It happens to a mother when she is giving birth Her heart is filled with joy while her body's filled with hurt She holds her baby close to her, despite
She puts up with my coffee cup Ringing her dining room table And she don't mind those Friday nights When she has to drive 'cause I'm unstable She goes
Barely survived, the last goodbye It hurt so bad, thought I would die So I built a wall and built it high Around this broken heart of mine No one has
When I was young and just a boy I had myself a dream I'd get a horse and ride the range With Roy and Gene We'd save the girl in the nick of time And
He said, "Baby, I love you" And she believed it was true In the back seat of his Malibu They made love For the worst and for the best With their best
I'm gonna hold who needs holdin' Mend what needs mendin' Walk what needs walkin' Though it means an extra mile Pray what needs prayin' Say what needs
Can't say I don't love her Still I can't pretend That my heart is torn just knowing that I'm losing my best friend If it's easier said than done Then
How does she know what makes me laugh Yes, and how does she know where to scratch my back How did she figure me out so easily I swear that girl's been
I rolled off the Frisco mint in 1909 The last one they ever made, you should've seen me shine When I landed on the counter they gave me to a kid Making
If leaving was easy, I'd have done it before When heartache first knocked on that old hurting door But knowing and doing are two different things It's
She put away her rings, gathered up her things Dusted off her wings and said goodbye She left without a care, left the walls so bare With more than my
The only difference between the men and the boys Is the size of their feet and the price of their toys Always horsin' around makin' too much of noise
You're so good lookin' it ought to be against the law You got that look in your eyes could make a man stumble and fall You got my attention 'cause honey
She's the only one for me And I've never seen someone So trusting, loving She'd never be untrue I love her more and more each day But that doesn't change
There's a slow moon rising It's shining on your skin And the way your body moves me I know there's no holding back, no holding back I wouldn't be a man
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly, I'm not half the man I
Mama cries, "Son, don't leave town Find a girl and settle down" Well, I hate to break her heart But that's not in the cards While I'm a young man She
I found some shade beneath the willow tree I fell asleep and started dreaming That everything created here on Earth All had voices singing Every rock