Rockin' Horse
The rocking horse came
From an old oak tree
Just missed the house
When it was hit by lightning
My daddy painted that horse
A midnight blue
Shooting stars and silver horseshoes
And it was something magic out of something frightening
That's how I live my life
I take it as it comes
And I find the hidden love
When it's pouring down on me
In my mind I see
The rocking horse inside the tree
A broken heart
Means deeper feelings
A thorn in the flesh
Means a room for healing
Oh salt in your tears
Can open your eyes
Wounded years
Make you realize
It's just something magic out of something frightening
That's how I live my life
I take it as it comes
And I find the hidden love
When it's pouring down on me
In my mind I see
The rocking horse inside the tree
Ooh things aren't always as they seem
Ooh take the nightmare from my dreams
That's how I live my life
I take it as it comes
And I find the hidden love
When it's pouring down on me
In my mind I see
The rocking horse inside the tree
Oh the tree
Yeah the tree
Oh the tree
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Tonight
If I had a weakness
You sure found it tonight
Some hidden desperation
You saw floating in my eyes
Moments just like these baby
Wrong can feel so right
And I don’t want to go home tonight
I've held it all together
Long as I can
There's pieces of me falling
Right into your hands
And don’t the lies come easy baby
When the truth just ain’t worth the fight
No I, I don’t want to go home tonight
So let me down easy
And hold on tight
And tell me I'm the only one you see tonight
Lonely woman, lonely man
There's just some things only lonely understands
I might be just a sinner
Who wants to be a saint
One justifies the reason
Oh, one understands the pain
And I don’t know what's wrong baby
And I sure don’t know what's right
But I, I don’t want to go home tonight
So let me down easy
And hold on tight
And tell me I’m the only one you see tonight
Lonely woman, lonely man
There's just some things only lonely
Only lonely understands
Only lonely oh
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
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Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
She wore a dress with cherries on it
Going somewhere where she'd be wanted
A town this small all they do is talk
No wedding ring chipped fingernail polish
She always wished that she could go to college
But some dreams fade
They just slip away
She started to show
A few months ago
And she had to go
That’s how she wound up
On the backseat of a greyhound bus
Head on down with the windows up
Staring at the rest of her life
She never thought this would be the place
Where she would find her saving grace
But she fell in love, she fell in love
On the backseat of a greyhound bus
Oh yeah, yeah
The moon was full
The stars where smiling
God has a funny sense of timing
The baby came on the interstate
Somewhere between Jackson and Memphis
She finally found what she had been missing
She cried and laughed
While the red lights flashed
Sweet baby girl
She looked into
The face of the new
The face of a brand new world
On the backseat of a greyhound bus
Heart so full that it could bust
Staring at the rest of her life
She never thought this would be the place
Where she would find her saving grace
But she fell in love, she fell in love
On the backseat of a greyhound bus
Sweet baby girl
She found a brand new world
On the backseat of a greyhound bus
Heart so full that it could bust
Staring at the rest of her life
She never thought this would be the place
Where she would find her saving grace
But she fell in love, she fell in love
On the backseat of a greyhound bus
She wore a dress with cherries on it
Going somewhere where she'd be wanted
Hey yeah
Oh yeah
Oh oh yeah
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Otis Redding
Fireflies are out tonight
Air is heavy and the moon is bright
I love this time of year
I talked to you this afternoon
You said you didn't have very much to do
I said I'd be here
So come on over,
Come on in,
Come on by baby
Otis Redding makes me feel good
Dancing in the kitchen barefoot
All the windows up, just can't get enough
Headlights on my front lawn
I guess it didn't take you very long to decide
To come on over,
Come on in,
Come inside baby
Won't you come on up,
Come on in,
Oh come inside baby
There's just something ‘bout the way
The way you talk to me
You give just what I need
And when you come around my feet can't find the ground
I'm losing myself like a drop in the rain
You twist me up like a hurricane
I can't stand up for falling down
So come on up,
Come on in,
I like it when you come around
A minute ago there were a million stars
And now it's soaking wet out in my backyard
Let's take cover baby
But you just wanna run around in the rain
You make me laugh like a kid again
Loud and crazy baby
There's just something 'bout the way
The way you talk to me
You give just what I need
And when you come around my feet can't find the ground
I'm losing myself like a drop in the rain
You twist me up like a hurricane
I can't stand up for falling down
So come on up,
Come on in,
I like it when you come around
Fireflies are out tonight
Air is heavy and the moon is bright
Otis Redding makes me feel good
Dancing in the kitchen barefoot
Come on over
Come on by babe
So come on over
Come on in
Come inside baby
Won’t you come up
Come on in
Ooh come inside baby
Come on up
Come on in
Come inside baby
Come on up
Come on in
Come inside baby
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Restless
I'm a leaf on the river
Fallen from a tall oak tree
Drifting down this moving stream
Wherever this life carries me
I'm a tumbleweed
In the desert wind
Just tumbling
While the sun's shining
I have no boundaries
Call me a gypsy
I'm restless
Just rambling
What do you do, where do you go
When nowhere feels like home?
