Dress Rehearsal

Carolyn Dawn Johnson Dress Rehearsal Lyrics
1.Dress Rehearsal

Days pass me by just like moments
they're here and then they're gone for good
for good
I work so hard at where I'm going
I wonder what I've missed
I can't remember the last time
I picked up the phone just to talk for hours on end
I've sent a birthday card unbelated
Maybe I should slow it down

(Chorus)
Life doesn't wait for us
to get it right day after night
It just goes on when it goes wrong
it goes and then it's gone
So I'm gonna do my best to make the most of it
avoid regrets
take a breath
realize
Time is irreversable
this ain't no dress rehearsal

I've always got a big to do list
oh but there's so much more to do, to see
I want to know that I didn't leave 'I love yous' trapped within
my heart
There won't always be another day to
say all the things you wanna say
so don't, don't wait for the perfect situation
It will never come around

Life doesn't wait for us
to get it right day after night
It just goes on when it goes wrong
it goes and then it's gone
So I'm gonna do my best to make the most of it
avoid regrets
take a breath
realize
Time is irreversable
this ain't no dress rehearsal

When the show is over
and they lay me down
I wanna be remembered
for the love I spread around

Life doesn't wait for us
to get it right day after night
It just goes on when it goes wrong
it goes and then it's gone
So I'm gonna do my best to make the most of it
avoid regrets
take a breath
realize
Time is irreversable
this ain't no dress rehearsal

This ain't no dress rehearsal


2.He's Mine

Every woman wants, Every woman needs
What everybody thinks is impossible,
Unachievable
A man who is strong, Admits he's wrong
Laughs along
And is up for anything and everything
A lot of heart, Not afraid to try a little
Tenderness
All my friends used to say where you ever
Gonna find a man like this
Well I got him

Chorus:
He's Mine
He makes me feel like a real live woman
Inside
Funny how a little love can get you so
High
Can't wait to get my hands on him
Tonight, Tonight
He's mine

The way he looks at me, Across a crowded
Room, Doesn't say a word
Man that moves me, That man loves me
He takes me in his arms, I open up my heart,
It's like the waters part
And it's just him and me, nothing in between
Just when I think it's never gonna get any
Better than this
He touches me tenderly and we melt together
In a long slow kiss

Repeat Chorus


3.Simple Life

Da Da Da Da, Da Da Da
I have wondered this world
Far and wide
I've been all around to the other side
But theres nothing like coming home,
Nothing like coming home

I wanna sit on my front porch
And drink my lemonade
Cut my grass after church every sunday
And Go out saturday night,
And live the simple life
Wake up in the mornig to these fields of gold
Take a long walk down a gravel road

Chorus
Spend my days in the sweet sunshine
Rock in my swing and watch my garden grow
Know that i'll always have someone to hold
Oh i wanna live the simple life, yeah

I wanna take a blanket down to the creek
And let the water sing me to sleep
And let go in time
Live the simple life..
Well lately i've seen too many city lights
I wanna go somewhere where i can see the stars at night

Chorus

Spend my days in the sweet sunshine
Rock in my swing and watch my garden grow
Know that i'll always have someone to hold,
Oh i wanna live the simple life, yeah yeah.

Chorus

Spend my days in the sweet sunshine
Rock in my swing, and watch my babies grow
Know that I'll always have some, someone to hold,
Oh, Spend my days in the sweet sunshine
Rock in my swing and watch my garden grow,
Know that I'll always have someone to hold
Oh I wanna live the simple life,
Oh I wanna live the simple life.
Da Da Da Da, Da Da Da Da..
Mm That's Right.


4.Die Of A Broken Heart

I keep having these disturbing dreams,
My final days, the end of me,
For some odd reason I get one last wish,
And every time I wish for this...

Chorus:
Take me fast or take me slow,
I don't really care how I go.
In the daylight, or in the dark,
Just don't let me die of a broken heart.

The kinda pain that you just can't take,
That sends a strong man to his grave.
There's not a pill that can give you rest,
Or fill that hole deep in your chest.

Chorus.

Nooooo.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.

I've been crushed by that hurt before,
There's no way I could take anymore.
If I fell in love and I found it out it would happen again,
I'd say take me now.

Chorus. (x2)

No, don't let me die of a broken heart.
No.


