Pioneer

The Band Perry Pioneer Lyrics
1.Better Dig Two

I told you on the day we wed
I was gonna love you 'til I's dead
Made you wait 'til our wedding night
That's the first and the last time I'll wear white

So if the ties that bind ever do come loose
Tie 'em in a knot like a hangman's noose
Cause I'll go to heaven or I'll go to hell
Before I'll see you with someone else

Put me in the ground
Put me six foot down
And let the stone say:

'Here lies the girl whose only crutch
Was loving one man just a little too much'
If you go before I do
I'm gonna tell the gravedigger that he better dig two

Well,
It won't be whiskey, won't be meth
It'll be your name on my last breath
If divorce or death ever do us part
The coroner will call it a broken heart

So put me in the ground
Put me six foot down
And let the stone say:

'Here lies the girl whose only crutch
Was loving one man just a little too much'
If you go before I do
I'm gonna tell the gravedigger that he better dig two

Dig two
Ooh, ooh

I took your name when I took those vows
I meant 'em back then and I mean 'em right now,
Oh, right now

If the ties that bind ever do come loose
If 'forever' ever ends for you
If that ring gets a little too tight
You might as well read me my last rites

And let the stone say:

'Here lies the girl whose only crutch
Was loving one man just a little too much'
If you go before I do
Gonna tell the gravedigger that he better dig, uh!

Heavy stone right next to mine,
We'll be together 'til the end of time
Don't you go before I do,
I'm gonna tell the gravedigger that he better dig two

I told you on the day we wed
I was gonna love you 'til I's dead


2.Forever Mine Nevermind

The airline lost my luggage
And the governor lost my vote
My best friend lost her innocence in her boyfriend's rowboat
Your mother lost her favorite pearls
The ones that you gave to me
I lost them when I tossed them
On the day that you lost me

Forever mine
Forever mine
Oh my
You saved my life
When you said forever
(Forever!)
Never
(Never!)

Na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na na

I broke my bedroom mirror
And it broke my luck in two
Then my brothers broke the bad bad news that you broke the truth
So I smashed my right hand open
When I smashed the nose on you
'Cause you smashed my heart when you did what you said you'd
never do

Forever mine
Forever mine
Oh my
You saved my life
When you said forever
(Forever!)
Never
(Never!)
Mine
Nevermind
Oh my
You must have lost your mind
When you said forever
That you could do better
Never!

Na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na na

Oh I'll forget the day
I saw your face
I lost my way
I trusted you, I trusted
All your lovely words
They were a curse
You piece of dirt
I trusted you, I trusted you, I trusted you

Forever mine
Forever mine
Oh my
You saved my life
When you said forever
(Forever!)
Never
(Never!)
Mine
Nevermind
Oh my
You must have lost your mind
When you said forever
That you could do better
Never!

Na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na na

The South lost the battle
And children lose their youth
The best day of my life was on the day that I lost you


3.Night Gone Wasted

You can find my face where the moon light lingers
Cause it's Friday night and it's as hot as ever
My heart is banging to the beat of the band
Me and my pals we got scars from the week
But now we're all getting loud and we're moving our feet
As we do our best to let things get out of hand

It's a night gone wasted again
I'm making up with my enemies and loving my best friends
Well well well
It's the best medication to make the whole wide world go 'round
It's a night gone wasted
Oh yeah

All of our eyes they've got rings of fire
Cause we're burning time like there's no tomorrow
It's gonna take a while to blow off a week's worth of steam
Tell your sweet mama not to worry her pretty little head
I'll have you home soon and then I'll tuck you in bed
But until then let's do our best to get out of hand

Man oh man

It's a night gone wasted again
I'm making up with my enemies and loving my best friends
Well well well
It's the best medication to make the whole wide world go 'round
It's a night gone wasted
Oh yeah

Oh what a riot it's been
I'm gonna save up some more money to spend on another night

