Tim McGraw Album

(Jess Leary/Craig Wiseman)

Six lanes
Taillights
Red ants marchin' into the night
They disappear to the left and right again
Another supper from a sack
A ninety-nine cent heart attack
I got a poundin' head and an achin' back
And the camel's buried in a big straw stack

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin' my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

Well I'm from a map dot
A stop sign on a black top
I caught the first bus I could hop from there
But all this glitter is gettin' dark
There's concrete growin' in the city park
I don't know who my neighbors are
And there's bars on the corners and bars on my heart

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin' my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows
Watchin' my corn pop up in rows
Every night be tucked in close to you
Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed
Point our rocking chairs towards the west
Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows
Where the green grass grows

(Phil Vassar/Steve Mandile/Jerry Vandiver)

Hot sun dancin' on the river
We're sittin on the bank and watch the world go by
Our feet in the water she pressed her lips to mine
We were so long on love but short on time
She could be a honeymoon sweet and a little wild
But she was mine oh, for a little while

And I laugh everytime I start to think about us
We sent that summer out in style
And she's gone but she let me with a smile
'Cause she was mine for a little while

We'd take a ride and head on down to airport road
Put the seats back watch the planes leave town
She always said nobody's strong enough to tie her down
Oh but I wasn't lookin' for that anyhow
I knew she'd leave but I didn't know when
It matters to me now oh but it didn't back then

And I laugh everytime I start to think about us
We sent that summer out in style
And she's gone but she let me with a smile
'Cause she was mine for a little while

I keep seein' pictures now of me and her and those summer nights
My mind fills with her
Oh but it's alright
'Cause I laugh everytime I start to think about us
We sent that summer out in style
And she's gone but she let me with a smile
'Cause she was mine for a little while
Yeah she was mine for a little while

(duet with Faith Hill)
(Stephony Smith)

Dancin' in the dark
Middle of the night
Takin' your heart 
And holdin' it tight
Emotional touch
Touchin' my skin
And askin' you to do
What you've been doing all over again

Oh it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know
What it is that won't let me go

It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder about the spell I'm under
Oh it's your love

Better than I was
More than I am
And all of this happened
By takin' your hand
And who I am now
Is who I wanted to be
And now that we're together
I'm stronger than ever I'm happy and free

Oh it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
And if you asked me why I changed
All I gotta do is say your sweet name

It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder about the spell I'm under
Oh it's your love

Oh it's a beautiful thing
Don't think I can keep it all in
I just gotta let you know
What it is that won't let me go

It's your love
It just does something to me
It sends a shock right through me
I can't get enough
And if you wonder about the spell I'm under
Oh it's your love
It's your love
It's your love

(Don Sampson/Skip Ewing)

Johnny came home broken-hearted
Said he lost his girl
He burrowed up all the hurt in his heart
But still a hole in the wall of his world
Now Betty she was a blonde-haired beauty
With an eye for a man who could spend
She stole his heart in a pick-up truck
Then drove off in a Mercedes Benz
And he said...

Oh she looked so innocent
Talkin' 'bout bein' just friends
Oh and it don't make a bit of since
Ain't that the way that it always ends

Sharon she had a long time dream
And only one man in her life
He kept her waitin'
But she didn't care
Cuz he promised her he'd make her his wife
Now Billy he had a good thing goin'
But he let it go to his head
He got jealous late one night
She caught them both in her bed
And she said...

Oh he looked so innocent
Talkin' 'bout bein' just friends
Oh and it don't make a bit of since
Ain't that the way that it always ends

Oh it always looks so innocent
Talkin' 'bout bein' just friends
Oh and it don't make a bit of since
Ain't that the way it always ends
Ain't that the way it always ends
Ain't that the way it always ends

(Mark Nesler/Tony Martin)

You always come back when I'm at my weakest
When I'm fool enough to let you in
Sayin' how this time around is different
Asking if I want to try again

I do, but I don't
I want to but I won't
I am, but I ain't
I could but I just can't
It feels right, but it's wrong
And I've hurt way too long
So when you ask me if I know what I want
I do, but I don't

What resistance I have left within me
I lose each time you're holding me this close
With every bitter sweet kiss girl, you tempt me
Asking if I want to let you go

I do, but I don't
I want to but I won't
I am, but I ain't
I could but I just can't
It feels right, but it's wrong
And I've hurt way too long
When you ask me if I know what I want
I do, but I don't

So don't ask me if I know what I want
'Cause I do, but I don't

(Kip Raines/Monty Powell/Marcus Hummon)

We used to chase that boy home from school
We called him freckle faced red headed fool
He was different, he wasn't cool like me
Sticks and stones didn't break any bones
But we never left well enough alone
One day he ran away from home you see
And I passed him as he walked away
And in his eyes I heard him say

One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
Of all the times you pushed and shoved me
And what good friends we might have been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
And maybe even cry a little
But one of these days you're gonna love me

Patty Sue was a small town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
Lord knows she should have seen right through me
When I promised her the world
But at 17 you only want one thing
I left her standing with my high school ring
Innocent tears in a pourin' rain
As I walked away
And I still see her in my dreams
And to this day she's whispering

One of these days you're gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
About the time you turned from me
And what good friends we might have been
And then you're gonna sigh a little
And maybe even cry a little
But one of these days, you're gonna love me

Now everybody stands up
The congregation sings
It's a song of sweet forgiveness
And as the chorus rings
The wind blows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I learn

