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A friend asked me before his wedding day
Tell me the truth I want to hear you say
Is marriage a blessing or is it a curse
I said, it's for better and for sometimes worse
You're gonna be happy and sometimes so sad
It feels good except when it feels bad
And you'll know that you don't know a thing
But day after day - you want to wear that ring
You want to wear that ring
It's hell when the two of you can't agree
It's heaven just being with your family
Growing hurts, but you grow and thrive
Through it all you feel so alive
Chorus
He asked will I love her more or will I love her less
And with all my heart I answered yes
You'll take a ring and a ring you'll give
Before you die you will surely live
Chorus
Why the all the questions
Man you already know
Chorus
(Owen Temple & Wade Bowen)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI) / Stolen Taylor Music (ASCAP)
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Red Wine and Tequila
03:44
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Sipping wine then taking shots is a stupid thing to do
Last time I felt this bad, I was spending time with you
Drank red wine and tequila now I'm hanging on the floor
I've got a sick feeling, we can't do this anymore
So I called to say goodbye, I can't argue on the phone
I tried to love you baby but we're better off alone
Like red wine and tequila, we're a bad combination
All we feel together is sick frustration
I've got some rough edges and you're smooth and refined
We do alright apart but we're terrible combined
We should have known better now it feels like hell
Red wine and tequila, baby - we don't mix well
You're sophisticated, always had a lot of class
You take things slow and steady, sipping wine from a glass
I was born impulsive, always got a new plan
I drink a shot of liquor soon as it's in my hand
If I make it through this, I swear to all my friends
I have learned my lesson, never mix with you again
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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Swear It Off Again
04:01
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The lights in the arena and the crowd in the stands
Fifteen hundred pounds of bull gripped tight in your hands
Announcer says your name and the crowd goes wild
I've had rodeo dreams since I was a child
I ride in a rodeo a few times a year
I get stomped and bucked and then
I ride enough, I get muddy and bloody
Then I swear it off again
I've been trampled and broken and left in the dirt
Cheered by fans through ten years of hurt
Now I hung up my number, there's a ranch that I run
Where a man can make a living working out in the sun
Chorus
My rodeo buddy he's doing real good
He's holding on longer than they thought that he could
He's got a chance in Vegas at the glory and wealth
Some nights I wonder could I do it myself
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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Two Thousand Miles
03:45
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See that U-haul truck filled with all that we own
Parked in the driveway of our old home
To cross this country by tomorrow night
We're gonna hit the road in the morning light
In a truck full of dreams
And a handful of doubts
But we put fear away
After we pulled out
Cause there's nothing we can't do baby
No problem, no trials
Two lovers, two days,
And two thousand miles
With you on one side and me driving on the other
Nothing's comes between us, two young lovers
We'll point this truck straight through the country's heart
Go thousands of miles from where we start
Chorus
Yeah you and me baby we passed a test
Hauling these two hearts across the Midwest
Our friends called us crazy you know they were right
Crazy in love as we drove out of sight
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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Like We Still Care
04:11
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I go the other way if I see you first
And I know you do the same
I didn't think I'd see you out tonight
'Til I heard someone speak your name
But we don't want to talk
We don't want to share
We go through the motions
Just like we still care
Like we still care
I force myself to look okay
You do your best to smile
When I asked how have you been
We visit for awhile
Chorus
Then I look out the window
And you reach for a light
The silence comes back colder
And it won't let go tonight
Chorus
You stand there smoking silent
And I move down the hall
I step outside in darkness
I promised you I'd call
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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Dale was painfully shy back in high school
But he worked up the nerve bought Carla a ring
He hits the open mic every Friday
But he can't drink enough to sing
His momma said he shakes his leg like Elvis
His daddy said he does no such thing
He hits the open mic every Friday
But he can't drink enough to sing
And Carla says
Honey would you like another whiskey
I'd love it if you'd get up on that stage
Honey I know you think singing's risky
But you've written out the lyrics on a page
Sweat drips off his brow into his bourbon
With just the thought of banging on them strings
He hits the open mic every Friday
But he can't drink enough to sing
Carla huffs and comes on to the waiter
She looks around and fiddles with her ring
She hits the open mic with him Fridays
But he can't drink enough to sing
Chorus
Dale wakes up face down on his momma's driveway
With tore up lyrics and a thrown out ring
He won't hit the open mic next Friday
'Cause he can't drink enough to sing
And his momma says
Honey would you like another whiskey
She'll love you if you'll get up on that stage
Honey I know you think singing's risky
But you've written out the lyrics on a page
Dale was painfully shy back in high school
But he worked up the nerve bought Carla a ring
He hits the open mic every Friday
But he can't drink enough to sing
(Owen Temple & Jay Altizer)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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I quit smoking I quit drinking
I quit staying out all night
I quit drinking from the milk carton
I quit starting barroom fights
But there's one habit that I don't want to lose
I just can't quit loving you
I quit paying my bills late
I quit driving cars too fast
