Lyrics from "No. 2"

Goin� Dancin�

Sipping on tequila on a Saturday night / You�d beg to differ but I know I was right / I was right to leave you and your crying behind / I was right to eject from your suicide ride / I think I�m goin� dancin� tonight / Believe I�m goin� dancin� � Build me a cabin on that Tennessee line / Set it all on fire and leave it behind / Leave it all in ashes like you done me each time / Left me in flames along that Tennessee line / I think I�m goin� dancin� tonight / Believe I�m goin� dancin� � I tried to tell but you just turned away / Left me with a mouth full, nothing left to say / I believed in angels �til you gave it all away / I believed your lies and now I�m paying today � Sipping on a soda on a Sunday morn / Something �bout the sky, it�s like you�ve never been born / Couple more like last night and my pain�ll be gone / Couple more like that and I�ll be dead �fore long

Let�s Go To New Orleans

Come on baby, pack up some things / We�re headed down to New Orleans / Gonna have a night out on the town / We can crash with friends if it ever ends / But the night down there just seems to blend / Into the day with music all around / So come on baby, let�s go to New Orleans / I long to see the sun come up on Magazine Street / I long to feel that rhythm in my feet / Let�s let the good times roll in New Orleans � Come on baby, grab my guitar / Throw a bottle of rum into the car / We�ll hit the levee and watch the sun go down / We�ll laugh, we�ll sing, and we�ll live a dream / �Cause that�s the way life is in New Orleans / Yeah, come on baby, I�m dying to take you down / So come on baby, let�s go to New Orleans / I long to see the sun come up on Magazine Street / I long to feel that rhythm in my feet / Let�s let the good times roll in New Orleans � Come on baby, let�s go to New Orleans / I�m dying to see Rebirth play the Maple Leaf / I long to feel that rhythm in my feet / Let�s let the good times roll in New Orleans

Folks Songs

Driving alone on a winter�s day / I need a little get away / So I reach for the radio / Tune it in along the lower end / Looking for a friend / In an old time music show / Folk songs may be all but long gone / But they�re still on the radio / So I�ll dream on, lots of good things�ll come and go / Always got tomorrow � Singing along to some old folkie song / Something �bout moving on / You know I�ve heard this song before / How many times have I just turned away / To start again another day / I�m always reaching for the door / Folk songs may be all but long gone / But they still know what I know / So I�ll dream on and it�ll be better before long / Always got tomorrow � Woody Guthrie on the radio playing / Bob Dylan singing my favorite song / These are the words that I can dream to, sugar / The melodies that keep me singing on � Driving home the evening turns to night / I flip on my headlights / Try to see where I�m going / The radio plays an old-time melody / The kind that speaks to me / You know I love that guitar tone / Folk songs may be all but long gone / But they still know what I don�t / So I�ll sing along, that the melody might live on / To sing again tomorrow

That Was A Long Time Ago

There once was a girl in a town that I knew / Her hair was as blonde as the morning was true / I kissed her once when I was passing through / But that was a long time ago / That was a long time ago and I wonder / Where she is today and what sky she lies under / I wonder if she got the things that she wanted / I guess that I never will know � I once had a friend who could sing you a song / Like nothing in the world could ever go wrong /But she went wrong and I�ve not seen her since / And that was a long time ago / That was a long time ago and I wonder / If she�s still alive or been broken asunder / I wonder if she ever speaks with her mother / I guess that I never will know � I once had a tape that I got from a friend / We knew every word from beginning to end / But somehow I lost track of that tape and that friend / And that was a long time ago / That was long time ago and I wonder / Sometimes when I hear the low roll of thunder / Does he still know those songs, does he sing �em like I do / Well I guess that I never will know

You May Never Know

You may never know � the lengths that I�ll go / You may never see �how deeply I feel / But it won�t be because I didn�t try / I�d give my life to make you mine � You may never see �the future I see / You may never be � as crazy for me / But it won�t be �cause I loved you part-time / I�ll give my all to make you mine � You may never feel �the love that I feel / You may never be �as devoted to me / But I�d still swear, by the look in you eyes / Your heart is beating just like mine

Try As I Might

I was dreaming just now of the first time / I saw you out the corner of my eye / I remember the dress you were wearing / I remember the flash of your smile / And despite all these miles come between us / I remember the look in your eye / And baby, try as I might not to miss you tonight / I can�t get you out of my mind � See I was singing a song that I wrote you / Long ago, just as I went to bed / And it seems something more than the melody / Got stuck in the back of my head / �Cause despite all the beers I�ve been drinking / You came to me clear in a dream / And baby, try as I might not to miss you tonight / It�s harder than what it might seem � I don�t know why I keep seeing your face / I�ve tried and I�ve tried these thoughts to erase / I�d give my tomorrows just to sleep through tonight / But it�s always the same, baby, try as I might � So tonight I�ll just lay here and wonder / Second-guessing is never that fun / I forget all the reasons I left you / Now I�m wondering if you were the one / And despite what I�d say in the daytime / How I�m long since over your love / Baby, try as I might not to miss you tonight / You�re the only thing that I�m thinking of

