Very Best Of Strait

George Strait Very Best Of Strait Lyrics
1.Famous Last Words Of A Fool

I told her I wouldn't miss her at all
As she walked through the door
I couldn't care less
If she didn't care anymore
And with tears in my eyes, I lied
I was glad we were through
As she drove away crying
At the famous last words of a fool

Famous last words of a fool
Famous last words of a fool
You won't break my heart
And I don't love you
Famous last words of a fool

The first night without her would be easy
I kept tellin' myself
All the while dyin' at the thought of her lyin'
Somewhere else
There'll be nothin' to it
I'll easily find someone new
As my breaking heart echoes
The famous last words of a fool

Famous last words of a fool
Famous last words of a fool
You won't break my heart
And I don't love you
Famous last words of a fool

You won't break my heart
And I don't love you
Famous last words of a fool


2.Baby Blue

She looked so much like a lady
But she was so much like a child
A devil when she held me close
An angel when she smiled
She always held it deep inside
But somehow I always knew
She'd go away when the grass turned green
And the sky turned baby blue

(Chorus)
Baby blue was the color of her eyes
Baby blue like the Colorado skies
Like a breath of spring she came and left
And I still don't know why so
Here's to you and whoever holds my Baby Blue tonight

She brought colors to my life
That my eyes had never touched
And when she taught me how to care
I never cared so much
I try not to think of her but I fall asleep and do
And drift off where the grass is green
And the sky is baby blue

(Repeat Chorus Til End)


3.If You Ain't Lovin'(You Ain't Livin')

If you got a Cadillac, boy,
And a forty room shack, boy,
A bucket full of money
And a tree full of honey,
But if you're gettin' no huggin',
No smoochin' or a-muggin'.
If you ain't lovin',
Then you ain't livin'.

If you're ridin' on a gravy train
Instead of walkin down lover's lane,
You can't make hay, boy,
'Cause you're goin' the wrong way boy.
You gotta get a little honey,
It's better than money.
If you ain't lovin',
Then you ain't livin'.


If they call you a big man
'Cause you gotta lotta bottom land.
If you're kin to the president
And you help run the government,
But if you're gettin' no attention,
You're better off on a pension.
If you ain't lovin',
Then you ain't livin'.


If you got a string of long cars
And you're smokin' them four - bit cigars.
You ain't no well to do
Unless you get a little koochi-koo.
It takes a little bit of smackin'
All your life's a-lackin'.
If you ain't lovin',
Then you ain't livin'...


4.Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye

What a rotten day this turned out to be
I still can't believe she'd leave so easily
She just got all her things, threw 'em into a pile
Then she loaded her car and said after a while
She'd done this before, but this time she didnt cry.

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps, starin' down the road
Wondering if she'll come back this time, I dont know
After she packed when she looked back,
There were no tears in her eyes, and that's got me worried,
Thinkin' maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye.

All the times before' she'd break down and cry
She'd make her threats, but her heart wasn't set on goodbye
She just wanetd me to hear what she had to say
Now I'm lost for words, saying she went away
She may not return for this time she didn't cry.

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps, starin' down the road
Wondering if she'll come back this time, I dont know
After she packed when she looked back,
There were no tears in her eyes, and that's got me worried,
Thinkin' maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye.

That's why I'm sittin' on the front steps, starin' down the road
Wondering if she'll come back this time, I dont know
After she packed when she looked back,
There were no tears in her eyes, and that's got me worried,
Thinkin' maybe my baby's gotten good at goodbye...


5.What's Going On In Your World

What's goin' on in your world
I hope that you're doin' fine
I just called to say there is not a day
That you don't cross my mind
I just wanted to see if you feel like me
Sorry we said good bye
So what's goin' on in your world
It sure is lonesome in mine
Just tell me that you're happy
And i'll hang up the phone
Just tell me you don't need me anymore
And i'll leave you alone
I just wondered if you had somebody new
After all of this time
So what's goin' on in your world
It sure is lonesome in mine
Just tell me that you're happy
And i'll hang up the phone
Just tell me you don't need me anymore
And i'll leave you alone
I just wondered if you had somebody new
After all of this time
So what's goin' on in your world
It sure is lonesome in mine
What's goin' on in your world
It sure is lonesome in mine


