It's About Time/Ten Rounds

(Gary Scruggs/Shawn Camp)

Used to think that love would be so simple
Just happy ever after one another
Sometimes it's hot to trot
And sometimes it's the old cold shoulder
Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother
No, you can't have one without the other

Sometimes you'll think she's sent from heaven
A best friend, confidante and lover
Oh, there are times that little angel
She ain't nothin' but a devil woman
Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother
No, you can't have one without the other

She can be such a good girl
But, she can be so bad
Put you on top of the world
Cut you down so fast
Sometimes she's my baby
Sometimes she's a mother
Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother
No, you can't have one without the other

I wouldn't take a million dollars for her
Or pay a single dime for ten more of her
I guess there's a heads and tails
To every lucky silver dollar
Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother
No, you can't have one without the other

Oh, she can make the time fly
She can be a drag
Put you on cloud nine
Turn to rain so fast
Sometimes she's my baby
Sometimes she's a mother
Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother
No, you can't have one without the other

Oh, you can't have one without the other, brother
No, you can't have one without the other

My breath is short, my heart is beating fast
Every time I smile at her she's smiling back
If I'm dreaming, please just let me sleep
Anyone can see that she's too good for me
Oh, give her time, she'll find out soon enough
Just let me have and hold her â??til she does

What we've got going on is so incredible
This chemistry between us feels so wonderful
But knowing me, I'll probably
Find a way to mess it up
Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love

Don't concern me with reality
Don't convince me she's too heavenly
Forget the future, disregard the past
Those are questions I don't want to ask
To my heart, all that matters is tonight
Just let me live this moment in her eyes

What we've got going on is so incredible
This chemistry between us feels so wonderful
But knowing me, I'll probably
Find a way to mess it up
Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love

What we've got going on is so incredible
This chemistry between us feels so wonderful
But knowing me, I'll probably
Find a way to mess it up
Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love

Who knows, who cares, right now
Just let me be in love
Let me be in love
I just want to be in love

There's a burned out farmhouse down the road
Barns falling in and the fields over grown
"Keep Outside" on the broken fence
Passer's by say "What A Mess"
It Don't cross their mind that not long ago

That was somebody's dream, Somebody's hope
Somebody's world gone up in smoke
Ain't Life a twisting turning changing machine
They Had big plans they had no doubts
But then the bottom Fell out, it fell apart at the seems
But you wouldn't know that used to be Somebody's Dream

He's 17 his thumbs in the air,
Running away to God knows where
No One wants to pick him up,
All they See is a no good punk with torn up clothes, the cigarette and the hair

[Chorus]
That's somebody's dream, Somebody's hope
Somebody's world gone up in smoke
Ain't Life a twisting turning changing machine
His Folks had plans they had no doubts
They had his future figured out
Guess he just figured Differently
Maybe you got room in your back seat for Somebody's Dream

A Girl walks Into a Pawn shop to sell a wedding ring
Says "Since he left me Man I just don't need a thing"
She's Thinking about what happened
Thinking what went wrong
Man across the counters thinking What Price tag he'll put on

[Chorus]

Somebody's Dream [Repeat: x3]

Sat up thinking late last night
Do they have a way to count the stars
There's a lot of scientific minds
They claim to know what all the answers are
But that's the case

How much does the world weigh
Somebody's probably worked it out
You could look up what all the experts say
But all you got to do is look around
You'll be surprised to notice
Ask that girl that trying to make the rent
Pay the bills and feed the kids
Six months ago there daddy walked away
Ask that man whose family stayed around
When he finally put the bottle down
Now he fights that battle everyday
How much does the world weigh

The Human spirit is a funny thing
How far it bends before it breaks
And to keep the world from folding in How much strength does it take
Well don't ask me

Ask that couple in the waiting room
The doctors say its still too soon
Its their little girl All they can do is pray
Ask that little boy who's gotta choose
Mom or Dad either way he'll lose
Breaking up and he thinks he's to blame
How much does the world weigh

Ask that man who's hanging on the cross
His last breath would save the lost
The answers in the tears on his face

[Repeat: x3]
How Much does the world weigh

(Pat Terry/Tia Sillers)

She underdressed for the occasion
She wants to go back home and change
A maid of honor wearing waitress shoes,
Just looks strange
Her little brother's getting married
A spur of the moment kind of thing
And she's giving up her lunch break,
Holding the ring
She's never been the jealous kind,
But she can't seem to stop,
That little voice inside saying,

I don't have to have it all
I'm not asking for the world
I don't need a star to fall
I just need a little light
Someone shining in my life
'Cause in the dark when you're afraid
A little love can go a long, long way

There was a man she met one summer
His memory keeps her up at night
At the time it felt all wrong
But what if it was right?
Now here she is, throwing the rice
Standing on the sidewalk,
Trying not to cry thinking

