Mark Chesnutt Album

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler)

Have you ever stared down in the bottom of a coffee cup
And discovered that you got no reason staying up
Right at the moment when
The caffine is kickin' in.

So you break down and give an old girlfriend a call
Then after two hours of hearing her mindless talk
You remember what you dumped her for
And you wish you hadn't opened that door.

Chorus:
I do it and I don't know why
Hate to admit it but I think that I
Got something rollin' round loose inside
That never was screwed down tight
I don't know why I do it
But I do it all the time.

Have you ever worked hard
To line your pockets with dough
Then let a little girl and love start burning a hole
Knowing that she'll break your heart
And max out your credit cards.

Chorus:
I do it and I don't know why
Hate to admit it but I think that I
Got something rollin' round loose inside
That never was screwed down tight
No, I don't know why I do it
But I do it all the time.

--- Instrumental ---

Have you ever fallin' for a girls thinkin' she's the one
And you get a funny feeling that your ramblin' days are done
You can tell she loves you so much
You have to go and screw it up.

Chorus:
I do it and I don't know why
Hate to admit it but I think that I
Got something rollin' round loose inside
That never was screwed down tight
No, I don't know why I do it
I do it, I do it, I do it
I do it and I don't know why
I got a habit of wreckin' my life
Keep leaning left when I want to go right
You know it isn't like I haven't tried
I don't know why I do it
But I do it all the time.

(Why do it, Don't know why I do it)
I don't know why I do it,
But I do it all the time...

She started her new life ten dollars in debt
That's all it took to get started back then
A trip to the courthouse across the state line
No one could stop her, she'd made up her mind
He was eighteen, she wasn't

But she said she was and never thought twice
Came back home as my daddy's wife
She just shook her head when her momma said
"Are you sure he's the one?" She was

He took a job and farmed on the side
He made the ends meet, but she kept 'em tied
Changes were coming to their little world
She said "What would you like, a boy or a girl?"
He said "Are you?"

She said she was and never thought twice
'Bout takin the next step in building their lives
Soon there were three and she tried to be
Everything to us And she was

Those precious moments turned into years
In what seemed like the blink of an eye
I held her hand as I leaned down to ask her
"Momma, Are you ready to say goodbye?"

She said she was but she thought twice
Holdin' my hand as she let go of life
Daddy always said a woman like her
Would be hard to give up
And she was

She was

If there ever was a picture of love,
She was

Her Momma cried
her daddy prayed
I'd go away
and let her be
but her blue eyes
looked in my heart
Faced the dark
instilled in me
she opened up her bible
and turned on the charm
I crawled out of the bottle
right into her arms

She's got the heart of an angel
she loves me like the devil
She took a down an outer
pulled me up to her level
She's one in a million
but I knew I'd find her one day
love as wild as a saturday night
and sacred as a sunday
sacred as a sunday

Her pure love
against my skin
ain't no sin
it's heavining
her soft touch
burns like a fire
flames of desire
consuming me
something happens to me
when her lips touch mine
something goes right through me
a feeling so divine

She's got the heart of an angel
she loves me like the devil
She took a down an outer
pulled me up to her level
She's one in a million
but I knew I'd find her one day
love as wild as a saturday night
and sacred as a sunday

She's got the heart of an angel
she loves me like the devil
She took a down an outer
pulled me to her level
She's one in a million
I knew I'd find her one day
love as wild as a saturday night
and sacred as a sunday
sacred as a sunday
sacred as a sunday
she's sacred as a sunday

We sit alone in the darkest corner
waitress comes and takes our order
and she looks at us so suspiciously
It's plain to see that we're lovers
tryin' to be alone with each other
It's so hard for us to break free
she whispers softly I love you
this ain't your average rendezvous

(chorus)
Cause I'm in love with a married woman
I don't care, I don't care who know it
I'm in love with a married woman
on her left hand there's a wedding band
that she wears faithfully
and I thank God she's married to me

No cheap hotel where we'll check-in
no other lives we'll be wreckin'
with alibis to hide a cheaters kiss
cause if there's lipstick on my collar
you can bet your bottom dollar
it's the color she wears on nights like this
every friday here at five
I try to keep the fire alive

(Wendell Mobley / Neil Thrasher / Kent Blazy)

What the hell was I thinkin'
Comin' and livin' in the concrete canyon
Trying to swim upstream in a river of vacant eyed people
Where are they going so fast?
What in the world could be that important?
And I miss mama
Wonder what she's doing
Probably looking out that kichen window
At the green grass and that clear sky
Daddy's probably sneakin' up behind her
Putting his hands around her waist
Restin' his head on her shoulder
Telling her how much he loves her
That's what I ought to be doing with you right now.

Chorus:
I find it hard breathe
Without you next to me
Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
Before the sun goes down
Gonna ditch this town
Population minus, one.

Oh yeah, I know what I was thinkin', I wasn't
I came this close to making the biggest mistake of my life
Is that a train I hear in the background?
You're on the porch, aren't you?
Got your head resting on that pillow on the swing
Your bare feet propped up on those chain links
Your toenails painted cotton candy pink, ah, man
Let's see, smog or the smell of summer in your hair
Yea, I'm outta here.

Chorus:
I find it hard breathe
Without you next to me
Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
Before the sun goes down
Gonna ditch this town
Population minus, one.

Baby, I can't tell you how good it felt
To roll back into this little map dot
Seeing those sugar maples shading mainstreet
And I never noticed it before but I smiled when I saw
All those post game celebration. beer bottle dents
In that deer crossing sign
You know some of those were ours
Kiss me, kiss me again.

