She sat alone on a bus out of beaumont The courage of just 18 years A penny and quarter were taped to a letter And momma's goodbye in her ears She watched
He's all dressed up, buying flowers for the first time His pick-ups polished, hmm, shining like a new dime There ain't no doubt he's got a secret, ain
I don't recognize this feelin' I don't recognize this face Even the mirror is showin' me a different face What's that grin, where'd it come from I can
Boy oh boy, you looked at me and boy oh boy smiled that way Boy oh boy, this heart of mine stood still Thought my world was unaffected 'til the moment
Another Monday morning Gotta clear my head No more time for dreaming Traffic was a nightmare Boss is on my back If I hear one more cross word I think
Hey, Mrs. Smith is your daughter home? Is she off the phone? I've been trying to call her Mrs. Smith I can't explain, we were at the game And something
Billy was a rocker down in Baton Rouge Liked to sing country in his tennis shoes He grew up in the sixties on rock and roll But he got him a gig in a
My momma always told me ?Don't you hang around those Williamstown boys And don't be blind, girl they're not our kind? But she never met Willy McCoy The
Sometimes I swear I live with an angel Sent from above to watch over me He wears his love just like a halo If he's not an angel, what else could he be
You'll never know how close we came The word goodbye was almost spoken Just one more thoughtless word And I was ready to leave Then the thought of how
When you drove me to the airport And kissed me goodbye I had to smile through my tears At those tears in your eyes I was just leaving you for a week But
So you wonder what it might be like If we close our eyes and give in I admit I think about it too And this ache for you never ends It'd be easy to just
Baby sister set out for the bright lights of California Said she was gonna be a star No word from someone in six long months Can sure get on ya, it was
This is all brand new, I don't like this place The sun can't seem to chase these clouds away I miss the way it was, I can't believe it's changed Is there
The Wisteria vines were climbin' Every sunset was a watercolor Had the promise of a perfect summer Blue eyed boy with a red TransAm We spent hours on
You used to say that we were cut from the same cloth Ticking on the same clock, something fine You used to say no fire burned as hot as us Now you?re
Somewhere along the way, we talked to keep it all together We masked the pain we feel inside, to make everyone else feel better You wrap your arms around
Don't tell me if there's ever No more me and you Just let me keep on thinking The grass is green and the sky is blue And leave me the sweet illusions