1st Chorus:. You can tell a lot about a man. By the woman he loves. 'Cause nothing else shows a part of his soul. Like she does. And she'd be the one to swear that he hung.
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight.
Oh, John Dillon James was my good time country buddy. Well, we hunted, talked and fished his last days away. He was just a hired farm hand, worked old man Walker's land.
(Jim McBride/Sam Hogin/Nelson Larkin). . Ribbons and paper cover the floor,. It's been a great Christmas with presents galore. Everyone's happy and I'm happy, too.
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross. The emblem of suffering and shame. And I love that old cross. Where the dearest and best. For a world of lost sinners was slain.
I was taught to believe, and never to doubt. The man up above, knows what he's talking about.. So when I heard that voice, so loud and clear,. Speak to my heart I knew that she must be near..
Every generation. Blames the one before. And all of their frustrations. Come beating at your door. . I know that I'm a prisoner. To all my father held so dear.
Before we ever made the headlines. Or toured the concert halls. We survived our share of bar rooms. Stared at many motel walls.. . The years in Carolina.
You took me for a fool. Then you took me for a ride. You really had me going. Till I looked into your lies. I let you keep me hangin' on. But honey, here's where I get off.
(Teddy Gentry/Randy Owen/Ronnie Rogers). . I see the lights of the city tonight. And I see a star shinin' so bright. A babe in a manger in swaddling clothes,.
(Mark Gray/James P. Pennington). . The closer you get, the further I fall. I'll be over the edge now in no time at all.. I'm fallin' faster and faster and faster with no time to stall.
He stays up at night till way after dark. Feeding the dog that lives in our yard. He'll put on my shoes and stumble around. But together we can catch any outlaw in town.
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(Teddy Gentry/Randy Owen/Ronnie Rogers/Greg Fowler). . I stand here lookin' up at the starts tonight,. How can one man have so much in life. As I look around me, what a picture it paints,.
That Feeling. (Teddy Gentry / Greg Fowler / Ronnie Rogers). . I've made some decisions. Never not the best. Against my better judgment. I must confess.
I was born across the river. In the mountains where I call home.. Lord, times were good there.. Don't know why I ever roamed.. . Oh, Tennessee River and a mountain man,.
It was July hot 'cross Georgia. On my way to Myrtle Beach. I just got my diploma. So I set out in search of me. . The honeymoon was over. And Alabama was far away.
(Gary Chapman/Amy Grant). . Come on weather man give us a forecast snowy white. Can't you hear the prayers of every child like heart tonight. Rockies are callin', Denver snow fallin'.
You get up every morning. From your alarm clock's warning. Take the 8: 15 into the city. There's a whistle up above. And people pushin', people shovin'.
Fly away with me tonight. Take me on a one-way flight in your lovin' arms. And ev'rything's gonna be alright. You're the one who took my hand. When no one else could understand.