Twang

When I get off of work on Friday
After working like a dog all week
I go to meet the boys for a cold one
At a little joint up the street

They got a jukebox in the corner
Full of old country tunes
Feed it five dollars worth of quarters
Is the first thing I always do

'Cause I need a little twang
A little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings
Some peddle steel whining like a
Whistle of an old freight train

To get that foot stomping honky tonkin'
Feeling Going through my veins
I need a little twang, twang, twang

Well, I like a lot of kinds of music
I try to keep an open mind
Depending on the mood to strike me
If I'm gonna stay till closing time

So when I wanna lift my spirits
To get me feeling worth a dang
I know I'm gonna have to hear it
'Cause I gotta have some Hank to hang

'Cause I need a little twang
A little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings
Some peddle steel whining like a
Whistle of an old freight train

To get that foot stomping honky tonkin'
Feeling going through my veins
I need a little twang

I need a little twang
A little hillbilly bending on some guitar strings
Some peddle steel whining like a
Whistle of an old freight train

To get that foot stomping honky tonkin'
Feeling going through my veins
I need a little twang, twang, twang
I need a little twang, twang, twang

- Jim Lauderdale, Kendall Marvel, Jimmy Ritchey

Been down the road, to work & back,
Been in what I thought was love a few times,
Every once in a while, I stop & ask,
Where have I been all my life?

These days broccoli don't taste so bad,
& neither does swallowing my pride,
& I'm agreeing more & more with my old man,

Where have I been all my life,
Some years are clear, & some a little blurry,
Man how they fly by,
Mom & dad sure got old in a hurry,
Where have I been all my life,

Being learning that forgiveness is as much for myself,
As it is for the other guy,
I read the good book these days,
& believin',

Where have I been all my life,
Some years are clear, & some a little blurry,
Man how they fly by,
Mom & dad sure got old in a hurry,
Where have I been all my life,

Heard what a wonderful world,
By Loui Armstrong,
Brought a tear to my eye,
After all these years,
I finally get that song,

Where have I been all my life?

- Sherrié Austin, Wil Nance, Steve Williams

I gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me
Gotta find a way to get to your heart
To sweep you off your feet

I'll wrap you up in my love
Cover you with kisses so sweet
I gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me

I'll win you over
Over and over again
I'm getting closer
Closer than I've ever been

I gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me
Gotta find a way to get to your heart
To sweep you off your feet

I'll wrap you up in my love
Cover you with kisses so sweet
I gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me

I'll keep on trying
Trying and I'll never give up
I would be lying
If I said we were close enough

I gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me
Gotta find a way to get to your heart
To sweep you off your feet

I'll wrap you up in my love
Cover you with kisses so sweet
I gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me

Gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me
Gotta get to you
'Cause you sure been getting to me

- Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy Ritchey, Blaine Larsen

He saw her after school sippin' on a coke
Acted like a fool, crackin' crazy jokes
She turned his motor on, man his heart was gone
Fire down below, easy as you go

Easy as you go, steady as you fly
Keep it in the road, keep an eagle eye
Turn it on a dime, man you never know
Take a little time, whoa, easy as you go

Graduation night, out behind the stands
In the fading light he became a man
She discovered love better be enough
'Cause baby's gonna grow, easy as you go

Easy as you go, steady as you fly
Keep it in the road, keep an eagle eye
Turn it on a dime, man you never know
Take a little time, whoa, easy as you go

Judgmental frowns, teacher's lookin' down
Parents all ashamed, passin' out the blame
They got a little room, service station view
The rents too high, pay's too low, whoa, easy as you go

Ain't nothing like a daughter or a son
To make a mama old and keep a daddy young
Make a body dream and give a life a theme
Take the highs and the lows, whoa, easy as you go
Easy as you go

- Steve Bogard, Rick Giles

Everyday is a lifetime without you
Hard to get through, since you've been gone
So I do the only thing I know how to, to get by
I'm living for the night

I've drawn all the curtains in this old house
To keep the sun out and off my face
Friends stop by to check-in 'cause I've checked out
I tell them I'm fine, I'm living for the night

I can't hide the tears I cry, the pain that came with your goodbyes
The memories that keep me out of sight
Every night I venture out, into those neon arms that hold me tight
I'm living for the night

I'm a whole lot easier to talk to,
When I've had a few, I settle down
Whiskey kills the man you've turned me into
And I come alive
I'm living for the night

Daylight can't hide the tears I cried, the pain that came with your goodbyes
The memories that keep me out of sight
Every night I venture out, into those neon arms that hold me tight
I'm living for the night
I'm living for the night

Everyday is a lifetime without you

- Dean Dillon, Bubba Strait, George Strait

Did you ever meet somebody that likes all the same things you do?
Somebody who can make you or break you anytime they want to
I met her at a red light, love at first sight, can this be true?
She's good for me and she told me I was good for her too

Now, I don't want to jump into anything
I've been tryin' to use some self restraint
But man it's amazin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

Wild, wild nights, chasin' each other through the moonlight
My, my, my, I finally got somethin' right

'Cause every little off-beat move she makes
Suits me to a tee
You know what I'm sayin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

It's gettin' hard to use a ladder 'cause I keep climbin' down just to kiss her
'Cause she's out of my sight for a minute or two, I start to miss her
We stay all tangled up in each other's arms and it's so nice
She talks in her sleep but she always gets my name right

If there's anything at all that's wrong with her
It's somethin' that I can't see
Ain't no doubt about it
She's the same kind of crazy as me

Wild, wild nights, chasin' each other through the moonlight
My, my, my, I finally got somethin' right

'Cause every little off-beat move she makes
Suits me to a tee
You know what I'm sayin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

You know what I'm sayin'
She's the same kind of crazy as me

- Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson

I've always heard people say it
But I guess I never fully understood
I thought that they meant, you'd be easy to forget
But it's drivin me crazy

