released : November 8,2005
BNA records
The
Road And The Radio
Living In Fast Forward
Who You'd Be Today
You Save Me
Summertime
In A Small Town
Beer In Mexico
Freedom
Tequila Loves Me
Somebody Take Me Home
Like Me
1.) The
Road And The Radio
Kenny Chesney/Casey Beathard
(ASCAP/BMI)
Ain't nothing out here but me
The Road and the Radio
Looking for an exit
And the song that I might know
Counting down the memories
Adding up the miles
Searching for a feeling
I ain't felt in awhile
Clarity and inspiration
Happiness is a destination
That's hard to find
It may take some time
But in my mind there's something more
And I'll open up a brand new door
And find the strength to close the ones I left behind
And I'll get there leaning on some friends I know
The Road and the Radio
Spent the night in Carolina
Got up early out of bed
Bought a red bull and roadmap and an old Stones cassette
Set my sights southbound
No reason or ryhme
Threw up a prayer just lookin'
Just lookin' for a sign
And some Clarity and inspiration
Happiness is a destination
That's hard to find
It may take some time
But in my mind there's something more
And I'll open up a brand new door
And find the strength to close the ones I left behind
And I'll get there leaning on some friends I know
The Road and the Radio
But in my mind there's something more
And I'll open up a brand new door
And find the strength to close the ones I left behind
And I'll get there leaning on some friends I know
The Road and the Radio
The Road and the Radio
The Road and the Radio
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2.) Living In Fast
Forward
David Lee Murphy/Rivers Rutherford
(ASCAP)
The body's a temple and that's
what we're taught
Well, I treated this one like an ole honky tonk
Greasy cheeseburgers and cheap cigarettes
One day they'll get me if they ain't got me yet.
Because I've been living in fast forward
Hillbilly rock star out of control
I've been living in fast forward
Now I need to rewind real slow.
My friends all grew up, and they settled down
Built nice little houses on the outskirts of town
They work in their office, and drive SUV's
They pray for their babies, and they worry about me.
Because I've been living in fast forward
Hillbilly rock star out of control
I've been living in fast forward
Now I need to rewind real slow.
I'm always runnin'
Son-of-a-gunnin'
I've had a good time it's true
But the way I've been going
It's time that I tone it down just a notch or two.
Oh yeah...
Well, I've been living in fast forward
Hillbilly rock star out of control
I've been living in fast forward
Now I need to rewind real slow.
Yeah, I've been living in fast forward
Hillbilly rock star out of control
I've been living in fast forward
Now I need to rewind real slow.
Yeah, I need to rewind real slow.
Yeah, I still got some miles to go...
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3.) Who You'd Be
Today
Bill Luther/Aimee Mayo (BMI)
Sunny
days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
I feel you everywhere I go.
I see your smile, I see your face,
I hear you laughin' in the rain.
I still can't believe you're gone.
It ain't fair: you died too young,
Like the story that had just begun,
But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you,
All the hell I've been through,
Just knowin' no-one could take your place.
An' sometimes I wonder,
Who'd you be today?
Would you see the world? Would you chase your dreams?
Settle down with a family,
I wonder what would you name your babies?
Some days the sky's so blue,
I feel like I can talk to you,
An' I know it might sound crazy.
It ain't fair: you died too young,
Like the story that had just begun,
But death tore the pages all away.
God knows how I miss you,
All the hell I've been through,
Just knowin' no-one could take your place.
An' sometimes I wonder,
Who you'd be today?
Today, today, today.
Today, today, today.
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Sunny days seem to hurt the most.
I wear the pain like a heavy coat.
The only thing that gives me hope,
Is I know I'll see you again some day.
Some day, some day, some day.
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4.) You Save
Me
Brett James/Troy Verges (ASCAP/BMI)
Every now and
then I get a little lost.
The strings all get tangled, the wires all get crossed.
Every now and then I'm right upon the edge,
dangling my toes out over the ledge.
I just thank God you're here
Cuz when I'm a bullet shot out of a gun,
cuz when I'm a firecracker comin undone.
When I'm a fugitive ready to run,
all wide eyed and and crazy,
no matter where my wreckless soul takes me,
baby you save me.
