LOST HIGHWAY

In my rearview mirror
My life is getting clearer
The sunset sighs and slowly disappears
These trinkets once were treasure
Life changes like the weather
You grow up, grow old, or you hit the road 'round here
So I drive (drive drive)
Watching white lines passing by
With my plastic dashboard jesus
Waiting there to greet us

Hey Hey I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey, hey hey


Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
I'm afraid of going back again
So I drive (drive drive)
Years and miles are flying by
And waiting there to greet us
Is my plastic dashboard Jesus


Hey Hey
Hey Hey I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
Hell, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
Out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey
hey, hey


Oh patron saint of lonely souls
Tell this boy which way to go
Guide the car, you've got the keys
Farewell to mediocrity
Kicking off the cruise control
And turning up the radio
Got just enough religion
And a half a tank of gas
Come on
Let's go


I finally found my way
Said goodbye to yesterday
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
I'm busting loose, I'm lettin go
When I'm out on this open road
It's independence day on this lost highway
Hey hey

SUMMERTIME

Feels something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime

These days life goes like this
Wake up, check that off of some list
Gotta be a little something more than this
The bottom of my coffee cup
I keep a, postcard in the back of my mind
White sand, sunshine
And you shining like a brand new diamond
It's keeping me for giving up
Thinking like I had enough

You make me feel something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like a first slow dance and a first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime
Sum-summer-summertime

I was a warm breeze with a cool tan
Life mapped out on the back of my hand
When I was laughing I was making plans
But he didn't laugh when I found you
There's a heaven baby your the proof

You make me feel something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side
Feels something like summertime
Like a first slow dance and a first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine
It feels something like summertime
Sum-summer-summertime

(solo)

Feel something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on for me and my valentine
It's like that first slow dance and that first long kiss
There ain't nothing baby better then this
It's like a beach blanket and a bottle of wine (yeah)
Feels something like summertime
Top down ain't nothing but time
Radio's on and you're by my side,
Feels something like summertime
Just like summer time
Sum-sum-summertime
Something like summertime

YOU WANT TO MAKE A MEMORY

Hello again...It's you and me
Kinda always like it used to be
Sippin wine .... killin time
Tryin to solve life's mysteries...
How's your life? It's been a while
God, it's good to see you smile
I see you reachin for your keys
Lookin for a reason not to leave

If you don't know if you should stay
If you don't say what's on your mind
Baby just breathe...
There's nowhere else tonight we should be...
You wanna make a memory....

I dug up this old photograph
Look at all the hair we had
It's bitter sweet to hear you laugh
Your phone was ringing. I don't wanna ask

If you go now, I'll understand
If you stay, hey, I got a plan
You wanna make a memory?
You wanna steal a piece of time?
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple lines
You wanna make a memory?

If you don't know if you should stay and
You don't say what's on your mind, baby just breathe
There's nowhere else tonight we should be (we should be...we should be)
You wanna make a memory?
You wanna steal a piece of time?
You can sing the melody to me
And I can write a couple lines
You wanna make a memory?
You wanna make a memory?
Oooooooooo...OOooooooooooo.....OOoooooooooo....

A WHOLE LOT OF LEAVING

It's pretty cold for late september
The autumn wind is creeping in
The summer sun packed up it's long gone
There's a whole lot of leavin' going on

I bet it's warm in California
I think it's time to hit the road
I just might call that band of gypsys
Go searching for our pot of gold
Seems like lately there's a whole lot of leavin' going on

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice
It takes me back to that time
Where I could find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately theres a whole lot of leavin' going on

Close the window draw the curtains
You ain't the only one here hurtin'
No one's right, no one's wrong
Lately theres a whole lot of leavin' going on

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice
It takes me back to that time
Where I could find a reason to be strong
Seems like lately theres a whole lot of leavin' going on

(solo)

You used to live to say you love me
Now you got one foot out the door
It's then you turn around and ask me
Do we got it anymore

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I still hear your voice
It takes me back to that time
When I need a reason to be strong

I close my eyes and picture your hand in mine
I walk the line you'll never hear me sayin' goodbye
So pretty baby please be strong
Seems like lately theres a whole lot of leavin' going on

WE GOT IT GOING ON

Is there anybody out there looking for a party?
Shake your Moneymaker baby smoke it if you got it
We just want to have some fun,If you don't want to kiss this
Everybody raise your hands, come on I need a witness

We got it going on
We'll be bangin' and sangin' just like the rolling stones
We're gonna shake up your souls, we've come to rattle your bones
'Cause we got it going on

You got a ticket to kick it, I want to hear you scream now (ticket to kick it, I want to hear you scream now)
Because tonight you got the right, to let your hair down (Tonight you got the right, to let your hair down)
When everybody's getting down, we're getting down to business
Insane, freak train, you don't want to miss this

We got it going on
We'll be bangin' and sangin' just like the rolling stones
We're gonna shake up your souls, we've come to rattle your bones
'Cause we got it going on

(voice over:)
And now a public service announcement
From my country cousin, Big Kenny talk to the people.