6.Ace In The Hole

Chorus:
You've got to have an ace in the hole
A little secret that nobody knows
Life is a gamble a game we all play
but you need to save something for a rainy day
You've got to learn to play your cards right
If you expect to win in life
Don't put it all on the line for just one roll
You've got to have an ace in the hole

If you're headed down a one way street
and you're not sure its the way you wanna go
In money or love or all the above
Have a little more than what you show
When life deals out a suprise
Have a few suprises of your own
No matter what you do
No matter where you go
You've got to have an ace in the hole

(Chorus)

Don't put it all on the line just for one roll
You've got to have an ace in the hole

No matter what you do
No matter where you go
You've got to have an ace in the hole


7.Overnight Success

If it was in your mind
To really cut me down.
If it was in your plan
To walk me in the ground.
You left with him last night
And daylight told the rest.
And if you planned on hurtin' me,
You're an overnight success.

I couldn't blame someone
Who'd steal your love away,
Because I know what I've lost
And all he's gained.
Sweetheart last night I know
He's got the very best.
And if you planned on hurtin' me,
You're an overnight success.

Can you handle all you've won
From breakin' my pride?
Will he stay with you and help you
Spend all the tears I've cried?
Sweetheart, I love you so
And wish you, happiness.
And if you planned on hurtin' me,
You're an overnight success...


8.Love Without End, Amen

Lyrics:Aaron Baker
Music:Aaron Baker

I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When Dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waited for the
worst.

He said, ''Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us.''
He said, ''Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then, It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen.''

When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's
son
And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him.

I said, ''Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us.''
I said, ''Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then, It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen.''

Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done they'll never let me in
Then somewhere from the other side I heard those words again.

They said, ''Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see, daddies don't just love their children every now and
then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen.''...


9.Drinking Champagne

Lyrics:Bill Mack
Music:Bill Mack

I'm drinking champagne, feelin' no pain 'til early mornin'
Dinin' and dancin' with every pretty girl I can find
I'm havin' a fling with a pretty young thing 'til early mornin'
Knowin' tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind.

Guilty conscience, I guess though I must confess
I never loved you much when you were mine
So, I'll keep drinking champagne, feelin' no pain 'til early
mornin'
Dinin' and dancin' with every pretty girl I can find
Havin' a fling with a pretty young thing 'til early mornin'
Knowin' tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind.


Guilty conscience, I guess though I must confess
I never loved you much when you were mine
So, I'll keep drinkin' champagne, feelin' no pain 'til early
mornin'
Dinin' and dancin' with every pretty girl I can find
I'll keep havin' a fling with a pretty young thing 'til early
mornin'
Knowin' tomorrow I'll wake up with you on my mind...


10.I've Come To Expect It From You

Lyrics:Dean Dillon/Buddy Cannon
Music:Dean Dillon/Buddy Cannon

So upset, nervous wreck
I can't believe she said goodbye
Sit and smoke, cry and joke
About these tears in my eyes.

Chorus:
How could you do what you gone and done to me
I wouldn't treat a dog the way you treated me
But that's what I get
I've come to expect it from you.

A million times, a million lines
And I bought 'em every one
You don't care, you rip and tear
Every dream I've counted on.

I guess I should thank my unlucky stars
That I'm alive and you're the way you are
But that's what I get
I've come to expect it from you.


Chorus:
How could you do what you gone and done to me
I wouldn't treat a dog the way you treated me
But that's what I get
I've come to expect it from you.

I could raise hell but what the hell
It wouldn't do a bit of good
I can leave, my heart agrees
It seems to think that I should.

There won't be no more next time doing me wrong
You'll come back this time to find out that I'm gone
But that's what you get
You should expect that from me.

That's what I get
I've come to expect it from you...


11.If I Know Me

Lyrics:Dean Dillon/Pam Belford
Music:Dean Dillon/Pam Belford

We both said some things
I know we never meant
And when I slammed the door tonight
You wonder where I went.

If I know you, you're probably
Wonderin' what to do
You are thinkin' that I'm gone for good
If I know you.

Chorus:
But if I know me
I'll turn this car around
I won't get half way through town
And I'll be sorry
I'll stop and call
And you'll say you're sorry too
I'll come runnin' back to you
If I know me.


Sometimes I lose my head
Say things to break your heart
Forgettin' if I lost your love
It would tear my world apart.

If I know you, you didn't mean
One single thing you said
Truth be known you're dying,
Crying, lying there in bed.