Well well well
It's the best medication to make the whole wide world go 'round
It's a night gone wasted tonight
Alright
We're going out tonight
Again

Oh yeah


4.I Saw A Light

Well I never felt nothing like I did tonight
You had the face of a boy that I met in a dream one time
Some heard it thunder and so did I
I swear it happened when your eyes met mine

Maybe it was just the way the wind blew
Maybe it was God and his Son too
But in that moment I know that I knew
That I, I found you

I saw a light
I heard a bell
You were the very best feeling that I ever felt
And suddenly you are standing here, mine all mine
I saw a light
I saw a light

I still can't believe someone left you laying around
Something precious like you should have already been found

What if I'd stayed home and done nothing tonight
What if you had looked left and I had looked right
For once in our lives we were both on time
And now I found you

I saw a light
I heard a bell
You were the very best feeling that I ever felt
And suddenly you are standing here, mine all mine
I saw a light
I saw a light

Somebody told me when I was younger
Chance is like lightning
Love is like thunder
So I walked right over
Asked for your number
Cause somebody told me when I was younger

I saw a light
I heard a bell
You were the very best feeling that I ever felt
And suddenly you are standing here before my eyes
The thunder in my heart it tells me you are mine
I saw a light
I saw a light


5.Mother Like Mine

She's the sky that holds the clouds
She's the lady of the house
A blind believer in all I dare to be
There's no safer place I've found
Than the shoulder of her white night gown
Oh I've got the best and the worst of her in me
I'd share her if I could

Oh the wars would all be over
'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
We'd walk on grass that's greener
And our cares would all be freer
If the world had a mother like mine

She's our father's one great love
She's the one he wanted most
She's the light in the window of the house I grew up in
She takes the midnight call
She's the bravest of us all
And she sings in the garden that she let's her hair down in

Oh the wars would all be over
'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder if somebody wanted them
Tonight would be easier
And our dreams would all be deeper
If the world had a mother like mine

Don't go away
Don't go away from me
Oh I understand
She is a helping hand
But I have to say

She's the sky that holds the clouds
She's the lady of our house
We all need her
But no one more than me

Oh the wars would all be over
'Cause she'd raise us all as friends
And no one would ever wonder just how much she wanted them
We'd walk on grass that's greener
And the dishes would all be cleaner
If the world had a mother like mine

Oh like mine


6.Chainsaw

We scratched our names
In that oak tree
'Cause I loved you
And you loved me
A jagged little heart so the whole town knew it
Carved in the bark with an arrow through it
I came out here to see it one more time

And I got my chainsaw
Oh you know it's got to go, it's such a shame y'all
But I ain't gonna be happy until those names fall
And I'm sittin' on a stump

Love is shady
Love is tragic
It's hard to bury the hatchet
Holdin' a chainsaw

I guess all those years
They don't mean a thing
Now I can't wait
To count those rings
Nothing left of us but dust and splinters
A big pile of wood to keep me warm through the winter
'Cause I don't have you

But I got my chainsaw
Oh you know it's got to go, it's such a shame y'all
But I ain't gonna be happy until those names fall
And I'm sittin' on a stump

Love is shady
Love is tragic
It's hard to bury the hatchet
Holdin' a chainsaw

I remember what you said that night
That you would love me for the rest of your life
We wrote forever with a pocketknife
But forever's goin' down tonight

I got my chainsaw
Oh you know it's got to go, it's such a shame doll
But I ain't gonna be happy until those names fall
And I'm sittin' on a stump

Love is shady
Love is tragic
It's hard to bury the hatchet
Holdin' a chainsaw


7.I'm A Keeper

Blue eyed Susans
Standing in a domino line
Falling in and out of love all the time
They'll break your heart just to see a boy cry
But not me
I am a brown eyed loner
I march to my own drummer
I'm a piccolo owner and the labor of my mother's love
Honey you'd be a load off her mind

But with or without you
My only plan is to be free
With or without you
I'm still me

