1.Shuttin' Detroit Down
My daddy taught me in this country everyone's the same.
You work hard for your dollar and you never pass the blame,
When it don't go your way.
Now I see all these big shots whining on my evening news,
About how they're losing billions and it's up to me and you
To come running to the rescue.
We'll pardon me if I don't shed a tear.
There selling make believe and we don't buy that here.
Because in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down,
While the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town.
DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground.
Yeah while there living up on Wall Street in that New York City
town,
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down.
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down.
Well that old man's been working in that plant most all his
life,
Now his pension plan's been cut in half and he can't afford to
die
And it's a crying shame, cus he ain't the one to Blame.
When I looked down to see his calloused hands,
Well let me tell you friend it gets me fightin' mad.
Cause in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down,
While the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town.
DC's bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction ground.
Yeah while there living up on Wall Street in that New York City
town,
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down.
Yeah while there living up on Wall Street in that New York City
town,
Here in the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down.
Here in the real world they're shuttin; Detroit down,
In the real world they're shuttin' Detroit down.
They're shuttin' Detroit down.
2.Trucker Man
He's got a sunburn on his left arms
From hangin' out a Peterbbilt window
Got a wife and three kids on the farm
Drivin' as fast as he can go, yeah
Minneapolis in his rear view
He's a dead headin' to tulsa
Got the hammer down on 82
With every mile marker getting closer
I said
Hey he's a trucker man
Tryin' to get home just as fast as he can
Those red-eye runs are taking there torl
his eighteen-wheeler is a rollin' back home
Starin' a hole through the windshield
He's got nineteen on the CB
Well they call him the Bandit
'Cause he only brakes for the Smokies
I said
Hey he's a trucker man
Tryin' to get home just as fast as he can
Those red-eye runs are taking there torl
his eighteen-wheeler is a rollin' back home
He's got a Smith and Wesson in he glove box
And Mother Mary on the dashboard
He's a red-blooded blue-collar man
American right to the core
Hey he's a trucker man
Tryin' to get home just as fast as he can
Those red-eye runs are taking there torl
his eighteen-wheeler is a rollin' back home
Hey he's a trucker man
Tryin' to get home just as fast as he can
Those red-eye runs are taking there torl
his eighteen-wheeler is a rollin' back home
Well he's rollin' back home
3.The Good Lord And The Man
Well he was one of the millions
who signed up to defend us
long ago in 1941
when they sucker punched us in Pearl Harbor
he fought under Macarthur seventeen with an army Thompson gun
Well he stormed a lot of beaches slept in jungles with the
leaches
he saw things young man should never see
and when they shot him in the shoulder
he got back up and he marched over
left a lot of brothers dead in kawagalie
If it wasn't for the good lord and the man
there wouldn't be a breath of freedom in this land
and I see people on my T.V. taking shots at Uncle Sam
I hope they always remember why they can
cause we'd all be speakin' German livin' under the flag of Japan
if it wasn't for the good lord and the man
if it wasn't for the good lord and the man
Well I'm the grandson of a soldier and I'd fight the whole world
over
if duty called and freedoms on the line
but thanks to the greatest generation and the ones still
fighting for our nation
I've never had to kill for my way of life
If it wasn't for the good lord and the man
there wouldn't be a breath of freedom in this land
and I see people on my T.V. taking shots at Uncle Sam
I hope they always remember why they can
cause we'd all be speakin' German livin' under flag of Japan
if it wasn't for the good lord and the man
if it wasn't for the good lord and the man
there wouldn't be a breath of freedom in this land
