Country Strong Soundtrack Album

I know you see me
Like some wide eyed dreamer
That just rolled in off a dusty mid west bus
Yeah, on the outside I look fragile
But on the inside is something you can't crush

Cause I'm country strong
Hard to break
Like the ground I grew up on
You may fool me
And I'll fall
But I won't stay down long
Cause I'm country strong

I have weathered
Colder winters; Longer summers
Without a drop of rain
Push me in a corner
And I'll come out fighting
I may lose but I 'll always keep my faith

Cause I'm country strong
Hard to break
Like the ground I grew up on
You may fool me
And I'll fall
But I won't stay down long
Cause I'm country strong

Cause I'm country strong
Hard to break
Like the ground I grew up on
You may fool me
And I'll fall
But I won't stay down long
Cause I'm country strong

I'm country strong
Yeah, I'm country strong
I'm country strong
I'm country strong
I'm country strong

Chris
I've been a hard man
Been a lonely man
Been around the world and back again
My kind of freedom was always leavin'
And I thought hearts were just for stealin'

Then I saw the light in your eyes this morning
And somehow I knew
I was gonna take a chance with you
Try to see this through
So I'll be hopin you

Both:
Don't let me down
Love don't let me down

Patty
Been on the bad side of a lotta goodbyes
Sometimes it felt like I was out of tears to cry
So for my own sake I put my heart away
Thought I'd try again on some sunny day

Then I saw the light in your eyes this morning
And somehow I knew
I was gonna take a chance with you
Try to see this through
So I'll be hopin you

Both:
Don't let me down
Love don't let me down

Chris
Lets make a promise we can believe in tonight
Patty
Give me your heart and I'll give you mine

Don't let me down
Love don't let me down

Love don't let me down

Chris
I've been a hard man
Been a lonely man
Been around the world
(Both)Don't let me down

Patty
Been on the bad side of a lotta goodbyes

(Both)Love don't let me down

No love don't let me down

Woke up late today and I still feel the sting of the pain
But I brushed my teeth anyway
I got dressed through the mess and put a smile on my face
I got a little bit stronger

Riding in the car to work and I'm trying to ignore the hurt
So I turned on the radio, stupid song made me think of you
I listened to it for minute but I changed it
I'm getting a little bit stronger, just a little bit stronger

And I'm done hoping that we could work it out
I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels
Letting you drag my heart around
And, oh, I'm done thinking that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay
Even on my weakest days
I get a little bit stronger

Doesn't happen overnight but you turn around
And a month's gone by and you realize you haven't cried
I'm not giving you a hour or a second or another minute longer
I'm busy getting stronger

And I'm done hoping that we can work it out
I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels
Letting you drag my heart around
And, oh, I'm done thinking, that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay
Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger
I get a little bit stronger

Getting along without you, baby
I'm better off without you, baby
How does it feel without me, baby?
I'm getting stronger without you, baby

And I'm done hoping we could work it out
I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels
Letting you drag my heart around
And, oh, I'm done thinking that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay
Even on my weakest days
I get a little bit stronger

I get a little bit stronger
Just a little bit stronger
A little bit, a little bit, a little bit stronger
I get a little bit stronger

Miss my grandpa's old Gibson, and a girl of no importance,
A shot of whiskey sitting on the bar.
Yeah, I used to give a damn; I used to try real hard.
But I'll give in tonight, chances are.

Chorus
One foot on the narrow way, and one foot on the ledge.
Sifting through the devil's lies, and what the good Book says.
If I'm going anywhere, I'll probably go too far.
And probably away from you, chances are.
Chances are.

Well, there's a lonely corner waiting; deuces left for playing.
And I'll tell her everything she wants to hear.
Well I'm not worst at love is making, I'm better at than breaking (?).
A guy like me knows how to disappear.

Chorus
One foot on the narrow way, and one foot on the ledge.
Sifting through the devil's lies, and what the good Book says.
If I'm going anywhere, I'll probably go too far.
And probably away from you, chances are.
Chances are.

Hold me like I mean it. Stay 'til you believe it.
And we'll see if we can fill an empty heart.
But I won't tell you what the chances are.

