Lyrics

MODERN GIRL

I am the type who is so moral in this world
and it's so sad what they've done to the modern girl
they expect you to give it all away on the first date
and tomorrow, yeah they're gone like the wind

I am pressured to wear tight shirts and tight jeans
and real hot looking dresses wearing way up above my knees

I want an old fashioned man one that will take my hand
for a life time thing not a night time fling
but first of all that man he's gotta be true

A little house, a little fence
a little love and tenderness
that's all a girl wants
maybe a baby made from love
that's all a girl wants

I am the type who is so moral in this world
and it's so sad what they've done to the modern girl
they expect you to give it all away on the first date
and tomorrow
yeah they're gone like the wind

Weeping Willow

I was born years ago, and I can't say its been a bed of roses, things aren't always the way they appear, so I'm telling you right here, although I may seem strong, although I may seem independent, as long as I ain't moving, I just want you to know

I'm a weeping willow (willow willow weeping willow) I'm a weeping willow (willow willow weeping willow) crying all the day long, sighing all the night long, dying each day from the pain that I have not swept away, I'm a weeping willow (willow willow weeping willow)

now I made it this far thanks to my Heavenly Father and his word, and the fact his Son died for you and me, and the Holy Spirit sent to comfort

I remain the weeping willow (willow willow weeping willow) crying all the day long, sighing all night long, dying a little everyday, I'm a weeping willow, I'm a weeping willow

Oh Baby

I love you more today
than I did yesterday
oh you know I do
I really do
If you should leave me now
I'd be so alone
so alone
so alone
Oh baby
Oh baby
I love you, Oh baby

You're Mozart to my heart
Picasso of my world
of my world
of my world
Oh baby
Oh baby
I love you, oh baby

I love you more today
than I did yesterday
oh you know I do
I really really really really really do
oh baby baby baby baby baby baby
I love you
I love you
I need you
My baby
Oh baby
I love you
oooh

WHY DO YOU LEAVE ME THIS WAY?

why do you leave me this way?
after all that's been done
why do you leave me this way?
let me run
you're out of my heart
yet you torture my mind
I want to taste freedom
and watch the sun rise
why do you leave me this way?
why do you leave me this way?
no
time has moved on
and my tears have dried
you're no longer a part of me
but you're living in my mind
why do you leave me this way?
I want your memory to fade
I've rid of all of the memories
it's time for you to leave
so why do you leave me this way?
ooooh
why do you leave me this way?
leave me be
let me carry me away
leave me today
why do you leave me this way?
why do you leave me this way?
leave me today

Where is the love?

There is sad music playing
oh yeah that's what I hear
and that sad violin is crying
I can see the tears

Where is all the bliss?
there must be more to this somewhere

I thought I'd be a princess or a Queen
and have a house full of love
but to my dispair
Thank God above
he seems to be the only provider of true love

I used to dream of my knight in shining armour
but he married someone else
and everytime I thought that I had found love
it didn't last my what a past
all I have is today
and I just want to say
where is the love that I dreamed of?

Where oh where oh where is my love?
I thought it would all be so simple
man what a shock
I'm getting old
where's the love?

Thankfully God is love

Backstage Pass

Well I'm packing up my band
and I'm going to a land
where people can hear our songs
and I can't wait to see you there baby
I got your letter that you wrote to me
and I just want to say that I was touched
So just make sure that you are there in the very front row
cuz I want to see my baby
Cuz he's so fine and everytime I get to New Orleans
I find the time for the man who came to see me
when I was in the city
and I just cannot let him go no no no no no way
well here I am in New Orleans now baby ooh baby there you are
in the front row with your columbian cigar
I can't miss you baby with that big straw hat
and them holie jeans baby you know I like you rough like that
you're looking so fine you're blowing my mind
and I can't wait to end the show so I can be with you baby and hold you oh so close
oooh my love my man in New Orleans
the show is over you've got your backstage pass, please ask for me
we'll take a ride and get some ribs in a long stretch limousine
and when we're done we'll have some wine and then make some time
you and me up til a quarter to three
baby, baby, baby I love you
I love my man from New Orleans
I love my man, mmmm I love my man from New Orleans

