Aaron Lewis

[fox69]

"I Lost It All"

"I Lost It All"


If I die I'll go to Heaven
Because I spent my time in Hell
Never claimed to know the answers
But I've faked it pretty well

And I've walked straight through the valley
Full of shadows and of death
Never claimed to know the answers
And I've learned a lot of lessons
But it hasn't killed me yet
But they haven't killed me yet

I lost it all, I tried to make it through my pain
I lost it all, and it'll never be the same
And right now the only thing that's left, is sadness and the shame
I lost it all, and it'll never be the same

Now somewhere in my darkness
Now I've heard so many stories
There shined a little light
Full of sadness and regret
A chance for me to be forgiven
And I've learned a lot of answers
But I couldn't get it right
To the things I didn't get

I lost it all, I tried to make it through my pain
I lost it all, and it'll never be the same
And right now the only thing that's left, is sadness and the shame
I lost it all, and it'll never be the same

I lost it all

So if I die I'll go the Heaven
Because I spent my time in Hell
Never claimed to know the answers
But I've faked it pretty well

I lost it all, I tried to make it through my pain
I lost it all, and it'll never be the same
And right now the only thing that's left, is sadness and the shame
I lost it all, and it'll never be the same

I lost it all
I lost it all

 

[fox69]

"It Keeps On Workin'"

"It Keeps On Workin'"


They used to sing about pickup trucks on my radio
Now those SOBS are in SUV's and ain't never left the road
But it keeps on workin'
Lord, Lord, Lord, it keeps on workin'

I was raised upon the outlaws
Just three chords and the truth
But someone traded steel guitar for a big lie and the loot
But it keeps on workin'
Lord, Lord, Lord, it keeps on workin'

I ain't never been that good at being things I'm not
I just sing what I know, even though that ain't a lot
Wrong or right, whether you like my music or you don't
I live and breathe my country to the bone
I don't just sing a song

There ain't no country music
Down on music row these days
Used to feel all down back home
Now it's watered down LA
But it keeps on workin'
Lord, Lord, Lord, it keeps on workin'

Just when I think it's over
Another one comes along
Fresh new face in her sister's jeans
Singing the same damn song
But it keeps on workin'
Tell me why, why, why does it keep on workin'?

'Cause I ain't never been that good at being things I'm not
I just sing what I know, even though that ain't a lot
Wrong or right, whether you like my music or you don't
I live and breathe my country to the bone
I don't just sing a song

Yeah, Waylon never just sang a song
Keith Whitley, he never just sang a song
Merle Hank and Johnny and Lefty, never just sang a song
They lived it, right or wrong
But they never just sang the song

But it keeps on workin'
Lord, Lord, Lord, it keeps on workin'

Yeah, it keeps on workin'
Lord, Lord, Lord, it keeps on workin'

 

[fox69]

"Lessons Learned"

"Lessons Learned"


I've walked a mile in the shoes of a broken man
I've fallen down a thousand times and got up again
there's times I've talked to god like he's my only friend
There's time it seems the devil's trying to take me by the hand

In life, sometimes you gotta slow it down a little bit
take time, rewind, appreciate the little things that life provides to you

I'll borrow pages from the life of johnny cash
I've tried to find the answer in the whiskey glass
I've done a lot of things back in my shady past
I've sat on that metal bed living way too fast

Cause in life sometimes you gotta slow it down a little bit
take time, rewind, appreciate the little things that life provides to you

And these pictures running through my head as I sat there on that cold metal bed and wonder how I wound up here again

Cause in life you'll find you gotta slow it down a little bit
take time, rewind, appreciate the little things that life provides to you

 

[fox69]

"Lost And Lonely"

"Lost And Lonely"


Well I've been shattered and broken, for most of my life
But I've done pretty good, with a job and a wife
Got a family that loves me, and a good piece of land
That I bought with hard work, that I earned with these hands

These things that I do
I did them for you

So just tell me you love me, and tell me you'll stay
And you'll watch over this house, while I go away
And just promise to be here, when I get back home
So we can start where we left off, all those years ago

Before my demons... they took control
Lost and lonely, out here on the road

Cause I've been careless and selfish, got no self respect
I'm an albatross hanging around my own neck
I'm a hard one to handle, and I've played the fool
And I'm so hard to love, cause I break all the rules

