Trick Pony Album

To me twelve months is a long, long time.
Someone suddenly changed their mind,
You were sendin' out,
Now it's just too late.
But I won't lose one night of sleep,
Worrying about what was mean't to be.
Yeah, 'cause leavin'
Is just a reason to celebrate.

I'm on a mission, I got a cause.
I'm gonna hit every rockin' little honky-tonk bar,
An' the way I'm thinkin',
It oughta be against the law.
Gonna see what kinda trouble I can find,
I'm on a head-on collision with a real good time.
I'm on a mission,
And it's all about forgettin' tonight.

Forty-hour week and I'm out the door,
Seems like all I've been workin' for,
Is that time when I can finallyjust cut loose.
I got a few good friends and they're waitin' to go.
Just gimme some time to change my clothes.
Till Monday mornin', there ain't nothin' I gotta do.

I'm on a mission, I got a cause.
I'm gonna hit every rockin' little honky-tonk bar,
An' the way I'm thinkin',
It oughta be against the law.
Gonna see what kinda trouble I can find,
I'm on a head-on collision with a real good time.
I'm on a mission,
And it's all about forgettin' tonight, that's right.

Ain't worried 'bout a five-day, no sleep, business week, no escape, workin' girl
blues.
Yeah, I'm a-just doin' what any other modern-day, American woman might do.

I'm on a mission, I got a cause.
I'm gonna hit every rockin' little honky-tonk bar,
An' the way I'm thinkin',
It oughta be against the law.
Gonna see what kinda trouble I can find,
I'm on a head-on collision with a real good time.
I'm on a mission,

It must've hit you like a hurricane
Now you're swimmin' with a ball and chain
Sweet love's gone down the drain
down, down

Girl you're lookin' like a walkin dead
You need to drag a brush across that head
The crack of noon and you're still in bed
Wake up, straighten up, put on your makeup
NO, nobody, nobody ever died of a broken heart


No, nobody, nobody ever died of a broken heart
You cut his head out of every picture
From the letters where he said that he missed ya
All his memories, well you can kiss 'em
Bye, bye

When enough is for sure enough
It's time to shake it out and shake it up
Get in the middle of a great big love
Wham-bam thank you ma'am, baby here we go again

No, nobody, nobody ever died of a broken heart

I've taken down all of your pictures
Put neon up on the wall
Hung pool-table lights from the fixtures
And I built me a bar down the hall

I hired me a man, he comes in at six
He stays 'til I turn out the lights
He's there with a drink when I need a fix
To help you get off of my mind

I'm not thinkin' straight anymore
Not since you walked out that door
I just sit on this stool like a heartbroken fool
Watchin' that bartender pour
I'm not thinkin' straight anymore

Now everyone's got their opinion
Most people think I'm just gone
They question my new way of thinkin'
They ask me what planet I'm on

When I cross that long bridge that goes into town
That water reminds me of wine
The buildings, they all look like bottles
And it takes me right back in time

I'm not thinkin' straight anymore
Not since you walked out that door
I just sit on this stool like a heartbroken fool
Watchin' that bartender pour
I'm not thinkin' straight anymore

There's no use pretending
I need something mind-bending
To help me get over you

I'm not thinkin' straight anymore
Not since you walked out that door
I just sit on this stool like a heartbroken fool
Watchin' that bartender pour
I'm not thinkin' straight anymore

I'm not thinkin' straight anymore
Not since you walked out that door
I just sit on this stool like a heartbroken fool
Watchin' that bartender pour
I'm not thinkin' straight anymore

I'm not thinkin' straight anymore

Love is a ball, a hundred-pound ball
On the end of a chain about ten foot long
Wrapped around my ankle, I drag it down the hall
People let me tell ya that love is a ball
(Kick it in)

Love is a Chevy, a '67 Chevy
Sittin' in the back seat, breathin' hot and heavy
Foggin' upt he window 'til I can't see out at all
People let me tell ya that love is a ball

