Lonestar Album

Lucinda Jones, working at IHOP
Ten years worth of bacon, eggs and tears
She's waited on every creed and color
While waiting on this day to get here
Graveyard shifts, two big tips
Making every quarter count
Was worth it all to see her son
In that cap and gown

There are times in life when you gotta crawl
Lose your grip, trip and fall
When you can't lean on no-one else
That's when you find yourself
I've been around and I've noticed that
Walking's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ole heels'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains
So we could learn how to climb

Bobby, Bobby Dunn came back from the war
Lost his leg but they couldn't take his will
Hell bent to run in that local marathon
He trained through the endless pain and pills
It hurt so bad that sometimes he just had to cry
He didn't stop until he crossed that finish line

There are times in life when you gotta crawl
Lose your grip, trip and fall
When you can't lean on no-one else
That's when you find yourself
I've been around and I've noticed that
Walkin's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ole heels'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains
So we could learn how to climb

This world ain't fair
It can knock you on your butt
You can just lie there
Or you can get back up
You gotta get back up

There are times in life when you gotta crawl
Lose your grip, trip and fall
When you can't lean on no-one else
That's when you find yourself
I've been around and I've noticed that
Walkin's easier when the road is flat
Them danged ol' heels'll get you every time
Yeah, the good Lord gave us mountains
(The good Lord gave us mountains)
So we could learn how to climb
Yeah, oh

You got your feet squeezed into heels that hurt
Cause they go with the job and they go with the skirt
You gotta look good when you're out there
Climbing ladders

You go above and beyond and then way beyond that
You do it all, yeah, you wear every hat
Hoping someone that matters will realize you matter

But all that really matters is it's Friday
And the sun is shining over my way

Toss your heels in the backseat
Drive home in your barefeet
Throw in that Van Morrison Cd
Chip away a little by little
Til you find your groove

I'll pick up some takeout, we can just hang out
Levis and wine, blankets and lights down
Lay your head right here on my shoulder
And just be you when you're with me
Girl, you got nothing to prove

I could listen all night if you wanna talk
Or we can lay here and say nothing at all
I already know who you are and that I love you

So, baby, take a long deep breath and exhale
Cause all you gotta be tonight is yourself

Toss your heels in the backseat
Drive home in your barefeet
Throw in that Van Morrison Cd
Chip away a little by little
Til you find your groove

I'll pick up some takeout, we can just hang out
Levis and wine, blankets and lights down
Lay your head right here on my shoulder
And just be you when you're with me
Girl, you got nothing to prove
You got nothing to prove

I'll pick up some takeout, we can just hang out
Levis and wine, blankets and lights down
Lay your head right here on my shoulder
And just be you when you're with me
Girl, you got nothing to prove

When we're together you got nothing to prove
You got nothing to prove, you got nothing to prove
You got nothing to prove

She squeezed the handle, topped the tank off
Pulled out her necklace and kissed the cross

El Paso he waved, horizon off the hood
She's going through with something
He never thought she would

By now he's rolling over on his back
He ain't waking up
Not with all the liquors he's had

She'll be halfway to Longview by the time he starts to stir
By the time he opens his eyes she'll already be a blur

You go girl, get in that Cadillac
There ain't no lie in looking back

She tore outta that station
Dust and gravel flying
Sideswiped a couple of highway signs
Tore off both mirrors
Something free and wild
Yeah, seems like ages but there's that smile
That long lost smile

Staring through the windshield
A new look in her eyes
A conscience as clear as the Texas sky

She ran out of patience, out of strength
And out of tears
He ran out of second chances
And now she's outta here

You go girl, don't look back
And there ain't no lie in living like that

She tore outta that station
Dust and gravel flying
Sideswiped a couple of highway signs
Tore off both mirrors
Something free and wild
Yeah, seems like ages but there's that smile
That long lost smile, tthat long lost smile
Yeah, you go girl, you go girl
Hey, you go girl
You go girl

I got the news just yesterday
Called an old friend, asked him how you'd been
He said the wedding made the frontpage
You were smiling bright
You were dressed in white, angel white
Standing there with Mr Right

But I still believe that there's a destiny
That this winding road is leading me to
Someone I'm meant to find forever with
I can whisper all my sweet dreams to
I just always thought it was you

