Paul Jarvis

Until You’ve Raised A Daughter (You’ll Never Understand)
Copyright Paul Jarvis and Houston Davies


Verse 1:
Pink tights on little ballerinas
Twirling in a row
She’ll be the third one over with the big smile on her
Just stealing the show
You may not be a ballet man
But she’ll make you a real big fan
Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand

Chorus:
Cuz If you never raised a little girl
High up on your shoulders
Then it’s a swing a slide a piggy back ride
A grown man taking orders
All she’ll have to do is ask
Her wish is your command
Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand

Verse 2:
That quick trying on lipstick
A knock at the door
Yeah the very same boy that used to annoy her
That she don’t avoid any more
it’ll hurt you some knowing she’s begun
To slip right through your hands
Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand

2nd CHORUS:
Cuz if you never raised a little girl
High up on your shoulders
Then it’s designer jeans and moods that swing
A teen wishing she was older
But thru every phase you’re gonna stay in the palm of her hand
Until you raised a daughter you’ll never understand


BRIDGE:
One day a boy will tell you
She takes his breath away
That he thinks she’s a princess
Like you’ve told her everyday

LAST CHORUS:
If you never raised a little girl
High up on your shoulders
Then it’s a white dress smile
A wedding aisle
And wishing she’d walk slower
They’ll see a grown man cry when it’s finally time
To give away her hand
But if you never raised a daughter you’d never understand
Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand

LINES

VERSE 1:
ON A COLD RAINY NIGHT, A PATCH OF BAD ROAD
DRIFTING OVER THE LINE BARELY UNDER CONTROL
DRIVEN BY DESIRE AND THE FIRE BURNING IN HIS VEINS

COULD BE THE BOTTLE, A WOMAN, ANGER OR PRIDE
MAKES HIM TURN DOWN THAT LITTLE VOICE INSIDE
WHEN ALL HE’S GONNA FIND AT THE END OF THE LINE IS PAIN

CHORUS:
WELL THE SIDEWINDER LEAVES ITS LINES IN THE SAND
WHILE THE GYPSY GIRL READS THE LINES ON YOUR HAND
SHE SAYS A WHOLE LOTTA SOULS GOT TOTALLY LOST
STEPPING OVER A LINE OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED

VERSE 2:
WELL, BROTHER THERE’S NO FREEDOM WAY OUT THERE
WHEN PASSIONS AND DEMONS GET SO THICK IN THE AIR
THAT YOU’LL TAKE EVERYTHING YOU CARE ABOUT AND LAY THEM ALL OUT ON THE LINE

YOU’LL THINK THAT YOU’RE FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WILL
AS IT TAKES MORE AND MORE TO GET YOUR FILL
UNTIL YOU COULDN’T COUNT ALL THE LINES THAT YOU CROSSED IF YOU TRIED

CHORUS:
YEAH THE SIDEWINDER LEAVES ITS LINES IN THE SAND
WHILE THE GYPSY GIRL READS THE LINES ON YOUR HAND
SHE SAYS A WHOLE LOTTA SOULS GOT TOTALLY LOST
STEPPING OVER A LINE OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED

BRIDGE:
WELL,WELL. WELL,
I TOOK A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT MYSELF
AND I COULD SEE IT’S TIME
TO TAKE THE GOOD BOOK DOWN OFF OF THE SHELF
AND JUST READ A FEW….LINES

CHORUS:
YEAH THE SIDEWINDER LEAVES ITS LINES IN THE SAND
WHILE THAT GYPSY GIRL READS THE LINES ON YOUR HAND
SHE SAYS A WHOLE LOTTA SOULS GOT TOTALLY LOST
STEPPING OVER A LINE
OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED
OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED
LINES

V1:
I stopped by the home to play guitar for her
Our family pictures on her wall,
She always smiled but I was never sure
If she remembered me at all

But I’d brought a song for her she used to sing to me
Now it was my turn ‘cause mom could barely speak

Chorus:
So there were no words Til I sang You are my sunshine
But then softly she sang My only sunshine
I sang You make me happy
And softly she sang When skies are grey
I’d sing a line then she would sing
As she flew back in time on angel’s wings
And just for a moment Mama was back
And there are no words for that

V2:
I almost said mom you remember don’t you
Cuz I could tell she did
She reached out and touched my face just like she used to
With a smile I’d known since I was just a kid

Chorus:
But there were no words ‘til I sang You are my sunshine
And then softly she sang My only sunshine
I sang You make me happy
She sang When skies are grey
I’d sing a line then she would sing
As she flew back in time on angel’s wings
And just for a moment Mama was back
And there are no words for that

Bridge:
I don’t know how Mama does it
But seems like every time
I try to ease her pain
She heals mine.