5.We Talked

Walls
We never mean to build them so
Tall
We lay awake and wish that they'd
Fall
But they never go away
They just tower there between us
'Til there's nothing left to say

Tears
All there is silence and
Tears
Could this really be what we'd
Feared
Our perfect love is gone
Just when we thought there was nothing
That could right all our wrong

Chorus:
We talked
All night long
And we emptied out our hearts 'til all the hurt was gone
And we laughed
Even though we were mad
And we found out all the problems we had just weren't so bad
We talked

We said our peace
We cleared the air
Tell your mom
Thanks for the prayers
We're not all the way back but
Hey we're getting there
All our friends just can't believe
All this change in you and me
They ask us what we did
We just smiled and said

Chorus:
We talked
All night long
And we emptied out our hearts 'til all the hurt was gone
And we laughed
Even though we were mad
And we found out all the problems we had just weren't so bad
We talked

We talked, we talked
And it felt so good to just talk


6.God Doesn't Make Mistakes

A couple inches taller
Another size smaller
A little curl in my hair
Used to wish I was older
Now I wish I was younger
Back when I didn't have a care
Most of the time I am happy with what God gave me
Once in a while I wish that some miracle would change me

Chorus:
I'm ok with the way God made me
I have my days but doesn't everybody
It's not always easy for me to believe in myself
But I gotta remember
I'm always gonna be a better me than anyone else
And God doesn't make mistakes

Mama says I'm special
Calls me her little angel
Yeah, I could almost do no wrong
But I trip and stumble
Guess that's what keeps you humble
But I pick myself up and I carry on
I'll never be a flawless model of perfection
Nobody's perfect and i admit I'm no exception

Chorus:
I'm ok with the way God made me
I have my days but doesn't everybody
It's not always easy for me to believe in myself
But I gotta remember
I'm always gonna be a better me than anyone else
And God doesn't make mistakes

I'm thankful for the rainy days
They only make the sunshine sweeter

Chorus:
I'm ok with the way God made me
I have my days but doesn't everybody
It's not always easy for me to believe in myself
But I gotta remember
I'm always gonna be a better me than anyone else
And God doesn't make mistakes


7.Squeezin' The Love Outta You

I'm not gonna beg you for a little kiss
Love ain't gonna last very long like this
You expect me to make the first move
And even then you never get in the groove
You don't worry about it, but honey I do
You think a little goes a long way
I've had a little more than I can take

Chorus:
Well I'm through squeezin' the love outta you
It's like tryin' to get water from a desert dune
Baby, if this is the best you can do
I'm through, squeezin' the love outta you

You must think that I got all the time in the world
I can tell you right now, boy you got the wrong girl
I've waited long enough
For you to act like you are in love
I guess it's finally come down to giving up
I spent too much time holdin' on tight
With both of my hands and all of my might

Chorus:
Well I'm through squeezin' the love outta you
It's like tryin' to get water from a desert dune
Baby, if this is the best you can do
I'm through, squeezin' the love outta you

Chorus:
Well I'm through squeezin' the love outta you
It's like tryin' to get water from a desert dune
Baby, if this is the best you can do
I'm through, squeezin' the love outta you

It's like tryin' to get toothpaste
Out of an empty tube
Tryin' to find a blizzard down in Baton Rouge
Your love's slower
Than honey drippin' from a spoon
I'm through squeezin' the love outta you


8.Head Over High Heels

I've fallen, yeah I've fallen before
I thought I knew exactly what was in store
When I met him, got more than I bargained for
I'm not overstating, over exaggerating
Horsing around or playing
When I'm saying I've...

Chorus:
Gone off the deepest end
Not jumping, diving in
He's a perfect 10 times 10 times 10
And I'm head over heels
No, I'm head over high heels

I'm dreaming, in colors I've never seen
My heart is bursting wide at the seams
I've taken my smiling to the extremes
All my friends are wondering
They think I'm up to something
I say 'Oh it's nothing'
I'm just in love and I've...