I'm restless
Am I an angel
Fallen from heaven's grace?
Oh, it feels like that somedays
I can't find my place
I guess God just made some of us
To live and die by highway dust
Guess I just have to trust
On the days I'm crawling
This is my calling
I'm restless
Just rambling
What do you do, where do you go
When nowhere feels like home?
I'm restless
Oh, to hold somebody close that cares
Oh, to finally find some roots somewhere
I know someday I'll find it
It's out there
Until then, I'll just keep moving
And rambling
What do you do, where do you go
When nowhere feels like home
I'm restless
Just rambling
Oh, I'm restless
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Feel It Comin' On
What’s this
Your kiss
It's as cold as a falling snow
And your eyes cannot disguise
There’s a secret in your soul
Well did you think that I was born yesterday
Well I may be blind
But I can hear what you wanna say
And I feel it comin'
I feel it comin' on
I feel it comin' on
This love is dead and gone
And I know it won’t be long
Cause I feel it comin' on
A cold spell
In hell
That’s when I take you back
If you haven't been untrue
There's nothing left to do but pack your bags
And sleep in the bed that you made
Well you'll wake up crying
Calling out my name
My pain
I feel it comin'
I feel it comin' on
I feel it comin' on
This love is dead and gone
And I know it won’t be long
Cause I feel it comin’ on
Comin’ on like a morning sun
Like the summer rain
Like the river run
Like the ocean waves
Like the stormy sea
Like a flood of tears wash over me
And I feel it comin'
I feel it comin' on
I feel it comin' on
This love is dead and gone
And I know it won't be long
Cause I feel it comin' on
Yes I feel it comin' on
Lord I feel it come
Comin' on
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Niagara Falls
Standing at the edge of this cliff
Gravity being what it is
I'm afraid that I might stumble
Cause I've never been this high
And I'm so carried away by this place
And the simple beauty of your face
Then the walls start to crumble
And I'm helpless to fight
Cause you can't ask the sun not to shine
And no one's ever found a way to stall time
Oh baby it's unstoppable
I can't resist at all
I would never try to slow down the wind
Baby it just has to be what it is
And asking me not to love you
Is like asking Niagara not to fall
I can't worry my heart with what if
Oh maybe I should just give in
Wrap myself around you
And let you take me down
Take me down
Cause you can't ask the sun not to shine
And no one's ever found a way to stall time
Oh baby it's unstoppable
I can't resist at all
I would never try to slow down the wind
Cause baby it just has to be what it is
And asking me not to love you
Is like asking Niagara not to fall
Ooh yeah yeah yeah
No you can't ask the sun not to shine
No one's ever found a way to stall time
Oh baby it's unstoppable
I can't resist at all
I would never try to slow down the wind
Cause baby it just has to be what it is
And asking me not to love you
Is like asking Niagara not to fall
Ooh yeah
Not to fall
Rain rain rain down on me
Wash wash wash over me
Fall fall fall into me
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I Give In
When I look at you
I see the souls of our unborn children
If I reach for you
Will you take my hand
Are you willing
You turn more than the music on
But will you be there by my side at the dawn
Then I'll say
All right, I give in
I will dance with you just this one time
And all night
We will turn and spin
Then stand eye to eye at the sunrise
And you offer love
And it all begins when I say
All right, I give in
If I sing for you
Will it be the sweetest sound you've ever heard
And if I pray for you
Will you know that I believe in every word
You build me a house on stone
Will you promise me I'm never gonna be alone
Then I'll say
All right, I give in
I will dance with you just this one time
Oh and all night
We will turn and spin
Then stand eye to eye at the sunrise
And you’ll offer love
And it all begins when I say
All right, I give in
You turn more than the music on
But will you be there by my side at the dawn
Then I’ll say
All right, I give in
I will dance with you just this one time
Oh and all night
We will turn and spin
Then stand eye to eye at the sunrise
And you’ll offer love
And it all begins when I say
All right, I give in
I give in
I give in
Oh I give in ooh yeah
I give in
Oh I give in ooh
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Perfect
If you don't take me to Paris on a lover's getaway
It's all right, it's all right
If I'd rather wear your t-shirt than a sexy negligee
It's all right, it's all right
Every dinner doesn't have to be candlelit
It's kinda nice to know that it doesn't have to be
Perfect
Maybe every little piece of the puzzle
Doesn't always fit perfectly
Love can be rough around the edges
Tattered at the seams
Honey, if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me
If your mother doesn't like the way I treat her baby boy
It's all right, it's all right
If in every wedding picture my daddy looks annoyed
It's all right, it's all right
Don't you know that all the fairy tales tell a lie
Real love and real life doesn't have to be
Perfect
Maybe every little piece of the puzzle
Doesn't always fit perfectly
Love can be rough around the edges
Tattered at the seams
Honey, if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me
Oh, you don't mind if I show up late for everything
When you lose your cool it's kinda cute to me
Hey, ain't it nice to know that we don't have to be
Perfect
Maybe every little piece of the puzzle
Doesn't always fit perfectly
Love can be rough around the edges
Tattered at the seams
