Mark Chesnutt Album

(Mark Chesnutt, Steve Leslie, Roger Springer)

You've been gone almost a month
Girl I nearly died
For twenty seven days and nights
I sat right here and cried
If it wasn't for your memory
I'd been here all alone
Goodbye heartache, darlin', welcome home.

Chorus:
Treat me any way you want to
Even cuss and swear
Call me anything you need to
I promise I wont care
Just let it all out, you're right I was wrong
Goodbye heartache, darlin', welcome home.

--- Instrumental ---

There's really just no good excuse
For the things I said
The way that I stood up to you
I must have lost my head
And I'm not ashamed to say
Thank God those days are gone
Goodbye heartache, darlin', welcome home.

Chorus:
Treat me any way you want to
Even cuss and swear
Call me anything you need to
I promise I wont care
Just let it all out, you're right I was wrong
Goodbye heartache, darlin', welcome home.

--- Instrumental ---

Chorus:
Treat me any way you want to
Even cuss and swear
Call me anything you need to
I promise I wont care
Just let it all out, you're right I was wrong
Goodbye heartache, darlin', welcome home.

Goodbye heartache, darlin', welcome home...

Last night I came home again
Three sheets to the wind
And broke the promise I swore I'd never break
And it came As no surprise
To see the hurt in her eyes
Or the Bible on the table where she prayed
This time I thought for sure she was good as gone
But she just wiped the tears away and put some coffee on

Chorus
I don't know why she even hangs around
After all the hell I've put her through
And the times I've let her down
She has more faith in me than I have ever found
Heaven knows how much I need her
Thank God for believers

She says "Boy I still love you"
Oh she's Stronger than the ninety proof
I sent coursing through my veins
She says "don't give up the fight
Before long you'll get it right"
I pray to God someday I'll feel the same
Sunday morning beside her in the pew
Through blood shot eyes I try to see her point of view

I don't know why she even hangs around
After all the hell I've put her through
And the times I've let her down
She has more faith in me than I have ever found
Heaven knows how much I need her
Thank God for believers

(Written By: Roger Springer/Tony Martin/Reese Wilson)

Once in a life time love comes along
I know it's you that I'm waiting on
And that sweet promise of our first kiss
Keeps me hanging on through times like this.

Chorus:
So wherever you are I'm thinking of you
I wonder if you're thinking of me too
There's only so long time can keep us apart.

So, until we meet keep me in your heart
Keep wishing upon that same ol' star
And know, that I'll love you wherever you are.

Can't say I know what you look like
But you're in my heart and you're on my mind
And I feel your love deep down in my soul
When I finally find you, girl I'll know.

Chorus:
So wherever you are I'm thinking of you
I wonder if you're thinking of me too
There's only so long time can keep us apart.

So until we meet keep me in your heart
Keep wishing upon that same ol' star
And know, that I'll love you wherever you are.

--- Instrumental ---

So, until we meet keep me in your heart
Keep wishing upon that same ol' star
And know, that I'll love you wherever you are.

Girl, I'll love you
I'll love you wherever you are...

Ever since you told me we were through
I've been down, I've been down
The love you said I'd find to take your place
Never came around, never came around
But one of these days I'll stand on my own
And I'll turn this bleeding heart into stone.

Gonna reach way down inside and find a brand new will to live
Got plans to forget about the way you made me feel
Gonna walk outside one night and turn your memory loose
And when I do, I might even quit lovin' you.
And when I do, I might even quit lovin' you.

--- Instrumental ---

There was time I thought I knew for certain
You'd come home, you'd come home
But judging from the nights I've spent without you
I was wrong, I was wrong
The time has finally come to face the truth
There's only one thing left I can do.

Gonna reach way down inside and find a brand new will to live
Got plans to forget about the way you made me feel
Gonna walk outside one night and turn your memory loose
And when I do, I might even quit lovin' you.
Yeah when I do, I might even quit lovin' you.

--- Instrumental ---

(When I do, I might even quit lovin' you.)
(When I do, I might even quit lovin' you.)..