Chorus
One foot on the narrow way, and one foot on the ledge.
Sifting through the devil's lies, and what the good Book says.
If I'm going anywhere, I'll probably go too far.
And probably away from you, chances are.
Chances are.

Last night, I went out, walkin'.
I could not believe my eyes
I could tell that she wasn't some stranger;
You held her a little too tight.
My heart stopped like it hit a freight train
You kissed her, and twisted the knife
Now you're tryin' to tell me she's nothin';
why should I be so suprised?

Losers lose, winners win;
Cheaters cheat, singers sing.
Dreamers dream, cryers cry;
Fools believe, and Liars Lie.

It'll take all I got to forgive you.
As sure as my heart starts to mend,
I'd find you somewhere with another.
You'd hurt me all over again.

Losers lose, winners win, cheaters cheat, and singers sing;
Dreamers dream, cheaters cheat, fools believe, and Liars Lie.

I should've known, I should've known, I should've known:
Someone like you--who can't be true--is bound to wrong.

Losers lose, winners win;
Ceaters cheat, and singers sing;
Dreamers dream, cryers cry;
Fools believe, and Liars Lie.

I've seen men look at before
And they think, I don't see them
I'd like to think it makes me proud
But, I'm only.. fooling me

I know she'll be lookin' back
The minute I'm not there
While she pours herself on some stranger
I pour myself a drink somewhere

She's acting single
I'm drinking double
I hide my pain
I drown my troubles

My heart is breaking
Like the tiny bubbles
She's acting single
I'm drinking doubles

I know all she plans to do
But I don't know where or when
If I ask who that stranger was
She'll just say, "an old friend"

I'm not weak, I tell myself
I stay because I'm strong
The truth is, I'm not man enough
To stop her from doing me wrong

She's acting single
I'm drinking doubles
I hide my pain
I drown my troubles

My heart is breaking
Like the tiny bubbles
She's acting single
I'm drinking doubles

She's acting single
I'm drinking doubles
I hide my pain
I drown my troubles

Finally, Friday night
Got to get, feeling right
Low cut, tank top
Blue jeans, skin tight
9 o'clock, dance hall
Walkin in, struttin tall
Lookin so good
Boys scratchin on the 8 ball

Belly up to the bar
Cuervo, PBR
Flirtin with the bartender
Hey baby, no charge

Bands playin, my song
Gotta get my grove on
Ride sally, ride sally
Ride it all night long

If you got it, flaunt it
Make the cowboys....want it

You gotta shake that thing,
Shake that thing,
Shake that thing,
Shake that thing,

Closing time, 2 o'clock
Party in the parkin lot
Dancin on a flat bed
Everybody's getting hot
Swinging on some wild cat
Bumpin old-school rap
Give that girl a brass pole
Where'd she learn to do that

If you got it, flaunt it
Make the cowboys .....want it
You gotta shake that thing
Shake that thing
Shake that thing
Shake that thing

East west, north south
Let it all hang out
Movin up, movin down
Take that country into town

Shake that thing.....

(Repeat chorus)

Bartender put a little whiskey in my water
Looks like it's gonna be another all nighter
Hope that barrel ain't got no bottom
Gonna keep drinkin' as long as you got 'em
I been workin' all week out in the heat
I got a cotton mouth I need to drown out

Dehydration leads to a lot of libation
Gets you good vibrations, starts up a celebration
This inebriation sure is gonna hurt me
But every now and then you just get a little thirsty

Little Miss Prissy's sippin' martinis
Boys on the bar stools shootin' down whiskey
Cowboy's chuggin' on an ice cold beer
The country boys got a jar of somethin' clear
Some girl and her mom got a Jaager Bomb
They just dropped it on me now I can't see

Dehydration leads to a lot of libation
Gets you good vibrations, starts up a celebration
This inebriation sure is gonna hurt me
But you know every now and then you just get pretty thirsty

Alright y'all ready?
Set 'em up, Joe
Ready, aim
Drink, drink, drink, drink, drink

Dehydration leads to a lot of libation
Gets you good vibrations, starts up a celebration
This inebriation sure is gonna hurt me
But every now and then you just get a little thirsty
Every now and then you just get a little thirsty

I'm gonna wear you down
I'm gonna make you see
I'm gonna get to you
You're gonna
Give in to me

