Randy Travis

"Thanks A Lot"
(originally by Ernest Tubb)

"Thanks A Lot"
(originally by Ernest Tubb)



Thanks, thanks a lot
I got a broken heart that's all I got
You made me cry and I cried a lot
I lost your love honey thanks a lot

You told our friends I was passing by
That you're not sorry that you made me cry
You said I deserved just what I got
Well if that's how you feel honey thanks a lot

Thanks, thanks a lot
I got a broken heart that's all I got
You made me cry and I cried a lot
I lost your love honey thanks a lot

You wanted a fool and I played the part
Now all I've got is a broken heart
We loved a little and you laughed a lot
Then you were gone honey thanks a lot

"That Was Us"

"That Was Us"


Twenty dollars out of mama's purse
Bought us a tank of gas
And some Redman Tobacco
When we were just teenage kids.

Me and my old buddy Leroy
We'd go drivin' around
If there was trouble to be found
Oh, man we dang sure did.

Cuttin' donuts in the fields
So old man Smith would call the cops
He'd come runnin' out with his shotgun
'Cause we were runnin' down his crops

And I reckon he's still wonderin'
Who that was, but that was us.

Now some of these local boys moved on
But we never changed a bit
Never had a lick of sense
Least that's what some folks said.

Then finally we turned old enough
To buy our own beer
Don't remember much about that year
Juct lucky we ain't dead.

Somebody said they saw some boys
With a truck looked just like mine
Tryin' to pull down that old water tank
That sits out on the county line.

And people wonder why it leans
The way it does, that was us.

[Instrumental]

Seems like small towns never change
But things get tough when times get hard
They said when he got sick
Old man Smith would a lost that farm.

'Cause he was gettin' way behind
On all his bills
But somebody brought his crops in
From the field.

Yeah, and folks around here
Still wonder who that was.

That was us.
That was us.
That was us.
That was us.
That was us...

"That's Jesus"

"That's Jesus"


That's Jesus
When I wake up in the morning
Put my feet on the floor
I thank Him for the day
That he gave me one more
I give him all the praise
The one that I adore
That's Jesus, Oh that's Jesus

I was lost and all alone
My heart in need of help
I found eternal life
And lost my fear of death
Because I know the author of
My every breath
Oh that's Jesus, that's Jesus

God of glory, majesty
The Holy One who died for me
Who's the one I long to see
That's Jesus, Oh that's Jesus

If you're a soul that's lost
And in need of direction
You wonder when you die
If you'll go to heaven
Well friend I've found the answer
That that very question
That's Jesus, That's Jesus

God of glory, majesty
The Holy One who died for me
Who's the one I long to see
That's Jesus, Oh that's Jesus

"That's The Way Love Goes"
(originally by Merle Haggard)

"That's The Way Love Goes"
(originally by Merle Haggard)



I've been throwing horseshoes
Over my left shoulder
I've spent most all my life
Searching for that four leaf clover

When you run with me
Chasing my rainbows
And honey I love you too
That's the way love goes

That's the way love goes babe
That's the music God made
For all the world to sing
It never gets old it grows

Losing makes me sorry
Well now honey don't worry
Don't you know I love you too
That's the way love goes

"That's Where I Draw The Line"

"That's Where I Draw The Line"



Hope you didn't burn too many bridges
On your way back to haunt my heart
'Cause it's safe behind these stones and ridges
You know how us healin' victims are
I take comfort where I find it
In the neon and the crowds
I guess someone like me designed it
This place where old flames aren't allowed

There's a border you can't cross
There's a wall that you can't climb
The space is drawn too wide
Between your world and mine
You've already broke my heart
(And) I won't let you break my mind
As far as your memory goes
That's where I draw the line

I'll bet this isn't how you planned it
I've picked myself up off the ground
These legs are shakin', but they're standin'
And I won't let you knock me down

There's a border you can't cross
There's a wall that you can't climb
The space is drawn too wide
Between your world and mine
You've already broke my heart
(And) I won't let you break my mind
As far as your memory goes
That's where I draw the line

That's where I draw the line

"The Birth Of The Blues"

"The Birth Of The Blues"



Oh they say some people long ago
Were searching for a different tune
One that they could croon as only they can

They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start of the blues

And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that as part of the blues

From a whippoorwill out on a hill
They took a new note
Pushed it through a horn till it was worn into a blue note

And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
and gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues

"The Blues In Black And White"

"The Blues In Black And White"


The writing is on the wall, baby
We're different as day and night
But I guess that I refused to face it
The blues in black and white

When I got home I knew, baby
Something was wrong tonight
When I found the note you wrote ,it gave
The blues in black and white

[Chorus]

Color my world without you in it
And the future dont look too bright
Darlin' its not a pretty picture
The blues in black and white

Since you've been gone I'm going crazy
I've got to get on with my life
Maybe I'll write a book and call it
The blues in black and white

[Repeat chorus]

"The Box"

"The Box"



On the top shelf in the closet,
In the workshop where he spent his extra time
Was a dust wooden box that I had never noticed till that time
And we set on the table and carefully, we opened up the top
And stared into the memory
Daddy kept inside the box

There was a letter from mamma, when she went out to Reno
To help her sister out in 62
And a flower from Hawaii, when they went on vacation
It was the first time that my Daddy ever flew

And the pocket knife I gave to him on Fathers day
Years ago, I thought it had been lost
We all thought his heart was made from solid rock
But that was long before we found the box

I guess we always knew it but "I love you" was hard for him to say
Some men show it easy and some just never seem to find the way
But that night I began to see the softer side of some I had lost
I saw the love he kept inside the first time we opened up the box

There was a picture that was taken, when he and Mom were dating
Standing by his 1944, and the faded leather Bible, he got when he was baptised
I guess no one understood him like the Lord

And the poem that he had written, about his wife and children
The tender words he spoke were quite a shock

We all thought his heart was made of solid rock
But that was long before we found the box
Yes that was long before we found the box

"The Carpenter"
(feat. Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter)

"The Carpenter"
(feat. Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter)



He was just a carpenter by trade
He learned from his father at a very early age
There was something special in the man
There was much more to his life
Than just working with his hands.

And He'd say there's no home I could design
That would match the one you'd find
When you leave this world behind
If you only took the time.

[Chorus:]
Love your neighbour like your brother
Treat your brother like a friend
Always turn the other cheek
Help the weary and the weak
Make the time for young and old
And as your life unfolds
Each kindness that you've shown
Will be the nails and hammers
As you build your final ladder
In the manner of the carpenter of old.

[Instrumental]

You could feel compassion in his eyes
But, Only fools that hurt him did not realize
That he was speaking to us all
The righteous and the mighty
The silent and the small.

And He'd say there's no home I could design
That would match the one you'd find
When you leave this world behind
If you'd only take the time.

[Chorus:]
Love your neighbour like your brother
Treat your brother like a friend
Always turn the other cheek
Help the weary and the weak
Make the time for young and old
And as your life unfolds
Each kindness that you've shown
Will be the nails and hammers
As you build your final ladder
In the manner of the carpenter of old.

[Instrumental]

He was just a carpenter by trade
He learned from his father at a very early age...