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HIGHWAY BOUND
True Blue
There’s a flash of lightning in her eyes of blue
Lines of laughter when she’s laughin’ at you
And it’s true
True blue
From the top of her head down to my arms around her
There’s a ribbon of grey and all she’s seen and found
And it’s true
True blue
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If she don’t mind me hangin’ around
Before I got to leave this town
And set my feet back down on the ground
I don’t mind if I do, if I do
True Blue
She knows where I’m goin’, knows where I been
Knows I got to go again
And it’s true, true blue
Knows where I been and she knows that I’m goin’
It’s a long way home, it’s a long way down to these blues
True blues
Chorus
All He Can Do
You don’t see them city lights
And feel ‘em burning down below
You don’t hear that lonesome whistle
Sends him hauling down the road
You don’t know that winter wind
That sends a warning through the trees and
Makes him look more like a stranger in the changing of the leaves
Oh you’re friends say
He’s more trouble than he’s worth
More trouble than he’s worth
And it’s true
You know he can be true
But it’s all that he can do
All he can do for you
Well you came down like an angel
Lord, for all he did believe
But your class and education
Don’t mean much right now it seems
You got yourself a rambler
And it’s only plain to see
That steady work and family
Just don’t fit into his dreams
Oh your friends say
That he ain’t what you deserve
And it ain’t what you deserve
And it’s true
You know he can be true
But it’s all that he do
All he can do for you
Good Times
If we make it through the season
And you still can’t find a reason
To be calling me by any
But the name that I was gave
Or holding on to what we had
Sometimes good and mostly bad
Well darlin’ I won’t blame you
If we go our separate ways
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Ohh nothin’ left behind
Same road, tires between the lines
Radio, play me a song
For the good times
Days are short and nights are long
And times there were that I was wrong
Won’t fault you
For the change in your eyes
This old tune’s a gettin’ old
And this old valley’s gettin’ cold
I’m leaving and I’d hope to have you
Standing by my side
Rose
Green hills of Tennessee
High plains down to Laramie
And every lovin’ in between
And sleepin’ in my clothes
Half a chance and a bucket of beer
And if this truck’ll make it there
I’ll close my eyes
And I’ll remember ‘bout a Rose
Rose like a memory
I’ll be loadin’ up and rollin’ off
To go play somewhere else again
And darlin’ yes you know
Rose like a sweet dream
But life enough for one it seems
The only one that owns me is this dark and winding road
Take me to a river, deep and wide
Ask me a question and I can’t hide
I’ll tell you an answer and I won’t lie
To you before you go
I hope our dreams, they all come true
I damn sure hope he’s good to you
It’s more than I could ever do
We ain’t too new to know
Rose like a memory
I’ll be loadin’ up and rollin’ off
To go play somewhere else again
And darlin’ yes you know
Rose like a sweet dream
But life enough for one it seems
The only one that owns me is this dark and winding road
The only one that owns me is this guitar that I hold
They Know My Name
Sun risin’ slow
And I got the hammer down
Fire in the trees
Blood on the ground
Should have been a milk run
Should have been an easy one
He was closing up shop and no one around
And when they get that call
And when the radio sounds
Be the whole damn world
State county and town
Sister she’s a teacher
Up in Omaha
Daddy was a preacher
Til we lost the farm
Brother was a soldier came back a hero with his mind all gone
And the line gets thicker
And nobody can figure how I went wrong
They say the path is long and narrow
Up to heaven’s gate
But there’s a fire down below and a wider road
And they know my name
If I could start all over
I’d give it everything I got
And now I’m gunnin’ for the county line
And I know first one I see I’m caught
She don’t know but she might believe ‘em
And I pray she just don’t answer that door
And all the love in the world and the money on the seat
Don’t seem to mean that much no more
They say the path is long and narrow
Up to heaven’s gate
But there’s a fire down below and a wider road
And they know my name
You know the last time I shot him
I didn’t even hear the gun
I didn’t see the shells a fallin’
I didn’t even think to run
You know the last time I seen her
I didn’t even hold her close
And now it’s too late and never
I didn’t think she’d ever know
I didn’t think she’d ever know
Wild Crazy and Free
How we found each other, I never could tell
You’d been to college and I’d been to jail
We found us livin’ the same old dream
In that old Dodge, wild crazy and free
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Wild crazy and free
And running downhill
With your hand in mine
Time stood still
That’s the way that it seemed to me
In that old Dodge
Wild crazy and free
I saw the end coming for a long, long while
At an even pace, at a country mile
But I never knew how much you meant to me
In that old Dodge, wild crazy and free
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In the still of the night, not long before dawn
In the barroom lights in the heat of the song
I see you ridin’ right next to me
In that old Dodge
Wild crazy and free
Chorus
Highway Bound
High time for highway bound I believe oh yes I do
High time for highway bound I’m a leavin’ how ‘bout you?
