Mark Chesnutt One more chance, Lord, I've had so many The last time you said next time it's the end But I kept on throwin' rocks at the window of our future Th...

I've got a couple more years on you, baby, that's all I've had more chances to fly and more places to fall It's not that I'm wiser, it's just that I've spent mo...

I stay up late and read a lot at night Lately she's begun to wonder why She don't know I'm scared that I'll start talking in my sleep You're a hard secret to ke...

There was rain on the street last night We stood beneath the front door light And everything we said, We made sure the neighbors heard You called me this, I cal...

Always knew it, I'd recognize your face And I rehearsed it, just what I would say But then I say you and all that I could do Was just smile In your brown eyes ...

(david lott, glenn gorden, mark chesnutt) It's early may and the summer heat is comin' down April's gone and my heart is nowhere to be found Teardrops fall lik...

Slipping and sliding, playing domino Lefting and then righting, ain't a crime, you know Well, I gotta tell a story, boy 'Fore it's time to go Are you ready for...

As The Honky Tonk Turns Mark Chesnutt As the honky tonk turns And the world goes 'round I'll be sittin' on a bar stool Pourin' cold ones down Watchin' hearts g...

I been having a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont I love that town but I just couldn't stay Two-stepped all the way to Amarillo Shuffled my way into Santa Fe I...

Well, it's a Bloody Mary morning Baby left me without warning Sometime in the night And I'm flyin' down to Houston Forgetting her, the nature of my flight As w...

Brother Jukebox -- Mark Chestnutt CHORUS: ] Brother jukebox ] Sister wine ] Mother freedom ] Father of time ] Since she left me, by myself ] You're the only fa...

We were all down at Margie's bar tellin' stories if we had one Someone fired the old jukebox up, the song it sure was a sad one A teardrop rolled down Bubba's n...

I tossed and turned and tried counting sheep When will I ever learn how I'll ever sleep 'Til you're by my side it's just a waste of time Ain't no use tryin' to ...

That hot, old summer sun Make you beg for your next breath So you best be on the creek bank Laid in the shade Chewin' on a hickory twig Pass that bottle, I'll ...

I'd sing 'Red River Valley' He'd sit out in the kitchen and cry Run his fingers through seventy years of livin' And wonder, Lord, has every well I drilled, gone...

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler) Have you ever stared down in the bottom of a coffee cup And discovered that you got no reason staying up Right at the moment when T...

Well, looked who just showed up again After all this time You feeling what Don't ruin it for the rest of us With your braggin' that you fell in love Can't you ...

I talked to your sister last night on the telephone You know she always thought pretty well of me She said that the wedding went fine and you were up in New Yor...

There's a photo in my baby book Of the first step that I ever took I ended up on my butt with a puzzled look Ever since I've been kinda confused When life tripp...

I tied my bandanna, took my pack from the floor You were still sleeping as I stood at the door Once more I was headin' for God only knows where That's when it h...

I was hopin you'd be gone Tonight when I got home What are you still waiting for You're probably thinking that She won't like it where's she's at And she'll com...

I talked to your sister last night on the telephone You know she always thought pretty well of me She said that the wedding went fine and you were up in New Yor...

Gotta find somethin' to ease my mind Gotta get it off of you You tear at my heart strings one more time With what you're puttin' me through I'm not much on hang...

(Michael Dulaney / Jason Sellers Tired of channel surfing El Camino ain't working it's Monday night and I'm hurtin' for company bummed a ride to the hideaway I...

Little lady standin' next to me, isn't she a pretty thing I'm the one that put that ring on her left hand Another fella can tip his hat, and I'm as gentle as a ...

Goodbye Comes Hard For Me Artist(Band):Kenny Serratt I just remembered somethin' That I forgot to do The bedroom door needs paintin' And the walls are fadin' t...

(Mark Chesnutt, Steve Leslie, Roger Springer) You've been gone almost a month Girl I nearly died For twenty seven days and nights Sat right here and cried If i...

Mark Chesnutt, Steve Leslie, Roger Springer) You??ve been gone almost a month Girl I nearly died For twenty seven days and nights Sat right here and cried If it...

The day you said goodbye Without a tear in your eye I just can not believe You could take from my life Half of everything and all of my heart Loneliness and yo...

Summer after graduation Two kids stuck in Alabama We'd be lovers any way we could A ten buck wedding ceremony A guy outside the courthouse told me The weather d...

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler) Have you ever looked down in the bottom of a coffee cup And discovered that you got reason staying up Right at the moment when The ...

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing Watch you smile while you are sleeping While you're far away and dreaming I could spend my life in this sweet surr...

