Into the light shining so bright into the black don't break my neck out of the blue not good for you into the dark feel like a shark Feels like a fuck on the e...

Lying in jail I had sank so low I ask God to help me I had no place to go So the Fahter above Said, "Son, I love you so" So many doubts, No more of "I could" Bu...

Strawberry chambermade in summertime I feel so fine Obnoxious things and all that stuff Are really out I'd like to know where you have gone Now that we all have...

(Jeff Bates/Terry Clayton) I'm workin' 40 hours And mroe if I can get it Still need an extra jo So I can get more credit Well, I work hard because we charged T...

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one Who will dance on the floor in the round She said I am ...

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one Who will dance on the floor in the round She said I am ...

If you hear it on the radio and don't turn it up It 'aint country enough Six presets on the stereo in my new truck Five other buttons that I don't ever wanna t...

I like hot cornbread and sweet iced tea Homegrown tomatoes and fresh picked peas Chicken fried steak and gravy cooked in a cast iron pan I think dogs are worth ...

I left my keys on the dreser when she left me I knew I wouldn't need them tonight I called the boys to come pick me up And left my truck sitting there in the dr...

I can't help myself Baby, I've tried and I've tried But I just don't want nobody else You did this to me You lit a fire that's still burning Down deep in my so...

Last night as I lay dreaming, I saw you dear, And tears came streaming, It seemed like old times, When we were so in love, And life was like a rhyme, Chorus---...

easy living on the road easy going down the drain so much love and so much sin too much pleasure, too much pain feeling so fine being so fucked up being much to...

I have made it through the canyons through so many years I have made it through the mountains and I have waisted so much tears I havemade it through the darknes...

Hello out there, we're on the air It's Hockey night tonight The tension grows, the whistle blows And the puck goes down the ice The goalie jumps and the player...

My cousin Bobby?s on the county road Pickin up trash for the car he stole You see him in them orange clothes you?d swear he?s evil He?s had sticky fingers since...

She said "Sir, do you need the instruction manual?" "Well no ma'am, there's no job I can't handle" It don't matter to me if it's high or low tech Chorus I'm a ...

We didn't know for sure, but everybody said That ol' boy ain't right in the head, he's a little slow We'd hide in the bushes not making a sound When he'd walk b...

Love games are but a hart at playIn the golden meadows of "live for today"> And the part we play in that kaleidoscope scene, Are but shattered fragments In a st...

So here we go once again And I love you pretty baby Here we go once again once again And it is time my old friend I still love you pretty baby Here we go once a...

Four by four Chevrolet, chick magnet all the way Kept it armor-alled and waxed and shined, and buffed Got a good friend down at the Goodyear We get together, ta...

I make my living with paper and pencil And an old guitar I use melody and words that rhyme To tug at other's hearts But mine is still too tender To put her on a...

So here we go once again And I love you pretty baby Here we go once again once again And it is time my old friend I still love you pretty baby Here we go once a...

My heart felt like a mountain crashing A dying victim of your crushing words My courage trampled by your good-bye My last shred of happiness, suppress by the cl...

is it too much love is it too much pain do you like to see (make) me cry is it all that I will get? I am on my way I nearly loose my mind do you like to make (s...

How long has it been? How long have you held it in? An' how long will you wait, Before you let somebody take your breath away again? I wanna be the one who tur...

Boredom eats me like cancer Boredom makes me sick Boredom eats me like cancer Boredom is so big In this town All my friends are junkies Tryin' to get a hit Bore...

She said that she loved me, never would go OHO OHONow I find I'm sitting here on my own OHO OHO Was it something I've said or done that makes her pack her bags...

I love the way your hair lays on your shoulders And how it shines there in the light I wanna hold 'cha, so come a little closer I don't want to miss a thing ton...

(Jeff Bates/Gordon Bradberry/Ben Hayslip) Hey baby, I guess you're wondering What I'm doing home so soon Naw, I ain't sick It's just, this morning when you tol...

Hey baby, I guess you're wondering What I'm doing home so soon Naw, I ain't sick It's just, this morning when you told me You didn't feel like you were the most...

First time I felt it Think I was five years old I was scared Had a nightmare Momma was there for me to hold Daddy, hes was different He never said it much But I...

(Jimmy Yeary/Kenny Beard/Jeff Bates) When I need some kissin' Some womanly attention I know exactly right were it's at She's got a way of losin' all her inhabi...

I was raised to be tough And stand my ground To face life like a man And never back down But there are times When giving in aint wrong And baby, tonight I'm ti...