Legacy

Lord forgive me
Lord please forgive me
for I have sinned
I have sinned
I am broken, you win

I should have never went against you
so now I don't want to play
I want you to take me today

Like a defiant cat
you give me this and I turn it into that
What a legacy
What a legacy
to leave

Perhaps all of my error
is for others to see
life is not a bowl of cherries
at least not for me, at least not for me

Like a defiant cat
you gave me this and I turned it into that
what a price I've paid
in this life I've made
What a legacy
What a legacy to see, to leave, to be

I am ready to leave
don't want to play this game anymore
I never asked to be here that I can recall
I can no longer endure
that is for certain and for sure
let me out, let me out
take me today
take me away

Forevermore

I want to give you my love
and that's not all I have
I am willing to share with you my life
and travel across the land

I want to dine with you in Paris
and make love to you in Rome
I'd like to go to the beach in Italy with you
and sip champagne under the moon

I am your woman
and you are my man
try to understand
I love you
oh yes I really do

I think of you all I can
and I'll incorporate you into my band
travel with me across the land
would you?
would you?
mmm I love you

come and be with me
forevermore

Sweet Baby

My baby you're so fine
one of a kind
will you be mine
because I love you and I need you
you make me complete baby
baby sweet baby
be mine

my baby you're so cute
there's no dispute you leave me mute
I'm all shook up and I'm shaking from your love it's earth quaking
you make my world you make it spin

let me begin now baby
when I first saw you baby oooh my eyes opened wide I could not believe
what I seen oooh so sweet baby
baby sweet baby
I love you

sweet baby oh baby
I'm thinking baby we could be a family
what do you think baby what do you think baby
ooh sweet baby
sweet baby

baby
you're like a star shining so bright in the sky baby
oooh
baby can you hear me
be near me
sweet baby

L.A.C.A.

The train that I'm boarding is lonely, so lonely
the train that I'm boarding is only
a trip in the night but I'll be all right until I come back home to you baby

I got a really big offer in L.A.C.A.
They said you're different baby
Come on out we want to hear you play
I'll be in L.A.C.A. tonight

Looking out the window I see your face
it's getting sadder and smaller as the train pulls away
I'm on to L.A.C.A. tonight

So I get there and the guy says "Hey kid, glad you could make it, so you want to be a star huh? If I do this for you, what can you do for me?"
Oh no, oh no

I can't live without you baby in L.A.C.A.
I keep thinking about you baby, every night and every day
I'm leaving L.A.C.A. tonight

The train that I'm boarding is lonely
Tte train that I'm boarding is only
a trip in the night but I'll be all right
cuz I'm coming back home to you baby

I Can't Win

I can't win but to let you go
it's hurting me more than you'll ever know
I thought your kind of love would nurture me
but your way of life says you need to be free

There have been too many nights I've sat alone and cried
losing sleep and left unsatisfied
you never even once apologized
you're a man with too much to hide

I don't want you crawling back to me
beggars don't look pretty
I don't want to hear you say that it's all right
while your holding me like a thief in the night
you won't change and honey this I know
I can't win but to let you go

I can't win but to let you go
it's hurting me more than you'll ever know
I thought your kind of love would nurture me
but your way of life says you need to be free

I don't want you crawling back to me
beggars don't look pretty
I don't want to hear you say that it's all right
while you're holding me like a thief in the night
you won't change and honey this I know
I can't win but to let you go
no I can't win but to let you go
no I can't win but to let you go

Oklahoma

I'm driving in my car
thinking of you
and I know where you are
cuz I've got radar

now I've been all alone without you
but baby that's all gonna change
cuz baby I'm on my way to where you are

in Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
I'm on my way to Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

I'm thinking of your eyes
so blue in Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

I'm stopping for a rest
I need my beauty rest to put me through the test
when I'm alone with you I'm gonna need my energy
in Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
sweet Oklahoma

You left me baby with a crying baby and a broken heart
you told me you love somebody else baby I want to know how can that be

