Lyrics

• Stand

  ‘Cause when push comes to shove
  You taste what you’re made of
  You might bend ‘til you break
  ‘Cause it’s all you can take
  On your knees you look up
  Decide you’ve had enough
  You get mad, you get strong
  Wipe your hands, shake it off
  Then you stand, then you stand

  Life’s like a novel with the end ripped out
  The edge of a canyon with only one way down
  Take what you’re given before it’s gone
  And start holdin’ on, keep holdin’ on

  Every time you get up and get back in the race
  One more small piece of you starts to fall into place – yeah

  Yeah then you stand – yeah
  Yeah, baby
  Woo hoo, Woo hoo, Woo hoo
  Then you stand – yeah, yeah

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• What Hurts The Most

  I can take the rain
  On the roof of this empty house
  That don’t bother me
  I can take a few tears now and then
  And I just let ‘em out
  I’m not afraid to cry every once in a while
  Even though goin’ on with you gone still upsets me
  There are days every now and again
  I pretend I’m okay
  But that’s not what gets me

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  What hurts the most
  Was being so close
  And havin’ so much to say
  And watchin’ you walk away
  And never knowin’
  What could’ve been
  And not seein’ that lovin’ you
  Is what I was tryin’ to do

  It’s hard to deal with the pain
  Of losin’ you everywhere I go
  But I’m doin’ it
  It’s hard to force that smile
  When I see our old friends and I’m alone
  Still harder gettin’ up, gettin’ dressed, livin’ with this regret
  But I know if I could do it over
  I would trade, give away
  All the words that I saved in my heart
  That I left unspoken

  Not seein’ that lovin’ you
  That’s what I was trying to do
  Oooo, Oooo, Oooo –

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• Backwards

  I was sittin’ on a bar stool in a barbecue joint in Tennessee
  When this ole boy walked in and he sat right down next to me
  I could tell he’d been through some hard times
  There were tear stains on his old shirt and he said –
  “Ya wanna know what ya get when you play a country song backwards?”

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  Ya get your house back – ya get your dog back
  Ya get your best friend Jack back
  Ya get your truck back – ya get your hair back
  Ya get your first and second wives back
  Your front porch swing, your pretty little thing
  Your bling, bling, bling and a diamond ring
  You get your farm and the barn
  And the boat and the Harley
  First night in jail with Charlie
  It sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd
  But that’s what you get when you play a country song backwards

  Well, I never heard it said quite like that
  It hit me in the face
  ‘Cause that’s where I’m at
  I almost fell flat out on the floor – he said
  “Wait a minute, that’s not all, there’s even more”

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  Ya get your mind back, your nerves back
  Your first heart attack back
  You get your pride back, get your life back
  You get your first real love back
  You get your big screen TV
  A DVD and a washing machine
  You get the pond and the lawn
  The bail and the mower
  You get to go back where you don’t know her
  It sounds a little crazy, a little scattered and absurd
  But that’s what you get when you play a country song backwards

  We sat there and shot the bull about how it would be
  If we could turn it all around and change this C-R-A-P

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• I Feel Bad

  I should be out in that driveway stoppin’ you
  Tears should be rollin’ down my cheek
  And I don’t know why
  I’m not fallin’ apart like I usually do
  And how the thought of losin’ you’s not killin’ me

  Chorus
  I feel bad
  That I can stand here strong, cold as stone
  Seems so wrong, I can’t explain it
  Maybe it’s just I’ve cried so much
  I’m tried and I’m numb, baby I hate it
  I feel bad
  That I don’t feel bad

  I could let myself be angry over wasted time
  And sad about just throwin’ love away
  Yeah, I almost wish my heart was breaking
  But I can’t lie
  All I want to do is turn the page

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  Bitter, alone
  I just feel it’s time – it’s time to move on
  I just gotta move on and on and on and on – yeah

  Maybe it’s just I’ve cried so much
  I’m tired and I’m numb, oh baby I hate it
  I feel bad
  That I don’t feel bad
  No, I don’t feel bad

