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WE CAN DO IT AGAIN (ONE MORE TIME)
We Can Do It Again (One More Time)
V1:
Remember when we met and I was chasing my dream
The road was never too tough for you and me
Though we bathed in rivers and we slept in parking lots
You never had a dollar, I never had a dime
But we were deep in love and rich in time
You gave your all to give me my best shot
PC/CH:
If we did it before, we can do it again, I know
If we did it before, we can do it again, I know
One more time, before the sunlight slips away
One more time, before tomorrow becomes today
One more time, don’t let the spark die in your heart
'Cause it’s never too late to start something new
V2:
Well, trying to settle down hasn’t gone like we planned
I know you feel like you're stuck in the sand
And sinking deeper with every passing week
But behind my socks in the back of the closet
There’s an old shoebox with your name on it
Where I kept the dreams you set aside when you met me
PC/CH:
If we did it before, we can do it again, I know
If we did it before, we can do it again, I know
One more time, before the sunlight slips away
One more time, before tomorrow becomes today
One more time, don’t let the spark die in your heart
'Cause it’s never too late to start something new
V3:
So tune up your guitar, pack up the van
With the double sleeping bag, peanut butter and jam
It's your time to shine, mine to be your backup man
You still don’t have a dollar, I still don’t have a dime
But if you got the moxie, I got the time
We may die broke, but at least we will die free
PC/CH:
If we did it before, we can do it again, I know
If we did it before, we can do it again, I know
One more time, before the sunlight slips away
One more time, before tomorrow becomes today
One more time, don’t let the spark die in your heart
'Cause it’s never too late to start one more time
One more time, one more time, one more time
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IF YOU KNEW HOW THE STORY WOULD END
If You Knew How the Story Would End
V1:
I remember in the pre-dawn fog beside the river
Dad shoved me off, then he jumped in
He seldom spoke when we were in that boat
But when he did, his words sunk right in
So as the falling oak leaves
Buried my footprints like snowflakes in the wind
I asked my father, “Would you do it all again
If you knew how the story would end?
‘Cause I’m standing in the same place where you stood back then”
CH:
Would you go to Saigon
Take a bullet in the arm
Would you sell the family farm
When the mill shut down
Would you marry my mother
Stay together for the kids
Would you make all the sacrifices
I know you did
Well, I asked my father, “Would you do it all again
If you knew how the story would end?”
Oh, If you knew how the story would end
BR:
I climbed up the hill in the pouring rain
Where the old oak tree still stood
Where my height and name at nine years old
Were still carved in the wood
And I let fly at the top of my lungs a prayer to the angry wind
Do you know how the story will end?
Oh, Can you tell me how the story will end?
V2:
I’ve been slogging down the hard road for so long
But will it all be worth it in the end
Should I push on around one more bend
Or give up and start over again?
As I rowed that boat across the water
Where we caught the bass above his desk in the den
I asked my father, “Would you do it all again?”
As I scattered his ashes to the wind
Oh, as I scattered his ashes to the wind
CH:
Would you go to Saigon
Take a bullet in the arm
Would you sell the family farm
When the mill shut down
Would you marry my mother
Stay together for the kids
Would you make all the sacrifices
I know you did
Well, I asked my father, “Would you do it all again
If you knew how the story would end?”
Oh, If you knew how your story would end
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ARE YOU SERIOUS
It's absurd that one word
Can make so much difference
Just one breath in the night
Like a little brown bird, you’re seldom heard
Over the din of indifference
But you’re a star in my dark sky
So tell me, are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious, tonight?
I’m trying to figure out what you mean
To read between the lines
My heart is tearing at the seams
Stuck between
I don’t know where we’ll go
But I know we’ll find someplace better
If you put your hand in mine
And tell me, are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious, tonight?
Like the sun, you’re just one
Grain of salt spilled on a black tabletop
A faint flicker of light
Flashing through me like wind, you’re hard to pin down
Like a drum in the distance
But you fan my fire back to life
So tell me, are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious, tonight?
I’m trying to figure out what you mean
To read between the lines
My heart is tearing at the seams
Stuck between
I don’t know where we’ll go
But I know we’ll find someplace better
If you put your hand in mine
And tell me are you serious? Are you serious?