I'm driving in my car down highway 41
and I know where you are (I know where you are)
in Oklahoma (Oklahoma)
well I'm coming to get you I'm comming right now
you better be ready, you better be ready
baby I need you I'm on, I'm on my way to Oklahoma

The Jag

It was a lonely lonely lonely lonely winter's night, I was driving in my car when I saw a lonely man by the riverside

the heater in my car was keeping me warm he was looking blue so I pulled on over and I said "hello Mister let me warm you"

he sat down in the seat and he looked at me and smiled, he said "you know I was just out walking, now I want to talk a while"

he said "did you know that the sky's only blue in the daylight and in the night it's very cold" he said "there aren't too many people like you who would have pulled to the side of the road"

he had on all these old clothes, these worn out old shoes, I was in a black jag, smelling like a rose he said "my little pretty thing it seems to me that life has done you good" I said "no comment maybe you're the lucky one" now he looked right at me and he said "what do you mean?" I told him "listen fame and fortune ain't all that it's cracked up to be" I said "you know your clothes may not be in the best shape for a dinner party but I'll bet when you're alone you've got your piece of mind, see when i'm all dressed up and i'm driving around in my jag and i'm all alone in the back of my mind I know I'm only trying to keep up with the jones and when the rich are rich they only want more"

we came up with this great idea we decided to switch lives I gave him everything that I owned, just for his old coat, he drove away in my jag at an old dime store, yeah I signed over the title, I never saw that jag no more

now my life is so complete i've given to a human being but he gave more to me, he gave more to me

so when you're driving in your jag on a lonely winter's night

when you feel like turning left you better turn right on a lonely night ooooh on a lonely night

I Loved you, you ran away

I loved you, you ran away
my heart was broken
my love was unspoken
freedom ran strong
I held on too long
You want to be free
free from loving me
go away my child
go away my child

I'll love someone new
I'll forget you
and you and you and you
Never laugh at me
cuz I'm wild and free
you're the one tied down
you're the one tied down

I need to leave
your love
that you cannot give to me
that you will not give to me

I'm not bad
just a little sad
mmm I wish you well
mmm I wish you well
mmm I'll wish you well
I wish you well
I miss you
I'll miss you

Who is she?

I say goodbye have a good day at work
and you come home with lipstick on your shirt
I ask you what's that stain on your collar, you try to tell me that I kissed you this morning
I don't need no degree to know what I see
now tell me

who is she baby
who, who is she baby?
who is she baby
who who is she baby?
I don't need no degree to know what I see

You used to love me every night
now you roll over and you turn out the light

now tell me
who is she baby
who, who is she baby?
who is she baby
who who is she baby?
You better tell me before I count to three

you'll come home your bags will be waitin'
cuz baby there won't be no hesitation

now tell me
who is she baby
who, who is she baby?
who is she baby
who who is she baby?
I don't need no degree to know what I see

Why are you married?

Why are you married?
I ask myself every day
why are you married?
you know it makes me want to cry
I am not the type to break up your family
you don't even know I feel this way
why are you married?
I really wish you could have been mine
cuz baby you are so easy on the eyes (on the eyes)
and your personality is so divine (mmm)
you move me so (move)
you make me glow (glow)
and I get shy (shy) I have a hard time looking you in the eye
why are you married?
every day I walk away
it's hard to be this way
why is it not you and I
I'll carry on maybe I'll find someone like you
why are you married?
You hurt me bad you make me sad but I can't blame you
I love you so, but I can't let you know
maybe you'll hear this song and then you'll know that it's you
why are you married?
you turn me on but I've got to be strong
I'll never break
your family
I will respect you and your wife and your child
why are you married

Whiskey Sour

You come home and I'm all alone
your breath's whiskey sour
you want it tonight but it's not right
you're whiskey sour

Chorus
whiskey sour
you're breaking my heart
whiskey sour our love must part
our love must part

I pack your bags and I throw you out
your face is sagging all about
you say you're sorry and you want to try again
I say forget it you live in sin

Chorus

I'm all alone now from morning till night
can't say I've been sleeping since our last fight
while I'm awake though to the morning hour
I tell him hey bartender, pour me another sour

Chorus

Whiskey sour why do you do this to me?
Now I'm up drinking till a quarter to three