I've seen her give her last five dollars To a stranger on the street An' do without a dress she wanted So we'd have enough to eat And when the ladies at the ga...

MAMA WAS a lot LIKE JESUS Written by: Tob Ctosby/Kelly Shiver/Ray Stephenson (BMI/ASCAP) I've seen her give her last dollars to a stranger on the street And d...

Boredom eats me like cancer Boredom makes me sick Boredom eats me like cancer Boredom is so big In this town All my friends are junkies Tryin' to get a hit Bore...

(Jeff Bates/Byron Hill) My in-laws are outlaws So I stay on my toes 'Cause anything can happen Yeah, anything could go I have to lock up my ol' tool box And hi...

(Jeff Bates/Kenny Beard/Dave Loggins) I traded a '57 Chevy for my first guitar And Daddy said I was crazy 'cause that was a helluva car When I played "Love Me ...

In a crowded room I wanna hold your hand Wanna kiss your lips like a desperate man When I hear your voice callin my name I'll come runnin to you as fast as I ca...

Everybody's crazy now Everybody's free Girl you made me happy So that all the world could see And we walked together A piece along way Maybe we will meet again ...

The days are endlessly dreary The nights are painfully long My pillow is drenched with tears I know that I've done you wrong (Chorus)One more second chance, O...

It says here your from Houston Certified to drive a truck It didn't say what you've been doing The last five years Then I watched his eyes keep readin Then I wa...

I wasn't put here on this earth to work like I do all week I don't live to punch that clock and come home and eat and sleep I was made for something more And Go...

all the people say I'm sad and I know it is time all the people say I'm sad and I can't get over you all the people know I'm wrong and I know it too all the peo...

When I was born you know I couldn't speak and go My mother worked each day And she learned me to say Mother and father and son Sister and uncle are fun And she ...

Girl, don't leave me standin here goin out of my mind I just need some reassurance that your still mine You might think I'm crazy, I'll admit that it's true But...

I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma She gave me away at three months old Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me, An' treated me just like...

I realized, as we were living the red and white Stripes of our lives, Moving with unison, thru our blue stiped Days, That somewhere in our own little county- We...

If there was ever a morning when the fish migh bite, it'll be right now Any other time we'd done had our lines cast out Sippin on a jug of mama's sweet iced tea...

(Ohhhhhh Yeah) (ummm you are lookin good) (Come on over here by ol' Jeff) Lie beside me on the sand Put some lotion in your hand Kiss me once or twice and bab...

As I walk along I wonder What went wrong with our love A love that was so strong And as I still walk on I think of The things we've done together While our hear...

too many things are left to nowhere too many tears are cried for this time doesn't stop (is) just running forward the things I miss I do remember all the old ti...

cold as a razorblade love is so close to hate untangled its so cruel the good one is the fool hang over everyday good luck so faraway and haggle for a dime you...

too many things are left to nowhere too many tears are cried for this time doesn't stop (is) just running forward the things I miss I do remember all the old ti...

and the city is dark and full of tears and the time it had ovecome the years and the boys and the girls they are still doing their cheers you pretend that you'r...

Little girl pretty face Keeps her smile up in a case She knows all the bars all the cars She's known in every place And her eyes shine so bright She likes float...

Somebody's picking up flowers Got a real nice bottle of wine Somebody's counting down the hours Can't hardly wait till it's time Somebody, somebody's falling S...

Work sucks when your busting your butt Just to come up short at the end of the month And it's bad when your checkbook's sad And you can't party hard 'cause ther...

I'm letting my thoughts flow Thinking of people Thinking of places That I have seen My live is changing Everyday But nevertheless It's still the same Remember t...

Just two years an' seven days Between me an' legal age Just one clerk in that liquor store Between me an' that front door My coat had deep pockets An' he proba...

First time I felt it, think I was five years old I was scared, had a nightmare; Momma was there for me to hold Daddy, he was different; he never said it much, B...

Lying in the warmth of our loving, Reeling from your intoxicating kisses, Your scent lingering on my pillow, I loose myslef in the sensuality of your essence A...

I'd been to Church on Sunday, and I'd been in jail And I put my family through livin' hell And I'd been a heavy cross to bear, On the wings of Mama's prayers I...

You don't hurt a woman if you're a real man and then turn your back on her tears he left bruises, excuses, and promsises that were useless baby, that's why i'm ...

On the day that he was born, a proud dad took him home Wrapped in dreams that reached to the sky Said "You're the only one I'll ever call son And I'll call you ...

(Jeff Bates/Byron Hill) I used to be lost Couldn't find my way Too scared to stand still or run But I was found When I heard you say What I needed to hear for ...