We Danced

~Brad Paisley~

The bar was empty
I was sweeping up the floor
That's when she walked in
I said, "I'm sorry but we're closed"
And she said "I know,
But I'm afraid I left my purse"
I said, "I put one back behind the bar
I bet it's probably yours"
And the next thing that I knew
There we were, lost in conversation
And before I handed her her purse
I said, "You'll only get this back on one condition"

And we danced
Out there on that empty hardwood floor
The chairs up and the lights turned way down low
The music played, we held each other close
And we danced

And from that moment
There was never any doubt
I had found the one
That I had always dreamed about
And then one evenin'
When she stopped by after work
I pulled a diamond ring out of the pocket of my shirt
And as her eyes filled up with tears
She said, "This is the last thing I expected"
And then she took me by the hand
And said, "I'll only marry you on one condition"

And we dance
Like no one else had ever danced before
I can't explain what happened on that floor
But the music played
We held each other close
And we danced
Yeah, we danced

Heads Carolina, Tails California

~Jo Dee Messina~

Baby, what do you say we just get lost?
Leave this one horse town like two rebels without a cause.
I got people in Boston.
Ain't your daddy still in Des Moines?
We can pack up tomorrow.
Tonight, let's flip a coin

Heads Carolina, Tails California.
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer.
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean.
Where? It don't matter, as long as we're goin'
Somewhere together.
I've got a quarter.
Heads Carolina, Tails California.

We can load what we own in the back of a U-haul van.
Couple modern day Moses', searchin for the promised land.
We can go four hundred miles before we stop for gas.
We can drive for a day, and then we'll take a look at the map.

Heads Carolina, Tails California.
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer.
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean.
Where? It don't matter, as long as we're goin'
Somewhere together.
I've got a quarter.
Heads Carolina, Tails California.

We're gonna get outta here if we gotta ride a Greyhound bus.
Boy, we're bound to outrun the bad luck that's tailin' us

Heads Carolina, Tails California.
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer.
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean.
Where? It don't matter, as long as we're goin'
Somewhere together.
I've got a quarter.
Heads Carolina, Tails California.

The Red Strokes

~Garth Brooks~


Moonlight on canvas, midnight and wine
Two shadows starting to softly combine
The picture they're painting
Is one of the heart
And to those who have seen it
It's a true work of art.

Oh, the Red Strokes
Passions uncaged
Thundering moments of tenderness rage
Oh, the Red Strokes
Tempered and strong (fearlessly drawn)
Burning the night like the dawn


Steam on the window, salt in a kiss
Two hearts have never pounded like this
Inspired by a vision
That they can't command
Erasing the borders
With each brush of a hand


Oh, the Red Strokes
Passions uncaged
Thundering moments of tenderness rage
Oh, the Red Strokes
tempered and strong
Burning the night like the dawn

Oh, the blues will be blue and the jealousies green
But when love picks its shade it demands to be seen

Oh, the Red Strokes
Passions uncaged
Thundering moments of tenderness rage
Oh, the Red Strokes fearlessly drawn
Burning the night like the dawn.

Oh, the Red Strokes
Passions uncaged
Thundering moments of tenderness rage
Oh, the Red Strokes
fearlessly drawn
Burning the night like the dawn


Steam on the window, salt in a kiss
Two hearts have never pounded like this.

99.9% Sure

~Brian McComas~

You don't know what you do to me
You changed around the scenery
And now everything is new to me
But it looks just right, yeah it looks just right
Whoa, it's strange but it's beautiful
Yeah, and I know where I am

Oh, I never been here before
I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way
Nobody's ever made me say
I'm ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

I'm walkin' in a wonderland
Gone ever since it all began
And I don't even want to understand
'Cause it feels that good, yeah it feels that good
It's a state that ain't on a map
Yet I know where I'm at

Oh,I've never been here before
I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been made me say
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before
Ninety-nine point, ninety-nine point
Na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na
Ninety-nine point, ninety-nine point
Na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na

It's a state that ain't on a map
Yet I know where I'm at

Oh, I never been here before
I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin', stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way
Nobody's ever made me say
I'm ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

I've never been here before
I've never been loved like this
Never been tumblin, stumblin' over the words that get tangled inside of me
I've never been moved this way
Nobody's ever made me say
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

No, I've never been here before
I've never been here before (I've never moved this way)
I've never been here before
Ninety-nine point nine per cent sure I've never been here before

Vincent

~Don McLean~

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflecting Vincent's eyes of China blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hands

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you Vincent
This world was never meant for one as
beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
A silver thorn on a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
what you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

