Fine Line: There's a curve in the highway, just south of town. Where a man has pulled over to figure life out. With only his conscience and a lonesome sound of diesels whining upgrade. He's got a wife and two kids and they love him so. He's got a woman down in Charleston, she's starting to show. He's damned if he leaves and he's sure damned if he don't. And he's wondering how life got this way. 'Cause it's a fine line, half between right and wrong. He's been crossing over that border way too long. He should've seen it coming at him right from the start, now there ain't no escape from a broken heart. Now the call of the highway is a powerful thing like the pull of a lover, or a child in a swing. He gave his heart to two women, only one wears his ring. They're both gonna have his baby now. So how do you compress what words won't explain. He never intended to cause this much pain. Now he feels like a farmer who wen't praying for the rain and got more than he bargained from the clouds. 'Cause it's a fine line, half between right and wrong. He's been crossing over that border way too long. He should've seen it coming at him right from the start, now there ain't no escape from a broken heart. He'll turn his car around tonight, go home and try to face the truth. Everyone involved getting hurt and there ain't nothing he can do, no, no, no, no. He should've seen it coming at him right from the start now there ain't no, now there ain't no escape from a fine line, half between right and wrong. He's been crossing over that border way too long. He should've seen it coming at him right from the start, now there ain't no escape from a broken heart. Now there ain't no escaping from a broken heart. Yeah, we're all gonna wind up with a broken heart. Nobody's getting out without a broken heart.
I Go Blind: Every time I look at you, I go blind. (Every time I look at you, I go blind.) Every time I look at you, I go blind. (Every time I look at you, I go blind.) In the morning, I get up. And I try to feel alive but I can't. (Every time I look at you, I go blind.) I don't know what it is. Something in me just won't give me a chance. (Every time I look at you, I go blind.) I think it's that I feel more confused by the deal that love has shown me. (Every time I look at you, I go blind.) Little child did you know that there's a light. (And it's gonna shine right through your eyes.) What did you think that light was like. (Every time I look at you, I go blind.) I go blind... Well, somewhere over there, there's a purpose, there's a care for free. (Everytime I look at you, I go blind.) In me, there's nobody else. No one plan, no one stand to be free. I think it's sad because I have seen all the fuss and it's no big deal. No big deal. Hold me, hold me, cause I wanna get higher and higher. (Everytime I look at you, I go blind.) Higher than... Hold me, hold me, cause I wanna get higher and higher. (Everytime I look at you, I go blind.) Higher than... Hold me, hold me, cause I wanna get higher and higher. (Everytime I look at you, I go blind.) Higher than... Hold me, hold me, cause I wanna get higher and higher. (Everytime I look at you, I go blind.) Higher than life.
Almost Home: (This song goes out to Don Montana Gehman in the city of Columbia, South Carolina.) Walking on the water in a van. Trying to figure everything I can. But it's getting very late and these tapes don't sound no good and my body just don't feel the way I wish it would. I was driving when I heard you call my name. It was not like before, not quite the same. It's too late to do much good and I might as well confess that I have not got the nerve to borrow cigarettes. When I'm almost with you, music tries to play. When I'm almost home I almost hear you say. It'll be alright if we could run away. These silent things are all my life. No one ever tells me when or why. But my heart can't seem to tell me what would satisfy my mind, so I jump into that van just one more time. When I'm almost with you, music tries to play. When I'm almost home I almost hear you say. It'll be alright if we could run away. I was driving when I heard you call my name. It was not like before, not quite the same. Oh, but my heart can't seem to tell me what would satisfy my mind, so I jump into that van just one more time. When I'm almost with you, music tries to play. When I'm almost home I almost hear you say. It'll be alright if we could run away. Would we run away?
Hey, Hey, What Can I Do: Wanna tell you 'bout this girl I love. Oh, my, she looks so fine. She's the only one that I've been dreaming of, maybe some day she'll be all mine. I wanna tell her that I love her so and thrill her with my every touch. I need to tell her she's the only one I really love. I got a woman wanna ball all day. I got a woman and she won't be true. Sunday morning when we go down to church and all the menfolk be standing in line. I said they come to pray to the lord when my little girl just looks to fine. In the evening when the sun is sinking low and everybody's with the one they love. I walk the town, keep-a-searching all around. Looking for my street corner girl. I got a woman wanna ball all day. I got a woman and she won't be true. I got a woman, stay drunk all the time. I said a got a little a woman and she won't be true. In the bars, with the men who play guitars, singing, drinking, laughing, remembering the time. My little lover does the midnight shift, moves around all the time. I guess there's just one thing left for me to do as I pack my bags and move on my way. 'Cause I got a worried mind, sharing what I thought was mine. Gonna leave her where the guitars play. I got a woman wanna ball all day. Whoaa, I got a little woman and she won't be true. Hey, hey, what can I do? I gotta woman wanna ball all day. Hey, hey, what can I say? I gotta woman and she won't be true, no, no. Hey, hey, what can I do? I gotta woman, stay drunk all the time. Hey, hey, what can I say?
