1.Elvira
Lyricist：Dallas Frazier
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire, Elvira
Eyes that look like heaven, lips like sherry wine
That girl can sure enough make my little light shine
I get a funny feelin', up and down my spine
'Cause I know that my Elvira's mine
So I'm singin', Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire, Elvira
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow, heigh-ho Silver, away
Tonight I'm gonna meet her, at the Hungry House Cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the love I can, yes I am
She's gonna jump and holler, 'cause I've saved up my last two
dollars
We're gonna search and find that preacher man
Now I'm a singin' Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire, Elvira
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow, heigh-ho Silver, away
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire, Elvira
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow, heigh-ho Silver, away
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire, Elvira
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow
Giddy up, oom poppa, omm poppa, mow mow, heigh-ho Silver, away
Elvira, Elvira
My heart's on fire, Elvira
2.What'cha Gonna Do？
Now you've caught her
Whatcha gonna do
Now you've got her
Don't you really think that you oughta
Buy a little ring and put it on her finger
If you're gonna keep her
Gonna have to dig a little deeper
Now it's either all or a nothin'
You better do somethin'
Whatcha gonna, whatcha whatcha gonna gonna do
Now you've caught her
So I bought her
One little drink then I asked her
For one little dance then I kissed her
The next thing I knew she was giving me her number
Now there's some frilly things
Hanging from the shower at my place
We're sharing a bed and a toothpaste
Her daddy's on the phone saying
Whatcha gonna, whatcha whatcha gonna gonna do
Now you've caught her
Whatcha gonna do
Now you've got her
Don't you really think that you oughta
Buy a little ring and put it on her finger
If you're gonna keep her
Gonna have to dig a little deeper
Now it's either all or a nothin'
You better do somethin'
Whatcha gonna, whatcha whatcha gonna gonna do
I love her, I need her
I never ever wanna be with anyone else
So there's only one question
To ask myself
Now you've caught her
Whatcha gonna do
Now you've got her
Don't you really think that you oughta
Buy a little ring and put it on her finger
If you're gonna keep her
Gonna have to dig a little deeper
Now it's either all or a nothin'
You better do somethin'
Whatcha gonna, whatcha whatcha gonna gonna do
Now you've caught her
Whatcha gonna do
Now you've got her
Don't you really think that you oughta
Buy a little ring and put it on her finger
If you're gonna keep her
Gonna have to dig a little deeper
Now it's either all or a nothin'
You better do somethin'
Whatcha gonna, whatcha whatcha gonna gonna do
Whatcha gonna, whatcha whatcha gonna gonna do
Now you've caught her
3.Before I Die
Before I die I wanna hit the Mississippi in a boat I've yet to
buy
Take it out in the gu'f where the water meets the sky
Where nothin' on God's green Earth looks dry
I wanna see that stadium in New York from a right field seat
Maybe catch a home run when the new all-star goes deep
And pretend that Maris and Mantle pointing up at me
While I can still breathe while this old heart still has another
beat
It's time I put some livin' in these dreams
Before I die I'm gonna learn all about how a man swallows pride
Find the strength to tell my daddy he was right
Tell Mama I'm sorry about that night
'Fore I'm called up I wanna be the kind of man that a woman
wants to love
Find the side of me that's a different kind of tough
Who ain't ashamed to meet the Man above
And Lord I know these are the things I should've done a long
time ago
When I close my eyes I wanna feel at ease
If I left right now I couldn't rest in peace
4.Gonna Take A Lot Of River
I ain't gonna ride no rail or hitchhike down no highway
I aint' going nowhere feeling the way I do
Because my baby's long gone and nothings going my way
I'm gonna let this muddy water just wash away my blues.
Chorus：
Gonna take a lot of river,
To keep this broken heart afloat,
Gonna take a lot of river
Running all the live long days,
Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio,
Gonna take a lot of river
To wash these blues away.
Well, I wish I was tug boat pushing and pulling them barges
along
Moving on the water with a heart made of iron and steel
There wouldn't be no women that could ever take my loving and do
me wrong
I could work all day with nothing in the world to feel.