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing, Watch you smile while you are sleeping, While you're far away from dreaming, I could spend my life in this sweet ...

(Casey Beathard / Dean Dillon) Little Billy drew a firefighter Mary drew a doctor Bobby he just drew a ball we all knew he's play soccer Richard drew a race ca...

I May Be A Fool Mark Chesnutt I won't be runnin' back into your arms this time Don't be surprised when you can't have your way You didn't want my heart but to ...

Ever since you told me we were through I've been down, I've been down The love you said I'd find to take your place Never came around, never came around But one...

Album: Keith Whitley: Tribute I can't stand to see a good man go to waste One who never combs his hair or shaves his face A man who leans on wine, over love, t...

Why couldn't I hear the sound of your heart breakin' Why couldn't I see the mistakes I was makin' Why didn't I feel the distance in your kiss Well I can't let y...

I don't know how I'll get her off my mind - but give me time I'll think of something I can't say that I'm all right - but by tonight I'll think of something I'l...

Here's some things about me you might wanna know I'm gonna tell you even if you don't I come from the country, I still been to town An' I like dogs but just not...

Sittin' at a table conversation Me and my buddies I follow what they're sayin' 100% of the daily events But the minute she walks in my direction Well there goes...

We sit alone in the darkest corner Waitress comes and takes our order And she looks at us so suspiciously It's plain to see that we're lovers Tryin' to be alone...

(steve earle) Seems like I've been here before Just outside some closing door Standing here just searching for a line You'd think by now I'd have it down I kno...

Seems like I've been here before Just outside some closing door Standing here just searching for a light You'd think by now I'd have it down I know I should be ...

Why couldn't I hear the sound of your heart breakin' Why couldn't I see the mistakes I was makin' Why didn't I feel the distance in your kiss Well I can't let y...

I dont know how Ill get her off my mind - but give me time Ill think of something I cant say that Im all right - but by tonight Ill think of something Ill find ...

Sittin at a table conversation Me and may buddies, I follow what theyre sayin 100% of the daily events But the minute she walks in my direction Well there goes ...

My oldest brother Tommy was a lineman rest his soul His job was hanging hot wires on them power company poles I said with all of that high voltage don't it scar...

The alarm clock Ting'a'ling Ringing in my head I woke up dog tired beat down, half dead Trying to recover from another wild weekend Chugging down coffee while I...

Don't get me wrong, I'm doing all right Can't you see I'm OK I'm not at home all alone every night I'm out here dancing old memories away But it wouldn't hurt ...

Well, early this morning it dawned on me The kind of man she wanted me to be She made a list and laid it there beside me on the bed Now what I shoulda done keep...

At night the wind blows in the rain Against the window pane I hear you call my name Your voice whispers in my ear The words are still so dear It's almost like y...

You can tell everyone love is over and done You can pack all your things and go You can lie to yourself and say that there's nothing left But there's one thing ...

You can tell everyone love is over and done You can pack all your things and go You can lie to yourself and say there's nothing else But there's something I thi...

(mark chesnutt, roger springer, slugger morrissette) Weel, earll this morning it dawned on me The kind of man she needed me to be She made a list and laid it t...

The alarm clock Ting'a'ling Ringing in my head I woke up dog tired beat down, half dead Trying to recover from another wild weekend Chugging down coffee while I...

At night the wind blows in the rain Against the window pane I hear you call my name Your voice whispers in my ear The words are still so dear It's almost like y...

Well I left Louisiana Lookin' for some higher ground Trying to make my crazy dream come true But six months in Atlanta Done tuned my heart around Tell me you st...

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler) In my mind I'm thinner and I'm taller Younger too with a little more hair I saw myself going so much farther (chorus) oh but girl...

The king of broken hearts doesn't ask much from his friends And he has quite a few of them They know he'll understand That's just the way it goes The king of b...

Chorus Youve got to give a little take a little Sit a spell, learn to whittle Live a little now and then Unwind take your time, leave your cares all behind And ...

Storm clouds rising flash of lightning rattles that ole porch swing Window open curtains dancing just you and me As the thunder rolls on we'll just hold on neat...

Well I don't wanna hear no more About how he broke your heart Relivin' your ol' memories is tearin' me apart I'd just soon forget about the past 'Cause that's t...

Well I dont wanna hear no more about how he broke your heart Relivin your old memories is tearin me apart Id just soon forget about the past cause thats the one...

You are the light of the world You are the light of the world But if that light is under a bushel Brrr, it's lost something kind of crucial You got to stay brig...

