I make my living with paper and pencil, and an old guitar I use melody and words that rhyme to tug at other's hearts But mine is still too tender, to
In a crowded room, I wanna hold your hand Wanna kiss your lips like a desperate man When I hear your voice callin' my name I?ll come runnin' to you as
I traded a '57 Chevy for my first guitar And daddy said I was crazy 'cause that was a helluva car When I played love me tender on that fender And the
The days are endlessly dreary The nights are painfully long My pillow is drenched with tears I know that I've done you wrong (Chorus)One more second
I'm workin' 40 hours and more if I can get it Still need an extra job so I can get more credit Well, I work hard because we charged tomorrow yesterday
I wasn?t put here on this earth to work like I do all week I don?t live to punch that clock and come home and eat and sleep I was made for something more
I was born in Alabama, but I never knew my Momma She gave me away at three months old Some folks in Mississippi took me in an' kept me An' treated me
It says here you're from Houston certified to drive a truck It didn't say what you've been doing the last five years Then I watched his eyes keep readin
If there ever was a morning when the fish might bite it would be right now Any other time we?d have done had our lines cast out Sipping on a jug of momma
I've seen her give her last five dollars To a stranger on the street An' do without a dress she wanted So we'd have enough to eat And when the ladies
Work sucks when your busting your butt Just to come up short at the end of the month And it?s bad when your checkbook?s sad And you can?t party hard '
Just two years an' seven days Between me an' legal age Just one clerk in that liquor store Between me an' that front door My coat had deep pockets An
First time I felt it, think I was five years old I was scared, had a nightmare Momma was there for me to hold Daddy, he was different, he never said it
Lying in the warmth of our loving, Reeling from your intoxicating kisses, Your scent lingering on my pillow, I loose myslef in the sensuality of your
I realized, as we were living the red and white stripes of our lives, Moving with unison, thru our blue stiped days, That somewhere in our own little
Oh yeah Um you are lookin' good Come on over here by ol' Jeff Lie beside me on the sand Put some lotion in your hand Kiss me once or twice and baby make
I woke up to the silence, an eerie kind of quiet that voice inside that tells you something's wrong Her purse was on the table teddy bear was in the cradle