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• My Wish

  I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow
  And each road leads you where you want to go
  And if you’re faced with the choice and you have to choose
  I hope you choose the one that means the most to you
  And if one door opens to another door closed
  I hope you keep on walkin’ ‘til you find the window
  If it’s cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile
  But more than anything, more than anything

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  My wish for you
  Is that this life becomes all that you want it to
  Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small
  You never need to carry more than you can hold
  And while you’re out there gettin’ where you’re gettin’ to
  I hope you know somebody loves you
  And wants the same things too
  Yeah, this is my wish

  I hope you never look back but you never forget
  All the ones who love you
  And the place you left
  I hope you always forgive and you never regret
  And you help somebody every chance you get
  Oh, you find God’s grace in every mistake
  And always give more than you take
  But more than anything, yeah more than anything

  This is my wish
  I hope you know somebody loves you
  May all your dreams stay big

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• Pieces

  From the moment that we met
  My world was turned around, upside down
  To some degree I still regret my memory
  For keeping you around
  Girl, I thought that you were mine
  But my broken heart’s been shattered
  One too mine times

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  And I don’t wanna see you anymore
  I’m just not that strong
  I love it when you’re here
  But I’m better when you’re gone
  I’m certain that I’ve given
  And oh how you can take
  There’s no use in you lookin’
  There’s nothin’ left for you to break
  Baby, please release me
  Let my heart rest in pieces, in pieces

  Someone let you down again
  So you turn to me, your convenient friend
  Oh, but I know what you’re doin’ and what you hope to find
  I’ve seen it a thousand times
  All the fire we had before
  Are now just bitter ashes
  Left scattered on the floor

  We both know that you don’t need me
  Let my heart rest in pieces, in pieces
  Let it rest

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• Yes I Do

  Ooo, Ooo, Ooo, Ooo

  Do I cry in the night
  Do I long to hold you tight
  Do I wake wanting you
  Yes I do

  Do I recall every day
  How you took my breath away
  Do I remember loving you
  Yes I do

  Chorus
  Yes I do dream of all we had together
  Guess it’s true we lost it all forever
  Do I pray anyway
  Yes I do

  I don’t live in the past
  Wanting love that wouldn’t last
  And I don’t ache like I used to
  Yes I do

  Yes I do
  Do I pray
  Yes I do dream of all we had together
  Yes I do – and yes I do

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• To Make Her Love Me

  You waved your hand and it was done
  Said let it be and there it was
  A mountain so high
  It broke through the sky
  A canyon so deep
  It’d bring a man to his knees

  Chorus
  I’ve seen what you can do
  I’ve seen you make miracles
  And hopeless dreams come true
  You made the heavens and the stars
  Everything – come on, how hard could it be
  To make her love me

  I said some things I shouldn’t have
  Tried everything to win her back
  I’m human, I messed up
  Is she gone, are we done
  Forgiveness, another chance
  That’s all I want, it’s in your hands

  To make her love me – yeah, yeah, yeah
  To make her love me – Ooo, Ooo, Ooo

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• Words I Couldn’t Say

  In a book in a box in the closet
  In a line in a song I once heard
  In a moment on a front porch late one June
  In a breath inside a whisper beneath the moon

  There it was at the tip of my fingers
  There it was on the tip of my tongue
  There you were and I had never been that far
  There it was the whole world wrapped inside my arms

  And I let it all slip away –

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  What do I do now that you’re gone
  No back up plan, no second chance
  And no one else to blame
  All I can hear in the silence that remains
  Are the words I couldn’t say

  There’s a rain that’ll never stop falling
  There’s a wall that I’ve tried to take down
  What I should’ve said just wouldn’t pass my lips
  So I held back and now we’ve come to this

  And it’s too late now –

  Are the words I couldn’t say
  I should have found a way to tell you how I felt
  Now the only one I’m tellin’ is myself

  What do I do, what do I say
  And no else to blame
  All I can hear in the silence that remains
  Are the words I couldn’t say

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• Me And My Gang

  Way on down to southern Alabama
  With the guitars jammin’
  That’s where we’re headed
  Straight up to Butte, Montana
  Singin’ “Lord, I Was Born a Ramblin’ Man”
  California to Oregon, even New York City
  Got one or two hillbillies
  Ready to hit the road

