A Few Questions

This workin' all day ain't gettin' me nowhere
Breakin' my back won't get it done
Wish I had a dime, wish I had a dollar
For every dream that I gave up on, that I gave up on
This hammer I'm swingin' is startin' to feel heavy
I clench my fist when I punch the clock
a little for the back leaves nothin' for my baby
Stretchin' my paycheck around the clock

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I need to go face first into that fresh air
Free up there where the eagle flies
Need to drop the line in that cool clear water
Leave the city behind and get countrified
(Fit to be tied 3rd time only)

A fools gold watch and a lone line of black smoke
Is all I get for all I gave
My only reward for this broken down body was diggin' my way to an early grave
Alway dreamed I'd end up on a river
Fast asleep on a mountain high
But I'm way down here in this concrete valley
In a sea of bumpers and red tail lights, red tail lights

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This workin' all day ain't gettin' me nowhere
Breakin' my back won't get it done
Wish I had a dime, wish I had a dollar
For every dream that I gave up on, that I gave up on

I've been up all night long
Just waitin' on the sun
I've given up damned the dawn
Ain't never gonna come
Somethin's wrong as long as your gone

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I'm not gonna sleep til I touch your face
Baby not a wink I could go for days
if you ever needed to see me down on my knees
Take a look at me
Baby, I can't sleep

Remember when you said we wouldn't last
I couldn't swallow my pride
Oh it's sinkin' in
Baby losin' you has finally opened my eyes
I'm wide awake as long as it takes

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I'm not gonna sleep til I touch you face
Baby not a wink I could go for days
I'm not gonna sleep til I touch your face
Baby not a wink
I can't sleep

Got a briefcase from work I left in the trunk
Thought I'd take this vacation and finally catch up
So I checked out the view, and let go of that ladder
I thought to myself, this is what matters
Got my eye on the kids makin' castles in the sand
Got my back in the chair with your hand in my hand
Couple umbrella drinks, and some shrimp cachgion platter
Hey this is the life, this is what matters

And I ain't gonna answer my cell phone
I don't care about goin' on line
The office, the boss, what this trip's gonna cost
Is the last thing on my mind

Let the kids fall asleep to that movie again
Talk on the balcony long as we can
I can't hardly wait, wish this night would come faster
Makin' love to you baby, yeah this is what matters

I wish these six days would stretch on and on
But I'll realize 5 days from now that they don't
And right now I'm soakin' up sun, love, and laughter
God help me remember this is what matters

When it's all said and done
Yeah, this is what matters

I stumbled on a preacher Sunday Mornin'
All decked out and made up for T.V.
Askin' for some money from God's people
Talkin' all behind the Olive Gene
Well, I might be just an ol' blue collar
And there's things about the lord that I don't know
But I bet he never had a million dollars
Or wore a lot of stylish fancy clothes

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Cuz Jesus was a country boy
Livin' down a dirt road with everything that he owned
He never met a stranger
Born in a barn underneath the stars his mama layed him in a manger
Swimmin' in the river
Fishin' for his dinner
Livin' with the sinners like me
Makes me think that Jesus was a country boy
(Oh yes and I believe that Jesus was a country boy
2nd time only)

My daddy never cared much for religion
And my mama worried a lot about his soul
She's hit her knees and pray for him on Sunday
While daddy hit his favorite fishin' hole
You see daddy was a rebel and a rambler
But I always knew he loved my mama so
I never doubted he's make it to heaven
Cuz it's not who you are, it's who ya know
And daddy knew...

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How in this World
Can we put a man on the moon
and still have a need for a place like St.Judes
And why is one man born in a place where all they know is war
And a guy like me has always been free
And how can two people who've built a lovin' home
Try for years and never have a child of their own
And somewhere out there tonight
There's a baby no ones holdin' tight
In need of love to me that don't add up

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But I wasn't there the day
You filled up the ocean
I didn't get to see you hang the stars in the sky
So I don't mean to second guess you
Or criticize what I don't understand
These are just a few questions I have

Why did my cousin have to die in that crash
A good kid only 17
I still wonder about that
It seems unfair to me
Some get the chance to chase their dreams
And some don't
But what do I know

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Why do I feel like you hear these prayers of mine
When so many otta be ahead of me in line
When you look down on me
Can you see the good through all the bad
These are just a few questions I have

She found a cowboy
And I hear they've settled down somewhere out west
I guess it's for the best
He in Deo Rio
Nothin' seems to change except the weather
And I can't forget her

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Shes goes runnin' through my mind
Like that Rio Grande river winds through the desert
And I can't forget her
No, I can't forget her

There's a senorita that is waitin' just over the border line
For me tonight
And I could hold her
And this tequila could help me love her
But there's still another

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These endless starlit nights
Remind me of her eyes
And the warm breeze is like her arms wrapped around me

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She found a cowboy
and I hear they've settled down somewhere out west
I guess it's for the best
And I can't forget her
I just can't forger her

All day long at work today baby I couldn't concentrate
Everytime I try to get it done I could only see your face
Honey I'm in the mood for you
Girl, I'm in the mood for you

On th way home it was all backed up
Even in the passin' lane
Too bad I didn't have one of them monster trucks
Baby I'd of been on my way

Honey I'm in the mood for you
Baby I'm in the mood for you
There never seems to be enough
Time for me to drink you up
And girl tonight that's all I wanna do
I'm in the mood for you

I just wanna taste you kisses
Sweeter than a fine champaigne
I wanna feel you whisper fallin' on me like the rain
I got a hunger in my hear
And a fever brunin' on my brain

Honey, I'm in the mood for you
Girl I'm in the mood for you
There never seems to be enough
Time for me to drink you up
and girl tonight that's all I wanna do
I'm in the mood for you

I'm in the mood for you
I'm in the mood for you
I'm in the mood for you