Thinkin' A

(written by Michael Henderson)

I was born the restless kind
Settlin' down never crossed my mind
Wild and woolly well I guess that's me
People sure get nervous when a woman's free
I can hold my tongueI can hold my wine
I can hold my own I'm the restless kind
Well I've seen the country and I've been to town
Rode in limousines with the tops rolled down
Walked down the road where the rivers freeze
Whatever it takes
I do what I please
I can hold my horses
I can hold the line
I can hold my own I'm the restless kind
I was born the restless kind
And I never assume what I'm gonna find
I can stand my ground I can slip through a crack
Just as sure as I leave honey I'll be back
I can hold my temper
I can bide my time
I can hold my own
I'm the restless kind

(written by Melissa Etheridge)

Come on baby, let's get out of this town
I got a full tank of gas
With the top rolled down
There's a chill in my bones
I don't want to be left alone
So baby you can sleep while I drive

I'll pack my bag and load up my guitar
In my pocket I'll carry my harp
I got some money I saved, enough to get underway
And baby you can sleep while I drive

We'll go through Tucson up to Santa Fe
And Barbara in Nashville says we're welcome to stay
I'll buy you boots down in Texas, a hat from New Orleans
And in the morning you can tell me your dreams
You know I've seen it before
This mist that covers your eyes
You've been looking for something that's not in your life
My intentions are true, won't you take me with you
And baby you can sleep while I drive

Oh is it other arms you want to hold you
The stranger, the lover, you're free
Can't you get that with me
Come on baby let's get out of this town
I've got a full tank of gas
With the top rolled down
If you won't take me with you
I'll go before night is through
And baby you can sleep while I drive

(w/george jones)
(james taylor)

I´m just a bartender
And i don´t like my work
But i don´t mind the money at all
I see lots of sad faces
And lots of bsd cases of
Folks with their backs to the wall

But i need four walls around me
To hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky-tonk angel
To hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

I can light up your smokes
I can laugh at your jokes
I can watch you fall down on your knees
I can close down this bar
I can gas up my car
I can pack up and mail in the key

But i need four walls around me
To hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky-tonk angel
To hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

Now the smoke fills the air
In this honky-tonk bar
And i´m thinking ´bout
Where i´d rather be
But i burned all my bridges
I sank all ships and
I´m stranded at the edge of the sea

But i need four walls around me
To hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky-tonk angel
To hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away

(chapin hartford)

I´d put a liittle love note in a bottle throw it off the bay street
Bridge
Watch it glide along the willows
I´d run along the bank with the other kids
If that bottle didn´t hang up on the stones
It would ride that river with a will of its own
It´d go underground and come up in the crecek behind

Jackie´s house, jackie´s house
I´d hang around until jackie came out
My hands would shake my heart would ache
I didn´t know what is was but i first felt love
Behind jackie´s house

You could hear a pin drop in that parlor it was horsechair chairs and old
Lace
Jackie sat beside me like a statue
The other kids were out playing kids´games
Those funny feelings strage and unknown
They would rise like the river with a will of their own
With the risk i took when i first stole a look into

Jackie´s eyes, jackie´s eyes
I saw forever like an endless sky
My hands would shake my heart would ache
I didn´t know what is was but i first saw love
Behind jackie´s eyes

After all this time jackie´s heart´s still mine
And the love keeps on flowing behind jackie´s house, oh ...
Now our little ones they laugh and run down by the creek in the summer
Sun
Jackie´s and me and the years agree
We know what it is, it´s love and it lives here
In jackie´s house oh and in jackie´s eyes
Oh in jackie´s heart and mine

(written by Gretchen Peters)

On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer
And once on a street in New York City
With the jazz and the sin in the air
And once on a cold L.A. freeway
Going nowhere
And it's strange, but it's true
I was sure it was you
Just a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud

In a church in downtown New Orleans
I got down on my knees and prayed
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
For the choice you made
We were just gettin' to the good part
Just gettin' past the mystery
Oh, and it's just like you, it's just like you
To disagree
And it's strange but it's true
You just slipped out of view
Like a face in the crowd
On a bus to St. Cloud

And you chase me like a shadow
And you haunt me like a ghost
And I hate you some, and I love you some
But I miss you most...

On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
I thought I saw you there
With the snow falling down around you
Like a silent prayer

(gillian welch/matt rollings)

Now the night´s turned pink
On the eastern edges
But the sky is cold and still
And i wonder if it´s the sunrise
Warning the desert
Or the lights of tucson from over the hill

It´s a hard way to love you
This long distance romance
Always stopping and starting again
I don´t mind the miles
When i´m out on the highway
But even when i´m with you the miles just don´t end

And i´m two days from knowing
Whether i can be strong
If i spend one more night in your arms
So i´ve a mind to keep going
And drive right past your door
But i´m two days from knowing for sure

As the night closes down
It fills the horizon
And stretches it out at the seams
And i´m not sure if tomorow
I´m gonna be any closer
To closing the distance between you and me

And i´m two days from knowing
Whether i can be strong
If i spend one more night in your arms
So i´ve a mind to keep going
And drive right past your door
But i´m two days from knowing for sure

We´ll i´ve a mind to keep going
And drive right past your door
But i´m two days from knowing for sure

(angelo/kim richey)

I left home with nothing but a few tears in my eyes
Now i'm halfway down the interstate past highway 99
It's just me and one good wiper blade up against the rain
And i still hear the echoes of those bitter words we said
I could drive a million miles and never drive them from my head

Those words we said
No matter how i try i can't get far enough away
Every sad song on my radio sounds like it's custom made
By some devil on my shoulder that keeps whispering in my ear
Those words that wounded like an arrow to the heart
And keep me drivin', drivin'