KENNY CHESNEY
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
(BNA 56609)
February 3/2004
Produced by Buddy Cannon
Dann Huff, J.T. Corenflos, John Jorgenson, Clayton Mitchell - el.guitar
Pat Buchanan - el.guitar/harmonica
B.James Lowry, John Willis - ac.guitar
Sonny Garrish, Dan Dugmore, Scotty Sanders - steel
Tim Hensley - banjo
Larry Paxton - bass
Eddie Bayers, Paul Leim, Chad Cromwell, Mat Britain, Tom Roady, Sean Paddock - drums/percussion
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Steve Nathan, John Hobbs, Gary Prim, Randy McCormick - piano/keyboards
Vocals:
Wyatt Beard, Melonie Cannon Vocals, Wes Hightowe, Neil Thrasher, Uncle Kracker
1.
THERE GOES MY LIFE
(Neil Thrasher - Wendell Mobley)
« © '04 Major Bob Music, ASCAP / Sweet Summer Music, ASCAP / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
All he could think about was I'm too young for this
Got my whole life ahead hell I'm just a kid myself
How'm I gonna raise one
All he could see were his dreams going up in smoke
So much for ditchin' this town and hanging out on the coast
Oh well those plans are long gone
And he said there goes my life there goes my future my everything
Might as well kiss it all goodbye there goes my life
A couple years of up all night and a few thousand diapers later
That mistake he thought he made covers up the refrigerator
Oh yeah he loves that little girl
Momma's waitin' to tuck her in as she fumbles up those stairs
She smiles back at him dragging that teddy bear
Sleep tight blue eyes and bouncin' curls
He smiles there goes my life there goes my future my everything
I love you daddy good night there goes my life
She had that Honda loaded down
With Abercrombie clothes and fifteen pairs of shoes and his American Express
He checked the oil and slammed the hood said you're good to go
She hugged them both and headed off to the West Coast
And he cried there goes my life there goes my future my everything
I love you baby goodbye
There goes my life there goes my life
Baby goodbye baby goodbye there goes my life
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2.
I GO BACK
(Kenny Chesney)
« © '04 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Island Soul Music, ASCAP »
Jack and Diane painted a picture of my life and my dreams
Suddenly this crazy world made more sense to me
Well I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along
Cause everytime I hear that song
And I go back to a two toned short bed Chevy drivin' my first love out to the levy
Livin' life with no sense of time
And I go back to the feel of a fifty yard line a blanket a girl some raspberry wine
Wishin' time would stop right in its tracks
Everytime I hear that song I go back I go back
I used to rock all night to Keep On Rockin' Me Baby
Frat partie, college bars just tryin' to impress the ladies
I heard it today and I couldn't help but sing along
Cause everytime I hear that song
I go back to the smell of an old gym floor the taste of salt on the Carolina shore
After graduation and drinkin goodbye to friends
And I go back to watchin' summer fade to fall growin' up too fast and I do recall
Wishin' time would stop right in its tracks
Everytime I hear that song I go back I go back
We all have a song that somehow stamped our lives
Takes us to another place and time
So I go back to a pew preacher and a choir singin' bout God brimstone and fire
And the smell of Sunday chicken after church
And I go back to the loss of a real good friend the sixteen summers I shared with him
Now Only The Good Die Young stops me in my tracks
Everytime I hear that song I go back I go back
To the feel of a fifty yard line a blanket a girl some raspberry wine I go back
To watchin' summer fade to fall growin' up too fast and I do recall I go back
To the loss of a real good friend the sixteen summers I shared with him I go back
I go back
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3.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
(Haydon James)
« © '04 Tamad Publishing, ASCAP »
[ with Uncle Kracker ]
Sun tanned toes ticklinG the sand Cold drink chillin' in my right hand
WatchinG you sleep in the evening light restin' up for a long long night
Cause when the sun goes down we'll be grooving
When the sun goes down we'll be feeling alright
When the sun sinks down over the water
Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down yeah
[ guitar ]
All day long just taking it easy
Laying in the hammock where it's nice and breezy
Sleeping off the night before
Cause when the sun goes down we'll be back for more
When the sun goes down...
