Gary Allan Album

Chorus:
Things are tough all over and I'm losin' badly
I wish you were still here and I said it sadly
But if you wanna come back 'cause you need a shoulder
Things are tough all over.

Guess I should count my blessings for the life I still have
In a world of misfortune that can happen so fast
Life size dominoes, one falls after another
Things are tough all over.

Baby, if you needed me
I'd of heard by now
Well, I hope you're not turnin'
On the other side of town
'Cause things are tough all over.

Well, baby, if you needed me
I'd of heard by now
Well, I hope you're not hurtin'
On the other side of town.

Chorus:
Things are tough all over and I'm losin' badly
I wish you were still here and I said it sadly
But if you wanna come back 'cause you need a shoulder
Things are tough all over.

Things are tough all over.
Things are though.
Tough.
Things are tough.
Yeah, things are tough...

So you sailed away into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay, love can be so boring
And nothing's quite the same now
I just say your name now.

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

So you stole my world, now I'm just a phony
Remembering the girl leaves me down and loney
Well, send it in a letter
Make yourself feel better.

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You dont want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

And it might take some time to patch me up inside
But I cant take it so I, I run away and hide
And I might find in time that you were always right
You were always right.

So you sailed away into a grey sky morning
Now, I'm here to stay, love can be so boring
Was it what you wanted?
Could it be I'm haunted?

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You dont want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

You're just the best I ever had...

I just got back from hell and I'm standing here alive
I know it's really hard to tell, don't know how I survived
But I cant say I'm doin' great but I think I'm doin' well
The devil's gonna have to wait 'cause I just got back from hell.

Well, I just got back from hell and I guess to tell the truth
Well, I've been mad at everyone including God and you
When you cant find no one to blame you just blame yourself
And I know I'll never be the same, I just got back from hell.

Forgive me if I had any part. if I ever broke your heart in two
Forgive me for what I didn't know, or what I didn't say or do
And God, forgive me as well
'Cause I just got back from hell.

Well, I just got back from hell and I need to make some plans
It's the last thing that I wanna do but I'll do the best I can
I'm gonna learn to live again but I think I'll sit a spell
Tell the world that I'm alive and I just got back from hell.

I can't say that I'm doin' great but I think I'm gettin' well
Gonna let the world know I'm alive
And I just got back from hell
And I just got back from hell.

I just got back from hell.
Got back from hell...

I remember the smile on her face
When I put you on her finger
I felt the love in her sweet embrace
And all the happiness you brought her
I still see it all in my mind
The way she loved me
All the time

[chorus]
Ring, ring
You ain't nothin' but a thing
Yesterday we used to hold her
LIttel band of gold
With a little blue stone
I'm sure gonna miss the hand
That you were on

She'd wear you when we were together
She'd wear you when I was gone
'Cause we believed in love forever
But I guess we were wrong
Now she's found somebody new
She doesn't care about
Me or you

[repeat chorus]

Wish I could put it all behind
But I can't keep her off my mind
Oh, oh
What can I do?

[repeat chorus]

Little band of gold with a little blue stone
Oh..

I'm out here everyday breakin' hearts along the way,
I cause tears to fall and some to lose it all
This whole world would be
Better off without me
Well, I'm the saddest words you've spoken
I'm a promise broken.

I'm the ballgame that you missed
I'm the calls that don't come in,
I'm every poor excuse you use to cover up the the truth
I tell the people that you love
That they don't matter quite enough
There's no stoppin' me once i'm in motion
I'm a promise broken.

Disappointment, disillusion
Despair, confusion
I've seen it all in their eyes
Don't promise you will if you won't
Don't say you do if you don't
It's alright to say you'll try.

Well, I get pushed aside when you move on with your life,
But I'll stand the test of time in you heart and in your mind
You'll think about me now and then
Wonder how your life might've been
But I will leave you never knowin'
Well, I'm a promise broken
I'm a promise broken...

Every man has to come to a crossroad somewhere along the way.
Johnny Cash came to his crossroad in a place called Nickajack Cave.

Little white pills and whiskey
Honky tonks and smoke
One night stands with his country band
Had him strung out on the ropes
Well, he cried out to Jesus
He said, "Jesus, I think I'm too lost to save."
He already had one foot inside the grave
As he stepped into the mouth of Nickajack Cave

Everything was darkness
Wasn't no light at all
Just the cold dank air and the pitch black dirt
And the spiders on the walls
Well, he laid down beneath a ledge
And curled up there to meet his judgement day
The shivering came upon him wave by wave
Well, he could feel the breath of death in Nickajack Cave

Then high above him shone a light
He never would forget
Then he heard a voice say, "Johnny Cash,
I aint through with you yet.
Get up, I aint through with you yet.
I aint through with you get Johnny Cash,
Get up."

Then he crawled out from beneath that ledge
And felt a gentle breeze
Tears and dirt smeared on his face
As peaceful as could be
Well, he knelt down upon the ground
Raised his eyes up to the light and prayed
He said, "Lord, I'll be your servant from this day."
That's how he became "The Man In Black" in Nickajack Cave

That's how he became "The Man In Black" in Nickajack Cave

Get up Johnny Cash, I aint through with you yet
Get up

Life ain't always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
life can knock you down, it can break your heart
Life ain't always beautiful
You think you're on your way
And it's just a dead end road at the end of the day.

Chorus:
But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has it's own way of taking it's own sweet time
No, life ain't always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life ain't always beautiful but it's a beautiful ride.

Life ain't always beautiful
Some days I miss your smile
I get tired of walking all these lonely miles
And wish for just one minute that I could see your pretty face
Yes, I can dream but life don't work that way.