Chorus:
Gone off the deepest end
Not jumping, diving in
He's a perfect 10 times 10 times 10
And I'm head over heels
No, I'm head over high heels

I'm not happy,
I'm ecstatic
I'm not a lunatic
Just a fanatic
You might think I'm overdramatic
Not me

Chorus (repeat twice):
Gone off the deepest end
Not jumping, diving in
He's a perfect 10 times 10 times 10
And I'm head over heels
No, I'm head over high heels


9.My Little Secret

I've been told that I'm not a good liar
And I wear all my thoughts on my face
When he's near its like
I'm on fire
Yeah, I'd like to stay
But I'm afraid I might give it away

Chorus:
My little secret
I got it bad, yeah
I'm in deep
He doesn't know it yet
My heart is dying, trying to speak
It's getting so much harder to keep
My little secret

Do my best to be brief, keep my distance
While I wait for a light to turn green
If he said what are doing later, for instance
Then I'd let him see
But 'till then it's gonna have to be

Chorus:
My little secret
I got it bad, yeah
I'm in deep
He doesn't know it yet
My heart is dying, trying to speak
It's getting so much harder to keep
My little secret

Shh, don't tell
You don't know how bad i want this
Shh, don't tell
If I had enough guts I'd just go for it

Yeah, I'd like to stay
But I'm afraid I might give it away

Chorus:
My little secret
I got it bad, yeah
I'm in deep
He doesn't know it yet
My heart is dying, trying to speak
It's getting so much harder to keep
My little secret

I got it bad, yeah
I'm in deep
He doesn't know it yet
My heart is dying, trying to speak
It's getting so much harder to keep
My little secret


10.Just Another Plane

To some it's just another plane
Rollin' up to the gate
It landed in the pourin' rain
Twenty minutes late
Stoppin' right on the mark
Yeah, they do it every day
It's just another boring Monday morning
And just another plane

Chorus:
I hear the sound of those big jet engines
Shut down and fade away
The time it takes to open that door is just insane
There's someone on board I'm waiting for
It's so much more to me
Than just another plane

This can be such a lonely place
I remember I was standing here
Tears streaming down my face
Watched him disappear
Nobody looked me in the eye
They all walked away
Everybody cries in airports
It's just another plane

Chorus:
I hear the sound of those big jet engines
Shut down and fade away
The time it takes to open that door is just insane
There's someone on board I'm waiting for
It's so much more to me
Than just another plane

They say if you love someone
You gotta set 'em free and let 'em fly away
And if he was really yours then he'll come back someday
There's someone on board I'm waiting for
And he's come home to me
That's not just another plane

To some it's just another plane
Rollin' up to the gate


11.Life As We Know It

I wake up with the sun on my face
On the edge of the bed, babe you're taking up all the space
I roll you over then I give you a kiss
Meet you in the middle
That's where all the fun is

Chorus:
Life as we know it
It's going good
That's an understatement
It's going better than I ever thought it could
Never been so happy, so content
Oh, I wish I could freeze this moment
Life as we know it... now

You're doing dishes if I'm cooking the meal
We got an understanding, and it's a pretty good deal
We read our books at each end of the couch
No conversation needed
To stay in touch in this house

Chorus:
Life as we know it
It's going good
That's an understatement
It's going better than I ever thought it could
Never been so happy, so content
Oh, I wish I could freeze this moment
Life as we know it... now

I whisper... I love you
You tell me... you love me too
It's so easy, so simple
I wonder why we didn't think of this before

Chorus:
Life as we know it
It's going good
That's an understatement
It's going better than I ever thought it could
Never been so happy, so content
Oh, I wish I could freeze this moment
Life as we know it... now

Oh, I wish I could freeze this moment
Right... now


12.I'll Let You Go

We drove all night, and half the next day
Up through the mountains to the open space
Got through registration, searched for my dorm,
I was so thankful he'd been there before.

He carried my boxes, he helped me unpack
Told old college stories until I laughed
But the tears started falling as we ran out of time,
And I did all I could to avoid his goodbye.

He said I wish I could stay here,
It's hard on me too.
But I know that there's so much that you've got to do,
So...

I'll let you go,
You can stop crying.
Oh it's not the end of the world,
Girl you know, you're gonna be fine.
Give me a hug and let me see you smile,
You know that I'll see you in a little while,
So I'll let you go.

I made it through school, I made some big plans,
Yeah, I chased my dreams in some far away land,
But everything changed when I got the call,
And chasing those dreams meant nothing at all.

I told him I'm gonna stay here,
And take care of you.
He said that's the last thing that I'd let you do,
But...

I'll let you go,
You can stop crying.
Oh it's not the end of the world,
Girl you know, I'm gonna be fine.
Give me a hug and let me see you smile,
You know that I'll see you in a little while,
So I'll let you go.

With the wings that he gave me,
I learned how to fly,
One day they brought me back to be by his side,
I knew he was holding on for me,
But I couldn't say the words,
The ones that would set him free,
The last thing I heard,
he said...

I'll let you go.