Jason Michael Carroll Album

Five o' clock smokestacks 15th, check's fat
hacked off, backed up
hurry up and wait on the interstate
irate, tailgate tight
yeah, nothin' but brake lights
high rise concrete, painted up city street
fed up, red tape, add another lane
make it more insane, more strain
starbucksed up
man, I know where I'm pointin' my truck

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Out in the country, where the world turns green
there's a pretty girl waitin' on a front porch swing
The lazy river is a-windin' around
with a cane pole bobber goin' down (goin' down)
Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie
and the people of the steeple and the steeple don't lie
I swear, somewhere, out there's everything I need
Waitin' in the country for me, for me

Big city hip hop, rattilin' when I stop
parkin' lot jumpin', cars thumpin'
Hard mixin' those rhymes
and keepin' it right in time, that's cool
But I guess I'm just old a-school
Juke box, hony tonk
mom and pops resturant
Willie, Waylon, Merle yeah
singin' them a country song
bring it on, son
yeah, I know where to get me some

Out in the country, where the world turns green
there's a pretty girl waitin' on a front porch swing
Lazy river is a-windin' around
with a cane pole bobber goin' down (goin' down)
Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie
and the people of the steeple and the steeple don't lie
I swear, somewhere, out there's everything I need
Waitin' in the country for me,
Waitin' for me

Out in the country, where the world turns green
there's a pretty girl waitin' on the front porch swing
A lazy river is a-windin' 'round
with a cane pole bobber goin' down (goin' down)
Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie
and the people of the steeple and the steeple don't lie
I swear, somewhere, out there's everything I need
Waitin' in the country for me, for me
Waitin' in the country for me

I got a little game that I play
and I call it "Try to beat the morning paper home"
I ain't very good but I get a lot of practice,
even won once a month ago
Of course there was a girl involved that wasn't gonna let me rest
But I've always said I can sleep when I'm dead

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If there's somethin' goin' on within a hundred miles from home,
ya gonna hear my V-8 sing
Long as I can beat the train and they got a passing lane,
Baby, I ain't gonna miss a thing
Life's too fun and I'm too young and the night ain't over yet
Like I said I can sleep when I'm dead

It ain't no fun if ya ain't got money
so I always make it in to work
The trick is to leave at least a half an hour
to brush my teeth and change my shirt
Keep a closet full of Red Bull and Visine to hide the red
I don't need the rest, I can sleep when I'm dead

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When I get tired, I'll go to bed
All that I can say is that it hasn't happened yet

If there's somethin' goin' on within a hundred miles from home,
ya gonna hear my V-8 sing
Long as I can beat the train and they got a passing lane,
Baby, I ain't gonna miss a thing
Life's too fun and I'm too young and the night ain't over yet
Like I said I can sleep when I'm dead
Like I said
Like I said
I can sleep when I'm dead

(I ain't even tired yet)

My little girl met a new friend
Just the other day
On the playground at school
Between the tires and the swings
But she came home with tear-filled eyes
And she said to me "Daddy, Alyssa Lies"

I just brushed it off at first
Cause I didn't know how much my little girl had been hurt
Or the things she had seen
I wasn't ready when I said you can tell me
And she said

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Alyssa Lies
To the classroom
Alyssa lies
Everyday at school
Alyssa lies
To the teacher
As she tries to cover every bruise

My little girl laid her head down
That night to go to sleep
As I stepped out the room I heard her say
A prayer so soft and sweet
God bless my mom and my dad
And my new friend Alyssa
I know she needs it bad

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I had the worst night of sleep in years
As I tried to think of a way to calm her fears
I knew just what it was I had to do
But when we got to school on Monday I heard the news

My little girl asked me why everybody looked so sad
The lump in my throat grew bigger
With every question that she asked
Until I felt the tears run down my face
And I told her that Alyssa wouldn't be at school today

She doesn't lie
In the classroom
She doesn't lie
Anymore at school
Alyssa lies
With Jesus
Because there's nothing anyone would do

Tears filled my eyes
When my little girl asked me why
Alyssa lies
Daddy tell me why
Alyssa lies

I was 16, drivin' my old mans car
the light was red but I ran right through
and I killed a mailbox and some flowers in a yard
'cause I was lookin' at you

I was sittin' in the stands it was the bottom of the ninth
the score was tied 2 to 2
when a foul ball hit me right between the eyes
'cause I was lookin' at you

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Well some people like starin' at the sunset
and some prefer a tropical view
and some like gazin' at the stars and the moon
but I like lookin' at you (woo hoo)

Yeah, some things in this world might have passed me by
and I might have missed a chance or two
but you won't find any regret in my eyes
'cause I'm still lookin at you

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Baby, in my heart I know
there's nothin' as beautiful as you

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I knew you wouldn't answer after the things we said that night
You were crying I grabbed the keys and said goodbye
Well hang on please don't hang up let me talk to our machine
I've had all this time to think about what you mean to me

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I know you said it's over but my hearts telling me that ain't right
I know it can't be over 'cause I still wake up reaching for you in the night
It took leaving for me to realize there's good in goodbye


