It tore me up to sign them papers that set you free Then seeing your boy toy strap my baby's in them car seats Made me wanna knock the dust off that piecemaker ...

He said, beer works but liquor's quicker And he shot down that whiskey straight He said, I ain't no one but the secret is Son, you gotta get out of your own way...

I didn't know you weren't supposed to drink the water I never knew it was so hard to get through south of that border If I had any idea it took that many pesos ...

(Charlie Daniels, Jack Gavin, Charlie Hayward, Taz DiGregorio, Bruce Ray Brown) Well the party started early About a quarter to three Just a few close friends ...

All things considered I'm doin' just fine even though You left a hole the size of Texas deep inside of my heart The way I feel I should be losing my mind But al...

At the ripe old age of nineteen I bought a short bed pick up chicks machine Life ran on beer and gasoline A half a lap ahead of the law I had a fake I d that go...

Well I changed my ways to please that woman But I could never be good enough Yeah, I gave up drinkin', took up churchin' For a while it wasn't tough Barkeep we'...

(Ronny Scaife/Don Scaife/Phil Thomas) Every Friday evening about sundown Ole' Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam Come ridin' their mules and leading their...

How many Mrs Rights have I had to wrong Every one that's come along And how many finish lines Have I had in sight and never crossed Every one I ever saw When it...

(Bobby Terry/Anthony Smith/Kevin Brandt) There's those who turn their nose up When we play our music loud Those folks would love to take control And turn our v...

Clouds rolling by Way up high Sometimes i wonder If you're up there In the clouds When it rains Skies are gray Is that you crying? Up there somewhere In the cl...

Weatherman says it might hit 95 September's gonna feel more like July He's callin for a night that's warm and mild I think he missed it by a mile He just don't ...

Weather man says it might hit ninety five September's gonna feel more like July He's calling for a night that's warm and mild I think he missed it by a mile He ...

Weatherman says it might hit 95 September's gonna feel more like July He's callin' for a night that's warm and mild I think he missed it by a mile He just don'...

(Steve Fox/Robin Branda) His cows get loose and run right thru the fast food parking lots And Daddy gets calls from the mini-malls When they're downwind from h...

(Anthony Smith) Didn't I make you proud Go and lay my life down When you called my name I thought I stood for something Was doing the right thing when I went a...

Sorry to hear That you're down on luck Sometimes you give Til you just give up It's hard to find A true love these days Who won't break your heart Or leave you...

(Stewart Harris/Clay Davidson) Sorry to hear That you're down on luck Sometimes you give Til you just give up It's hard to find A true love these days Who won'...

Ah, let me tell you a little story about my family Daddy almost made a living with eighty acres and a plow He could've bought that place twice over working for...

I slept straight through to eight am That same old lame alarm clock excuse just ain't gonna work again Well, I had a Marlboro for breakfast on the way out the d...

Where I come from in Kentucky There was an old grey headed man The day I left he said, Sonny Well, I know you got some big plans Round here we all think you're...

(Eddie) Hey Sit down!!! You ain't leavin' yet, we're not done! There's a workin' man With a hell of a plan Tackle your each and every day He goes off to work I...

I'm a total stranger to a three piece suit I'm more to jeans and boots I'm a hard days work to an achin' back I am a promise of a callous to both these hands I ...

This ain't no temporary, typical, tearful good-bye, uh uh uh This ain't no breakin' up and wakin' up and makin' up one more time, uh uh uh This is gone (gone) g...

Eye on the crowd, baby For folks who want to satisfy my need Someway, somehow Gonna find someone to spend some time with me Well I ain't lookin' forever Just a ...

He works way too much for way too little He drinks way too early til way too late He hasn't had a raise since New Year's Day in '88 Gets trampled on by everyone...

He works way too much for way too little He drinks way too early till way too late He hasn't had a raise since near his day In eighty-eight gets trampled on by ...

He works way too much for way too little He drinks way too early till way too late He hasn't had a raise since new year's day In eighty-eight gets trampled on b...

(Wendell Mobley/Gordon Bradberry) She likes to read her Bible I like a good bar room rival Sunday morning she's in church while my hangover just gets worse We ...

Shotguns, halter tops A Firebird from a chop shop A six pack of ice cold bud Screaming at the cop Hey, need another cold one Can't ya see, can't ya see What tha...

