The first time I met her, she walked right up to me, An' said: "You're who I've wanted to find." There was a man she had seen in her dreams, An' it was me. She said: "I can't believe it...
Daddy hugs his little man Says, son I've got to go And he pulls out of the drive and disappears As they walk back in the house The young boy asks his mama "here does daddy go when he leaves here...

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Hey, kinda like that banjo. Crank that stuff up a little. Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about. The way she looks, the way she walks; That southern twang; that dirty talk. Rides Harley's, reads Vogue....
He said: "The storm is gettin' stronger," As he climbed inside my truck. "I'm headed back to Carolina, God's will an' any luck." An' he told me how he'd left his family, So many...
I have seen my last tomorrow I'm holding my last breath Goodbye, sweet world of sorrow My new life, begins with death I am standing on the mountain I can hear the angels' songs I am reaching over...
Lord, I quit the drinkin', the smokin' an' the honky-tonk life. The day that a ring an' a preacher made her my wife. Yeah, an' I said: "I do," but I didn't have a clue, How I'd miss all the...
Well, I walked in to one of my old haunts. It used to be a honky-tonk Heaven. Some old slicker done bought the place, An' lit it up like a 7-11. Yes, they fired the band that used to play, "Okie...
Daddy's bourbon breath was strong as gasoline An' it seemed to fuel the rage he had inside He'd come home just burnin' Mad an' drunk an' mean an' raisin' hell on a Saturday night Momma'd lock us up in...
I never cut tobacco in the hills of Tennessee. An' I ain't got a moonshine still, But I still love to smoke an' drink. No I never ate dinner from a wood burnin' stove, Or rode bareback in a rodeo: You...
Yeah, I saw you watchin' me tonight from across the room. I appreciate the drink: that was nice of you. Thanks for comin' out to see me, I hope you liked the show. Yeah, that's right, I settled down...