No Time To Kill -------------------------- There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save Legal tender's never gonna change the number on your days The highest cost of livin's dyin' that's one everybody pays So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill If we'd known ten years ago today would be ten years from now Would we spend tomorrow's yesterdays and make it last somehow Or leed the cheers in someone else's game and never learn to play And see the rules of thumb are all the same that measure every day The grass is green on both sides of the hill, there's no time to kill No time to kill even I've said it and probably always will But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in And quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill If we had an hour glass to watch each one go by Or a bell to mark each one to pass, we'd see just how they fly Would we escalate the value to be worth its weight in gold Or would we never know the fortunes that we had till we grow old And do we just keep killin' time until there's no time to kill No time to kill even I've said it and probably always will But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in And quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill No time to kill even I've said it and probably always will But I can look ahead and see that time ain't standin' still No time to kill but time to change the kind of hurry I've been in And quit this work and worry lookin' back at where I've been If you don't look ahead nobody will, there's no time to kill No time to kill No time to kill No time to kill A Good Run Of Bad Luck ----------------------------------------- A high roller even when the chips are down To win her over, I'd see the tables turn around She's ten the hard way, I can feel it in my bones She'll be makin' my day and not another night alone Till it's time for windfall and not a single minute too soon I've been too long overdue now I'm gonna shoot the moon I'd bet it all on a good run of bad luck Seven come eleven and she could be mine Luck be a lady and I'm gonna find love comin' on the bottom line I've been to the table, and I've lost it all before I'm willin' and able, always comin' back for more Squeezin' out a thin dime till there's no one hanging on my arm I've gambled on a third time, a fool will tell you it's a charm If I'm bettin' on a loser, I'm gonna have a devil to pay But it's the only game I know to play it doesn't matter anyway I'd bet it all on a good run of bad luck Seven come eleven and she could be mine Luck be a lady and I'm gonna find love comin' on the bottom line I'd bet it all on a good run of bad luck Seven come eleven and she could be mine Luck be a lady and I'm gonna find love comin' on the bottom line State Of Mind ------------------------ Got a big leather suitcase, all I own's inside Seems I've been walkin' for days, can't even bum a ride Try steppin' to a tune, with the rhythm of a walkin' man Mind drifts like a big balloon out of my situation at hand Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory Take you to another place in time Completely change your state of mind Walkin' down a lonely highway not feelin' alone Thinkin' back when things went my way and not the road I'm on Well I've been down a time or two, but it never lasts long I can always make it through on a wing and a prayer and a song Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory Take you to another place in time Completely change your state of mind It can make a right from a wrong, it can make you fall in love It can get you singin' alone Chase the clouds away and make the sun shine above A melody can bring back a memory Take you to another place in time Completely change your state of mind A melody can bring back a memory Take you to another place in time Completely change your state of mind A Bad Goodbye(with Wynonna) --------------------------------------------- I've been bound to leave you, we've known that for awhile I'm sure it's something I can't do if I can't leave you with a smile I don't know how far I'll have to go till I'm sure those eyes won't cry And in my mind I've left enough to know that I can't leave you With a bad goodbye Goodbye, easier said than done Goodbye, there's no good when you're the one Whose goodbye you swore would never come And in my goodbye you're finding none I'm still bound to leave you, I surely don't know how My heart won't let me put you through What my mind said should happen now I don't know where we'll go from here, there may be no way to fly And the cloud I'm in just makes it all too clear that I can't leave you With a bad goodbye Goodbye, easier said than done Goodbye, there's no good when you're the one Whose goodbye you swore would never come And in my goodbye you're finding none How can we be so far between where we are and one more try And any way I look, I've only seen that I can't leave you With a bad goodbye Half The Man -------------------------- She's every reason I take so much work on And every reason I take so much time at home And every single reason why I'm so much stronger And every reason I could never be alone Look at me, you'll see who I've found I'm beside myself whenever she's around Without her, you'd see a different man It's what she makes of me, she's half the man I am When the rivers all run dry, she finds the water And when everything is dark, she finds the light And when it's time to fly, she's flying with me With her on the wing, we balance out just right Look at me, you'll see who I've found I'm beside myself whenever she's around Without her, you'd see a different man It's what she makes of me, she's half the man I am I'm what she's made of me, she's half the man I am Like the Rain ------------------------- I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you Every thunder cloud that came was one more I might not get through On the darkest day there's always light and now I see it too But I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you I hear it falling in the night and filling up my mind All the heaven's rivers come to light I see it all unwind I hear it talking through the trees and on the window pane When I hear it I just can't believe I never liked the rain Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you Liked the rain always calling for you I'm falling for you now Just like the rain When the cloud is rolling over thunder striking me It's as bright as lightning and I wonder why I couldn't see That it's always good and when the flood is gone we still remain Guess I've known all along I just belong here with you falling Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you Liked the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now Just like the rain I have fallen for you I'm falling for you now just like the rain And when the night falls on our better days And we're looking to the sky For the winds to take us high above the plains I know that we'll find better ways to look into the eye of the storms that will be calling Forever we'll be falling Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you