Chorus：
Gonna take a lot of river
To keep this broken heart afloat
Gonna take a lot of river
Running all the live long days
Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio
Gonna take a lot of river
To wash these blues away.
Is she in new orleans
Is she a cajun queen
I wonder what she's doing now
But if I know her she's got rings and furs, struggling along
somehow.
Chorus：
Gonna take a lot of river
To keep this broken heart afloat
Gonna take a lot of river
Running all the live long days
Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio
Gonna take a lot of river
To wash these blues away.
Gonna take a lot of river
To keep this broken heart afloat
Gonna take a lot of river
Running all the live long days
Gonna take the Mississippi, the Monongahela and the Ohio
Gonna take a lot of river
To wash these blues away...
5.The Shade
I don't want a fast car, don't need a four lane highway
There's not another place I'd rather be
'Cause out here in the country blue birds sing for nothin'
And the shade comes free with the tree
The tree came with the mountain right beside the river
Where the ground makes one heck of a scene
The mountain counts for somethin', the view is worth a fortune
And the shade comes free with the tree
I never had a dollar that could buy me what I'm feelin'
But I'm feelin' 'bout as good as I can be
I need to be reminded when I'm lookin' for a bargain
Not to overlook what's right in front of me
I'll never make a killin' tryin' to make a livin'
But I make enough to raise a family
I found a piece of heaven off county road eleven
Where the shade comes free with the tree
And honey bring me some sweet iced tea
6.Wish You Could Have Been There
Finally jumped into the deep end like daytime in the evenin'
It got dark out there so fast it took everything I had
All the fears that I've been facin', the mistakes I kept on
makin'
I changed them all that day, I chased them all away
I guess you saw this comin' long before I did
You never wondered if I could you only wondered when
Wish you could've been there to see me
You always believed me even when I couldn't believe myself
Wish you could've been there to see this
The moment that I witnessed, every single word you said come
true
Wish you could've been there
Wish you could've been there
Tonight I'll close my eyes and sleep for the very first time
I'll dream of waking up next to you
You can't count on second chances, Lord knows I've had a few
You gave me all the answers, it was up to me to choose
It took so long for me to realize what you already knew
7.Louisiana Red Dirt Highway
Pulled out the driveway past an old tar paper shack
Standing at her mail box an old woman waves as I look back
I'm gonna miss my family and I'll need all the letter that
they'll send
It's gonna be a long time before I travel down this red dirt
road again
Louisiana red dirt highway I've been down a million times
With the tin barns and the pine trees I'm gonna take'em with me
in my mind
I'm gonna take'em to the city where a man can make good money so
they say
I'm already pretty lonesome and my tires ain't even slung off
all the clay
The mud drips would make their own design and they'd zig zag for
miles
And the one lane bridge that runs across the creek that I swan
in as a child
The sawmill was thirty miles away and my daddy brought it wood
Mama done the cookin' and the cleanin' and taught us what was
good
8.Beyond Those Years
Full moons and empty promises
We were only high school kids
We got so close that we closed our eyes
to the facts of life
We were married in the spring
not long before the baby came
Your mama said she couldn't bare the shame
Your dad refused to give the bride away.
Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here
And that love would find it's way
Through all the tears
Beyond those years.
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Eighteen standin' in the shoes of a man
The weight of the world in my unskilled hands
One by one as the dreams fell through
I took my failures out on you.
But you held on when it made no sense
And cleaned the face of the innocent
You were so strong to be so young
And now look just how far we've come.
Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here
And that love would find it's way
Through all the tears
Beyond those years.
So many times we wanted to act our age
Call it off, go our seperate ways
Against the odds we grew up to fast
And on our own, yeah, we made it last.
Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here
And that love would find it's way
Through all the tears
Beyond those years.
--- Instrumental ---
Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here
And that love would find it's way
Through all the tears
Beyond those years.
Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standin' here
And that love would find it's way
Through all the tears
Beyond those years...
9.Sacrifice... For Me
VERSE
Boy grew up in Caroline
Tobacco farm on the mountainside
Played football for the high school team
Fell in love with Sally Jean
Heard the call of his Uncle Sam
Headed off to Viet Nam
When he comes home gonna settle down
But somewhere, in a river
The soldier died...
