The Truth About Men

Tracy Byrd The Truth About Men Lyrics
1.Drinkin' Bone

Written:Kerry Phillips/Casey Beathard

Well it's Friday evenin' six o'clock
And all my friends are twistin' off
I'm at the house just turnin' on T.V.
And they all wonder why I've changed
How many times must I explain
It's basic honky tonk anatomy

The drinkin' bone is connected to the party bone
The party bone's connected to the stayin' out all night long
And she won't think it's funny
And I'll wind up all alone
And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin' bone

Hey two plus two is always four
And down is south and up is north
Thirty-two degrees is freezing cold
You play with fire you end up burned
The early-bird gets the worm
But the only thing you really need to know
Is...

The drinkin' bone is connected to the party bone
The party bone's connected to the stayin' out all night long
And she won't think it's funny
And I'll wind up all alone
And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin' bone

Hey sing it with me
Let's make sure you know....

The drinkin' bone is connected to the party bone
The party bone's connected tot he stayin' out all ngiht long
And she won't think it's funny
And I'll wind up all alone
And the lonely bone's connected the the....

The drinkin' bone is connected to the party bone
The party bone's connected to the stayin' out all night long
And she won't think it's funny
And I'll wind up all alone
And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin' bone


2.You Feel Good

Lyrics:Tom Shapiro/Bob Dipiero
Music:Tom Shapiro/Bob Dipiero

I like sleeping in the nude
When It's hot and the moon is full
I like a little ice in my drink
And the sound when it clinks, that's cool
But when I need maximum sensation
I turn to you
Cause you feel good
Yeah, you feel good

I like a little itch in my neck
When a song won't let me go
I like a shower beating down
Steam rising all around like smoke
But when I wanna feel a rush that goes a little deeper
I turn to you and you feel good
Baby, you feel good, baby you feel good

I like the velvet of your skin
When I'm holding you in my arms
And I like the way that we connect
The way that you caress my heart
Everytime I need love and understanding
I turn to you...and
You fell good
Yeah, you feel good
Baby, you feel good
Yeah, you feel good
Like I want a shout
I wanna cry
I wanna make you feel exactly what I feel inside
Yeah, you feel good
Baby, you, you make me feel so good


3.How'd I Wind Up In America

Written:Casey Beathard/Michael Heeney

Sign said cold beer, I pulled in there
Pulled up a chair, to have just one
Now my head hurts, got this sun burn
Oh what on earth, have I done

How'd I wind up in Jamaica
Washed up like some lost cast away
How did one round of beer lead to me laying here
On this bed of sand in Montego Bay

Don't I know you, ain't you the girl who
I was talking to, back at the bar
Your dress was light green and I had on blue jeans
Tell me what's it mean, when we don't know where we are

How'd I wind up in Jamaica
Was it your wild hair or was it mine
Oh I barely remember, you cussing December
As you passed me that salt and the lime

It's been a year now, we're still here now
All settled down, might not go back again
Like a couple of beach bums, we hardly work much
Still ask each other every now and then

How'd we wind up in Jamaica
Was it your wild hair or was it mine
Oh who cares it don't matter we're happy ever after
Now pass me that salt and the lime

Got it made here in Jamaica
Wouldn't have it any other way
To this day it ain't clear all I know is we're here
On this bed of sand in Montego Bay


4.Tiny Town

Lyrics:Keith Stegall
Music:Keith Stegall

I grew up in a tiny town
Sidewalks rolled up
When the sun went down
And we played in the street
Til my mom said come eat
In that tiny town

My dad ran station by the railroad track
Half his life he spent on his back
Underneath a car
Lord he worked so hard
In that tiny town

They say home is where your heart is
And I guess it's true
And they say you can't go back but I close my eyes
And I'm driving through

My mom sold Avon is the neighborhood
And I'd wait in the car hoping she'd done good
So I'd have a dime to spend on the ice cream man
In that tiny town

Got the car when I was just fifteen
Five dollars bought a lot of gasoline
For the drive in picture show
Where we used to go
In that tiny town

They say home is where your heart is
And I guess it's true
And they say you can't go back but I close my eyes
And I'm driving through

Now the years they fly by oh so fast
So much of life we lose to the past
But I'm proud to say that I was raised
In a tiny town

They say home is where your heart is
And I guess it's true
And they say you can't go back but I close my eyes
And I'm driving through

I grew up in a tiny town
Sidewalks rolled up
When the sun went down
And we played in the street
Til my mom said come eat
In that tiny town


5.The Truth About Men

Written:Rory Lee/Tim Johnson/Paul Overstreet

We don't like to go out shoppin', don't care what's on sale
Just wanna sit with a bag full of chips watchin' the NFL
When you come over at half time, you say does this dress fit too
tight
We just look you in the eye with a big fat lie and say
Uh-Hu, looks just right

Well that's the truth about men, that's the truth about us
We like to hunt and golf on our days off, scratch and spit and
cuss
And no matter what line we hand you when we come draggin' in
We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen
again

We hate watchin' Steel Magnolias, we like Rambo and Die Hard IV
Jump up and down like fools when we see the new tools
At the Home Depot Store
We don't really wanna take you to dinner at some fancy
restaurant
The only reason we do is cause we know it leads to
The one thing that we all want

Well, that's the truth about men, that's the truth about guys
We'd rather pick guitars and work on cars
Than work on the problems in our lives
And though we might say it to you now and then
We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen
again

Well, if you wanna know what we're all thinkin', it's nothing
too complex
It's just somethin' cold for drinkin' and a whole lotta S E Yes.

