lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MY MARIA

[ # 1 country hit ] (Daniel Moore - B.W. Stevenson)
« © '73 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
My Maria don't you know I've come a long long way
I been longin' to see her when she's around she takes my blues away
Sweet Maria the sunlight surely hurts my eyes
I'm a lonely dreamer on a highway in the skies
Maria Maria I love you

My Maria there were some blue and sorrow times
Just my thoughts about you bring back my peace of mind
Gypsy lady you're a miracle work for me
You set my soul free like a ship sailing on the sea
She is the sunlight when the skies are grey
She treats me so right lady take me away
My Maria Maria I love you my Maria Maria I love you
[ guitar ] My Maria Maria I love you my Maria Maria I love you
My Maria Maria I love you
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2.

MAN THIS LONELY

[ # 1 country hit ] (Ronnie Dunn - Tommy Lee James)
« © '96 Showbilly Music, BMI »
A man this lonely a man this blue
A man whose world's been torn in two
Needs somebody with a heart that's true
A man this lonely needs a woman like you

Two arms this empty need someone to hold
A man this lonely needs somewhere to go
When the nights go on forever and the days do too
Oh a man this lonely needs a woman like you
I'd lost hope I was so far down here you come turning all that around
I'd come to think of love as a lie all that's on my mind now is you by my side
[ guitar ] A man this lonely a man this blue...
A man this lonely needs a woman like you
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3.

WHY WOULD I SAY GOODBYE

[ # 8 country hit ] (Chris Waters - Kix Brooks)
« © '95 Buffalo Prairie Songs, BMI »
I guess I lost my head last night kept on till I made you cry
Walked out with my stubborn pride wadn't nothin' you could do to stop me
I hit the road but didn't get far just drove around all night in my car
Now I'm not sure where to start to tell you that I'm sorry

I just want to hold you I don't want to hurt you
I don't want to leave I just want to be with you
And after living alone lost for so long finally found the love of my life
Oh why would I say goodbye
[ guitar ] I don't know what it is about the edge of a cliff makes me want to get so close to it
I guess this time I finally slipped what a foolish way to end it
Maybe that's why I'm back here now got both feet back on the ground
Hopin' you won't turn me down when I ask you for forgiveness

I just want to hold you I don't want to hurt you...
[ guitar ] I just want to hold you I don't want to hurt you...
I just want to hold you I don't want to hurt you...
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4.

MAMA DIDN'T GET DRESSED UP FOR NOTHING

[ # 13 country hit ] (Don Cook - Kix Brooks - Ronnie Dunn)
« © '96 ATV Songs, BMI »
She said hey cowboy get off of that couch
Yeah the party's on you and we're going out
I got my low cut dress and my knee high boots
I'm like money to burn and nothing to lose
You're the man of the house you better think of something
Cause mama don't get dressed up for nothing

She said I been cooped up in this house all week
It's time to pick it up and move it down to party street
She said saddle up hoss it's your lucky day
And I'm a she cat tiger comin' out of the cage
We can go high rolling or beer joint jumping mama don't get dressed up for nothing

She's hard to handle a little high strung I'll see her bet and I'll raise her one
I love it when she gets wound up I'm her Jack of Hearts she's my Lady Luck
[ piano - guitar ] We're gonna find a little place where we can rip and roar
We gonna cut a deep groove in that hardwood floor
Set up the shooters and break out the green
Throw a whole roll of quarters in the boogie machine
We gonna turn up the heat and keep the jukebox humping
Cause mama don't get dressed up for nothing
Go high rolling or beer joint jumping mama don't get dressed up for nothing
Babe you better think of something cause mama don't get dressed up for nothing
[ guitar ] **********

5.

I AM THAT MAN

(Terry McBride - Monty Powell)
« © '95 Constant Pressure Publishing, BMI »
You put your heart up on a shelf I know it's hard to be by yourself
You need someone that's true and strong baby someone just came along

I am that man you're trying to find
I am that man you had in mind
I'll give you all my love till you understand
I won't give up cause I know I am

Talk is cheap it ain't worth a dime so don't talk to me just give me some time
I'm gonna show you what love can be my job won't be done until you believe

I am that man you're trying to find....
That man you're trying to find...
No I won't give up cause I know I am that man
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6.

MORE THAN A MARGARITA

(Chris Waters - Kix Brooks)
« © '95 Buffalo Prairie Songs, BMI »
I started my day with Corona hopin' it'd help me get over
The night that you left but it didn't help
So I moved on to tequila and built a pyramid up to the ceiling
Ten glasses high but I can still hear you saying goodbye

It's gonna take more than a margarita
More than a shooter to blow your mem'ry away
I still need ya hey I'm hurtin' without you
Even when I'm feelin' no pain

Well tonight I'm the life of the party joking bout my broken heart
But it's easy to see the joke's on me
That waitress just asked how I want it with or without the salt on it
I shook my head either way ain't gonna make me forget

It's gonna take more than a margarita...
[ steel - guitar ] It's gonna take more than a margarita...
It's gonna take more than a margarita...
It's gonna take more than a margarita...
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7.

