TRACY LAWRENCE
LESSONS LEARNED
(Atlantic 83269)0
February 1/2000
Produced by Flip Anderson
Brent Rowan - el.guitar
Rick Huckaby, John Willis, James Lowry - ac.guitar
Sonny Garrish - steel
Gary Lunn - bass
Jack Gavin - drums/percussion
Rob Hajacos, Joe Spivey - fiddle
Tony Harrell - keyboards
Liana Manis - vocals
1.
HOLES THAT HE DUG
(Cleo Anderson - Kenny Beard - Tracy Lawrence)
« © '00 I Forty Music, BMI / Milene Music, ASCAP / SLL Music, ASCAP »
He said son won't you lend an ear to what I have to say
I've been down this road before and I think I know the way
He said I can't help but see that's quite the load you bear
You better lose that attitude if you wanna get somewhere
You look at me as if you see a worthless man
Well don't be fooled son by the dirt on these hands
He said never judge a man by the clothes that he wears
Don't take for granted that he chose the cross he bears
You can't put him down for who he is or what he does
Cause you don't dig the holes that he dug
[ guitar ]
He said son this road of life's been known to take it's toll
I've hit all the rough spots every ditch and every hole
There's just so many paths but wrong or right's a choice
Don't let what you think you know throw you off course
He said slow down son and take it all in stride
Take your time along with this advice
He said never judge a man...
He said never judge a man...
[ guitar ]
You can't put him down for who he is or what he does
Cause you don't dig the holes he dug
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2.
LONG WET KISS
(Cleo Anderson - Rick Huckaby - Tracy Lawrence)
« © '00 I Forty Music, BMI / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP / SLL Music, ASCAP »
If I was lost on the ocean stranded in the middle of the sea
I'd have to live on devotion hopin' that you'd rescue me
If I was nearin' the end and runnin' out of time
The only thing that would keep me alive
It's your long wet kiss in the mornin that I can't resist
Can't deny it when it feels like this there's nothin' more I would miss
Than your long wet kiss
[ guitar ]
Some men are driven by diamonds some they are drawn to gold
I could live life on desire with only your body to hold
If I was pushed to the edge and had to offer my life
Darling I would pay any price I wouldn't think twice
It's your long wet kiss...
[ guitar ]
It's your long wet kiss...
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3.
FROM THE INSIDE OUT
(Thomas Miller - Rick Huckaby)
« © '00 Music Of Stage Three, BMI »
She was always there takin' care of me
And I never took the time to look close enough to see
That taking her for granted was taking it's toll
I ran the race for me she went an extra mile for us
I kept hammerin' away at the solid rock of trust
If I was burnin' my last chance I never saw the smoke
Now she never let it show from the outside looking in nobody could've known
She didn't cry she didn't shout I was blind but I see now
She was breaking from the inside out
I was seldom there even when I was around
If I'd seen the signs back then maybe she would be here now
I never knew that she was leaving till the day she said goodbye
Now she never let it show...
[ steel ]
She didn't cry she didn't shout...
She was breaking from the inside out
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4.
LESSONS LEARNED
(Larry Boone - Paul Nelson - Tracy Lawrence)
« © '00 Asifits Music, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI /
Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP / SLL Music, ASDCAP »
I was ten years old the day I got caught
With some dime store candy that I never bought
I hung my head and I faced the wall as daddy showed me wrong from right
He said this hurts me more than it does you
Theres just some things son that you just don't do
Is anything I'm sayin' getting through daddy I can see the light
Oh lessons learned man they sure run deep
They don't go away and they don't come cheap
Oh there's no way around this world turns on lessons learned
[ steel - fiddle ]
Granddaddy was a man I loved he bought me my first ball and glove
Even taught me how to drive his truck circling that ol' town square
He spoke of life with a slow southern drawl I never heard him cause I knew it all
But I sure listened when I got the call that he was no longer there
Oh lessons learned...
[ guitar ]
Oh lessons learned...
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5.
MAN I WAS
(Paul Nelson - Mark Nesler - Tony Martin)
« © '00 Tree Publishing, BMI / Glitterfish Music, BMI / Music Of Stage Three, BMI »
Look at me in that photograph before we were ever us
Long before you found someone else and broke our sacred trust
I hardly recognize myself sure has been a while
Amazing how much my life has changed since I've worn that smile
What happened to that smile
There I am with my head held high my step was quick and my eyes were bright
Back when I believed in love and would lay my heart on the line
I don't know which hurts the worst losing you or having to see
The picture of the man I was before the fool you made of me
I've wasted time here missing you doubting who I am
I can't make you something you're not but I can be me again
Oh deep down I know I can
There I am with my head held high...
I want to be the man I was before the fool you made of me
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6.
LONELY
(Lee Bruce - Roxie Lea Dean)
« © '00 Big Red Tractor Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
There's a red brick in a white wall
Somebody's brush forgot to paint so it sits there all alone
Like a hopeful sinner who finally goes to church
She don't sit among the Christians cause she questions her own worth oh she's lonely
Lonely like the way you left me nothing I know's gonna get me through losing you
The worst of loves analogies are tangled up inside of me
But the only one that brings me to my knees is lonely
There's a man in his own prison with a crime nobody knows
He has sentenced himself to life with no pardon or parole oh he's lonely
Lonely like the way you left me...