That's the truth about men, that's the truth about us
We like to hunt and golf and drive around lost
And scratch and spit and a whole lotta other disgusting stuff
And no matter what line we give you when we come crawlin' in
We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry and it's probably gonna happen
again

We ain't wrong, We ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen
Sure it's gonna happen, you know it's gonna happen again
And that's the truth about men


6.Making Memories Of Us

Lyrics:Rodney Crowell
Music:Rodney Crowell

I'm gonna be here for you baby I'll e a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard

I want to sleep with you forever I want to die in your arms
In a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm

Now that I found you I want to surround you
I'll win to steal your attention like a bad outlaw

I want to stand out in a crowd for you a man among men
I want to make your world better than it's ever been

I want to know you like nobody knows you
I'll win your trust making memories of us

I'm gonna be here for you from now on this you'll know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now

I'm gonna make you a promise if there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm wet kiss

Cause I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
I'll win your trust making memories of us

I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
I'll earn your trust making memories of us


7.That's What Keeps Her Getting By


8.When You Go

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

The yelling and cussing
Was different this time
That's when I started to pack
There's a place where two people
Can't change anymore
And that's right about where we're at

Grabbed my favorite CDand my six pack of beer
A duffle bag full of my clothes
Didn't come here with much
Even leaving with less
Guess that's what ya get when ya go

Back when we met
I thought she was so me
And she told me I was so her
Playing that game of pleasing each other
It was so easy at first

Why when and where everything changed
At this point who cares and who knows
Last thing I want is to carry this hate
But you can't make it stay when you go

The way that it is
Ain't the way that it was
We've come to the fork in the road
No it ain't about pride
Or who's wrong or who's right
There just comes a time when you know
You'll be better off when ya go

I got caught in a moment way too surreal
Playing that game of pleasing each other
It was so easy at first

Why when and where everything changed
At this point who cares and who knows
Last thing I want is to carry this hate
But you can't make it stay when you go

The way that it is
Ain't the way that it was
We've come to the fork in the road
No it ain't about pride
Or who's wrong or who's right
There just comes a time when you know
You'll be better off when ya go

I got caught in a moment way too surreal
I wasn't trying to stall
Just taking my steps one at a time
Taking in all the pictures on the wall

I walked in the kitchen I said I better leave
Kinda hoping she might say din't
But she took a deep drag off that Marlboro light
And said shut the door behind ya when ya go

Ya she just took a deep drag off that Marlboro light
And said shut the door behind ya when ya go


9.Baby Put Your Clothes On

Written:Bill Anderson/Buddy Cannon/Paul Overstreet

Baby put your clothes on, put on those brand new shoes
I wanna take you downtown, I gotta little blues to lose
I wanna see you dancing, swinging to a country song
I love to show you off, baby put your clothes on

We been sittin 'round here hardly doin' nothin'
I think we need a little bit of belt-buckle rubbin'
Where the lights are low and the music's fine
Wouldn't hurt us none to have a little you and me time

Baby put your clothes on, paint up those pretty lips
Put on those cool blue jeans, the ones that ride low on your
hips
You know you make their heads turn
Little girl you look so strong
I love to show you off, baby put your clothes on

Baby put your clothes on, put on those brand new shoes
I wanna take you downtown, I got a little blues to lose
I wanna see you dancing, swingin' to a country song
I love to show you off, baby put your clothes on

We been sittin 'round here hardly doin' nothin'
I think we need a little bit of belt-buckle rubbin'
Where the lights are low and the music's fine
Wouldn't hurt us none to have a little you and me time


10.Somewhere I Wanna Go

Written:Tom Shapiro/Tony Martin/Mark Nesler

Here's the thing about your memory
It could be a thousand miles
It could be as many days
But when it's sweeping over me
I'm so powerless
It just caries me away
And where it's taking me I never know
The only thing that I can do is hope
It's somewhere I wanna go

Not that January night under that street light
With the snow falling all around
And I'm telling you things that I don't really mean
But they just keep coming out
And I see your unbelieving tears
Your speechless breath hanging in the air
And I watch you throw your ring out in the snow
And there I wait until your memory goes
Somewhere I wanna go

Like that weekend when we just took off
Driving in that April sun
Anywhere the feeling went
We ended up in Montreal
Couldn't understand a word
But we learned to laugh in French
Where you memory wants to take me I don't know
The only thing that I can do is hope
It's somewhere I wanna go

Somewhere I wanna go
Make it somewhere I wanna go
Dancing down at Mardi Gras
That little motel room in Arkansas
The nights we just sat up and talked
Somewhere I wanna go


11.Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo(Live Version)

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 . . .