The Smile On Your Face

~Alison Krauss~

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand
Says you'll catch me where ever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking aloud
But when you hold me near
you drown out the crowd
Try as they may they could never define
What's been said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand
Says you'll catch me where ever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand
Says you'll catch me where ever I fall
You say it best
When you say nothing at all

The Dollar Bill Song

~Livingston Taylor~

She took a dollar bill from her wallet
She picked up a fountain pen
She wrote down the words 'I love you'
Next to the picture of George Washington

She took the dollar bill to the grocery store
And bought herself a chocolate cake
She gave the dollar bill to the grocery man
And then she went back home to wait

The grocery man gave the dollar bill
To a fat guy from Baton Rouge
He spent the bill at the hardware store
On a box of flat-top screws

The hardware store gave the dollar bill
To a customer named Clive
Who, by the way, is the son
Of one of the original Dave Clark Five

He spent the bill at the laundramat
They gave it to a lady named Fran
Fran's younger son stole the bill from her purse
And went to see Star Wars again

The movie theatre guy spent the dollar bill
On a subway ride uptown
Three minutes later the bill was in the pocket
Of a gamblin' man named Brown

Brown blew the bill in a poker game
He was fishin' for an inside straight
The dollar went home with a man named Jones
Who was sitting on a pair of eights

Jones took the bill to a savings bank
The teller's name was Dan
Dan gave the bill to
Oh my God, it's Rabbi Finkelman

I'm with you all the time
I can hear ya loud and clear
Just give a tug along the line
Ya know I will be there

Anyway the Rabbi spent the bill
On a ham and cheese to go
They gave the bill to a guy named Phil
Who gave it to his best friend Joe

Joe had planned to spend it
On some flowers for his bride
But he was mugged by a junkie named Doug
In the parking lot outside

Doug's old lady spent the bill
On a couple o' cans o' beer
She eventually becomes a very famous poet
But that don't matter here

The liquor store guy put the dollar bill
In his register, but then
Doug the junkie said "Stick 'em up"
And the dollar was his again

He gave the bill to a girl named Jill
Who gave it to a girl named Flo
She gave the bill to a real short guy
Who's name I do not know

He gave the bill to another short guy
Who gave it to a guy named Jake
Jake took the bill to a bar 'n' grill
And bought himself a sirloin steak

Later that day I happened to say
"Think I'll stop by the bar 'n' grill"
The cashier counted out my change
And handed me the dollar bill

Well I ran to a phone and I dialled in her number
As fast as my fingers could do
I said "Baby, I just got your message"
I said "Baby,I love you too"

I said, I am with you all the time
I can hear you loud and clear
Just give a tug along the line
You know I will be there

"I said, Mary, you don't need no dime
You don't need no subway fare
Just give a tug along the line
I said I'm with you everywhere

I said I'm with you everywhere
I said I'm with you everywhere

Love On Arrival

~Dan Seals~

I just had to call, cause babe I got your letter
And I understood almost every line
You said T. L. C. is what you miss from me
You want back in my arms P.D.Q.
And ooh I love this game
Them three letters by your name L.O.A. what does that say?

She said ooh baby it's so simple
I did not mean to make it hard to understand
I've been gone so long
Want you to know I miss my man oh yes I do
And that message for you
Tells you what I'm gonna do when I get home oh yea

L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been countin' the days
I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
And now after all this time
I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you.

I said ooh baby I do love you
And I'm always amazed the way we fit
And I.T.G.I.F.
Thank God I found you when I did oh yes I do
Them three letters by your name
I will just give you just the same
When you get home oh yes I will

L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been countin' the days
I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
And now after all this time
I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you.

I don't need no confirmation
I get it right here in my hand
Don't need no translation
You done spelled it out with words
That I can understand L.O.A. ooh L.O.A.

L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
L.O.A. is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been countin' the days
I've been lonely, I've been blue (Love on arrival)
For you (Love on arrival)
And now after all this time
I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. (Love on arrival)
For you.