YOU LIED TO ME

I love you and you love me
how come we're not a happy family?
you said you would be really good
you lied to me

I love you so
do you love me?
rededicate your truth to me
I'll go away you'll never find
a love so true a love so fine

I love you so and this I know
don't ever go and leave me

you are a shining star I love you so come home from the bar
you always said you'd be good to me
who's that phone number found in your sleeve?
you lied to me
you said you loved me

I have been true I have been fine
I've done it all but lost my mind

I love you so and this I know
come home to me, it's quarter to three
you made a vow to me

Can't take no more
I'm packing my bag
I'm going to mom's forever
you lied to me
I'm going away forever
forever

I don't care

I don't care anyway
who you are or what you say
you are not my favorite
so I don't care anyway

this crazy world's gone mad
and it all makes me sad
but I don't care anyway
who you are or what you say

I don't live in fear
that you've tried to create
my destiny is in the Lord's hand

I don't care anyway
who you are or what you say
I am not accustomed to ever feel I've got to run away

where do I get my strength?
some will say it's from my past
but I'll tell you now
it's purely based on faith

so I don't care anyway
who you are or what you say
I don't live in your fears
you try to create

I don't care you say why?
sweet heaven awaits
this is a temporary home base
So I don't care anyway
I don't care anyway

On the run

Out in the desert
looking for a place to hide

it was three in the morning and I was caught with a husband
and now she's hunting me down
she had a gun and she shot it right at me
luckily it missed me
and now i'm on the run
I knew I did wrong

But I have one question
why didn't that man tell me he was married
leading me on
taking me to a place that I did not deserve to go
and taking his wife to a place she didn't need to go
so now she's after me I'm running to be free from the pain
I've caused so innocently
and it's sad oh so sad

What is it with men out there the ones who will lie cheat and steal just for the thrill
I'm running away now
I'm traveling about 80 miles per hour and she's right there in my rear view mirror

will I live to see the morning light
She already took him down
and there's blood all over me
his blood cries to the Lord but it's too late

DOWN ON YOU - Reprise

Sometimes I get so down over you
and I feel so blue

Sometimes I'm waiting for the phone to ring
A knock on my door or anything

CHORUS
I'm down on you
I'm down on you
since we've been through
I'm down on you
I'm down on you
It's made me blue
I'm down on you

Sometimes I reminisce
of all those good times
that I miss
and sometimes when I'm feeling blue
I realize I'm down on you

CHORUS

It's hard to take
that you might have someone new
Whle I'm down on you
It blows my mind everytime I'm down on you
cuz I'm through with you

CHORUS

I'm down on you

WINDOW PAIN

Baby I know we've done each other wrong
but we both know life goes on
the sky remains blue
just like me and you and the moon
the moon cries all night

and the tears flow down my window pain
as I watch
watch the rain
I forget about the pain

All those lies I told you
they were lies
but you didn't like those alibis
and so you cried all night
to be away
from the one you love

what can I say
when it all goes away
I still hear you say
Baby I love you anyway
but I
I could not reciprocate
no way

and the tears run down
my window pain
as I watch the rain
erase all my pain
and I'm still the same
even with my broken heart

wash it away
wash it away
your memory fades
the sky's still blue
and the moon cries all night
it doesn't know wrong from right
wrong from right

PHOENIX

One more time now

I've been lonely and I've been blue
and I've been traveling over a thousand miles just to get to you babe
I'm so tired
they say we've got to be in Phoenix before dawn
someone wants to interview me about life on the road
they think its everything except being lonely and cold

but when you're far from home and the one you love baby it gets lonely
when you have to leave your love home
when you leave your love home
when you leave your love home
lonely
when you leave your love home
lonely, so lonely baby
mmmm mmmm
nobody made me do it

I arrive to my destination
but my lover aint home
no my lover aint home

my lover aint home
no my lover aint home

Phoenix you're a beautiful place with a beautiful sky
but my lover aint home
my lover aint home

my lover aint home (my lover aint home)
my lover aint home (my lover aint home)

my lover aint home
Phoenix I've gotta go
I'm out of here

Am I going blind?