(Big Kenny:)
Brothers and sisters, we're here to come together as one
And love everybody...
Can i get a amen?

(crowd:)
Amen!

(guitar solo)

We got it going on
We got it going on
We got it going on
We'll be bangin' and sangin' just like the rolling stones
We're gonna shake up your souls, we've come to rattle your bones

We got it going on
Getting down with Big and Rich and Richie and Jon
Just a bangin' and sangin', why don't you all come along (why don't you all come along)

We got it going on
We got it, we got it
We got it going on
We got it, we got it
We got it going on

ANY OTHER DAY

 Alarm clock rings, it's 6:45, 
Must have hit that snooze button 'least 3 times, 
I'm wishing this morning was still last night, 
On any other day, just might wanna die. 

Traffic's backed up 20 miles to the East, 
Must have hit every damn red light on the street, 
Weatherman says it's gonna rain for a week, 
Hey, what can you do? 

On any other day, I'd be blue eyes cryin', 
I could tell the world, 'At least I'm tryin', 
The clouds are breakin', 
The sun is shinin' new, 
For me and you! 

On any other day, I might just go crazy, 
The grace is knowing that you're gonna save me, 
Maybe luck and love will pull us through, 

On any other day, I might just stay in bed, 
Sit down in a sea of blankets, 
Pull them up over my head, 
Catch a beer buzz in the morning, 
Just to get a little edge, 
Then maybe just give up in time to do it all again, 
Hey, I like where this is going, 
Yeah, YEAH, 'cause I know where it's been, 

On any other day, I'd be blue eyes cryin', 
I could tell the world, 'At least I'm tryin', 
The clouds are breakin', 
The sun is shinin' new, 
For me and you! 

On any other day, I might just go crazy, 
The grace is knowing that you're gonna save me, 
Maybe luck and love will pull us through, 

On any other day! 
Yeah, yeah! 

Alarm clock rings, it's 6:45, 
I like waking up with you on my mind, 
Knowing that you're saving me, 
One more time. 

On any other day, I'd be blue eyes cryin', 
I could tell the world, 'At least I'm tryin', 
The clouds are breakin', 
The sun is shinin' new, 
For me and you! 

On any other day, I might just go crazy, 
The grace is knowing that you're gonna save me, 
Maybe luck and love will pull us through, 

On any other day, 
Yeah, yeah, 
Whoa oah oah oah, 
Any other day, 
Any other day, 
Ohhh ohhh, 

On any other day, I'd be blue eyes cryin', 
I could tell the world, 'At least I'm tryin', 
The clouds are breakin', 
The sun is shinin' new, 
For me and you!

SEAT NEXT TO YOU

A lone soul traveling down an old dirt road,
You got your hand out the window
Listening to the radio,
That’s where I want to be

On an old park bench in the middle of December,
Cold, hard rain falling
Can’t find no cover
That would be alright with me

Hard days, good times
Blue skies, dark nights,
Baby, I want you to take me
Wherever you’re going to
Baby, say that you’ll save me
A seat next to you

In the corner booth of a downtown bar
With your head on my shoulder,
Smokin’ on a cheap cigar
That would be alright with me

In the back of a movie or a crosstown train
I wanna hear your voice whispering my name
That’s who I want to be

Hard days, good times
Blue skies, dark nights,
Baby, say that you’ll take me
Wherever you’re going to
Baby, say that you’ll save me
A seat next to you

Life is like a ferris wheel spinning around,
When you get to the top,
It’s hard to look down
Just hang on, make it through 

Save me
A seat next to you

When you get to the gates & the angels sing,
Go to that place where the church bells ring,
Know I’ll come running, running to find you

Baby, say that you’ll take me
Wherever you’re going to
Baby, I want you to save me
A seat next to you,
A seat next to you,
A seat next to you,
A seat next to you……….