I'll join a band and sing like a canary
Get out of here and change my name to Cherry
And every night I'll thank Holy Mother Mary
I am a keeper
Oh I am a keeper baby
I am a keeper

Long stem roses
Standing in a vase by my bed
Standing tall like the dreams in my head
I'm not gonna live in this house 'til I'm dead
I like you a lot
'Cause you're different a little
You got answers to my riddles
Your daddy is a pistol
And you are a son of a gun
I could be the daughter that he never wanted

But with or without you

I'll buy a farm at the edge of the prairie
Live off the land and change my name to Cherry
And every night I'll thank Holy Mother Mary
I am a keeper
Oh I am a keeper baby
I am a keeper

With or without you
My only plan is to be free
With or without you
I'm still me

I'll buy a sword and join the military
Cut my hair and change my name to Cherry
And every night I'll thank Holy Mother Mary
I am a keeper
Oh I am a keeper baby
I am a keeper
I am a keeper baby


8.Back to Me Without You

I wanna wake where I was born and breathe the old air in
I need a haunt from a ghost that I knew way back then
Oh I hope they left the light on

I want someone who knows me just to say my name
To tell me though things are different now somehow I'm still the
same
Oh I can almost hear them calling

I don't know if I'll be back again
Turns out they were right again
(Get back to what you know
Get back to what you do)
Gotta get back to me, ooooo
If it's true home is where the heart is
I guess now I'm homeless
(Get back to what you know
Get back to what you do)
Gotta get back to me without you

For two years I've lived my life way out on a limb
I put my faith in you not knowing you would break in the end
I hate feeling fallen

I don't know if I'll be back again
Turns out they were right again
(Get back to what you know
Get back to what you do)
Gotta get back to me, ooooo
If it's true home is where the heart is
I guess now I'm homeless
(Get back to what you know
Get back to what you do)
Gotta get back to me without you

Oooooh
Oooooh

I added rain to your ocean
What did it do, it meant nothing to you
You made grief my chief emotion
Why'd you have to do what you thought you had to do

I don't know if I'll be back again
Turns out they were right again
(Get back to what you know
Get back to what you do)
Gotta get back to me, ooooo
If it's true home is where the heart is
I guess now I'm homeless
(Get back to what you know
Get back to what you do)
Gotta get back to me without you

The slow death of a slow dance
The tailspin of a romance
I gotta get back and breathe the old air in


9.End of Time

Here I am standing firm
As the ground shakes beneath me
I send you away with my own hand
I try and try to remember that for now it's for the better
But there's a Southern kind of tragic blowing in
And it feels like the beginning of the end

Well the Alabama moon fell from the sky
And the sweet tea wells ran dry
Somewhere out there you're finding yourself
But back home it's the end of time

I'm scared to death
Pick up your phone
Outside I hear the bells ringing
Bringing ruin to all that we have ever known
Pick up your phone
I need an answer
Come home and call off disaster
'Cause I fear tonight our Cotton Land might fall
Oh I'm cracking like the plaster on the wall

Well the Alabama moon fell from the sky
And the sweet tea wells ran dry
Somewhere out there you're finding yourself
But back home it's the end of time

It's the end of time
Is it the end of all time
Or just the end of mine

Well all of the cotton died in the fields
The little babies cried the blue from their eyes
Somewhere I'll bet you're living it up
But come home before the end

The Alabama moon fell from the sky
And the sweet tea wells ran dry
Somewhere out there you're finding yourself
But back home it's the end of time

Come home and be mine
Come home, come home


10.Pioneer

Oh pioneer
I sing your song
It's the hymn of those who've gone before and those who carry on
Pioneer
Your work is hard
But the future of us all rests on the shoulders of your heart

Where are we going
Oh I don't know
But still I've got to go
What will become of us
Oh I don't care
All I know is I'll go anywhere
Pioneer

Oh pioneer
So young and brave
Be careful of the careful souls who doubt you along the way
Pioneer
You orphaned child
Your mother is adventure and your father is the wild

