Tracy Lawrence Album

A little boy on a big jet plane
Taking off in the pouring rain
They're bouncin' 'round like a basketball
He says 'Mama what if we fall?'
She looks in those big scared eyes
son 'think of it like a circus ride'
Next thing you know he's laughing out loud
Saying 'Do it again' as the wheels touch down

I guess it's all how you look at it
You might see more than the side that you're seeing
Turn it upside down and shake it up a bit
It could be a good thing It's all how you look at it

Businessman playing air guitar
He always dreamed he'd be a superstar
Quits his job and starts singing at night
Is he giving up his living or taking back his life?

I guess it's all how you look at it
You might see more than the side that you're seeing
Turn it upside down and shake it up a bit
It could be a good thing
It's all how you look at it

You've got your opinions and I've got mine
Can we agree to agree at least some of the time?
A glass half empty is a glass half full
And that's what makes life beautiful

I guess it's all how you look at it
You might see more than the side that you're seeing
Turn it upside down and shake it up a bit It could be a good thing
It's all how you look at it
All how you look at it

You might see more than the side that you're seeing
Turn it upside down and shake it up a bit
It could be a good thing
It's all how you look at it

In her bare feet
a white cotton dress
a ribbon holding back her curls
in a sweet gentle voive she sings a lullaby
to two sleepy little girls
in the nightlite glow as her babies drift off she looks so fragile she looks so soft

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she's strong
solid as a rock
like a lighthouse standing alone
she's strong
got the world on her shoulders
she keeps carrying on
she can take the heat she can take the cold winter
shes got faith
theres no quit in her
she's strong
yeah so strong

there's a crayon picture
says "we love you mom"
she keeps it in a frame on her desk
there's a friend of a friend
who calls now and then but she's not ready just yet
she might get lonely in the still of the night
but she'll hold out till she knows it's right

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sometimes when nobody else is around she gets down
and sometimes in a moment of weakness a single tear falls and thats all

she's strong

yeah she can take the heat she can take the cold winter
she's got faith
there's no quit in her
she's strong
yeah so strong

Barely old enough to call it love
showin off skippin rocks across the water
stones
i handed one to you you put it in your pocket
said you love it said you'd keep it forever
stones

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one by one they mark our passage
along this winding road we're on
with each turn we take
from the cradle to the grave
our lives are paved with stones

tiny velvet box one perfect little rock
a little thing just a ring but it says marry me
stones
we'll build ourselves a home where loves a cornerstone
we'll have children they'll have children till they're all off on their own
like stones

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Burning stones, stepping stones skipping rocks
and dodgeing lots of sticks and stones
and ive been on both sides of throwing stones

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the years are like the wind
they're here and gone again
they'll blow away our ever trace
all except our names engraved in stones

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He was sittin’ there, his brush in hand
Paintin’ waves as they danced upon the sand
With every stroke, he brought to life
The deep blue of the ocean against the mornin’ sky
And I asked him if he only painted ocean scenes
He said for twenty dollars, I’ll paint you anything.

Could you paint me a Birmingham?
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch goin’ all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress, make it early spring
For awhile she’ll be mine again
If you can paint me a Birmingham.

He looked at me, with knowing eyes
Then took a canvas from a bag there by his side
Picked up a brush, and said to me,
"Son just where in this picture, would you like to be?"
And I said if there’s any way you can
Could you paint me back into her arms again?

Could you paint me a Birmingham?
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch goin’ all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress make it, early spring
For awhile she’ll be, mine again
If you could paint me a Birmingham.

Paint me a Birmingham
Make it look just the way I planned
A little house on the edge of town
Porch goin' all the way around
Put her there in the front yard swing
Cotton dress, make it early spring
For awhile she’ll be mine again
If you could paint me a Birmingham.

