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Bobby Ann Mason
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It wasn't the books that I didn't read, It wasn't the teachers that tried to teach me. F It wasn't that varsity baseball coach, Kept on tellin' them locker room jokes, it was: Bobby Ann Mason, back in high school. She was way too cute, she was way too cool. How was I gonna get an education, Settin' right back of Bobby Ann Mason. Yeah! Bobby knew her hist'ry, Bobby knew her French, Bobby knew how to keep the boys in suspense. She'd tease with a touch, she'd tease with a kiss, I was three long years being teased by, pretty Miss: Yeah! Bobby graduated first in her class. Me, I graduated closer to last. Bobby went to college, she got a degree, I got a guitar so I could sing about, me and.Yeah! The years have taught me, the basics of math. Divorce divides; time subtracts; Takes away your hair, Takes away your jump shot, but it ain't gonna take all mem'ries I got of: Back in high school, she was way too cute, she was way too cool. I got most of my education settin' right back of Bobby Ann Mason. Settin right back of Bobby Ann Mason.
Doctor Time
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Maybe the jukebox'll heal up a heartache
But I'd go into debt
Maybe the whiskey can wipe out a memory
But it only hurts my head
Maybe some dancing will pick me up
But the best song always ends
Now I'm down to telling myself
Time is a fool's best friend
Chorus
Doctor time
Have mercy on me
Don't wait too long To set me free
Doctor time
I'm counting on you
You're the only one
Who can pull me through
My friends tell me hard work can fill up the hours
But it don't fill this bed
Quarter says a phone call can bring forgiveness
But she'd hang up again
Gotta give me something to forget her
Every time I lay down
There ain't a night that goes by I don't wish
I'd wake up a year from now
Chorus
Bridge
Time, tell the truth
You're the only one I trust
How many weeks until I leave
This heartache in the dust
Chorus
She can't say I didn't cry
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If she says I caused her hurt
You can take her at her word
And know she's speaking from her heart
And when she talks about the pain
And she says that I'm to blame
You can bet I did my part
If she says I didn't lift a hand when
she walked away It's true I didn't make her stay,
but
Chorus
She can't say I didn't cry
She can't say she didn't know
How it tore me up inside
How it hurt to watch her go
There's a million things that she might say
That I cannot deny But she can't look me in the eye
And say I didn't cry If you haven't heard by now
How much I let her down
When you do, you can sure believe
That I made some mistakes
But that don't take away
From just how much she means to me
She can say I gave her every reason to leave
But there's one thing she can't say about me
Chorus
Tag
There's a million things that she might say
That I cannot deny
But she can't look me in the eye
and say I didn't cry
Looking for the light
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When I was young I was frightened
By shadow monsters on my wall
I was convinced they
would get me in the dark
If I slept at all
I knew she was there in her bedroom
So I'd tip toe down the hall
Lay my head on the floor
and try to see under her door
Chorus
I was looking for the light
When it was on I knew
everything was alright
Before I could knock
She'd open the door I'd look up
and see that smileShe always knew when I
was looking for the light
At nineteen I had all the answers
Thought I could make it on my own
As we were packing she
said don't ever forget
This is always your home
Soon I found a one room apartment
had monsters of it's own
So sometimes I'd go out
and drive by that old house
Chorus
Bridge
I stood there filled with fear
As she was passing away
They said she can't hear you now
All we can do is pray
2nd Chorus
But I was looking for the light
When it was on I knew
As I squeezed her hand,
she opened her eyes
and smiled for me one last time
She always knew when I was
looking for the light
Tag
She always knew when I was
looking for the light
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