I Only Get This Way With You

I only feel like I feel with you and nobody else. And I only want to be with you and be myself. But when I look in your eyes something happens to. Me everytime and I cant seem to find what to say to you.

Honky Tonk Crowd

When I was a baby, my sweet momma told me. Go around this world and see all that you can see. Find a good woman, get a job and settle down. But I could not stay away from the lights of town.

Full Deck Of Cards

My friends think I'm crazy that I'm working too hard. But they don't see these memories that haunt me in the dark. Since you went and left me, since you broke my heart.

Family Reunion

Hello heartache, I thought you'd be here. Why don't you and loneliness go grab yourself a beer. Misery loves company, that's why I knew he'd come. We're havin' us a family reunion.

Doctor Time

Maybe the jukebox can 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.

Bobbie Ann Mason

It wasn't the books that I didn't read. It wasn't the teachers that tried to teach me. It wasn't that varsity baseball coach. Kept on tellin' them locker room jokes.

In A Minute Or 2

Well you told me to come to Dallas. It'll be okay this time. And I know that you would like it. Won't you sit back and tell me things. That I know you need me to hear.

The Blind Horse

A Night In The City

Spring Is Just Around The Corner

Hush now baby, don't you pout. Spring is just around the corner. You may be down but you're not out. Spring is just around the bend. . The honey circle or the wine.

Photograph

The passenger window framed you like a screen. And deep in my mind I was filming a scene. Of the land rushing by, your shades and your hat. I prefer a memory to a photograph.

Making Movies

No, that wasn't really you, no, that wasn't really me. We were just making movies. Those were two people we pretended to be for a while. We were just making movies.

Love Of Mine

One, two, three, ya. . Playing dead on the unmade bed. With the book unread and the New York Times. Undone in my head over those words. I said to that love of mine.

If A Heart Breaks

Just before the old man's eyeballs fixed. He went pale as an Eskimo. He said, "Young man, I've been eighty-six. But young man, before I go. . I'm gonna leave you with a piece of advice.

End Of The Line

Sir, step aside, these people were here first. As you can see, the line forms over there. We're all in a hurry sir, your claim is no worse. Line's over there.

Don't Wait Up

Flying half-mast, overcast with a gun ship grey. You ever hear of such a thing, a spring with no month of May?. Ooh, there's frost on memorial day. Ohh, love, I'm half blind, could you help me find my way?.

Cold Grey Sky

Cold grey sky, I don't stand a chance. There's a naked branch out the window and I. Feel that bitter chill, makes my heart stand still. Something 'bout a cold grey sky.

Cheap Guitar

Sometimes love is just a cheap guitar. Good for a trip to the beach or a bar. Not what you'd go at the show by far. Baby, this love is just a cheap guitar.

A Short Biography

I used to work in an ice cream shop. Sugar cone with a cherry on top. This girl, she had a pretty face. I think her mother might have owned the place.

Wanted

You know I'd fall apart without you. I don't know how you do what you do. 'Cause everything that don't make sense about me. Makes sense when I'm with you.