Like the rain always calling for you, I'm falling for you now just Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain Like the rain Summer's Comin' ---------------------------- Nothin' on earth that'll get me hummin' Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin' With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight And every night is a Saturday night And everything's right with the summer comin' I'm the first one standin' in line For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine Takin' off my hat leave it to the boys Get that old work monkey down off my back All I want's a little peace and noise Hit the cruise control Get me back on track Let my old Ford treat me like a Cadillac Nothin' on Earth that'll get me hummin' Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin' With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight And every night is a Saturday night And everything's right with the summer comin' I'm the first one standin' in line For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine When the day gets cookin' gonna grab my toys And it really doesn't matter which wave we're on Get to turnin' up them good old boys Crankin' into the night, by the break of dawn All the towns are red and I still see blonde Nothin' on Earth that'll get me hummin' Like a heat wave comin' and I'll come runnin' With her makin' that tan in the broad daylight And every night is a Saturday night And everything's right with the summer comin' I'm the first one standin' in line For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine For my day in the sun I've been workin' 'Til the sun don't shine Summer's comin' to shine Summer's comin' to shine Summer's comin' A Better Man ----------------------- What do you say when it's over I don't know if I should say anything at all One day we're rollin' in the clover Next thing you know we take the fall Still, I think about the years since I first met you And the way it might have been without you here And I don't know if words from me can still upset you But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear I know I'm leavin' here a better man For knowin' you this way Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can And I'm leavin here a better man I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you But I'd never be the one to set you free Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you You still believe in some old meant-to-be Still I'm leavin' here a better man For knowin' you this way Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can And I'm leavin' here a better man Yes I'm leavin' here a better man For knowin' you this way Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can And I'm leavin' here a better man Yes I'm leavin' here a better man Killin' Time ----------------------- You were the first thing that I thought of When I thought I drank you off my mind When I get lost in the liquor You're the only one I find And if I did the things I oughta You still would not be mine So I'll keep a tight grip on the bottle Gettin' loose and killin' time This killin' time is killin' me Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see That if I cross that line and they bury me Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity I don't know nothin' 'bout tomorrow I've been lost in yesterday I've spent all my life just dying For a love that passed away And if there's an end to all my sorrow And this is the only price I'll pay I'll be a happy man when I go And I can't wait another day This killin' time is killin' me Drinking myself blind thinkin' I won't see That if I cross that line and they bury me Well I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity Yes, I just might find I'll be killin' time for eternity We Tell Ourselves ------------------------------- I oughta know the look in another's eyes When there's something on their mind I think I saw that look in a lover's eyes They were looking into mine Like we both had found the one we want But found the one we wanted just quit trying So we tell ourselves that what we found is what we meant to find That's what we tell ourselves You won't believe the things A heart could tell a mind Somehow we sell ourselves on love I just don't think I'll believe my heart this time I oughta know the language well I've heard me tell myself these things before I finally made my mind up My heart tells me to look for something more Determined not to wind up wondering was she the one Well, you never can be sure So we tell ourselves that what we found is what we meant to find That's what we tell ourselves You won't believe the things A heart could tell a mind Somehow we sell ourselves on love I just don't think I'll believe my heart this time So we tell ourselves that what we found is what we meant to find That's what we tell ourselves You won't believe the things A heart could tell a mind Somehow we sell ourselves on love I just don't think I'll believe my heart this time Burn One Down -------------------------- I guess you're off to have your fun Another ending just begun And I know what I don't see Really shouldn't bother me So go and have yourself a ball You'll be at no one's beck and call And with that fire in your eyes Another lover's moon will rise And someone else will take the fall And that's just the way you are, I've known all along Some candles always burn even when the night is gone But the strongest of flames won't burn eternally When you find another friend who'll light your candle up again You can burn one down for me So you don't matter anymore I'll convince myself, I'm sure As if I give a damn That's just the way I am So go on and pour yourself some wine With who'll ever spend your time 'Cause anyone can see you won't be crying over me And you never were that kind And that's just the way you are, I've known all along Some candles always burn even when the night is gone But the strongest of flames won't burn eternally When you find another friend who'll light your candle up again You can burn one down for me When you find another friend who'll light your candle up again You can burn one down for me Cadillac Jack Favor ------------------------------ He's Cadillac Jack Favor and the name rings true If he's got a ride any stranger would too The one bad habit that his Ponder would say Is sure gonna put him through the trials one day And that's just what happened he took pity on two men Heading down to Louisiana, he stopped and let them in And the thanks he did for helping them Would make him wish he was busting broncs again He dropped them off in Bossieer City where they met up with a man That vagabond commitee barely even had a plan It was just a simple robbery turned double homicide They got away with murder it'd be someone else's hide Almost two years come and gone they never solved that crime 'Til they found one of our vagabonds already doing time When that jailbird started singing they all knew the words were wrong But the sheriff and the DA and the judge all sang along They pinned it on Jack Favor, gave him life without parole Gave Jack's