A LITTLE ROMANCE SONGS

A Foolish Thing

You took the china and you made a clean break
You said "don't worry baby, everybody makes mistakes".
Cause the heart can be a foolish thing

I tried to hold you Just one more time
I told myself "man everything'll work out fine".
But the heart can be a foolish thing

The heart can pull people together
Make you crazy with one kiss
We hope it's love but we don't know
Whether to stand back a bit or take the risk
Cause the heart can be a foolish thing

You drove away as I waved bye bye
It's funny how the bad times ain't what made me cry
Cause the heart can be a foolish thing

Ain't You Glad

I got one foot out the door
I got one foot in
One foot says we gotta go
The other foot say let's do it again
I've got half a mind to stay here
The other half don't know
The half that does the talkin'
Is all mouth and no show
Ain't you glad

My wallet got stolen
And then I got mugged
They took my watch and ring
Then they beat me up
Gridlock on the highway
Stitches in my lip
Man gave me the finger
And my mind began to slip
Ain't you glad

Ain't you glad, you ain't me
Ain't you glad, you ain't me

I entertained a fantasy that had me aiming lasers
At every car around me and the rubber red necked gazers
Before the last picture and the red switch is thrown
A chemical short circuit and the fuses were blown
But in the warmth of the TV stiffening in a chair
I know nothing will happen and no one will find me there
Ain't you glad

Ain't you glad, you ain't me
Ain't you glad, you ain't me


Like a River

The sun came up on a beautiful day
Birds were singing but I couldn't stay
I went downstairs and tried to write a note
I threw it away when I read what I wrote
You were still sleeping
On your side of the bed
When the memories came rushing
Like a river into my head

I went outside to my beat up old car
I had to do some magic trying to get it to start
I was headed south out to the interstate
Tryin' to beat the traffic before it got too late
I was finally leaving like I always said
When the memories came rushing
Like a river into my head

The memories come rushing
Like a river into my head
Thinking about all the things we never said
Memories that will haunt me until I'm dead
Bittersweet movies of the life we lead

Well I made it out to the county line
I ordered up some coffee and the Drive and Dine
I don't know why I decided to call
You were standing sleepy by the phone in the hall
You said you were dreaming that I was there in bed
When the memories came rushing
Like a river into my head

The memories come rushing
Like a river into my head
Thinking about all the things we never said
Memories that will haunt me until I'm dead
Bittersweet movies of the life we lead

You Married Men

Well she got mixed up with a married man
She was crazy 'bout him but she didn't understand
When he said he liked the married life
And he felt shook up cause he loved his wife.
He used to meet her at the oddest times
In the weirdest places for lover's crimes
It was thrillingly romantic till they felt the despair
That came from knowing it could go nowhere.

And it came as no surprise the night
She left him with tears in her eyes
She said you married men are so dedicated
But you make your lives so complicated.

She made him promise to be her friend
But their days as lovers had to end
It was so much easier said than done
No matter what she said, she knew he was the one.
He said she'd always be his fantasy and
He'd never forget the girl he ran to see
But he felt like a fool for being untrue
It was something he never thought he could do.

And it came as no surprise the night
She left him with tears in her eyes
She said you married men are so dedicated
But you make your lives so complicated.

When she left town she never said a word
She wondered how he felt when he finally heard
Did he think of her in the middle of the night
Could he forget her now that she was out of sight?
He went back to how things were and
Eventually he told his wife about her
But sometimes he sees heriIn the back of his mind
And closes his eyes as if love were blind


True Love

How come everybody seems to understand you
When you talk about the things you want to do
We talk about work and the money we make
We talk all day 'how much the governments takes
We could tell our secrets to total strangers
But talk about love and we start to clam up
Cause nobody knows how to talk about true love

We talk about our families and where we were born
We talk about leaving and how we are torn
We talk about lovers and the way they kiss
And the expectations that seem to miss
Cause we're always expecting fantasies
But nobody knows how to talk about true love

Well I'm lying on the floor with a fever to know
The secret of romance and the incandescent glow
The power of illusion that can lead you astray
Holds no candle to true love ways
But nobody knows how to talk about true love

