River Of Time

The Judds River Of Time Lyrics
1.One Man Woman

(chorus)

I'm a one man woman
I want a one woman man
I've got two arms to hold him
To love him all i can
Now it's a free world we live in
It's this i understand
But i'm a one man woman
I want a one woman man

I don't need nobody
Handing me those lines
Saying i can keep my freedom
In these modern times
I want a ring on my finger
For all the world to see
And when i get home from working
He'll be waiting here for me

(chorus)

I don't want nobody
Pulling me around
Loving me then leaving
For someone else downtown
If he ain't true and steady
Then he ain't in my plans
Cause i'm a one man woman
I want a one woman man

(chorus)

Cause i'm a one man woman
I want a one woman man


2.Young Love

She was sitting cross-legged on a hood of a ford
Filing down her nails with a emory board
Talking to her friends about people they knew
And all of the things that young girls do

When she said, 'you see that guy in the baseball cap?
I'd like to spend some time with a boy like that.'
Betty said, 'i've seen him at the hardware store.
I think his name is billy, but i'm not sure.'

And as they talked a little while he passed by
She smiled at him he just said 'hi.'
He was thinking to himself as he walked away
Man, i'd like to find a girl like her someday

(chorus)

Young love, strong love, true love
It's a new love
Their gonna make it through the hard times
Walk those lines
Yeah, these ties will bind
Young love

Well, she just couldn't stop herself from thinking 'bout him
And at a store downtown she saw him again
She had both hands full, he held open the door
He said, 'my name is billy. i've seen you before.

Can i help you with these? can i give you a ride?
Can i take you out on a saturday night?'
She didn't have to say what she was feeling inside
He could see the answer shining in her eyes

(chorus)

Well, from that day on you couldn't keep them apart
They were side by side, heart to heart
Mama cried as billy slipped the ring on her hand
And when the baby was born she was crying again

Well, he worked real hard and put some money down
On a little old house at the edge of town
And that night as he held her he couldn't believe
That god had made a girl that he'd never ever leave

(chorus)

She was sitting cross-legged on the hood of a ford
Filing down her nails with an emory board


3.Not My Baby

There are guys who will lie
Then they'll hang you out to dry
But not my baby
Promise you everything
Then they never buy the ring
But not my baby
Say they're out with their pals
When they're seein' other gals
But not my baby

And they think it's a crime
When they have to spend a dime
But not my baby
Bring you gifts now and then
Always from the five and ten
But not my baby
And i've heard stories of
Guys afraid to fall in love
But not my baby

(chorus)

I don't have to dream
My dream baby
He's the sweetest dream
That's already come true
And every time we touch, just touch
I can feel how very much
How much he loves me
Not my baby
No, not my baby

(repeat chorus)

There are guys that i've seen
Who are wrong or being mean
But not my baby
Getting mad, getting cross
If you don't let them be boss
But not my baby

Yes, i've sure got a lot
And the best thing that i've got
I've got my baby
And i know he will stay
He will never go away
No, not my baby
No, not my baby
No, not my baby
No, not my baby


4.Let Me Tell You About Love

Well, ever since the day that time began
There's been this thing 'tween a woman and a man
Well, i don't know but i do believe
It started in the garden with adam and eve

Sampson and delilah had their fling
'til she cut his hair and clipped his wing
It don't matter how the story's told
Love stays young, it can't grow old

(chorus)

Let me tell you about love
About the moon and stars above
It's what we've all been dreamin' of
Let me tell you about love

Well, bonaparte and josephine
I believe they had a pretty good scene
Until she said, 'bony boy, we're through!'
That's when he met his waterloo

Julie baby and romeo
Fell in love and stole the show
I know they are history
But there ain't been nothin' like you and me

(repeat chorus)

Now sheba she was a beauty queen
The purtiest thing that you ever have seen
Soloman he was a mighty wise
'til sheba she done caught his eye

The world would be in a dreadful fix
If it wasn't for the love between the cats and chicks
This world wouldn't amount to much
Without a hug and a kiss and a tender touch

(repeat chorus)

Let me tell you about love
Let me tell you about love


5.Sleepless Nights

Through these sleepless nights
I cry for you
And wonder who
Is kissing you
Oh, these sleepless nights
Will break my heart in two

Somehow through the days
I don't give in
I hide the tears
That wait within
Oh, but, then through sleepless nights
I cry again

Why did you go?
Why did you go?
Don't you know?
Don't you know
I need you?