and I see people on my T.V. taking shots at uncle Sam
I hope they always remember why they can
cause we'd all be speakin' German livin' under flag of Japan
if it wasn't for the good lord and the man
if it wasn't for the good lord and the man
4.Another You
My god what have I done
You gave me your heart
And I broke it up
Now here I am
All alone and I'm hatin' me
Cuz' baby with you I had everything
Now I'm a nothin' man
Not sure what I do from here
Or where I'll go
Baby the only thing I know is
I'll never find another you
Someone who moves me like you do
Someone that knows me inside out
A love that'll never let me down
I could search all through this world
Try to find another like you girl
But no matter what I do
I'll never find another you
You put yourself in the palm of my hand
I was the envy of every man
And it was beautiful
What a perfect little life we found
We built it up and I tore it all down... like a fool
How will I ever forgive myself
And how do I live
Knowing I'll never feel that way again
And I'll never find another you
Someone who moves me like you do
Someone that knows me inside out
A love that'll never let me down
I could search all through this world
Try to find another like you girl
But no matter what I do
I'll never find another you
Maybe someday I'll find a sweet face
That takes me half the way to where we've been
Oh and who knows maybe I'll come close
But comin' close is all I'll ever get
All I'll ever get
I'll never find another you
Someone who moves me like you do
Someone that knows me inside out
A love that'll never let me down
I could search all through this world
Try to find another like you girl
But no matter what I do
No matter what I do
I'll never find another you
I'll never find another you
I'll never find another you
5.Preacher Man
I'm a son of a preacher man
Everybody calls him Brother Jim
'Seem like I spend my life
Trying to live up to him
Wekk he taught me wrong from right
But Lord knows I still sin
Hey I'm the son of a preacher man
Daddy said that the narrow road
Was the only road to take
But now I make my living on a tour bus
Rolling down interstates
All-nighters with cheaters and liars
Can somtimes test your faith
I'm still the son of a preacher man
Well the good books say that Jesus ran with a party crowd
So I believe and pray them Pearly Gates are still where I'm
bound
And I don't know if the life I chose make my daddy proud
Of who I am
I'm just the son of a preacher man
Most Sunday mornings
I spend getting over Saturday nights
While he's down there preaching in the pulpit
Singing, 'I Saw The Light.'
And sometimes it's hard
To look my mirror in the eye
Knowing I'm the son of a preacher man
Well the good books say that Jesus ran with a party crowd
So I believe and pray them Pearly Gates are still where I'm
bound
And I don't know if the life I chose make my daddy proud
I'm just the son of a preacher man
I'm just the son, I'm just the son
Hey I'm the son
Of a preacher man
6.I Don't Wanna Lose You Love
Baby I can tell there's something that you're wanting to say.
And I'm so afraid of where this is going.
I know life ain't easy when you're living with a man like me.
It's just got to be some kind of heartache.
I don't wanna lose your love.
I don't wanna hear you say goodbye.
I don't wanna let you go, don't wanna ba alone
With tears in my eyes.
Got to be an answer baby.
Something I can say to change your mind.
I don't wanna lose your love.
I don't wanna lose your love tonight.
I've got no right to ask you for another chance.
But please understand I'm nothing without you.
Life just wouldn't man anything to me.
If you ever leave - you'd leave me dying.
I don't wanna lose your love.
I don't wanna hear you say goodbye.
I don't wanna let you go, don't wanna ba alone
With tears in my eyes.
Got to be an answer baby.
Something I can say to change your mind.
I don't wanna lose your love.
I don't wanna lose your love tonight.
I won't let this die. I'll stand up and fight for our love.
I won't let go, baby you know-
I still believe in us.
I don't wanna lose your love.
I don't wanna hear you say goodbye.
I don't wanna let you go, don't wanna ba alone
With tears in my eyes.
Got to be an answer baby.
Something I can say to change your mind.
I don't wanna lose your love.
I don't wanna lose your love tonight.
