lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

CHROME

(Jeffrey Steele - Tony Smith)
« © '01 My Life's Work Music, BMI »
Chrome she can see herself in the shiny grill and the wire wheels
Of a red Chevelle with four on the floor and the top down
Chrome zippin' by on an Electra Glide with dual tail pipes
Doin' 105 in the broad daylight on a two-lane headin' outta town

Forget pink and purple paisleys little mellow yellow daisies
Ain't no pot of gold in her rainbow her favorite color is chrome

Chrome she got her leg up high on the bumper of my big black Mack truck
With a smoke stack pointed towards the sky and mud flaps you know the kind
Chrome I said hey little girl you sure look nice do you wanna ride I won't bite
She climbs inside and says hell no I want to drive

Forget pink and purple paisleys...

It's chrome alright shiny nice polished chrome chrome

Forget pink and purple paisleys forget pink and purple paisleys
Little mellow yellow daisies
Ain't no pot of gold in her rainbow her favorite color is chrome
Her favorite color is chrome that girl is all about chrome
She sure loves chrome
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2.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND

(Chris Farren - Wayne Hector - Steve Mac)
« © '01 Irving Music, BMI »
Once in a lifetime you'll open up your heart
Maybe once in your lifetime you'll swear to never be apart
You think your love's on solid ground
Then out of the blue it all comes tumbling down

Who's gonna hold me tonight when I'm feeling lonely
Who's gonna show me the light cause I need to know
With all the things we've got how can love just stop
Tell me somebody help me understand

And my picture in your locket what will you do with it now
All our friends and all our mem'ries tell me how we sort them out
What's yours is yours wat's mine is mine
Is that all that's left after all this time

Who's gonna hold me tonight...

Why I'm not part of your plan and you don't need me anymore
Why I still wanna be where you are even though I know in my heart
That you don't love me anymore

Who's gonna hold me tonight...
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3.

ONCE UPON A FOOL AGO

(Ned McElroy - Sonny Tillis)
« © '00 Living Wright Music, BMI »
It's the hour of ghosts I'm the soul survivor
You keep pushing me to pull another all-nighter
Wotching on these walls mem'ry silhouettes
All the tender times all the old regrets

And I wish I could take back our last goodbye
Knowing what I know now bout foolish pride
I'd hold you in my loving arms and say I love you so
And I wouldn't start this story once upon a fool ago

It's the same routine ever since you've gone
You creep into my dreams won't leave me alone
So I haunt these halls and I rattle my chains
And I moan about what I can't change

And I wish I could take back our last goodbye...

It's the hour of ghosts I'm the soul survivor
You keep pushing me to pull another all-nighter

And I wish I could take back our last goodbye...
No I wouldn't start this story once upon a fool ago
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4.

I'M TRYIN'

(Jeffrey Steele - Tony Smith - Chris Allen Wallin)
« © '01 Gottahaveable Music, BMI / Almo Music, ASCAP »
This gettin' up early pullin' double shifts
Gonna make an old man outta me long before I ever get rich
But I'm tryin'
It's been two years since we finalized
And I still ain't used to puttin' ex in front of wife
But I'm tryin'
Send more money right away is pretty much all she has to say
When she calls these days and don't you be late

But all I can do is all I can do and I keep on tryin'
And all I can be is all I can be and I keep on tryin'
But there's always a mountain in front of me
Seems I'm always climbin' and fallin' and climbin'
But I keep on tryin'

I remember daddy sayin' keep your eye on the ball
Run like hell always play to win get up when you fall
I'm tryin'
Don't say nothin' that you can't take back
Never do anything you might regret no don't do that
Daddy I'm tryin'
Know the difference between right and wrong
Go easy on the bottle be hard on yourself and I know he meant well

But all I can do is all I can do...
Keep on tryin'

But all I can do is all I can do...

This gettin' up early pullin' double shifts
Gonna make an old man outta me long before I ever get rich
But I'm tryin'
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5.

THANKFUL MAN

(Stephen Allen Davis)
« © '01 You Scream Music, BMI »
My daddy was blue collar he worked for the man all of his life
He showed up when he didn't want to be there
A man of his word believed in doing things right
I remember when I was a kid he'd say time and time again
It's a good life it's a real good life and I'm a thankful man

I'm a thankful man for every turn on every highway I've been down
Every mile I've lost every crossroad stop every storm that turned me around
Oh it's better than I could have planned it's made me who I am
It's a good life it's a real good life and I'm a thankful man

My mama was a dreamer but she was the rock that we all leaned on
She taught me about the lessons in life
The difference between what's right and wrong
And every word was a gift from her that helped me understand
It's a good life it's a real good life and I'm a thankful man

I'm a thankful man for every turn...
[ guitar ] It's better than I could have planned it's made me who I am
It's a good life it's a real good life and I'm a thankful man
It's a good life it's a real good life and I'm a thankful man
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6.