freedom to the jailbird, payment on the lies he told Just so happens that election year everybody payed out at the polls Cadillac's no fallen hero and he's never gonna break When it comes to prison rodeo, there'll be no easy eight And if you want the definition of the picture-perfect frame It'd be in the dictionary underneath Jack Favor's name Cadillac's no fallen hero and he's never gonna break When it comes to prison rodeo, there's still no easy eight And if you want the definition of the picture-perfect frame It'd be in the dictionary underneath Jack Favor's name Yeah, it's the world's most crooked picture and when it comes to being framed Cadillac Jack Favor should be in the hall of fame Put Yourself In My Shoes ---------------------------------------- Your mind is made up you won't even try You didn't even cry this time You say that we could never see eye to eye And one of us just must be blind We have our differences We're still the same See what we want to see But you take a second look And maybe things wouldn't seem the same If you could see what you mean to me Put yourself in my shoes Walk a mile for me I'll put myself in your shoes Maybe then we'd see That if you put yourself in my shoes You'd have some sympathy And if I could only put myself in your shoes I'd walk right back to me You're gonna keep walkin' and You're gonna pass me by You say you don't even care But I could always recognize a real good-bye And I know your heart's not there We've had our differences We're still the same Hear what we want to hear Now I'm head over heels in the lost and found It's a cryin' shame I thought we made the perfect pair Put yourself in my shoes Walk a while walk that mile for me I'll put myself in your shoes Maybe then we'd see That if you put yourself in my shoes You'd have some sympathy And if I could only put myself in your shoes I'd walk right back to me I'd walk right back to me I'd walk right back to me Desperado ------------------ Desperado Why don't you come to your senses Ben out ridin' fences, for so long now Oh, you're a hard one But I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin' you Can hurt you somehow Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy She'll beat you if she's able You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet But it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table But you only want the ones you can't get Desperado Oh, you ain't gettin' no younger Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home And freedom, oh freedom, well that's just some people talkin' Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine It's hard to tell the nighttime from the day And you're losin' all your highs and lows Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away Desperado Why don't you come to your senses Come down from those fences, open the gate It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you, let somebody love you You better let somebody love you Before it's too late Nothin' But The Taillights ----------------------------------------- Blue Kentucky highway headin' for the line She hadn't said a word all night but the wheels are turnin' in her mind Now I was ridin' shotgun and I knew things had gone awry Just as soon as she dropped me off at the side of the road and she let that gravel fly Now I'm walkin' in the moonlight seein' nothin' but the taillights And that's a pair of taillights I may never see again She hit me with the left and right showin' me nothin' but the taillights And that's about as lonely as the highway's ever been Back here with my thumb out in the wind Was it somethin' that I did to her or the things I never said I wonder if the way we were was only in my head Now if I even make it back to town before the sun comes up I'm gonna hit every parking spot around 'til I find that pick-up truck Now I'm talkin' in the moonlight seein' nothin' but the taillights And that's a pair of taillights I may never see again She hit me with the left and right showin' me nothin' but the taillights And that's about as lonely as a highway's ever been Stuck here with my thumb out in the wind Well I'll bet right now she's laughin' at how she brought me to my knees But she won't be laughin' half as loud when she gives me back my keys She'll be walkin' in the moonlight seein' nothin' but the taillights And that's a pair of taillights she won't ever see again She hit me with a left and right and with nothin' but the taillights And I know that's about as lonely as a highway's ever been Back here with my thumb out in the wind There she goes Here I come Still Holding On (Duet with Martina McBride) ------------------------------------------------------- There's something out there left for you but it's not me We've reached a point of no return it's only right I set you free I know I'll have to turn away but there's nowhere for my love to go And there won't come a day when I won't honor what we've vowed But I'll go on with my life We can even say goodbye for now if If that's what we have to do But here in my heart Even when my arms are empty darlin' I'm still holdin' on to you We can't deny that this one's out of our control Stronger than the both of us and bound to take its toll I can stand the test of time and as far as I can see There are no walls that we can't climb standin' between you and me But I'll go on with my life We can even say goodbye for now if If that's what we have to do But here in my heart Even when my arms are empty darlin' I'm still holdin' on to you And there's a place you'll always be No matter where you are you're here with me When the world is turning upside down Together we can stand our ground We can even say goodbye for now if If that's what we have to do But here in my heart Even when my arms are empty darlin' I'm still holdin' on to you I'm still holdin' on to you I'm still holdin' on to you... The Shoes You're Wearing ----------------------------------------- We've all seen enough wrong and right To know everything's not black and white There's always something in between No matter how long or well you live You don't get anything you don't give Still no slate is clean For better or worse anybody can Take a look around and find a better man Upright no matter how he's farin' No matter what kind of shoes he's wearin' The shoes he's wearin' They don't make the man So many people out runnin' around Handicapped before they hit the ground Thinkin' there's nowhere to go Shouldn't we all be lookin' for ways To keep on seein' our better days We're not chained to what we know But if your eyes are open and your mind is free There's no tellin' what a man can be Upright no matter how you're farin' No matter what kind of shoes you're wearin' The shoes you're wearin' They don't make the man But if you can't walk through the best of times and the worst of times Find your feet still walkin' the line You'll never carry the load worth bearin' No matter what kind of shoes you're wearin' The shoes you're wearin' They won't make the man The shoes you're wearin' They won't make the man
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