claywalker

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THE SILENCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

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�� There's an oil well down on Johnson's road, where we'd go to be alone, I never thought I'd go, there by myself, I stood there calling out your name, no one answered just the same, The silence speaks for itself,

Chorus:

�� Well I've been High and I've been low, and I've walked through the fires of hell, are you coming back lord I don't know, I guess the silence speaks for itself.

�� The last time you talked to me, I did all the talking, now I see, you were telling me, there was someone else, what I'd give to hear your voice, but I'm not given any choice, I guess the silence speaks for itself.

�� Well I've been high and i've been low, and I've walked through the fires of hell, are you coming back lord I don't know, I guess the silence speaks for itself,

I guess the silence speaks for itself.

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HOW TO MAKE A MAN LONESOME

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�� Three weeks in Phoenix, with one night to go, you're looking too good, and you're standing too close, That song on the jukebox, your dance with me smile, it's got me thinking of someone I haven't seen in a while,

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�� You sure know how to make a man lonesome, I see so much of my woman in you, You sure know how to make a man lonesome, but she knows how to keep her man true

�� Yes I know that it's early, why am I leaving so soon, well it's too warm in here, and it's me not the room, and the way that you're starring, well i've seen that look before, you're makin me want � her all that much more

�� You sure know how to make a man lonesome, I see so much of my woman in you, You sure know how to make a man lonesome, but she knows how to keep her man true.

You sure know how to make a man lonesome, I see so much of my woman in you, You sure know how to make a man lonesome, but she knows how to keep her man true

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THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID

�� I love you so much, in so many ways, I need you more and more, every day, I wanna spend my life with you, My love will never end, These are a few of things I should have said,

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�� Before you gave up on me, and walked out the door, before you found someone else, you thought loved you more, He probably told you everything That's running through my head, and now it's much to late to say, the things I should have said.

�� You told me just as plain as it could be, How you needed to hear some words of love from me.� I never thought it mattered much, now it sure looks like it did, Oh why didn't i say the things I should have said?

He probably told you everything that's running through my head, now it's much too late to say, the things I should have said.

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WHERE DO I FIT IN THE PICTURE

�� Well it looks like you finally made the front page, you always did look good in white, And I hope you like the ring of your new name, the one you'll be given tonight, But all of this is news to me, I wondered why you never called, I guess that's the way it's meant to be, if you're gonna ride, you gotta learn to fall...

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�� Where do I fit in the picture, or do I really fit at all, Or have i become a fixture on an old forgotten wall?

�� Well it looks like I finally made the front page, you know you always said I would, And things are well here in Room 28, God I hope you're doin good. There's a picture in my wallet that I look at sometimes, and it sends chills through my bonesGot long lost loves, or whatever you wanna call it, Whoa, but it left me all alone.

�� Where do I fit in the picture, or do I really fit at all, Or have i become a fixture on an old forgotten wall?

On an old forgotten wall.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LOVE STARTS

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�� Maybe it's the glance from across the room, or a hint, of just the right perfume, Suddenly two strangers become friends, I don't know how love starts, but I sure know how it ends.

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�� A few angry words, you just can't take back, cold bitter tears as the suit case it packed, Next thing you know, you're back to being strangers again, I don't know how love starts, but I sure know how it ends.

�� Maybe it's the way she says your name, and no one else's touch feels quite the sane, Suddenly you find you're falling in, UI dont' know how love starts, but II sure know how it ends.

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MY HEART WILL NEVER KNOW

�� I poor two cups of coffee, lay the paper on the table, so we dcan share the morning news, your voice answers our phone when we're not home, friends who call can leave a message here for you Every night I leave the light on, you're just working late, as far as I can see, everythign is still the same

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�� And my heart will never know, so I won't fall apart, I fool myself for another day, that you're not really gone, after all this time, it's still to hard to let you go, as long as I dont' say good-bye, � my heart will never know.

�� It's been a long and cold December, the snow outside keeps falling, I'll light a fire when you get home, It reminds me of the first night we made love like it would last forever, and nothing could go wrong, You're a part of me, a part of everything I do, I keep holding on, hiding from the truth...