[ keyboards - guitar ]
This old guitar and my dark sunglasses this sweet concoction is smooth as molasses
Nothing to do but breathe all day until the big moon rises and it's time to play
When the sun goes down...
When the sun goes down...
[ guitar ]
When the sun goes down...
When the sun goes down...
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4.
WOMAN WITH YOU
(Craig Wiseman - David Frasier)
« © '04 BMG Songs, ASCAP / Mrs Lumpkin's Poodle, ASCAP »
She hit the door 6:55 sack full of groceries split down the side
Can goods scattered all the way to the curb look on her face saying don't say a word
So it's me and her and a can of beans sittin' there on the front porch swing
Western sky all turning red head on my shoulder she sighed and said
Been gopherin' chaufferin' company chairmen coffee maker copy repairman
Anymore there ain't nothing I swear man that I don't do
Been juggling struggling closing big deals dancing backwards in high heels
Just when it feels like I can't make it through
She said it sure is nice to just be the woman with you
She said the girl I was with the business degree probally wouldn't recognize me
I was goin' around the bank I was goin' to run the map
Now all I want to run is a bubble bath
Back then you know I had this plan before all of this reality set in
Here comes life boy ready or not hey I wanted it all and thats what I got
Cause I'm gophering...
[ guitar ]
She said I'm gophering...
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5.
SOME PEOPLE CHANGE
(Neil Thrasher - Michael Dulaney - Sellers)
« © '04 Famous Music, ASCAP / Lights Of Denver, ASCAP /
Major Bob Music, ASCAP / Music Of Windswept, ASCAP »
His old man was a rebel yeller that boy to the bone and say
Can't trust a color feller he judge em by the tone of their skin
He was raised to think like his dad narrow mind full of hate
On the road to no where fast till the grace of god got in the way
Then he saw the light and hit he's knees and cried and said a prayer
Rose up a brand new man n left the old one right there
Here's to the strong thanks to the brave don't give up hope some people change
Against all odds against the gray love finds a way some people change
She was born with her mothers habit guess you can say its in her blood
She hates it that she's gotta have it she fills a glass up
She love to kill that bottle but all she could think about
Is a better life a second chance
For everyone she's letting down she throws that bottle down
Here's to the strong...
Thank god for those who make it let them be the light
[ guitar ]
(Some people change )
Here's to the strong...
Some people change
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6.
ANYTHING BUT MINE
(Scooter Carusoe)
« © '04 BMG Songs, ASCAP »
Walking alone beneath the lights of that miracle mile
He and Mary making her way into the night
You can here the cries from the carnival rides the pinball bills ski ball slides
Watching the summer sun fall out of sight
There's a warm wind coming in from off of the ocean
Make its way past the hotel wall to fill the streets
Mary is holdin' both of her shoes in her hands
Said she likes to feel the sand beneath her feet
And in the morning I'm leaving making my way back to Cleveland
So tonight I hope I would do just fine
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine
There's a local band playing at the sea side pavilion
And I got just enough cash to get us in
And as we are dancing Mary's wrappin' her arms around me
And I cant feel the sting on summer on my skin
In the mist of the music I tell her I love her
We both laugh cause we know it isn't true
But Mary there is a summer drawin' to tonight
There's so much I'm longing to do to you
And in the morning I'm leaving...
[ guitar ]
And in the morning I'm leaving...
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7.
KEG IN THE CLOSET
(Kenny Chesney - James Cornelius)
« © '04 Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / Island Soul Music, ASCAP /
Milene Music, ASCAP / Teracel Music, ASCAP »
We had a dog named Bocephus livin' in the front yard
He liked sleepin' out on the top of the car
He'd drink beer out of the mason jar and he climb up on everyone bed
A white frame house a college town a bunch of people always hanging around
No real problems we need to drown but we tried our best anyway
We went to class just to pass the time back in eighty nine
We had a Keg in the closet pizza on the floor left over from the night before
Where we were going we didn't really care we had all we ever wanted
In that keg in the closet
This old guitar taught me how to score right there on the Lambda Chi porch
Mary Ann taught me a little more one what you cant have
Sweatshirts and flag football spring breaks down in panama
For a while we had it all we never dreamed it wouldn't last
We went to class just to pass the time back in eighty nine
We had a Keg in the closet...
