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There's a point when you cannot walk away
There's a darkness that everyone must face
There are heroes whose names we never hear

When you have to stand up
Straight and tall an mean the words you say
It wants to take what's good and fair and lay it all to waste
A dedicated army of quiet volun-teers

There's a point you must decide just to do it 'cause it's right
And that darkness covers everything in sight
Reaching out to feed the hungry reaching out to save the land

That's when you be-come a point of light
Until it meets a single point of light
Reaching out to their fellow men.

All it takes is a point of light a ray of hope in the dar-kest night.
If you see what's wrong and you try to make it right

You will be a point of light.

There are dreamers who are making dreams come true
Taking time to teach the children there's nothing they can't do.
Giving shelter to the homeless giving hope to those without.
Isn't that what this land's all about.
One by one form the mountains to the sea points of light
Are calling out to you and me
All it takes is a point of light a ray of hope in the dar-kest night.
If you see what's wrong and you try to make it right

You will be a point of light.

There's a dirty piece of cardboard
That reads montgomery ward
Taped across the window of my old ford.
A six-pack on the front seat and a box of chicken wings,
I'm dialin' 'cross the radio for a song that i can sing

I'd better change my wandrin ways,
I know i've seen my better days,
Always gettin' high when i get low.
Well, i left my soul out in the rain,
Lord, what a price i've had to pay.
The storms of life are washin' me away.


An old mail pouch, tobacco sign
Fadin' on the barn,
Bringin' back sweet memories of mama's farm
When love was just a country girl that lived on down the road.
Spoken: you know, she almost had me turned around,
But that was years ago.

I'd better change my wandrin ways,
I know i've seen my better days,
Always gettin' high when i get low.
Well, i left my soul out in the rain,
Lord, what a price i've had to pay.
The storms of life are washin' me away.
Yeah, the storms of life are washin' me away.

Verse 1
Operator, please connect me with 1982
I need to make apologies for what i didn't do
I sure do need to tell her that i've thought the whole thing through
And now it's clear that she is what i should have held on to


Chorus
They say hindsight's twenty-twenty
But i'm nearly goin' blind
From starin' at her photograph and wishing she was mine
It's that same ole lost love story
It's sad but it's true
There was a time when she was mine in 1982


Verse 2
Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
One to send a letter from this crazy lonely man
Back into the wasted years of my living past
I need to tell her now i know how long my love will last


(chorus)

Losin' my mind, goin' back in time to 1982

Mama always prayed that i'd be a better man than daddy
And i determined not to let her down
Deserted by the man she loved and left to raise four children
We were the local gossip of the town.

I promised her that i'd live right and not be like the others
But i wound up in jail on chrismas day
I told her i'd be home and not to worry 'bout my brothers
When i got home my mom had passed away


(chorus)

And i hear tell the road to hell is paved with good intentions
And mama my intentions were the best
There's lotsa things in my life i just as soon not mention
Looks like i've turned out like all the rest
But mama my intentions were the best

A little boy with big blue eyes a-beggin' to go fishing
I promised him but never took the time
Now they won't let me see him and i sit here a-wishing
Wishin' i could hold him one more time

(repeat chorus)

But mama my intentions were the best

You may think that i'm talking foolish
You've heard that i'm wild & i'm free
You may wonder how i can promise you now
This love that i'm feeling for you always will be
You're not this time that i'm killing
I'm no longer one of those guys
As sure as i live this love that i give
Is gonna be yours till the day that i die -- oh baby


Chorus...

I'm gonna love you forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long i'll be faithfull
I'll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever amen

They say that time takes it's toll on a body
Makes the young girls brown hair turn grey
But honey, i don't care, i'm not in love with your hair
And if it all fell out well i'd love you anyway
They say that time can play tricks on a memory
And people forget things that they knew
But it's easy to see it's happening to me
I've already forgotten every woman but you --- oh baby


Chorus......