I keep hoping you'll
Come back to me
Oh, let it be
Please let it be
Oh, my love, please end
These sleepless nights for me

My love, please end these sleepless nights for me


6.Water Of Love

High and dry in the long hot day
Lost and lonely in every way
Got the flats all around me, sky up above
Yes, i need a little water of love

I've been too long lonely and my heart feels pain
Cryin' out for some soothing rain
I believe i've taken enough
Yes, i need a little water of love

(chorus)

Water of love, deep in the ground
But there ain't no water here to be found
Someday, baby, when the river runs free
It'll carry that water of love to me

Once i had a man i could call my own
Once i had a man, now my man is gone
Once there was a river, now there's a stone
You know it's evil when you're living alone

(repeat chorus)


7.River Of Time

I'm holding back a flood of tears
Just thinking 'bout those happy years
Like all the good times that are no more
My love is gone...gone...gone forever more

Silence so deep only my soul can hear
Says now the past is what i fear
The future isn't what it used to be
Only today is all that's promised me

Flow on, river of time
Wash away the pain and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Carry me away
And leave it all far behind
Flow on river of time

We're all driven by the winds of change
Seems like nothing ever stays the same
It's fate that guides me around the bend
Life's forever beginning, beginning again

Flow on, river of time
Wash away the pain and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Carry me away
And leave it all far behind
Flow on river of time

Carry me away and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Carry me away and heal my mind
Flow on, river of time
Flow on
Carry me away and heal my mind

Flow on river of time
Flow on
Flow on river of time


8.Cadillac Red

Well, she's washed and polished
And full of high octane
Ridin' with the top down
Crusin' in the fast land
Her red hairs blowin' bright as a flame
Cadillac red's her name

(chorus)

Cadillac red
Singin' as she passes by
Cadillac red
See that hillbilly fly
Catch her if you can
She can out run any man
Cadillac red

Her radio's loud and she's rollin' to the back beat
Her best girlfriends are all piled in the backseat
She's puttin her lipstick on
Cause' there's a mustang blowin' his horn

(repeat chorus)

Hey, hey, cadillac red
Hey, hey, cadillac red
Hey, hey, cadillac red
Hey, hey, cadillac red


9.Do I Dare

Do i dare show him lovin'?
Do i go for double or nothin'?
Do i act like i don't care?
Or, do i dare?

Do i do what my heart's sayin'?
Do i hide my love awaitin'?
Make believe that he's not there?
Or, do i dare?

This girl's got a problem
She don't know what to do
If there's some way of tellin'
When a man is true

Will he love me faithfully?
Will he leave me blue?
Should i run?
Or, could this be the one?

Do i dare jump in the middle?
Sure, i care more than a little
If he don't fall, i'll loose it all
Tell me, do i dare?

Do i dare?
Do i dare?

Do i tell him that i've held him
In my dreams so tight?
Well, could i risk one little kiss?
Or, should i take a chance tonight?

Do i do what my heart's sayin'?
Do i hide my love awaitin'?
Make believe that he's not there?
Or, do i dare?

Lord, do i dare?
Lord, do i dare?


10.Guardian Angels

A hundred year old photograph
Stares out from a frame
And if you look real close you'll see
Our eyes are just the same
I never met them face to face
But i still know them well
From the stories
My dear grandma would tell

Elijah was a farmer
He knew how to make things grow
Fannie vowed she'd follow him
Wherever he would go
As things turned out they never left
Their small kentucky farm
But he kept her fed
She kept him warm

(chorus)

They're my guardian angels
And i know they can see
Ev'ry step i take
They are watching over me
I might not know where i'm goin'
But i'm sure where i come from
They're my guardian angels
And i'm their special one

Sometimes when i'm tired
I feel elijah take my arm
He says, 'keep a-goin', hard work
Never did a body harm.'
And when i'm really troubled
And i don't know what to do
Fannie whispers, 'just do your best, we're awful proud of you!'

(chorus)

A hundred year old photograph
Stares out from a frame
And if you look real close you'll see
Our eyes are just the same