Chorus:
Like when I sang You are my sunshine
And softly she sang My only sunshine
I sang You’ll never know dear
And softly she sang How much I love you
And there in that moment Mama was back
And there are no words for that

V1
I come into church and I see the faces
Of people I love and I’m trying to be like
The organ starts up and we all take our places
A nervous young speaker steps up to the mic
And shares how he found the Lord and mistakes he has made
He cries I’m just so grateful to be here today
My own eyes well up, I've been strugglin' too
Forgetting things, that I once knew

Chorus
But now I remember who I am and who I’m praying to
Where I am from and where I’m bound
Oh, I remember now
I remember now

V2
Just last week I was hurtin' and lonely,
Felt a thousand temptations I knew wouldn’t help
But then I got a call from a friend who told me
That he’d lost his dad and I knew how that felt
So I just let him talk and we both cried
I told him I know we live again after we die
I think I helped him and when we got through
I thought thank you Lord I needed that too

Chorus
Cuz now I remember who I am and who I’m praying to
Where I am from and where I’m bound
Oh, I remember

Bridge:
My darkest nights
Down on my knees
And finding peace
Reminding me

Where I am from
And where I'm bound

Chorus
Now I remember who I am and who I’m praying to
Where I am from and where I’m bound
Oh, I remember now
I remember now
I remember now

YOU MADE ME
Paul Jarvis

You’re the kind of girl that guys do anything to keep
You got that look, that style, that pretty smile that really gets to me
So I’ve been sacrificing my favorite vices and really cleaning up my act
And there's only one good reason I'd do that... Cuz

You made me...a better man
You made me a whole lot better than
I ever was, just because, that’s what a good woman’s love does
And I know, you know, you are just what I need
But let’s just tell it like it is girl
I changed my ways ‘cause baby you made me

Ain’t no flatbed in the front yard
Like there used to be
And I don’t use the kitchen sink
To clean fish, usually.
Now girl I ain’t complaining just explaining
How love changes everything.
Like when I say love changed my bad habits, what I really mean is

You made me...a better man
You made me a whole lot better than
I ever was, just because, that’s what a good woman’s love does
And I know, you know, you are just what I need
But let’s just tell it like it is girl
I changed my ways ‘cause baby you made me

If my baby ain’t happy ain’t nobody is
So I walk the line and I don’t mind… that

You made me...a better man
You made me a whole lot better than
I ever was, just because, that’s what a good woman’s love does
And I know, you know, you are just what I need
But let’s just tell it like it is girl
I changed my ways ‘cause baby you made me

SHE AIN’T GONE
Paul Jarvis

Verse 1:
She said I never listen, well I’m listening now
As the sounds of all I lost, echo through this house
And everywhere I look, all I see is her
Yeah even though she left me, all I know for sure

Chorus:
Is she ain’t gone, no she's here to stay
And all night long I count all the ways
I was wrong and dream of how I would hold her
And all I would do if it only was true
That she ain't gone

Verse 2:
All these memories in my mind won’t give me no rest
From the nights we talked forever to the fights that I regret
‘Til it all came crashing down when she broke pictures of our past
She cried boy I really tried and her eyes looked like shattered glass


Chorus:
But she ain’t gone, no she's here to stay
And all night long I count all the ways
I was wrong and dream of how I would hold her
And all I would do if it only was true
That she ain't gone

Bridge:
I swear I would love her better
And I’d try more than ever
To put those pieces of our picture back together.

Chorus:
Cuz, she ain’t gone, no she's here to stay
And all night long I just count all the ways
That I was wrong and all that I should have done
Now I just pray the day might come
That she ain't gone

She ain’t gone

IT'S YOU
Paul Jarvis

Verse 1:
My friends looked concerned when I walked by
I thought I overheard them say that something just ain't right.
But they saw the light when they saw you
My aftershave and my new hair cut,
My shined boots and my clean truck
Everything was addin up

Cuz you got the style you got the look,
You got the smile that got me hooked
Everybody’s talking bout the change in me,
So I guess it’s plain to see that

Chorus:
It’s you, everybody knows that, it’s true, No one gets to me like
You do, and if you told the preacher, you do, well I do too
Cuz that guy with the big smile well, that’s me and if they ask why I’ll
Say just one girl can make me feel like I do and it’s you

Verse 2:
Girl it ain’t like me to talk til dawn
Or to call the radio and dedicate a song
But you know what’s going on… don’t you

Girl in a red dress with a rural address, turning my world around
Yeah, everything’s a rockin like a 3 wheeled double wide,
And looks like the word’s out now that

Chorus:
It’s you, everybody knows that, it’s true, No one gets to me like
You do, and if you told the preacher, you do, well I do too
Cuz that guy with the big smile well, that’s me and if they ask why I’ll
Say just one girl can make me feel like I do and it’s you

Chorus:
It’s you, everybody knows that, it’s true, No one gets to me like
You do, and if you told the preacher, you do, well I do too
Cuz that guy with the big smile well, that’s me and if they ask why I’ll
Say just one girl can make me feel like I do, it’s you
Just one girl makes me feel like I do, it’s you.

AIN’T IT JUST LIKE YOU
Paul Jarvis


Ain’t it just like you, to bring this lost soul home
And ain’t it just like you, to love me like I’ve never known


You try to make me see all the beauty around me
And sometimes I even do
It’s everywhere
And ain’t it just like you?


Ain’t it just like you, to make me change my mind
I guess you always knew, that I’d come around in time.


You try to make me see all the beauty around me
And sometimes I even do
It’s everywhere
And ain’t it just like you?

BRIDGE:
You’re like the first light of the morning falling,
Tumbling through the trees,
Making this world a little brighter and lifting me.


Ain’t it just like you
Ain’t it just like you, to steal the breath from me
And someday I hope to be… just like you


You try to make me see all the beauty around me
And Darling, I’m trying to
It’s everywhere
And ain’t it just like you?


To bring this lost soul home
Ain’t it just like you

Please contact: Paul Jarvis ItsaHit@comcast.net, 425-806-0606