The Band Perry

The Band Perry The Band Perry Lyrics
1.You Lie

It ain't complicated
Well I've grown to hate it
I never liked the taste of crow
But baby I ate it
They tried to warn me
They said that you were ornery
So don't bring me those big brown eyes
and tell me that you're sorry
You might as well throw gasoline on a fire
The way you lie
You lie like a priceless Persian rug on
a rich man's floor
Yeah you lie like a coon dog basking
in the sunshine on my porch
Well you lie like a penny in a parking
lot at the grocery store
It just comes way too natural to you
The way you lie
That ain't my perfume, I bet she had a curfew
You told me you were out with the boys and
baby I believed you
So why you lookin' so nervous
You know you kind of deserve this
I ought to kill you right now
And do the whole wide world a service
Well my daddy's gonna straighten you out
Like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire
The way you lie
You lie like the man with the slicked back
hair who sold me that Ford
Yeah you lie like a pine tree in the back yard
after last month's storm
Well you lie like a penny in a parking lot at
the grocery store
It just comes way too natural to you
The way you lie
Well I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna drive to the big old muddy river
I'm gonna park my car in the middle of the
mile long bridge
And then I'm gonna cry
Well maybe just a little
Then I'm gonna slip off the ring
that you put on my finger
And give it a big old fling and watch it sink
Down, down, down
And there it's gonna lie until the Lord
comes back around
Because you lie like a priceless
Persian rug on a rich man's floor
Yeah you lie like a coon dog basking
in the sunshine on my porch
Well you lie like a penny in a parking
lot at the grocery store
It just comes so dang natural to you
The way you lie
The way you lie
Well it's what you do, it's who you are


2.Hip To My Heart

I like your lips like I like my Coca-Cola, yeah
Oh how it pops and fizzes
You like my shirt like I like it when you hold my hand
the way it fits
has got me feeling lucky

Lookie who is comin', whoo!
You got that somethin'
Boy I wanna be where you are,
And I'm gunnin' for ya'
Can't even fall for some other man,
'Cause brother, man you know how to get hip to my heart..

C'mon now!

All the girls in town look you up and look you down,
I know so... c'mon and pick your kitten purr, baby, purr,
go ahead and say the word-lets go!
I think I'm the one you diggin'
Got me feeling lucky

Lookie,who is comin', whoo!
you got that somethin'
boy i wanna be where you are,
and im gunnin' for ya'
can't even fall foe some other man,
'cause brother man,you know how to get hip to my heart.

Tell me now, who? Who?
Tell me now, who? Who?

You play it cool
You play it so coo-coo-cool
And what am I supposed to do, when you play it so cool
And I got the hots for you

Lookie, who is comin', whoo!
you got that somethin'
boy i wanna be where you are,
an im gunnin' for ya'
cant even fall for some other man,
'cause brother man, you know how to get hip to my heart.

Lookie, who is comin', whoo!
you got that somthin'
boy i wanna be where you are,
an im gunnin' for ya'
cant even fall for some other man,
'cause brother man, you know how to get hip to my heart.

i said, you know how to get hip to my heart
i said, you know how to get hip to my heart


3.If I Die Young

Lyricist:Kimberly Perry
Writer(s):Kimberly Perry

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Uh oh, uh oh

Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors,
oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little, cold finger, I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town who says he'll love me forever,
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well,
I've had, just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Uh oh (uh, oh)
The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them, oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls


4.All Your Life

Would you walk to the edge of the ocean
Just to fill my jar with sand
Just in case I get the notion
To let it run through my hand
Let it run through my hand

Well, I don't want the whole world
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life

Would you catch a couple thousand fireflies
Yeah, put them in a lamp to light my world
All dressed up in a tux and bowtie
Hand deliver to a lonely girl
To a lonely lonely girl

Well, I don't want the whole world
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life

Lately I've been writing desperate love songs
Mostly I sing them to the walls,
You could be the center piece of my obsession
If you would notice me, I
Ohh yeah

Well I don't want the whole world
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life

You love all your life
Life
Yeah


5.Miss You Being Gone

Wish I would have noticed sooner
All that crazy in your eyes
Do you practice in the mirror
On that tempt and crooked smile

Like that serpent in the garden
You came crawling back to me
Twice I ate that poisoned apple
Made me sick of being evil