Where are we going
Oh I don't know
But still I've got to go
What will become of us
Oh I don't care
All I know is I'll go anywhere
Pioneer

Let your heart not be troubled

I won't run when bullets chase me
I won't rest where arms embrace me
I will love when people hate me
I won't hush, no you can't make me
Send the dark but it won't break me
You can try but you can't change me
Take my life, they will replace me
I won't hush, no you can't make me
I won't hush, no we will sing

Where are we going
Oh I don't know
But still I've got to go
What will become of us
Oh I don't care
All I know is I'll go anywhere
Pioneer

Let your heart not be troubled


11.Done

You've been wearing that crown and tearing me down
It's been a while since you've treated me right
You strung me along for far to long because I never gave up the
fight
Until now

It's gonna hit you hard Til You see stars
Gonna put through you a world of hurt
Oh I don't believe in getting even but giving what you deserve
Oh my, oh my

Mama always told me that I should play nice
She didn't know you when she gave me that advice
I'm through, with you
You're one bridge I'd like to burn
Bottle up the ashes, smash the urn
I'm through with you, la ti da
I don't wanna be your just for fun,
Don't wanna be under your thumb
All I wanna be isdone
Done

You crossed the line too many times,
I'm gonna put you in your place
You play with dynamite don't be surprised when I blow up in your
face
Oh my, oh my

Mama always told me that I should play nice
She didn't know you when she gave me that advice
I'm through, with you
You're one bridge I'd like to burn
Bottle up the ashes, smash the urn
I'm through with you, la ti da
I don't wanna be part of your fun,
Don't wanna be under your thumb
All I wanna be isdone
Done

(Done) with your selfish ways
And all the games you play
I'm through with you and everything you say

(Fiddle Solo)

Mama told me that I should play nice
She didn't know you when she gave that advice

Mama always told me that I should play nice
She didn't know you when she gave that advice
I'm through, with you
You're one bridge I'd like to burn
Bottle up the ashes, smash the urn
I'm through with you, la ti da
I don't wanna be your just for fun,
Don't wanna be under your thumb
All I wanna be isdone
Done

Hey ooh,
I wanna be done (so done)
So done (so done)
So done


12.Don't Let Me Be Lonely

I need a saving grace
A hiding place
I don't have forever or time to waste
So don't let me be lonely

I wanna shake this winter coat off my sleeve
Dust off a record and just be free
Oh don't let me be lonely
No don't let me be lonely

When you're young
You can fly
But we trip on clouds 'cause we get too high
We grow up
And then it's gone
Oh God only knows what we'll become

So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely

Well the night rolls on like a long lost friend
'Til the sunrise bleeds like the bitter end
Don't let me be lonely

Well there's nothing to hide and nothing to prove
Give me all that you are
You've got nothing to lose
Just don't let me be lonely
No don't let me be lonely

So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely

No
Don't let me be

When you're young
Life's a dream
It's a beautiful and a burning thing
We grow up
And then it's gone
But the memory goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on

Don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight
While we're young and alive
Take the keys to my car and the keys to my heart and just drive
Oh don't let me, let me be lonely
Don't let me be lonely
Don't, don't let me be lonely

No
Don't let me be
Ooh, lonely


13.Gonna Be OK

Hey yesterday is the day you died, could it be you just stopped
feeling alive?
Trouble's on your shoulders for so long, you'll be stronger when
the moment's gone
You're looking for a better day, the darkest hour finds the
brightest grace
So today, I know you'll come to realize
Come to realize that

Hey, everything is gonna be okay, may God kiss your weary face
Everything is gonna alright, let peace be yours tonight
Rest and know you're saved, don't be afraid, oh
Everything is gonna be okay
Be okay

I see the storm clouds in your eyes, don't be afraid to taste
the tears you cry
Ring the good out of the bad, there's an awful lot of beauty in
that
You're looking for a hand to hold, you gotta stumble to stand up
on your own, oh
My fingertips within your grip
Reach a little further and

Hey, everything is gonna be okay, may God kiss your weary face.
Everything is gonna alright, let peace be yours tonight.
Rest and know you're saved, don't be afraid, oh
Everything is gonna be okay.