I was talkin' to the lonliest boy in the world
He said he was lookin' for a lucky girl
He said there's got to be someone out there for me
Someone who can love what I'm about to be
Cause nobody knows how to talk about true love

We Got a Deal

I've had all the bad days I'm ever gonna have
They're all behind me now that we have got a deal
No more lonely nights to pull me apart
I rest easy now thast we have got a deal

She loves me, she loves me not
I don't wonder about it
We go a deal to stay together it makes a difference
Now that we have got a deal

Every day I fall more deeply in love
It's so simple now that we have got a deal
I'm in a dream that feels so real
She's all around me now that we have got a deal.

She loves me, she loves me not
I don't wonder about it
We go a deal to stay together it makes a difference
Now that we have got a deal.

We got a deal that nothing can erase
We made a promise pressed face to face.

She loves me, she loves me not
I don't wonder about it
We go a deal to stay together it makes a difference
Now that we have got a deal.

All Over You

I don't know where you've been hanging out these days
I hear stories about how you have been changing your ways

And I wondered to myself could they all be true
Well I guess it doesn't matter baby since I'm all over you

Do you mind if I ask you how you've been since then
You know I used to think that we would get together again

But I let it go and I know that you did too
Well I guess it doesn't matter baby since I'm all over you

Well you fell on your knees and you told me the reasons
Why you had to leave and I picked up the pieces never believin'
That I'd ever wade through this grief
It was only the passing of time that pulled me through
Well I would've bet money against it baby but I'm all over you


Can You Heart be Touched

Well I've been waitin' for you to come around
Walkin' these streets all over town
Wonderin if you're ever gonna make up your mind
To love me baby or leave me behind.

Some people say you shouldn't wait too long
You've gotta make a move while the feeling is strong
I ain't trying to mess you up
I only want to know if your heart can be touched

I want more than memories I've had enough
I want a girl who still beleives in being loved
I want to know can your heart be touched

Maybe it's too early to ask you all of this
Come on baby put yourself in your kiss
You say you can't help think it's all a game
Well let me tell you baby I don't feel that way

I want more than memories I've had enough
I want a girl who still beleives in being loved
I want to know can your heart be touched


THE HUMAN
WILDERNESS SONGS

You

You showed me the well
Made me pull the bucket up
Put the ladle up to my mouth
Made me drink it up
When I came to the stars
looked like they were falling
and you were nowhere
When I was calling you.

You on your broken bike
Headed downtown
I met you by the river
We flagged a motorboat down
You typing my poems
by the window in your room
Me dictating letting go
Of all of my balloons for you

How quickly you ran away
I thought I heard you say it's been nice
Knowing you

You told me a story
About an accident
A young boy and a girl
Who never knew what it meant
You took the little one
What did you do
Your mother said you ran away from him
I said no, she ran away from you

Well I waited for a letter
Some kind of nice word or sign
But I never heard from you

The Grindstone

Some people got a job they really like
They don't mind gettin up to go
But most every one that I ever known
Feels like the work they do is not their own

It's a back breaking, mind numbing, hell of a rut
Trying to keep you family in a home
Bitchin' and a moanin' workin' and a groanin'
The grindstone's a killer and it's first degree

The boss thinks he's cool but he's just a jerk
He doesn't care about you and he does not work
He'll hang out the carrot of security
But when you want that raise you gotta get on your knees

It's a back breaking, mind numbing, hell of a rut
Trying to keep you family in a home
Bitchin' and a moanin' workin' and a groanin'
The grindstone's a killer and it's first degree

People around here have learned to live with fate
They go to jobs that they tolerate
As long as there's a weekend to recooperate
From a babe to the grave you can appreciate

It's a back breaking, mind numbing, hell of a rut
Trying to keep you family in a home
Bitchin' and a moanin' workin' and a groanin'
The grindstone's a killer and it's first degree

How Can This Be

How can this be my sweet one I’m at a loss for words and heart
I feel like I’m outside of it all watching us fall apart.