Well, early this morning it dawned on me The kind of man she wanted me to be She made a list and laid it there beside me on the bed Now what I shoulda done keep...

You've got to give a little take a little Sit a spell learn to whittle Live a little now and then Unwind take your time leave your cares all behind And see what...

We step out on the dance floor the band starts to play Holding you close I get carried away Finding that falling is easy to do Lost in the feeling with you Ti...

From somewhere outside I hear the street vendor cry file' gumbo Through my window I see him going down the street and he don't know That she fell right to sleep...

I have seen the morning burning golden On the mountain in the skies Aching with the feeling of the freedom Of an eagle when she flies Turning on the world the ...

Make memories with me Make memories with me Forget the one who might have been And the one who used to be Darlin' i've got love And you've got love And love is ...

There's a bottle of whiskey up above the stove It's been there thirty years I know Only used for coughs and colds at mama's house In the air there's a combinat...

I used to sit on the stool and watch him shave If my memory is right I was 7 or 8 In the eyes of a child he was no less than great But time would prove anything...

We had a little fight tonight buddy it got vicious And all the way out the door, I was duckin' dishes I thought I'd let her simmer down just a few degrees So I ...

(Chris DuBois / Lee Thomas Miller) It's funny all things a man can do when he's asleep like playing right field for the Red Sox on national TV or the next nigh...

(lonnie wilson, kim williams, phil barnhart) Chorus My heart's too broke to pay attention If love was a penny i couldn't afford to fall Every girl in the world...

My heart's too broke to pay attention If love was a penny I couldn't afford to fall Every girl in the world tonight could have sweet intentions My heart's too b...

I left town two years ago and moved on up to Idaho But swore that I'd be back again - Pick up where I left off, oh man Left behind some lovely ladies Grown up s...

After one of my huntin', fishin' party weekends I could hardly wait to hold my baby again A man will never see a more beautiful sight Than home sweet mobil home...

Storm clouds rising, flash of lightning Rattles that old porch swing Window open, curtains dancing Just you and me As the thunder rolls on, we'll just hold on, ...

Everybody knows you've been steppin' on my toes And I'm gettin' pretty tired of it You keep a-steppin' out of line and you're messin' with my mind If you had an...

(Wendell Mobley / Neil Thrasher / Kent Blazy) What the hell was I thinkin' comin' and livin' in the concrete canyon trying to swim upstream in a river of vacan...

Pride's Not Hard To Swallow Mark Chesnut I wish you'd look who's crawlin' back to you I never thought I'd live to see today I swore to you the day I left, this...

Oh rainy day woman I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman That woman of mine, she ain't ha...

Oh rainy day woman I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman That woman of mine, she ain't hap...

(Waylon Jennings) Oh rainy day woman I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman That woman of...

Oh rainy day woman I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman That woman of mine, she ain't ha...

Once was a thought inside my head Before I'd reached thirty I'd be dead Somehow on and on I go I keep on rollin' with the flow Folks said that I would change m...

I'm runnin outta ways to say I love you I bet I've cried a million tears to show you It hurts to think I've done all I can do But I'm runnin outta ways to say I...

Her Momma cried her daddy prayed I'd go away and let her be but her blue eyes looked in my heart Faced the dark instilled in me she opened up her bible and turn...

Settlin' For What They Get Mark Chesnutt From the table to the jukebox Is just a few short steps Where a dollar will buy a sad song, And a few strong drinks to...

Thirty years today she's been upon this earth And she can't help but wonder what it's all been worth She swears she loves those kids and she doesn't mind that l...

She got me to stop drinking and for that I'm thankful She almost pulled off, pulling me through And she got me standing upright Even had me coming home nights B...

She started her new life ten dollars in debt That's all it took to get started back then A trip to the courthouse across the state line No one could stop her, s...

Since you left I can't stay sober and I've let the grass grow over Those pretty flowers that you planted when we moved in And the paint has started peeling, dow...

I drove down to The Trap but the joint was closed Lately they've been droppin' like dominoes All of my favorite Waterin' holes are dryin' up Tell me, is it too...

Well I'm slippin' on my old party clothes Wondering if they're still in style Ain't had 'em on Since you've been gone And that's been along long while And I wo...

Strangers Mark Chesnut Even though I've only known her for a couple of beers In just one more slow dance we'll be leavin' here Holding each other like we'll ne...

Well, I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt And the beer I had for breakfast wouldn't bad So I had one more for dessert Then I ...

Last night I came home again Three sheets to the wind I broke the promise I swore I'd never break And it came as no surprise To see the hurt in her eyes Or the ...