For me
VERSE
Navajo boy stares at the sky
Tired of the reservation life
He has hopes. He has dreams
Joins the United States Marines
Marine works hard, he pulls his weight
His people are proud. He's a hero they say
When he comes home, gonna be a great day
But somewhere, in a desert
The Marine died...
For me
CHORUS
So I can live
In the land of free
Raise my kids
Live my dreams
There's a price
For liberty
Sacrifice... for me
VERSE
Punches that clock at a half past eight
Just like any other day
Brooklyn fireman callin' home
Gonna be late something big is going on
The world had changed in just one day
The devil himself had sent those planes
When he gets home gonna hold his wife
But somewhere, in a tower
The fireman died
For me
CHORUS
So I can live
In the land of free
Raise my kids
Live my dreams
There's a price
For liberty
Sacrifice... for me
TAG
Long black wall
Fields of green
Pillar of fire
Distant beach
Cross of white
The hero dies
Sacrifice for me
10.Lucky Moon
I was there in the very next room
She thought I was down the hall
She was talking on the phone like women do
She didn't know I could hear at all.
I heard her say to her very best friend
He doesn't love me like I did back then
She said lately I've been so alone
So tomorrow morning I'll be gone.
CHORUS：
Lucky moon stay out tonight, sunlight stay away
I've got one more chance to make things right
We've gotta make her want to stay
It's up to me and you, lucky moon.
Make reservations at her favourite restaurant
Candle light and expensive wine
Try to let her know that she's the one that I want
Gotta show her while I've still got time.
I can't believe how stupid I've been
God knows I love her like I did back then
Better take to heart her warning
Somehow change her mind by morning.
CHORUS：
The first star I see tonight
I wish I may, I pray she might
Find a little magic in the moonlight.
Lucky moon stay out tonight, sunlight stay away
I've got one more chance to make things right
We've gotta make her want to stay
CHORUS：
Lucky moon.
Lucky moon.
11.No Matter How High
Lyricist：Joey Scarbury, Bruce Noel Stevens
When I was a young boy, I would dream about life
And wonder just how sweet it would be
Baby, I got lucky when I met you that night
Now, you'll always have this promise from me
No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you
You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me, well baby, I must confess
I'll always look up to you no matter how high I get
Up here on the mountain, it gets crazy sometimes
So crazy, I don't know what to do
When I've had it up to here with all of their lies
I can count on you to tell me the truth
No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you
You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me, well baby, I must confess
I'll always look up to you no matter how high I get
You are the one who turned me around
You helped me keep my feet on the ground
No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you
You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me, well baby, I must confess
I'll always look up to you no matter how high
No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you
You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me, well baby, I must confess
I'll always look up to you no matter how high
No matter how high I get, I'll always look up to you
You'll always be number one, I'll settle for number two
You've always been there for me, well baby, I must confess
I'll always look up to you no matter how high I get
12.True Heart
Lyricist：Michael Clark, Don Schlitz
Some people spend night and day
Making money they can hide away
They never know what they're working for
All they think about is making more
And every time the world spins round
There's a few more hearts that can't be found
'Cause they never had nothing to hold on to
The way that I'm holding you
All ever need is your true heart
Next to me when it's cold and dark
All I need to keep from falling apart
Is the beat of your true heart
Some people spend day and night
Trying to love everybody in sight
They never know what love is for
All they think about is keeping the score
And every time the world spins round
There's a few more hearts that can't be found
'Cause they never had nothing to hold on to
The way that I'm holding you
All ever need is your true heart
Next to me when it's cold and dark
All I need to keep from falling apart
Is the beat of your true heart
Your true heart
No, they never had nothing to hold on to
The way that I'm holding you
All ever need is your true heart
Next to me when it's cold and dark
All I need to keep from falling apart
Is the beat of your true heart
All ever need is your true heart
Next to me when it's cold and dark
All I need to keep from falling apart
Is the beat of your true heart
All ever need is your true heart
Next to me when it's cold and dark
All I need to keep from falling apart
Is the beat of your true heart
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