It's hard lovin a man who's got a gypsy soul.
I don't know how you do it.
I'm not sure how you know
the perfect thing to say
to save me from myself.
You're the angel that believes in me like no body else.
And I thank God you do
Cuz when I'm a bullet shot out of a gun,
cuz when I'm a firecracker comin undone.
When I'm a fugitive ready to run,
all wide eyed and and crazy,
no matter where my wreckless soul takes me,
baby you save me.
Now I know I don't tell you nearly enough,
that I couldn't live one day without your love.
When I'm a ship tossed around on the waves,
up on a high wire that's ready to break.
When I've had just about all I can take,
baby you, baby you save me.
When I'm a bullet shot out of a gun.
When I'm a firecracker comin undone.
When I'm a fugitive ready to run,
all wide eyed and and crazy,
no matter where my wreckless soul takes me,
baby you save me.
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5.) Summertime
Steve McEwan/Craig Wiseman (BMI/ASCAP)
Summertime is
finally here
That old ball park man is back in gear
Out on 49, man I can see the lights
School's out and the night's roll in
Man, just like a long lost friend
You ain't seen in a while
You can't help but smile
And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love in an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo and a Yoo-hoo bottle on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio, sing along cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine
It's summertime, sweet summertime
Temperature says 93 down at the deposit can guarantee
But that swimming hole, it's nice and cold
Bikini bottoms underneath, but the boy's hearts still skip a beat
When them girls shimmy off them old cut-offs
And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love in an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo and a Yoo-hoo bottle on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio, sing along cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine
It's summertime, sweet summertime
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Don't matter how old you are
Man, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout,
Yeah baby, when you got....
Two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love in an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo and a Yoo-hoo bottle rollin' on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio, sing along cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine
It's summertime, sweet summertime
6.) In A Small Town
Cory Mayo/Jon McElroy (BMI)
Well I've been
lost in this town even though I know my way around,
didn't take me long until I found the devil.
With just one word I knew his voice,
it's the one I heard with every choice I made
just tryin to be a rebel
In a small town In a small town
If you jumped off of our front porch
you'd land right where the Civil War was fought,
it's never been forgotten
Just 20 miles to the interstate there's a Burger King and a Motel 8
and the only thing between here and there is cotton.
Jeffery prays to Jesus askin him please to help us through just one more day
Jenny gets high she'll waste her life, me I just ran away
From a small town from a small town
Sometimes it was heaven sometimes like hell,
kinda like church, kinda like jail,
there's a water tower that says "welcome to nowhere"
As soon as I could I was long gone,
my jeans were torn, my hair was long,
now I can't believe I wanna go back there
To a small town to a small town.
Jeffery prays to Jesus askin him please to help us through just one more day
Jenny gets high she'll waste her life, me I just ran away
but I knew I'd come back some day
to a small town to a small town
oh to a small town to a small town
whoo whoo whooo whooo whoo whooo ohhh to a small town
7.) Beer
In Mexico
Kenny Chesney (ASCAP)
Starin out into
the wild blue yonder
So many thoughts to sit and ponder about life and love and the lack of and this
emptiness in my heart.