Chorus:
I find it hard breathe
Without you next to me
Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
Before the sun goes down
Gonna ditch this town
Population minus, one.

--- Instrumental ---

Just look at you and me
Right where we need to be, Yeah...

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler)

You would think after all this time
I wouldn't let you in tonight
That all those feelings for you would be gone
You would think but you'd be wrong.

You would think one little kiss
Wouldn't tempt me like this
That I'd have pride and pretend to be strong
You would think but you'd be wrong.

Love can be so deceivin'
I should hate you but I don't
No matter what I do my heart
Just thinks what it wants.

--- Instrumental ---

Love can be so deceivin'
I should hate you but I don't
No matter what I do my heart
Still wants what it wants.

You would think that just because
I told the truth, confessed my love
I'd take you back, rather than be alone
You would think but you'd be wrong...

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler / Tom Shapiro)

Your eyes have been a different kind of blue
I can feel the sadness when I'm touching you
It's as if lately you've been standing in sinkin sand
Before you go down any deeper
Let me help, take my hand.

Chorus:
I want my baby back
I miss the way you used to laugh
And dance around to your own beat
So alive so carefree.
I want my baby back
Where is the old you hiding at
You may be here, but baby
You've been gone to long.

--- Instrumental ---

Girl, you're in a state I've never seen you in
It breaks my heart to see you in a downward spin
You're looking lost but you don't have to be alone
Why don't you talk to me
Tell me what's going on.

Chorus:
I want my baby back
I miss the way you used to laugh
And dance around to your own beat
So alive so carefree.
I want my baby back
Where is the old you hiding at
You may be here, but baby
You've been gone to long.

I want to see that crazy smile
Like you just might do something wild
There it is, here it comes
Just in time you could use a little fun.

Chorus:
I want my baby back
I miss the way you used to laugh
And dance around to your own beat
So alive, so carefree.
I want my baby back
Where is the old you hiding at
You may be here, but baby
You've been gone to long.

I want my, baby back.

I want my, baby back.

Oh, bring her back.

I want my, baby back...

(Tony Martin / Mark Nesler)

In my mind I'm thinner and I'm taller
Younger too with a little more hair
I saw myself going so much farther

(chorus)
oh but girl there you are
smiling at the plain old me
those honest eyes
in love with what they see
and I go from perfect to just right for you

In my mind I'm rugged and I'm charming
the hero who might save the day
kinda' like a modern Gary Cooper

(repeat chorus)

(repeat chorus)

(Chris DuBois / Lee Thomas Miller)

It's funny all the things a man can do when he's asleep
Like playing right field for the Red Sox on national TV
Or the next night I could the CEO of IBM
Or making out with Sandra Bullock in the movie we're both in
Oh, how perfect it would be
If my life we're like my dreams.

Chorus:
But then again there is the one
Where it's a normal day at work
And I realize that I'm not wearing pants
Or the one where I'm skydiving
And my parachute won't open
And I wake up screaming just before I land
On second thought I think I'll stick with my reality
'Cause it's a scary place to be
There's no logic, there's no guarantee
In My Dreams.

John Lennon takes me riding in his yellow submarine
Last night he even told me what I am the walrus means
The alarm clock started ringing
I hit snooze and closed my eyes
And won a million bucks in Vegas every time I rolled the dice
Oh, how perfect it would be
If my life we're like my dreams.

But then again there is the one
Where I'm running through the forest
From a psycho with a meat hook for a hand
Or the one where Sandra Bullock
Leaves me standing at the alter
'Cause I got busted cutting off my mattress tag
On second thought I think I'll stick with my reality
'Cause it's a scary place to be
There's no logic, there's no guarantee
In My Dreams.

--- Instrumental ---

Oh how perfect it would be
If my life we're like my dreams
But then again there is the one
Where it's a normal day at work
And I realize that I'm not wearing pants
Or the one where I'm skydiving
And my parachute won't open
And I realize that I'm not wearing pants
But then again there is the one
Where I'm running through the forest
And I realize that I'm not wearing pants
Or the one where Sandra Bullock
Leaves me standing at the alter
And I realize that I'm not wearing pants...

Written by: Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon

Little Billy drew a firefighter
Mary drew a doctor
Bobby he just drew a ball
We all knew he'd play soccer
Richard drew a race car
And Taylor drew a guitar on her knees
And I drew me.

With you
Your eyes are as far as I could see
Of all the things a boy would want to be
Back then I knew
So I drew me with you.

Now, Billy ain't no firefighter
And Mary's not a doctor
Bobby got to college but
Tore his knee up playing soccer
Richard watches NASCAR
And Tayor's raising babies on her knee
And as for me.

I'm with you
Your eyes are as far as I could see
No one wound up what they thought they'd be
But me I knew back when I drew me
With you
Your eyes are as far as I could see
Of all the things a boy would want to be
Back then I knew
So I drew me with you...

(Michael Dulaney / Jason Sellers

Tired of channel surfing
El Camino ain't working
it's Monday night and I'm hurtin' for company
bummed a ride to the hideaway
I'm the only guy in the place
bored silly wasn't gonna stay
then she walked in, heaven sent
and it occurs to me

(chorus)
What a good night to be lonely
somebody's looking out for me
oh what an opportunity
right out of the blue
is it luck or a twist of fate
doesn't really matter either way
it's a good night, a good night to be lonely

Dollars worth of quarters
played some songs and ordered
one for me and one for her as I tipped my hat
said that she felt restless
just moved here from Texas
that's when I suggested
maybe she could dance with me
she said thought you'd never ask

(chorus)

(bridge)
She's following I'm leading
and it feels like I'm dreamin'

(chorus)