I'm gonna start a fire
You're gonna feel the heat
I'm gonna burn for you
You're gonna melt for me

Come on, Come on in to my arms
Come on, Come on
Give in to me

You're gonna take my hand
Whisper the sweetest words
And if you're ever sad
I'll make you laugh
I'll chase the hurt

My heart is set on you
I don't want no one else
And if you don't want me
I guess I'll be all by myself

Come on, Come on, into my arms
Come on, Come on
Give in to me

I'll use my eyes to draw you in
Until I'm under your skin
I'll use my lips
I"ll use my arms
Come on, Come on
Give in to me

Give in to me

When the stars line up
And you catch a good break
People think you're lucky
But you'll know its grace
It can happen so fast
Or a moment late
Timing is everything

Know I've had close calls
When it could've been me
I was young when I learned
Just how fragile life could be
I lost friends of mine
I guess it wasn't my time
Timing is everything

I could've been a child that god took home
I would've been one more unfinished song
When it seems a rhyme hard to find
That's when one comes along just in time

Well I remember that day
When our eyes first met

You ran into the building to get out of the rain
Cause you were soaking wet
And as I held the door
You wanted to know my name
Timing is everything

I could've been another minute late
You never would've crossed my path that day
When it seems true love is hard to find
That's when love comes along just in time
You can call it fate or destiny
Sometimes it's real it
Seems like it's a mystery
You can be hurt by love
Or healed by the same
Timing is everything

And it can happen so fast
Or a little bit late
Timing is everything

In a book, in a box, in the closet
In a line, in a song I once heard
In a moment on a front porch late one June
In a breath inside a whisper beneath the moon

There it was at the tips of my fingers
There it was on the tip of my tongue
There you were and I had never been that far
There it was the whole world wrapped inside my arms

And I let it all slip away

What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say

There's a rain that will never stop fallin'
There's a wall that I tried to take down
What I should have said just wouldn't pass my lips
So I held back and now we've come to this

And it's too late now

What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say

I should have found the way to tell you how I felt
Now the one I'm telling is myself

What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say

What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say

What do I do now that you're gone
No back up plan, no second chance
And no one else to blame
All I can hear in the silence that remains
Are the words I couldn't say

It's a four letter word
a place you go to heal your hurt
It's an alter, it's a shelter
One place you're always welcome
a pink flamingo, double wide
One bedroom in a high rise
a mansion on a hill
Where the memories always will
keep you company
whenever you're alone
after all of my running
I'm finally coming

Home
The world tried to break me
I found a road to take me
Home
There ain't nothing but a blue sky now
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
Home

Well they say its where the heart is
and I guess the hardest part is
when your heart is broken
and you're lost out in the great wide open
looking for a map
finding your way back
to where you belong
well that's where I belong

Home
The world tried to break me
I found a road to take me
Home
There ain't nothing but a blue sky now
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
Home

Home...
Home...

Home
The world tried to break me
I found a road to take me
Home
There ain't nothing but a blue sky now
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
Home

(feat. Tim McGraw)

[Tim McGraw]
Baby I Think We Both Know It's Gone
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong
And I Know You Don't Think We Can Carry It On
Baby I Think We Both Know It's Gone
Bad, Bad, Bad
Think Of All The Good Times We Had
Driving To Your House
Member When We First Met
Dancin' On A Friday Night
Under The Moon Light
Talkin' Till The Night Was Gone
In The Back Of My Truck With The Radio On

[Chorus: together]
Then That Ol' Song Comes On
Together We're Singin'
Forever We're Singin'
When That Ol' Song Comes On
Together We're Singin'
Forever We're Singin'
That Ol' Country Song
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

[Gwyneth :]
Baby I Think We Both Know
It's Alright, Alright
But How Could I Forget What You Did That Night
Baby You Told Me You Loved Me In Tennessee
Where We Were Gonna Live
But Now You've Done A Few Things That I Can't Forgive
Driving To Her House
Tellin' Her You Love Her
Lying On A Friday Night
Ring In Your Pocket
Lying To Me All Along
In The Back Of Your Truck With The Radio On

[Chorus]

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

[Chorus]

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah