Essential

There's a long white line stretching out on the road ahead
And there ain't one magazine that i ain't read
I haven't seen you in weeks but i hear you on the radio
Singing soft and low

Chorus:
We're so far apart
This old highway ain't home
When the heartache starts
I just turn the radio on

There never seems to be time for me and you
That's a price you pay for the life you choose
Tonight's the loneliest night i've ever known
It just goes on and on

Repeat chorus

It does my heart good to see you shine
So i'll just keep on counting these white lines
I haven't seen you in weeks but i hear you on the radio
Calling me back home

Repeat chorus to fade

The street looks different tonight
Something has changed
I had this picture in mind
But it's just not the same

Had this great expectation
About a heart that's free
I thought that's what i wanted
Would be waiting for me

Chorus:
Baby something's missing tonight
Something ain't feeling right
Baby something's wrong and i'm so confused
Baby something's missing inside
Something i can't find in the night
I finally realized what i'm missing is you

In this crowd of old friends
Why do i feel alone
I thought i'd fall back in step
This is where i belong

I thought that freedom was a voice
Calling from the dark
Now i see i was only free
When you were in my heart

Chorus

I thought that freedom was a voice
Calling from the dark
Now i see i was only free
When you were in my heart

Chorus

Say you're sorry
You still care
She came by my place again
Cryin' about you man
You should love her
Twice as much
I try to remember you're a friend
But it's gettin' a little rough

1st chorus:
She's just tired
Of bein' cinderella
She can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection
A little understanding
You better be careful 'cause the next time she comes to my door
She won't be a cinderella no more

A teardrop trembled
On her face
Where that smile always was
It seemed out of place
And when i held her
Like a friend
I could feel a sweet beginning
But taste a bitter end

2nd chorus:
She's just tired
Of bein' cinderella
She can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection
A little understanding
You better be careful 'cause the next time she comes to my door
You'll be sorry

'cause it seems like
It's always something with you
And everybody's always wrong
One of these nights
You'll reach for the pillow she sleeps on
And she's gonna be gone

2nd chorus

I'm gonna tell you right up front
So you will understand
I ain't gonna waste your time
'cause i might not be your man
We won't go makin' promises
'cause you know it just ain't right
A promise is a promise, girl
And tonight is just tonight
Tonight is just tonight

Chorus:
Don't say that you love me
If it don't feel right
Don't say that you love me
Just hold me tonight

There ain't no need for broken hearts
I know in time they mend
Any fool can fall in love
It's so easy to pretend
Don't tell me i'm the only one
If it doesn't mean a thing
Let's take tonight for what it's worth
And see what tomorrow brings
And see what tomorrow brings

Chorus (to fade)

I'm a long long way from home
Mendin' a broken heart
Runnin' away from a love gone wrong
Tryin' to make a new start
An old friend called me up to say
That you've made some wedding plans
I'm comin' home on that midhight train
And fight for you like a man

Chorus:
Midnight train make your whistle brlow
Engineer pour your load of coal
Midnight train make your engine whine
Midnight train get me home on time

Oh the thought of another man holdin' you
Is drivin' me insane
My only chance is to ride all night
I can't let you change your name
Now hey conductor we can't be late
Rollin' on down the track
'cause you know tomorrow's your wedding day
I gotta win my baby back

Chorus x 2

Chorus:
You better turn me loose
Turn me loose you know that i can't stay
You better turn me loose
Well turn me loose you know i'll make it anyway

Well why don't you tell me
Just what's goin' on
Both of us lyin' here
And we both know it's wrong
So why don't you let me
Why don't you leave it alone
And don't keep hangin' on to a love that's dead and gone

Chorus

Well you can't see it's over
That's really a shame
Well our love didn't make it
No one's to blame
So why don't we say goodbye
Why don't we just say we're through
And i'll be on my way
And i'll get by without you

Chorus x 2

Turn me loose you know i'll make it anyway

Well it's rainin' down in houston
And i got holes in both my shoes
Baby's put me on the street
She says "i'm through with you"

She thinks i'm gonna miss her
Someone tell her that she's wrong
I'm goin' back to oklahoma, boys
'cause that's where i belong

Chorus:
I need one good ride
I'll be satisfied
Come on oklahoma borderline
If we roll all night
She'll be comin' into sight
Come on oklahoma borderline

Well now i don't need no texas girl
Doggin' me around
I may be a okie, son
But i've still been to town

Well those oklahoma city girls
They always treat you right
Well tell mama that i'm comin' home (not sure of this line...)
And i'm leavin' out tonight

Chorus

So with two bucks in my pocket
And my thumb stuck in the wind
When i cross red river, boys
I won't be back again

Give me old back roads and truck stops
And 18 wheels that whine
And some good ol' boy to take me
To that oklahoma line

Chorus

I caught one good ride
She's comin' into sight
Hello oklahoma borderline

No other lover ever really cared
When i've reached out for you you've always been there
Now i'm so far away and baby i'm scared
I never knew lonely til you

You are my rock and the strength i need
To keep me sane in this life that i lead
Now i'm not with you and my broken heart bleeds
I never knew lonely til you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like i love you
I never knew lonely til you

I can't make up for the times i've been gone
But i'll prove i love you in the words of this song
Back in your arms girl it's where i belong
I never knew lonely til you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like i love you
I never knew lonely til you

When i told my baby
Do what you wanna do
Well i had no idea
Just what she'd put me through

Every night she's runnin' 'round
Singin' songs in your hometown
There ain't no one to love me
When the sun goes down

Chorus:
Well, she's everybody's sweetheart
Everybody's sweetheart but mine
I shoulda kept her barefoot
Barefoot and pregnant all the time
I used to be the first in line
Now i've fallen way behind
She's everybody's sweetheart
Everybody's sweetheart but mine

All that country club money
Lord it sure looked good to me... yeah it did
Playin' golf with those fat cats
How much better could life be
They all think i've got it made
They see your face on every page
Of every magazine
Across the usa

Chorus

If you see her tell her hi
And everything will be all right
Tell her that i love her
'til the day i die

Chorus

Come on home

Well i've gont to stop livin' the way i do
And give my heart back to you
All those nights away from home
Caused my lonely heart to roam
Now i've got start livin' the way i do

I've spent a lifetime hurting you
And i expect someday you'll say we're through
It ain't two late for me to change
So please dono't write our final page
Still i've got to stop livin' the way i do

I've gone from honeymoons to heartaches
From faithful love to a fool
From hangin' out in honkey tonks
With any girl but you

Well i've got to stop livin' the way i do
And give my heart back to you
All those nights away from home
Caused my lonely heart to roam
Now i've got to stop livin' the way i do

I've said all that i can say
But you turned and walked away
It's too late to stop livin' the way i do