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WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR NOTHING

�� You bought my love with a line of sweet nothings, promises, and lies, had all I want of your kind of lovin' it's time to say good-bye, after all you've given me, don't look so surprised,

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�� What do you want for nothing baby, a solid gold guarantee, that you got everything you need, byt there's no love in it for me, You wanna deal on the way I feel, I'm not buyin that, What do you want for nothing baby, Your money back,

�� I hate to spoil the party baby, but I've got to be on my way, All i wanted was your love, buts it's more than you would pay, now you want a second chance To give me more of the same.

HEARTACHE HIGHWAY

�� The sun's reflecting of the city limit sign, gotta keep moving, before I change my mind,� Looking in the rear view mirror, Coming home didn't make things clearer, I didn't wanna hear her say good-bye,

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�� Heartache highway, why didn't I say what she wanted to hear, why must the most important words go unspoken, Heartache highway, now it's too late to ever change her mind, Oh it's a hell of a road when you're leaving heaven behind.

�� Memories of her dance in my headlights, I"m riding my pain into the night, Heading for the next horizon, watching the full moon risin, just gotta keep driving goin nowhere,

YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY

�� I never thought it would hurt me so bad, seeing you look so good, you're mivin on and you're not lookin back, just like I hoped I would, how do you stop loving someone, and turnwhat we had into nothing, I wish I could

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�� You make it look so easy, the way that you got over me, you act as if your leaving was natural as the air you breathe, you're so together, while I'm falling apart, You make it look so easy, and that's what makes it so hard,

�� I've seen you out at the places we went, dancing with someone new, you didn't take long to start lliving again, after out life was through, how do you let fo of the good times, with a wave of your hand and a good-bye, I wish I knew,

�� You make it look so easy and that's what makes it so hard.

MONEY AIN'T EVERYTHING

�� Well down in Louisiana, where the moss and cyprus grew, You'd find old Jack in a hotgun shack, in the back of the black bayou, Some folks called him crazy, but I knew better than that, He kept a hundred dollar bill tucked away in the brim of his dirty old cowboy hat,��

�� Jack told me a story when I was ten years old, he said there once was a fool tried to swim this swamp, with his back weighted down in gold, he siad you should've seen that alligator smile He had a meal fit for a kind, but he ended up on my table sond, Money ain't everything

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�� There's only one way into this world, and one way out it's true, you either eat the alligator, or he's gonna eat you,. There's people living in a high-rise, that'll never hear a robin sing, What good is first place when you're in a rat race, money ain't everything

�� Little Magie Mae was dying, her heart was about to go, when her daddy found a sack on the porch out back, with half a million dollars in gold, now they still talk about the stranger that saved her life that spring, no name on the note, but someone wrote, money ain't everything.

�� There's only one way into this world, and one way out it's true, you either eat the alligator, or he's gonna eat you,. There's people living in a high-rise, that'll never hear a robin sing, What goo d is first place when you're in a rat race, money ain't everything.

�� DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

The wind was blowing through your hair, the moon was shinning on your face, you looked like a picture sittin there, and time stood still there in that place, the water was singing, and our hearts were beating fast, Two high-school lovers, thinking it would always last,

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�� Down by the riverside, on a warm summer night, we gave into passion, for the very first time, we fumbled with love, till we got it right, and we found heaven down by the riverside,

�� Now you're nothing but a ghost, that still haunts my memory, and you're always waiting there, when I go walking through my dreams, there's no happy endings, but I know our love will last, cause when I close my eyes, you always take me back

�� Down by the riverside, on a warm summer night, we gave into passion, for the very first time, we fumbled with love, till we got it right, and we found heaven down by the riverside.

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I WONT HAVE THE HEART

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�� The frost is on the ground in this tiny Texas town, you're packing up the U-Haul in the yard, I gave you everything, all I'm taking is the blame, now you're wondering if I'm gonna fall apart, Well darling, I don' t have the heart,

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�� I won't have the heart to love again, just ask anyone who knows, no i won't have the heart to love again, You'll be taking it with you when you go.

