The Road Less Traveled

George Strait The Road Less Traveled Lyrics
1.She'll Leave You With A Smile

Written:Odie Blackmon/Jay Knowles

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like she'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile.

Your gonna give her all your heart
Then she'll tear your world apart
Your gonna cry a little while
Still she'll leave you with a smile.

Well, you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help but love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face.

One day you'll pass her on the street
With that guy you used to be
She'll say, ''Hello.'' and walk on by
Then she'll leave you with a smile.


Well, you can't help but wonder
Why you can't help but love her
But you can't help but love her
And all that hurtin' was more than worth it
It's written all over your face.

At first she's gonna come on strong
Like she'll love you all night long
Like it's going out of style
Then she'll leave you with a smile.

Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile.

Ah, she's gonna love you
She gonna leave you with a smile...


2.Run

Lyrics:Tony Lane/Anthony Smith
Music:Tony Lane/Anthony Smith

If there's a plane or a bus leaving Dallas
I hope you're on it
If there's a train moving fast down the tracks
I hope you caught it
'Cause I swear out there ain't where you ought to be
So, catch a ride, catch a cab
Don't you know I miss you bad
But don't you walk to me.

Baby, run
Cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line you can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up, lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave Dallas in the dust
I need you in a rush
So baby, run.

If you ain't got a suitcase get a box or an old brown paper sack
Pack it light or pack it heavy
Take a truck, take a chevy
Baby, just come back
There's a shortcut to the highway out of town
Why don't you take it
Don't let that speed limit slow ya down
Go on and break it.

Baby, run
Cut a path across the blue skies
Straight in a straight line
You can't get here fast enough
Find a truck and fire it up, lean on the gas and off the clutch
Leave Dallas in the dust
I need you in a rush
So baby, run.

Baby run.

Oh, baby run.

Baby, run...


3.Stars On The Water

Lyrics:Rodney Crowell
Music:Rodney Crowell

Down in Louisiana, bayous by and by
A pirogue pole or your natural soul
Keeps you tied to a tree high tide
Beer joint lights come on
And then the crowd starts rollin' in.

Pretty soon you got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
You got stars on the water, when it rains.

Beaumont to Biloxi,
Sea breeze at your door
Gypsy rings, dang hurricanes
White silver sandy shore
Blue Light lounge is shinin'
Way out on the piers.

Makes it look just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, when it rains.


When it's midnight down in Mobile
Shinin' moonbeams on the bay
They come from miles around
To dance the jukebox down
To hear the good time sounds they play
And all across the harbor
Night lights shinin' on.

Makes you feel just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, when it rains.

Makes you feel just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, when it rains.


4.Living and Living Well

Written:Tony Martin/Mark Nesler/Tom Shapiro

Had a nice little life
A little boat, a little beach
A little routine I liked
A blue ocean view
Free to go with the flow
Anywhere that I wanted to
But the moment you set foot on my shore
That's when I knew.

There's a difference in living and living well
You can't have it allm all by yourself
Something's always missing 'til you share it with someone else
There's a difference in living and living well.

'Til you sailed with me thought that I had it good
As good as it could be from the back of my deck
Caught a fish, caught a breeze and a thousand red sunsets
But sitting here with you girl I just saw the best one yet.

There's a difference in living and living well
You can't have it all, all by yourself
Something's always missing 'til you share it with someone else
There's a difference in living and living well.

My days are brighter, my sky a deeper blue
My nights are sweeter when I'm with you.

There's a difference in living and living well
You can't have it all, all by yourself
Something's always missing 'til you share it with someone else
There's a difference in livin'.
I thought I was living.
There's a difference in living and living well.

Livin' well.
I'm livin' well...


5.The Real Thing

Lyrics:Chip Taylor
Music:Chip Taylor

I was on a bus comin' back to us
From Atlanta in '53
And I picked up a rhythm and blues magazine
Layin' underneath my seat
And I found out the stuff they'd been playin' us
Wasn't made from grits and bone
And it would take more than the Crew Cuts
And Pat Boone to take me home.

I want the real thing
Give me the real thing
Make it loud, I'll make you proud
Or the songs they'd sing
I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof
Watered down ''til it tastes like tea
You're gonna pull my string
Make it the real thing for me.

I remember old Elvis when he forgot
To remember to forget
And when young Johnny Cash
Hadn't seen this side of Big River yet
And when sun was more than daylight
Shinin'on Memphis, Tennessee
And old Luther and Lewis and Perkins was pickin
And playin' them songs for me.

I want the real thing
Give me the real thing
Make it loud I'll make you proud
Of the songs they'd sing
I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof
Watered down 'til it tastes like tea
You're gonna pull my string
Make it the real thing for me.


