She's a walkin', talkin' Real live good lovin' woman She'll heal the hurt you left in me She's a livin', breathin' Heart-stoppin', man pleasin' woman
Linda's going down town tonight 'Cause she doesn't wanna be alone She's got everything in this world Except the love of a man at home She keeps on hopin
I held on to the hurt, wrestled it to the ground Fought it like Heaven and Hell and I lost every round There wasn't anybody I would trust So long since
Another day dawns I'll be leaving for work soon And you won't suspect a thing 'Til late this afternoon I won't be coming home But it don't matter what
Every afternoon at five o'clock I forget all about you There ain't nothin' 'bout this honky-tonk To remind me we're through And I can put off going back
Miss Laura fed the hungry in the church house basement After sheA?d retired from teaching school She'd pick my son up in her arms on Sundays To teach
When I was just a boy my granddaddy Took me to town one afternoon He drove an LTD, wore a big white Stetson And two tone cowboy boots He said, "Son here
The silence is deafening It's drowning out the truth And killing every good thing That we try to do It's so polite 'round here It's hiding every fear
Better build your house on a rock Or watch it crumble and fail Better build your love, hammer and nail I see it in the darkness as if it was broad daylight
A young man full of pride don't need much hope He thinks he's got it made even when he don't Thinks all he's got to do is order up a beer or two And make
Well, I heard it from confidential sources That you've been thinking 'bout losing my name And you've been dialin' some unlisted number At some Memphis
Dragon tales and the water is wide Pirate's sail and lost boys fly Fish bite moonbeams every night And I love you Godspeed, little man Sweet dreams little
You put together all the pieces of the puzzle So one more lie would be a waste of my breath It's too late now for me to start being truthful No amount
He left you behind The same way you left me Darling, I won't take pride Or bore you with some victory speech I didn't come around to try And pass judgment
The Mississippi moves a whole lot slower than you think I've been to Memphis and rode it clean down to New Orleans I'd bet a Ben Franklin, I've seen the
Lyin' next to you in the dark I can feel your beating heart You've been here beside me through the test of time We've both had our share of doubts Waited
This Pain --- Is Deeper Than The Ponchartrain Now That I'm Alone Again After Losing You I'm Going Down To Basin Street Where The Broken Dreamers Meet
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry Sunshine on the water looks so lovely Sunshine almost always makes me high