She stood at the edge of a rocky ledge looking down at the water below She had a look of worry ?cause the old rock quarry was a place where no one should
They threw him a party when he turned sixteen But all that he wanted was just one thing To get to the driveway and behind the wheel Fire it up and see
Well I was fifteen trying to make my way at a brand new school But because I rode in the rodeo I wasn?t very cool There was this girl in my homeroom
CHORUS: Those aren?t tears in my eyes ?Cause a grown man never cries There must be something falling from the skies Yeah I know she is gone But I have
Betty wiped tables since she was a girl From Longview to Lubbock that was her world Jimmy herded cattle on his buckskin horse Since he was thirteen that
Hey girl let?s turn around we?re on the wrong road With all this love and all these dreams it?s a big load So let?s make sure what we?re headed for ?Cause
Hey mister deejay play a good song Been trying to get through all night long ?Cause I need some inspiration to call her up If you could play something
CHORUS: Oh Melinda Melinda Mae what do I do You got my heart beating You got my eyes seeing You and only you Oh Melinda Melinda Mae say you?ll be mine
Warm lips and a gentle smile Golden hair and those loving eyes A soft kiss in the pale moonlight, and hold her all night long She whispers something
Here we go trying love again Backing up where we?ve always been Trying the same ol? things that never worked before Maybe our love is not real love Maybe
How?d you get so far away I think about you night and day A thousand miles can?t break the bond know our love will go on Until our dying day ?Cause that
I was dreaming ?bout her love Thoughts I?m thinking of Like the paddlewheel turning It keeps me moving on Hazy sunshine on my mind Takes me back to another
Rode home from Dallas in the back of a pickup truck Had my thumb stuck in the air Guess I found a little luck But when that boy dropped me on the outskirts
Here we go trying love again Backing up where we?ve always been Trying the same ol? things that never worked before Maybe our love is not real love
Hey girl let?s turn around we?re on the wrong road With all this love and all these dreams it?s a big load So let?s make sure what we?re headed for ?
I was dreaming ?bout her love Thoughts I?m thinking of Like the paddlewheel turning It keeps me moving on Hazy sunshine on my mind Takes me back to
