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(jim brickman)

Winter snow is falling down
Children laughing all around
Lights are turning on like a fairy tale come true
Sittin' by the fire we made
You're the answer when i prayed
I would find someone and baby i found you

And all i want is to hold you forever
All i need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And i'm thankful everyday
For the gift

Watching as you softly sleep
What i'd give if i could keep
Just this moment if only time stood still
But the colors fade away
And the years will make us gray
But baby in my eyes you'll still be beautiful

And all i want is to hold you forever
All i need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And i'm thankful everyday
For the gift

All i want is to hold you forever
All i need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And i'm thankful everyday
Can't find the words to say
Thank you for the gift

Skip ewing, max t. barnes

I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. he said,
"boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but i loved your grandma so."

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
I found this letter, and this is what it said:

If you get there before i do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long i'll be.
But i'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.

I read those words just hours before my grandma passed away,
In the doorway of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray.
I know i'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

If you get there before i do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long i'll be.
But i'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.
Between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.

(charlie black/phil vasser/rory michael bourke)

Well the note said you've had time to think about it
Looks like to me you're feeling kinda crowded
You're not looking for anything permanent here
So my rodeo's packed and it's in goodbye gear

So i shot down to the longhorn diner
Her sister works there and she'd know where to find her
She said you did not hear this from me
All i'll say is momma's got that place out in monterey

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Two towns back i showed your photograph
And the gas station man just started to laugh
She said i might see you in this old bucket of rust
And said "good luck boy just follow that cloud of dust"

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Maybe i was stradling the fence just like she said
It took her leavin' just to get it through my head
She's the one and only it's over, that's it
I'm committed i'm in love and i'm desperate
She's a good ways gone but i'm closing the gap
If i have to i'll chase her clear across the map

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Yeah, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

For all i've been blessed with in this life
There was an emptiness in me
I was imprisoned by the power of gold
With one honest touch you set me free

Let the world stop turnin'
Let the sun stop burnin'
Let them tell me
Love's not worth goin' through
If it all falls apart
I will know deep in my heart
The only dream that mattered
Had come true
In this life i was loved by you

For every mountain i have climbed
Every raging river crossed
You were the treasure
That i longed to find
Without your love i would be lost

Let the world stop turnin'
Let the sun stop burnin'
Let them tell me
Love's not worth going through
If it all falls apart
I will know deep in my heart
The only dream that mattered
Had come true
In this life i was loved by you

In this life i was loved by you

(debi cochran/john jarrard/monty powell)

When i saw you buying cosmo and a hot rod magazine
I said to myself now there's a girl for me
And when i asked you to go for a ride
You stole my heart when you said if i can drive
I said how 'bout some music, you said, you got any merle?
That's when i knew you were my kind of girl

And when we started talking i could not believe my ears
You said you were a braves fan even through the rotten years
You quoted william faulkner and martin luther king
You said your favourite movie star would always be james dean
And when we went to dinner you wore blue jeans with your pearls
That's when i knew you were my kind of girl

Yeah you march to the beat of a different drum
The funny thing is that i hear the same one
We both like to color outside of the lines
We're peas in a pod, girl we're two of a kind

Yeah you march to the beat of a different drum
The funny thing is that i hear the same one
We both like to color outside of the lines
We're two peas in a pod, girl we're two of a kind

I said i think i love you, you said what's not to love
I thought about a kiss but i wasn't quick enough
I guess while i was thinking you were reading my mind
'cause you wrapped your arms around me and you pressed your lips to mine
You sent my head spinning like a tilt-a-wheel
That's when i knew you were my kind of girl

You sent my head spinning like a tilt-a-wheel
That's when i knew you were my kind of girl
My kind my kind of girl
My kind of girl
My kind my kind of girl
You're my kind of girl
My kind my kind of girl
My kind of girl
My kind my kind of girl

(lee roy parnell/tony haselden)

I came in as the sun came up
She glared at me over her coffee cup
She said where you been, so i thought real hard and said,
I fell asleep in that hammock in the yard
She said you don't know it boy but you just blew it
I said well that's my story and i'm stickin' to it

That's my story, that's my story
Well i ain't got a witness i can't prove it but
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it

Well i got that deer in the headlights look
She read my face like the cover of a book, and said
Don't expect me to believe all that static
'cause just last week i through that hammock in the attic
My skin got so thin you could see right through it
And i started that's my story and i'm stickin' to it

That's my story, that's my story
That's my story, that's my story
Well i ain't got a witness i can't prove it but
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it

You know time comes when a wise man knows the best thing
That he can do is just look her up in the eye
And beg for mercy and face the bitter truth

Well honey me and the boys played cards all night
Wasn't no hanky panky not a woman in sight
And i know i shoulda called and baby i'm really sorry
Let's get a cellular phone then you won't have to worry
You know how much i love you and darling i'm ready to prove it
And that's my story and i'm stickin' to it

That's my story, that's my story
That's my story, that's my story
Well i ain't got a witness and you know i can't prove it but
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it

You know i ain't gonna do a thing
Unless you approve it and
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it