Chorus:
The struggles make me stronger
And the changes make me wise
And happiness has it's own way of taking it's sweet time
No, life ain't always beautiful
But I know I'll be fine
Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.

What a beautiful ride...

She was cool, she was hot, she was smokin' a lot at the end of the bar
She had more then one too many buttons undone on that blouse she wore
Starin' too long at her, lost in the Skynyrd song was his first mistake
And when she shot him that, "Boy you don't want none of this" look
It was way to late.

Chorus:
She's like a needle to a junky, she's like whiskey to a drunk
She's like poker to a gambler, she's like a bullet in a gun
She's in his blood, he can't explain the rush when he gets with her
Might be the death of him but he's addicted, man he can't quit her.

Well, she'd come to his house
And he'd tell her she belonged just with him
She'd get up and she'd get dressed, take five hundred
No less, and then leave again.

He said, "Baby, I'll take care of you,
Can't stand the thought of sharin you with them other guys."
She laughed and said, "Well, maybe
You shouldn't call me no more then baby."
And he didn't, that first night.

Chorus:
She's like a needle to a junky, she's like whiskey to a drunk
She's like poker to a gambler, she's like a bullet in a gun
She's in his blood, he can't explain the rush when he gets with her
Might be the death of him but he's addicted, man he can't quit her.

She's in his blood, he can't explain the rush
When he gets with her
Might be the death of him, but he's addicted
Man he can't quit her.

She was cool, she was hot
She was walkin across the parkin' lot with some other guy
Well, he was jealous, he was jonsin'
And he wound up on the wrong end of a forty-five...

I see you her night after night
All by yourself in the blue neon light
A drink in your hand, a tear on your face
A beautiful woman so out of place
I guess somebody told you goodbye
In a million years I couldn't understand why.

Chorus:
What kind of fool
Didn't want you
What kind of fool
Tore your heart in two
What kind of fool
Didn't do everything he could do
To hold on to you
What kind of fool?

Well, I ain't no saint and I ain't no king
I don't know it all, but I do know one thing
Whoever it was that made you so blue
Never deserved a woman like you
He should be down on his bended knees
Beggin' you to forgive him please.

What kind of fool
Didn't want you
What kind of fool
Tore your heart in two
What kind of fool
Didn't do everything he could do
To hold on to you
What kind of fool?

One day he'll wake up
And realize the terrible truth
He'll see that he had it all
When he had you.

What kind of fool
Didn't want you
What kind of fool
Tore your heart in two
What kind of fool
Didn't do everything he could do
To hold on to you
What kind of fool?

Tell me what kind of fool?
What kind of fool?...

I threw our rings into a box
Filled with broken memories and fool's gold
And I woke up again last night in this lonely bed without you to hold
And I walkeda rond this house pullin' picutres off the walls
Just like I've done a hundred times before
Makin' sure I've got 'em all.

Chorus:
Makin' sure I've got the hard to find
Little things that make me tink about you
'Cause I'm tired of this house always breakin' me down, feelin' blue
No, there's nothin' left to say
I'm puttin' memories away.

Well, yesterday I found your dress
I guess there's something I missed in our room
But it didnt break me down the second that I found it like it used to
With red wine and tears I've been gatherin' all the years we spent together
I need to move on
'Cause I know that you're gone forever.

Chorus:
Makin' sure I've got the hard to find
Little things that make me tink about you
'Cause I'm tired of this house always breakin' me down, feelin' blue
No, there's nothin' left to say
I'm puttin' memories away.

No, theres nothing left to say
I'm puttin' memories away...

Well, I ain't too sure about this so-called trial separation
I mean it's been three whole days
And I don't know if I can take anymore
And I know i'm the constant source of your frustration
But her I am again knockin' at your door

CHORUS
And I'm just no damn good, am I baby
I'm just no damn good, I know it's true
'Cause everyday I go a little more crazy
I'm just no damn good
At not lovin' you

Well, who had the bright idea to do this king of thing anyhow?
If it was me, well, then obviously
I was off the wall
Well, I don't blame you a bit for feelin' angry now
You're right, I'm wrong, I wasn't supposed to call

And I'm just no damn good, am I baby
I'm just no damn good, I know it's true
'Cause everyday I go a little more crazy
I'm just no damn good
At not lovin' you

No good at not holdin'
No good at not seein'
No good at not showin' you
How much I care

And I'm just no damn good, am I baby
I'm just no damn good, I know it's true
'Cause everyday I go a little more crazy
I'm just no damn good
At not lovin' you

Everyday I go a little more crazy
"cause I'm just no damn good
At not lovin' you

I live in my own world on 18 wheels
Playing music and writing songs about the way I feel
Tonight I'll play my guitar for you
I'll pour my heart out and tonight it's blue
So gather round and watch me play
I'm putting my misery on display

I was raised with the West Coast bands
I dont change for anyone I stay the way I am
I dont do this for fame, I do this for me
It soothes my soul and keeps my sanity
I'll only be here for today
Putting my misery on display

And this road it's so cold
And at times it feels so long
But I just keep moving on and singing you my songs
'Cause I dont know any other way
Putting my misery on display

Tonight I wish someone would hold me
A woman's touch and put my mind at ease
Her lips, her breaath up against my skin
Spread her wingsa nd take my body in
I'll be gone by the break of day
Putting my misery on display

And this road gest so cold
And at times it feels so long
But I just keep moving on and singing you my songs
'Cause I dont know any other way
Than putting my misery on display

I dont know any other way
Than putting my misery on display