Tonight
I don't wanna lose your love
I don't wanna lose your love
I don't wanna lose your love tonight
7.Everbody Wants To Be Me
Well everybody sees me being a blinin' country rok star
Drivin' downtown poundin' honky tonk sounds in my bandit car
They didn't know me back then '92, with my pawn-shop guitar
And the holes in my boots
Didn't see what I had to go through
All the beatin's I took, just a payin' my dues, and now
Everybody wants to be me
But the don't wabt to bruise and they Don't want to bleed
Want to spend all the money, hung up all the honeys
And try to get their fortune for free
Don't want to do what it takes to be what they want to be
No but everybody wants, everybody want to be me
Well there's a camera ub ny face nearly everyday
Anbd I just got to grin
They take my country-boy views make it big city news
And I just take it on the chin
'Cause when you're playin' at tge top of your game
When the phone's always ringin' and they're droppin' names
But the second that you start to fall
Hey nobody cares and nobody calls, but
Everybody wants to be me
But the don't wabt to bruise and they Don't want to bleed
Want to spend all the money, hung up all the honeys
And try to get their fortune for free
Don't want to do what it takes to be what they want to be
No but everybody wants, everybody want to be me
Well everybody wants to be me
But they don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleed
Want to spend all the monry, hug up all the honeys
Try to get their fortune for free
Everybody wants to be me
But the don't wabt to bruise and they Don't want to bleed
Want to spend all the money, hung up all the honeys
And try to get their fortune for free
Don't want to do what it takes to be what they want to be
No but everybody wants, everybody want to be me
Everybody wants
I said everybody wants, everybody wants to be me
Yeah they want to be me
Yes they do
Everybody wants to be me
8.Turn A Counrty Boy On
All the girls reading them rag magazines
Trying to figure out the male species
How the bring a boy down to his knees
Hey now girls don't be believin' everything you read
It ain't as hard as they're making it seem
'Cause it don't matter if you're skinny or got meat on your
bones
If you want to turn a country boy on
You got to jump in his four-wheel drive
Put them Wrangler jeans on and cut them off thigh high
Crank the Hank, find a football game
And chug a beer ice cold
If you want to turn a country boy on
I don't know what's turning them city boys' heads
Probably high-heels, short skirts and fishnets
All the ladies if you want to snag a down-home man
I'll tell just how you can
You got to jump in his four-wheel drive
Put them Wrangler jeans on and cut them off thigh high
Crank the Hank, find a football game
And chug a beer ice cold
If you want to turn a country boy on
You got to jump in his four-wheel drive
Put them Wrangler jeans on and cut them off thigh high
Crank the Hank, find a football game
And chug a beer ice cold
You got to jump in his four-wheel drive
Put them Wrangler jeans on and cut them off thigh high
Crank the Hank, find a football game
And chug a beer ice cold
If you want to turn a country boy on
Turn a country boy on
Turn a country boy on
9.Why Does Somebody Always Have To Die
Mama said, 'Stay away from the train yard children
Don't be play' on them tracks
Those old big devils can sneak up on ya
And run you down just like that'
Well little brother jonah don't heed her warning
Tried to chase a fast one down
I can still hear the words my mama was crying
As we laid him in the ground, she said
Why does somebody always have to die
Before people listen, and open up their eyes
There ain't no need for hurtin'.
or the bloody tears we cry
So why does somebody always have to die
Mr. White-collar in an uptown high-rise
Finishing a twelve hour day
A double tall glass of tequila sunrise
Takes a little stress away
Well he came around the corner doing 87
Swerving all over the place
He sent a five-year-old straight to Heaven
And never even touched his brakes
Why does somebody always have to die
Before people listen, and open up their eyes
There ain't no need for hurtin'.
or the bloody tears we cry
So why does somebody always have to die
There once was a carpenter living in Nazareth
Said He was the Son of Gos
Said He came here to free the captive
And bring faith to the lost
Well He tried to tell him all about life eternal
But they just wouldn't believe
And He said 'Father won't you please forgive them'
As they nailed Him to the tree
Why does somebody always have to die
Before people listen, and open up their eyes
There ain't no need for hurtin'.
or the bloody tears we cry
So why does somebody always have to die
Mama said, 'Stay away from the train yard children
Don't be play' on them tracks
Those old big devils can sneak up on ya
And run you down just like that'
10.I Thought You'd Never Ask
Well she's been ther right beside me
Through the ups and downs and all the in-betweens
No I couldn't live without her
But I've never let her see that side of me
Well I finally bought that diamond
I found the right timin' with a breakin' voice
I fell down on my knees
And she said, 'Hey boy I thought you'd never ask
I've been lovin' on you since a long, long time ago
And I can't believe you held out on my, letting all this time
slip past'
And she said, 'yes and I thought you'd never ask.'
Well we both started crying as we saw our future coming into
view
We saw a home and a family and all the things that come with
love that's true
And as we stood there shaking talking about the life we'd be
making
She took my hand and looking in the eyes
And she said, 'Hey boy I thought you'd never ask
I've been lovin' on you since a long, long time ago
And I can't believe you held out on my, letting all this time
slip past'
And she said, 'yes and I thought you'd never ask.'
She said, 'I wondered if I'd see the day
When you'd finally give your heart away
And we wind up in this perfect place'
And she said, 'Hey boy I thought you'd never ask
I've been lovin' on you since a long, long time ago
And I can't believe you held out on my, letting all this time
slip past'
And she said, 'yes and I thought you'd never ask.'
And she said, ' yes, and I thought you'd never
Boy I thought you'd never ask.'
11.Drive Myself To Drink
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