Double Live

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could i have known that you'd ever say goodbye

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And now i'm glad i didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance i could have missed the pain
But i'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you i held everything
For a moment wasn't i a king
But if i'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know i might have changed it all

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Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but i'd of had to miss the dance.

i was feelin' the blues,
I was watchin' the news
When this fella came on the tv
He said that i'm tellin' you,
That science has proven
That heartaches are healed by the sea
And that got me goin' without even knowin'
And i packed right up and drove down
Now i'm on a role, and i sear to my sole
Tonight i'm gonna paint this town

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So bring me two pina colladas
I want one for each hand
Let's set sail with captain morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles i've forgotten
I've buried them in the sand.
So bring me two pina colladas
She said goodbye to her good timing man.

Now i've got to saying, that the wind and the waves
And the moon winkin' down at me
Eases my mind, by leaving behind
The heartaches that love often brings
Now i've got a smile, that goes on for miles
With no inclination to roam
Now i've gotta say, that i thank god i stayed
Cause it's feeling more and more like home

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So bring me two pina colladas
I gotta have one for each hand
Let's set sail with captain morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles i've forgotten
I've buried them in the sand.
So bring me two pina colladas
She said goodbye to her good timing man.

So bring me bring me bring me two pina colladas
I gotta have one for each hand
Let's set sail with captain morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles i've forgotten
I've buried them in the sand.
So bring me two pina colladas
She said goodbye to her good timing man

Well i'm shamemeless when it comes to loving you
I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do anything at all.

And i'm standing here for all the world to see
Oh baby, that's what's left of me
Don't have very far to fall

You know now i'm not a man who's ever been
Insecure about the world i've been living in
I don't break easy, i have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied

I'm shameless, oh honey, i don't have a prayer
Every time i see you standin' there
I go down upon my knees.

And i'm changing, swore i'd never compromise
Oh, but you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please.

You see in all my life i've never found
What i couldn't resist, what i couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone i ever knew
But i can't walk away from you.

I have never let anything have this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life my own
I have never let anything have this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life my own
And i've made myself a world and it's worked so perfectly
But it's your world now, i can't refuse
I've never had so much to lose
Oh, i'm shameless.

You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything i've ever missed
But i've never been in love like this.

It's out of my hands.

I'm shameless, i don't have the power now
I don't want it anyhow
So i got to let it go.

Oh, i'm shameless, shameless as a man can be
You make a total fool of me
I just wanted to you to know.

Oh, i'm shameless, i just wanted you to know
Oh, i'm shameless, oh, i'm down on my knees

Shameless

Three thirty in the morning,
Not a soul in sight,
The city's lookin' like a ghost town
On a moonless summer night.
Raindrops on the windshield,
There's a storm moving in.
He's headin' back from somewhere
That he never should have been.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

Every light is burnin'
In a house across town.
She's pacin' by the telephone
In her faded flannel gown.
Askin' for miracle,
Hopin' she's not right,
Prayin' it's the weather
That's kept him out all night.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

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The thunder rolls
And the lightnin' strikes.
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night,
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls.

She's waitin' by the window
When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him
Thankful he's alive
But on the wind and rain
A strange new perfume blows
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes
And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls

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(third verse)
She runs back down the hallway
To the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in the mirror
He won't do this again
Cause tonight will be the last time
She'll wonder where he's been

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When evening shadows and stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But i would never do you wrong
Ive known it from the moment that we met
There's no doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry i'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There aint nothing i wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on a rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't see nothin' like me yet

There ain't nothin' that i wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love

You know a dream is like a river
Ever changin' as it flows
And a dreamer's just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind you
And never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores.

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And i will sail my vessel
'til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind
These waters are my sky
I'll never reach my destination
If i never try
So i will sail my vessel
'til the river runs dry.

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide.

*chorus*
And there's bound to be rough waters
And i know i'll take some falls
But with the good lord as my captain
I can make it through them all.

*chorus*
Yes, i will sail my vessel
'til the river runs dry
'til the river runs dry

Just the other night at a hometown football game
My wife and i ran into my old high school flame
And as i introduced them the past came back to me
And i couldn't help but think of the way things used to be.

She was the one that i'd wanted for all times
And each night i'd spend prayin' that god would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish i wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again.