Renaissance Eyes: Are you alone, Renaissance eyes. I once had my family stolen from me, Renaissance eyes. Is that your car, Renaissance eyes, yeah. Have you ever taken dancing lessons, Renaissance eyes. Dress you with a fashion. Undress you with a passion. Though the vision haunts you, I'm the one that wants you to love me with those eyes. Eyes...Love me with those eyes. Oooo, is that your car, Renaissance eyes. I once had a car, but it was stolen, Renaissance eyes. Tell me your name, Renaissance eyes. Do you ever think about the future, Renaissance eyes. CHORUS Oooo spend my days with a carpet back collecting. All my nights, all my nights with a silver screen. Nothing wrong with the way that I respect her. She's more than a, more than an ordinary queen. CHORUS When the days are strong, and the nights are long. I thank God you want to love me with those eyes. Love me with those eyes..............Eyes.......... Love me with those eyes.
Before the Heartache Rolls In: There's a chill in your kiss and a thrill I've been missing too long. This love is deceiving, Babe, I believe that there's things going wrong. Cause your eyes reveal your heart and soul and your love for me is growing old. And I think maybe I better head outta here and roll...like the wind. I'm gonna roll...'til the highway ends. I'm gonna roll on outta here before the heartache rolls in. There's a lonesome sound that keeps rolling around inside me. Those wheels on the highway winding on by baby, I gotta leave. Cause if I don't get out while my mind's in control, I may never be able to ever let go and I think maybe I better get outta here and roll...like the wind. I'm gonna roll...'til the highway ends. I'm gonna roll on outta here before the heartache rolls in. If I don't get out while my mind's in control, I may never be able to ever let go and I know that I better get outta here and roll...like the wind. I'm gonna roll...'til the highway ends. I'm gonna roll on outta here before the heartache rolls in.
Araby: It's worth the admission when my love falls up to the glass. And it's gone through the window when my love falls up to the glass. Oh, many days I wonder what's behind the veil. And I feel my breath upon your mouth and I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. And I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. Is it true what they're saying and there's nothing that you want. And it's gone through the window and there's nothing that you want. Oh, many days I wonder what's behind the veil. And I feel my breath upon your mouth and I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. And I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. Is it gone through the window? Is there nothing that you want? But it all comes down to what you say and there's nothing that you want. Oh, many days I wonder what's behind the veil. And I know that love will kill my pride and I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. And I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. And I press my heart into your hand as my gift from Araby. And I press my heart into your hand now.
I'm Over You: The stars are shining brighter than the night that I remember. The stars are like a wind reflecting in all directions. I'm gonna phone her, but not today. I'm gonna write her, but not today. Today I'm gonna be driving down highway 441 with the windows down. A beer in one hand, the radio blasting. My own needs I won't recognize. Cause I'm over you. Hold on to the evening, hold on to the morn. All night long, the sunshine's hiding underneath and I'm gonna phone her, but not today. I'm gonna write her, but not today. Today I'm gonna be CHORUS I'm over you, I'm over you. Cause I'm over you. (I'm over you.) (repeat)
Gravity of the Situation (with Nanci Griffith): We blew past the army motorcade. And it's abnormal load haulage. The gravity of the situation came on us like a bit of new knowledge. The bubbliest of bubble baths broke down on the bank. The gravity of the situation is why our old thought bubbles sank. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Gravity...of the situation. A fat, hungry english crow is picking at a carcass. The gravity of the situation is hard to focus and harness. We met Bill Lowery at the Queen's Hall. The gravity of the situation became apparent to us all. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Humble and gracious, the gravity of the situation. Gravity...of the situation.
