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I don't want a fast car
Don't need a four lane highway
There's not another place I'd rather be
Cuz out here in the country
Bluebirds sing for nothing
And the shade comes free with a tree
Yeah the shade comes free with a tree
The tree came with a mountain
Right beside the river where the ground makes one heck of a scene
The mountain counts for something, the view is worth a fortune
And the shade comes free with a tree
I never had a dollar that could buy me what I'm feelin
But I'm feelin bout as good as I can be
I need to be reminded when I'm lookin for a bargain
Not to overlook what's right in front of me
I'll never make a killing tryin to make a living
But I make enough to raise a family
I bought a piece of heaven off county road 11
Where the shade comes free with a tree
Yeah where the shade comes free with a tree
I never had a dollar that could buy me what I'm feeling
And I'm feeling bout as good as I can be
I need to be reminded when I'm lookin for a bargain
Not to overlook what's right in front of me
I don't want a fast car
Don't need a four lane highway
There's not another place I'd rather be
Down county road 11
There's this little piece of heaven
Where the shade comes free with a tree
Yeah where the shade comes free with a tree
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I'll be glad to sign my autograph
If you want me to
God knows I love singing
It's what I was born to do
You see me up there center stage
In the spotlight for awhile
But in the things that really matter
I'm just sitting on the isle
Cuz I've seen a third grade angel with
Dark circles 'neath her eyes
Not a trace of hair left on her head
Sayin daddy don't you cry
A single mom workin overtime
A college kid reading to the blind
When you look for heros know that I'm just a singer in a band
I'm thankful to be living in
This childhood dream come true
But sometimes the attention just leaves me confused
Hey, I love my t-shirt on those kids, my name there up in lights
But when the show is done and I'm on the bus riding through the night
I think of third grade angel with
Dark circles 'neath her eyes
Not a trace of hair left on her head
Sayin daddy don't you cry
A soldier in a field of mines
With each step he lays it on the line
When you look for heros know that I'm just a singer in a band
I'm humbled when you take the time
To hear my life in verse and rhyme
But when it comes to heros I know I'm just a singer in a band
A singer in a band
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Don't ruin it for the rest of us
with your braggin that you fell in love
can't you see we're kinda busy here
swappin lies and cryin in our beers
so you're getting married good for you
its first inning Braves are down by two
grab a seat and keep your big mouth shut
and don't ruin it for the rest of us
I hardly recognized you
with that smile on your face
your shirt's tucked in, you shaved your chin
and every hair's in place
you smell a whole lot better
than anybody in this bar
here's a dollar, buy yourself a cheap cigar
Don't ruin it for the rest of us
with your braggin that you fell in love
can't you see we're kinda busy here
swappin lies and cryin in our beers
so you're gettin married good for you
its third inning braves are down by two
grab a seat and keep your big mouth shut
and don't ruin it for the rest of us
You missed bowling season
Butch blew a perfect game
and when we got the new shirts printed up
there was an "I" in Shooter's name
Well Ronnie's back to walkin
He got another DUI
So if you plan on gettin out of here alive
Don't ruin it for the rest of us
with your braggin that you fell in love
can't you see we're kinda busy here
swappin lies and cryin in our beers
so you're gettin married good for you
its sixth inning braves are down by two
grab a seat and keep your big mouth shut
and don't ruin it for the rest of us
So you're getting married good for you
its ninth inning we're about to lose
I told you twice to keep your pie hole shut
and don't ruin it for the rest of us
can't you see that we've been through enough
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"I'm No Stranger To The Rain" come on my radio today
I hadn't heard that voice in way too long
I've still got these worn out tapes
The only three or four he made, what a shame
I wish that wasn't all
Hearin' that song took me back to my senior year
The year I asked Mary Ellen Mayfield to the prom
She agreed to go as friends, and I remember thinkin',
"man I wish, Lord, I wish that wasn't all"
Ain't it funny how sometimes we can be unsatisfied
With things we should be thankful for
Like an old Keith Whitley or a slow dance at the senior prom
Some things just leave you wantin' more
Like the way I felt that June when Dad called me with the news
Through the tears, he told me my granddad was gone
He lived til' he was ninety-five, I know that was a long life
Still I wish, Lord, I wish that wasn't all
Ain't it funny how sometimes we can be unsatisfied
With things we should be thankful for
Like the time we get to spend with the ones we love, family and friends
Some things just leave you wantin' more
I thank God that I found you
Until now I never Knew
That love could be this strong
I could stay right here and hold you close for ten forevers in a row
Still I'd wish, I'd wish that wasn't all
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I'm gonna tell her that I love her
about a million times a day
oh I'm gonna do
everything I wouldn't do
I'm gonna staighten up my act
If I ever get her back
I'm gonna break these old habits
just like I broke her heart
it took her walking out
for me to figure out
how to keep our love on track
If I ever get her
back in these arms
right where she belongs
I'll hold her near
dry the tears and make her laugh
If I ever get her back
She'll be my every reason
and I'll bend so we don't break
I'll give her all my time
take time to read her mind
she won't even have to ask
If I ever get her
back in these arms
right where she belongs
I'll hold her near
dry those tears and make her laugh
If I ever get her
back in these arms
right where she belongs
I'll hold her near
dry her tears and make her laugh
If I ever get her back
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I watched him take the two strike call:
He hadn't tried to swing at all.