Your kisses have turned into paper
And you shy away from my touch
We sleep in different dreams now
We’ve been keeping to ourselves too much.

How can this be my sweet one I’m at a loss for words and heart
I feel like I’m outside of it all watching us fall apart.

I don’t know what to say
That will not leave you feeling hurt
In my mind I keep walking out
Telling myself I will not return.

How can this be my sweet one I’m at a loss for words and heart
I feel like I’m outside of it all watching us fall apart.

Sometimes when you look at me
I don’t know what’s gotten into you
You and I are different people now
Fading from view.

Bad News (Leave Her to Him)

I know you know how it is in this town
The bad news travels fast and the good doesn't get around
Are you gonna sit here with your head in your hands
You better start playin this game like you understand

So what if she's found another and she is out again
You'll find another and you can leave her to him

Loose talk and rumors fill the lives of the bored
The tell their stories and the tally up the scores
When you become a character in this play
You have too invent yourself until you leave the stage

So what if she's found another and she is out again
You'll find another and you can leave her to him

Now the camera's on and you start to move
Like you just found out that she's leaving you
This scene is easy and you throw her a kiss
And the curtain closes like eyelids on a wish

So what if she's found another and she is out again
You'll find another and you can leave her to him


I Never Wanted You To Go

I carry your sweet voice like it is a photograph
Whenever I look at it I can almost hear you laugh

When I said some foolish things now I want you to know
While it was so hard to show I never wanted you to go

Dont you know how I regret whenever I remember
Insignificant arguments when I could not temper my temper

When I said some foolish things now I want you to know
While it was so hard to show I never wanted you to go

Well I've been feeling sorry for myself
Wondering if you'll ever come back
Writing letters and making calls
But the line is so tight can I have some slack

Oh baby I'm fighting them off these memories you left behind
You come to me in silent dreams running your fingers through my mind

When I said some foolish things now I want you to know
While it was so hard to show I never wanted you to go



Me and My Daddy

Me and my daddy up at dawn
Diggin' for worms in our backyard
Stuffin' 'em into a coffee can
Fishin' poles in our hands.
I'm ten years old and I can't wait to go
Half a mile to the Ohio
It's like a jungle gettin' there
Trees and vines grow everywhere

Sittin' on the bank in the cool clean air
The better part of fishin' is to sit and stare
Hopin' to catch a big catfish
Rub his belly and you make a wish
Cause if that catfish meows at you
You got a good chance your wish come true
But if that catfish starts to grin
You could get cut on one of his fins

Black iron skillet and it's full of grease
Eat all the bacon that we please
The smell of the river and the tast of toast
Comes in a memory like a ghost
I'm out in the water up to my knees
Watchin' the barges from the coal companies
I'm so happy when the captain waves
I can hear the ship's whistle like it was yesterday


Over in the Fields

I bought a 79 chevy in 85
'n that's it over in the fields
Those two trucks were my grandaddy's n'
He bought 'em just before the paint all peeled
Terry my brother left his wagon there and
That Olsmobile is the one his wife crashed
Their three kids and my two boys
Each a have a couple that are broken and smashed
Over in the fields

Some people buy clothes and houses and such
But that don't turn my wheels
Around here buddy we but these cars
We fix 'em up and make each other deals
It might run for a week, it might run for a year
We keep 'em as long as it's got a good feel
We ain't goin' nowhere, nobody ever does
We just drive 'em in the dirt then we leave'em in the fields

Over in the fields
Cars and busses and frigidaires
All of 'em rusting over in the fiels
Vegetation grows up all around 'em who cares

I got a '87 Ford pick up truck
'n I used to haul parts for these cars
But lately I've been haulin radar antenna
That pull in tv beams from the stars
Jimmy Johnson gave me two hundred dollars
Cash money to move his old rusted outs
I rented a wrecker and it took me all day
And part of another till the winch gave out and there it sits
Over in the fields

Over in the fields you might find somebodys old news papers
Over in the fields you might find somebodys old abandoned love nest
Over in the fields you might find somebodys old beat up baby doll
Over in the fields you might find some you might find some
you might find some body over in the fields.