I need to know
you can tell me slow
I will not go
I'll remain for the truth

Am I going blind
I can't seem to find
Am I losing your love
Am I losing your love

Am I going blind
I can't see your love
I can't find your love
I know it's around here somewhere
It's like losing your keys
or you set something down
and you just can't find it but you know it's around

Am I losing your love
Am I going blind
I can't seem to find
your love, your love, your love, your love, your love

sadness has come to try to imprison me
I can't find your love anymore
has it went out the door

Am I going blind
you can tell me now
I won't leave
I need the truth even if it makes me bleed
Am I going blind
I can't seem to find your love
Am I going blind
it sure is getting dark
Am I going blind

HIGH AND DRY

Baby Baby I like your style
Baby you know I like you a lot
Do you want to know me?
Do you want to know me?

I am confused
I don't like to lose
You left me high and dry
so high and dry now baby
I don't know why

Would you like me to forgive you baby?
Would you like to move me, groove me?
I forgive you baby
I can let it slide
when you tell me that you're out with the boys
does it have to be all night?

What if I choose to do the same?
What would you do, would you ask why baby why?
Oh baby why?
why baby why?

I am confused
I don't like to lose
I don't know about you
you give me the blues

Why don't you love me baby?
why don't you love me baby?

Why do you leave me high and dry baby
so high and dry now baby

I got to set aside now baby
I'm gonna let it go by now baby
because I care more than I ever want to lose you baby
yeah baby

LEAVIN' YOU

la la da da da
Baby I'm leavin you
it aint to break your heart
or to bring you down
its just that I feel a change
and we are out of sunny days

Baby I'm leavin you
it aint to break your heart
or to bring you down
baby this time it's real
you haven't cared about the way I feel
Baby I'm leaving you
I gotta go Baby
I can't stay
I can't stay

I'm leavin you Baby

Baby It's been coming on for a long long time
and I aint looking forward to leavin
believe me
but I can't stay

Baby, I'm leavin, leavin you

On a train

I'm on a train
I have no friends
I'm just a stranger in your town
New to your town
I'm coming there to do a show
Everyone looks down
I'm just a stranger in your town

I'd like to see a smile or two maybe even three
these are the nine to fivers everyday who have
given up their dreams for institutions of other means

I'd like to know
are they happy when they get home?
are they happy when they get home?
maybe its my reality that is twisted and so far gone
I love my freedom
perhaps their children and their spouses make them smile
but I'm never ever going to give up my dreams
we've all got other means
I'm just a stranger in your town

It's time for the show
I'm psyching up to do the show
everyone looks happy now
everyone is starting to smile
music can soothe your soul

ONLY LOVE

Old Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
do you remember he had a fall
well somehow I'm living that too
and I've never seen me this blue

but I've been crying for a long long time
for four long months

Only love (only love)
is going to get me through (get me through)
the love I need from you
cuz this is so bizarre
and I know I'm on trial

just when I think the sun will shine
the clouds block the rays

Only love (only love)
is going to get me through (get me through)
the love and prayers I need from you

as I sit behind this microphone
to document what's gone wrong
cuz I don't want to ever forget
being caught without a safety net

Only love (only love)
is going to see me through (see me through)
the love I get from you

I promise I'll do the same for you
cuz I don't ever want to see you this blue

Only love (only love)
is going to see this through
Lord i'm begging you

Baby's got the blues

Baby's got the blues
Baby's got the blues
oh Baby's got the blues
Baby's got the blues

he says I never cook him anything and I never clean
I never press his shirts and I don't have a washing machine

Baby's got the blues
he doesn't buy me diamonds he doesn't buy me clothes
I'm walking around in a potato sack but Baby's got the blues

Love is funny love is kind when you first start out the passion's like wine
then it fades
Baby
Baby's
Baby's got the blues

so I get kind of tired and I get kind of bored and I take myself
out to the store and I buy something sweet
so Baby won't have the blues
but when I come home he aint there
so I change all the locks and I leave him outside
party starts a thumpin and I'm having one heck of a ride alive
without my baby who's always got the blues

he's nothing but bad news
when you're baby
when you're baby
when you're baby's got the blues
Baby's got the blues

