1.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
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its 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 its gone
Start holding on, keep holding on
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its 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
Everytime you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place
Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break
Cause its 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
2.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 having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was tryin' to do
It's hard to deal with the pain
of losing you everywhere 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
Getting up, getting 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 having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do
What hurts the most was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do
Not seeing that loving you
That's what I was trying to do
3.Backwards
I was sitting on a bar stool
In a barbecue joint in Tennessee
When this old boy walked in
And he sat right down next to me
I could tell he'd been through some hard times
There were tearstains on his old shirt
And he said you wanna know what you get
When you play a country song backwards
You get your house back
You get your dog back
You get your best friend Jack back
You get your truck back
You get your hair back
You get your first and second wife back
Your front porch swing
Your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling and a diamond ring
Your get your farm with a barn
and a boat and the harley
First nite in jail with Charlie
Sounds a little crazy,
a little scattered and absurd
That's what you get
when you play a country song backwards
Well I never heard it said quite like that
It hit me in the face cause that's where I'm at
I almost fell flat out on the floor
He said wait a minute that's not all theres even more
You get your mind back
And your nerves back
Your first heart attack back
You get your pride back
You get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen tv, dvd and washing machine
You get the phone and the lawn and the bed and the mower
You go back where you don't know her
It sounds a little crazy a little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards
Oh play that song
We sat there and shot the bull
About how it would be
If we could turn it all around
And change this C-R-A-P
You get your house back
You get your dog back
You get your best friend Jack back
You get your truck back
You get your hair back
You get your first and second wife back
Your front porch swing
Your pretty little thing
Your bling bling bling and a diamond ring
Your get your farm with a barn
and a boat and the harley
First nite in jail with Charlie
You get your mind back
And your nerves back
Your first heart attack back
You get your pride back
You get your life back
You get your first real love back
You get your big screen tv, dvd and washing machine
You get the phone and the lawn and the bed and the mower
You go back where you don't know her
It sounds a little crazy a little scattered and absurd
But that's what you get
When you play a country song backwards
4.I Feel Bad
I should be out in that driveway
Stoppin' you
Tears should be rollin' down
My cheek
And I don't know why
But I'm not fallin' apart like I usually do
And how the thought of losin' you's
Not killin me
I feel bad
That I can stand here strong,
Cold as stone
Seems so wrong, I can't explain it
Maybe it's just I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb, baby I hate it
I feel bad
That I don't feel bad
I could let myself be angry over
Wasted time
And sad about just throwin' love away
Yeah, I almost wish my heart
Was breaking
But I can't lie
All I want to do is turn the page
I feel bad
That I can stand here strong,
Cold as stone
Seems so wrong, I can't explain it
Maybe it's just I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb, baby I hate it
I feel bad
That I don't feel
Bitter, alone
I just feel it's time - time to
Move on
I just gotta move on and on and
On and on - yeah
Maybe it's just I've cried so much
I'm tired and I'm numb
Oh baby, I hate it
I feel bad
That I don't feel bad
No, I don't feel bad
5.My Wish
I hope that days come easy and moments pass slow,
And each road leads you where you want to 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,
More then anything, more then anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life
becomes all that you want it,
To your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more then 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 ya 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 you always give more then you take.
Oh More then anything, Yeah, and more then anything,
My wish, for you, is that this life
becomes all that you want it,
To your dreams stay big, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more then 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, and your worries stay small,
You never need to carry more then 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.
6.Pieces
From the moment that we met
My world was turned around,
Upside down
To some degree I still regret
My memory
For keeping you around
Girl, I thought that you were mine
But my broken heart's been
Shattered
One too many times
And I don't wanna see you anymore
I'm just not that strong
I love it when you're here
But I'm better when you're gone
I'm certain that I've given
And oh how you can take
There's no use in you lookin'
There's nothin' left for you to break
Baby, please release me
Let my heart rest in pieces, in pieces
Someone let you down again
So you turn to me,
Your convenient friend
Oh, but I know what you're doin'
And what you hope to find
I've seen it a thousand times
All the fire we had before
Are now just bitter ashes
Left scattered on the floor
And I don't wanna see you anymore
I'm just not that strong
I love it when you're here
But I'm better when you're gone
I'm certain that I've given
And oh how you can take
There's no use in you lookin'
There's nothin' left for you to break
Baby, please release me
Let my heart rest in pieces
And I don't wanna see you anymore
I'm just not that strong
I love it when you're here
But I'm better when you're gone
I'm certain that I've given
And oh how you can take
There's no use in you lookin'
There's nothin' left for you to break
Baby, please release me
We both know that you don't need me
Let my heart rest in pieces, in pieces
Let it rest
7.Yes I Do
Do I cry in the night
Do I long to hold you tight
Do I wake wanting you
Yes I do
Do I recall every day
How you took my breath away
Do I remember loving you
Yes I do
Yes I do dream of all we had together
Guess it's true we lost it all forever
Do I pray anyway
Yes I do
I don't live in the past
Wanting love that wouldn't last
And I don't ache like I used to
Yes I do
Yes I do dream of all we had together
Guess it's true we lost it all forever
Do I pray anyway
Yes I do