I'M PAYIN' FOR IT NOW

(Trey Bruce - Trace Adkins)
« © '01 Big Red Tractor Music, ASCAP »
Well I never really did anything wrong but I guess I didn't do much right
It caught me off guard when I got home and you weren't here tonight
Your note says I'm gonna be sorry and that one of these days I'm gonna pay

Well you don't know what you're talking about
You think you've got it all figured out
Well I hate to be the one to break it to you
But when you said someday that I would pay for lettin' you down
You were wrong cause I'm payin' for it now
[ fiddle ] Well I didn't really think I could hurt anymore till you called me on the phone
You said you didn't want to talk just had to be sure that I didn't miss your note
Well I think it's around here somewhere and oh baby by the way

You don't know what you're talking about...

Girl when you said someday that I would pay for lettin' you down
You were wrong cause I'm payin' for it now
Oh I'm payin' for it now trust me I'm payin' for it now
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7.

AND THERE WAS YOU

(Tom Shapiro - Mark Nesler)
« © '01 Blackwood Music, BMI »
No more than just a broken heart ago
I made a promise to myself I'd never trust someone again
Judging from my rough and rocky past
I wrote love off as just a game a fool will play and never win
And I felt certain I was right till I turned a corner in the night

And there was you like an angel you just suddenly appeared
Sent to me with a love so true
That it could make up for the lies and wasted years now I see
There were other loves I knew and there was you
[ guitar ] I've heard the words I love you said in vain so many times
I quit believing that someone could really care
And after one too many dead end roads
I found myself stumbling through the dark and down to my last prayer
I didn't know what else to try till I raised my head and opened up my eyes

And there was you like an angel...
There was you baby
[ guitar ] With a love so true tThat it could make up for the lies and wasted years
Now I see there were other loves I knew and there was you
Oh there were other loves and there was you
There was you
And there was you oh baby there was you
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8.

COME HOME

(Bob DiPiero - Mark D. Sanders - Ed Hill)
« © '00 Careers Music, BMI / ATV Tunes, ASCAP
Maybe you were right maybe I was wrong
Maybe I said goodbye a little too strong
But you've been away way too long come home
A little too harsh a little too loud
Out there on the edge of a little too proud
But baby you oughta see me now come home

Come home come home
Tell me all is forgiven let's get back to livin' come home

I know there ain't no way to take it all back
Make it all better after the fact
But I'd sure give my soul for something like that you just come home

Come home come home
Tell me all is forgiven let's get back to livin' come home
Come home baby
[ guitar ] Come home come home
Tell me all is forgiven let's get back to livin' come home
I'm gonna wait but it ain't too long come home come home
Come home come home
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9.

SCREAM

(Marc Beeson - Jim Collins)
« © '01 April Music, ASCAP / Make Shift Music, BMI »
I wake up late at night making sure you're still by my side
I try hard not to make a sound can't help my heart it just beats so loud
So full of love I could bust the way I feel about you girl I wanna just

Scream at the top of my lungs tell the whole world how much I love you
Shout it from the highest mountain let 'em know I found the girl of my dreams
It's pure electricity girl you got into me like nobody else could
It feels so good I could scream yeah

How can I sleep with you right there I wanna bury my face in your long blonde hair
Moonlight falls across your skin I fight the urge building up again
But it's too late I feel the rush running through my body girl I wanna just

Scream at the top of my lungs...
[ guitar ] Scream at the top of my lungs...

Can't help myself I gotta here it comes I'm gonna scream
I'm sorry I just couldn't help myself
Scream it make me wanna scream baby
Here it comes baby I'm gonna scream yeah
You scream too if you feel the need to baby
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10.

I'M GOIN' BACK

(Craig Wiseman - Bobby Terry - Cathy Lee Gravitt)
« © '01 BMG Songs, ASCAP / Irving Music, BMI »
I never knew what smog was till I moved to LA
They say it's the City of Angels but they ain't no saints
If I spend one more day on this freeway I might snap
Cause I can't take a breath and I can't see the crest
Of those mountains that lie in my path

I've got to get back to the farm where the cars aren't alarmed
And the people are happy to see you
Where the world's biggest stars hang above my backyard
And there's room to stretch out and relax
My truck is gassed up and I'm packed I'm goin' back

Hey lady what color is that you've got in your hair
Sorry dude but that dress and high heels threw me for a second there
The fact that that don't even phase me is freakin' me out
Am I gettin' used to these lunatics who can't discern between fiction and fact

I've got to get back to the farm...
Goin' on back

Windmills and dirt roads and bean fields my kinfolk
It don't get much better than that

I've got to get back to the farm...

Goin' on back yeah I'm goin' back can't wait to get back
Give me some more of that hee-haw
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11.

GIVE ME YOU

(Casey Michael Beathard - Kevin Charles Horne)
« © '01 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Give me a front porch with a summer breeze
Give me yes ma'am no sir and thank you please
Give me a hero who don't lie steal or cheat and a little good news
Give me Christmas through children's eyes
One vacation good as advertised
Most of all as if it's any surprise baby give me you

At the top of my list of life's good things
Is the pleasure and purpose your love brings
And of all that I hold near to me that's real and right and true
Give me you give me you

Give me a day not so prearranged
In fact give me the phone my plans have changed
Give me a break from chasin' dollars today baby give me you

At the top of my list...
[ guitar ] At the top of my list...
Baby give me you give me give me you
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