Montgomery Gentry Album

(C.Knight/G.Nicholson)

Sometimes I think what turned her on
Was my old broke down boots
She wanted her a real cowboy
It was a phase she was just goin' through
But not one week after she moved in
I caught her paintin' the bedroom blue
Brought home a bottle of pink chablis
Poured out my best home brew
I was sittin' on the porch in my overalls
As she packed her things to leave
She changed her mind, when she couldn't change me

She changed direction, headed out west
Changed her tune to some hip-hop mess
Her dark brown hair went to blonde
And her pretty blue eyes went to green
She changed everything, when she couldn't change me

She was sittin' beside the ocean
Looking out at the waves
Watching how they keep on rolling
But always seem the same
She called and said she'd been thinking about
All those quiet country nights
And whatever she thought was wrong with me
Suddenly seemed alright
I was sittin' on the porch in my overalls
When her truck pulled into view
She said "I changed my mind, when I couldn't change you"

She changed direction, headed back home
Changed her tune it's all Haggard and Jones
And her dark brown hair pulled back
And her bluest eyes you've ever seen
She changed her mind, when she couldn't change me

She changed direction, she's back in my arms
She thought it through, had a change of heart
She said "I guess when you love someone
You just gotta let it be"
She changed her mind, when she couldn't change me
Yeah, yeah
She changed it all when she couldn't change me

(Dave Gibson/Greg Crowe/Bill McCorvey)

Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper
Found my key, and unlocked the door
I walked in, felt like a stranger
Like I'd never, been there before
And as I wandered room to room
It was silent as a tomb

Coulda heard a tear drop, coulda heard a heart break
Never saw the flood come, even though I felt the rain
Never heard a house sound, so loud with memories
Where there used to be a happy home
In the house on the corner of lonely and gone

If she talked about leavin, I wasn't listenin
If she showed me a sign, well I never saw
Did she stop believin, did I stop givin
Can't put my finger on what went wrong
Now the quietest noise I'm told
Is the sound of letting go.

Coulda heard a tear drop, coulda heard a heart break
Never saw the flood come, even though I felt the rain
Never heard a house sound, so loud with memories
Where there used to be a happy home
In the house on the corner of lonely and gone

Oh never heard a house sound, so loud with memories
Where there used to be a happy home
In the house on the corner, in the house on the corner

(Steve Fox/Robin Branda)

His cows get loose and run right thru the fast food parking lots
And Daddy gets calls from the mini-malls 
when they're downwind from his hogs. 
When his tractor backs up traffic, the reception ain't too warm. 
The city's growing around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm. 

You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep.
You can't pull roots when they run that deep.
He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm.
Daddy won't sell the farm. 

He worked and slaved in '68, he bought these fields and trees.
He raised his corn and a big red barn and a healthy family.
He learned to love the woodlands, he can't stand to do them harm. 
There's concrete all around him, but Daddy won't sell the farm. 

You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep.
You can't pull roots when they run that deep.
He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm.
Daddy won't sell the farm. 

One day he's gonna leave it all to me and I'll start my own branch of the
family tree. They'll get the message written on the roof of the barn,
Daddy 
won't sell the farm. 

You can't roll a rock, up a hill that steep.
You can't pull roots when they run that deep.
He's gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm.
Daddy won't sell the farm. 

We're gonna live and die, in the eye of an urban storm. 
Daddy won't sell the farm.

(Ray Pennigton)

I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans
I've played in California there ain't too much I haven't seen
I'm a Ramblin' Man
Don't fool around with a Ramblin' Man

Left a girl in West Virginia
Up there where the green grass grows
Got a girl in Cincinnati, waitin' where the Ohio River flows
I'm a Ramblin' Man
Don't give your heart to a Ramblin' Man

You better move away
You're standing too close to the flame
Once I mess with your mind
Your little heart won't be the same

I'm a Ramblin' Man
Don't mess around with a Ramblin' Man

Well, up in Chicago I was known as quite a boy
Down in Alabama they call me the man of joy
I'm a Ramblin' Man
Don't fall in love with a Ramblin' Man

You better move away
You're standing too close to the flame
Once I mess with your mind
Your little heart won't be the same

I'm a Ramblin' Man

(Woody Mullins/Mike Geiger/Michael Huffman)

Weatherman says it might hit 95
September's gonna feel more like July
He's callin' for a night that's warm and mild
I think he missed it by a mile
He just don't know that you're gone
I feel a cold one comin' on

Driving home gets longer every day
I've found new things to do along the way
A bar room ain't no place to run and hide
From the memories of a love that said goodbye
I'm sick and tired of right and wrong
I feel a cold one comin' on

Makes you want to start thinkin'
About drinkin'
If I don't fine a way to ease my mind
And leave all this behind
I'm gonna go crazy, without you baby
A bar room or that bedroom back at home
I feel a cold one comin' on

Makes you want to start thinkin'
About drinkin'
If I don't fine a way to ease my mind
And leave all this behind
I'm gonna go crazy, without you baby
A bar room or that bedroom back at home

(Charlie Daniels, Jack Gavin, Charlie Hayward, Taz DiGregorio, Bruce Ray Brown)

Well the party started early
About a quarter to three
Just a few close friends
Charlie, Troy, and me
We just got started when somebody asked
How long you think this party's gonna last

I said all night long (all night long)
I said all night long (all night long)
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin'
Gonna boogie-woogie all night long

Well the next door neighbors started raising a fuss
Said you had a party and you didn't call us
I said put on your dancing shoes and come along
We'll be here till the cows come home