I'm still out here trying to find my dreams
In these smokey bars it's hard to see the stars
I always thought that I'd come back for you
Prove I was good enough to finally find some luck, a little luck
Yeah, and shut your daddy up

And I still believe there's a destiny
That this winding road is leading me to
Someone I'm meant to find forever with
Who would never tear my dreams in two
I just always thought it was you
Yeah

I still believe that there's a destiny
That this winding road is leading me to
Someone I'm meant to find forever with
Who would never tear my dreams in two
But I guess that I'll find someone new
I just always thought it was you
Yeah, oh, yeah
I just always thought it was you

Hey, God, I don't believe I ever thanked you
For the time my brother got sick
Wasn't sure he'd make it
Then he finally pulled through

And, hey, God, I wanna thank you for my family
They're healthy and they're beautiful
We were gonna stop at two
Now there's number three

You have your ways, you have your plan
Sometimes mysterious and hard to understand
I am humbled by your grace and everything you do
Hey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you

Hey God, take good care of my nephew
He was only nineteen
They say he didn't feel a thing
Now he's there with you

And, hey, God, you know what it's like to lose
Someone who you truly love when you gave your son to us
You must have cried then too

You have your ways, you have your plan
Sometimes mysterious and hard to understand
I am humbled by your grace and everything you do
Hey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you

Sometimes I forget to stop and bow my head
And remember that I have been blessed

Oh, you have your ways, you have your plan
Sometimes mysterious and hard to understand
I am humbled by your grace and everything you do
Hey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you

Thank you

You've been trying to find your true love
On the verge of giving up
Tired of your heart breaking
You've almost had enough
It's not supposed to be that hard
Maybe love is closer than you think

You could keep on looking for the rest of your life
I'll be what you're looking for

I'll give you something more
Take you to a place you never been, never been
Show you something true that's what you deserve
Whatever I have to do, I wanna do it for you
Yeah

Remember I'm the one to get you on your feet
Ain't it funny how you turned to me
When you're feeling incomplete
I always helped you take a breath
Now I just wanna take your breath away

I've heard you saying that you need someone like me
Baby, open up that door

I'll give you something more
Take you to a place you never been, never been
Show you something true that's what you deserve
Whatever I have to do, I wanna do it for you
Yeah

I won't hold nothing back, baby, nothing at all
Catch you with loving arms if you're ready to fall

I'll give you something more
Take you to a place you never been, never been
Show you something true that's what you deserve
Whatever I have to do, I wanna do it for you
I wanna do it for you

I won't hold nothing back, I wanna do it for you
Listen, baby, I'll give you everything
I wanna do it for you
Do it for you

She got an old Silverado and forty-seven acres
She played the hack so loud she blew out her speakers

She gotta neon Bud sign hanging in the kitchen
And a Texas longstalk stitched on her britches

She keeps a double barrel next to the bed
Got a little money shaker that'll knock ya dead

She's a cowboy girl, tough on the leather
Wilder than the Fourth of July
She's a cowboy girl, if you wanna catch her
Man, you better know how to ride

She puts on her boots and drives to the city
Them uptown boys, they all think she's pretty

Oh, but she don't want your black Mazeradi
She wants a dirt bike mud ride out in the country
She's a sweet little twister in a Stetson hat
Let me tell ya mister, nothing wrong with that

She's a cowboy girl, tough on the leather
Wilder than the Fourth of July
She's a cowboy girl, if you wanna catch her
Man, you better know how
Man, you better know how to ride

Ow, ride em girl

She's a bona fide, southern fried
Friday night queen
Knock em down drag em out
Honkey tonk dream
I gotta get her with me

She's a cowboy girl, tough on the leather
Wilder than the Fourth of July
She's a cowboy girl, if you wanna catch her
You're gonna have to chase that cowboy girl
Tough on the leather
Wilder than the Fourth of July
She's a cowboy girl, if you wanna catch her
Man, you better know how
Man, you better know how to ride
Ah, yeah
Man, you better know how to ride

I was three years old sitting in the seat of a Greyhound bus
My brother and me, Mama's tears falling like a Carolina rain

Cause she pulled out a gun the night before
Said he ain't gonna drink and hit me no more
She pulled the trigger on my father in a moment's rain

Thank God that gun wasn't loaded
Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night

Now she held her babies tight
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
She was scared, she was broke
But all she knew was she was gonna do
What she had to