And now after all this time
I've got nothing on my mind but L.O.A. for you

Dream On

~Mindy McCready~

Where I stand the sun is setting
Where you stand the moon is high
It's so strange to be here in the day
While you're there in the night
Wires carry your voice to me
I can hear you but you're out of reach
It's so hard to say goodbye
But darlin' when you fall asleep

Dream on, dream on
My love will hold you
So strong, so real, so right
I'll be there
Just close your eyes
I am yours until the dawn
Dream on, dream on
All the miles stretch out between us
All those miles I'd walk
I'd crawl just to touch you now
But this old world is not that small

So dream on, dream on
My love will hold you
So strong, so real, so right
I'll be there
Just close your eyes
I am yours until the dawn
Dream on

Dream on, dream on
My love will hold you
So strong, so real, so right
I'll be there
Just close your eyes
I am yours until the dawn

I am yours until the dawn
I am yours until the dawn
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on

Baby, Now That I've Found You

~Alison Krauss~

Baby,
now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so,
baby even though
You don't need me now

Baby,
now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don't need me,
You don't need me oh, no

Baby, baby,
when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn't forget.
I said right,
and abide my time

Spent my life looking
for that somebody
to make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can't let you

Baby, baby,
when first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn't forget.
I said right,
and abide my time

Spent my life looking
for that somebody
to make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can't let you

Now that I found you
I built my world around you
I need you so, baby even though
You don't need me now

Baby, now that I've found you
I won't let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don't need me
You don't need me no, no

Cowboy Take Me Away

~Dixie Chicks~

I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly

I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of blue bonnets
And a blanket made of stars

Oh it sounds good to me

I said cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray
Closer to Heaven above
And closer to you
Closer to you

I wanna walk and not run
I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon
And not see a building standing tall

I wanna be the only one
For miles and miles
Except for maybe you
And your simple smile

Oh it sounds good to me
Yes it sounds so good to me

Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray
Closer to Heaven above
And closer to you
Closer to you

I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
Oh it sounds so good to me

Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray
Closer to Heaven above
And closer to you
Closer to you

Closer to you

Cowboy take me away...Closer to you

She Said Yes

~Chad Brock~

She moved into my old apartment
That's how we got this whole thing started
She called and said that I had mail
waiting there for me

I told her that I'd come and get it
How could I know in just a minute
That I'd be standing face to face
With my own destiny

and we sat there talking just like we were old friends
then I asked her...can I see you again...
She said yes, and I said wow
and she said when, and I said how about right now
Love can't wait then I asked if she believed in fate,
and she said yes

The days flew by just lake a fast train
and nothing else has been on my brain
except the thought of how she makes me
the man I want to be

She's the one I want for a million reasons
Loving her is just like breathing
It's easy and it's obvious
She was made for me

then it happened one night, Looking in her eyes
when I popped the question, much to my surprise...

She said yes, and I said wow
and she said when, and I said how about right now
Love can't wait, then I asked if she believed in fate,
and she said yes

So we called the preacher family and friends
and nothings been the same...

since she said yes,
and I said wow
and she said when,
and I said how about right now
Love can't wait then I asked if she believed in fate,
and she said yes

and she said yes

Picture

~Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow~

(Kid Rock)
Livin' my life in a slow hell
Different girl every night at the hotel
I aint seen the sun shine in 3 damn days

Been fuelin' up on cocaine and whisky
Wish I had a good girl to miss me
Lord I wonder if I'll ever change my ways

I put your picture away
Sat down and cried today
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to her
I put your picture away, sat down and cried today
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to her

(Sheryl Crow)
I called you last night at the hotel
Everyone knows but they wont tell
But their half hearted smiles tell me
Somethin' just ain't right

I been waitin' on you for a long time
Fuelin' up on heartaches and cheap wine
I ain't heard from you in 3 damn nights

I put your picture away
I wonder where you been
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to him
I put your picture away
I wonder where you been
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to him

(Sheryl)
I saw you yesterday with an old friend
(Kid Rock)
It was the same ole same "how have you been"
(Both)
Since you been gone my worlds been dark & grey

(Kid Rock)
You reminded me of brighter days
(Sheryl Crow)
I hoped you were comin' home to stay
I was headed to church
(Kid Rock)
I was off to drink you away

(Both)
I thought about you for a long time
Can't seem to get you off my mind
I can't understand why we're living life this way

I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you to come back home

I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you to come back home

I just called to say, ILoveYou come back home

I Love Only You

~Nitty Gritty Dirt Band~

I like to drink my beer
Spend time with the boys
After work, to down a few
Is something I enjoy
And sometimesI stay out too late,
Yes I know it's true
But I love only you.

And I like to take life easy
Work out in the yard
Sleep late on the weekends
After an all-night game of cards
And drivin' my old Chevy
On a Sunday afternoon
But I love only you

I like my old guitar
And I'd like to be a star and shine on you
I'd like to write a song
The whole world could sing along
But I love only you

I like my old memories
The girls I used to know
Some of them still have a place
My mind likes to go
Of all the ones I've cared for
Lord knows that's been a few
But I love only you

ah, Honey, I love only you.

