Ten Rounds

Tracy Byrd Ten Rounds Lyrics
1.Somebody's Dream

Written:Casey Beathard/Michael Heeney

There's a burned out farm house down the road
Barn's fallin' in, field's over grown
Keep out signs on a broken fence, passers by say 'what a mess'
It don't cross their mind that not long ago, that was

(chorus)
Somebody's dream, somebody's hope
Somebody's world, gone up in smoke
Ain't life a twisting, turning, changing machine
They had big plans, they had no doubts, but then the bottom fell
out
It fell apart at the seams
You wouldn't know that it used to be
Somebody's dream

He's seventeen his thumbs in the air
Running away to god knows where
And no one wants to pick him up, all they see's a no good punk
The tore up clothes, the cigarette, the hair, ah but that's

(chorus)
Somebody's dream, somebody's hope
Somebody's world, gone up in smoke
Ain't life a twisting, turning, changing, machine
His folks had plans, they had no doubts, had his future figured
out
Guess he just figured differently
Hey maybe you got room in your backseat
For somebody's dream

(bridge)
Girl walks in the pawn shop to sell her wedding ring
Says 'since he left man it don't mean a thing'
She's thinkin' about what happened, thinking what went wrong
Man across the counters thinkin' what price tag he'll put on

(chorus)
Somebody's dream, somebody's hope
Somebody's world, gone up in smoke
Ain't life a twisting, turning, changing machine
She had made plans, had no doubts, she had it figured out
Guess he figured differently
But still she knows someday she'll be
Somebody's dream


2.Just Let Me Be In Love

Written:Tony Martin/Mark Nesler/Tom Shapiro

My breath is short, my heart is beating fast
Every time I smile at her shes smiling back
If Im dreaming, please just let me sleep
Anyone can see that shes too good for me
Oh, give her time, shell find out soon enough
Just let me have and hold her til she does

What weve got going on is so incredible
This chemistry between us feels so wonderful
But knowing me, Ill probably
Find a way to mess it up
Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love

Dont concern me with reality
Dont convince me shes too heavenly
Forget the future, disregard the past
Those are questions I dont want to ask
To my heart, all that matters is tonight
Just let me live this moment in her eyes

What weve got going on is so incredible
This chemistry between us feels so wonderful
But knowing me, Ill probably
Find a way to mess it up
Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love

What weve got going on is so incredible
This chemistry between us feels so wonderful
But knowing me, Ill probably
Find a way to mess it up
Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love

Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love
Let me be in love
I just want to be in love


3.Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo

Written:Casey Beathard/Michael Heeney/Marla Cannon-Goodma

I walked in the band just stunk
The singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
Was on a mission to drown her memory but
I thought no way with all this raucous

(chorus)
But after one round with Jose Cuervo
I caught my boots tapping long with the beat
And after two rounds with Jose Cuervo
That band was sounding pretty darn good to me

Then some stranger asked me to dance
And I revealed to her my two left feet
Said don't get me wrong Im glad you asked
But tonight's about me and an old memory

(chorus)
Then after three rounds with Jose Cuervo
I let her lead me out on the floor
And after four rounds with Jose Cuervo
I was showing off moves never seen before

(bridge)
Well around five or round six
I forgot what I came to forget
And after round seven or was it eight
I bought a round for the whole damn place

(chorus)
And after nine rounds with Jose Cuervo
They were countin' me out I was about to give in
And after ten rounds with Jose Cuervo
I lost count and started counting again

(tag)
One round with Jose Cuervo
Two rounds with Jose Cuervo
Three rounds with Jose Cuervo . . .