EVERYBODY'S BROKEN

Welcome to the party,
Come on in and disappear,
You're feeling like stranger,
But all your friends are here,
Little lies and cracks,
Around your eyes and mouth,
Something's trying to get in,
Something's trying to get out,

It's ok, to be a little broken,
Everybody's broken, in this life,
It's ok, to feel a little broken,
Everybody's broken, your alright,
It's just life,

Step into the deep end,
Make yourself at home,
When you wonder why your breathing,
Know your not alone,
Its so hard to believe,
Its easier to doubt,
You're trying to hold in,
But your dying to scream out,

It's ok to be a little broken,
Everybody's broken,
In this life,
It's ok to feel a little broken,
Everybody's broken, your alright,
It's alright, it's just life

(solo)

Take a look around,
Tell me what you see,
Is who you think you are,
Who you want to be,

It's ok, to be a little broken,
Everybody's broken, in this life,
It's ok, to feel a little broken,
Everybody's broken, your alright,
Just keep on going,
Eyes wide open,
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Everybody's broken
Yeah

TILL WE AIN'T STRANGERS ANYMORE

It might be hard to be lovers
But it's harder to be friends
Baby pull down the covers
It's time you let me in
Maybe light a couple candles
I'll just go ahead and lock the door
If you just talk to me baby
Till we ain't strangers anymore

Lay your head on my pillow
I sit beside you on the bed
Don't you think it's time we say
Some things we haven't said
It ain't too late to get back to that place
Back to where, we thought it was before
Why don't you look at me
Till we ain't strangers anymore

Sometimes it's hard to love me
Sometimes it's hard to love you too
I know it's hard believing
That love can pull us through
It would be so easy
To live your life
With one foot out the door
Just hold me baby
Till we ain't strangers anymore

(solo)

It's hard to find forgivness
When we just turn out the lights
It's hard to say you're sorry
When you can't tell wrong from right
It would be so easy
To spend your whole damn life
Just keeping score
So lets get down to it baby
There ain't no need to lie

Tell me who you think you see
When you look into my eyes
Lets put our two hearts back together
And we'll leave the broken pieces on the floor
Make love with me baby
Till we ain't strangers anymore

We're not strangers anymore
We're not strangers
We're not strangers anymore

THE LAST NIGHT

These days it's hard to have a heart
It doesn't matter where you come from or who you think you are
These days it's hard just fitting in why does someone have to lose
for someone else to win
we're all looking for forgiveness and someone we can trust

You can't wrap your arms around the world
it all comes down to us

This is the last night
you'll have to be alone
I'll be standing right beside
if you can't make it on your own
so walk with me please, help me to be strong, I'll be the shoulder you can lean on, when everybody's gone
This is the last night you'll have to be alone

I know you heard it all before there's nothing worse than living less
when you yearn for something more makes no sense
It's hard to understand when something that should fill you up keeps slipping through your hands

This is the last night
you'll have to be alone
I'll be standing right beside
if you can't make it on your own
so walk with me please, help me to be strong, I'll be the shoulder you can lean on, when everybody's gone
This is the last night you'll have to be alone

We're all looking for answers, We're all down here on our knees all anybody really wants is something to believe enough is enough
I can't take it anymore
I'm standing on your front porch and kicking down your door

This is the last night
This is the last night
you'll have to be alone
I'll be standing right beside
if you can't make it on your own
so walk with me please, help me to be strong, I'll be the shoulder you can lean on, when everybody's gone
This is the last night you'll have to be alone

This is the last night
you'll have to be alone
This is the last time
This is the last night
This is the last night
This is the last night
you'll have to be alone

ONE STEP CLOSER

I've seen the heart of darkness,
Let just say, I crossed over that line,
Held hands with the hopeless,
In too deep,on that ride, went around one more time,
When you're standing on the edge,
You don't look down,
Till you ready and willing to fly,

Now I'm, one step closer,
With my arms open wide,
Yeah, I'm one step closer,
And I'm willing to try this time,

I hitched a ride with forgiveness,
In that river of emotion,
I went down at third time,
I spend the night with the living,
Took a chance, looked inside,
Didn't know who I'd find,
Standing on the corner of the long goodbye,
All alone scared, I made up my mind,

I'm, one step closer,
With my arms open wide,
Yeah, I'm one step closer,
And I'm willing to try,

I'm sick of giving up,
There's a little luck,
I'm gonna get out of here,

(solo)

When you're standing on the edge,
Don't look down,
Til you're ready and willing to fly,

I'm, one step closer,
With my arms open wide,
Yeah, I'm one step closer,
And I'm willing to try, yeah,
I'm, one step closer,
Yeah, I'm, one step closer.