(Mike Geiger/Woody Mullis/Bobby Taylor) I was there when the men came, and told us all the news Father forgive them for they know not what they do Till they wa...

I ain't got it all that bad There's tougher lives I might've had Sometimes I live hand to mouth But there are those that go without Might be things I wish I had...

How it happens I don't care if it's rainin' Or what I wear I know today is taking me Where I'm meant to be Doesn't matter where I go With my boy shoes And my ro...

I got drunk so sue me I made up my mind to not give a damn I tried to forget the way that you do me Yeah, I got drunk cuz I'm your man It's not like I found so...

I've treated this ol body like a stolen car, Just some old disposable machine, Pedal to the metal and a trail of broken hearts, Yea I'd fill it up with almost a...

Well I don't go out all the time, what kinda fool do you think I am But a rowdy Wednesday nighter, ain't really something you can plan Gotta be at work by 7 (th...

(Max D Barnes/Max T Barnes) Well I've spent more money than I've made And I've grown more whiskers than I've shaved I've worked harder getting out of work But ...

(Steve Clark/Rick Ferrell) I've never had a broken bone, I hardly ever get a cold, I keep myself in pretty good shape, But I know I wouldn't be here today, If...

I've been living on truck stop coffee Cigarettes and vitamin C It's a wonder that the devil ain't caught me I guess he's tired of playing hide and seek Been dri...

My old man's back hand used to land hard on the side of my head and I just learned to stay out of his way but then street fights blue lights long nights with th...

There's one thing that I've learned in this life The only thing sweeter than laughing with friends Is the smile of a woman when you do a little something To ple...

He said beer works but liquor's quicker And he shot down that whiskey straight He said I ain't no one but the secret is son You gotta get outta your own way I s...

Lazy summer sundown Front porch of this old house Lighting bugs in a mason jar There's a four-lane coming through They break ground at the end of June The count...

I know it's over I won't hide from that Once that door closes you won't be coming back I've only one favor left to ask of you If your heart's not hurting too L...

(Dave Gibson/Greg Crowe/Bill McCorvey) Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper Found my key, and unlocked the door I walked in, felt like a stranger Like I...

Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper Found my key, and unlocked the door I walked in, felt like a stranger Like I'd never been there before As I wandered...

(dave gibson/greg crowe/bill mccorvey) Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper Found my key, and unlocked the door I walked in, felt like a stranger Like I...

One coffee cup, one toothbrush One set of keys, one car out in the drive One half of the closet empty One half of the bed cold at night One of us just up and di...

Granddaddy was Irish Cherokee Ran moonshine from here to Tennessee Spent half his life in the Montgomery county jail Grandma she got drunk and left All her kid...

Verse 1: A couple acres, on the outskirts A little fenced in piece of red dirt And the banker had his pen out He said "sign here", I kinda freaked out All this ...

I have days where I hate my jo This little town and the whole world too Last Sunday when the Bengals lost Lord it put me in a bad mood I have moments when I cu...

(Kenny Beard/Troy Gentry/Eddie Montgomery) I'm not one to whine or cry or wallow in self-pity I take life in stride and smell the roses when I can I am one of ...

Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk At our Christmas party We were drinkin' champagne punch And homemade eggnog Little sister brought her new boyfriend He was a Mex...

I didn't know you weren't supposed to drink the water I never knew it was so hard to get through south of that border If I had any idea it took that many pesos ...

(Dan Colehour/Scooter Carusoe) Old white washed barn doors Rain rusted tin Straw packed shirt and blue jeans Hangin' in the wind There's never time for these b...

(Jeffrey Steele/Reed Nielsen) There's a "For Sale" sign on a big old rusty tractor You can't miss it, it's the first thing that you see Just up the road, a pal...

Golden Tee, shuffleboard, pinball, he's got the score That everybody around here's tryin to beat, He's a six pack up when he walks in, Tells the band crank it u...

I met an old man on a Greyhound On my way down to New Orleans He started talkin' in the backseat He pulled out a flask and passed it to me He said, Someday you...

(Ray Pennigton) I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans I've played in California there ain't too much I haven't seen I'm a Ramblin' Man Don't...