Chorus:
But if I know me
I'll turn this car around
I won't get half way through town
And I'll be sorry
I'll stop and call
And you'll say you're sorry too
I'll come runnin' back to you
If I know me.

If I know me.

And I know me...


12.You Know Me Better Than That

Written:Tony Haselden/Anna Lisa Graham

Baby, since you left me, there's somebody new,
She thinks I'm perfect, I swear,
She likes my body, my class and my charm.
She says I've got a confident aire.
She respects my ambition, thinks I'm talented too,
But she's in love with an image time is bound to see through.

Chorus:
Oh, you know me better than that,
You know the me that gets lazy and fat.
How moody I can be, all my insecurities.
You've seen me lose all my charm,
You know I was raised on a farm.
Oh, she tells her friends I'm perfect,
And that I love her cat,
But you know me better than that.


I miss picnics and blue jeans and buckets of beer,
Now it's ballet and symphony hall;
I'm into culture, clean up to my ears,
It's like wearin' a shoe that's too small.
Oh, I caught her with an issue of Brides magazine,
Starin' at dresses and pickin' out rings.

Chorus:
But you know me better than that,
You know the me that gets lazy and fat.
How moody I can be, all my insecurities.
You've seen me lose all my charm,
You know I was raised on a farm.
Oh, she tells her friends I'm perfect,
And that I love her cat,
But you know me better than that.

Oh, she tells her friends I'm perfect,
And that I love that cat,
Oh, but you know me better than that...


13.The Chill Of An Early Fall

Written:Gretchen Peters/Green Daniel

Well, her old friend from her own end of town dropped by today,
And way down deep inside me somethin' died
When he came 'round to see her that way.
Here it comes again, that same old chilly wind
Will blow like a cold winter squall.
And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.

And I'll be drinkin' again and thinkin' whenever he calls,
There's a storm comin' on, and it won't be too long 'til the
snow falls.
Oh, I'll be sobersome,
But when October comes and goes in no time at all
I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.

Oh, how quick they slip away, here today and gone tomorrow.
Love and seasons never stay, bitter winds are sure to follow.
Now, there's no doubt it's gonna be cold out tonight;
I've shivered all day, and when I look in her eyes
Needin' to hold her so tight, she just looks away.
Oh, she'll swear that it's true, he's just someone she knew
Long ago, and I'll know that's not all,
And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.

Oh, I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall...


14.Lovesick Blues

Written:Irving Mills/Cliff Friend

I got a feeling called the blues,
Oh Lord, since my baby said goodbye.
Hey Lord, I don't know what I'll do.
All I do is sit and sigh, oh lord.

The last long day she said goodbye,
Lord, I thought I would cry.
She'll do me, she'll do you,
She's got that kind of lovin'.
Lord, I love to hear her
When she calls me sweet daddy.

Such a beautiful dream.
I hate to think it's all over;
I lost my heart it seems.
I've grown so used to you somehow,
But I'm nobody's sugar daddy, now.
And I'm lonesome,
I got the lovesick blues.

Yeah, I'm in love,
I'm in love with a beautiful gal,
That's what's the matter with me.
Hey, I'm in love,
I'm in love with a beautiful gal,
But she don't care about me.

And Lord, I tried and tried
To keep her satisfied,
But that gal wouldn't stay.
And, now that she is leavin'
This is all I can say.

I got a feeling called the blues,
Oh Lord, since my baby said goodbye.
Hey Lord, I don't know what I'll do.
All I do is sit and sigh, oh lord.

The last long day she said goodbye,
Lord, I thought I would cry.
She'll do me, she'll do you,
She's got that kind of lovin'.
Lord, I love to hear her
When she calls me sweet daddy.
Such a beautiful dream.

I hate to think it's all over;
I lost my heart it seems.
I've grown so used to you somehow,
But I'm nobody's sugar daddy, now.
And I'm lonesome,
I got the lovesick blues...


15.Gone As A Girl Can Get

Lyrics:Jerry Max Lane
Music:Jerry Max Lane

Well, I haven't seen her lately, and she never calls.
She don't ask my friends about me, gives no clues at all.
That a fire might still be burnin', yeah,
But, I'd say she's about as gone as a girl can get.

She don't even show up in my dreams at night,
But my stubborn ol' memory keeps holdin' on tight.
Sure makes it hard to forget
She's about as gone as a girl can get.

