Love Lessons

Tracy Byrd Love Lessons Lyrics
1.4 To 1 In Atlanta

(bill kenner/l. russell brown)

Oh wild billy told me even i would have a chance
If i took a trip down the georgia highway and asked some girl to
dance
Billy said he'd been there - had the best time of his life
He went to stay for the weekend and he came back with a wife

It's 4 to 1 in atlanta, i'm gonna get lucky tonight
The girls are in my favor and if i play my cards just right
I might find an angel whose fire i can light
It's 4 to 1 in atlanta and i'm on my way tonight

I can't wait to get there i know she's waiting for me
With eyes as blue as texas skies like i ain't never seen
And as i think about it my heart starts to pound
I throw this thing into lower gear and crush that hammer down

It's 4 to 1 in atlanta, i'm gonna get lucky tonight
The girls are in my favor and if i play my cards just right
I might find an angel whose fire i can light
It's 4 to 1 in atlanta and i'm on my way tonight

Here comes a confrontation with the highway patrol
I hope beneath those flashing lights there's an understanding
soul
I've only got one story - i'm a man without love
Can we talk about it ma'am before you write me up

It's 4 to 1 in atlanta, i'm gonna get lucky tonight
The girls are in my favor and if i play my cards just right
I might find an angel whose fire i can light
It's 4 to 1 in atlanta and i'm on my way tonight
I'm on my way tonight


2.Don't Need That Heartache

(kostas/melba montgomery)

I hate to say it heart i told you so
You wouldn't listen you just had to go
And take her back again
Knowing you couldn't win
She's put you through all this before
And you don't need that heartache anymore

I feel the hurt that's inside of you
I've seen all the things she's put you through
Now you're alone and ache
She's finally made you break
Your troubles just walked out the door
You don't need that heartache anymore

Maybe in a while you'll feel better
Try real hard to forget her
She ain't worth your teardrops
Or walking the floor
It's gonna take time but i know you'll do it
Come on heart you can get through it
You don't need that heartache anymore

Maybe in a while you'll feel better
Try real hard to forget her
She ain't worth your teardrops
Or walking the floor
It's gonna take time but i know you'll do it
Come on heart you can get through it
You don't need that heartache anymore

Maybe in a while you'll feel better
Try real hard to forget her
She ain't worth your teardrops
Or walking the floor
It's gonna take time but i know you'll do it
Come on heart you can get through it
You don't need that heartache anymore
You don't need that heartache anymore
You don't need that heartache anymore


3.Down On The Bottom

(mark nesler/tracy byrd)

I can't say looking back right now just where our love went
wrong
But the hard cold fact is she's not here she's gone
Made me a promise she'd be true till the rivers all ran dry
The rivers still runnin' but she's long said goodbye

That's why i'm down on the bottom
Where the moccasin's king and the big tall cypress grow
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some peace of
mind
And get back up, is on the bottom

Got friends in the world outside but none quite like ol' cajun
joe
He lives down a slough where the river used to flow
Worked real hard most of his life till the pushin' came to shove
Gave it all he had but he just couldn't rise above

That's why he's down at the bottom
Where the alligator swims and the old grey moss hangs low
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some piece of
mind
And get back up, is on the bottom

I can get back up here on the bottom
On the natchez river bottom


4.Have A Good One

(max d. barnes/paul craft/david kent)

Have a good one she told me as she walked away
What a fine time to tell me to have a nice day
She's gone now but the words she said still linger on and on
Have a good one, thought i had one, i guess i was wrong

She could have said i'm sorry or darlin' please don't cry
But now there's tears each time i hear that cheerful goodbye
It's over but over and over it echoes all night long
Have a good one, thought i had one, i guess i was wrong

She could have said i'm sorry or darlin' please don't cry
But now there's tears each time i hear that cheerful goodbye
It's over but over and over it echoes all night long
Have a good one, thought i had one, i guess i was wrong
Have a good one, thought i had one, i guess i was wrong


5.Heavin In My Woman's Eyes

(mark nesler)

It's cold this time of year and the people in this city make it
colder
They've all forgotten what it means to lend a hand or cry on a
shoulder
In this land of opportunity we fight like hell to make an extra
dime
It would surely get the best of me without the heaven in my
woman's eyes

It's the heaven in my woman's eyes that make life's hell a
better place to be
It's the heaven in my woman's eyes that gives the inspiration
that i need
Sometimes it seems a man is born to lose no matter how hard he
tries
Life on earth would sure be hell without the heaven in my
woman's eyes

Simplicity was once a way of life but now it's buried with our
past
A dollar used to go a long long way but now it just goes fast
Oh how i wish that i could be as free as our union eagle flies
But the only time i'm free is when i view the heaven in my
woman's eyes

It's the heaven in my woman's eyes that make life's hell a
better place to be
It's the heaven in my woman's eyes that gives the inspiration
that i need
Sometimes it seems a man is born to lose no matter how hard he
tries
Life on earth would sure be hell without the heaven in my
woman's eyes
Life on earth would sure be hell without the heaven in my
woman's eyes


