1.County Fair
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Robbie Cheuvront/Chris Waters
Twenty bucks buys ten coupons
Two ears of corn and one ride on
The tilt-a-whirl with your favorite girl
Keep on walking down the midway
Three-eyed goats and games to play
Step right in, Carney says try your luck
You can tell the sweet smell of summer in the air
Whole town shuts down, everybody's gonna be there
Chorus
Down at the county fair
Big time, big top, big crowds, big hair
There's nothing bigger all around
This country anywhere
Than the county fair
Judging pigs and judging pies
Fighting for the first place prize
And have you seen this year's queen
4-H Club and FAA working toward a better day
And a petting zoo, yeah, they got that too
And eight o'clock rolls around, everybody knows
The grandstands open up and it's time for the big show
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Down at the county fair
Big time, big top, big crowds, big hair
There's nothing bigger all around
This country anywhere
Than the county fair
2.Class Reunion(That Used To Be Us)
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Frank Myers/Don Pfrimmer
Well I rolled into town
With the ragtop down
I was looking for that homecoming queen
That three-by-nine lit hotel sign read
Welcome back class of '83
There were football guys twice their size
Cheerleaders hiding the grey in their hair
The names were the same but the faces had changed
I didn't recognize anyone there
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That used to be us, we used to be cool
With the music cranked up, hanging out after school
That used to be Jill, that used to be Joe
Tell me when in the world did we all go
That used to be us
I had a drink with some buds
Played a lot of catch up
Danced with my date from prom
But as hard as I tried until I closed by eyes
Everybody I knew was gone
There was Mr. Finch, he taught English and French
He was dancing with a couple of canes
And that homecoming queen, yeah the girl of my dreams
Didn't even remember my name
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As I stand here and look around
I can't help but wonder
Who will we be ten years from now
3.Let's Be Us Again
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Maribeth Derry/Tommy Lee James
Tell me what I have to do tonight
'Cause I'd do anything to make it right
Let's be us again
I'm sorry for the way I lost my head
I don't know why I said the things I said
Let's be us again
Here I stand
With everything to lose
And all I know is I don't want to ever see the end
Baby please, I'm reaching out for you
Won't you open up your heart and let me come back in
Let's be us again
Oh us again
Look at me, I'm way past pride
Isn't there some way that we can try
To be us again
Even if it takes a while
I'll wait right here until I see that smile
That says we're us again
Here I stand
With everything to lose
And all I know is I don't want to ever see the end
Baby please, I'm reaching out for you
Won't you open up your heart and let me come back in
Let's be us
Baby baby what would I do
I can't imagine life without you
Here I stand
With everything to lose
And all I know is I don't want to ever see the end
Baby please, I'm reaching out for you
Won't you open up your heart and let me come back in
Oh, here I am
I'm reaching out for you
So won't you open up your heart and let me come back in
Let's be us again
Oh let's be us again
4.That Gets Me
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Bob Dipiero/Tom Shapiro
It's the way you twist a curl into your hair
As you sit there unaware of how beautiful you are
It's the music that I always seem to hear
When you bring yourself to tears from laughing way too hard
And when we're slowly dancing you slip off your shoes
Don't you know, baby, just like everything you do
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That gets me, that just gets me every time
Right here inside this heart of mine
You open up your world and lay your love out on the line
That gets me, that just gets me every time
It's the way you say your prayers before you sleep
Then you curl up next to me and we hold each other close
And you tell me with your eyes that you'll never let me go
And that may be the moment that I love the most
When you make me feel like no other man exists
And when I taste the power and surrender of your kiss
That gets me, that just gets me every time
Right here inside this heart of mine
You open up your world and lay your love out on the line
That gets me, that just gets me every time
5.Women Rule The World
Lyrics:Dean Sams/Brett James
Music:Dean Sams/Brett James
I guess just about everything I've ever done
I've been tryin' to impress or get close to one of 'em
Seems like I was about thirteen
And Bobbi Jo Guthrie was the pumpkin queen
And that night I realized for the very first time
Women rule the world
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The way they talk, the say they giggle
They way they walk, they way they jiggle
Makes men buy'em diamonds and pearls
That look when they're up to something
Soft touch, oh that lovin'
They're sexy when they're mamas
Cute when they're girls
Women rule the world
Now we men like to think we're in control
We all want to be big shots
We like to think we run the show
The truth is with just the right smile
You ladies know you can drive us wild
Those mini-skirts and the way you flirt
You know just what works
Women rule the world
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In all shapes and sizes
They make my temperature rise
Style and brains, the whole shebang
I'm here to say, women rule the world
Uh huh
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6.What I Miss The Most
Written:Michael Britt/Richie Mcdonald/Frank Myers
I hear the sound of gentle rain
Like teardrops on the windowpane
A priceless smile in a wooden frame beside the bed
I stare at the ceiling and talk to the walls
I lay here alone and imagine it all
As a river of memories rush through my head
I can almost taste your kiss as I think about how much I miss
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Your hungry eyes, your satin skin
The sound of your voice whisperin'
The love I feel inside your heart
When you're wrapped up in my arms so close
That's what I miss the most
I try to rest but sleep won't come
My body aches and my mind is numb
Shadows fall as the morning sun begins to rise
Another day without you here
Has it been weeks or has it been years
I find it getting harder keeping track of time
I breath in and I breath out but it's getting tough to live
without
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7.Let Them Be Little
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Billy Dean
I can remember when you fit in the palm of my hand
Felt so good in it, no bigger than a minute
How it amazes me, you're changing with every blink
Faster than a flower blooms they grow up all too soon
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Let them me be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them hope every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
I've never felt so much in one little tender touch
I live for your kisses, prayers and your wishes
Now that you're teaching me things only a child can see
Every night while we're on your knees all I ask is please
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So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around
And it's time to let them go
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8.T.G.I.F.