[Chorus:]
Out of sight out of mind
You opened my eyes, and now I can see
What you mean to me, I was so blind
Out of sight out of mind

You know it hurt when you left me
But I thought life would go on without you
That was easier said, can't get you outta my head
I Don't know if I'll make it

[Repeat Chorus]

I was so blind
Out of sight out of mind

- Bubba Strait, George Strait

He rode up on a winter day
Steam rising off a streak faced bay
Said, you probably know my name
If you don't it's Arkansas Dave

He talked of fifteen years ago
And how he got the bay he rode
Said, he killed a man in Ohio
First man he killed, first horse he stole

It was a long road for Arkansas Dave
He shot and left him where he lay
Said, he'd never forget that winter day
He rode off on a streak faced bay

I stood up and I shook his hand
Told no one that I knew this man
Started thinking of a plan
'Bout how I'd deal him his last hand

Didn't take him long to come unwound
He jumped up and gunned two men down
Ran outside to leave the town
But ol' bay was nowhere to be found

I hid out with my .44
And when he walked back through the door
I shot till I could shoot no more
And Dave Rudabaugh fell to the floor

It was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave
I shot and left him where he lay
I'll never forget that winter day
I rode off on the streak faced bay

No, I'll never forget that winter day
I rode home on daddy's streak faced bay

- Bubba Strait

He looks up from second base
Dad's up in the stands
He saw the hit, the run, the slide
There ain't no bigger fan

In the parking lot after the game
He said "Dad I thought you had a plane to catch?"
He smiled and said "Yeah son I did"

But life's not the breath you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain't what its all about
You just might miss the point
Trying to win the race
Life's not the breaths you take
But the moments that take your breath away

Fast forward fifteen years
And a thousand miles away
Boys built a life, he's got a wife
And a baby due today
He hears a voice saying "I made it son"
Says "I told you Dad, you didn't have to come"
He smiles and says "Yeah I know you did"

But life's not the breath you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain't what its all about
You just might miss the point
Trying to win the race
Life's not the breathes you take
But the moments that take your breath away

Just like it took my breath away when she was born
Just like it took my breath away when Dad took his last that morn

Life's not the breathes you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain't what it's all about
You just might miss the point
If you don't slow down the pace
Life's not the breathes you take
But the moments that take your breath away

- Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, Casey Beathard

I used to be the one who
She was always holding onto
Like a fool I told her way too tight

He was glad to see me let go
He's all I see now in her eyes
He's got that something special
But that something special used to be mine

She sees more in him than she ever saw in me
She thinks he's got everything she'll ever need
He's got that something special
But that something special used to be mine

Never knew how good I had it
Never do till you don't have it
I'd give anything to have her back

It hurts me to admit that
He's got what I never knew I had
He's got that something special
But that something special used to be mine

She sees more in him than she ever saw in me
She thinks he's got everything she'll ever need
He's got that something special
But that something special used to be mine

He's got that something special
But that something special used to be mine

- Bubba Strait, George Strait, Dean Dillon

I hear the music, big daddy's place
Smell that gumbo coming through that old screen door
Fans are blowing, flies are buzzing
People jitterbugging on that hardwood floor

Work my fingers down to the bone
Make the money and spend it on

Hot grease and zydeco
Feed my belly, feed my hungry soul
It's Friday night, let the good times roll
Hot grease and zydeco

My baby's loving, it's deep fried
Golden brown legs and then long black hair
We start cooking when we kiss
No time at all, Lord, she takes me there

On the bayou and they're stirring it up
Tastes so good I can't get enough

Hot grease and zydeco
Feed my belly, feed my hungry soul
It's Friday night, let the good times roll
Hot grease, hot grease and zydeco

Hot grease and zydeco
Feed my belly, feed my hungry soul
It's Friday night, let the good times roll
Hot grease and zydeco

Feed my belly, feed my hungry soul
Turn it up, burn it up, say sure
Hot grease, hot grease and zydeco

Yeah, now, big daddy's place
Hot grease and zydeco

Hot grease and zydeco, yeah, baby

- Gordon Bradberry, Tony Ramey

Isn't it like her to look so pretty like everything is alright
Like nobody cried all last night
Look at the sun, oh how it's shinin'
Almost a picture perfect day like nobody's goin' away

If it were just a little colder she might need me to hold her
Wouldn't you know it the weather's perfect, there's not a cloud in the sky
It ain't rainin' or snowin', there's no cold wind blowin'
It's a beautiful day for goodbye

Isn't it like me to wait 'til she's leavin' to know how I feel
I love her and I always will
In a second or a moment forever can change
So I'm standing here prayin' for rain

If it were just a little colder she might need me to hold her
Wouldn't you know it the weather's perfect, there's not a cloud in the sky
It ain't rainin' or snowin', there's no cold wind blowin'
It's a beautiful day for goodbye
Wouldn't you know it the weather's perfect, there's not a cloud in the sky
It's a beautiful day for goodbye

- Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson

Yo se bien que estoy afuera
Pero el dia que yo me muera
Se que tendras que llorar
Diras que no me quisiste
Pero vas a estar muy triste
Y asi te was a quedar

Con dinero y sin dinero
Hago siempro lo que quiero
Y mi palabra es la ley
No tengo trono ni reyna
Ni nadie que me comprenca
Pero sigo siendo el rey

Me enseno que mi destino
Era rodar y rodar
Despues me dijo un arriero
Que no hay que llegar primero
Pero hay que saber llegar

Con dinero y sin dinero
Hago siempro lo que quiero
Y mi palabra es la ley
No tengo trono ni reyna
Ni nadie que me comprenca
Pero sigo siendo el rey

- José Alfredo Jiménez