[ guitar ]
Lonely like the way you left me...
Oh oh lonely
I'm a red brick in a white wall somebody's brush forgot to paint lonely
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7.
JUST YOU AND ME
(Cleo Anderson - Rick Huckaby)
« © '00 I Forty Music, BMI »
Baby take off your coat we ain't in no hurry
I see the fear in your eyes but girl don't you worry
I'll keep the candles lit all night so you'll know everything's all right
We've got everything we need and it's just you and me
I've got the covers turned down come lay here beside me
Oh baby let down your hair and your doubts about me
I'm gonna make you feel tonight like you've never felt in your life
We've got everything we need and it's just you and me
There ain't no one around and the only sound is your heart beating next to mine
Cast your fears in the fire give into your desire put your faith into me
Cause I've got everything we need and it's just you and me
[ guitar ]
There ain't no one around...
Oh baby let down your hair and your doubts about me
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8.
STEPS
(Monty Criswell - Rick Huckaby - Michael White)
« © '00 Music Of Stage Three, BMI / Caribbean Stud Music, ASCAP / Songs Of Mosaic, ASCAP »
Little baby boy sittin' round his toys gettin' tired of crawling
He's pullin' up on an easy chair he's gonna try a little walking
He's takin' steps
A six year old with a new school bag staring down his drive
Holdin' on to his mama's hand he's going on his first bus ride
He's takin' steps
A teenage boy in a rented tux reaching out a trembling hand
To a pretty young girl in a satin dress asking her to dance
Steps some big some small puttin' one foot after the other
Steps the trick to it all is diggin' down to find a little courage
And it's okay to be afraid aou gotta have faith life's all about steps
For twenty-trwo years she stood by a man who did her wrong
With a packed suitcase and a Greyhound ticket she's finally gone
She's takin' steps
At a meeting downtown a tired old drunk stands and says his name
That leaves him eleven to go and he can already feel the change
He's takin' steps
Somewhere a great grandpa says I'm ready to go
Peacefully drifts off to sleep wakes up on streets of gold
Steps some big some small...
Steps some big some small...
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9.
FROM HERE TO KINGDOM COME
(John D. Souther)
« © '00 Blackwood Music, BMI / Ice Bank Music, BMI »
You can move to another town take everything I ever gave you
Call when you're feeling down tell me everything I never listened to
What a sad affair I'm here and you're way out there
Now your friends say you did the right thing you were never meant to be a wife
And their expert opinions may bring you to making up your mind for life
What a tragic night truth ain't always such a blinding light
I can love you from here to Texas I can find you in Tennessee
You can run from here to Kingdom come but you can't run away from me
You can stand by your innocent line and pretend that things are better now
But there's a flaw in your perfect design you'd fix it but you don't know how
Baby I can drive I can keep it on the road as long as I'm alive
I can love you from here to Texas...
I could find you in California or any place that you might be
You can run from here to Kingdom come but you can't run away from me
[ guitar ]
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10.
UP ALL NIGHT
(Mark Nesler - Tony Martin)
« © '00 Glitterfish Music, BMI / Music Of Stage Three, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI »
Yeah I'm a little tired I'm a little wired four pots of coffee in the last eight hours
Pacing the floor all the way through late late movies and the early cartoons
Now you're wantin' me to believe you ain't foolin' around on me
Even through bloodshot eyes I can see right through your lies
I might've been born yesterday but I've been up all night
Despite the caffeine and the lack of visine I'm not as wide eyed as I seem
You left looking fine now you come back home
Your hair messed up and your blouse buttoned wrong
I'd have to be a fool to believe anything you're telling me
Even through bloodshot eyes...
Never went quite as far as loving you blind
But you had me in the dark for a long long time
Now you're looking at a man who's seen the light so pardon the way I look
Sunset to sunrise haven't slept a wink but I feel like I just woke up
Even through bloodshot eyes...
But I've been up I've been up I've been up I've been up all night
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11.
UNFORGIVEN
(Larry Boone - Paul Nelson - Bobby Pinson)
« © '00 Asifits Music, BMI / Tree Publishing, BMI »
Thomas Jefferson he had slaves
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
I read about him in the seventh grade he's forgiven
JFK he loved to run around he and Norma Jean painted that town
But we know him as a hero now he's forgiven
Baby I know I did you wrong that's why I'm here that's why you're gone
I don't know just what I've done to be one of the unforgiven
I had an uncle he dodged the draft they said step forward and he stepped back
But we all cut him some slack he's forgiven
Judas betrayed the Christ with a kiss cartel kings get a slap on the wrist
Jesse James and Billy the Kid they're all forgiven
Baby I know I did you wrong...
[ guitar ]
I've made mistakes that's what life is but there ain't a thing I can't live with
And even though you can't forgive you're forgiven
[ guitar - steel ]
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