I'm listening to the talking should I pick up the phone
And lay my pride aside and say come home
I've played that moment over time and time again
When giving up seemed easier than just giving in

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I'll try to call you one more time
Baby if you'd just call me one more time

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Baby when I look at you with your hair fallin' down and your baby blues
Standing there across the room I get so lost in the way you move
It makes me reminisce back to years ago on a night like this
Teary eyed as you took my hand and I told you that I'd be your man
So many have come so many things have gone
one thing that's stayed the same is our love is still growing strong

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Baby just look at us all this time and we're still in love
Something like this just don't exist
Between a backwoods boy and a fairy tale princess
People said it would never work out
Living our dreams has shattered all doubts
It feels good to prove 'em wrong
Living our love song

Oh darling would you look at me
With my heart beating fast and my shaking knees
It's pretty hard to believe after all these years I still need you this badly
You're dancing in my arms with a spotlight moon in a sea of stars
Girl we've come so far everything I want is everything that you are
I just want to lay you down
Say I love you without a sound
I think you know what I'm talking about

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Feels good to prove 'em wrong
Just living our love song

Half a dozen cars at the parking lot strip mall
Sitting on the hood, yeah getting on their yee haw
Hear 'em out prowlin', growlin' through the straight pipe
Heartbeat thumping, pumping, jumping at the red light

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East, west, north south
City street, rural route
Everybody knows what I'm talking about
Talking about non-stop
Nine o'clock Saturday
Anywhere USA
Anywhere USA

Pretty little teen queen out past her curfew
Painted on blue jeans, powder-puff Subaru
Escobar and Rico, Chevy magnifico
High ride, low ride bouncin' to the beat yo

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Debutante, farm boy, city slickers, makin' noise
Twenty-inch spinners on a shiny car, shiny toys
Boston, Austin, Chattanooga, L.A. Hey!
Anywhere USA
Anywhere USA
Man anywhere USA

I like my next-door-neighbor
we do each other favors sometimes
We threw somethin' on the grill
sat around and chilled just the other night
And we talk about our lawns and the goin's on
in our neighborhood
He's a real nice guy...that's all fine and good

He ain't my honky tonk friends
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Nobody really understands me like them
I love the songs that they sing, I love the drinks that they drink
I love the dances they dance
They don't make fun of my drawl, keep somethin' cold and tall in my hand
I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
I love my honky tonk friends

I like my growin' up buddies, we still keep in touch now and then
Them folks down at the office really ain't all that stiff
I met some real good people underneath the steeple in town
I'll still make time for them, but as for right now

I want my honky tonk friends
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Well, we light each other's smokes and we bend each other's ear
and we laugh at each other's stupid jokes and we buy each other beers
Then we lose our butts in pool but we win it back in darts
and we lend each other shoulders when someone breaks our hearts.

I love my honky tonk friends
Nobody really understands me like them
I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
I love my honky tonk friends

I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
I love my honky tonk friends

I always said I wouldn't stand in the way of your dreams
What good is the wind blowing in a blue sky to a bird without wings
I meant it when I said it I swear it but things change and I can't pretend
That I could someone how live without you no matter what I say

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I just can't turn around walk away
Give it up without a fight love won't let me say goodbye
After all this time love won't let me

Alot of people looking around trying to find out where they're at
Sometimes it takes closing your eyes to see what you really have
And we have it I know it I feel it
But I hate to think that I'm standing in your way
And though I tried to step aside
No matter what I do

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I'll whatever I gotta do
Just tell me you don't want me to
Turn around walk away
Give it up without a fight love won't let me


Turn around walk away
Give it up without a fight love won't let me
Don't let me say goodbye after all this time
Love won't let me

Turn around walk away
Give it up without a fight love won't let me

Love won't let me

How do I move on from here when everything I lost is what I want
This ocean left inside of me has become her memory's favorite place to haunt
How can the best I ever had hurt so bad hurt so long
You know I'm not that strong

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Angel of broken hearts where on earth are you tonight
Help me find a place to start to get me over her
Maybe I mistreated love have I not suffered long enough
Angel of broken hearts take this pain away
Take this pain away

Some days I think that I've come through the worst of it and I'm on the healing side
And then she kicks up like a dustbowl wind and covers up my mind
I lose hours I lose days in the haze that used to be and then I'm on my knees

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I've paid with prayers I've paid with tears
But I'll probably pay for years
I could use a little mercy here

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Angel come and take this pain

A storm on the horizon weather's coming in
Smell of the rain takes me back again
To a morning just like this clouds filled the sky
And everytime I I think about that day I said goodbye

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My heart beats like thunder as I call out your name
And all my tears start falling down like the rain
So let it rain let it rain

I remember back in college you loved these kind of days
When we'd run off to your apartment and hide away
We'd talk about forever and how we'd share our lives
It never crossed my mind I'd be without you here tonight

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I'm not afraid of dying it's something we all do
But I'm scared to death of living the rest of my life without you

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