�� The morning air is cold sending shivers to my soul, but it's warmer than the looks I get from you, If you're gonna leave, tell me where does that leave me, Don't tell me I'll find somebody new, cause darling, I won't have the heart to

�� I won't have the heart to love again, just ask anyone who knows, no i won't have the heart to love again, You'll be taking it with you when you go.

WHERE WERE YOU?

�� I used to wake up nights, callin out your name, and cry myself back to sleep, knowing I'd only dream, I'd stay inside for days, trapped within my mind, wondering where you had gone, convinced I could not go on, Now just when i started feelin, those hands of time start to healing, You're here at my door, saying you're new dreams, have led you back to me,

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�� Where were you, when I was goin crazy, where were you, do you know what you're leavin put me through, You were feeling lost the last thing I knew, where were you?

�� I can't pretend I'm strong, or act like I don't care, but I won't betray my heart, Now that we've come this far, I let you go cause I had to, I'll close this door cause I need to, this tunnel has a light, it's not that far away, it's brighter every day,

�� Where were you, when I was goin crazy, where were you, do you know what you're leavin put me through, You were feeling lost the last thing I knew, where were you?

LOVING YOU COMES NATURALLY TO ME

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�� When the moon pulls the tide, the oceans don't ask why, it just followed, No one has to tell the trees, it's time to grow new leaves down in the hollow, and I've heard it's said, it's all part of the good lords master plan, and now I understand why

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�� Everytime you walk in the room, I find myself, reaching for you, I don't even have to try, cause just like the way this heart of mine beats, Loving you comes naturally to me,

�� Like singing it to birds, I"m never at a loss for words when I am near you, and Everytime I hold you tight, I get a feeling deep inside like I was born to, Girl there ain't no doubt, it's the easiest thing I've ever done and I know you're the one cause

�� Everytime you walk in the room, I find myself, reaching for you, I don't even have to try, cause just like the way this heart of mine beats, Loving you comes naturally to me.

BURY THE SHOVEL

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�� Got a long list, of things to do, it begins and ends, with me getting over you, I can't quit until I'm through, I get up with the sun, and I go down with the moon

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�� Pain and tears, can't be all there is, Is it any wonder I'm feeling six feet under, Baby you're nothing but too much trouble, Gotta bury this love and bury the shovel.

�� Gonna dig me a hole, and make it deep, gona lay down of what's left of us, and then put this thing to sleep. let my soul rest in piece, gotta nail down lid, On these stone cold memories, cause

�� Pain and tears, can't be all there is, Is it any wonder I'm feeling six feet under, Baby you're nothing but too much trouble, Gotta bury this love and bury the shovel.

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A COWBOYS TOUGHEST RIDE

�� See that cowboy at the bar, the one at the end with all the scars, he got stomped by the meanest bronc in Santa Fe, if he looks a little down and out, it's not that bronc he's thinking about, it's the girl who broke his heart along the way,

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�� When a cowboy falls, he falls hard, Sometimes he falls way to far, and you can bet that when he hits the ground, he'll get back up and play the part, Even with a broken heart, He'll hold the reigns and hide the pain inside, love's always a cowboys toughest ride.

�� Girl, just listen to me now, I hsould know what I'm talking about, Everything I've learned, I've learned from you, � I have rode broncs from hell, and it hurt me every time I fell, but not half as much as the pain as you put me through.

LOVE ME LIKE YOU LOVE ME

�� Back when we let the good times roll, you held on to my heart and soul, it wasn't really bery long ago, Let's go back again. Reach out and turn the TV off slow down, and let ther world get lost, slip into something nice and soft, and lie here in my arms.

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�� Love me like you love me, Do it like you mean it one more time tonight,� hold me close and love me like you love me.

�� Take all your dreams and scattered hopes, and every angry word we ever spoke, trade it for a couple cherry cokes, and stay here for a while, there are no questions that we need to ask, every precious kiss could be our last, there is no future and there is no past, all we've got is now,

�� Love me like you love me, Do me like you mean it one last time, all night, hold me close and love me, like you love me.

�� Don't you know that I'll always love you, so show me that you feel it too.

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