We all kind of went our separate ways but I swear it seems like yesterday
[ guitar ]
We had a Keg in the closet...
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8.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT LEAVING
(Paul Overstreet - Tim Johnson - Rory Lee)
« © '04 Scarlet Moon Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI /
Black In The Saddle Songs, ASCAP / Giantslayer Music, ASCAP »
You know some times me and my lady have these crazy fights
And when we do it makes me wonder are we're ever gonna get it right
When I think about leaving I think about me
What my life would be like if I were back to being free
Go where I wanna go do what I wanna do wouldn't have a soul I had to answer to
When I think about leaving I think about me
You know I got a friend him and his wife just couldn't see eye to eye
He had all he could stand one day and just packed up and said goodbye
When I think about leaving I think about him
That little apartment cross town he's livin' in
Got an old Corvette got a new girlfriend but only sees his kids every other weekend
When I think about leaving oh I think about him
I never will forget her face or the day she told me about her dad
How he walked out on her and her mom when she was just a kid
When I think about leaving oh I think about her
Only five years old and her heart filled up with hurt
With her little arms wrapped around his neck saying daddy where you going
Are you coming back
When I think about leaving I think about her
You know the truth is most of the time things were really great
And I know we got something special
When I think about leaving I think about us
How we build this love we share on faith and trust
Honest way we talk tender way we touch all those nights we spent making love
When I think about leaving oh I think about us
When I think about leaving I think again
Even though that thought crosses my mind every now and then
In my heart I know I would never leave nowhere else on earth I would rather be
When I think about leaving I think again
When I think about leaving when I think about leaving
When I think about leaving I think again
[ guitar ]
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9.
BEING DRUNK'S A LOT LIKE LOVING YOU
(Skip Ewing - Kenny Chesney)
« © '04 Write On Music, BMI »
I drank till I stumbled I drank till I fell
When the drunk part was over it hurt me like hell
Now I know about drinking so I know one things true
Being drunk's a lot like loving you
Cause I loved till I stumbled I loved till I fell
When the when the lovin was over it hurt me like hell
I know what a taste of the wrong love can do
Being drunk's a lot like loving you
And I've woke up some mornings a sworn off the drink
At that I've done reasonably well I think
But I havent done well swearin' off you and me and that I've failed miserably
Well I've felt the hangover of lovin all night
I've sat at the bar all alone in a fight
I've bottled up feelings and poured 'em out to
Being drunk's a lot like loving you
And I've woke up some mornings...
[ ac.guitar ]
I drank till I stumbled...
Well I know what a taste of the wrong love can do
Sometimes I still get drunk loving you
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10.
OUTTA HERE
(Josh Leo)
« © '04 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
Lets leave town on a permanent vacation lock up the house pack up the station
Wagon make paradise our final destination as long as we're outta here
There ain't no time like the present day sail let's cruise all the way down A-1-A
Put the top down and catch a few rays baby we'll be outta here
Anywhere you want to go as long as it's sunny weather
Let the time fly by I don't mind as long as we're together
South of the border there's a place I know where James Taylor sang about Mexico
And the suns so hot we'll foget to go home baby we'll be outta here
[ guitar ]
Anywhere you want to go as long as it's sunny weather
Let the time fly by I don't mind as long as we're together
Baby drive through the county down to the lake
See if the catfish are jumpin set out bait
And if we come up dry we'll just sleep in late atleast we'll be outta here
As long as we're outta here baby let's get outta here
[ guitar ]
Outta here
[ guitar ]
Come on baby let's get outta here cruise down A-1-A
Hang out in key west a little while
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11.
