1.  Baby's mad as hell, foot on the gas
He makes her wait, he won't ever ask
"Baby girl, you know I'm not the marrying kind."
He don't care how she feels.  He rules a rig of eighteen wheels
When he comes home he says the only thing on his mind.

(CH) When I feel like I do, I wanna be next to you
When I feel like I do, I wanna be next to you

2.  He's got a way with bad excuses, makes her wonder what the truth is.
People ask, she'll only rationalize
Says to her Mama "he's good and he feeds us"; takes her worries to a neon Jesus
Bows her head, when it's said she cries. (chorus)

Baby's mad as hell, foot on the gas
He makes her wait, he won't ever ask
"Baby girl, you know I'm not the marrying kind."

(Chorus) Ain't no reason not to love me, ain't no reason not to care
Sun and moon they are above me,
ain't no burden you got to bear

(Verse) Got your call late last night;
I'd seen your things by the door
You said it's not that you don't love me;
You just can't stay here no more (chorus)
(Verse) Too many nights and too much drinkin', make your edges way too hard
I'm running around feeling guilty; there ain't no love in a life on guard (chorus)

(Verse) Even love has a wayside
Between a vow and a goodbye
It's all about believing
And losing your pride. (chorus)

1 There's a picture on a mantle, of a vow she said "I will"
An open window and a winter breeze
A wedding ring is on the sill.

2 A red sun rises in the morning, her dress is torn and frayed.
She's got another man to need her love
Like a needle needs a vein.

CH If we all belong to heaven, which of us is left to blame
Well you don't act true don't pay your dues,
Get your love from who knows who,
Who will lead the way.

3 The ring he wears is just a burden, a step he took after the war.
He stares her down to make her mind
Like his Daddy did before. (chorus)

4 Theirs is just a common story
There is nothing new to tell
Preach your sermon, tell your lies
You know their story all too well

5 Mine is not to judge the lonely, mine is not to show the wrong
I will not make anyone toe a line
Mine is just to sing the song (chorus)

1.  There will always be a certain something about you
Some part of me can't see life without you
There's people talkin' to me, but I don't hear what they say
There's people looking at me, I look the other way.

(Ch.) I forget myself, wish I was someone else
Someone who knows exactly what to do
I forget myself, wish I was someone else.
I forget myself when I remember you.

2. Red brick stranglehold, the city moves without me
Concrete cold, no sun above me
There ain't no dream for me now that would see the light of day
There ain't no need worth a vow, worth all of my faith (chorus)

(Bridge) Is it always gonna be the same?
You feel the heat, but you never feel the pain?

Hey there lovely lit up by a candle
Watching your smile melt with a head full of wine
Hey there lovely I know what I cannot handle
Weren't the days grand before you lost your mind.

Hey there lovely can't ya hear the train a'coming
With only one passenger who's riding from back east
Is there something you have knitted for him?
Hey there lovely he will be so pleased

Hey there lovely you're getting very sleepy
You may even start to dream before we get you home
Hey there lovely the roads tonight are misty
Have to find your pillow with a fine tooth comb

Hey there lovely the night birds are a'talkin
Floating on a river that runs through the stars
It's been some time but you are not forgotten
Isn't that lovely, they know who you are.

A lonely aging woman says her troubles come in threes
And every time she gets to two she prays the rosary
Days turn into months, punch a clock and pay the bills
One day she decided to forget to take her pills
For every ounce of worry, and all that she believes
She never felt the glory of the sound of the wind
Blowing through the leaves

CH For all that breathing in, don't you want to let it out somehow
For all that breathing in, don't you want to let it out somehow

He's up against her bumper, he can tell she knows he's there
She's got bad eyes but he wants to fly, he really don't care
He works rotating tires, sweaty shirt & greasy hands
He's hot & tired & he ain't wired to give a God damn
His radio's rocking, she slows to make the curve
People on the sidewalk say he never even swerved
He just flew through the air (chorus)

I work & fight & try & try to meet the plans I made
Make every destination just in time to wish I'd stayed
Where I can stop the motion, feel the earth & smell the wind
And things are never over when I want them to begin
Taste the sweetest honey, and the salt from every tear
Hanging on to stories that echo in my ears
so they won't fade (chorus)

Think you're some sweet talkin' angel
Convince all the stars to come down
You're full of talk but what do you know
Autumn gold always turns brown
You talk and you shine
But fancy has no mind
For the heat of the working day sun
moved up from the city, freely admitting
the new comfort you finally found
in our one red light town

See the city SUV's
Parked by the B and B's
Smile to see money around
top off your coffee ma'am
there's pumpkins at the farm stand
Left on Main...three miles down
Hayrides through hillsides
Marking the first time
new boots felt the bare honest ground
postcards and photos
any way to take home
The view, the smell and the sound
of this one red light town

(Bridge) Chimneys and steeples
True working people
At home summer, spring, winter, fall
Man in the mountain
Simple and proud and
He's still there, he sees it all

Orion's on the eastern horizon
Brown crackled leaves on the ground
A smile, and a handshake for the neighbors
We live here all the year round
This time of year
Is our own souvenir
A gift for the true local crowd
I guess you can stay
But don't expect change
Forever quiet and proud
Our one red light town

She's still wearing her high school ring.
He left town nine months in
She had a girl, and cried her tears
He's been gone for fifteen years.
He's gone, but she'll never let him go.

Each day comes like the one before
She's thinking 'bout him more and more
He took her out 'cause he was bored
Stole her love in a brand-new Ford.
He's gone, but she'll never let him go.

She breaks down and wonders where he is.
Remembers every word he said, and every kiss.

This is her life, there go those years,
Each new day the same old fears.
He's gone, but she'll never let him go.

He knows that she had his little girl.
He knows that they brought a life into this great big world.

But he don't know her face, don't know her name,
She's on his mind, just the same.
He's gone, but she'll never let him go.
He's gone, but she'll never let him go.

Is it right to blame a man
For riding horses on dirt roads
He's a simple man, living on shoe leather
Would you take him down just because you can

Makes his mark where he stands
A quiet heart and a steady hand
He's a working man, one eye to the weather
It's paradise for what it doesn't have

Shopping malls and highways
Crowded streets at the holidays
Rushing for things you have to hold
No more glory to the ride every place is occupied
As we try to find the open road

In bigger houses and high rises
We claim our lives are so complete
Living in the city, escaping to the beach
You might want it simple,
what a shame you have it all
Setting up your towers, just to watch them fall

[solo]

A whole neighborhood of Joneses
swears they'll never be outdone
pruning perfect roses, competing for the sun
tell yourself you need a mansion
put up strip malls one by one
we're just standing on dirt roads
of our own.

Riding horses on dirt roads
He's a simple man
Cotton canvas and leather
Would you take him down just because you can
Just because you can.

Tell me what you like darlin' what's on your mind
Tell you what I like if you look me in the eye
I like both, take my whiskey with pie

Show me what you like darlin' give me a sign
Show you what I like but you can't have none of mine
I like both, gimme whiskey & pie

Bring me biscuits
Serve up what you like
Eggs and grits and sweet potato's nice
Coffee or moonshine
You can take your sweet time
'cause I won't have a bite
Til after my whiskey & pie

Vinyl & neon, cheap Bordeaux
Got a bead on what I want and I think you know
I want both
Gimme whiskey & pie

Pour it up, drink it down
Shake that thing like there's no one around
I want both, show me the whiskey & pie