4.Wildfire

Written:Michael Martin Murphy/Larry Cansler

She comes down from yellow mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night

Oh, they say she died one winter
And there came a killing frost
And the pony she named wildfire
Busted down his stall
And in a blizzard he was lost

She ran calling wildfire
Calling wildfire
Calling wildfire

By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
Theres been a hoot owl howling by my window now
For six nights in a row
Shes coming for me I know
And on wildfire were both gonna go

Well be riding with wildfire
Riding with wildfire
Riding with wildfire

On a wildfire were gonna ride
Were gonna leave sod bustin behind
Let these hard times right out if my mind
Riding wildfire


5.How Much Does The World Weigh

Written:Larry Michael White/Lee Thomas Miller

I sat up thinking late last night
Do they have a way to count the stars
Theres a lot of scientific minds
Who claim to know what all the answers are
Well if thats the case
How much does the world weigh
Somebodys probably worked it out
You could look up what the experts say
But all you gotta do is look around
Youd be surprised who knows

Ask that woman trying to make the rent
Pay the bills and feed the kids
Six months ago their daddy walked away
Ask that man whose family stayed around
cause he finally put that bottle down
But now he fights that battle everyday
Hey, how much does the world weigh

Human spirit is a funny thing
How far it bends before it breaks
To keep the world from caving in
How much strength does it take
Dont ask me

Ask that couple in the waiting room
The doctors say its still too soon
Its their little girl and all they can do is pray
Ask that little boy whose gotta choose
Mom or dad, either way hell lose
Theyre breaking up and he thinks hes to blame
Hey, how much does the world weigh

Ask that man hanging on the cross
His last breath will save the lost
The answers in the tears on his face
How much does the world weigh
How much does the world weigh


6.Summertime Fever

Lyrics:Marty Brown/Stan Webb
Music:Marty Brown/Stan Webb

Well I went to the doctor to tell em the news
I got a fever from my head to my toes
Nurse said sorry but the doc's not in
He's got the fever too it's summer again

(1st chorus)
Longnecks rednecks barbecues
Somethin's always goin' on
Spreadin' like a fire and the mornin' news
From your skin right down to your bones
Yachts and the john boats floatin' on the river
Everybody's catchin' that summertime fever

Mini-skirts and roman sandals
Women so hot lawd they oughta have handles
Fireworks on the fourth of july
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pies

(2nd chorus)
Take off your tops on your t-birds
Cut off your blue jeans peel off your shirts
Yachts and john boats floatin' on the river
Everybody's catchin' the summertime

(repeat 1st chorus)

(tag)
A little suntan oil so you don't blister
Everybody's got that summertime fever


7.Crazy Every Time

Written:Casey Beathard/Billy Currington/Don Demay

When we heard that train a comin'
Should've seen old Billy Walker run
I laughed and yelled hey Billy
You're gonna miss all the fun

Between me and that cold water
I bet there was fifty feet of air
When I jumped that bridge was shakin'
But me I wasn't scared
Call me crazy but when the choice was mine
I'd pick crazy every time

(chorus)
Mama thought she taught me
Better safe than sorry but I guess I've always
Been the other kind
I disregard all reason don't look for hidden meaning
And I don't really care if it don't rhyme
Born with a rebel state of mind
I'll pick crazy every time

(bridge)
Between drag racin' cane raisin' girl chasin'
Bootleggin' I like my livin' on edge
Ask me what I'd change and I'll say there's one thing
To this day I still regret

She was the best thing I had goin'
That's what Billy Walker said
Nobody else will treat me better
Love me like she did
All I had to do was walk that line
But I'll pick crazy every time

(repeat chorus)


8.A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side

Written:George Teren/Rivers Rutherford
Vocal:Tracy Byrd/Mark Chesnutt

Verse 1:
Little Lady standin' next to me
Isn't she a pretty thing
I'm the one who put that ring on her left hand
Another fella can tip his hat
And I'm as gentle as a pussycat
But let it go much further than that and he's a dead man

Chorus:
That's a good way
That's a real good way
That's a real good way to get on my bad side

Verse 2:
Politician on my TV
Says he's only lookin' out for me
That he knows what the poor man needs in the long run
But every year he gives himself a raise
With a chunk of every buck I make
Now he's talkin' like he wants to take my shotgun