Paint me a Birmingham... oh

full count three runs down bottom of the ninth
two outs gone three men on they all roll their eyes
its tiny's chance to prove them wrong and come out like a king
he bites his lip here comes the pitch with all his heart he swings
strike three

single mom best dress on
another blind date
first time in a long time she stayed out that late
a perfect night that ended with a tender porch light kiss
she really thought they hit it off and he would call again
he never did

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everywhere you go
you see the faces of reality
things dont always go the way we thought they would
theres victories and broken dreams that never make the silver screen
real life scenes everywhere you look
yeah everywhere
everywhere but hollywood

hes working late she said she'd stay and help him out again
somethings shes got just wont stop its starting to get to him
just before he loses track of wrong and whats right
he sees an 8 by 10 of two great kids and him and his wife
and he calls it a night

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theres victories and broken dreams that never make the silver screen
real life scenes everywhere you look
yeah everywhere
everywhere
oh everywhere
everywhere but hollywood
yeah everywhere but hollywood

I’m on a white line runnin’ down the interstate.
Tryin’ to wipe away the rain that’s runnin’ down my face.
Goin’ any old ware, any old place, just some place else.
By now you know, that I’m not there, and if you don’t know why.
Well, can’t you see the tears it took for me to say good-bye.

Yeah, I left a few on your old sweater.
I watched them fall on a love sick letters
and I cried a river, cried a mile wide one
I’d even cried some crocodile ones.
But from out here you can’t hear me callin’.
and you won’t see me when I start fallin’,
Cause this time, baby the next time, that I do,
I’ll be a far cry from you.

In a moment of truth, it’s a matter of fact.
There’s only one way to go, and that ain’t goin’ back.
So I ain’t stopped since I stopped for gas, a hundred miles ago.
And right now I’m caught somewhere between gone and gone for good.
And these tears will dry, but there have been times I wondered if they would.

Yeah, I left a few on your old sweater.
I watched them fall on a love sick letters
and I cried a river, cried a mile wide one
I’d even cried some crocodile ones.
But from out here you can’t hear me callin’.
And you won’t see me when I start fallin’,
Cause this time, baby the next time, that I do,
I’ll be a far cry from you.

Yeah, from out here you can’t hear me callin’.
And you won’t see me when I start fallin’,
Cause this time, baby the next time, that I do,
I’ll be a far cry from you.

Bobby Darwin's daughter looks up from the bible she's been reading to the clock on her dirty wall of a double wide, its 3 am. Her husbands on the town shooting pool or foolin round, or all of the above it doesn't matter anymore, she can't get through to him, seems like only yesterday they were married in a chapel. Candlelight the whole nine yards, honeymoon in Vegas, they settled down. Now its lonely nights and hungry kids, she just keeps on looking for the life that's not the life she's living now.

Bobby Darwin's daughter used to ask her father where Santa Clause and babies and God came from, and as she's gotten older all those easy answers are somewhere between here and kingdom come, and in her darkest hours Bobby Darwin's daughter wishes she could go back when, she'd ask where god came from instead of wondering where he's been.

Bobby Darwin's daughter dropping off the kids driving home in the pouring rain sudden skid and just like that she's clinging to her life, her husband rushes in the tiny room and through his tears whispers I love you, baby please don't leave me now, you're my only life, he bows his head and prays aloud this one thing I promise, if I could get just one more chance to be the man I should have been Ill be that man, she awakens to another world, stares into his grateful eyes of love, she smiles at him he takes her hand.

Bobby Darwin's daughter used to ask her father where Santa Clause and babies and God came from, and as she's gotten older all those easy answers are somewhere between here and kingdom come, and in her darkest hours Bobby Darwin's daughter never saw till now that she was wrong about where God came from and that he's been here all along.

some take to drinkin' some take to usin'
Don't matter what poison they choose
some hit rock bottom lose every dollar
some get their hearts broke in two
cause its a long way down
and a hard road back

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when you've been through hell
playin' with fire
watch the devil dance
you thank the Lord each mornin' for one more second chance
you might outrun your demons you might get on with your life
but you never forget what the flames feel like

i know temptation is out there waitin'
to lure me back into her arms
but i won't surrender
cause i remember how her kisses branded my heart
so i walk away cause the fire still burns

