Hey Little Girl

Hey little girl you’d be flyin’

If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down

Sunshine smiles there’s no lyin’

As rose petals fall to your ground

 

Eternal love is in your love song

Family is combing your hair

A fine young man is dancing along

He’s following your music there

 

Hey little girl you’d be flyin’

If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down

 

A star is following you across the sky

It’s shining upon your grace

One true love is all you get in this life

On Earth or out in space

 

Hey little girl you’d be flyin’

If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down

 

Hey little girl you’d be flyin’

If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down

 

Hey little girl you’d be flyin’

If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down

 

Hey little girl you’d be flyin’

If it wasn’t for gravity holdin’ you down

Would if I Could

Sad phone call at 3 a.m.

Split my night

He said Dad have you heard this song

I play it when things ain’t right

I play it when things ain’t right

 

Sounds like someone we knew

Man I’d punch him if I could

Seems I can’t control anything

I know I would if I could

I know I would if I could

 

Don’t tell Mom I was crying

Some nights it’s hard to see in the dark

I’ve been flying on a swing set

In the dark down at the park

In the dark down at the park

 

What I’d give for ten minutes

You can’t stretch between the stars

It’s like the Irish and good soldiers

It’s the stars out of the bars

It’s the stars out of the bars

 

Dad I love you and I’m gonna be alright

Them old songs just rock me good

Sometimes I just like to forget

But I don’t know if I would if I could

I don’t know if I would if I could

Don’t know if I would if I could

Don’t know if I would if I could

Don’t know if I would if I could

Don’t know if I would if I could

Trucker's Chapel

I’m prayin’ for forgiveness

Out here on the road

Fightin’ off the loneliness

It is such a heavy load

 

You’re in a trucker’s chapel

You’re stained as the glass

It sheds colored light

On the misery rollin' past

 

Head winds and the rain

Man they scream across the prairie

Poor little farm towns

Leadin’ to the dirty city

Seems old Mexico has moved up North

Hard workin’ families

With trouble pourin' forth

 

Hear your cousin lost a brother

In the oil wars

All the talkin’ heads

They’re just lyin’ anymore

Hey this country’s goin’ broke

It’s been raided by the rich

Yer tryin' to keep your rig from runnin’ in the ditch

 

If you ran any faster, Lord you’d be flyin’

You'll pray for wings when you get around to dyin’

You’re in a trucker’s chapel

You’re stained as the glass

So you beg your trucker angel

To give you one more pass

Ain't Goin' Back Home

I was sitting in a trucker’s chapel

He started tellin’ this tale

Said I got a new ID

The company holds my mail

 

I  left out on a dark day

And I ain’t goin’ back home

A good girl begged me to stay

But I ain’t goin’ back home

 

Well I left with damn good reasons

But it don’t seem like that now

I make it through the seasons

With the sweat off my brow

 

I picked all kinds of fruit and onions

Been the deckhand on a fishing scoul

I’m like an old dog with bad teeth

Chewin on a bone

And I ain’t goin’ home

 

The law was tryin’ to own me so I ain’t goin’ back home

I’m not property so I ain’t goin’ back home

 

Been tequila drunk and Mexican blind

I’m not a child in New Laredo

I ain’t goin’ back home

 

Well I left with damn good reasons

But it don’t seem like that now

I make it through the seasons

With the sweat off my brow

 

I picked all kinds of fruit and onions

Been the deckhand on a fishing scoul

I’m like an old dog with bad teeth

Chewin on a bone

 

And I ain’t goin’ home

My truck’s my home

Like Spring Rain

I see your face at a place in the sun

Somewhere where your soul can run

Your skin is warm

Your breath is sweet

There’s no shoes on your feet

And you can forget your tears like a spring rain

 

I know a secret I found in your eyes

It rings in your dreams like sweet lullabies

And you can forget your tears like a spring rain

 

There will be fruit heavy on your trees

The sun will warm all your memories

And you can forget your tears like a spring rain

And you can forget your tears like a spring rain

Inside a Photograph

Trapped inside a photograph

That’s developed in my mind

There’s a lilac and a lady

Prettiest things this cowboy could ever find

 

It’s always April

And the new grass is soft on our feet

You were a blushing bride

And a mother with child

That smelled so sweet

Mother with child

That smelled so sweet

 

Well trapped inside a photograph

Smiles are frozen in time

While the clothing is vintage

I can still taste the wedding wine

 

And it’s always April

New grass is soft on our feet

And a mother with child

That smelled so sweet

Mother with child

You smelled so sweet

 

Well trapped inside a photograph

There’s an image in my mind

Family

There’s a great wrestler

A great debater

And a pretty smart homecoming queen

 

They’re all a part of me and their mother

And some things in between

Take a look; take a look

They’re in the good Lord’s book

Hooked in our minds for all times

Family

House Lights Yellow

The snow is coming and the wind is blowing

You can hear it howlin’ through the trees

Ya keep the fire hot and you stay inside

When the snow is past your knees

 

House lights are yellow on the snow

As I walk outside and hear the north wind blow

 

The snow is coming and the wind is blowing

You can hear it howlin’ through the trees

Ya keep the fire hot and you stay inside

When the snow is past your knees

 

House lights are yellow on the snow

As I walk outside and hear the north wind blow

 

The snow is coming and the wind is blowing

You can hear it howlin’ through the trees

Ya keep the fire hot and you stay inside

When the snow is past your knees

Easy Blessings

Spring is right around the corner

One last snow in this go ‘round

Wind chimes are singin’ and a dancin’

‘bout a blizzard blowin’ in at sundown

 

I thought I’d walk along the willows

And move my shadow through the trees

An’ count all my easy blessings

An’ scout out a rabbit from my knees

 

It’s easy to imagine

As I move my shadow through the trees

An’ count all my easy blessings

That you are right here with me

 

It’s easy to imagine

As I move my shadow through the trees

An’ count all my easy blessings

That you are right here with me

 

It was easy to imagine

As I move my shadow through the trees

And I count all my easy blessings

That you are right here with me

Sky Turned Red

When the sky turned red

Did your mama tell you some nursery rhymes

When the sky turned red

Did you sing with Bobby of changing times

 

When the sky turned red

Did you hear Martin Luther and JFK

When the sky turned red

Did you hear Eisenhower warn of the CIA

 

Do you sing freedom songs under your breath

As the war on terror scares you half to death

 

When the sky turned red

Did we kill each other on television

When the sky turned red

Did you imagine there was no religion