6.Honky-tonk Dancing Machine

(mark nesler/tracy byrd)

I could tell she was a hot rod when she walked in all alone
Made a pit stop at the front bar, in a puff of smoke was gone
I followed her smell of perfume, cause she was too far out of
sight
Tried to catch up but the girl was running one hell of a race
tonight

She's a real low maintenance, country music beat driven,
honky-tonk dancin' machine
All it takes to keep her tuned up is boots and wrangler jeans
She scoots about fifty times around the floor on one shot of jim
beam
She's a real low maintenance, country music beat driven,
honky-tonk dancin' machine

There's a guy on every corner, watching her make the bend
Hoping he'll be the next one to take her for a spin
She's not the kind that can be hot wired with money or romance
Got a body for pleasure, but all she wants to do is dance

She's a real low maintenance, country music beat driven,
honky-tonk dancin' machine
All it takes to keep her tuned up is boots and wrangler jeans
She scoots about fifty times around the floor on one shot of jim
beam
She's a real low maintenance, country music beat driven,
honky-tonk dancin' machine

She scoots about fifty times around the floor on one shot of jim
beam
She's a real low maintenance, country music beat driven,
honky-tonk dancin' machine
She's a real low maintenance, country music beat driven,
honky-tonk dancin' machine


7.Love Lessons

(jerry kilgore/ted hewitt/monty powell/sarah majors)

Don't be afraid darling you can tell me
What it takes to make your world turn
If you're willing there's time
And if you're so inclined
Just give me a sign

I wanna take love lessons baby from you
Whatever it is you want i want to please you
I wanna take love lessons baby real slow
Teach me everything i need to know

Take my hand let's talk about us
Whisper soft what it is you're thinking of
I wanna hold you tight
Won't you show me how tonight
Let's turn down the lights

I wanna take love lessons baby from you
Whatever it is you want i want to please you
I wanna take love lessons baby real slow
Teach me everything i need to know
Teach me everything i need to know


8.Walkin' In

(byron hill/zack turner)

I've done my share of walkin' out
I've kept your heart in a state of doubt
I'm gonna change, i know i can
There'll be no more walkin' out, i'm walkin' in

I'm walkin' in through that door
I know i've let you down but i ain't gonna do it no more
I'm back to stay to the lovin' end
There'll be no more walkin' out, i'm walkin' in

These shoes of mine have had their day
Of runnin' 'round on you this way
I'll be a better man for where i've been
There'll be no more walkin' out, i'm walkin' in

I'm walkin' in through that door
I know i've let you down but i ain't gonna do it no more
I'm back to stay to the lovin' end
There'll be no more walkin' out, i'm walkin' in

When you hear me knock, don't be alarmed
Just turn that lock and open up your arms

I'm walkin' in through that door
I know i've let you down but i ain't gonna do it no more
I'm back to stay to the lovin' end
There'll be no more walkin' out, i'm walkin' in
There'll be no more walkin' out, i'm walkin' in


9.Walking To Jerusalem

(sam hogin/mark d. sanders)

I dressed up in my best
My ropers and my vest
And waited by the door with these roses
Till you came walkin' in
With your high falutin' friends
So busy lookin' down your noses
Now here you are ignorin' me
Girl i might as well be

Walkin' to jerusalem
Marchin' with methuselah
Readin' signs in arabic
Ravin' like a lunatic
By the time you tell me i'm the one
I'll be stickin' out my thumb
And walkin' to jerusalem

You wore your boots last night
You kissed me and held me tight
You said you'd always be my cowgirl
But tonight you're hangin' out
With that christian dior crowd
So where does that leave me now girl
You're as cold as polar regions
I oughta join the french foreign legion and go

Walkin' to jerusalem
Marchin' with methuselah
Readin' signs in arabic
Ravin' like a lunatic
By the time you tell me i'm the one
I'll be stickin' out my thumb
And walkin' to jerusalem

I can see me in a long robe
Studyin' the book of job and

Walkin' to jerusalem
Marchin' with methuselah
Readin' signs in arabic
And ravin' like a lunatic
By the time you tell me i'm the one
I'll be stickin' out my thumb
And walkin'
By the time you tell me i'm the one
I'll be stickin' out my thumb
And walkin' to jerusalem
And walkin' to jerusalem
And walkin' to jerusalem


10.You Lied To Me

(bill anderson)

You looked at me as only you can look at me
You touched my cheek and told me not to cry
But you said you'd found somebody you loved more than me
And you told me i'd forget you by and by

But you lied to me, yes you lied to me
You said time would close the wound that bled inside of me
But every breath i take brings back your memory
You said i'd forget you, but you lied to me

Monday, i said tuesday you'd be off my mind
Then i gave myself 'til wednesday then on down the line
Funny how september turns to june so fast
And you told me this pain was not the kind to last

But you lied to me, yes you lied to me
You said time would close the wound that bled inside of me
But every breath i take brings back your memory
You said i'd forget you, but you lied to me

Oh you said i'd forget you, but you lied to me