Long
Time Gone
written by Darrell Scott
Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'
Lookin' out on a vacant
field
Used to be filled with burly tobacco
Now he knows it never will
My brother found work in Indiana
Sister's
a nurse at the old folks home
Momma's still cookin' too much for supper
And me I've been a longtime gone
Been
a longtime gone
No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
Longtime gone
And it ain't comin' back again
Delia
plays that ol' church piano
Sittin' out on her daddy's farm
She always thought that we'd be together
Lord I never
meant to do her harm
Said she could hear me singing in the choir
Me I heard another song
I caught wind and hit
the road runnin'
And Lord I been a longtime gone
Been a longtime gone
Lord I ain't had a prayer since I don't
know when
Longtime gone
And it ain't comin' back again
Now me I went to Nashville
Tryin' to be the big deal
Playin'
down on Broadway
Gettin' there the hard way
Livin' from a tip jar
Sleepin' in my car
Hockin' my guitar
Yeah
I'm gonna be a star
Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday
Watchin' the children and the garden grow
We listen
to the radio to hear what's cookin'
But the music ain't got no soul
Now they sound tired but they don't sound haggard
They
got money but they don't have cash
They got junior but they don't have hank
I think, I think, I think...
The rest
is...
A longtime gone
No I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
Longtime gone
And it ain't comin' back I
said
A longtime gone
No I ain't honked the horn since I don't know when
Longtime gone
And it ain't comin' back
again
I said a longtime longtime longtime gone
Oh it's been a longtime
Longtime longtime longtime gone
Oh
it's been a long time gone
Longtime longtime longtime gone
Yeah, yeah
Landslide
written by Stevie Nicks
I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and
I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well the landslide brought me down
Oh mirror
in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can
I handle the seasons of my life
Uh huh
Uh huh, uh huh
Well I've been afraid of changing cause I built my life
around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
And I'm getting older too
Well..
Well I've been
afraid of changing cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older
too
Well I'm getting older too
So take this love and take it down
Yeah and if you climb a mountain and ya turn
around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well the landslide brought me down
And if you see my
reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well maybe
Well maybe
Well maybe
The landslide will bring you down
Travelin' Soldier
written by Bruce Robison
Two days past eighteen
He was waiting for the bus in his
army greens
Sat down in a booth in a cafe there
Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little
shy but she give him a smile
So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talking to me, I'm feeling a little
low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go
So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said
I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I got no one to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here
to you
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young
for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier
to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming home
So the letters came from an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love and all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's getting
kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't
worry but I won't be able to write for a while
I cried
Never
gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our
love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's
coming home
One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said
and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your head
For the list of local Vietnam dead
Crying all alone
under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and nobody really cared
But a pretty
little girl with a bow in her hair
I cried
Never
gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our
love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's
coming home
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin'
for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more
to be alone when the letter says
A soldier's coming home
Truth No. 2
written by Patty Griffin
You don't like the sound of the truth
Coming from my mouth
You
say that I lack the proof
Well baby that might be so
I might get to the end of my life
Find out everyone was lying
I
don't think that I'm afraid anymore say that I would rather die trying
Woh-oh
Swing me way down south
Sing me
something brave from your mouth
And I'll bring you
Pearls of water on my hips
And the love in my lips
All the
love from my lips
This time when he swung the bat
And I found myself laying flat I wondered
What a way to spend
a dime
What a way to use the time, ain't it baby
I looked at my reflection in the window walking past
And I saw a
stranger
Just so scared all the time it makes me one more reason
Why the world's dangerous
Woh-oh
Swing me
way down south
Sing me something brave from your mouth
And I'll bring you
Pearls of water on my hips
And the love
in my lips
All the love from my lips
You don't like the sound of the truth
Coming from my mouth
You say that
I lack the proof
Well baby that might be so
Tell me what's wrong with having a little faith
In what you're feeling
in your heart
Why must we be so afraid
And always so far apart
Woh-oh
Swing me way down south
Sing me something
brave from your mouth
And I'll bring you
Pearls of water on my hips
And the love in my lips
All the love from
my lips
White Trash Wedding
written by Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, and Natalie Maines
You can't afford no ring
You can't afford
no ring
I shouldn't be wearing white and you can't afford no ring
You finally took my hand
You finally took my
hand
It took a nip of gin
But you finally took my hand
You can't afford no ring
You can't afford no ring
I
shouldn't be wearing white and you can't afford no ring
Mama don't approve
Mama don't approve
Daddy says he's
the best in town
And mama don't approve
You can't afford no ring
You can't afford no ring
I shouldn't be wearing
white and you can't afford no ring
Baby's on its way
Baby's on its way
Say I do and kiss me quick
'Cause baby's
on its way
I shouldn't be wearing white and you can't afford no ring
A Home
written by Maia Sharp and Randy
Sharp
I mistook the warnings for wisdom
From so called friends
quick to advise
Though your touch was telling me otherwise
Somehow I saw you as a weakness