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Philip Douglas/Ron Harbin
Monday was a bummer, Tuesday was another day
They could've left outta the week
Wednesday nearly got me, Thursday all but stopped me
I was broken down and beat
But I started feelin' strong when Friday finally came along
Chorus
T.G.I.F. know what that means
Get down to the beach A.S.A.P.
Yeah, there's gonna be a party goin' all weekend
Polynesian Polly and her parrothead friends
Gonna stay until there's not a pina colada leftT.G.I.F.
Yeah, there ain't no stoppin' once the band starts rockin'
With those shaker thangs and big steel drums
Don't worry half as much about the tide risin' up
As we do 'bout getting low on rum
So bury me in the sand, put a frozen drink in my hand
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9.Summertime
Written:Dean Sams/River Rutherford/Tom Shapiro
I like your look in that sweater
All warm and bundled up tight
But I keep picturing something a little different tonight
I see you in a bikini
One lazy toe in the pool
Layed back and sippin' on something long, tall and cool
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Yeah, I can't wait for a warm breeze blowin'
Green grass growin' and the bright sunshine
Short sundress with your long legs showin'
I can't wait for the summertime
Oh the summertime
I'm gonna find us some tickets
To a tropical isle
You just see if your mama can keep the kids for awhile
We'll take our drinks with umbrellas
We'll take a room with a view
I'm gonna take my time makin' sweet love to you
(That's what I'm gonna do)
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I can't wait for a warm breeze blowin'
Green grass growin' and the bright sunshine
Short sundress with your long legs showin'
I can't wait for the summertime
Feel your body next to mine
Oh the summertime
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10.Now
Written:Steve Robson/Jeffrey Steele
The laughter is gone
The crying' is over
And I'm not losin' sleep anymore
The walls are all bare
The closet's half empty
The phone doesn't ring like before
I'm done with fallin' apart
I' waitin' for my change of heart
I wake up alone
Knowin' I'm on my own again
Got it all straight in my head
Must be somethin' I missed
As I went down the list
Of the things that I need to forget
Everything's gone
Who knows where this road will end
What you're gonna miss
Life's not long enough
To spend it on regrets
All I know is what I'm seein' in you eyes
Hold me close before the moment passes by
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If ever there was a night
If ever the time was right
It's now
Nothing else matters
If ever a meant to be
Truly was meant to be
It's us
Right here, right now
Say a million other dreams
Haunt you in your sleep
It's hard to know which ones
Are the ones that you should keep
But look around
Don't get caught up in the past
Put your faith in the ones you think will last
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11.Mr. Mom
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Ron Harbin/Don Pfrimmer
Lost my job, came home mad
Got a hug and kiss and that's too bad
She said I can go to work until you find another job
I said I like the sound of that
Watch TV and take long naps
Go from a hard working dad to being Mr. Mom
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Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the fifteenth time
Breakfast six, naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
It's crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom
Football, soccer and ballet
Squeeze in Scouts and PTA
There's that grocery list she left for me
That's seven pages long
How much smoke can one stove make
The kids won't eat my charcoal coke
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Before I fall in bed tonight
If the dog didn't eat the classifieds
I'm gonna look just one more time
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Balancin' checkbooks, juggling bills
Thought there was nothing to it
Baby, now I know how you feel
What I don't know is how you do it
12.From There To Here
Written:Richie Mcdonald/Ron Harbin/Don Pfrimmer
Artist:Lonestar/Randy Owen
Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright
Built wings out of wood and steel
Folks said that thing'll never fly
They said watch, I bet it will
We've been defyin' gravity now goin' on a hundred years
It was paper wings, faith and dreams
That's how we got from there to here
A nickel bought a soda pop way back then
And a movie only cost a dime
He came home with a scar and a purple heart
She waited all that time
Today they'll cut a golden wedding cake
How'd they make it all those years
It had to be tough, they just said it was love
That's how they got from there to here
Bridge
You either do or you don't believe
That it can or it can't be done
An ounce of faith and a touch of grace
And it can happen to anyone
Four boys, lotsa noise, two-car garage
Hey, turn those guitars down
They couldn't know that the world would grow
In time to love that sound
They headed out, a beat up van
And a U-Haul packed full of gear
The road was long, but the will was strong
That's how they got from there to here
Tag
Yeah, they got a bus but you can bet they'd walk
Just to hear another crowd cheer
It was a song and a prayer and a lotta luck and you
That got us from there to here
13.Somebody's Someone
Lyrics:Richie Mcdonald
Music:Richie Mcdonald
Turn to the six o'clock news, another soldier dies
Tried to fight it but I couldn't help it, I had to cry
When my little boy asked me daddy was he your friend
I said no, I didn't even know him
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But he was somebody's someone, a neighbor, a husband
A brother, a father and a mother's only son
He was an uncle, a cousin, somebody's best friend
And I'm sure at times a shoulder to lean on
He was somebody's someone
So I sat there in that chair and helped him understand
How this brave young man gave his life for our land
And Although he's someone we'll never know
To you and me he is a here
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To the world he was a total stranger
Who kept us safe and out of danger
But now he's just a picture on TV
Somebody's memory
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