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if you follow the straight and narrow
i know it might be hard to relate
but if you've been there like i've been there
your careful with each step you take
cause its a long way down
and hard road back

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no you never forget what the flames feel like

all week long she loves to stay at home and hold me
she hangs her buckle in the closet
keeps her boots up on the shelf
Heaven knows the Good Lord sent me an angel
but every saturday night she wants to raise a little hell

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she likes kickin' up a little sawdust on her halo
yeah she'll whirl and twirl and twist and turn
while the jukebox twangs and moans
when she paints on them tight bluejeans
it brings out the devil in me
she likes kickin' up a little sawdust on her halo

you can find her in a choir loft every sunday
winkin' at me with two sore feet inside her high heel shoes
every saturday night she'll dance till closin' time
and still be there in the mornin' for sunday school

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she likes kickin' up a little sawdust on her halo

Old man Rad at the store would leave a note on the door
it said ran to the house, be back in a few leave your money on the counter

it was twenty six cents for the coke and some gum nothin never got stole
you could trust everyone, even out of towners
and football was played for the game and music was made for the song
when daddy was a strong man and mama was a blonde

i missed a bird with a rock with my new sling shot
broke a window and i was the talk of the town and that was big trouble
there was no point in runnin i tried to laugh was it worth it to see the shame in dads eye and watchin that belt get unbuckled no way

most everyone played by the rules
right was right or wrong was wrong
when daddy was a strong man and mama was a blonde

though its clear as day in my mind the picture of a simpler time wish change would jut leave well enough alone
those days are gone now
when daddy was a strong man and mama was a blonde

now this boy on my shoulder tells all his friends that i can beat up their dads and his mamas the prettiest mama in the world and she is
yeah i thought that to when i was his age dont remember how long id kept thinkin that way but one things for sure he'll be standing where i am one day
but his mind will be somewhere that long
when daddy was a strong man and mama was a blonde

though its clear as day in my mind the picture of a simpler time wish change would jut leave well enough alone
those days are gone now
when daddy was a strong man and mama was a blonde

yeah daddy was a strong man he was

First year med tech, 2AM
On the graveyard shift a call comes in
A senseless killin'
Blue lights flashin', white chalk line
I still get queasy but I'll be fine
The good Lord willin'
I search my heart but I don't have a clue
For the evil that men do

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So think of me while you're safe at home tonight
Think of me while you hold your loved ones tight
I'm someone you might never need
But Before you drift off to sleep
When you pray the Lord a soul to keep
Think of me

Midnight, back of a high school gym
The drug dealers think I am one of them
Their new connection
Car trunk opens, the deal goes down
The cops take a risk on this side of town
With no protection My throat goes dry at all that I could lose if I make one wrong move

So think of me while you're safe at home tonight
Think of me while you hold your loved ones tight
I'm someone you might never need
But Before you drift off to sleep
When you pray the Lord a soul to keep
Think of me

I'm climbing the stairs in a warehouse fire
I'm savin' a child from what's left of a car
Jumpin' out of a chopper so a sailor survives
I'm flyin' a fighter jet up to the stars

I'm someone you might never need
But before you drift off to sleep
When you pray the Lord a soul to keep
Think of me
Think of me
Think of me

Vogue magazine
Empty coffee cup
Out of curiosity
I picked it up
It said "Does He Still Love You?"
Turn to page 123
That's when I realized
She left it there for me

Question Number One,
Does he still kiss you goodnight?
Number Two was, If he does, does he still close his eyes?
Three, Does he still call you, just to hear your voice?
Four, would he be home right now if he had a choice?
Five's a little tricky, Do you think he's being true?
Cuz your either half way finished or your over half way through...
Six said do you ever cry when you're all by yourself?
Seven do you think he'd change if he knew how you felt?
I skipped down to ten to see what she had written there
It said do you still love him?
Damn that questionnaire