Just listen to how this song ends
I'm gonna love you forever & ever forever & ever
Forever & ever forever & ever amen

Intro chords:

I never been too good at doing right
Done mostly wrong most all my life
I never found a place to settle down
Baby i do believe i found it now

Chorus
I'm gonna walk that line - gonna tote that barge
Gonna lift that bale - gonna work real hard
Doin' anything that you want me to
Baby i'm gonna walk that line for you

Hook
Ooooo im gonna walk that line for you
Ooooo i'm gonna walk that line for you
Do anything that you want me to
Ooooo i'm gonna walk that line for you


Well straight and narrow if ever was my past
Everlasting love never seem to last
I used to be a tomcat out on the prowl
But baby i'm just your puppy dog now

Chorus
[repeat hook and fade]

you've made up your mind
It was time
It was over
After we had come so far
But i think there's enough pieces of forgiveness
Somewhere in my broken heart

I would not have chosen the road you have taken
It has left us miles apart
Well i think i can still find a will to keep going
Somewhere in my broken heart

(chorus)
So fly
Go ahead and fly
Until you find out who you are
'cause i
Will keep my love unspoken
Somewhere in my broken heart

I hope that in time
You will find what you longed for
Love that's written in the stars
And when you finally do
I think you'll see it
Somewhere in my broken heart

(chrous)

(refrain 2nd verse)
Somewhere in my broken
Somewhere in my broken heart

Verse 1
Suppose i called you up tonight
And told you that i love you
And suppose i said i want to come back home
And suppose i cried and said i think i finally learned my lesson
And i'm tired of spending all my time alone
If i told you that i realized you're all i ever wanted
And it's killing me to be so far away
Would you tell my that you love me too
And would we cry together
Or would you simply laugh at me and say...


Chorus
I told you so, i told you so
I told you some day you'd come crawling back
And asking me to take you in
I told you so, but you had to go
Now i've found somebody new
And you will never break my heart in two again


Verse 2
If i got down on my knees
And told you i was yours forever
Would you get down on yours too and take my hand
Would we get that old-time feeling
Would we laugh and talk for hours
The way we did when our love first began
Would you tell me that you've missed me too
And that you've been so lonely
And you've waited for the day that i returned
And we'd live and love forever
And that i'm your one and only
Or would you say the tables finally turned
And would you say...

(chorus)

By randy travis

Intro:
You were pure to me as fresh untraveled snow
Skin as soft as a petal, of an uncut rose
I gave you all i had everything i own
Right down to the pedestal, i put you on
And it was so easy to love you
So hard to walk away
Well this morning when i woke up
I knew everything had changed
But it ain't so simple for a man
Whose whole world he has to rearrange
Chorus:

Said you found something in another
You just couldn't find in me
Baby i love you so much
But i guess i'll have to set you free
And it was so easy to love you
So hard to walk away
I've been pleading with my maker
To ease this pain and take my pride
But it still feels like my hearts been
Laid open wide
My hands are shaking and i think
Of all i have to do
My life will never be the same
Not like it was with you
Repeat chorus:
Lord it was so easy to love you
So hard to walk away

Verse 1:
Last night i dug your picture out from my old dresser drawer
I set it on the table and i talked to it 'til four
I read some old love letters right up 'til the break of bone
Yeah i've been settlin' alone diggin' up bones

Verse 2:

Then i went to the jewelery and i found our wedding rings
I've put mine on my finger and i gave yours a flame
I crossed this lonely bedroom of our recent broken home
Yeah tonight i'm settlin' alone diggin' up bones

Chorus:

I'm diggin' up bones,i'm diggin' up bones
Exhuming things that better left alone
I'm resurrecting memories of love that's dead and gone
Yeah tonight i'm settlin' alone diggin' up bones

Verse 3:

And i went to the closet and i found some things in there
Like that pretty neglige that i bought you to wear
And i recall how good you looked each time you had it on
Yeah tonight i'm settlin' alone diggin' up bones

Chorus.

I'm resurrecting memories of love that's dead and gone
Yeah tonight i'm settlin' alone diggin' up bones
Chorus (til end).

A working day to long when everything goes wrong
And a boss who don't know i'm alive
I once had a notion i'd get that promotion,
But now i barley survive
A wife to demanding with no understanding
Of why i stay dead on my feet

A dimly lit tavern a willing young woman
Are some of the reasons i cheat
The hair that i'm losing and a women who's choosing
To lay sound asleep by my side
The bills they are mounting thats when i start counting
On someone to help sooth my pride
A lady that knows me affection she shows me and a smile so easy and sweet
The dreams that i've buried the load that i've carried
Are some of the reasons i cheat
My children keep on growing me age keeps on showing
Like all of my old friends i meet
So i'm getting older my life's growing colder
Just some of the reasons i cheat
Yes i'm getting older my life's growing colder
Just some of the reasons i cheat

Verse 1:
I've walked a million miles across this floor
But i never have quite made it to the door
I never thought the time would come
I'd ever see this day
When you could make me feel so thrown away