Yes I do dream of all we had together
Guess it's true we lost it all forever
Do I pray anyway
Yes I do
Yes I do
Do I pray
Yes I do dream of all we had together
Yes I do - and yes I do
8.To Make Her Love Me
You waved your hand and it was done
So let it be and there it was
A mountain, so high, it broke through, the sky
A canyon, so deep, it'll bring a man to his knees
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles
and hopeless dreams come true
You've made the heavens and the stars
Everything, come on how hard
Could it be, To make her love me？
I've said some things I shouldn't have
Tried everything to win her back
I'm human, I messed up,
Is she gone？, Are we done？
Forgiveness, another chance,
that's all I want, it's in your hands
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles
and hopeless dreams come true
You've made the heavens and the stars
Everything, come on how hard
Could it be, To make her love me？
I've seen what you can do
I've seen you make miracles
and hopeless dreams come true
You've made the heavens and the stars
Everything, come on how hard
Could it be, To make her love me？
To make her love me
To make her love me (oooo)
9.Words I Couldn't Say
In a book in a box in the closet
In a line in a song I once heard
In a moment on a front porch
Late one June
In a breath inside a whisper
Beneath the moon
There it was at the tip of my fingers
There it was on the tip of my tongue
There you were and I had never been that far
There it was the whole world
Wrapped inside my arms
And I let it all slip away --
What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence
That remains
Are the words I couldn't say
There's a rain that'll
Never stop falling
There's a wall that I've tried to
Take down
What I should've said
Just wouldn't pass my lips
So I held back and now we've
Come to this
And it's too late now --
What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence
That remains
Are the words I couldn't say
Are the words I couldn't say
I should have found a way
To tell you how I felt
Now the only one I'm tellin' is myself
What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence
That remains
Are the words I couldn't say
What do I do, what do I say
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that
Remains
Are the words I couldn't say
10.Me And My Gang
Way on down to southern Alabama
With the guitars jammin' that's where we're headed
Straight up to Butte, Montana singin' Lord
I was born a ramblin' man
California to Oregon
Even New York City got one or two
hillbillies ready to hit the road
It's a brother and a sister kinda thang
Raise up your hands if you all wanna hang with
Me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab a hold of them reigns
We gonna rock this thang, cock this thang
Me and my gang
We got hippies, gypsies, freaks and geeks
High class women in Daisy Duke denim
Bangin' on gongs and singin' our songs
Dude named Elrod jammin' on an Ipod
Beer and bonfires
Wide open throttle, Coors in a bottle
It's all for one and one for all y'all
It's a brother and a sister kinda thang
Raise up your hands if you all wanna hang with
With me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab a hold of them reigns
We gonna rock this thang, cock this thang
Me and my gang
It's a brother and a sister kinda thang
Raise up your hands if you all wanna hang with
With me and my gang
We live to ride, we ride to live
Me and my gang
Jump on that train
Grab a hold of them reigns
We gonna rock this thang, cock this thang
11.Cool Thing
We were wrapped up in a blanket
Red wine buzz kickin' in
A little Sarasota moonlight
Driftwood fire burnin'
She was on break from Ohio State
And I was down there sellin'
Parasail Rides
Just another summer day
Till I strapped her in and
Watched her fly
Talk about a sunset
All I could see were purples
And reds
And her silhouette wavin' goodbye
She didn't come here lookin' for love
And the cool thing was
Neither did I and neither did I
She dipped down in the water
As I slowed holdin' that line
Wet t-shirt on a two piece
We ditched that boat and
Hung outside
And we walked ankle deep in ocean
You know that place where
Footprints disappear
Just like that evenin' she drove away
It'll be burned in my mind for a
Million years
Talk about a sunset
All I could see were purples
And reds
And her silhouette wavin' goodbye
She didn't come here lookin' for love
And the cool thing was
Neither did I
Talk about a sunset
All I could see were purples
And reds
And her silhouette wavin' goodbye
She didn't come here lookin' for love
And the cool thing was
Neither did I and neither did I
Woo, woo, woo
12.Ellsworth
Grandma burned the biscuits
Nearly took the house down with it
Now she's in assisted livin'
We all knew that day would come
We knew she was too gone to drive
The day she parked on I-65
Found her on the shoulder cryin'
She didn't know where she was
It's like her mind just quit
Oh, but bring up Grandpa
It's like someone flipped a switch
A front porch light and a blue Desoto
Couple of straws in a Coca-Cola
You could see it all goin' down
A handsome boy in army green
A tear on his face, down on a knee
Shaky voice, a diamond ring
She'll put you in that town
Tomorrow she won't remember
What she did today
But just ask her about Ellsworth,
Kansas 1948
She takes out his medals
A cigar box of letters
Sits and scatters pictures
Black and whites of days gone by.
We started losin' her when she lost him,
But to hear her carry on
you'd swear she's seventeen again
Football games and leaves
Are cracklin'
Walking her home in his letter jacket
You can see it all goin' down
A perfect night on a front porch
Glider
Sayin' goodnight for the next
Three hours
Her tired eyes grow wide and bright
When she talks about that town
Tomorrow she won't remember
What she did today
But just ask her about Ellsworth,
Kansas 1948
While the world is fading
All around her
Sharin' a sundae at the counter
He's goin' on and on about her
Bet she's right there right now
Tomorrow she won't remember
What she did today
But just ask her about Ellsworth,
Kansas 1948
13.He Ain't The Leavin' Kind
They tried their best to drag him out
Of a courthouse down in montgomery
Now they want to kick him out of school
And take him off our money
They can take those words off of paper and stone
But he aint gone, no
He ain't the leavin' kind
He'd never walk away
Even from those who dont believe
And wanna leave him behind
He ain't the leavin' kind
She stayed mad at him for a lot of years
For taking her husband
Started losing her faith and thinking that
Her life meant nothin
But when she looks at those kids
She raised all by herself
She knows she had some help
Yeah she knows
He ain't the leavin' kind
He'd never walk away
Even from those who don't believe
And wanna leave him behind
He ain't the leavin' kind
No matter what you do
No matter where you go he's
Always right there
With you
Even from those who don't believe
And wanna leave him behind
He ain't the leavin' kind
He ain't the leavin' kind....
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