Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk. At our Christmas party. We were drinkin' champagne punch and homemade eggnog. Little sister brought her new boyfriend.
There's a salt grain tapping on your window. There's a cool breeze blowing off the bay. A warm flame dancing with our shadows. To music playing far a way.
The t.v.'s on again. You're watching the weatherman. I know you're thinking about leaving. when the skies are clear. I wouldn't stand in your way. I wouldn't try to make you stay.
I've got a lovesick tale to tell to you. Though it ain't no affair of mine. It's 'bout a gal named Sue and a boy named Lou. They were fighting all the time.
Stay way from me cause I'm in my sin. Stay way from me cause I'm in my sin. If this place gets raided, it's me and my gin. . Don't try me nobody, cause you will never win.
Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore. Headed homebound just once more. To my Mississippi delta home. . Southland has that grand garden spot. Although you believe or not.
V1. Just wait and it'll creep in. Sit an hour. Sip your glass. And slowly let it begin. This time. Don't you think we'll be fine?. . I cannot tell if it's your eyes that have changed.
I'm sick of living off of leaving all the things I thought I loved. It's not the fact they all deceive, I just believe a lying tongue. And maybe, I was built for the guilt that I let sink in.
at a crossroads in a forest made of rope. and hung with hope and you. don't know which way you should turn. and the tin man and the lion are lost, too.
Move!. This man, this dutiful man. He's got this sense of devotion. One look, one touch of a hand. Could set the sprial in motion. I want it, can't have it.
Oooooh ooh ooh. Take a look around the room. Love comes wearing disguises.. How to go about and choose?. Break it down by shapes and sizes.. I'm a man who's got very specific taste..
Mystery achievement. Don't breathe down my neck no. I got no trophies on display. I sign them away. I mean what the heck. All of your promises. Don't fill me with pride no.
I went back to Ohio. But my city was gone. There was no train station. There was no downtown. South Howard had disappeared. All my favorite places. My city had been pulled down.
I want you to love me. That's all I want from you. I want you to love me. One day. . I know I'm a peasant. Dressed as a princess. But that doesn't mean you have.
I'll come in your car to talk business,. No business, no money talk.. Zero in on my full of intentions,. I think you got it because you pulled up and stopped..
Middle of the road. . Version two. . The middle of the road is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me. Well I got a smile for everyone I meet.