I'll admit that I was wrong
You said I miss you
Oh yes I do
Hunny I miss you being gone

I saw that floozy you've been wooing
On your ex-best buddies arm
And I knew you'd soon be sneaking back turning on the charm

Yea well, cupid ain't a bruiser
And I'm tampered throwing darts
Do you think I walk around
With a bulls-eye on my heart

Well, I'll admit that I was wrong

You said I miss you
Oh yes I do
Sugar I miss you being gone

I miss you like
Drama queens and cat fight and braces on prom night
I miss you like
Boy bands and cheap cologne our song as chaperones and probably
other thing that I've outgrown

Well you know you've got the mojo
But it ain't working me no more
and I swear I won't be checking you out when you walk out the
door

You said I miss you
And boy you got issues
Hunny I miss you being gone

Being gone

Being gone

Thank God you're gone


6.Double Heart

Lyricist:Brett Beavers, Kimberly Perry, Neil Perry, Reid Perry

He was sweet as cotton candy
At a county fair
Well, he's a cold drink of water
With butterscotch hair

He swore that he loved me
Well, I guess he probably did
'Cause when he rolled up his sleeve one day
I saw my name next to his

A new tattoo stingin' like a hornet
Two little hearts like a big red warning
I wasn't lookin' for a permanent thing
First comes the ink then comes the ring

Burn, burn, baby
I bet we could've made a
Bunch of sweet memories
You should have slowed down, mister
Moving like a twister's
Just a little fast for me

So now it's 0 to 60
And if you ever miss me
I'm right there on your arm
Don't you cry
I'll leave you something behind
Skid marks and a double heart

Well, he's a tough bronc buster
I bet he sleeps in his boots
Well, he tried to throw a rope around me
Right out of the shoot, yeah

He swore that he loved me
Well, I reckon he probably did
'Cause when he rolled up his sleeve one day
I thought, here we go again

A new tattoo burning like a brand
Two little hearts on my rodeo man
I wasn't lookin' for a permanent thing
First comes the ink then comes the ring

Burn, burn, baby
I bet we could've made a
Bunch of sweet memories
You should have slowed down, mister
Moving like a twister's
Just a little fast for me

Well, now it's 0 to 60
And if you ever miss me
I'm right there on your arm
Don't you cry
I'll leave you something behind
Skid marks and a double heart

I'm a free bird
Hey, hey, hey

A new tattoo, whistling Dixie
Two little hearts ain't gonna get me
I'm not lookin' for a permanent thing
So don't you put ink 'til I take the ring

Burn, burn, baby
I bet we could've made a
Bunch of sweet memories
You should have slowed down, mister
Moving like a twister's
Just a little fast for me

Well, now it's 0 to 60
And if you ever miss me
I'm right there on your arm
Don't you cry
I'll leave you something behind

Skid marks and a, skid marks and a
Skid marks and a double heart

Well, I'm a free bird
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey


7.Postcard From Paris

I remember when my heart caught the fever.
You were standing all alone in the summer heat.
I was with my boyfriend, my new boyfriend;
He was as sweet as he could be.
But one look at you and I was through
My heart switched up on me.

Like a postcard from Paris when I've seen the real thing.
It's like finding out your diamond is from her old promise ring.
A call back from your fortune teller, she read your cards upside
down.
The meanest thing you ever did is come around
And now, I'm ruined.

In the evening you can catch me daydreaming.
Did that moment send you reeling just like me?
I should have gone over, right over.
I should have never let you leave.
But it's the never-knowing that keeps this going and drives me
crazy.

Like a postcard from Paris when I've seen the real thing.
It's like finding out your diamond is from her old promise ring.
A call back from your fortune teller she read your cards upside
down.
The meanest thing you ever did is come around.

Just when I thought things were alright,
My eyes play tricks on my mind, yeah.
Will I ever be satisfied cause all I ever seem to find is a...

Postcard from Paris, when I need the real thing.
It's like finding out your diamond is from an old promise ring.
A call back from your fortune teller she read your cards upside
down.
The meanest thing you ever did, the cruelest thing you ever did,
The meanest thing you ever did is come around.

