Greatest Hits

(mark wright/ronnie rogers/jon wright)

Six short months we went together
Decided it should be forever
Two paychecks are better than one
A diamond ring and it was done
Bought her a house like i said i would
In sub-divided neighborhood
The fuse got short and the nights got long
It was over long gone
Before i knew
Where i was headed to

I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas
I can't believe what the judge had to tell us
I got the jeep she got the palace
I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas

Things like this are never final
I'm still payin' on the vinyl
Flooring in the laundry room
It's multi-colored and waterproof
It's a little bit tough to face my friends
The ones that said i jumped in
The river of love a little too soon
That was august
This is june and it's a different tune

I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas
I can't believe what the judge had to tell us
I got the jeep she got the palace
I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas

I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas
I can't believe what the judge had to tell us
I got the jeep she got the two bedroom
Mortgage is due
Siding light blue palace
I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas
I'm goin' through the big d
And don't mean dallas

(mark chesnutt/steve leslie/roger springer)

Storm clouds rising flash of lightning rattles that ole porch swing
Window open curtains dancing just you and me
As the thunder rolls on we'll just hold on neath the light of this candle flame.
Oh this is perfect what a night let it rain

Let your love pour down down all around let it
Fill my heart let it flood this house
Let the world outside just wash on by we'll just lay right here and hold on tight
Let it rain
Let it rain

Old man weather had it together when he planned this night
From out of the blue he set the mood turned down the lights
Just when we thought the storm was over here it comes again
So lay back down in these arms let it rain

Let your love pour down down all around let it
Fill my heart let it flood this house
Let the world outside just wash on by we'll just lay right here and hold on tight
Let it rain
Let it rain

There was rain on the street last night
We stood beneath the front door light
And everything we said we made sure the neighbors heard
You called me this, i called you that
Standing on the welcome mat
Everything we felt it all came down to just one word
But you couldn't say it and i couldn't say it

Chorus:
You know i tried my best to go
I know you cried 'cause i hurt you so
It should have been easy to say that we were through
But to walk away from love was more than we could do
It was almost goodbye
Almost goodbye

Now there was sun through the blinds this morning
When i opened up my eyes
Outside i could hear a mockingbird
And i could feel your heartbeat as you layed there by my side
I thought of how the world could end with just one word
But you didn't say it, and i didn't say it

Chorus

Sometimes the most important words are the ones that you leave unspoken
You know i tried my best to go
And i know you cried 'cause i hurt you so
It should have been easy to say that we were through
But to walk away from love that way was more than we could do
It was almost goodbye
Almost goodbye, no, i couldn't say it was
Almost goodbye, oh oh
Almost goodbye.

Been havin' a ball since i was a boy in beaumont
Love that town but i just couldn't stay
Two stepped all the way to amarillo
Shuffled my way into santa fe
Just had to see the sun set out in frisco
The golden gate is great
But it ain't home
Give me a rodeo

Chorus
Blame it on texas
Don't blame it on me
I am who i am
And that's what i'm gonna be
You can say what you wanna say
About my insanity
Blame it on texas
Don't blame it on me

Met a girl out in eastern oklahoma
Her daddy was a tulsa millionaire
With miles and miles of oil wells he'd leave her
All a man could want was waitn' there
But one night while she lay sleepin' i slipped away
Like no man in his
Right mind would do
Call me a fool
Repeat chorus

Well, it sure feels good to come in here
And just pull up a seat
A frosty mug of a cool one
Helps to beat the heat
These old dog days of summer
Lord, i'll be glad when they're gone
It's too hot to fish, too hot for golf
And too cold at home.

Well, that baseball game on tv
Takes me back to when i was a kid
We proudly wore those uniforms
Just like the dodgers did
Yea!, we won a few and and we lost a few
And for me it still goes on
Too hot to fish, and too hot for golf
And too cold at home.

Chorus

Well, i only planned on one or two
I might stay for three
If that good-lookin' thing in the corner
Keeps smilin' back at me
It's so easy not to care
'bout what's right or what's wrong
It's too hot to fish, too hot for golf
And too cold at home.

Chorus

It's too hot to fish, too hot for golf
And too cold at home.

(mark chesnutt, roger springer, slugger morrissette)

Weel, earll this morning it dawned on me
The kind of man she needed me to be
She made a list and laid it there beside me on the bed
Now what i should-a done keeps running through my head

Chorus
Oh i should-a done this and i should-a done that
I should-a been there then she'd-a never left
I should-a been hangin' on every word she ever had to say
But it's a little too late she's a little too gone
She's a little too right i'm a little too wrong
Now would be a good time to change
But it's a little too late

Last night i came home at a quarter til three
And to my suprise she wasn't mad at me
I thought she fin'lly realized not to worry i'd be home
And then i realized this morning she was gone

Repeat chorus