I want the real thing
Give me the real thing
Make it loud I'll make you proud
Of the songs they'd sing
I don't want you under my roof with your 86 proof
Watered down 'til it tastes like tea
You're gonna pull my string
Make it the real thing for me.

You're gonna pull my string
Make it the real thing for me...


6.Don't Tell Me You're Not In Love

Written:Kim Williams/Tony Colton/Bobby Wood

I know you're ready, you show all the signs
Your eyes sparkle, oh, how they shine
But you keep saying you can't take another heartache
The way you hold me, the way that you move
Your feelings keep showin' through
You can't hide it, it's written all over your face.

Don't tell me you're not in love
When your heart beats like it does
Your trembling body tells on you each time we touch
You can tell me you're afraid
I am too and that's okay
I got eyes I can see
Baby, don't tell me you're not in love.


Sweet love songs bring you to tears
Come on baby don't hide in your fear
Let your lips say what your heart already knows
Your denial is the last thing to fall
The only brick left holdin' the wall
Don't hold back, speak with your heart and your soul.

Don't tell me you're not in love
When your heart beats like it does
You trembling body tells on you each time we touch
You can tell me you're afraid
I am too and that's okay
I got eyes, I can see
Baby, don't tell me you're not in love.

I got eyes, I can see
Baby, don't tell me you're not in love...


7.The Road Less Traveled

Lyrics:Dean Dillon/Buddy Brock
Music:Dean Dillon/Buddy Brock

There's a road, a windin' road that never ends
Full of curves, lessons learned at every bend
Goin's rough unlike the straight and narrow
It's for those who go against the grain
Have no fear dare to dream of a change
Live to march to the beat of a different drummer
And it all might come together
And it all might unraveled
On the road less traveled.

For the road less traveled ain't for the faint of heart
For those who choose to play it safe and never stray too far
Me I want to live my life and one day leave my mark
And it all might come together
And it all come unraveled
On the road less traveled.


I've chosen a pathway, I may not endure
One thing's for certain nothin's for sure
And it all might come together
And it all might come unraveled
On the road less traveled.

For the road less traveled ain't for the faint of heart
For those who choose to play it safe and never stray too far
Me I want to live my life and one day leave my mark
And it all might come together
And it all come unraveled
On the road less traveled.

And it all might come together
And it all come unraveled
On the road less traveled.

There's a road, a winding road that never ends...


8.The Middle Of Nowhere

Written:Shawn Camp/John Scott Sherrill

Way out here you can see for miles
If there was anything to be seen
Maybe I could tell the difference between
Where I am and where I've been.

So if I stare off in the distance sometimes
And get that far away look in my eye
It's that my baby went and left me out there
All alone in the middle of nowhere.

Way out in the middle of nowhere
Oh, nobody wants to go there
My baby's gone and she don't care
That I'm out here in the middle of nowhere.


Standin' at the edge of the sky
On top of a mountain so tall
Wishing to God, I could fly fly fly
When I ain't even done climbing the wall.

Could you help me let the teardrops roll
Awe anything to cleanse my soul
Or if you've got a single raindrop to spare
Lord, I'm out in the middle of nowhere.

Way out in the middle of nowhere
Oh, nobody wants to go there
My baby's gone and she don't care
That I'm out here in the middle of nowhere.

My baby's gone and she just don't care
That I'm out here in the middle of nowhere.
That, I'm out here in the middle of nowhere
Way out here in the middle of nowhere...


9.Good Time Charley's

Lyrics:Jerry Chesnut
Music:Jerry Chesnut

Oh, I know a place called Good Time Charley's
A little four piece band swingin' out of sight
And, I'll be here if you want to party
From nine in the morning 'til twelve at night.

Two miles from town 'cross the railroad track
Turn right at the light and park in the back
You're always welcome don't forget to drop in
Old Good Time Charley did time in the pen.


Well. I heard talk about a troubled major
Dropped in one night and never came again
They said he'd left with an undertaker
Who started on time two years in the pen.

Well, the beat goes on there's a hardwood floor
And the sound of laughter runnin' out the door
Wall to wall women plenty of ice-cold beer
Any thing you're after you can find it here.

Two miles from town 'cross the railroad track
Turn right at the light and park in the back
You're always welcome don't forget to drop in
At Old Good Time Charley anytime you can.

You're always welcome don't forget to drop in
At Old Good Time Charley anytime you can...


10.My Life's Been Grand

Written:Merle Haggard/Terry Gordon

My life's been grand
I been a hand at livin' it up all the way
I've had good times and bad times
And hard times and done time
But life's been a blessing every day.

My life's been grand
You know I'd write home and tell 'em
But they wouldn't believe
How good my good luck's been
And if it ended today
I've been all the way
My life's been grand.


My life's been grand
You know I'd write home and tell 'em
But they wouldn't believe
How good my good luck's been
And if it ended today
I've been all the way
My life's been grand
My life's been grand...