Are you serious, tonight?
We can figure the rest out, ooh yeah
We can figure the rest out, do do do da do
We can figure the rest out
If you’re serious. If you’re serious
If you’re serious, tonight
Are you serious? Tell me, are you serious?
Are you serious, tonight?
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BEHIND THE WHEEL
BEHIND THE WHEEL
INTRO:
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home
VERSE 1:
Driving I-65 in the hammer lane
Pulling a load out of Tennessee
I’m “Keeping America Moving”
As America rolls past me
My granddaddy worked in a coalmine
His granddad worked in the fields
Ever since Cain struck Able down
We've set our shoulders to the wheel
But channel 1-9’s gone quiet now
The pay ain’t what it used to be
Tired of breaking my back to make the rich man richer
But I got a kid back home to feed
CHORUS:
I got to get behind the wheel (mmm,mmm)
Get behind the wheel and drive
I got to get behind the wheel (mmm,mmm)
Get behind the wheel and drive
“Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home”
My boy says, “Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home”
VERSE 2:
Driving by Braille on the rumble strip
Chugging coffee more bitter than beer
The logbook says I got to pull over
But the sign says “you can’t sleep here”
My dispatch tells me to push on
All the way to the Alamo
“But you never worked a lick past 11 hours
If you’re asked by the highway patrol”
My back tire hisses like a rattlesnake
The jake brake croaks like a toad
Sirens go off when the rubber flies
Laying down gators in the road
CHORUS:
I got to get behind the wheel (mmm,mmm)
Get behind the wheel and drive
I got to get behind the wheel (mmm,mmm)
Get behind the wheel and drive
“Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home”
My boy says, “Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home”
INTERLUDE:
Got to get behind the wheel (mmm,mmm)
Got to get behind the wheel (mmm,mmm)
VERSE 3:
One day the robots will rule the road
One day they’ll pump the good earth dry
So don’t follow in my footsteps, son
If you want to get a piece of the pie
When I die don’t spring for a tombstone
Just carve my name in a tree
I’ll be five miles short of kingdom come
Wherever I happen to be
CHORUS:
Don’t you get behind the wheel, son, no
Don’t get behind the wheel and drive
Don’t you get behind the wheel, child, no
Don’t get behind the wheel and drive
“Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home”
“Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, daddy, daddy when you coming home”
Don’t you get behind the wheel, no
Don’t get behind the wheel and drive
Don’t you get behind the wheel, son, no
Don’t get behind the wheel and drive
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STILL CRAZY
VERSE 1:
We've given all that we can
Worn the tires off this van
From Atlanta to L.A.
Just one show left to go
Back at Cotton-Eyed Joe's
Where I first ran into you that day
So turn up that radio dial
We've still got eighty more miles
Before our weary heads can sleep
In the glovebox you'll find
Some old tapes of mine, honey
Play Patsy Cline for me
CHORUS 1:
'Cause maybe we're crazy for living like we do
But I don't know any other way
Maybe we're crazy for living like we do
But I'm still crazy for you
Ooh, ooh, hoo, ooh. Ooh, ooh, hoo, ooh. Oh, I'm still crazy for you.
Still crazy for you
VERSE 2:
When we've wrung all the rhymes
Out of "Auld Lang Syne"
When the last call has come and gone
Will you sway with your cheek next to mine
On those creaky old pines
And softly hum along?
'Cause when that red neon sign
Flickers out the last time
When the tables are all wiped clean
Put one more dime
In that jukebox, honey
Play Patsy Cline for me
CHORUS 2:
'Cause maybe we're crazy for living like we do
But I don't know any other way
Maybe we're crazy for living like we do
But I'm still crazy for you
BRIDGE:
Does love need change to grow and thrive?
Can it strain without breaking?
'Cause with every chance we take
We are changed by the taking
CHORUS 3:
'Cause maybe we're crazy for living like we do
But I don't know any other way
Maybe we're crazy for living like we do
But I'm still crazy for you
Ooh, ooh, hoo, ooh. Ooh, ooh, hoo, ooh. Oh, I'm still crazy for you.
Still crazy for you --- END ---
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