Chorus:
She's outta here, she disappeared without a trace.
More or less unimpressed by the tears on my face.
Her destination unknown, she just dropped out of sight,
Last seen headin' right on out of my life.
Like a stranger I ain't never met,
She's about as gone as a girl can get.


Chorus:
She's outta here, she disappeared without a trace.
More or less unimpressed by the tears on my face.
Her destination unknown, she just dropped out of sight,
Last seen headin' right on out of my life.
Like a stranger I ain't never met,
She's about as gone as a girl can get.

Like a stranger I ain't never met,
I'd say she's about as gone as a girl can get...


16.So Much Like My Dad

Lyrics:Chips Moman/Bobby Emmons
Music:Chips Moman/Bobby Emmons

I know that I surprised you coming home,
It's not my usual time of year;
But I've got myself a problem and I know
That I might find the answer here.

Remember when I was dad's pride and joy
And your little man,
Every time that I got hurt
You were there to give a hand.

You would pick me up,
and you'd kiss my hurt away.
Remember what you'd say,
'Boy you're getting more like him each and every day.'

Can we have a talk like it was yesterday?
Your boy is back in trouble
And he needs you right away.

She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
Nothing on God's green Earth would make her stay.
I can't live without her, momma,
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away.

But if I'm so much like my dad,
There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said
that always made you stay.

She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
But if I'm so much like my dad,
There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay...


17.I Cross My Heart

Lyrics:Steve Dorff/Eric Kaz
Music:Steve Dorff/Eric Kaz

Our love is unconditional, we knew it from the start.
I see it in your eyes, you can feel it from my heart.
From here on after let's stay the way we are right now,
And share all the love and laughter that a lifetime will allow.

Chorus:
I cross my heart and promise to
Give all I've got to give to make all your dreams come true.
In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.

You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete,
And as long as there's a breath in me, I'll make yours just as
sweet.
As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see,
So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.

Chorus:
I cross my heart and promise to
Give all I've got to give to make all your dreams come true.
In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.

And if along the way we find a day it starts to storm,
You've got the promise of my love to keep you warm.


In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.
A love as true as mine...


18.Overnight Male

Written:Richard Fagan/Kim Williams/Ron Harbin

Let me be your male-man and I'll always come though
There's no denying' come rain or shine I'll deliver my love to
you
I do things by the letter you can put your stamp on me
Cause there ain't nobody better for a special delivery.

Chorus:
Like the pony express and the wild wild west
I'll ride hard all night long
And I can saddle up fast get ya there first class
Long before the dawn
You know your male's gonna get to you
Come snow, rain, sleet, or hail
Cause I'm a top flight, hold ya tight, get ya there by daylight
Do you right overnight male.


I know your heart is fragile so I'll handle it with care
There ain't no doubt I know love's route
So baby let me take you there I'll bring you cards and flowers
But I know just what you need just give me 24 hours,
satisfaction guaranteed.

Chorus:
You know your male's gonna get to you
Come snow, rain, sleet, or hail
Cause I'm a top flight, hold ya tight, get ya there by daylight
Do ya right overnight male
Yeah I'm a top flight, hold ya tight, get ya there by daylight
Do ya right overnight male...


19.Heartland

Lyrics:Steve Dorff/John Bettis
Music:Steve Dorff/John Bettis

When you hear twin fiddles and a steel guitar
You're listenin' to the sound of the American heart
And opry music on a Saturday night
Brings a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.

Chorus:
Sing a song about the heartland the only place I feel at home
Sing about the way a good man works until the daylight's gone
Sing the rain on the roof on a summer night
Where they still know wrong from right
Sing a song about the heartland, sing a song about my life.


Chorus:
Sing a song about the heartland the only place I feel at home
Sing about the way a good man works until the daylight's gone
Sing the rain on the roof on a summer night
Where they still know wrong from right
Sing a song about the heartland, sing a song about my life.

Yeah...


20.When Did You Stop Loving Me

Lyrics:Donny Kees/Monty Holmes
Music:Donny Kees/Monty Holmes

When did you stop loving me?
How long have I been a memory?
I've got to know for my own sanity,
Tell me when did you stop loving me?

Was it that night that you stayed out until dawn,
You know that night has haunted me for so long?
Or was your love already cold, tell me please, I've got to know?
Darling, when did you stop loving me?

There was a time when you worshiped where I stood
Heaven knows, I'd bring it back if I could
I can tell when we make love it aint me you're thinking of
Tell me when did you stop loving me?

Darling, when did you stop loving me?...