Greatest Hits: Volume 1

Rascal Flatts Greatest Hits: Volume 1 Lyrics
1.Prayin' For Daylight

I've got the lights turned up
The door is locked, the bedroom TV's on
Doing the only thing that gets me through the night
Since you've been gone

Prayin' for daylight, waiting for that morning sun
So I can act like my whole life ain't going wrong
Baby come back to me, I swear I'll make it right
Don't make me spend another lonely night
Prayin' for daylight
(Prayin' for daylight)

I made a bad miscalculation
Betting you would never leave
Cause if you're getting on with your new life.
Then where does that leave me

Prayin' for daylight, waiting for that morning sun
So I can act like my whole life ain't going wrong
Baby come back to me, I swear I'll make it right
Don't make me spend another lonely night
Prayin' for daylight
(Prayin' for daylight)
Prayin' for daylight
(Prayin' for daylight)
Prayin' for daylight
Hoping that I didn't wait too long
(I didn't wait too long)
That this is just the dark before the dawn

Deep in my heart I know
That you love me as much as I love you
And that you must be lying somewhere
Looking up to Heaven too

Prayin' for daylight, waiting for that morning sun
So I can act like my whole life ain't going wrong
Baby come back to me, I swear I'll make it right
Don't make me spend another lonely night

Prayin' for daylight, waiting for that morning sun
So I can act like my whole life ain't going wrong
Baby come back to me, I swear I'll make it right
Don't make me spend another lonely night
Prayin' for daylight
(Prayin' for daylight)
Prayin' for daylight
I don't want to spend another lonely night
I don't want to spend another lonely night
Prayin' for daylight
I don't want to spend another lonely night
Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo, Oooo
Prayin' for daylight


2.I'm Movin' On

I've Dealt With My Ghosts And I've Faced All My Demons
Finally Content With A Past I Regret
I've Found You Find Strength In Your Moments Of Weakness
For Once I'm At Peace With Myself
I've Been Burdened With Blame, Trapped In The Past For Too Long
I'm Movin' On

I've Lived In This Place And I Know All The Faces
Each One Is Different But They're Always The Same
They Mean Me No Harm But It's Time That I Face It
They'll Never Allow Me To Change
But I Never Dreamed Home Would End Up Where I Don't Belong
I'm Movin' On

I'm Movin' On
At Last I Can See Life Has Been Patiently Waiting For Me
And I Know There's No Guarantees, But I'm Not Alone
There Comes A Time In Everyone's Life
When All You Can See Are The Years Passing By
And I Have Made Up My Mind That Those Days Are Gone

I Sold What I Could And Packed What I Couldn't
Stopped To Fill Up On My Way Out Of Town
I've Loved Like I Should But Lived Like I Shouldn't
I Had To Lose Everything To Find Out
Maybe Forgiveness Will Find Me Somewhere Down This Road
I'm Movin' On
I'm Movin' On
I'm Movin' On


3.These Days

Hey baby, is that you?
Wow, your hair got so long
Yeah, yeah, I love it, I really do
norma jean, aint that the song
Wed sing in the car
Drivin downtown, top down
Making the rounds
Checking out the bands on doheeney avenue

Yeah, life throws you curves
But you learned to swerve
Me I swung and I missed
And the next thing ya know
Im reminiscin dreaming old dreams
Wishing on wishes
Like you would be back again

I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song
We danced to and then
I head off to my job
Guess not much has changed
Punch the clock
Head for home
Check the phone, just incase
Go to bed
Dream of you
Thats what Im doing these days

Someone told me after college
You ran off to vegas
You married a rodeo cowboy
Wow, that aint the girl I knew
Me Ive been a few places
Mostly here and there once or twice
Still sortin out life, but Im doing alright
Yeah, its good to see you too

Hey girl, youre late
And those planes, they dont wait
But if you ever come back around
To this sleepy old town
Promise youll stop in
To see an old friend
And until then...

