Troubadour

I still feel twenty five,
Most of the time
I still raise a little cain with the boys
Honky tonks and pretty women
Lord I'm still right there with them
Singing above the crowd and the noise

Sometimes I feel like Jesse James,
Still trying to make a name
Knowing nothings gonna change what I am
I was a young troubadour,
When I rode in on a song
And I'll be an old troubadour,
When I'm gone

Well, the truth about a mirror,
It's that a damn old mirror
Don't really tell the whole truth,
It don't show what's deep inside
Oh read between the lines,
It's really no reflection of my youth

Sometimes I feel like Jesse James,
Still trying to make a name
Knowing nothings gonna change what I am
I was a young troubadour,
When I rode in on a song
And I'll be an old troubadour,
When I'm gone

- Leslie Satcher, Monty Holmes

The first time I met her,
She walked right up to me.
And said, "You're who I wanted to find."
There was a man she had seen in her dreams.
And it was me.

She said, "I can't believe it.
'Cause I've never been in here,
And I've passed this place so many times."
It was her night to find destiny,
And it was me.

And we danced every song that they played,
And talked until closing time.
The closer I held her,
The more I knew her destiny.
Wasn't that far from mine.

Than I saw a reflection of someone unfamiliar.
Looking back when I looked in her eyes.
The happiest man I'd ever seen,
And it was me.

And we danced every song that they played,
And talked until closing time.
The closer I held her,
The more I knew her destiny.
Wasn't that far from mine.

She wasn't looking,
And I wasn't looking.
Ain't it funny?
That's when love was found.
She still calls it her lucky night,
Yeah, someone was lucky.
She's right,
But it was me.

- Buddy Cannon, Randy Hardison

Diamonds on the windshield, as heaven starts to cry,
In his rearview mirror, his angle waves goodbye,
She knows he's got to go, she knows he's one of them,

Brothers of the highway, children of the wind,
That detroit diesel piarot ship goes rollin out again,
Sailin for that settin sun, freedoms your best friend,
Brothers of the highway, children of the wind.

He puts the peddel to the metal, tring to out run the rain,
Another shot of truck stop coffee, goes runnin through his vains,
This country turns on eighteen wheels, thank god we can depend, on

Brothers of the highway, children of the wind,
That detroit diesel piarot ship goes rollin out again,
Sailin for that settin sun, freedoms your best friend,
Brothers of the highway, children of the wind.

Carolina west to Denver,
Batton Rouge east to Pittsburg,
Portland south to San Diago,
Sail on sail on,
Talahasy north to Boston,
Up to Bangor west to Austin,
Coast to coast. sea to sea,
Sail on sail on, you

Brothers of the highway, children of the wind,
That detroit diesel piarot ship goes rollin out again,
Sailin for that settin sun, freedoms your best friend,
Brothers of the highway, children of the wind.

God bless you brothers of the highway, children of the wind.

- Doug Johnson, Kim Williams, Nicole Witt

Hey baby won't you take a little ride with me
Have a look around, see what we could see
I've got the paddle, I've got the boat
Come on baby I know she'll float

We'll go rollin' on the river of love
We'll go rollin' on the river of love

Drift away from all these city lights
Might rock a little bit, so hold on tight
Let's get carried away with the gentle flow
Might get caught up in it's undertow

We'll go rollin' on the river of love
Let's go rollin' on the river of love

I got a little ukulele let me sing you a song
I got a stream of kisses 'bout ten miles long
Dancing on the water in the moonlight beach
Sparking down through the sea of dreams

We'll go rollin' on the river of love
Let's go rollin' on the river of love

Yeah we'll go rollin' on the river of love
Let's go rollin' on the river of love

River of love
River of love
River of love
Rollin' on the river of love

Let's go rollin' on the river of love

- Billy Burnette, Dennis Morgan, Shawn Camp

Well the House of Cash just burned down
All the way to the cold hard ground
The doctors came from all over town
To see the memories scattered all around

Then the stars came out by the light of day
And they heard their old friend passed away
That yard looked like a funeral hall
Without the pies and casseroles

Well, its goodbye Johnny goodbye June
Goodbye fancy living room
Well no one sleeps in Cash's bed
Except the man in black and the woman he wed
And the ring of fire comes full circle
And the ring of fire comes all the way around

And if those ashes in the pool could talk
To the anchor man out on the walk
I'd bet they'd be happy to announce
There'll be no yard sale now

Well, its goodbye Johnny goodbye June
Goodbye fancy living room
Well no one sleeps in Cash's bed
Except the man in black and the woman he wed
And the ring of fire comes full circle
And the ring of fire comes all the way around

And the ring of fire comes full circle
And the ring of fire comes all the way around

- Leslie Satcher, Monty Holmes

Just walked down the street to the coffee shop,
Had to take a break,
I've been by her side for eighteen hours straight,
saw a flower growing in the middle of the sidewalk,
pushing up through the concrete,
Like it was planted right there for me to see,

The flashing lights,
The honking horns,
All seem to fade away,
but in the shadow of the hospital,
at 5:08,
I saw God today,

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I've been to church,
I've read the book,
I know He's there,
But I don't look,
near as often as I should,

His fingerprints are everywhere,
I just look down and stop and stare,
open my eyes and then I swear,
I Saw God Today,

Saw a couple walking by,
they were holding hands,
and she had that glow,
Ya, I couldn't help,
but I noticed that she was starting to show,
stood there for a minute,
taking in the sky,
lost in that sunset,
a splashing down from mounting in shades of red,

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Got my face pushed up against the nursery glass,
she's sleeping like a rock,
my name on her wrist,
wearing tiny pink socks,
she's got my nose,
she's got her Mama's eyes,
my bran new baby girl,
she's a miracle,
I Saw God Today

- Rodney Clawson, Wade Kirby, Monty Criswell

A banker and a farmer discuss the bottom line
It ain't rained and all the crops are dying vine
Give me more time
You gotta give me more time

That farm has been in my family going on a hundred years
We pulled through hard times before with blood, sweat and tears
Give me more time
I need more time

O what would he give for a little more time?