LONELY

There' s a whole lotta lonely waiting out there
There's a whole lot of people that will lead you nowhere
So be safe my lover let me offer my prayer
There' s a whole lotta lonely waiting out there

There's a whole lot of kisses waiting out there
And the world you've been missing that don't play fair
Let me offer you comfort and show you how much i care
There's a whole lotta lonely waiting out there

When love is blind sometimes the lies can get you through the night
I'm holding on to what i need till you're too tired to fight

Now there's a line of lone riders so baby beware
After the warmth of his whisper in the cool night air
It'll be hard to wake up to that handsome cold blank stare
Cause there's a hell of a lotta lonely waiting out there

When love is blind sometimes the lies can get you through the night
I'm holding on to what i need till you're too tired to fight
Now there's a whole lotta lonely waiting out there
There's a whole lot of people that will lead you nowhere
There's only so much sorrow that a heart can bear

There's a hell of a lotta lonely waiting out there
There's a hell of a lotta lonely
Baby I'm scared waiting out there

PUT THE BOY BACK IN THE COWBOY

They should have put her in the movies
My little country cutie
She's the reason I believe God made blue jeans
I was a slicker from the city
When I met that little philly
Was 6 feet tall till she brought me to my knees
I sold my foreign car for a pick-up truck
I never drink champagne, now it's Jack straight up
You better like Hank here or you're outta luck
What's up

She put the boy back in cowboy
Hell I was just a red-neck wannabe
She put the boy back in cowboy
That southern woman made a new man outta me

The transformation was amazin’
Even Jesus couldn't save me
Day to night I was such a sight to see
At the rodeo she kissed me
Then said "boy don't get too frisky"
If you're lucky you might two step home with me
Yeah I got the boots, I bought the stetson hat
Gotta big belt buckle, tried to rope a calf
I made a ring of fire and it's cool as Johnny Cash
You asked

She put the boy back in cowboy
Hell I was just a red-neck wannabe
She put the boy back in cowboy
That southern woman made a new man outta me
That country woman made a new man outta me



she put the boy back in cowboy
she put the boy back in cowboy ( back in cowboy)

She's a light wire, bomb fire, desire, takin’ me higher, she got me, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

she put the boy back in cowboy
hell I was just a red-neck wannabe
she put the boy back in cowboy
That country woman
Put the boy back in cowboy
well I was just a red-neck wannabe
She put the boy back in cowboy
well show me
that southern woman made a new men outta me

she put the boy ( boy)
back in cowboy (back in cowboy)
put the boy (put the boy)
back in cowboy
she put the boy (put the boy)
back in cowboy (cowboy)
she put the boy back in ( put the boy)
back in, ha, ha, ha, ooooh

WALK LIKE A MAN

 He said sit down son, we've gotta talk
I said "it's my life, I'm gonna do what I want
I'm not gonna crawl, I'm gonna walk
Walk right out that door"

He said "I used to be a lot like you
There's nothing you've done that I didn't do"
I left and said "Dad I'm bulletproof
We've been through this before"

I couldn't believe it
There was a tear in my old man's eye
When I was leaving
He tried to say goodbye

He said stand tall when you stumble
Stay pround when you're humbled
The lessons you learn
Won't be the ones that you plan

And every step up that mountain
Will be more than worth countin'
And when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

And now I've seen a couple miles on a gravel road
Been taught a couple things that I didn't know
And yeah, I've even got a kid of my own
Starting to sound a lot like me

I learned a little thing called sacrifice
Givin' up on dreams, lost a couple fights
All anybody wants is a better life
And something to believe

Stand tall when you stumble
Stay pround when you're humbled
All the lessons you learn
Won't be the ones that you plan

Every step up that mountain
Will be more that worth countin'
When you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

I couldn't believe it
When the tears came to my eyes
It isn't easy
Standing on the other side

I said "Sit down son we gotta talk
Hey it's your life, you're gonna do what you want
I won't say crawl before you walk"
Cause I heard my old man in my mind sayin'

Stand tall when you stumble
Stay pround when you're humbled
All the lessons you learn
Won't be the ones that you plan

And every step up that mountain
Will be more that worth countin'
And when you walk through the valley
May you walk like a man

And when you go on without me
Walk, like a man

Walk on