There are so many variations
Sometimes it all can come unwound...wound...wound
But given any situation
You will find it always hangin' 'round...round...round

Love is a child, an innocent child
Runnin' through a field full of flowers growin' wild
Laughin' and jumpin', rollin' when they fall
People let me tell ya that love is a ball

Love is a ball, a hundred-pound ball
On the end of a chain about ten foot long
Love is a Chevy, A '67 Chevy
Sittin' in the back seat, breathin' hot and heavy
Love is a child, an innocent child
Runnin' through a field full of flowers growin' wild
We live on a rock, it holds us one and all

Lyin' here tonight with you here by my side
God I wish that this could last forever
But the plain and honest truth
Is I can't get inough of you"And I am not complete 'til we're together

Stay right here
Just relax
Lets get lost
Just lay back
And let it all slip away
Slowly watch
The night roll into day
Let two hearts in love"Go where they will
Time may fly but love be still

These are busy times, things are movin' fast
So hold me now and kiss me soft and tender
Well I could not ask for more
Just lock the world outside our door
As our bodies become one and we surrender

Stay right here
Just relax
Lets get lost
Just lay back
And let it all slip away
Slowly watch
The night roll into day
Let two hearts in love"Go where they will
Time may fly but love be still

The clock up on the wall keeps tickin'
And it always will
But here with you we have the power
To let our love be still

Stay right here
Just relax
Lets get lost
Just lay back
And let it all slip away
Slowly watch
The night roll into day
Let two hearts in love"Go where they will

I like my fun every bit as much as anyone
But I want a love that's real
Somehow you know
How to get inside this heart of gold
Real smooth, real slow
I should turn and leave but
You feel so good to me mercy me

What's a good ole girl supposed to do
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
There's no limit to the trouble I could get into
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
Oh a boy like you

My neck, your lips
You're startin' fires with your fingertips
I can't resist givin' in completely
I can't stop lovin' you lovin' me

What's a good ole girl supposed to do
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
There's no limit to the trouble I could get into
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
Oh a boy like you

Makin' love so sweetly, you feel so good to me
Mercy me, mercy me, mercy me

What's a good ole girl supposed to do
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
There's no limit to the trouble I could get into
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
Oh a boy like you

What's a good ole girl supposed to do
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)
There's no limit to the trouble I could get into
With a boy like you (bad, bad boy like you)

Baby there's something wrong
And I can tell that it needs fixin'
It's written all over your face
No one can miss it
You been mopin' around with that hound dog frown
Like your best friend just left ya
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right

That ain't nothin' but a lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues
It ain't nothin' but a lowdown sad-song she's-gone attitude
That remedy: a little bit of me for y-o-u
To get you over them
Lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues

So put your arms around me baby
I can make it better
When I get through with you
You'll soon forget her
It ain't no big deal, I know how you feel
I've been right where you're standin'
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right

That ain't nothin' but a lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues
It ain't nothin' but a lowdown sad-song she's-gone attitude
That remedy: a little bit of me for y-o-u
To get you over them
Lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues

That ain't nothin' but a lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues
It ain't nothin' but a lowdown sad-song she's-gone attitude
That remedy: a little bit of me for y-o-u
To get you over them
Lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues

To get you over them
Lovesick heart broke hillbilly blues

Three months ago Tom and Becky Jones had a fight
She left hi overnight
Then my next-door neighbor said his woman gave him fits
He up and called it quits
The couple down the block barely finished their house
I learned this mornin' he's already moved out

I don't like what's goin' down
Spreadin' like fire all over this town
Up and gone has done caught on
How else do you explain
Leavin' seems to be the goin' thing
It's the goin' thing

Now here I am on this front porch tryin' to understand
This letter in my hand
You left it sittin' on the table when you went for a walk
It said we need to talk
You can understand my concern
I'm thinkin' maybe it's my turn

I don't like what's goin' down
Spreadin' like fire all over this town
Up and gone has done caught on
How else do you explain
Leavin' seems to be the goin' thing
It's the goin' thing