  Chorus
  It’s a brothers and a sisters kind of thang
  Raise up your hands if you all wanna hang
  With me and my gang
  We live to ride, we ride to live
  Me and my gang, jump on that train
  Grab hold of them reigns
  We’re gonna rock this thang, cock this thang
  Me and my gang, yeah – me and my gang

  We got hippies, gypsies, freaks and geeks
  High class women in Daisy Duke denim
  Bangin on gongs and singing our songs
  Dude named Elrock jammin’ on an iPod
  Beer and bonfires
  Wide open throttle
  Coors in a bottle
  It’s all for one and one for all, ya’ll

  Yeah – Woo!
  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na
  Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

  Yeah – With me and my gang
  Jump on that train – whoa!
  Grab hold of them reigns, baby!

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• Cool Thing

  We were wrapped up in a blanket
  Red wine buzz kickin’ in
  A little Sarasota moonlight
  Driftwood fire burnin’
  She was on break from Ohio State
  And I was down there sellin’ parasail rides
  Just another summer day
  Till I strapped her in and watched her fly

  Chorus
  Talk about a sunset
  All I could see were purples and reds
  And her silhouette wavin’ goodbye
  She didn’t come there lookin’ for love
  And the cool thing was
  Neither did I and neither did I

  She dipped down in the water
  As I slowed down holdin’ that line
  Wet T-shirt on a two piece
  We ditched that boat and hung outside
  And we walked ankle deep in ocean
  You know that place where footprints disappear
  Just like that evenin’ she drove away
  It’ll be burned in my mind for a million years

  Woo, woo, woo

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• Ellsworth

  Grandma burned the biscuits
  Nearly took the house down with it
  Now she’s in assisted livin’
  We all knew that day would come

  We knew she was too gone to drive
  The day she parked on I-65
  Found her on the shoulder cryin’
  She didn’t know where she was

  It’s like her mind just quit
  Oh, but bring up grandpa
  It’s like someone flipped a switch

  A front porch light and blue Desoto
  Couple of straws in a Coca-Cola
  You could see it all goin’ down
  A handsome boy in army green

  A tear on his face, down on a knee
  Shaky voice, a diamond ring
  She’ll put you in that town
  Tomorrow she won’t remember what she did today
  But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas 1948

  She takes out his medals
  A cigar box of letters
  Sits and scatters pictures
  Black and whites of days gone by

  We started losin’ her when she lost him
  But to hear her carry on
  You’d swear she’s seventeen again

  Football games and leaves are cracklin’
  Walking her home in his letter jacket
  You could see it all goin’ down
  A perfect night on a front porch glider

  Sayin’ goodnight for the next three hours
  Her tired eyes grow wide and bright
  When she talks about that town
  Tomorrow she won’t remember what she did today
  But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas 1948

  While the world is fading all around her
  Sharin’ a sundae at the counter
  He’s goin’ on and on about her

  Bet she’s right there right now
  Tomorrow she won’t remember what she did today
  But just ask her about Ellsworth, Kansas 1948

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• He Ain’t The Leavin’ Kind

  They tried their best to drag him out
  Of a courthouse down in Montgomery
  And now they wanna kick him out of school
  And take him off our money
  They can take those words off of paper and stone
  But he ain’t gone, no

  Chorus
  He ain’t the leavin’ kind
  He’d never walk away
  Even from those who don’t believe
  And wanna leave him behind
  He ain’t the leavin’ kind

  She stayed mad at him for a lot of years
  For takin’ her husband
  Started losin’ her faith
  And thinkin’ that her life meant nothin’
  But when she looks at those kids she raised all by herself
  She knows she had some help, yeah she knows

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  No matter what you do
  No matter where you go
  He’s always right there with you

  Even from those who don’t believe
  And wanna leave him behind
  He ain’t the leavin’ kind

  No, no
  He ain’t the leavin’, he ain’t the leavin’ kind
  He ain’t the leavin’ kind
  He ain’t the leavin’ kind

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