OLD BLUE CHAIR
(Kenny Chesney)
« © '04 Island Soul Music, ASCAP / Milene Music, ASCAP »
There's a blue rocking chair sittin' in the sand
Weathered by the storms and well old hands
He sways back and forth with the help of the winds
Seems to always be there like an old trusted friend
I've read a lot of books wrote a few songs
Looked at my life where it's goin where it's gone
I've seen the world through a bus windshield but nothing compares
To the way that I see it to the way that I see it
To the way that I see it when I sit in that old blue chair
From that chair I've caught a few fish and some rays
And I've watched boats sailin' and out of cinnamon bay
I let go of a lover that took a piece of my heart
I prayed many times for forgiveness and a brand new start
I've read a lot of books...
That chair was my bed one New Year's Night
When I passed out from too much malibu
And I woke up to a hundred mesquito bites I swear
Got 'em all sittin' right there in that old blue chair
There's a blue rocking chair sittin' in the sand
Weathered by the storms and well old hands
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12.
LIVE THOSE SONGS
(David Lowe - Cole Degges - Chris Bain)
« © '02 Laci Morgan Music, BMI / Tanasi Music Group, BMI »
[ live version ]
Saw him sittin' on a sidewalk in Fresno braided hair and a tye-dyed T-shirt on
Talkin' to himself about Vietnam bout the tour he did and the deal he got
He said this world ain't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else I'd tell you where I'd be
I'd be rolling on a river with Creedence stealing kisses from Peggy Sue
I'd be knee-deep in sand on a Panama beach in the spring of '72
And I'd be wastin' away on the dock of the bay watchin' the tide roll in
He said what I wouldn't give just to live those songs again
Saw him workin' the counter at Walgreens with a new haircut and a Bachelor's Degree
Talking to himself about his raw deal cussin' Uncle Sam and the GI bill
He said this world ain't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else I'd tell you where I'd be
I'd be rolling on a river with Credence...
[ guitar ]
He said this world ain't the same if you ask me
If I could be somewhere else I'd tell you where I'd be
I'd be rolling on a river with Creedence...
[ guitar ]
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13.
WHAT I NEED TO DO
(Bill Luther - Thomas W. Damphier)
« © '98 Careers Music, BMI »
[ live version ]
I keep telling myself this is the right thing to do
I was wastin' her time waitin' on dreams that just weren't coming true
And this ole highway seems to understand
Leadin' me off to somewhere where no one knows my name
I got the windows rolled down I got the radio up
I'm doing all that I can to get my mind off us
What I need to do is turn this car around
Drive as fast as I can till I see the lights of our hometown
And run to her take her in my arms
Make her see how sorry I am well that shouldn't be so hard
But I drive on and on and on
Eighty-seven more miles gets me into Baton Rouge
There's a buddy of mine says he might find some work that I can do
Or maybe head up north to Knoxville Tennesee
I know my baby sister has got a couch where I can sleep
Now the sun's going down on my broken heart
Lord I gotta get back before I go too far
What I need to do..
Knowing what I need to do girl I'm coming home to you
All the way home to you baby knowing what I do
Girl I'm coming home to you
[ guitar ]
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14.
PLEASE COME TO BOSTON
(Dave Loggins)
« © '74 Universal MCA Music, ASCAP / PolyGram Int, ASCAP »
[ live version ]
Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm staying here with some friends and they've got lots of rooms
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a cafe where I hope to be working soon
Please come to Boston she said no would you come home to me
And she said rambling boy why don't you settle down Boston ain't your kind of town
There's ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one family man from Tennessee
Please come to Denver to see the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far we can't be found
And throw I love you echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver she said no would you come home to me
She said rambling boy...
Now this drifter's world goes round and round
And I doubt if it's ever gonna stop
And of all the dreams I've lost ond found and all that I ain't got
He's someone to cling to somebody I can sing to
Please come to LA to live forever California life alone is just too hard to live
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky living upon the hill
Please come to LA she said no would you come home to me
She said rambling boy..
I'm the number one family man in Tennessee
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