I said all night long (all night long)
I said all night long (all night long)
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin'
Gonna boogie-woogie all night long
(and that's all night long)

(Ahh, guitar)

We'll be jumping through the windows and sneaking down the halls
Dancing on the ceiling, dancing on the wall
The last thing I remember 'fore the lights went out
I jumped up on the table and I started to shout

I said all night long (all night long)
I said all night long (all night long)
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin'
Gonna boogie-woogie all night long
(I mean all night long)

I said all night long (all night long)
I said all night long (all night long)
We'll be rockin' we'll be rollin'

(Rivers Rutherford/Tom Shapiro/Bob DiPiero)

My old man's backhand used to land,
Hard on the side of my head.
I just learned to stay out of his way.
There's been streetfights, blue lights,
Long nights with the world sittin' on my chest:
It just showed me how much I could take.
Hard times, bad luck.
Sometimes, life sucks.

That's all right, I'm ok.
It ain't nothin' but another day.
But only God knows where I'd be,
If you ever stopped lovin' me.

The bank man, the boss man, the lawman,
All tryin' to get their hands on me.
And I ain't even done a danged thing wrong.
I've been waylaid, freight-trained, short-changed,
By bigger an' badder men.
An' all I got to say is: "Bring it on."
Hard rain, rough road,
So my life goes.

That's all right, I'm ok.
It ain't nothin' but another day.
But only God knows where I'd be,
If you ever stopped lovin' me.

I need you,
Gotta have you,
In my life, on my side,
Every day I'm alive,
Every might when I'm greedy an' needing,
You!

Instrumental break.

That's all right, I'm ok.
It ain't nothin' but another day.
But only God knows where I'd be,
If you ever stopped lovin' me.

It ain't nothin' but another day.
But only God knows where I'd be,
If you ever stopped lovin' me.

Baby, never stop lovin' me.

(Brett Beavers/Jim Beavers/Troy Van Harfen)

Well I changed my ways to please that woman
But I could never be good enough
Yeah, I gave up drinkin', took up churchin'
For a while it wasn't tough
Barkeep we've made our decision after doin' the best we could
Yeah, for better or worse
We're gonna be bad for good

So bring on the whiskey
Turn up the jukebox loud
These boots were made for tonkin'
Warn every woman around
We're gonna wind it up tonight
A little tighter than we should
Yeah, for better or worse
We're gonna be bad for good

Tell 'em T-Roy

I really like my reputation
And how I'm known all over town
Bein' the first in our generation
To close every single honky-tonk down
I'm gonna be a tough act to follow
After doin' what I said I would
Yeah, for better or worse
We're gonna be bad for good

So bring on the whiskey
Turn up the jukebox loud
These boots were made for tonkin'
Warn every woman around
We're gonna wind it up tonight
A little tighter than we should
Yeah, for better or worse
We're gonna be bad for good

All ya'll be bad for us one time now

We're gonna wind it up tonight
A little tighter than we should
Yeah, for better or worse
We're gonna be bad for good
Yeah, for better or worse
We're gonna be bad for good

Spoken:
Hey bartender, pour us another one!
Yeah, we're closin' this son of a bitch down

(C. Beathard/E. Hill)

Put me on a mountain, way back in the back woods
Put me on a lake with pickin on the line
Put me 'round a campfire cookin' something I just cleaned
You do your thing, I'll do mine

I ain't tradin' in my family's safety
Just to save a little gas
And I'll pray to God any place, any time
And you can bet I'll pick up the phone if Uncle Sam calls me up
You do your thing, I'll do mine

Hey, I'll worry about me
You just worry about you
And I'll believe what I believe
And you believe what you believe too

I ain't gonna spare the rod
Cuz that ain't what my daddy did
And I sure know the difference between wrong and right
You know, to me it's all just common sense
A broken rule, a consequence
You do your thing, I'll do mine

Hey, I'll worry about me
You just worry about you
And I'll believe what I believe
And you believe what you believe too

I'm gonna keep on working hard
Make my money the old-fashioned way
I don't wanna piece of someone else's pie
If I don't get my fill on life I ain't gonna blame no one but me
You do your thing, I'll do mine

You ain't gonna be my judge
Cuz my judge will judge us all one day

(Gregg Allman/Dickey Betts/Jonny Neel)

Eye on the crowd, baby
For folks who want to satisfy my need
Someway, somehow
Gonna find someone to spend some time with me
Well I ain't lookin' forever
Just a woman to treat a good man right
You look so good you got me thinkin'
You might satisfy my soul tonight

There's no harm done
I know you're the one
You don't have to worry
No hurry
The night's still young
I'm just looking for some good clean fun

I ain't lookin' for a woman
Who's always tryin' to put me down
I don't want nobody
Giving me that same old run around

I ain't leavin' I'm just leanin'
And I'm lookin' for that good time thing
And I could tell by the way you're acting
Girl, you know exactly what I'm thinkin'

There's no harm done
I know you're the one
You don't have to worry
No hurry
The night's still young
I'm just looking for some good clean fun

Don't want to slow down, don't want to move too slow
I am so confused, I don't know what to do
So please don't think I'm moving in for the kill
If you don't want to love me somebody else will

Don't want to slow down, don't want to move too slow
I am so confused, I don't know what to do
So please don't think I'm moving in for the kill
But if you don't want to love me somebody else will

There's no harm done
I know you're the one
You don't have to worry
No hurry
The night's still young
I'm just looking for some good clean fun
Looking for some
Oh, baby
Looking for some good clean fun