Here we are reunion night, class of 1985 Guess we've done alright since graduation day I guess we did okay Yeah, they tried to teach us all to be pillars of so...

Wake up in the morning Get to living my life Making sure that I'm all that I can be Went to church on Sunday There was a moment that came I swear it was like th...

Ninety four degrees as far as the eye can see Corn is blowing in the wind Seven days a week out here in this heat A gentle rain my only friend Sometimes when t...

(Jay Knowles/Wynn Varble) I could say it's all her fault She never had any patience at all I'm a complicated guy And she didn't try to understand I could clai...

(Chris Knight/Gary Nicholson) Sometime I think what turned her on Was my old broke down boots She wanted her a real cowboy It was a phase she was goin' through...

Every now an' then, on my way home, I stop at a spot where the wild flowers grow, an' I pick a few, 'cause she don't tell me to I go out with my boys all right,...

SHE LOVED ME -- MONTGOMERY GENTRY I met her down in Tampa Bay Spring break '88 She came in to hear my band play And man we were on that night Twin guitars and ...

His ol' man was a rebel yeller, Bad boy to the bone, he'd say, Can't trust that other feller, He'd judge em' by the tone of their skin, He was raised to think ...

(verse 1) There's a story that my daddy tells religiously, Like clockwork everytime he see's an opening, In a conversation, Bout the way things use to be (ver...

There's a story tht my daddy tells religiously Like clockwork everytime he see's an opening In a conversation About the way things use to be I just roll my eye...

I'm tired of spinning my wheels I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey mister what you got out on that lot yo...

Bumper stickers on a Suburu Save the whales and no more news Next to a pickup with a rebel flag Couple rifles and a gunrack Behind a soccer mom in a Ucon And a ...

(verse 1) It's me again, with this whiskey on my breath again, I'm ashamed about the shape I'm in, how bad I feel, Damn these tears, Damn this habit that I've ...

Young kid stepped in from the cold He ordered up a drink He said, "Don't look surprised old man I'm older than you think" If i was the talkin' kind I could tel...

young kid steps in from the cold he ordered up a drink he says don't look surprised old man I'm older than you think if I was the talking kind I could tell you ...

(Anthony Smith/Rick Tiger) I told my mom goodbye when I was eighteen She told me bye for good at age seventy-three She was an angel right here on earth There w...

(George Moulton) Everybody's talking saying this will never last Trying to see the future Judging me by my past I've always been a sinner But I've never claime...

(Clay Davidson/Matt Hendrix) I was born in a small town in the hills of Tennessee Kentucky raised, just a country boy and that's all I'll ever be My daddy ran ...

(Sam Gay/Porter Howell) Trouble is I can't make her see I said some bad things I didn't mean Now it's all come down to this She's not here Trouble is Trouble i...

(Stephony Smith/Kevin Brandt) I've been lookin' for a sign Runnin' through the rain Shiver to the bone But I still can't shake the pain I've been lookin' for a...

I was at that smartass time of my life Where I'd pick a fight, just to pick a fight If he said, black, I said white If he took one side, I took the other side T...

It's all the same only the names will change And everyday it seems we're wasting away Another place where the faces are so cold I drive all night just to get ba...

I heard it through the grapevine My new neighbor don't like my big red barn A '47 Ford, bullet holes in the door Broke down motor in the front yard I got half a...

Songwriters: Davidson, Dallas; Clawson, Rodney Don't you dare go runnin' down My little town where I grew up And I won't cuss your city lights If you ain't ever...

(Jim Rushing/Keith Sewell) Some kids grew up on mean streets Dealin' with the crips and bloods But me I was born on a back road In a 4X4 rollin' through the mu...

Songwriters: Collins, Jim; Martin, Tony; Mobley, Wendell Lee Blowin' out spring break With your not right friends Wake up on the beach With new ink on your ski...

When I was just a little baby My mama held my hand Tried to hold me steady all she could But I pulled just like a full-grown man Now mama was a real fine woman ...

YOU DO YOUR THING -- MONTGOMERY GENTRY Put me on a mountain, way back in the back woods Put me on a lake with pickin on the line Put me 'round a campfire cooki...

I hear you're smiling, been looking good Nothing but blue skies in your neighborhood They say you're tickled pink since you left me And you been talking about m...