(Mark Chesnutt, Roger Springer, Slugger Morrissette)

I can't recall how many times she said she'd never leave
Or the times she swore the only one for her was me
But the angel I was counting on has all but disappeared
And the only trace of her that's left I find each night in there

Chorus
Cause she's just numbers on the jukebox that I lean on
There's a little bit of her in every hurtin' song
I used to hate the thought of her ‘til her memory I forget
Cause she's just numbers on the jukebox

B-11 takes me back to the first dance we shared
And A-14 reveals the truth she never cared
One by one they're telling all the stories of my past
And why the love I thought could never die lies here behind this glass

Repeat Chorus

(Steve Leslie, Roger Springer)

Last night I dreamed I went to sleep for good
And in the crowed that gathered round. There you stood
When it finally came your turn to say goodbye
Right then and there I watched you break down and cry

Chorus
And that's when I knew I was dreamin'
The vision was to good to be true
It'd take much more than me dying
For me to ever see that side of you

At first I thought you were an angel
Waiting there to carry me away
Then the pain left my heart when I felt your touch
And in your arms I found everlasting love

Repeat Chorus

(Robert Arthur, Roger Springer, Mark Wright)

The day you left I thought I knew for certain
There's no way in this world I'd wind up hurtin'
I thought getting over you was gonna be a breeze
So it all came as quite a shock when it turned out to be.

Chorus:
Useless as these empty arms
Useless as this broken heart
Useless as these nights I spend alone
I could lie and try to say
I quit loving you in just one day
But the truth is, it's useless.

Not long ago I met this little red head
And she seemed to hang on every word that I said
I thought going out with her would get you off my mind
So I spent half my paycheck in one evening just to find.

Chorus:
It's useless as these empty arms
Useless as this broken heart
Useless as these nights I spend alone
I could lie and try to say
I quit loving you in just one day
But the truth is, it's useless.

--- Instrumental ---

I could lie and try to say
I'd be over you in just one day
But the truth is, it's useless.

I could lie and try to say
I'd be over you in just one day
But the truth is, it's useless...

(Kim Williams, L. David Lewis, Ron Harbin)

How's the world been treatin' you
Lord how long has it been
We got some catchin' up to do
Good to see you my old friend.

Chorus:
Hello honky tonk, long time no see
Never knew that old jukebox could ever sound so sweet
How I missed your neon lights, they sure are a welcome sight
Goodbye lonely nights
Hello honky tonk.

I'm glad nobody's patched that hole
Where my head went through the wall
'Cause I just may head that way again
Before we reach last call
Don't guess I was cut out for
That old domestic life
When she told me to hit the door
I hit yours tonight.

Chorus:
Hello honky tonk, long time no see
Never knew that old jukebox could ever sound so sweet
How I missed your neon lights, they sure are a welcome sight
Goodbye lonely nights
Hello honky tonk.

--- Instrumental ---

Chorus:
Hello honky tonk, long time no see
Never knew that old jukebox could ever sound so sweet
How I missed your neon lights, they sure are a welcome sight
Goodbye lonely nights
Hello honky tonk.

Who cares who's right or wrong
The pain will soon be gone
Goodbye wont hurt too long
Hello honky tonk...

(Roger Springer, Slugger Morrissette)

I used to come in here maybe once or twice a year
But only when I had a good excuse
I'd have one or two then be on my way
But that's way before she told me we were through.

Chorus:
Now any ol' reason will do, any ol' thing that I can use
These days, these nights, the clouds, the rain, the moon
I don't have to think about the love I live without
Or the heart she left that never will be used
Really, any ol' reason will do.

At first I told myself she'd never cross my mind
Unless I was to meet her eye to eye
And only when I felt alone would I turn her memory on
Well, I guess that means I told myself a lie.

Chorus:
Now any ol' reason will do, any ol' thing that I can use
These days, these nights, the clouds, the rain, the moon
I don't have to think about the love I live without
Or the heart she left that never will be used
Really, any ol' reason will do.

--- Instrumental ---

I don't have to think about the love I live without
Or the heart she left that never will be used
Really, any ol' reason will do.

Yeah, any ol' reason will do....

Mark Chestnutt & Alison Krause & Vince Gill

You can tell everyone love is over and done
You can pack all your things and go
You can lie to yourself and say that there's nothing left
But there's one thing I'd like you to know.

That it's never really over
Even though you say we're through
You may be over me but can't you see
It's not over if I'm not over you.

--- Instrumental ---

There's not much I can do if it's over for you
I'll just wish you the best when you leave
But you play such a part in my life and in my heart
You'll always be a part of me.

That it's never really over
Even though you say we're through
You may be over me but can't you see
It's not over if I'm not over you.

You may be over me but can't you see
It's not over if I'm not over you...