I guess he'd had all that he could take,
He walked away, for goodness sake.
His father's voice was loud an' mean:
"You won't amount to anything."
That little boy quit tryin',
He just walked away.
There were teardrops on his face.
Tell me, how would you feel?
You'd probably give up too,
If nobody believed in you.
That old man said: "One more try,
"I know I'm not too old to try.
"I promise, son, I'll do my best,
"This time, I'm gonna pass the test."
"Give me the keys, Dad, an' get in."
His father never drove again.
That old man quit tryin',
He just turned away.
An' there were teardrops on his face.
Tell me, how would you feel?
You'd probably give up too,
If nobody believed in you.
We take His name out of schools.
The lawyers say it breaks the rules.
Pledge of allegiance can't be writ,
An' under God, should not be said.
I wonder how He will take.
I just pray it's not too late.
What if God quit tryin',
He just turned away?
There were teardrops on his face?
Tell me, how would you feel?
You'd probably give up too,
If nobody believed in you.
Tell me, how would you feel?
You'd probably give up too,
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When the last breath of life
is gone from my body
and my lips are as cold as the sea
when my friends gather round
for my farewell party
won't you pretend you love me
There'll be flowers from those who'll cry
when I go and leave you in this old world alone
I know you'll have fun at my farewell party
won't you be glad when I'm gone
Don't be mad at me
for wanting to keep you
till my life on this old world is through
you'll be free at the end of my farewell party
but I'll, I'll go away loving you
There'll be flowers from those who'll cry
when I go and leave you in this old world alone
I know you'll have fun at my farewell party
won't you be glad when I'm gone
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his daddy taught him all about huntin and fishin
how to work on that old truck when it needed fixin
how to say sir and how to say mam
how their ain't nothing wrong with getting dirt on your hands
[Chorus]
have mercy on all of the kids out there
who haven't been raised to even care
about things like that these days
his momma used to cook every meal in the kitchen
she helped with his homework and taught him religion
she laid down the law and he let her know
where he was going and when he'd be home
have mercy on all of the kids out there
who haven't been raised to even care
about things like that these days
as the years changed him from a boy to a man
he was blessed with a generous heart and a plan
wherever life takes him wherever he's at
he's gonna find some way to give something back
Now his weekends are spent doing what he loves most
with 12 little angels who call him coach
some have nothing and some are spoiled rotten
but when they're with him they're not forgotten
have mercy on all of the parents out there
who haven't been raised to even care
about things like that these days
as the years changed him from a boy to a man
he was blessed with a generous heart and a plan
wherever life takes him wherever he's at
he's gonna find some way to give something back
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Somewhere in Vietnam
a nineteen year old soldier stumbled from a bar room
he said I must be seeing things
that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
In Belfast, Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
as she raced across her yard to ask her neighbor Mrs. Clancy
"what was that?"
In Memphis, Tennesse a teacher raised the window closest to the river
and the children in her classroom swore they heard a choir singin down the
street
In Washington, D.C. a private secretary's lips began to quiver
and the President just put aside some papers and rose quickly to his feet
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
when a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
and as the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face turn white
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
and I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin straight at me
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sound of my own screaming
it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
as tears rolled down my face I cried "Dear God I'm thankful I was only dreaming.
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What's... a... guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't wanna be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Well ask anybody I'm a pretty good guy
And the looks decent wagon didn't pass me by
There ain't nothin in my past that I'm tryin hard to hide
And I don't understand why I gotta wonder why
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't wanna be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Cruise all around the right parking lots
little time gets killed alotta bull gets shot
one who'll think I'm kinda cute and laugh at every joke I got
when I get to thinkin maybe she's athinkin maybe not
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't wanna be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Had an old man tell me "Boy if you were smart
you'd hit the produce isle at the Super Walmart"
So I bumped into a pretty girl's shopping cart
but all I did was break her eggs and bruise her artichoke hearts
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
Don't wanna be alone when the sun goes down
Just a sweet little somethin to put my arms around
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town
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My father died
a year ago today
the rooster started crowing
when they carried dad away
there beside my mother
in the livingroom I stood
with my brother and my sister knowin
dad was gone for good
Then I, I hung around just long enough
to lay him in the ground
then I caught a plane to do a show
up north in Detroit town
because I'm older now
and I ain't got not time to cry
I got no time to look back
I got no time to see
the pieces of my heart that have been ripped away from me
and if the feelings start to come in I've learned to stop them fast
cuz I don't know if I let em go they might not wanna pass
and there's just so many people
tryin to get me on the phone
and there's bills to pay and songs to play
and a house to make a home
I guess I'm older now
and I ain't got not time to cry
I can still remember
before I heard of Merle
so many things have changed
so much here in my world
I remember sitting on the front porch
when an ambulance drove by
just listening to those sirens I would break down and cry
now I'm walkin and I'm talkin
doin just what I'm supposed to do
working overtime to make sure I don't come unglued
Because I'm older now... and I ain't got not time to cry
I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news
there's a half-a-dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose
the baby that was missing was found in a ditch today
and there's bombs flying and people dying not so far away
I'll take a beer from the fridgerator and sit in the yard
with a cold one in my hand I'm gonna bite down and swallow hard
Because I'm older now and I ain't got not time to cry
Its true
I'm older now
Just ain't got not time to cry
No time to cry
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