Pass It On Down

Rick bowles/josh leo

Just off of the beaten path
A little dot on a state road map
That's where i was born and where i'll die
Things move at a slower pace
Nobody's in the rat race
And these days that's a special way of life

Chorus:
Down home, where they know you by name
And treat you like family
Down home, a man's godd word and s hand shake
Are all you need
Folks know, if they;re fallnig on hard times
They can fall back on
Thos of us raised up down home

In the corner of the hardware store
Gathered 'round a checkerboard
Old men telling lies and crowning kings
Kids driving 'round th eold town square
Tops rolled down in the coll night air
Do and see what's shaking at the dairy queen

Rpeat chorus

Bridge
When i was a boy, i couldn't wait to leave this place
Butnow i want to see my children raised down home, down home

Folks know, if they're falling on hard times
They can fall back on
Those of us raised up...

Repeat chorus

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Dave gibson/ronnie rogers, 3:39

Chorus:
In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox
It's playing all my favorite memories
One by one they take me back
To the days when you were mine
And i can't stop this jukebox in my mind

I don't need no quarters
Don't need any dimes
You filled it up forever
When you said goodbye
Heaven knows i love old melodies
They were meant to ease the pain
But the kind that's playing on my mind
Are driving me insane

Repeat chorus

Song by song those melodies
Were meant to ease the pain
But the kind that's playing on my mind
Are driving me insane

Repeat chorus

Tag
No i can't stop this jukebox in my mind

Repeat chorus

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Before i fly and wave goodbye
I say to you "days with you are the best years of my life"
But if i don't see you anymore
Keep my words safely stored
And i'll be back i promise once more

Chorus:
Goodbye, goodbye
Till i see you again
Goodbye, goodbye
I'll love and i'll miss you till then

Remember me 'cause i care
Where you are and how you fare
Get in touch if the wind blows in your face
I guess it's been too much fun
We've shared and we've won
Yes the best is yet to come

Repeat chorus

That one word hurts so bad
You leave the best you've had
But you keep the faith and pray to return

Goodbye, goodbye
I'll love and i'll miss you till then
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

(c) 1990 maypop music (a division of wildcountry, inc.) (bmi). all rights reserved.

Teddy gentry/robert byrne, 3:59

I live to work and work to live
Oh but what i wouldn't give
For a ray of sun and a little piece of beach
Where the sand dollar is the only currency

Chorus:
I vote we go to the gulf of mexico
You and me by the sea
Palm trees call me, oh that's the place i want to be
Down where the southern breezes blow
On the gulf of mexico

Right at five o'clock today
I'll pick you up, we'll drive away
And i can't wait to feel the sand beneath my toes
And i can almost see the sunburn on your nose

Repeat chorus

Vamos we go... (repeat chorus again)

Tag
Down where the southern breezes blow
On the gulf of mexico

On the gulf of mexico
That's the place i want to be

Down where the southern breezes blow
On the gulf of mexico

(c) 1990 maypop music (a division of wildcountry, inc ) (bmi) / roberty byrne music (ascap). all rights reserved.

Flattop guitar
Down around the campfire
You can smell that hickory burnin'
Catfish fryin'
Onions got us cryin'
Hushpuppies they're a turnin'
Friends and kin comin' down the hill

Trippin' in the ole starlight
Cookin' and kickin' do a little pickin'
Party tonight

Chorus:
Come on down to the moonlight longe
Where the ceilin' is so blue
Where there ain't no door and our dance floor
Is covered with mountain dew
Where there ain't no walls and the waterfall
Is the only sound around
Yeah we're havin' us a party down in the holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Me and my lady
Rode in on sadie
A fourteen hand chestnut mare
A midnight hoot owl
He's screechin' so loud
Kind of puts a chill in the summer air
The bushes are wigglin', somebody's gigglin'
Buck couldn't wait to get a kiss
Jimmy's got the four wheel hooked to the wagon
A hay ride you don't wanna miss

Repeat chorus

Won't you... (repeat chorus again)

Tag
Yeah we're havin' us a party everybody holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Teddy gentry/randy owen/will robinson/ronnie rogers, 4:53

We live in the land of plenty
But many things aren't plenty anymore
Like the water from our sink
They say's not safe to drink
You gotta go and buy it at the store
Now we're told there's a hole in the ozone
Look what's washing on the beach
And lord, i believe, from the heavens to the seas
We're bringing mother nature to her knees

Chorus:
So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

Well there's a change taking place way on the mountains
Acid rain is falling on the leaves
And down in brazil, the fires are burning still
How we gonna breathe without them trees

Repeat chorus

There's a place where i live called the canyon
Where daddy taught me to swim
And that water, it's so pure
And i'm gonna make sure
Daddy's grandkids can swim there like him

Now we all oughta feel just a little bit guilty
When we look into the eyes of our kids
'cause brothers it's a fact, if we take and don't put back
They'll have to pay for all we did

Repeat chorus (4 times)

Tag:
Leave it and pass it on down

(c) 1990 maypop music (a division of wildcountry, inc.) (bmi) all rights reserved.