REDNECK RHYTHM AND BLUES

(Kim Williams - Lonnie Wilson - Ronnie Dunn)
« © '96 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP »
Well good God almighty this week's been two months long
Lord I love to hear that Friday five o'clock whistle moan
As the moon comes up and the sun goes down
Put the juice to my truck I head into town
Get it on and go to groovin' to the redneck rhythm and blues

Yeah life ain't all hard knocks
A quarter in the jukebox turn it on and set 'em up Joe
Songs about a workin' man blarin' from a bandstand is music to a country boy's soul
Call me the underdog of overtime I stay broke all the time
Gotta pay the eight to five dues
Well I'm hillbilly hardcore son I'm a sucker for the redneck rhythm and blues

There's nothing worse than the rattle and roll of empty cans
Bouncin' around in the bed of my truck boy I'm a thirsty man
Five hot long miles to the waterin' hole
I got the pedal to the metal singin' go cat go
Aw a cool one is a cure for the redneck rhythm and blues

Yeah life ain't all hard knocks...
[ guitar ] Yeah life ain't all hard knocks...

Yeah I'm hillbilly hardcore son
I'm a sucker for the redneck rhythm and blues
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8.

MY LOVE WILL FOLLOW YOU

(Buddy Miller - Julie Miller)
« © '96 Bughouse, ASCAP »
Take your suitcase and take your heart take a train to the dark
My love will follow you my love will follow you
You can try to lose yourself downtown you can burn all your bridges down
My love will follow you oh my love will follow you

My love will follow you down every highway of your soul
You can leave me far behind my love will be your shadow everywhere you go

So close the door turn in the key leave me here like a memory
My love will follow you oh my love will follow you
Even on the road that takes you down
Where the cords of human kindness come unwound
My love will follow you oh my love will follow you

My love will follow you down every highway...

If you should ever go so far that you can't get back
You may not remember but my heart will not lose track
[ fiddle ] My love will follow you down every highway...

Go ahead baby and take that train in my hear you still remain
My love will follow you oh my love will follow you
My love will follow you oh my love will follow you
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9.

ONE HEARTACHE AT A TIME

(Kix Brooks - Tony King)
« © '96 Buffalo Prairie Songs, BMI »
Just sittin' here minding my own broken heart
Still hurtin' like the night she went away
Here you come a double shot of trouble in your eyes
Now heaven knows there'll be hell to pay

I can't take but just one heartache at a time
I've gotta wait till I've had a chance to drink her off my mind
Well I'll save some tears and meet you here somewhere down the line
I can't take but just one heartache at a time
[ steel - guitar ] Yeah I'd be lying lying in your loving arms
And tempted as I am I can't pretend
Just my luck you picked tonight to set your sights on me
Darling can't you see the shape I'm in

I can't take but just one heartache at a time...
I can't take but just one heartache at a time...
Oh I can't take but just one heartache at a time
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10.

TEQUILA TOWN

(Ronnie Dunn - Kix Brooks)
« © '96 Buffalo Prairie Songs, BMI »
Left Laredo with the sun in my eyes broken heart and a bloodshot sky
Been running since she left me alone way up north in San Antone
Days get long but I don't get far spent last night in some low life bar
Found her mem'ry in some Mezcal haze lost my mind while the guitar played

I'm gonna carry this burden way out west find a way to lay this hurt to rest
Live it up till I live her down lost in tequila town

Left her standing in a tear-stained dress I cursed the day that I confessed
Wayward sins of a mortal man watched the ring come off her hand
Looking back on all I've lost price I've paid ain't worth the cost
I'll run this road until it ends and maybe find my way back to her again

I'm gonna carry this burden way out west find a way to lay this hurt to rest...
[ guitar ] Yeah I'm gonna carry this burden way out west find a way to lay this hurt to rest...
In tequila town
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11.

WHITE LINE CASANOVA

(Ronnie Dunn)
« © '96 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I'm dead headin' down from Tulsa goin' back to San Antone
My baby called me up this morning begging me to come back home
Haulin' high hopes and thin air losin' money by the mile
I'll get there a poor man she'll make it worth my while

I was a white line Casanova a love bandit of the road
I got the one I can't get over I miss her more with every load
I got these eighteen wheels singin' home sweet home
I been too long gone oh I'm comin' home to

I ain't left the fast lane since I hit the last toll gate
I know she's out there waitin' in that Lone Star state
She'll be standin' on the front porch reachin' out with open arms
This woman's out to get me shoot the dog and sell the farm

I was a white line Casanova a love bandit of the road...
[ steel - guitar ] I got a white knuckle grip on this wheel in my hand
I'm rolling down the highway just as fast as I can
I'm blowin' smoke from both stacks pickin' 'em up I'm puttin' 'em down
There won't be no time at all till I'll be rolling into town

I was a white line Casanova a love bandit of the road...

Yeah I got these eighteen wheels singin' home sweet home
I been too long gone oh I'm comin' home to
[ fiddle - steel - guitar ] **********