Mercy speaks in disguise, a voice too rough to recognize
Brings you back to life and

Hey, everything is gonna be okay, may God kiss your weary face
Everything is gonna alright, let peace be yours tonight
Rest and know you're saved, don't be afraid, oh
Everything is gonna be okay
Be okay

Everything, is gonna be okay
I said reach a little further, reach a little further and say
Everything, is gonna be okay
So come on back to life, it's gonna be alright

It's be okay, it's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay
You'll see a brighter day, it's gonna be okay
It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay
You'll see a brighter day, yeah


14.Once Upon a Time

Why didn't ya show me
Why didn't ya let me know
Why didn't ya hold me
Why can't you let me go

There's a heart ache in New York City keepin you awake all night
long
Something you forgot to say to make me stay
If I was the best you never had

Why didn't ya show me
Why didn't ya let me know
Why didn't ya hold me
Why can't you let me go

Once upon a time
Once upon a time
You wanna go back to the night we left behind
Well maybe I don't know much about nothin, but I know a little
bit about lovin'
There's just no going back to once upon a time

You could never be more in love with me
I saw it in your eyes on that winter night
But I never, never, never felt so cold
You hid your heart
What I don't know can't keep me warm
So....

Why didn't ya show me
Why didn't ya let me know
Why didn't ya hold me, hold me
Why can't you let me go

Once upon a time
Once upon a time
You wanna go back to the night we left behind
Well maybe I don't know much about nothin, but I know a little
bit about lovin'
There's just no going back to once upon a time

Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
I coulda, I coulda blown your mind.

Once upon a time
Once upon a time
I don't wanna go back to the night we left behind
Well baby..
I don't know much about nothin', but I know a little bit about
lovin'
There's just no going back to once upon a time

Once upon a time
I don't wanna go back
I don't wanna go back
I don't wanna go back
Cuz baby...
I don't know much about nothin', but I know a little bit about
lovin'
There's just no going back to once upon a time

Why did ya let me go


15.Lucky Ones

Maybe I could stick my feet in a wishing well
Pocket full of pennies maybe I could get some help
I got a hole in my heart like the holes in my jeans
I try to patch it up with anything and everything
But it ain't workin so why do we believe in every little thing
that rips
Us at the seams

Woah-oh we're the lucky ones
Woah-oh we're the lucky ones baby
Cuz there's no such thing as chance
Gotta play what's in your hands
Woah-oh we're the lucky ones

Maybe I could bet my love on a four leaf clover
The winter house, then you know it's over
It's cold in my soul like it's cold outside
Cross my heart and hope to find the love that lasts a lifetime
But I ain't there yet, so why do we keep giving hearts away
To things that only break

Woah-oh we're the lucky ones
Woah-oh we're the lucky ones baby
Cuz there's no such thing as chance
Gotta play what's in your hands
Woah-oh

Ain't gonna live my life by the roll of the dice, no
Ain't gonna live my life by the roll of the dice
So why do we believe in every little thing that rips us at the
seams

Woah-oh we're the lucky ones
Woah-oh we're the lucky ones little baby
Cuz there's no such thing as chance
Ya gotta play what's in your hands
Woah-oh we're the lucky ones
Woah-oh we're the lucky ones

We're the lucky ones baby
Cuz' there's no such thing as chance
Ya gotta play what's in your hands
Woah, woah, no, no, no, no

Cuz there's no such thing as chance
Ya gotta play what's in your hands
Woah, woah, no, no
Yeah, baby
Gotta play what's in your hands
Hey-ya
Little baby
So why, so why, so why do we believe
I said no, no, no
So why, so why, so why do we believe little baby
We're the lucky ones little baby
Little baby


16.Peaches and Caroline