My Front Porch Looking In

~Lonestar~

The only ground I ever owned was sticking to my shoes
Now I look at my front porch and this panoramic view
I can sit and watch the fields fill up
With rays of golden sun
Or watch the moon lay on the fences
Like that's where it was hung
My blessings are in front of me
It's not about the land
I'll never beat the view
From my front porch looking in

There's a carrot top who can barely walk
With a sippy cup of milk
A little blue eyed blonde with shoes on wrong
'Cause she likes to dress herself
And the most beautiful girl holding both of them
And the view I love the most
Is my front porch looking in, yeah

I've traveled here and everywhere
Following my job
I've seen the paintings from the air
Brushed by the hand of God
The mountains and the canyons reach from sea to shining sea
But I can't wait to get back home
To the one he made for me
It's anywhere I'll ever go and everywhere I've been
Nothing takes my breath away
Like my front porch looking in

There's a carrot top who can barely walk
With a sippy cup of milk
A little blue eyed blonde with shoes on wrong
'Cause she likes to dress herself
And the most beautiful girl holding both of them
Yeah the view I love the most
Is my front porch looking in

I see what beautiful is about
When I'm looking in
Not when I'm looking out

There's a carrot top who can barely walk
With a sippy cup of milk
A little blue eyed blonde with shoes on wrong
'Cause she likes to dress herself
And the most beautiful girl holding both of them
Yeah the view I love the most
Oh, the view I love the most
Is my front porch looking in

You Must Really Love Me

~Reba McIntyre~

Tell me why do you put up with my foolish ways
You never take to heart the crazy things I say
Oh I know you could walk out on me any day
There must be a darn good reason why you'd even want to stay

You must really love me
How can it be true
There are things you'll take from me
I won't even take from you
Everytime I fall apart
You always pull me through
You must really love me
As much as I love you
You must really love me
As much as I love you

I appreciate the honesty you've shown to me
And the way you tell your friends that you belong to me
And when you hold me tight it always sets me free
Oh this must be the way that true love was meant to be

You must really love me
How can it be true
There are things you'll take from me
I won't even take from you
Everytime I fall apart
You always pull me through
You must really love me
As much as I love you
You must really love me
As much as I love you

And Lord I'm glad you do...so glad

What Was I Thinkin'

~Dierks Bentley~

Becky was a beauty from south Alabama.
Her Daddy had a heart like a nine-pound hammer.
Think he even did a little time in the slammer.
What was I thinkin'?

She snuck out one night an' met me by the front gate,
Her Daddy came out a-wavin' that twelve gauge
We tore out the drive, he peppered my tailgate.
What was I thinkin'?

Oh, I knew there'd be hell to pay.
But that crossed my mind a little too late.

'Cause I was thinkin' 'bout a little white tank top,
Sittin' right there in the middle by me.
An' I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss,
Man, just gotta get goin', where the night might lead.
I know what I was feelin',
But what was I thinkin'?
What was I thinkin'?

By the County line, the cops were nippin' on our heels,
Pulled off the road an' kicked it in four-wheel.
Shut off the lights an' tore through a cornfield.
What was I thinkin'?

At the other side, she was hollerin': "Faster."
Took a dirt road, had the radio blastin'.
Hit the honky-tonk for a little close dancin'.
What was I thinkin'?

Oh, I knew there'd be hell to pay.
But that crossed my mind a little too late.

'Cause I was thinkin' 'bout a little white tank top,
Sittin' right there in the middle by me.
An' I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss,
Man, just gotta get goin', where the night might lead.
I know what I was feelin',
But what was I thinkin'?
What was I thinkin'?

When a mountain of a man with a "Born To Kill" tattoo,
Tried to cut in, I knocked out his front tooth.
We ran outside, hood slidin' like Bo Duke.
What was I thinkin'?

I finally got her home at a half past two, later.
Daddy's in a lawn chair sittin' on the driveway,
Put it in park as he started my way.
What was I thinkin'?

Oh, what was I thinkin'?
Oh, what was I thinkin'?

Then she gave a "Come an' get me grin."
An' like a bullet, we were gone again.
'Cause I was thinkin' 'bout a little white tank top,
Sittin' right there in the middle by me.
An' I was thinkin' 'bout a long kiss,
Man, just gotta get goin' where the night might lead.
I know what I was feelin'.
Ya I know what I was feelin',
But what was I thinkin'?

What was I thinkin'?
What was I thinkin'?

I know what I was feelin',
But what was I thinkin'?