For My Broken Heart

(donny kees, richard ross, johnny macrae)

He said i'll make your dreams come true in texas
And he captured my appalachian heart
I was so naive that i believed him
When he promised we'd never be apart

So we packed and pulled a u-haul down to dallas
A year went by and the baby came along
Then his old friends and the night life came between us
Dreams turned into sleepless nights waiting all alone

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I'm staring out the window through these teardrops
Holding on to the only dream that turned out right
We're on a greyhound bus bound for west virginia
He's in dallas without us tonight

Oh, lord i hate to break the news to mama
She's gettin on in years and worries so
Maybe i should have stayed in dallas
And gave him another chance right now i just don't know

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He said i'll make your dreams come true in texas
He's in dallas without us tonight

(jana stanfield, craig morris)

If i had only known
It was the last walk in the rain
I'd keep you out for hours in the storm
I would hold your hand
Like a life line to my heart
Underneath the thunder we'd be warm
If i had only known
It was our last walk in the rain

If i had only known
I'd never hear your voice again
I'd memorize each thing you ever said
And on those lonely nights
I could think of them once more
Keep your words alive inside my head
If i had only known
I'd never hear your voice again

You were the treasure in my hand
You were the one who always stood beside me
So unaware i foolishly believed
That you would always be there
But then there came a day
And i turned my head and you slipped away

If i had only known
It was my last night by your side
I'd pray a miracle would stop the dawn
And when you'd smile at me
I would look into your eyes
And make sure you know my love
For you goes on and on
If i had only known
If i had only known
The love i would've shown
If i had only known

(dana mcvicker, bruce burch, vip vipperman)

I'll never forget that night long ago
When he drove me down that old dusty road
He took me as far as i'd ever been
He wanted me and i wanted him
But i'd always been told i shouldn't give in

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I wouldn't go that far
I didn't follow my heart
He said he loved me
But i wasn't ready
And i wouldn't go that far

He was so patient, he didn't give up
With a ring in his hand and a heart full of love
He asked me for forever, i asked him to wait
To please understand these dreams i must chase
Though it was a promise i wanted to make

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After all these years. i saw him again
He had his wife and his family with him
He said he was proud of all my success
He guessed both of us had found happiness

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Yes, i knew he loved me
But i wasn't ready
And i wouldn't go that far

(lisa palas, biff fink, ira rogers)

The sign says, "families welcome"
At the oaks retirement home
But mostly, no one comes 'cept on the weekends
Ruby wilson lives in 303
Where she spends most her time
But it's almost noon on sunday
And she's been sitting in the lobby since nine

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She's all dressed up in her best hat and gloves
She's all dressed up
Watching and waiting, but nobody comes
Some days sure are lonely days
And time can move so slow
When you're all dressed up
With nowhere to go

As ruby watches all the others
Leaving with their families
The nurse tells her, it's time to come to dinner
She says she's expecting company
They're just running late
But, the nurse knows the truth too well
She just sighs and walks away

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(bobby russell)

He was on his way home from candletop
Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop
At web's and have him a drink for he went home to her
Andy wo-lo said hello
He said "hi what's a doing"
Wo said "sit down i got some bad news that's gonna hurt"
Said i'm your best friend and you know that's right
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Since you been gone she's been seeing that amos boy seth
He got mad and he saw red
Andy said boy don't you lose your head
Cause to tell you the truth i've been with her myself

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That's the night the lights went out in georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hand

Andy got scared and left the bar
Walking on home cause he didn't live far you see
Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
Brother thought his wife must've left town
So he went home and finally found the only thing
Daddy had left him and that was a gun
He went off to andy's house
Slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse
Came upon some tracks too small for andy to make
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
He saw andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

The georgia patrol was making their rounds
So he fired a shot just to flag em down
And a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
"why'd you do it?"

The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile and said
"suppers waiting at home and i got to get to it"

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They hung my brother before i could say
The tracks he saw while on his way
To andy's house and back that night were mine
And his cheatin wife had never left town
And that's one body that'll be found
You see little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

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