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Sometimes i thank god for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of god's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

She wasn't quite the angel that i remembered in my dreams
And i could tell that time had changed me
Inn her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the lord knows what he's doin' after all.

And as she walked away and i looked at my wife
And then and there i thankedd the good lord
For the gifts in my life.

*chorus*
Some of god's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of god's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

I went to work for her that summer
A teenage kid so far from home
She was a lonely widow woman
Hell-bent to make it on her own
We were a thousand miles from nowhere
Wheat fields as far as i could see
Both needing something from each other
Not knowing yet what that might be.

'til she came to me one evening
Hot cup of coffee and a smile
In a dress that i was certain
She hadn't worn in quite a while
There was a difference in her laughter
There was a softness in her eyes
And on the air there was a hunger
Even a boy could recognize.

She had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night.

That summer wind was all around me
Nothing between us but the night
When i told her that i'd never
She softly whispered that's alright
And then i watched her hands of leather
Turn to velvet in a touch
There's never been a summer
When i have ever learned so much.

We had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night.

I often think about that summer
The sweat, the moonlight and the lace
And i have rarely held another
When i haven't seen her face
And every time i pass a wheat field
And watch it dancing with the wind
Although i know it isn't real
I swear inside i feel
Her hungry arms again.

She had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night.

Rushing in long in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burnin' both ends of the night

If your paycheck depends on the weather and the clock
If your conversation calls for
A little more than a coffee pot
If you need to pour your heart out
And try to rectify some situation
That you're facing
Contact your american honky-tonk bar association.

When uncle sam dips in your pocket
For most things you don't mind
But when your dollar goes to all of those
Standing in a welfare line
Well rejoice you have a voice
If you're concerned about the destination
Of this great nation
It's called the american honky-tonk bar association.
It represents the hardhat
Gunrack, achin'-back
Over taxed, flag-wavin', fun-lovin' crowd
They're heart is in the music
And they love to play it loud
There's no forms or applications
There's no red tape administrations
It's the american honky-tonk bar association.

We're all one big family
Throughout the cities and the towns
We don't reach for handouts
We reach for those who are down
And every local chapter has a seven day a week
Available consultation
For your frustration
It's called the american honky-tonk bar association.

It represents the mud flaps
Six pack, bare crack
Over-taxed, flag-wavin', fun-lovin' crowd
They're heart is in the music
And they love to play it loud
There's no forms or applications
There's no red tape administrations
It's the american honky-tonk bar association.

(to feel this damn old)
This ol' highway's getting longer
Seems there ain't no end in sight
To sleep would be best, but i just can't afford to rest
I've got to ride in denver tomorrow night
I called the house but no one answered
For the last two weeks no one's been home
I guess she's through with me, to tell the truth i just can't see
What's kept the woman holding on this long

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And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
I'm much too young to feel this damn old
All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole
I'm much too young to feel this damn old
The competition's getting younger
Tougher broncs, you know i can't recall
The worn out tape of chris ledoux, lonely women and bad booze
Seem to be the only friends i've left at all

*chorus*
Lord, i'm much too young to feel this damn old.

We call them cool
Those hearts that have no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned.

We call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned.
But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire
'cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.

We call them strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by on their own
Those who will never take the fall.
We call them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love might exist
And for that forsake it all.
They're so hell-bent on giving, walking a wire
Convinced it's not living if you stand outside the fire.

(chorus)
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.
There's this love that is burning
Deep in my soul
Constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to fly higher and higher
I can't abide
Standing outside the fire.

*chorus*
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.

Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one
You thought you'd see there
And i saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When i took his glass of champagne
And i toasted you
Said, honey, we may be through
But you'll never hear me complain

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'cause i've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And i'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think i'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, i've got friends in low places.

Well, i guess i was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, i've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And i'll show myself to the door
Hey, i didn't mean
To cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and then
Well, i'll be as high
As that ivory tower
That you're livin' in

*chorus*

(third verse)
I guess i was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, i've been there before
And everything is alright
I'll just say goodnight
And i'll show myself to the door
I didn't mean to cause a big scene
Just wait 'til i finish this glass
Then sweet little lady
I'll head back to the bar
And you can kiss my ass

*chorus*