Buddy Jewell Album

Excuse me uh, but do you actually have yes in your vocabulary,

I guess it started when I was a kid,
If you said I couldn't do it I did,
Always had a stuborn streak,
Put a wall in front of me,
And I'll find a way to get around it,

There was a friend who said I'd never make the team,
A lot of small town talk said I'd never leave,
Ah and you know who you are,
You all played a part,
In pushin me on to my dream,

I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
Pack it up and get back home,
It kept me going knowin I would prove them wrong,
Yea I knew it all along,
Without 'm I might have given up a long time ago, and so,
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,

Played my music for a man behind a desk,
He said sorry what you've got I just don't get,
Ah but here I am today,
Standin on this stage,
And I wonder even now if he gets it yet

I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
Pack it up and get back home,
It kept me going knowin I would prove them wrong,
Yea I knew it all along,
Without 'm I might have given up a long time ago, and so,
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,

The ones who said I'd never make it,
Those who doubted I could take it,
I'll owe ya one,

I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
Pack it up and get back home,
It kept me going knowin I would prove them wrong,
Yea I knew it all along,
Without 'm I might have given up a long time ago, and so,
I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,
Yea I wanna thank everone who ever told me no,

La da da da de......
The moment was custom made to order
I was riding with my daughter on our way back from Monroe
Like children do, she started playing twenty questions
But I never could have guessed one would touch me to my soul

She said daddy
when we get to heaven Can i taste the Milky Way?
Are we going there to visit or are we going there to stay
Am i Gonna see my grandpa ? Can I have a pair of wings?
Do you think that God could use another angel
to help pour out the rain?

La da da da de......

Well I won't lie
I pulled that car right over
Sat there on the shoulder tryin to dry my misty eyes
And i whispered Lord, I wanna thank you for my children
Cause your innocense that fills them often takes me by surprise

Like daddy when we get to heaven can i taste the milky way
Are we going there to visit or are we going there to stay
Am i gonna see my grandpa? can i have a pair of wings
And do you think that God could use another angel
To help pour out the rain

Well i thought about it later on and a smile came to my face
And when i tucked her in to bed I got down on my knees and prayed

Lord when i get to heaven can i taste the milky way
I don't want to come to visit cause i'm coming home to stay
And i can't wait to see my family and meet jesus face to face
And do you think Lord you could use another angel
To help pour out the rain?

Hmm can i help pour out the rain...

La da da da de......

Misty sunrise in my hometown
Rows of cotton about knee high
Mrs. Baker down the dirt road still got clothes out on the line
Erwin Nichols there with Judsley playin checkers at the gin
When I dream about the Southland this is where it all begins

Chorus
From Carolina down to Georgia
Smell the jasmine and magnolia
Sleepy sweet home Alabama Roll Tide Roll
Muddy water Mississippi blessed Graceland whispers to me
Carry on carry on sweet southern comfort carry on

Catchin catfish on the river
Chasin fireflys by the creek
Kissin Gary Williams sister on the porch homecoming week
With rusted cars and wheepin willows
Keepin watch out in the yard
Just a snapshot of downhome Dixie could be anywhere you are

Chorus
In Carolina or in Georgia
Open arms are waitin for you
Louisiana, Yellow Rose of San Antone
Arkansas, Mississippi old man river whispers to me
Carry on carry on sweet southern comfort carry on

Instrumental Break

As I sit here i'm surrounded
By these pricless memories
I don't have to think about it
theres no place i'd rather be

Chorus
Than Carolina or in Georgia
Smell the jasmine and magnolia
Sleepy sweet home Alabama Roll Tide Roll
Muddy water Mississippi blessed Graceland whispers to me
Carry on carry on sweet southern comfort
carry on carry on sweet southern comfort carry on

Today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been

I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
Then today I started loving you again

What a fool I was to think I could get by
With only these few million tears I cried

I should have known the worst was yet to come
And the crying time for me had just begun

Cause today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And today I started loving you again

Well today I started loving you again
I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend
And today I started loving you again

Then today I started loving you again

She said her mind was made up,
As she put on her makeup, said there was nothing there for her.
She just packed up her suitcase,
She walked right out that front gate, with her taxi waiting at the curb.
Too many empty nights alone too late I finally realize,
It's a crying shame it took her tears to open up my eyes.