Two lovers at a table, candle, light and wine
One's looking for an answer, the other one can't find
Give me more time
You gotta give me more time

She says you know I love you, but my heart's in a bind
Afraid you're gonna leave me if I don't amke up my mind
Give me more time
I gotta have more time

Some have barely any, some too much on their hands
Some would give anything to have it back again

The patient and his doctor meet behind closed doors
You're kiddin' me, how could this be? I'm only twenty-four
Give me more time
You gotta give me more time

Give me more time

- Al Anderson, Dean Dillon, Scotty Emerick

Don't go in the summertime
It's too hot and the rooms are high
But if you go in the fall, you'll have a ball
There's so much to see and do
When you're in love

There's an old hotel right on the beach
Romantic rooms you won't want to leave
But take my word take a stroll into town
There's so much to see and do
When you're in love

Don't miss Jamaica Joe's
You can dine out fresco
Then dance in the street till the sun comes up
You can take a barefoot cruise
Share a moonlight made for two
There's so little time and so much to see and do
When you're in love

Be sure and take, lots of pictures when you're there
Be sure and make, lots of memories trust me

Don't go in the summertime
It's too hot and the rooms are high
But if you go in the fall, you'll have a ball
There's so much to see and do
When you're in love

There's so much to see and do
When you're in love

- Dean Dillon, Kerry Kurt Phillips

[Chorus:]
Play me a Dancer, a Holder-Hander, or Honky-Tonker,
Pull-Her-Up-Closer,Slow Romancer,
Make Her Fall in Love with Me Song.

The room is swimmin' with perty women,
But how's a fella supposed to get close to 'em?
The band is rockin, the joint is jumpin',
Mr. Guitar Man let me tell you somethin'.

[Chorus]

I see a redhead, I see a brunnette,
And there's a blonde I love I don't even know yet.
I'm going crazy, you got to save me.
I need a hugger and I don't mean maybe.

[Chorus]

Play me a Dancer, a Holder-Hander, or Honky-Tonker,
Pull-Her-Up-Closer, Get-Next-to-Her,Sweet-Enough-to-Kiss-Her,
Just-a-Little-Softer-So-She-Can-Hear-Me-Whisper, Slow Romancer,
Make Her Fall in Love with Me Song.

- Leslie Satcher, Al Anderson

I'm on my way to Amarillo
I can't seem to get my fill of that
Little west Texas Town
I've got a sweet thing built, right Betty
Head to toe, shes mighty pretty
Living in that west Texas town

Friday comes, it's time to roll
Time for me to hit the road
I've got my eyes on the horizon
My little dish in that panhandle
Lights up like a Roman Candle
When I reach that west Texas town
Ah, sing it Dean

From Big Spring all the way to Plainview
I can't wait to get to you know who
In that west Tesas town
I drive through hell and half of Texas
Just to get to her by breakfast
Waiting in the west Texas town

Friday comes, it's time to roll
Time for me to hit the road
I've got my eyes on the horizon
My little dish in that panhandle
Lights up like a Roman Candle
When I reach that west Texas town
Ah, sing it Dean

Baby, turn the porch light on
Your big Poppa's coming home
To that west Texas town
Awwww...

- Dean Dillon, Robert Earl Keen

I was there in my trailer down at the jobsite
The day that this stranger walked in
His face looked so sad and he carried a set of blueprints

And as I unrolled them, the first thing I noticed
That there were no doors in the plans
He said, If you build this for me then when she comes back
She'll never be able to leave me again

I said, If I did and she ever came back
Friend, tell me how would she get in?
It would just be a prison that I locked you in"

"If you couldn't leave you'd never know if there
Was someone to love you the way that she didn't before
There's two things that I know for sure
It's that you can't make a woman feel something she don't
And you can't build a house with no doors"

For a while he was quiet, I could tell he was thinking
I thought I just ruined his day
I just couldn't bear to see this man's last hope slip away

So I thought real fast and I started talking
Said, Buddy, we've tried this before
And if there ain't one, shell make one, either way she'll run
And leave you a house with a hole for a door

I said, If I did and she ever came back
Friend, tell me how would she get in?
It would just be a prison that I locked you in"

"If you couldn't leave you'd never know if there
Was someone to love you the way that she didn't before
If there's two things that I know for sure
It's that you can't make a woman feel something she don't
And you can't build a house with no doors"

No you can't make a woman feel something she don't
And you can't build a house with no doors

- Kate Coppola, Kacey Coppola, Jamey Johnson

Been in the saddle since the sun came up
Rounding up strays in, this ol; West Texas dust
She's been packing her things since I put coffee on
By sundown she'll be gone

Damn this ol' girth, worn right in two
But a spare length of leather and I'll make it do
Just when I think I've got life by the reins
Home ain't sweet home on the range

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle
I'd ride home at sunset, sitting tall in the saddle
If heartaches were horses and hard time were cattle

And she'd say she loved me and this cowboy way of life
She'd be right beside me when we rode home tonight

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle
I'd ride home at sunset, sitting tall in the saddle
If heartaches were horses and hard time were cattle

- Buddy Brock, Wil Nance, Dean Dillon