Who I Am

(alan jackson)

I'm always on the road
You're always all alone
And i'm not always there when i'm at home

But i'm ready for a little change
I'm ready to accept some blame
So let's back up to yesterday

Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you

It's not like it was
When we fell in love
When all we had was enough

Well i don't like the blues
I like love that's true
Honey, let's get back to me and you

Let's get back in love
Back to dreamin' of
All those little things we used to do
Let's start holdin' hands
Let's start makin' plans
Honey, let's get back to me and you
Well honey, let's get on back to me and you

(max d. barnes/robert john jones)

On the wrong end of the highway
When the long night has no end
When there's no one there beside me
'til i hold you once again

Thank god for the radio
When i'm on the road
When i'm far from home
And feelin' blue
Thank god for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs
That mean so much to me and you

There's a song that we first danced to
And there's a song they played the night we met
And there's a song we first made love to
That's a song i'll never forget

Thank god for the radio
When i'm on the road
When i'm far from home
And feelin' blue
Thank god for the radio
Playin' all night long
Playin' all the songs
That mean so much to me and you

Playin' all the songs
That mean so much to me and you
Thank god for the radio

(eddie cochran/jerry capehart)

Well i'm a-gonna raise a fuss, i'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Everytime i call my baby, to try to get a date
My boss says, "no dice, son, you gotta work late"
Sometimes i wonder what i'm gonna do
'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom 'n' papa told me, "son, you gotta make some money
If you wanna use the car to go ridin' next sunday"
Well i didn't go to work, told the boss i was sick
"now you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes i wonder what i'm gonna do
'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the united nation
Well i called my congressman and he said quote
"i'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes i wonder what i'm gonna do
'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well i'm a-gonna raise a fuss, i'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer just to try an' earn a dollar
Sometimes i wonder what i'm gonna do
'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Yeah, sometimes i wonder what i'm gonna do
'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues
No there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

(alan jackson)

You say your heart's been broken
And you just can't win
You say that you'll never love again
Let me tell you friend

You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love

Looked out my window and what did i see
It's another broken family
The kids are stayin' with mama at home
Daddy's livin' in a house all alone

You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love

Troubled times make it hard to stay
So many lovers take the easy way
But don't go crazy and jump ship too soon
'cause every day can't be a honeymoon

You can't give up on love
That's the one thing we've got to keep going
'cause it don't come easy and it's so hard to hold
But you can't give up on love
No, you can't give up on love
Oh, you can't give up on love

(alan jackson)

Two young people without a thing
Say some vows and spread their wings
Settle down with just what they need
Livin on love

She dont care 'bout whats in style
She just likes the wayhe smiles
It takes more than marble and tile
Livin on love

Livin on love, buyin on time
Without somebody nothing aint worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin on love
It sounds simple thats what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesnt take much when you get enough
Livin' on love

Two old people without a thing
Children gone but still they sing
Side by side in that front porch swing
Livin on love
He cant see anymore
And she can barely sweep the floor
Hand in hand they'll walk through that door
Livin on love

Livin on love, buyin on time
Without somebody nothing aint worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin on love
It sounds simple thats what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesnt take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
No it doesnt take much when you get enough
Livin' on love

(rodney crowell)

Well i don't drink as much as i used to
Lately, it just ain't my style
And the hard times don't hurt like they ought to
They pass quicker, like when i was a child

And somehow i've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun going down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life i have found
It keeps my feet on the ground

And the midsummer days sit so heavy
But don't they flow like the breeze through your mind
When nothing appears in a hurry
To make up for someone's lost time

And somehow i've learned how to listen
For a sound like the sun going down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the life i have found
It keeps my feet on the ground

And somehow i've learned how to listen
For a sound like the breeze dying down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for the friend i have found
She keeps my feet on the ground
She keeps my feet on the ground

she's been playing in a room on a strip
For ten years in vegas
Every night she looks in the mirror
But she only ages
She's been reading about nashville and all
The records that everybody's buying
Says 'i'm a simple girl myself
Grew up on long island'
So she packs her bags to try her hand
Says this might be my last chance

She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes

Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holding out in the village
He's been writing songs speaking out
Against wealth and privilege
He says 'i dont believe in money
But a man could make him a killin'
Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backwards as they used to be'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes

He commutes to la
But he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are piling up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally
He says 'honey i'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition
But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children
Lord it sounds so easy it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots

He's gone country
He's gone country
Everybody's gone country
Yeah we've gone country
The whole world's gone country