Dang the sun, dang this day I'm just tryin' to stay outta your danged ol' way To heck with this, to heck with us And shoot if I'll ever look back on where
When I was fifteen, I left home young Tore up the tracks and then some Me and my dad didn't see eye to eye I never took to him, he never took the time
Stars on the river Stars in the sky Stars that are fallen Stars burnin' bright Stars disappear Stars come to life Out of the dark I see stars in every
I see you looking and I know what you think You're getting braver with every drink But I am telling you something You ought to know She may look like
Like the fish in the lake and that cane pole you make And the feeling when one's on the line Like the smile of a friend glad to see you again That erases
Listen to old John goin' on and on About his glory days But then the ball slips through his finger tips The seconds tick away That's one football game
How many times have I been face down Drowin' in the bottom of a bottle? Tryin' to get up only knocked me to me knees And how many times have I flown
So you believed them When they whispered like the wind Now we are back where we began And how do you know I was okay, leavin' anyway And I miss you everyday
I had so much to give you You threw it all away So I hole up in this corner Act like I've nothing to say Knowing as soon as you ask me If there's something
I've been workin' down there all my life Ain't had no time to find a wife Had plenty of chances but I took none Gonna sit down at this bar, here And I
Stare out at the horizon Start the car and call the road your friend Tell the girls and the Lord above You'll think fondly and call back now and then
The clouds are partin', the summer suns startin' To burn down on that river My baby's waitin', I got the Chevy shakin' I'm blazin' a trail to get her,
Billy lights a cigarette Thinkin' that it might do him some good Tammy comes over and sits right down beside him 'Cause she thinks, she should They don
I'm a beat-up Ford, you're a Cadillac There ain't nothin' wrong with that Your folks think I'm poor white trash There ain't nothin' wrong with that Daddy
Saw a story on the local news last night 'Bout one more struggling single mother She was talking about how hard it is getting by With no help, no money
Just a little bit closer, a little closer still If you let it take you, baby it will Baby, I can feel it, you can feel it too Lettin' go is all we have
Well, it's Friday night, Mary's lookin' fancy Got her red dress on, she must be goin' dancin' on that town That Mary goes round Everybody knows her all
There was a time There was a place It was your name It was your face Well, I was sixteen I thought I knew the plan You were my girl And I was your man