Repeat Chorus
Verse 3:
I ain't looking for no trouble, don't wanna start no fight
Don't want more than I got comin', I only wanna do what's right
Just treat me like I treat you and we'll get along just fine
But mister take one step across that line

Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
I like Van Halen and I like George Jones
Charlie Daniels and the Rolling Stones
And Bocephus when he rocks and rolls still kills me
Ought to be a law against cowboy rap
And all that boy band crap
A little sissy in a cowboy hat ain't country..but

Repeat Chorus


9.Needed

Written:Neil Thrasher/Wendell Mobley

You say you hate to bother me
Baby, I'll be right there
You're having one of those days
I can see right through this phone
Nothing's out of my way
You can't ask too much
I'm just thankful to be
The one you lean on

Chorus:
So lay your troubles on me
It's what I live for
It makes me feel so complete
It's the reason I was born
Baby, what makes love love
And gives my life meaning
Is to be needed

I know this ain't easy
Sometimes we try so hard
That we just end up overworked and overwhelmed
That's why I've got this shoulder
And two arms open wide
You won't ever have to do it by yourself

Repeat chorus


10.Tryin' Not To Love You

Lyrics:Gary Cotton/Jeff Wood
Music:Gary Cotton/Jeff Wood

I'm doin' the best I can, but I'm startin' to understand
The best I've got ain't getting me anywhere
I'm fightin' with all my might, but when I'm alone at night
Your memory is more than I can bear

Chorus:
Tryin' not to love you is like tryin' not to breathe
Somethin' that I haven't learned to do
I can't stop believin' you're everything I need
That's a place my heart just won't go to
Tryin' not to love you

I make it a little while, without thinkin' of your sweet smile
Then suddenly I see you in my mind
Keep tellin' myself you're gone, keep sayin' I'm movin' on
But everyday I'm falling more behind

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
You said I'd be fine but you were lyin'
'Cause after all this time it feels like dyin'

Repeat Chorus


11.Never Gonna Break Again

Lyrics:Tony Martin/Mark Nesler
Music:Tony Martin/Mark Nesler

Seeing you sitting alone
Stranded with your heart broke down
Reminds me of everything
Wrong with the world right now
Seems nobody takes pride
In anything they do or say
They give their word
But it ain't worth very much these days
Maybe I'm old school, behind the times
But I still believe if a man does something
He ought to do it right, so

When I make love
It's made to last
And when I build trust
It's built to stand fast
Everything I start
I see it to the end
If you let me fix your heart
It's never gonna break again

Whoever had your heart before
Left it in pretty bad shape
If he gave it the time
And the care it needs
Well, he did it too late
It's gonna take a little work
But it's nothing that I can't do
Piece by piece I'll put it together
Back better than new
And it comes with my
Lifetime guarantee
Just put your heart in my good hands
And, girl, you'll see

When I make love
It's made to last
And when I build trust
It's built to stand fast
Everything I start
I see it to the end
If you let me fix your heart
It's never gonna break again

Oh, everything I start
I see it to the end
If you let me fix your heart
It's never gonna break again

If you let me fix your heart
It's never gonna break again


12.The Keeper Of The Stars

Written:Dickey Lee/Danny Mayo/Karen Staley

It was no accident me finding you
Someone had a hand in it
Long before we ever knew
Now I just can't believe you're in my life
Heaven's smilin' down on me
As I look at you tonight

I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars
He sure knew what he was doin'
When he joined these two hearts
I hold everything
When I hold you in my arms
I've got all I'll ever need
Thanks to the keeper of the stars

Soft moonlight on your face oh how you shine
It takes my breath away
Just to look into your eyes
I know I don't deserve a treasure like you
There really are no words
To show my gratitude

So I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars
He sure knew what he was doin'
When he joined these two hearts
I hold everything
When I hold you in my arms
I've got all I'll ever need
Thanks to the keeper of the stars

It was no accident me finding you
Someone had a hand in it
Long before we ever knew