I don't have to have it all
I'm not asking for the world
I don't need a star to fall
I just need a little light
Someone shining in my life
'Cause in the dark when you're afraid
A little love can go a long, long way

When it's lonely in your life
And you've almost lost your faith
A little love can go a long, long way

I'm doin' the best I can, but I'm startin' to understand
The best I've got ain't getting me anywhere
I'm fightin' with all my might, but when I'm alone at night
Your memory is more than I can bear

[Chorus]
Tryin' not to love you is like tryin' not to breathe
Somethin' that I haven't learned to do
I can't stop believin' you're everything I need
That's a place my heart just won't go to
Tryin' not to love you

I make it a little while, without thinkin' of your sweet smile
Then suddenly I see you in my mind
Keep tellin' myself you're gone, keep sayin' I'm movin' on
But everyday I'm falling more behind

[Chorus]

You said I?d be fine but you were lyin'
Cause after all this time it feels like dyin'

[Chorus]

I'm trying not to love you

I walked in the band just started
The singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
Was on a mission to drown her memory but
I thought no way with all this raucous

But after one round with Jose Cuervo
I caught my boots tapping long with the beat
And after two rounds with Jose Cuervo
That band was sounding pretty darn good to me

Then some stranger asked me to dance
And I revealed to her my two left feet
Said don't get me wrong I'm glad you asked
But tonight's about me and an old memory

Then after three rounds with Jose Cuervo
I let her lead me out on the floor
And after four rounds with Jose Cuervo
I was showing off moves never seen before

Well around five or round six
I forgot what I came to forget
And after round seven or was it eight
I bought a round for the whole damn place

And after nine rounds with Jose Cuervo
They were countin' me out I was about to give in
And after ten rounds with Jose Cuervo
I lost count and started counting again

One round with Jose Cuervo
Two rounds with Jose Cuervo
Three rounds with Jose Cuervo

(Curtis Wright/Jim Collins)

Another fourteen hour day, crisis solved deadline made
I came home like always, tired and beat
Threw dinner in the microwave
Beside it on the counter lay
A letter from my wife addressed to me
It said I know you're workin' hard that's easy to see
Tryin' to provide the best for the kids and me
We've had less to work with
But we've always worked it out
A house and yard, clothes and cars ain't all it's all about

It's about time that you're not givin'
Life that you're not livin'
Losin' your focus, not knowin' you don't notice
That our dreams are slowly fading
Are you hearin' what I'm sayin'
Don't you think we're worth the sacrifice
Cause if we are, you need to realize
It's about time

When you were on a business trip, to bad you had to miss
Your spittin' image hit the winning run
You know he adores you, he was lookin' for you
Remember that you promised him you'd come
Did you know your little girl lost her front tooth today
She put it underneath her pillow
And tried to stay awake
I laid down beside her, didn't want to sleep alone
This is not about "not loving" can't you see what's goin' on

It's about time that you're not givin'
Life that you're not livin'
Losin' your focus, not knowin' you don't notice
That our dreams are slowly fading
Are you hearin' what I'm sayin'
Don't you think we're worth the sacrifice
Cause if we are, you need to realize
It's about time

I walked up the stairs to find three angels sound asleep
One by one I tucked 'em in and kissed 'em on the cheek
I stood there and thought about how selfish I had been
And how one day without 'em
Would be more than I could stand
And now I understand

It's about time I should be givin'
Life I should be livin'
Keepin' my focus and let em know I notice
That the thing that's most important
Is sharing in each moment
Heaven knows they're worth the sacrifice
It's not too late now, that I realize
It's about time

It's not too late now, that I realize
It's about time

A little lady standing next to me
Isn't she a pretty thing?
I'm the one that put that ring on her left hand
Another fellow can tip his hat
And I'm as gentle as a pussycat
But let it go much further than that and he's a dead man

'Cause that's a good way
That's a real good way
That's a good way to get on my bad side

The politician on my T.V.
Says he's only lookin' out for me
He says he knows what the poor man needs in the long run
But every year he gives himself a raise
With a chunk of every buck I make
Now he's talkin' like he wants to take my shotgun

That's a good way
That's a real good way
That's a good way to get on my bad side

Ain't lookin' for no trouble
Don't want to start no fight
Don't want more than I got comin'
I only want to do what's right
Just treat me like I treat you
And we'll get along just fine
But, Mister, take one step across that line

And that's a good way
That's a real good way
That's a good way to get on my bad side

I like Van Halen, and I like George Jones
Charlie Daniels and the Rolling Stones
Bocephus when he rocks-n-rolls still kills me
There oughta be a law against cowboy rap
And all that boy band crap
A little sissy in a cowboy hat ain't country

No, but that's a good way
That's a real good way
That's a good way to get on my bad side
Yeah, that's a real good way to get on my bad side
That's a good way...
That's a real good way
That's a good way to get on my bad side
That's a good way...
That's a real good way
That's a good way to get on my bad side