I should have seen Abilene on her mind.
Her leaving me and Tennessee far behind,
Should have seen her growing lonely
All alone there waiting on me
All the warning signs were there but I was blind
I should have seen Abilene on her mind.

Last night the band played Dallas
I sang a song I wrote about us
You could feel the sadness in the air
And after the show was over
I felt the hand there on my shoulder
Turned around and found her standing there.
She said "After all these years it's nice to know your dreams came true."
And the wedding band there on her hand told me that hers had too.

I should have seen Abilene on her mind
Her leaving me and Tennessee far behind
Should have seen her growing lonely
All alone there waiting on me
All the warning signs were there but I was blind
I should have seen Abilene on her mind

I should have seen Abilene on her mind

Abilene on her mind.

Am I dreaming or is that the morning sunlight shining in?
I can't believe it,
I was so sure my world was coming to an end.
I may never live to see the day your memory lets me go.
But i made it through the night
And That's one in a row

My heart's still beating even though it's broken right in two
So the odds are even there still some hope that I'll get over you
Will I make it through the day? Girl it's hard to say I just don't know.
But I made it through the night. that's one in a row

One less endless night without you
missing everything about you until dawn
one more sunrise to remind me to leave yesterday behind cuz it's gone
This is only the beginning, I've got a lifetime to go
But I made it through the night
That's one in a row

Will I make it through the day?
Girl, it's hard to say I just don't know
But I made it through the night
And that's one in a row

Yeah, I made it through the night
That's one in a row

Granddaddy used to sit me on his knee
And tell me how it was in the old country
Famine and floods and crops that failed
I'd listen for hours as he told his tale

He said "There must have been a curse on the family name"
But he swore he'd be the one to break that chain
With money he saved from the sweat of his brow
He'd get 'em out of there, someday, somehow

Well, he never was much of a gambin' man
But he dreamed of passage to the Promised Land
Bet it all on a better life in America
He said "We'll change our fate, and this danged O'Reilly Luck"

I can only imagine the look on his face
Tickets in hand, as they counted the days
Eleven passports, no turnin' back
Decidin' what they should and shouldn't pack

But the baby caught the fever just days before
And the doctor hung a sheet on their front door
For two long weeks they were quarantined
Stranded with nothin' but his shattered dream

Well, he never was much of a gambin' man
But he dreamed of passage to the Promised Land
Bet it all on a better life in America
He said "We'll change our fate, and this danged O'Reilly Luck"

Granddaddy told this story 'til he passed away
How the people all cheered from the dock that day
While he shook his fist with a tear in his eye
At the beautiful ship of the White Star Line
And he cursed his fate and his danged O'Reilly Luck
As the mighty Titanic, sailed into the sun

Well, he never was much of a gambin' man
But he found his way to the Promised Land
Bet it all on a better life in America
He said "We'll change our fate, and this danged O'Reilly Luck,
Danged O'Relly Luck..."