I quit wasting my good money
On thrills that wouldn't last
But I can't stand the thought if you and I were through
I just can't quit loving you
Love is harder on me
Than anything else I find
Messes with my heart, messes with my mind
I guess I'll have to live with the love I have to do
I just can't quit loving you
When things got rough at work
And I kept at it for awhile
But when I'd finally had enough
I quit Johnny Paycheck style
But I'm still around after all that we've been through
I just can't quit loving you
Chorus
I can't take any steps
To leave behind your heart
Without falling down honey
Or falling apart
And walking away is something I could never do
I just can't quit loving you
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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8. |
Demolition Derby
03:19
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Racing down a track, a collision course
If we crash neither one will survive the force
Ramming into each other, fighting over the lane
We'll both be twisted metal and a bent up frame
Slamming into each other but the wheels are still turning
We used to be lovers demolition derby
Engines overheating, hearts taking a beating
We used to be lovers demolition derby
The last one to break apart wins
But neither one will live to love again
We trash each other like backroad punks
Perfectly good love becomes a pile of junk
Chorus
Who better to tear the other apart
Than the one who knows the secret places of the heart
We know how to hurt each other so when love goes bad
The one who used to make you so happy is gonna make you so sad
We could end this race and call it a draw
Call it a day before we wreck it all
Seems like a waste when we've got a clear head
All for bragging rights when love is dead
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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When you come how from work - dark house noone's there
You might think that nobody cares
If the telephone won't ring and no message is waiting
You can't say that hope for love is fading
If you don't want to be alone
You don't have to stay at home
Someone else is out there you are not the only
One who hates to be lonely
You don't have to be lonely
When he saw her out one night, he said to himself
I bet she's here to meet somebody else
But a friend introduced her and a year later to the day
Down on one knee he took her hand to say
Chorus
But time passes and seasons change
They shared the same address and name but they lived separate lives
It's a thing that can happen to husbands and wives
They hadn't spoken for two weeks unless it was to shout
When she asked him to think of moving out
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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The Pluto Blues
04:55
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I heard what happened, what they did to you
I read it in the paper, could not believe it was true
Scientists all met up as I understand it
They changed their minds one more time, now Pluto's not a planet
Pluto was once every astronomer's dream
A few decades later, nothing's sacred it seems
Now it lost its place in the planetarium set
In orbit for centuries - the thanks that you get
Today's star is tomorrow's black hole
Fame in the solar system is a dangerous goal
One day you're a planet, next day just a rock in space
Left in the cold, fallen from grace
He was the star of TV's Diff'rent Strokes
Once people the world over were laughing at his jokes
He made millions of dollars with his trademark phrase
But it all went downhill after those glory days
The TV show was cancelled, they said he wasn't funny
Then he found out his parents spent all of his money
Now he's doing his best as a security guard
He never thought the acting gig would ever be this hard
Today's star is tomorrow's black hole
Fame in Hollywood is a dangerous goal
One day you're a star, next day you're just a rock in space
Left in the cold, fallen from grace
And I know it isn't fair, celebrity's no gentle game
You haven't got it made when everybody knows your name
You may think your place in the stars is for sure
A trip from the top to a rent-a-cop can make you feel insecure
So take a lesson from former planets and former stars
You might dream someday everybody knows who you are
But astronomers are a fickle bunch, and the public just gets bored
You might wake up to find you're not a planet anymore
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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My great grandfather was a rake and a rambler
Good with the women but not a good gambler
Bet away a fortune, and lost a family business
Deep in East Texas, he died with no witness
A son of a son, a father of fathers
Rivers run from many waters
My grandfather could be called a free thinker
A poet, a painter, a pretty heavy drinker
He'd show me his workshop on Galveston Island
We'd go watch the ocean, he was a kind man
Chorus
My father tells me, that he's born again
Says he's not lonely 'cause Jesus is a good friend
Dad comes to visit and we get to talkin'
Get past the tension when he first walks in
Chorus
I can hear him when he wakes up and I fix his breakfast
Take him on school days, help him to get dressed
Everyday he's bigger, learning all that he can
Says he'll be a daddy when he's a grown man
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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On the Lonesome Road
03:23
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Well I've rambled coast to coast seen the cities of the plains
Where they know my face but they don't know my name
I made music and whiskey in the hills of Tennessee
I forget more places than most folks ever see
On the lonesome road I'm headed down
The highways roll from town to town
Just keep movin' on but might come back someday
I've got miles to travel and a heart full of songs to play
If I had a dollar for every song I've played
I'd bet you a dollar that my bills would all be paid
If I owed you a dollar for every love I lost
Don't show me the tab I can't bear to know the cost
Chorus
When I get weary, I wonder where to go
When the road gets dark and the nights get cold
I want to find a place where restless souls like me
Can hear an old fiddle tune and a harmony
Chorus
(Owen Temple)
© 2006 Owen Temple Music (BMI)
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