The Shape of My Hat

Lately it seems that my dreams are like rain / They roll of my shoulders and down to the drain / Well they ain�t good for much except for crumpling up my hat / But I guess I ought to give thanks for that / �Cause sometimes when I ain�t got a friend in the world / And there�s nothing on the TV but trash / I put back a beer and I look in the mirror / And I smile at the shape of my hat � Lately it seems that this body�s too old / To walk down these stairs and down to the road / My wrinkles move easy from my face into my hat / But I guess I ought to give thanks for that / �Cause sometimes when I ain�t got a friend in the world / And there�s nothing on the TV but trash / I put back a beer and I look in the mirror / And I smile at the shape of my hat � Lately it seems that I got no place to be / My friends are all gone, that is all except me / The only thing I got left is this old ten buck hat / But I guess I ought to give thanks for that / �Cause sometimes when I ain�t got a friend in the world / And there�s nothing on the TV but trash / I put back a beer and I look in the mirror / And I smile at the shape of my hat

If You Wanna Dream (You Can Dream of Me)

I saw you standing looking somewhere south of fine / I closed me eyes and saw an open door / I wondered if there might be something I could do for you / But I wasn�t sure / I gathered up my courage and I walked up to your side / I touched you on the arm and asked your name / I said I�m not sure if you�re interested and it might sounds kinda strange / But as I�m standing here I�ll offer just the same / If you wanna dream, you can dream of me / When you�re home all alone you can dream of me � I saw you smile and kinda chuckle to yourself / I asked you Is there something on your mind? / You said It�s funny you should offer �cause I recognize your eyes / I think I dreamed of you just the other night / I must of smiled �cause you said What, are you surprised? / Is that not what you expected me to say? / I said Actually, it occurs to me that I knew it all along / And you said Good, �cause I�ve got something else to say / If you wanna dream, you can dream of me / I�ll dream of you and when you�re blue you can dream of me � I said Goodbye, you said I guess I�ll see you �round / And in the meantime, well, we both know what to do / If you should wind up feeling down, darling take a look around / And I�ll be sitting somewhere dreaming back at you / And if you wanna dream, you can dream of me / I�ll dream of you and when I do you can dream of me

I Want You To Love Me (The Way That I Love You)

I was thinking about you as I walked outside today / Something on the morning breeze it turned my thoughts your way / Something there in the winter air well it almost seemed to say / Go on home, you�ve been too long away � See I�ve been thinking about you these days as I often do / Funny how any time or place, in the morning, night or afternoon / A passing car or a shooting star will turn my thoughts to you / Get me to thinking on what I�d ask of you � I want you to love me the way that I love you / I want you to see my future and to want it too / I want you to feel all the crazy things I feel for you / I want you to love me the way that I love you � So I�ll be thinking about you as I drive out tonight / I�ll pretend I can see you there at the edge of my highbeam lights / I�ll talk to you and I�ll sing you a tune as I drive on through the night / I�ll be at your side by the morning light � I�ll ask you to love me the way that I love you / I�ll ask you to see my future and to want it too / I�ll ask you to feel all the crazy things I feel for you / I want you to love me the way that I love you

One-Life Stand

It�s been more than a few months now / And I�ve still got this fire inside / It�s burning darling hotter than the summer South / Shut my mouth, please / With one of your kisses the ones that drive me wild / �Cause I�ve got no plans tonight / Except to take your hand, and take you home / And kiss you darling, hold you �til the morning light / It feels so right / The way time and again you make my night � And I�m hoping you don�t mind / The way every day I tell you / How I love you from the morning straight into the night / I�m so glad you�re mine / That I just lose control of myself sometimes / So take my hand / Darling I�ll take yours and I�ll take you home / And play you all your songs until you understand / I wanna be your man / Even if it�s only a one-life stand / So come on baby let�s make it a one-life stand

A Vision of You (Burning My Eyes)

I don�t know why you did what you did / Seems as wrong now as it ever did then / You took my heart and you filled it all up / Then you tore it all down, damn sure did � In my day I�ve seen lots of things come / I�ve seen one or two go, well you know / Not quite the way that I might have preferred / Well, what can you do? You live and you learn / And I�ve tried to take all the good with the bad / �Cause a happy man�s happy with the things that he has / It�s just sometimes at night I still sit up and cry / With a vision of you burning my eyes � I could go on about the booze and the bars / �Bout the days on the road, sleeping in cars / I could tell you that I still sing all my songs / With the heart that you broke, doing me wrong / But the truth is the truth�s more complex that all that / I�m another man now, and happy at that / It�s just once, I�d say, in every blue moon / That I catch myself whistlin� a sorrowful tune / And I know that tune is for you � I don�t know why you did what you did / Seems as wrong now as it ever did then / You took my heart and you filled it all up / Then you tore it all down, damn sure did

The Last I Saw of You

I remember when we met / I remember what you said / When I stood next to you / I remember how you smiled / And the way my heart went wild / When you bought drinks for two / And leaned to me and said I know something we could do / And darling, I ran away with you � I remember how we drove / How the night was low and cold / And I sat close to you / How you held my body tight / And we laughed all through the night / And through the morning too / And you leaned to me and said I know something we could do / And darling, I fell in love with you � Now I�m laying in my bed / With a picture in my head / A sweet portrait of you / I remember every smile / I remember every mile / I got to spend with you / I remember you saying you still had some things to do / And darling, well I guess that I did too / You leaned to me and said I�ll always dream of you / And darling, that�s the last I saw of you