I thought I had to be
strong
Oh but I was just young, I was scared, I was wrong
Not a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering
Through
the home that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In
a house that might have been
A home
Guess I did what I did believing
That love is a dangerous thing
Oh but
that couldn't hurt anymore than never knowing
Not a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering
Through the home
that might have been
And I listened to my pride
When my heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In
a house that might have been
A home
A home
Four walls, a roof, a door, some windows
Just a place to run when
my working day is through
They say home is where the heart is
If the exception proves the rule I guess that's true
Not
a night goes by
I don't dream of wandering
Through the home that might have been
I listened to my pride
When my
heart cried out for you
Now every day I wake again
In a house that might have been
A home
A home
More Love
written by Tim O'Brien and Gary Nicholson
I'm so close to you baby
But I'm so far away
There's a
silence between us
And there's so much to say
You're my strength, you're my weakness
You're my faith, you're my doubt
We
gotta meet in the middle
To work this thing out
More love, I can hear our hearts cryin'
More love, I know that's
all we need
More love, to flow in between us
To take us and hold us and lift us above
If there's ever an answer
It's
more love
We're afraid to be idle
So we fill up the days
We run on the treadmill
Keep slavin' away 'til there's
no time for talkin'
About trouble in mind
And the doors are all closed
Between your heart and mine
More love,
I can hear our hearts cryin'
More love, I know that's all we need
More love, to flow in between us
To take us and
hold us and lift us above
If there's ever an answer
It's more love
Just look out around us
People fightin'
their wars
They think they'll be happy
When they've settled their scores
Let's lay down our weapons
That hold
us apart
Be still for just a minute
Try to open our hearts
More love, I can hear our hearts cryin'
More love,
I know that's all we need
More love, to flow in between us
To take us and hold us and lift us above
If there's ever
an answer
It's more love
I can hear our hearts cryin'
More love, I know that's all we need
More love, to flow
in between us
To take us and hold us and lift us above
If there's ever an answer
It's more love
More love
I Believe In Love
written by Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, and Marty Stuart
I made a promise to myself
Locked it way deep down inside
Told
my heart we'd wait it out
Swore we'd never compromise
Oh I'd rather be alone
Like I am tonight
Than settle
for the kind of love
That fades before the morning light
Silence stared me in the face
And I finally heard its
voice
It seemed to softly say
That in love you have a choice
Today I got the answer
And there's a world of
truth behind it
Love is out there waiting somewhere
You just have to go and find it
I believe in love
I believe
in love
Love that's real
Love that's strong
Love that lives on and on
Yes I believe in love
I believe in
love
I believe in love
Love that's real
Love that's strong
Love that lives on and on
Yes I believe in love
Yes
I believe in love
Tortured, Tangled Hearts
written by Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Marty Stuart
Well there was a little falter at the altar of confession
Down
on its knees true love did fall
After 31 days of sleepless nights, she woke up to end it all
With "I love you" on a
fresh tattoo engraved upon his chest
She tore her name right off his heart
So here's to the unblessed
Oh love,
oh love you fickle thing
Such pretty words and golden rings
It was a broken dream right from the start
Bless their
tortured, tangled hearts
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Well a blast of confusion coupled with delusion
Makes
the best made plans sometimes fail
They wined and they dined, had peace of mind
She bought a gown and he rented tails
But
the mighty cloud of destiny came driftin' through the gates
And busted up what could have been a perfect, hopeless case
Oh
love, oh love you fickle thing
Such pretty words and golden rings
It was a broken dream right from the start
Bless
their tortured, tangled hearts
Oh love, oh love you fickle thing
Such pretty words and golden rings
It was a
broken dream right from the start
Bless their tortured, tangled hearts
Lil' Jack Slade
(instrumental) written by Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Lloyd Maines, and Terri Hendrix
Godspeed
(Sweet Dreams)
written
by Radney Foster
Dragon tales and the "water is wide"
Pirate's sail and lost boys fly
Fish bite moonbeams
every night
And I love you
Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little
man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams
The rocket racer's all tuckered
out
Superman's in pajamas on the couch
Goodnight moon, we'll find the mouse
And I love you
Godspeed, little
man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams
God
bless mommy and match box cars
God bless dad and thanks for the stars
God hears "Amen," wherever we are
And I love
you
Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Godspeed
Sweet
dreams
Top Of The
World
written by Patty Griffin
I wished I was smarter
I wished I was stronger
I wished
I loved Jesus
The way my wife does
I wish it had been easier
Instead of any longer
I wished I could have stood
where you would have been proud
But that won't happen now
That won't happen now
There's a whole lot of singing
that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings off that
little song bird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now
Top of the world
I don't have to answer
any of these questions
Don't have no God to teach me no lessons
I come home in the evening
Sit in my chair
One
night they called me for supper
But I never got up
I stayed right there in my chair
There's a whole lot of singing
that's never gonna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Think I broke the wings off that
little song bird
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now
I wished I'd a known you
Wished I'd
a shown you
All of the things I was on the inside
I'd pretend to be sleeping
When you come in in the morning
To
whisper good-bye
Go to work in the rain
I don't know why
Don't know why
'Cause everyone's singing
We just
wanna be heard
Disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow
Wanna grab a hold of that little song bird
Take
her for a ride to the top of the world right now
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of
the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To the top of the world
To
the top of the world