Too old to be wild and free still
Too young to be over the hill still
Trying to grow up but who knows where to start
So ill just sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away
Sun comes up sun sinks down, I've seen them both in this tourist town
up for days in the rain just trying to search my soul
For all the reasons and the answers why
I'm at these crossroads in my life, really don't know which way to go
So ill just sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away
Maybe I'll settle down, get married or stay single and stay free
which road ill travel its still a mystery to me
So ill just sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
do my best to waste another day
Sit right here and have another beer in Mexico
Let the warm air melt these blues away
Down in Mexico
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8.) Freedom
Tom Douglas/Bill Luther (BMI)
People always
tell me their life story
Love they lost, their taste of glory
He sat next to me at the counter in the diner
Said i used to be wall street but this is much finer
oh yea
He had a leather look on a steal horse Harley
A dark eyed girlfriend he called Charlie
He looked a little lost walking out the door
I think I knew what he was looking for
Freedom, sweet Freedom
I gassed her up climbed back in my cab
To my wife I'm a husband, to my kids I'm a dad
To the credit card companies I'm just another sucker
To the IRS a long hall trucker
Oh
Some say that freedoms the power do one pleases
You can live like the devil or hold on to Jesus
I found the one thing I was born to do
Girl that's why I'm running back to you
Freedom, sweet freedom
Oooh,
He climbed up in my truck with his green duffel bag
I knew he was a soldier cause i saw his dog tags
We talked about it
We cried about it
Then a steel horse Harley came roaring on past
I knew it was Charlie hanging on real fast
We talked about it
We laughed about it
Through the joy and pain that living brings
Don't we all want the same thing
Freedom, sweet freedom
Oh
oooohhhh yea
Its what the junkie needs that the needle can't give
depressed and forgotten are praying for it
It's what the brave and courageous are fighting for
An open sail on a distant shore
Freedom
9.) Tequila
Loves Me
Jon McElroy/Arnie Roman (BMI/ASCAP)
South of the
border,
American Dollars
take you a long long way
beachside bungalows, sand between your toes
nobody knows your name
there's a worm at the bottom of the bottle
that's well with in my reach
and the heart that you broke will soon be a joke
as soon as he and I meet
ohhhohhohoh oh oh Forgettins cheap in Mexico,
She'll be there waiting and she wont say No ,
Tequila loves me even if you don't
madam tequila's a fine seniorita
all my compadras con-cur
she wont lie, she wont leave in your hour in need
so were raising our glasses to her
they say "vamos a echarno el trago"
it means drink it all down till you see
the bottom of the glass and its kicking your ass
boys the next rounds on me
ohhhohhoh forgettins cheap in Mexico,
She'll be there waiting and she wont say No ,
Tequila loves me even if you don't
ohhhohhoh forgettins cheap in Mexico,
She'll be there waiting and she wont say No ,
Tequila loves me even if you don't
ohhhohhoh ohhhohohohohoh
10.) Somebody
Take Me Home
Radney Foster/Randy Rogers (BMI)
Same old bed
room floor
same old empty sheets
I hate this haunted bed
so down here is where I sleep
I'm trying to find a place
to hide what you have left
some things never change
my heart hasn't yet
I don't want to go out tonight
yea but I can't be alone
standing underneath this broke street light
cant somebody take me home
cant somebody take me home
the hope that we had left
wrapped around your ring
that river just rolled on by
man I watched it sink
I don't want to go out tonight
yea but I cant be alone
standing underneath this broke street light
cant somebody take me home
cant somebody take me outta this bar
outta this heart ache
outta this town that just keeps breakin down, keeps breakin down
Well I don't wanna go out tonight
yea but I cant be alone
standin underneath this broke street light
cant somebody take me home
Well I don't wanna go out tonight
yea but I cant be alone
standin underneath this broke street light
can't somebody take me home
can't somebody take me home
won't you take me home
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11.) Like Me
Troy Jones (BMI)
Driving down
the road of guilt,
the highway that never ends,
taking naps in my old car,
singin in guitar bars,
killin time at cafe queens, and truckers playing slot machines,
I meet a lot of wannabes dreaming big and living free like me
Charlie runs a produce shack, living in a van out back
selling peas and homemade surfs
cantaloupes and Elvis shirts
bragging on future plans with whisky breath and shaky hands,
I meet a lot of wannabes dreaming big and living free like me.
Wearing wrinkled travel clothes
to another one night show cause that's where I was born to be,
half guitar with travel light
Here today and gone tonight
playing this lifetime lottery
Here's to faces I have seen
a carnival of those who dream
rodeos seeking things
table dancers I can't name
Billy t and Abilene
Karaoke's all time king
and a ever six string wannabe
dreamin big and livin free like me
Wearing wrinkled travel clothes to another one night show,
cause that's where I was born to be,
half guitar with travel light,
here today and gone tonight
playin this lifetime lottery
To every dreamer I have know may the luck take you home
I pray for every wannabe
dreaming big and living free like me
I pray for every wannabe dreaming big and living free
like me
living free like me
living free like me
living free like me
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