Let it shine

Today is the last day
you will ever see me again

I've removed everything from the house that was mine
I really don't belong here anymore

I've loaded up my memories
I'm leaving you your house keys
the sun don't shine anymore

I thought a while
didn't want to leave a note
cuz I want to make sure I tell you one last thing

Let it shine
Let it shine
You'll find love again
but only if you let it shine
I've gotta go

Lady in Line

I was standing in line at a checkout store
on an afternoon so bright
in front of me was a lady in line
my emotions froze at the site

she had been maimed by a tragedy
one I know I could not have survived
she was buying clothes for her daughter
I'm sure her daughter kept her alive

I didn't sense any bitterness
a shock and a total suprise
she kept smiling at her daughter
and everybody in line

she looked at me and smiled
completely stripped of pride
the beauty of her soul cast a loving glow
making her beautiful

guilt and shock overcame me
as everyone stopped and just stared
how could she give so much love to the world
how indeed could she have cared

she looked at me and smiled
completely stripped of pride
the beauty of her soul cast a loving glow
making her beautiful

someday I hope to meet that lady in line
to thank her for what I have learned
that beauty is not for a mirror
it's eternal in you and I

In the city

The wind blows cold tonight
it blows real cold at night in the city
sitting in the back of a limousine
on my way to do a show in New Orleans

A glass of wine helps me feel real fine
relaxes my mind hope I get there on time

and I think of a man that I left behind
in the city
in the city

I'll be singing the blues tonight
getting soothed by the blues tonight in New Orleans
Up on stage with my microphone
in a room with all these people I'm still alone

and I think of a man that I left behind
in the city
in the city
ooooh

all is quiet and it's warm tonight
yet I feel so alone tonight in a hotel room

and I think of a man that I left behind
I can't be his wife cuz of my traveling life
in the city
in the city
ooooh

there's a knock on my door tonight
and I think of a man who understands
he's here tonight gonna make me feel all right
in the city
in the city
ooooh

Babe I'm Lovin' Fast

Baby my love I'm loving fast
Baby my love for you is a blast
because you're

breakfast in the sunshine
sugar in the night
tequilas in the moonlight
baby I'm lovin' fast

Baby my love when you grow old
You'll be merchandise as priceless as gold you can't be sold
and you'll still be

breakfast in the sunshine
sugar in the night
tequilas in the moonlight
baby I'm lovin fast

Run and Hide

My mamma told me when I was young
there'd be days when I'd want to run
run away
run and hide
from the love you feel so strong inside
baby let's run and hide

My daddy told me when I was three
there'll be days when you'll want to run from me
I didn't understand what the man meant
until I met someone that reminded me of him
Run and hide

Run and hide with the one you love
run and hide with the one you love
It'll be like heaven, heaven up above
when you want to run and hide with the one you love
my mamma told me there'd be days when I'd want to run and hide

Run and hide
run and hide baby
pack your bags I don't mean maybe
run and hide baby run and hide
run and hide with the one you love

run and hide with the one you love

Now I'm gonna tell you like they told me
there's going to be days days like these when you run and hide
with the one you love
don't let anybody bring you down

HOLD TIGHT

Baby we both know we failed at love
but if I could give you two final words
here's what they'd be

Hold tight to your dreams
and your loved ones
and your Lord
and your friends

Hold tight to the ones you adore
for they have meaning
and Baby I'm gonna do the same too
I'll Hold tight to my dreams
and my loved ones
and my Lord
and my friends

cuz nothing in the world
will bring you more joy than any of those things
Hold tight to your dreams
and your loved ones
and your Lord
and your friends

cuz they'll be the only things with you when you're alone
there's no possession, no drug, no money
will ever give you what you really need

mm mm mmm
Hold tight to your dreams
and your loved ones
and your Lord
and your friends

I can't stress it enough baby
forgive and forget all the things that have went wrong in your life
it's never to late to change
never to late now baby
hold tight to your dreams
and your loved ones
and your Lord
and your friends

I gotta go now baby, I gotta go,
but thank you for letting me give you these two final words