe a word I say cos I can’t stop lying
The Wrong Direction
In recent times I’ve been leaning towards the wrong direction
and though I’ve tried to lead a normal life
all I found is the simple easy road to temptation
and as much fun as I’ve had I’ll be only too glad to get back home
I’m only learning what I lost as time has passed
my situation hasn’t changed since she walked out my life
but any fool who’d follow me down the path of cheap sensations
better count his blessings or he’ll end up in the same mess I’m in
Praise the lord and pass the bottle
cos there’s nothing I can do about it any way
as God is my witness I'm high on his hit list today
So come with me down the slippery slope of good intentions
and let your will power slide right out the door
don’t even try to resist and as you swerve in this direction your
screams will sound like you’re just another fool having fun
Praise the lord and pass the bottle
but you’ll only have yourself to blame
as God is my witness I’m high on his shit list today
In recent times I’ve been leaning towards the wrong direction
Rubies In Her Hair
Everything she touches sparkles from her fingers to her toes
you're never gonna meet a woman like Juanita
she can't be beat and I can’t let her go
Everybody wants to know her - everybody wants her so
I know that I’ll never find anybody better
and I stopped looking a long time ago
If she was mine she’d have diamonds on her fingers
rings on her toes and rubies in her hair
You can tell her that you love her - you can tell her anything you want
but you'll have to find another her sister or her mother
cos she knows where y’all comin from
If she was mine she’d be dining on caviar
taking her time signing my name on the line
drinking champagne and lost in the moment
oh if she was mine she’d have rubies in her hair
I can't tell you what she means to me - there ain't words in the dictionary
I got so much love she won't let me use it
she could beat me and black my eye - she don't care if I live or die
she don’t give me love only excuses
My friends call me obsessive and you can call me a fool
but if you saw Juanita the way that I’ve seen her
then you’d know I’m telling the truth
If she was mine she’d be soaked in perspiration
and telling me I’m why she’s home early tonight
she tell me lies and then go one better
oh she hypnotise me rubies in her hair
she’d have rubies in her hair
rubies in her hair
Wishing Hoping Dreaming
Crazy thoughts of crazy times keep running through my head
you could have stayed a little longer but you slipped away instead
I’m sitting here thinking and sipping a drink and sinking down in my seat
I’m wondering how you are and hoping a bright star is shinin on your street
Wishing hoping dreaming
Try as I might I can’t picture a sight any funnier than this
falling down the stairs your hand gripped tight around a brandy glass God you were pissed
and you never spilled a drop
Crazy thoughts of crazy times keep running through my head
you could have stayed a little longer but you slipped away instead
I’m sittin here drinkin and reminiscing, laughing thinking bout you
but you’re not here you’re nowhere near, you’re on the other side of blue
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