I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song we danced to and then
I head off to my job
Guess not much has changed
Punch the clock
Head for home
Check the phone, just incase
Go to bed
Dream of you
Thats what Im doing these

I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song we danced to and then
I head off to my job
Guess not much has changed
Punch the clock
Head for home
Check the phone, just incase
Go to bed
Dream of you
Thats what Im doing these

I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song we danced to and then
I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song we danced to and then
I wake up and tear drops
They fall down like rain
I put on that old song we danced to and then


4.I Melt

When you light those candles
Up there on that mantle, setting the mood
Well, I just lie there staring
Silently preparing to love on you
Well, I can feel the heat from across the room
Ain't it wild what a little flame can make you wanna do
I melt every time you look at me that way
It never fails, anytime, any place
This burn in me is the coolest thing I've ever felt
I melt

Don't know how you do it
I love the way I lose it, every time
What's even better
Is knowing that forever you're all mine
The closer you get, the more my body aches
One little stare from you is all it takes
I melt every time you look at me that way
It never fails, anytime, any place
This burn in me is the coolest thing I've ever felt
I melt

I melt every time you look at me that way
It never fails, anytime, any place
This burn in me is the coolest thing I've ever felt
I melt
Every time you look at me that way
I melt, I melt


5.Mayberry

Sometimes it feels like this world is spinning faster
Than it did in the old days
So naturally we have more natural disasters
From the strain of a fast pace

Sunday was the day of rest
Now its one more day for progress
And we can't slow down
Cause more is best
It's all an endless process

Well I miss Mayberry
Sittin on the porch drinking ice cold Cherry Coke
Where everything is black & white
Pickin on a Six String
Where people pass by and you call them by their first name
Watching the clouds roll by bye bye

Sometimes I can hear this old earth shouting
Through the trees as the wind blows
Thats when I climb up here on this mountain
To look through God's window

Now I can't fly
But I've got two feet
To get me high up here
Above the noise and city streets
My worries disappear

Well I miss Mayberry
Sittin on the porch drinking ice cold Cherry Coke
Where everything is black & white
Pickin on a Six String
Where people pass by and you call them by their first name
Watching the clouds roll by bye bye

Sometimes I dream I'm driving down an old dirt road
Not even listed on the map
I pass a dad and his son carrying a fishing pole
But I always wake up everytime I try to turn back

Well I miss Mayberry
Sittin on the porch drinking ice cold Cherry Coke
Where everything is black & white
Pickin on a Six String
Where people pass by and you call them by their first name
Watching the clouds roll by bye bye


6.Feels Like Today

I Woke up this morning
With this feeling inside me that I can't explain
like a weight that I've carried
Been carried away, away
But I know something is coming
I don't know what it is
But I know it's amazing, you save me
My time is coming
And I'll find my way out of this longest drought...
It feels like today I know
It feels like today I'm sure
It's the one thing that's missin'
The one thing I'm wishin'
Life's sacred blessin' and then
It feels like today
Feels like today

You treat life like a picture
But it's not a moment thats frozen in time
It's not gonna wait
Til you make up your mind, at all
So while this storm is breaking
While there's light at the end of the tunnel
Keep running towards it
Releasing the pressure, that's my heartache
Soon this dam will break
And it feels like today I know,
it feels like today, I'm sure
It's the one thing that's missin'
The one thing you're wishin'
Life's sacred blessin' and then,
It feels like today

It's the one thing that's missin'
The one thing you're wishin'
Life's sacred blessin' and then,
It feels like today


7.Bless The Broken Road

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true

Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

Now I'm just rolling home
Into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you.


8.Fast Cars & Freedom

Starin' at you takin' off your makeup
Wondering why you even put it on
I know you think you do but baby you don't need it
Wish that you could see what I see it when it's gone

I see a dust trail following an old red Nova
Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder
Wait, baby don't moved, right here it is
T-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch
That river was cold but we gave love a chance
Yeah, yeah to me
You don't look a day over Fast Cars and Freedom
That sunset river bank first time feeling

Yeah, smile and shake your head as if you don't believe me
I'll just sit right here and let you take me back
I'm on that gravel road, look at me
On my way to pick you up you're standing on the front porch
Looking just like that remember that

I see a dust trail following an old red Nova
Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder
Wait, baby don't moved, right here it is
T-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch
That river was cold but we gave love a chance
Yeah, yeah to me
You don't look a day over Fast Cars and Freedom
That sunset river bank first time feeling

I see a dust trail following an old red Nova
Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder
You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom
That sunset, riverbank, first time feelin'


9.Skin (Sarabeth)