I am ruined, yeah I'm ruined.
Now I am ruined, yeah I'm ruined


8.Walk Me Down The Middle

I was meant to be by your side
And I have waited here a long time
For you to turn around and notice me
But now you're here holdin' hands with me

Walk me down the middle of the county fair
Walk me down the middle like you don't care
Walk me by the ferris wheel and make sure that she sees
Let the whole world know you belong to me

I've heard about your bitter end
'bout how she stole your heart and put it back again
Well I may not be the prettiest girl around
But I sure am a sight for sore, sore eyes

Walk me down the middle of main street
Walk me down where the whole town will be
I don't need no parade but make sure that she sees
Let the whole world know you belong to me

I'd walk through fire for you
Walk through barbed wire for you
I'd walk miles, it's true
Just to be with you

If you'll walk me down the middle of my mama's church
Walk me down that aisle in your finest shirt

Let the whole world know
You will walk me down the middle of the county fair
Oh walk me down the middle like you don't care
Walk me by the ferris wheel and make sure they all see
Let the whole world know you belong to me

you belong to me


9.Independence

Patient anticipation up till' now I've been hurry up
and waitin'
At a bus stop in independence lickin' an ice cream cone
I've been kickin' I've been schemin. This is as close
As I've ever been to leavin
Five blocks away a stone'sthrow from home.
But I'm as good as gone.

(Chorus)I gotta get gone, gone, gone.
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun.
Skippin like a stone, stone, stone
Far as I can run to where freedom is free.
There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can
see.
And it's pullin independence outta me.

Emancipation, paper chasin' leavin' with question marks
And momma's blessing
Put her picture in my pocket 'long with her rosary
Some say I'm crazy a little loco
And most of my friends will live and die in this zip
code
It might be for me but until I go
How am I supposed to know

Chorus)I gotta get gone, gone, gone.
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun.
Skippin like a stone, stone, stone
Far as I can run to where freedom is free.
There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can
see.
And it's pullin independence outta me.
I'm bustin outta independence, independence bustin'
outta me(X2)

Chorus)I gotta get gone, gone, gone.
Shootin' like a gun, a gun, a gun.
Skippin like a stone, stone, stone
Far as I can run to where freedom is free.
There's a road like a long grey ribbon far as I can
see.
And it's pullin independence outta me.
Independence


10.Quittin' You

I don't know what I was thinking'
You were no good but you could do some fancy talkin'

I'm not your Trixie Delight
Or a gumball machine
You can keep your quarter man
'Cause you won't get nothing sweet out of me

I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
I'm quittin' you
Like a girl wants her chocolate, yeah
I know that I'll miss you
But I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
I'm not kiddin' I'm kickin' you
'Cause you're my bad habit and
I'm quittin' you

I don't know what the heck you were thinkin'
It's gonna gonna take a better man,
I'm bettin', to win my hand

I'm not gonna play your game
I don't like the high stakes
I'd rather sit alone at home
Playin' one more round of old Maid

I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
I'm quittin' you
Like a gambler leaving Vegas, boy
I know that I'll miss you
But I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
I'm not kiddin' I'm kickin' you
'Cause you're my bad habit and I'm quittin'

Cold turkey, giving you the cold shoulder
Off like a band-aid
One quick sting, then it's over

I'm quittin' quittin' quittin'
I'm not kiddin' I'm kickin' you
'Cause you're my bad habit
And the good lord won't have it
You're my bad habit and I'm quittin' you


11.Lasso

When I first laid eyes on you
Well, the night just felt so odd
You looked at me and the stars lined up
So I thought I'd heard from God
And I gave him my best shot

Loving you was like throwing a lasso around a tornado
I tried to hold on to you
Took a ride on a tilt-a-whirl that sits on top of the world
Man, I thought I could show you
I've always been afraid of flying
But you can't blame a girl for trying

Felt like a pearl when I was holding your hand
So precious I forgot
You could have any girl but I only wanted one man
And you were everything I'm not
Still I gave it my best shot

Loving you was like throwing a lasso around a tornado
I tried to hold on to you
Took a turn on a high trapeze swinging over the deep
I thought I could show you
I've always been afraid of flying
But you can't blame a girl for trying

Like a vine bends a tree to the ground
I won't hold you down
I tried to climb just as high
But I found all the clouds touch the ground
In this small town

Took a ride on a high trapeze swinging over the deep
I thought I could show you
That I've always been afraid of flying
But you can't blame a girl for trying
No, you can't blame a girl