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You (unplugged): Well, I hope that I don't fall in love with you. Falling in love just makes me blue. Well the music plays and you display upon from me to sea. Had a beer and now I hear you calling down to me. And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. Well, the night does funny things inside a man. These old tomcat feelings you don't understand. Well, I turn around a look at you and light a cigarette. I wish I had the guts to bum one, but we've never met. And I hope that I don't fall in love with you. I can see that you are lonesome just like me. And it being late, you'd like some company. Well I turn around and look at you and you look back at me. The guy you're with he's up and split, the chair next to you's free. And I hope that you don't fall in love with me. Well, it's closing time. Music's fading out. Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout. Well, I turn around and look at you, you're nowhere to be found. Search the place for your lost face and I'll have another round. And I think that I just fell in love with you.
Dream Baby: Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. How long must I dream. Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams the whole day through. Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams nighttimes too. I love you when I'm thinking of you, but that won't do. Dream baby, make me stop my dreaming you can make my dreams come true. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. How long must I dream. Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams the whole day through. Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams nighttimes too. I love you when I'm thinking of you, but that won't do. Dream baby, make me stop my dreaming you can make my dreams come true. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. How long must I dream. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams, baby. Sweet dreams. Baby. Sweet dreams, baby...
Driver 8: The walls are built up stone by stone. The fields divided one by one. And the train conductor says "take a break Driver 8." Driver 8 take a break we've been on this shift too long. And the train conductor says take a break Driver 8. Driver 8 take a break we can't reach our destination. But it's still a ways away. I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm. The powerlines have floaters so the airplanes don't get trapped. Bells are ringing through the town again. Children look up all they hear is sky blue bells ringing. CHORUS. Way to seal the hated heat. Way to put myself to sleep. Way to seal the hated heat. Way to put myself, my children to sleep. He piloted this song in a plane like that one. She is selling faith on the go-tell crusade. Locomotive 8, southern crescent, hear the bells ring again. Fields of wheat is thick and thin. CHORUS.
Let Me Be Your Man: I've been waiting for you. I wish you could, too, and you'd do long way back now. First time you caught my eye, I knew I want to spend my life making you feel like you should. I'm not trying to make you do nothing you don't want to, but, I said I love you. I can't change that. My love depends on you. It grows, it flows, it goes by you. Won't you let me be your man? So, if you'd only tell me. (If you'd only tell me.) Tell me that you love me. (Tell me that you love me.) I'd be the luckiest man alive. I'll just keep on waiting, anticipating. 'Til the day you say you're mine. I'm not trying to make you do nothing you don't want to, but, I said I love you. I can't change that. (No, I can't.) My love depends on you. It goes, it flows, it goes by you. Won't you let me your man? Won't you let me be your man? Let me be your man. Won't you let me be your man?
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want: Good times for a change. See, the luck I've had can make a good man turn bad. So please, please, please, let me, let me, let me, let get what I want this time. Hadn't had a dream in a long time. See, the life I've had can make a good man bad. So, for once in my life, let me get what I want. Lord knows, it will be the first time. Lord knows, it will be the first time.
Use Me (live with Edwin McCain and Craig Shields): My friends feel it's their appointed duty. They keep trying to tell me all you really want to do is use me. Yeah, but my answer: girl do all that use me stuff. I, I, I said I'm gonna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used, you just keep on using me until you use me up. My brother (yeah, my brother) sat me right me down and he talked to me. (Yeah, he talked to me.) He kept trying to tell me (trying to tell me, tell me) that I ought not let you just walk on me (not gonna let you walk on me). And I'm sure he meant well, ahhhh. Girl, but when our talk was through, I, I, I said brother, if you only knew, you'd wish that you were in my shoes. You just keep on using me until you use me up. Until you use me up. Yeah sometimes, now, you know you really, really do abuse me. (You abuse me!) You get me in a crowd of high-class people, girl, and then you act real rude to me. (You act real rude to me!) Well I said, baby, baby, baby, baby, when you love me I can't get enough. (I can't get enough!) I, I, I said I'm gonna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used, you just keep on using me until you use me up. Yeah, my brother (whoa, my brother) sat me right me down and he talked to me. (And he talked to me.) He kept trying to tell me (trying to tell me, tell me) that I ought not let you just walk on me. (Not gonna let you just walk on me.) Well, I said baby, baby, baby, baby, when you love me I can't get enough. (I can't get enough!) I, I, I said I'm gonna spread the news that if it feels this good getting used, you just keep on using me until you use me up. Until you use me up.
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