One of these days I'm gonna love me
And feel the joy of sweet release
One of these days I'll rise above me
And at last I'll find some peace
And then I'm gonna smile a little
And maybe even laugh a little
But one of these days...
I'm gonna love me

(Craig Wiseman/Gary Loyd)

I gave up pimento cheese
D-D-Domino's delivery
Whiskey sours
Apple pies
Finger-lickin' chicken fried
Are gastronomic history
I used to like them scary shows
But I gave 'em up a while ago
Don't do no dip-defyin'
Rollercoster ridin'
Now days I just take it slow
Every since we started datin'
I been compensatin'
To keep from gettin' up
To hell any quicker
'Cause

She's hard on the ticker
Hard on the ticker
The girl is such a hazard that she oughta have a sticker
Sayin' hard on the ticker

Now when she wiggles through my door
My chin gets heavy hits the floor
Silky hair garnet lips
Swingin' double-jointed hips
My blood begins to roar
And when she nibbles on me ear
It's partly pleasure partly beer
Little dab is all it takes
To get my heart a palpatatin'
Feelin' like the end is near
I oughta get a policy
A double indemity
It'd make my beneficiary
A whole lot richer
'Cause

She's hard on the ticker
Hard on the ticker
The girl is such a hazard that she oughta have a sticker
Sayin' hard on the ticker

That's my girl
Yeah she's hard on the ticker
I oughta get a policy
A double indemity
It'd make my benificiary
A whole lot richer----

Because she's hard on the ticker
Hard on the ticker
The girl is such a hazard that she oughta have a sticker
Sayin' hard on the ticker

Oh she's hard on the ticker
Hard on the ticker
She's hard on the ticker
Hey she's hard on the ticker

(Craig Wiseman/Mike Reid)

We were born in this little town
Growin' up I was countin' down
Every single day till we made our get-away
But you said you could never see yourself
Trying to make a life anywhere else
This would be your home
And I was on my own
But ever since you said good-bye
I've been out here on the wind
And baby you would be surprised
All the places you have been

I've seen you in Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard
Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in Monterey
Girl I swear just the other day you were
Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches
Carolina barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
Everywhere

Now a days when I'm passin' through
The conversation always turns to you
I hear you're doin' fine
Livin' out by the county line
Got a man that's home every night
A couple of kids and the kind of life
That you want to leave
Guess you could say the same for me
But you and I made our choices
All those years ago
Still I know I'll hear your voice
And see you down the road
Maybe in

Oklahoma drivin' 'cross the prairie
In Dallas Texas isn't that where we
Always said we would like to try
But never did so maybe that's why
You're on every highway just beyond the high-beams
Right beside me in all of my sweet dreams
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
In..

Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard
Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in Monterey
Girl I swear just the other day you were
Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches
Carolina barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
Everywhere

(Mark Nesler/Tony Martin)

You always had an eye for things that glittered
But I was far from being made of gold
I don't know how but I scraped up the money
I just never could quite tell you no

Just like when you were leaving Amarillo
Takin' that new job in Tennessee
And I quit mine so we could be together
I can't forget the way you looked at me

Just to see you smile
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
When all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile

When you said time was all you really needed
I walked away and let you have your space
'Cause leavin' didn't hurt me near as badly
As the tears I saw rollin' down your face

And yesterday I knew just what you wanted
When you came walkin' up to me with him
So I told you that I was happy for you
And given the chance I'd lie again

Just to see you smile
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
When all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile

Just to see you smile
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
When all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile

(Tony Joe White/Johnny Christopher)

You just get better all the time
Darlin' don't you change a thing
Lately you're the only song I wanna sing
You're my reason to try
You just get sweeter every day
The little things you do and say
If only you could see you through my eyes
You just get better all the time

Oh and I get the feelin' we can make it baby
As long as you are by my side
You're the music in my ears
The laughter when the tears
Are fallin' down
In my life

And on down through the years
You never tried to change my ways
You never made me feel
I had to say
I'm sorry

You just get better all the time
Why just today I heard you read my mind
That kinda magic is so hard to find
You just get better all the time

(Billy Lawson)

Yeah I swore off love
I swore off women
Devoted my life to huntin' and fishin'
I'd never be anyone else's lovesick fool
It ain't cool
I spend all my spare time
Fixin' up
That old rusted up pick-up truck
In no time at all
I'd have it lookin' like brand new
Then you

Flipped the switch on my dumaflachi
Played my piano like Liberace
I let down my guard
And my heart was as good as gone
So long
Yeah ya cranked my tractor
Ya flicked my bic
Woman you trip my trigger on my thing-a-majig
Can't explain how ya done it
But honey you turn me on

Ya look at all the takin'
I done all the gettin'
I threw up my hands, said
The heck with it
I shut down my heart
Locked it up and pulled the fuse
Before it blew
All my emotions were disconnected
No sign of a spark
Could be detected
I had nobody
So I had nothing to lose
Then you---

Flipped the switch on my dumaflachi
Played my piano like Liberace
I let down my guard
And my heart was as good as gone
So long
Yeah ya cranked my tractor
Ya flicked my bic
Woman you trip my trigger on my thing-a-majig
Can't explain how ya done it
But honey you turn me on

Yeah ya crank my tractor
Ya flick my bic
Woman you trip the trigger on my thing-a-majig
Can't explain how you done it
But honey you turn me on---

I can't handle that baby
You better slow down