Honey, if it's good enough for you
It's good enough for me
Oh, it's good enough for me uh huh
Yeah, you're good enough for me
Oh, you're good enough for me
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Big Cry
Give me a sad song that I can hold on to
Anything to set me free
Just one big cry, big tears in my eyes
To wash you away from me
I need a night all by myself
Got some things I need to work out
I got this fever that just won't break
I got some troubles I got to shake
Give me
Give me a sad song that I can hold on to
Just anything to set me free
Just one big cry, big tears in my eyes
To wash you away from me
Oh I want to wash you away from me
I know, I know I'm gonna have to cleanse my soul
If I'm ever gonna get back on my way ooh yeah
One night, one night, one dark and lonely night
And then will come a brighter day yeah
Oh just give me one night, one night,
One dark and lonely night
And then will come a brighter day
Give me a sad song that I can hold on to
Anything to set me free
Just one big cry, big tears in my eyes
To wash you away from me
Just one big cry, big tears in my eyes
To wash you away from me ooh
Ooh yeah
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Need to Be Next to You
Been running from these feelings for so long
Telling my heart I didn't need you
Pretending I was better off alone
But I know that it's just a lie
So afraid to take a chance again
So afraid of what I feel inside
But I need to be next to you oh I, oh I
I need to share every breath with you oh I, oh I
I need to know I can see your smile each morning
Look into your eyes each night
For the rest of my life
Here with you near with you
Oh I, I need to be next to you
Right here with you is where I belong
I'll lose my mind if I can't see you
Without you there is nothing in this life
That would make my life worth living for
I can't bear the thought of you not there
I can't fight what I feel anymore
Cause I need to be next to you oh I, oh I
I need to share every breath with you oh I, oh I
I need to know I can see your smile each morning
Look into your eyes each night
For the rest of my life
Oh here with you near with you
Oh I, I need to be next to you
Oh I, I need to be next to you
I need to have your heart next to mine
For all time
Oh love you for all of my life
Oh I need to be next to you oh I, oh I
I need to share every breath with you oh I, oh I
I need to know I can see your smile each morning
Look into your eyes each night
For the rest of my life
Oh here with you near with you
Oh I, I need to be next to you
Oh I, oh I, I need to be next to you
Oh I, oh I, I need to share every breath with you
Need to be next to you
Need to be next to you
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Suds in the Bucket
She was in the backyard
Say it was a little past nine
When her prince pulled up
A white pickup truck
Her folks should of seen it coming
It was only just a matter of time
Plenty old enough
And you can't stop love
She stuck a note on the screen door
“Sorry but I got to go"
That was all she wrote
Her mama's heart was broke
That was all she wrote
So the story goes
Now her daddy's in the kitchen
Staring out the window
Scratching and a racking his brains
How could eighteen years just up and walk away
Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
She left the suds in the bucket
And the clothes hanging out on the line
Now don't you wonder what the preacher's
Gonna preach about Sunday morn
Nothing quite like this has happened here before
Well he must have been a looker
Smooth talking son of a gun
For such a grounded girl
To just up and run
Course you can't fence time
And you can't stop love
Now all the biddy's in the beauty shop
Gossip going non-stop
Sipping on pink lemonade
How could eighteen years just up and walk away
Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
She left the suds in the bucket
And the clothes hanging out on the line
Yee whoo
She's got her pretty little bare feet hanging out the window
And they're heading up to Vegas tonight
How could eighteen years just up and walk away
Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
She left the suds in the bucket
And the clothes hanging out on the line
She left the suds in the bucket
And the clothes hanging out on the line
She was in the backyard
Say it was a little past nine
When her prince pulled up
A white pickup truck
Plenty old enough
And you can’t stop love
And no you can’t fence time
And you can’t stop love
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To Be Happy
If I had one wish
I would wish for two
For me and you
To be happy
With the way things are
Sometimes gets hard
But we've come so far
To be happy
Yeah I don’t think that I’m complaining
Sometimes it keeps on raining
Oh but don’t be frightened by thunder and lightning
The sun comes out and the flowers grow
And you find you're already on the road
To be happy
If I had one prayer
To pull out of thin air
Everyone, everywhere,
Would be happy
We'd hand out valentines
I'd be yours, you'd be mine
There's a place, there's a time
To be happy
Oh, but don’t think that I’m complaining
Sometimes it keeps on raining
Oh but don’t be frightened by thunder and lightning
The sun comes out and the flowers grow
And you find you're already on the road
To be happy
Yeah we fuss and we fight
We can't see the light
We wake up and decide
We don’t need to be right
To be happy
Yeah don’t think that I’m complaining
Sometimes it keeps on raining
Oh but don’t be frightened by thunder and lightning
The sun comes out and the flowers grow
And you find you're already on the road
To be happy
Yeah to be happy
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