I remember Sunday mornings walking on the beach
And that place we'd stop for breakfast with the old red vinyl seats
The hours of the tide chart
The way the sunlight dance upon your face

That antique roller coaster you just had to ride
I remember how you laughed at the terror in my eyes
The color and the detail
Just like it was yesterday

And I remember how you held me the night my father died
I didn't have to tell you
I just broke down and cried
You're sewn into the fabric, the pieces of my life
And I just can't remember why we said goodbye

Up and down this boardwalk lonely people sit
I know it wasn't perfect but nothin' ever is
The sails out in the harbor
Are searching for the wind

I just had to call you, I had to hear your voice
And tell you I still love you we still have a choice
You're sewn into the fabric, the pieces of my life
And I just can't remember why we said goodbye

Everything I do
Leads back to you
I know I just can't let us go

There must have been a reason, but I can't remember now
I know if I could hold you we could work it out
You're sewn into the fabric the pieces of my life
And girl let's give it one more try
Cause I just can't remember why we said goodbye

I've been humbled by the glory in the power of His love.
When I've stumbled and I've fallen, He's been there to pick me up.
In the face of all temptation, been the strength to stand my ground
Wrapped in His sweet salvation, I know I'm glory bound.

I'm a man, I'm not an angel.
Oh, I've got no wings to fly.
But I'll make it up to Heaven,
One step at a time.

I've cried tears of jealous sorrow, I have tasted bitter wine.
Lost faith in my tomorrows, and I've cursed the hands of time.
I've wandered through the darkness, surrendered to my doubts.
I've been so close to hell, I could hear the devil shout.

I'm a man, I'm not an angel.
Oh, I've got no wings to fly.
But I'll make it up to Heaven,
One step at a time.
Oh, yeah.

When all the clouds have parted an' I lie face to face with death,
I won't fear the darkness in the grasp of my last breath.
I'll climb that mighty stairway that leads to Heaven's gate:
The surrender of my my soul will be my final leap of faith.

I'm a man, I'm not an angel.
Oh, I've got no wings to fly.
But I'll make it up to Heaven,
One step at a time.

Oh, I'm a man, (I'm a man.)
I'm not an angel.
Oh, I've got no wings to fly.
But I'll make it up to Heaven,
One step at a time.
One step at a time.
I said one step at a time

In a simple life dreams die hard
You never let'em go
All the while you play your hands
And you may never know
Why it's always lady luck
On someone else's palm they read
You holding my two hands
Is really all I need

I can get by if it all fell through
Right down to the bottom of my list
I can get by lookin' back on life
Find that I've too many things I've missed
I can get by without doing
All the crazy things some people do
But I wouldn't wanna try even
Barely gettin' by without you

Many things I've come to need
That I could do without
And many more I've done without
I could come to need
The one thing that I'd fight to keep
Until my days are through
Is when I lay me down to sleep
I'm lyin' next to you

I can get by if it all fell through
Right down to the bottom of my list
I can get by lookin' back on life
Find that I've too many things I've missed
I can get by without doing
All the crazy things some people do
But I wouldn't wanna try even
Barely gettin' by without you

I can get by if it all fell through
Right down to the bottom of my list
I can get by lookin' back on life
Finding I've too many things I've missed
Barely gettin' by without you

I can get by if it all fell through
Right down to the bottom of my list
I can get by lookin' back on life
Find that I've too many things I've missed
I can get by without doing
All the crazy things some people do
But I wouldn't wanna try even
Barely gettin' by without you

So long fellas, I gotta go
Told her I wasn't gonna be, but an hour or so
I know she's bound to worry, 'bout me and that old car

It's not that she don't trust me,
but you know how women are

A few weeks back, they took my job
The money's tight, time's are gonna be hard
I know what's on her mind, but she ain't said a word so far

She's tryin' not to let it show,
but you know how women are

She's stands right beside me, win or lose
She'll reach deep down inside and find a way to pull me through
She can see the silver lining, in the darkest of news
She loves to hear me say "I love you", whispered in the dark
YOu know how women are

Sent her flowers, the other day
We had words, and you know I had my say
I knew right then that I was wrong, I thought "Damn, my foolish heart"

Because she means the world to me,
and you know how women are

She's stands right beside me, win or lose
She'll reach deep down inside and find a way to pull me through
She can see the silver lining, in the darkest of news
She loves to hear me say "I love you", whispered in the dark
YOu know how women are

So long fellas....you know are women are