The Hits

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
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

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

(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

(chorus)
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.

His eyes are cold and restless
His wounds have almost healed
And she'd give half of texas
Just to change the way he feels
She knows his love's in tulsa
And she knows he's gonna go
Well, it ain't no woman, flesh and blood
It's that damned old rodeo.

(chorus)
Well, it's bulls and blood
It's dust and mud
It's the roar of a sunday crowd
It's the white in his knuckles
The gold in the buckle
He'll win the next go 'round
It's boots and chaps
It's cowboy hats
It's spurs and latigo
It's the ropes and the reins
And the joy and the pain
And they call the thing rodeo.

She does her best to hold him
When his love comes to call
But his need for it controls a man
And her back's against the wall
And it's "so long girl, i'll see you."
When it's time for him to go
You know the woman wants her cowboy
Like he wants his rodeo

*chorus*
It'll drive a cowboy crazy
It'll drive the man insane
And he'll sell off everything he owns
Just to pay to play her game
And a broken home and some broken bones
Is all he'll have to show
For all the years that he spent chasin'
This dream they call rodeo.

*chorus*
Well, it's bulls and blood
It's dust and mud
It's the roar of a sunday crowd
It's the white in his knuckles
The gold in the buckle
He'll win the next go 'round
It's boots and chaps
It's cowboy hats
It's spurs and latigo
It's the ropes and the reins
And the joy and the pain
And they call the thing rodeo.
It's the broncs and the blood
It's the steers and the mud
And they call the thing rodeo

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.

(chorus)
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

('til the sun comes up)
Six o'clock on friday evening
Momma doesn' t know she's leaving
'til she hears the screen door slamming
Rubber squealin', gears a-jamming
Local country station just a blaring on the radio
Pick him up at seven and they're headin' to the rodeo
Momma's on the front porch screamin' out her warning
"girl you better get your red head
Back in bed before the morning."

Nine o'clock the show is ending
But the fun is just beginning
She knows he's anticipating
But she's gonna keep him waiting
Grab a bite to eat
And then they're heading to the honkey tonk
But loud crowds and line dancing
Just ain't what they really want
Drive out to the boondocks and park down by the creek
And where it's george strait 'til real late
And dancing cheek to cheek.

(chorus)
Ain't going down 'til the sun comes up
Ain't givin' in 'til they get enough
Going 'round the world in a pickup truck
Ain't goin' down 'til the sun comes up

Ten 'til twelve is wine and dancing
Midnight starts the hard romancing
One o'clock that truck is rocking
Two is coming, still no stopping
Break to check the clock at three
They're right on where they want to be
Four o'clock get up and going
Five o'clock that rooster's crowing

*chorus*
Six o'clock on saturday
Her folks don't know he's on his way
The stalls are clean, the horses fed
They say she's grounded 'til she's dead
Well here he comes around the bend
Slowing down, she's jumping in
Hey mom, you're daughter's gone
And there they go again

*chorus*

I spent last night in the arms
Of a girl in louisiana
And though i'm out on the highway
My thoughts are still with her
Such a strange combination of a woman and a child
Such a strange situation stoppin' every hundred miles
Callin' baton rouge

A replay of last night's events
Roll through my mind
Except a scene or two
Erased by sweet red wine
And i see a truck stop sign ahead
So i change lanes
I need a cup of coffee
And a couple dollars change
Callin' baton rouge

(chorus)
Operator won't you put me on through
I gotta' send my love down to baton rouge
Hurry up won't you put her on the line
I gotta' talk to the girl just one more time.

Hello samantha dear, i hope you're feelin' fine
And it won't be long until i'm with you all the time
But until then i'll spend my money up right down to my last dime
Callin' baton rouge.

*chorus*
Callin' baton rouge
Sweet baton rouge, my baton rouge

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.

(chorus)
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

*chorus*

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.