Just about time for the highline, lonesome kickin’ railroad ties
High time for highway bound I believe oh yes I do
Fly them freak flags high boys we’re goin’ out tonight
If we make it into town we might just make it back alright
Rosin up the bow and leave them sad songs here at home
High time for good times, better down the road
When the sun come up this morning I could barely lift my head
When the sun goes down this evening I’ll be somewhere I ain’t been
White line, yellow line engine a hummin’
High ball, two track, runnin’ and a fussin’
Right time for the road time, I believe oh yes I do
High time for highway bound I believe oh yes I do
High time for highway bound I’m a leavin’ how ‘bout you
Straight line, grapevine loaded and a truckin’
Mean bull duckin’ and a muddin’ and a muckin’
High time for highway bound I believe oh yes I do
Burgundy in the Rain
She got big brown eyes that don’t say a word
Light as a feather and flighty as a bird
Ask me where I’m goin’ she don’t ask me where I been
Makes it easy on my mind on Burgundy in the rain
Sun goes up and the moon goes down
I’m still chasing my heart around
Ain’t no reason and it ain’t no thing
I’m a walkin’ down Burgundy in the rain
She got big brown eyes that don’t say a word
Light as a feather and flighty as a bird
Life ain’t easy but it don’t last long
So I wrote this on a napkin and I sing it in a song
Some grow up, some leave town
I’m still chasing my heart around
Ain’t no reason and it ain’t no thing
I’m a walkin’ down Burgundy in the rain
Blue Eyed Girl
Standing round the kitchen light
Fussin’ bout the bills
Til you let your hair down
And my heart stands still
I ain’t had nothin’ but work in my hands
For too long so won’t you tell me
That I’ll be your man
Blue eyed gal come along with me
I’ll take you everywhere you never been
Blue eyed girl come along oh won’t you come along with me
Now you hear talkin’ bout everybody’s gossip
In a small town they always do
At the end of the day we got the whole damn world
Me and you and a dog name Boo
Blue eyed gal come along with me
We’ll be the ones just a wait and see
Blue eyed girl come along oh won’t you come along with me
If a poor man’s dollar ain’t worth a dime
If the rain don’t fall and the sun don’t shine
If the moon don’t rise and the storm winds blow
I’ll be waitin’ for you honey I’ll be ready to go
Blue eyed gal come along with me
I’ll take you everywhere you never been
Blue Eyed girl come along oh won’t you come along with
Blue eyed gal come along with me
Blue eyed gal come along with me
Blue Eyed girl come along oh won’t you come along with me
This Was Then
Well sometimes I wonder now
Just why you looked so proud
I was standing at the end of a two day drive
And lookin’ about more dead than alive
Well I know that was then
And this is now
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That was then
And this is now
Between hate and love
And God above
Knows I’m headed south
That was then
And this is now
And now it seems to me
That you never were too pleased
With this old guitar and the same old bars
And the truck I worked on every week
Now it seems to me you weren’t too pleased
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I should try to explain but I won’t
I should answer your call but I don’t
Just standin’ ‘neath the sky on the dusty ground
Starin’ at the side of the road
Just south of your love and north of San Antone
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Big Wheels
Another cup of coffee and another pack of smokes
And who knows how the hell or why or cares now what she wrote
And the grey light of morning shows the lines and times they don’t
Down a steep grade to nowhere and ya go
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Big wheels rolllin’ slow
And a long way, a long way to go
Big wheels rollin’ slow
And a long way, a long way to go
Paint yourself a picture of a clear uncloudy day
On the backside of your eyes where odds are it’ll stay
And the bright lights ahead will show the lines and times they won’t
You can try it all again, and then who knows
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Memories of what used to be and all you should’ve known
Stand with pictures of what could’ve been
Mileposts as you go
Keep your head on your shoulders and your heart down there below
Hands on the wheel, and your eyes on the road
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Slow Down
Slow down
You old town
I can hear you rattling your chains
Way down
So beat up and run down
Time has a way of changing everything
Bad blood
Rot gut and storms flood
I can hear you rattling your chains
Way down
Bright lights in bum town
Some things always seem to stay the same
I was dreaming last night
And my eyes were open wide
A stronger wind did come and broke those chains
None but the moonlight
Moonlight and long night
And a stranger’s face was all that did remain
So slow down
Slow down you old town
I can hear you rattling your chains
Way down
So beat up and run down
Time has a way of changing everything
Time has a way of changing everything