Sarah Beth is scared to death
To hear what the doctor will say
She hasn't been well
Since the day that she fell
And the bruises just won't go away
So she sits and see waits with her mother and dad
Flips through an old magazine
Till a the nurse with a smile
Stands at the door
And says will you please come with me

Sarah Beth is scared to death
Cause the doctor just told her the news
Between the red cells and white
Something's not right
But we're gonna take care of you
Six chances in ten it won't come back again
With the therapy were gonna try
It's just been approved
It's the strongest there is
I think we caught it in time
Sarah Beth closes her eyes

She dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love is holding her close
And the soft wind in blowing her hair

Sarah Beth is scared to death
As she sits holding her mom
Says it would be a mistake
For someone to take
A girl with no hair to the prom
Oh, just this morning right there on her pillow
Was the cruelest of any surprise
And she cried when she gathered it all in her hands
The proof that she couldn't deny
Sarah Beth closes her eyes

She dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love was holding her close
And the soft wind is blowing her hair
Its quarter to seven
That boys at the door
And her daddy ushers him in
And when he takes off his cap
They all start to cry
Cause this mornin where his hair had been
Softly she touches just skin

And they go dancin
Around and around without any cares
And her very first true love was holding her close
And for a moment she isn't scared


10.What Hurts The Most

I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let 'em out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again
I pretend I'm ok, but that's not what gets me

What hurts the most
was being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was trying to do

It's hard to deal with the pain of losin' you every where I go
But I'm doin' it
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm
alone
Still harder
Gettin' up, gettin' dressed, livin' with this regret, but I know
If I could do it over
I would trade, give away, all the words that I saved in my heart
that I left unspoken

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do

What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
Not seeing that loving you
That's what I was trying to do


11.My Wish

I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow,
and each road leads you where you wanna go,
and if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.
And if one door opens to another door closed,
I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,
if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile.
But more than anything, more than anything...

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it
to,
your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things
too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but you never forget,
all the ones who love you, in the place you left,
I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,
and you help somebody every chance you get,
Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,
and always give more than you take.
But More than anything, yeah, more than anything...

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it
to,
your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things
too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it
to,
your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more than you can hold,
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to,
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things
too,
Yeah, this, is my wish.


12.Stand

You feel like a candle in a hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless, like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright, you'll be alright
'Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend 'til you break
'Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand

Life's like a novel with the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon with only one way down
Take what you're given before it's gone
And start holdin' on, keep holdin' on
'Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend 'til you break
'Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand

Every time you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place - yeah

'Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend 'til you break
'Cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand


13.Life Is A Highway

Life's like a road that you travel on,
When there's one day here and the next day gone,
Sometimes you bend and sometimes you stand,
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind,
There's a world outside ev'ry darkened door,
Where blues won't haunt you anymore,
Where brave are free and lovers soar,
Come ride with me to the distant shore,
We won't hesitate,
Break down the garden gate,
There's not much time left today,
Life is a highway,
I wanna ride it all night long,
If you're going my way,
I wanna drive it all night long,

Through all these cities and all these towns,
It's in my blood and it's all around,
I love you now like I loved you then,
This is the road and these are the hands,
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights,
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights,
Knock me down get back up again,
You're in my blood,
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold,
Road so rough this I know,
I'll be there when the light comes in,
Just tell 'em we're survivors,
Life is a highway,
I wanna ride it all night long,
If you're going my way,
I wanna drive it all night long,
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah,
Life is a highway,
I wanna ride it all night long,
If you're going my way,
I wanna drive it all night long,

There was a distance between you and I,
A misunderstanding once,
But now we look in the eye,

There ain't no load that I can't hold,
Road so rough this I know,
I'll be there when the light comes in,
Tell 'em we're survivors,
Life is a highway,
I wanna ride it all night long,
If you're going my way,
I wanna drive it all night long,
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah,
Life is a highway,
I wanna ride it all night long,
If you're going my way,
I wanna drive it all night long,
Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah,
Life is a highway,
I wanna ride it all night long,
If you're going my way,
I wanna drive it all night long.


14.White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card around
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card around
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white


15.Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell rock


16.I'll Be Home For Christmas

I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

I'll be home, I'll be home
If only in my dreams
I'll be home, I'll be home
If only in my dreams


I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe
And presents on the tree

Christmas Eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I'll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams

I'll be home, I'll be home
If only in my dreams