Chorus:
I'm feeling like an old pair of shoes
All worn out from walking through these blues
There's a hole in my soul
And i'm really feeling used
I'm just like an old pair of shoes

Verse 2:
You've always been my one and only, love
It ain't no easy thing to give you up
Looking back i'm feeling like
There's nothing left to lose
This time i may just walk out on you cause

Repeat chorus:
Tagg:
There's a hole in my soul
And i'm really feeling used
I'm just like an old pair of shoes

I was ten years old on my grandpa's farm when it happened
After all these years i can still hear grandpa laughin'
As he applied that barnyard remedy
He passed his wisdom down to me
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

I remember my first crush was on the preacher's daughter
We were smoochin' on the front porch swing that night when he caught her
We weren't expectin' him home until quarter past ten
When the good lord taught me that lesson again
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

You don't point your pistol before you check each chamber
And you don't drink no you don't drink when you drive
It's just ordinary common sense to avoid that danger
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

She rolled into town with rodeo,she was a beauty
And that cowboy saw you wink at her,she was a cutie
The sound of jinglin' spurs caught me dead on a run
He was fit to be tied and you were under the gun
You don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive

Chorus.
No,you don't reach for the honey without smokin' the hive
You're gonna get stung boy

Verse 1
Well i lost my heart on the day we met
But i gained a lot that i don't regret
Then i hung around till you said i do
I knew i wouldn't have nothin'
If i didn't have you


Verse 2
Well it changed my thinking
When you changed your name
And neither one of us will ever be the same
And i swear i'm never gonna be untrue
'cause i wouldn't have nothin'
If i didn't have you


Chorus
If i didn't have you i'd long ago
Been left in the dark out in the cold
Blowing around from town to town
Like a feather in the wind
If i didn't have you i know i'd be
Floundering around like a ship at sea
Lost in the rain of a hurricane
That's where i'd have been


Verse 3
But i didn't get lost 'cause i saw your light
Shining like a beacon on a cold dark night
And the sun came up and the skies turned blue
No i wouldn't have nothing
If i didn't have you


Verse 4
Well i count my blessings every night i pray
That the lord lets me keep you just one more day
And every day he does 'cause god knows too
That i wouldn't have nothing
If i didn't have you

(chorus & third verse)

Well i've already said it but i swear it's true
I know i wouldn't have nothing
If i didn't have you

Someday, someway you'll realise that you've been blind
Yes darling, you're going to need me again
It's just a matter of time
Go on, go on til you reach the end of the line
Cause i know you'll pass my way again
It's just a matter of time
After i gave you everything i had

You laughed and you called me a clown
Remember in your search for fortune and fame
What goes up must come down
I know, i know that one day you'll wake up and find
That my love is a true love
It's just a matter of time

Words are spoken with chords played
Someday and someway
Girl you'll realise that you've been blind
Yes darling, i know you gonna need me again
It's just a matter of time

Continue singing here
After i gave you everything i had
You laughed and you called me a clown
But remember in your search for fortune and fame
What goes up must come down
I know, i know that one day you'll wake up and find

That my love was a true love
It's just a matter of time

Intro (listen to recording for timing)

Since the day i was led to temptation
And in weakness did let your love down
I have prayed that with time and compassion
You'd come around

Chorus:

I keep waiting for you to forgive me
And you keep saying you can't even start
And i feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
To the hard rock bottom of your heart

Now this home we have built is still standing
It's foundation is on solid ground
Do we roll up our sleeves and repair it
Or burn it down

Go to chorus

We can't just block it out we've got to talk it out
Until our hearts get back in touch
I need your love i miss it i can't go on like this is
Hurts too much


Go to chorus, repeat last two lines of chorus for ending.

Intro:

Once upon a time in our life
We held the key to every door
And i that i desired
Was you forever more
I found love in a heart
Once broken far beyond repair
And you restored a sole
That had forgotten how to care
Everything we needed
Was at our beckon call
With you and i together
We could conquer all
When i needed badly
To be cheered up for a while
You were there
And all you had to do was simply smile
And holding things together
Was so easy for us to do
For you could turn to me for help
And i could turn to you
And jealousy was something
That never entered our hearts
For we were made for one another
No matter where we are
When things were at there darkest
I could hold you next to me

And i knew all would be okay
For you were strong and i was weak
So given every chance for me
To start my life anew
There'd be no question

I'd do it all again with you