Everybody Knows

(written by Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs)

Evening, porch swing, we love to watch it rain
To some folks, it ain't much, but we think we've got it made
Some people dream about streets paved with gold
Only to find a yellow brick road
We know the way that story goes

Here under the rainbow
People pass us by
We laugh at the way they laugh at you and I
The world is spinning around and around
Everybody's lookin' for higher ground
But here under the rainbow
Dreams fall from the sky
From the sky

We've got an old car with spare parts and a broken radio
So many back seat memories we just can't let it go
Sometimes we like to take it out
Give the neighbors somethin' to talk about
Movin' as slow as the law allows

Here under the rainbow
People pass us by
We laugh at the way they laugh at you and I
The world is spinning around and around
Everybody's lookin' for higher ground
But here under the rainbow
Dreams fall from the sky
From the sky

Some people dream about streets paved with gold
Only to find a yellow brick road
We know the way that story goes

Here under the rainbow
People pass us by
We laugh at the way they laugh at you and I
The world is spinning around and around
Everybody's lookin' for higher ground
But here under the rainbow
Dreams fall from the sky
From the sky

(written by Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman)

Everybody's heart aches
Every time it opens
You don't know if you'll win or lose
You have to just let go

No I wasn't looking
It's funny how I found you
Just when I thought
I'd live my life alone

Maybe it's love
That I have longed for
Maybe it's love
I should be strong for
I'm tearing down the walls inside
I want to laugh, and cry and kiss
Maybe it's love
I miss

I've close my heart down
So many seasons
I didn't want to hurt again
I didn't want to try

So I turned myself to ice and stone
Said I don't need anyone
And nobody else
Would ever make me cry

Maybe it's love
I've run away from
Maybe it's love
Bringing me back home
I'm tearing down the walls inside
I want to laugh, and cry and kiss
Maybe it's love I miss

So put your arms around me now
Hold me tight
Show me how
No one has ever loved me more
I've waited for so long

Maybe it's love
Maybe I'm dreaming
Maybe it's love
I can believe in
I'm tearing down the walls inside
I want to laugh, and cry and kiss
Maybe it's love
Maybe it's love
Maybe it's love
Like this

(written by Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley)

I could talk till I'm blue in the face
You still wouldn't hear a word I say
That television seems to be your life's ambition
Are you ignoring me purposely
Or are you really too blind to see
This neglecting me, baby it's affecting me

I need that boy
The one that chose me over every other choice
And I need that man
Whose heart and soul were in this thing when it began
I need that old friend that I once knew
Baby I need you

Do you remember how it used to be
How it felt when you were holding me
That Chevrolet was like our little get away
All the dreams we used to talk about
Are all the things that we're livin' now
But without the love, baby it just ain't enough

I need that boy
The one that chose me over every other choice
And I need that man
Whose heart and soul were in this thing when it began
I need that old friend that I once knew
Baby I need you

I need that old friend that I once knew
Baby I need you

(written by Craig Carothers)

So you cannot lift a spirit that has turned to lead
Or shine a light in shadow when the batteries are dead
Or fly like a bird over all the works of man
Or always think of the perfect words
But you do the best you can

Nothing seems as easy as it did when you were young
Myths may be invincible, but we are only strong
Strong like a memory, strong like a willow in the wind
Strong as you'll ever be, you will always need to bend

And if you feel the weight of the world
Put your mind at ease
Little Hercules

There are times when being a grown-up gets to be too much
And your sense of humor seems to vanish in the crush
Of the daily 9 to 9 that keeps your family alive
You're just putting in your time
Does anyone really go home at 5?

You've made a life where no one ever tells you what to do
Now the only tyrant that you're working for is you
It's never easy to keep all the promises you make
But no one's gonna get you fired
If you'd just give yourself a brake

And if you feel the weight of the world
Put your mind at ease
Little Hercules
'Cause there's so much on your shoulders
But you know it's a breeze
Little Hercules
Little Hercules

(written by Kevin Welch)

Somebody's waiting back home in Dallas
With no idea where she has gone
Got her suitcase all packed up
In the back of the pickup
Got her red knee-high luccheses on
She's on any old two-lane
West bound she knows
'Cause she was chasing her shadow
When the sun finally rose
Man, she's just running
It don't matter where
She figures she'll know where she is when she's there

But she didn't leave nothin' she can't do without
That's enough reason for leavin' no doubt
She rolls down the window, turns up a song
Laughs at the weather and says, hello, I'm gone

She broke down in Lubbock
Got it stuck in reverse
So she hitched down the highway
Her little gun in her purse
Got to the station
Stared at the phone
Found herself thinkin' about calling for home

And she didn't leave nothin' she can't do without
That's enough reason for leavin' no doubt
She dropped in a quarter made herself strong
All that she told him was, 'Hello, I'm gone'

Then she called up a tow truck
Said, 'Fix up what's wrong
I'm paying in cash boys
Hello, I'm gone'

(written by Tom Shapiro, George Teren)

Kept my head in the sand so long
It makes a heart real hard to find
I've had enough of a love gone wrong
To last a lifetime
But tear drops on a lonely night
Are never gonna make things right
I've got to get out
From under this cloud

I want to live again
I want to laugh
I want to love
I want to roll those dice
Gonna run the risk
Do the dance
Take a chance
And let the heartache ride
I want to live again

Gonna pull the curtains back
Let a little moonlight in
Run around in a Cadillac
And feel the wheels spin
And when I set my spirit free
I know the past will rest in peace
I don't care what I face
'Cause whatever it takes

I want to live again
I want to laugh
I want to love
I want to roll those dice
Gonna run the risk
Do the dance
Take a chance
And let the heartache ride
I want to live again

Teardrops on a lonely night
Are never gonna make things right
I've got to get out
From under this cloud

I want to live again
I want to laugh
I want to love
I want to roll those dice
Gonna run the risk
Do the dance
Take a chance
And let the heartache ride
I want to live again

(written by Kim Richey, Angelo, Larry Gottlieb)

If there ever was a time
That I could use your trust in me
And if there ever was a reason
For me to get down on my knees
And if there's any way (if there's any way)
That you could love me anyhow
If you ever had much faith in me
I could use a little now

When I said it would suit me fine
If you were out of sight and out of mind
That wasn't me talking
That was my wounded pride
When I said I didn't want your love
And you were no one I was thinking of
Believe me baby I lied

Well I got no good excuses
But I got plenty of regrets
And I wish this was some bad dream
I could wake up and forget
'Cause you're the only one (you're the only one)
That I could never stand to lose
You're all I've ever wanted
Baby that's the truth

When I said it would suit me fine
If you were out of sight and out of mind
That wasn't me talking
That was my wounded pride
When I said I didn't want your love
And you were no one I was thinking of
Believe me baby I lied

Hey!

When I said it would suit me fine
If you were out of sight and out of mind
That wasn't me talking
That was my wounded pride
When I said I didn't want your love
And you were no one I was thinking of
Believe me baby I lied
Believe me baby I lied