She got her a job in a trailer out west
It wasn't much but she was doing her best
Putting food on the table for her family

But then one day I came home from school
My Mama was crying alone in her room
She said, I lost my job and we're gonna lose the trailer too
And she got that volkswagon loaded
Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night

She held her babies tight
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
She was scared, she was broke
But all she knew was she was gonna do
What she had to

Whenever things go wrong in my life
I just think of her, what it took that night
To get on that bus in a Carolina rain

Didn't know where to go or how she'd survive
Didn't care, anywhere but there that night

She held her babies tight
(She held her babies tight)
And we rode through the cold of the midnight blue
She was scared, she was broke
But all she knew was she was gonna do
What she had to
What she had to (what she had to)
Yeah, yeah, ooooh, what she had to
What she had to

Have you ever had one of those days
When you wake up feeling good
So good that you can take the whole world on
Or one of those days when you just know no matter what
Nothing in the world could go wrong

Well, that's the way I feel this morning
But, baby, I just gotta say
I always have one of those days

After one of those nights, just like last night
Oh, my, what a beautiful thing, just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby, thanks to your love it was one of those nights
That leads to one of those days
That leads right to one of those nights

Have you ever had one of those smiles
You just can't wipe away the sweet anticipation's too strong
One of those smiles you wear all day
Cause you can taste the kiss of passion waiting back home

Well, that's the one I'm wearing right now
But, baby, you always leave one of those smiles on me

After one of those nights, just like last night
Oh, my, what a beautiful thing, just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby, thanks to your love
It was one of those nights that leads to one of those days
That leads right to one of those nights

Oh, one of those nights, just like last night
Oh, my, what a beautiful thing, just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby, thanks to your love it was one of those nights
One of those nights, just like last night
Oh, my, what a beautiful thing, just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby, thanks to your love
It was one of those nights that leads to one of those days
That leads right to one of those nights
One of those nights
Oh, one of those nights, just like last night
Oh my what a beautiful thing, just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby, thanks to your love
It was one of those nights, just like last night
Oh, my, what a beautiful thing, just you and me
Those tangled sheets were wrapped around us
Baby, thanks to your love it was one of those nights

Standing at the mirror rinsing off my razor
Wish I was still in bed
You're sneaking up behind me
With nothing but a towel on
You start breathing down my neck

If you don't wanna spend the rest of this day
Lying the dark, driving each other crazy
Careful where you kiss me

I love your sweet good morning baby hugs
But you know how your soft lips tear me up
Careful where you kiss me

You know the buttons you know where to push em
And which ones turn me on
You're putting me on the spot
No, baby, don't stop
Cause girl, I'm not that strong

I don't know how far you want this to go
But, baby, I just might lose control
Careful where you kiss me

I love your sweet good morning baby hugs
But you know how your soft lips tear me up
Careful where you kiss me

I love your sweet good morning baby hugs
But you know how your soft lips tear me up
Careful where you kiss me

Oh, careful where you kiss me
Yeah, careful where you kiss me
Oh, careful where you kiss me
Oh, careful where you kiss me
Ah, yeah

High school halftime Friday night
Standing on the fifty yard line
Big old blue and gold tuba in my hand

I could see Katie Ann in the popcorn line
Couldn't see how to make her mine
I was always in the band

At eighteen I found a cheap guitar
Became Seeger and Willie in a smokey bar
And bared my soul beneath a rusty old mic stand

I get her name and number on a second break
Watch someone dance my chance away
I was always in the band

Sometimes this dream demands more than I can give it
But even still I don't regret a single minute
Oh, to hear you laugh, to feel your pain
To see a thousand waving flames
It's just a part of me, that's who I am
I was always in the band

Met her backstage before a show Las Vegas rodeo
Three months later I asked her for her hand

We tied the knot on the Sixth of June
Woulda had a honeymoon
But I was always in the band

Left Dallas on the way to Omaha
Round Tapeeka when I got the call
Baby's coming, honey, get here when you can

Yeah, I guess I shoulda turned that bus around
I'da let 30,000 people down I was always in the band

Sometimes this dream demands more than I can give it
But even still I don't regret a single minute
Oh, to hear you laugh, to feel your pain
To see a thousand waving flames
It's just a part of me
Thank God she understands
I was always in the band

I was always in the band