I'm not the kind to overreact
But you can't deny the cold hard facts

I don't like what's goin' down
Spreadin' like fire all over this town
Up and gone has done caught on
How else do you explain
Leavin' seems to be the goin' thing

Lay your body down next to mine
When you take my breath, baby, take your time
There's some things that'll never change
Like you and me and the smell of rain

Feel my lips, baby, on your skin
When the kiss has ended, let's kiss again
There's some things that'll never change
Like you and me and the smell of rain

Oh, yeah

And I, I wanna pour my love on your
Make you feel the way I do
Every moment we're together

I hear you whisper, soft and low
Hold me, baby, and never let go
There's some things that'll never change
Like you and me and the sound of rain

And I, I wanna pour my love on you
Make you feel the way I do
Every moment we're together
And I, I wanna give you everything
Let it shower down like rain
Make the passion last forever

There's some things that'll never change
Like you and me and the smell of rain
Like you and me and the taste of rain
You and me and the sound of rain
Pour my love on you like rain
(Pour my love on you like rain)

Lay your body down next to mine
When you take my breath, baby, take your time
Feel my lips, baby, on your skin

w/ Willie Nelson

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her mem're torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her mem're torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me

I'm drowning in a whiskey river
Bathing my memory's mind in the wetness of it's soul
Feeling the amber current flowin' from my mind
And war an emply heart you left so cold

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her mem're torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me

I'm drowning in a whiskey river
Bathing my memory's mind in the wetness of its' soul
Feeling the amber current flowin' from my mind
And warm an empty heart you left so cold

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her mem're torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry
You're all I've got, take care of me

Whiskey River take my mind
Don't let her mem're torture me
Whiskey River don't run dry

I'm not the kind that gets around
Just another face in this little town
An everyday man trying to live life right
You wouldn't know it to look at me
I live in silent misery or I lead a double life

I've battled with the bottle
All alone for years
I've lied a thousand lies
And I've cried a million tears

I'm too tired to fight it
Too ashamed to pray
And I'm sure the Lord must be bored
With the promises I've made
So I sit here with my secret
Where no on else can see
I'll just keep it
Between the devil and me

Monday morning, here I am
Hiding bottles in the garbage can
I take out the trash and pray no one sees
I keep my family in the dark
Lord knows it would break their hearts
To see their rock be so weak

I've had a good old Baptist raisin'
So I've got no good excuse
I wish that I was stronger
But here's the honest truth

I'm too tired to fight it
Too ashamed to pray
And I'm sure the Lord must be bored
With the promises I've made
So I sit here with my secret
Where no on else can see
I'll just keep it
Between the devil and me

I'm hoping for a miracle
I know that i can change
No I'm not giving up
I know there'll come a day

When I'm not too tired to fight it
Or too ashamed to pray
And I know the Lord won't be bored
With the promises I've made
I won't live here with my secret
Where no one else can see
No I won't keep it
Between the devil and me
No I won't keep it

Just a dot on a road map
Nowhere is where we're at
My daddy worked nearly all his life
Just to get here, imagine that
I love you baby and I always will
But please make no mistake
Watchin' paint dry on a Friday night
Is just a bit more tha I can take

I need a fast horse
I'll take a slow train
Gimme a window seat on an airplane
I need a ticket somewhere
And it needs to be far away
They say a wild heart
Will get you so far
And I'm thinkin' that you need a head start
So if you're comin' with me
Baby you're gonna need a fast horse

Tick-tock of the town clock
Never slows down and it don't stop
You only get one time around
And there's not time for a second thought
If you're gonna keep up with somebody like me
Who's way past thinkin' that it's time to leave
If you wait around I'll be gone
On the first thing I get my hands on

I need a fast horse
I'll take a slow train
Gimme a window seat on an airplane
I need a ticket somewhere
And it needs to be far away
They say a wild heart
Will get you so far
And I'm thinkin' that you need a head start
So if you're comin' with me
Baby you're gonna need a fast horse

I need a fast horse
I'll take a slow train
Give me a fast horse