These things that I do
Cause I couldn't have you

So just tell me you love me, and tell me you'll stay
And you'll watch over this house, while I go away
And just promise to be here, when I get back home
So we can start where we left off, all those years ago

Before my demons... they took control
Lost and lonely, out here on the road

So just tell me you love me, and tell me you'll stay
And you'll watch over this house, while I go away
And just promise to be here, when I get back home
So we can start where we left off, all those years ago

Before my demons... they took control
Lost and lonely, out here on the road

Lost and lonely, out here on the road

 

[fox69]

"Love Me"
(live version)

"Love Me"
(live version)



Well it seems that I've come
To a fork in the road
With a knife and a breeze at my back
With no way to move forward
And really no way to turn back

And my nights are so long and so lonely
And my daytime still filled with this pain
With me stuck in the middle
Without the right words to explain

But we all fall down someday

But you try to love me
You try so hard to save me
You just wanna see me
Get through my day
So I try to love you
The way I'm supposed to
But all that I've been through
Still gets in my way
But you try to love me
Oh, you try to love me

It seems this life just keeps rolling along
Like a freight train that's jumped from the tracks
With this weight I've been carrying a lifetime
Still breaking my back

And my nights are so long and so lonely
And my days are still filled with this pain
With me stuck in the middle
Without the right words to explain

But we all fall down
We all fall down someday

But you try to love me
You try so hard to save me
You just wanna see me
Get through my day
So I try to love you
The way I'm supposed to
But all that I've been through
Just gets in my way
But you try to love me
Oh, you try to love me

You try to love me
Oh, you try to love me

 

[fox69]

"Mama"

"Mama"


My mama always told me
"Son, you'd best go easy down that road"
And she said she was sorry
For all the times she couldn't save my soul

I shoulda listened to her words a little more
Before I packed up and I walked right out that door

Daddy always told me
"Son, you'd better love the best you can"
And "Don't look back and be sorry
These moments won't be comin' 'round again"

But I feel like I could conquer the whole world
When I look up and see those three little girls

But I get lost, I can't find my way
All my pieces glued together for the world to see
Mistakes I've made, consumed by some
Till there's nothing left of me when all is said and done

Now a preacher man once told me
"Son, I'm not so sure you can be saved"
He said, "Life is full of choices
And He sees all the bad ones that you've made"

And I said "Yeah, you're right, I'll probably go to Hell
But goddamn all the stories I can tell"

'Cause I'm so lost, I can't find my way
All my pieces glued together for the world to see
Mistakes I've made, consumed by some
Till there's nothing left of me when all is said and done

So my mama always told me
"Son, you'd best go easy down that road"

 

[fox69]

"Massachusetts"

"Massachusetts"


Sing here on the stairs and listen to
The nighttime as the daylight fades away
It's such a haunting and familiar tune
When I hear it in the distance I can say
That I'm home...

In Massachusetts
Where my daughters and my wife they wait for me...
All alone, but the truth is
It's where I always am, it's where I long to be
Because I'm home

The north shore is where my father lives
I wear my Red Sox hat around the world with pride
But the Berkshires are where my heart is
And when I see them in the distance I could cry
Because I'm home...

In Massachusetts
Where my daughters and my wife they wait for me...
All alone, but the truth is
It's where I always am, it's where I long to be

Nyla started pre-school and Indy just turned two
And Zoe's just the perfect mix of me and you
They keep getting older, time keeps going by
To think about it makes your daddy wanna cry

So I just pass the sign that welcomes me to Worthington
Established long before this country came to be
A place that hasn't really changed with time
The way this country that I love, it used to be
Because I'm home...

In Massachusetts
Where my daughters and my wife they wait for me
All alone, but the truth is
It's where I always am, it's where I long to be
Because I'm home...

In Massachusetts
Where my hero teaches classes everyday
When my friends, they don't treat me different
It's where my family is, it's where I'll always stay
Because I'm home

 

[fox69]

"No Little Girl"
(performed by J-CAT)

"No Little Girl"
(performed by J-CAT)



Last night I saw her face
It made me lose my place, it did
It made me wonder
How did I fumble into space

Can't eat a thing at all
My appetite is way to small, it is
Except for big brown bags
I really love that alcohol

No little girl,
That your kiss ain't what I'm missing
But your loving me,
Loving me, yeah

No little girl,
That your kiss is what I'm missing
And you're twisting me,
Twisting me yeah

No little girl
That your voice wakes me at night
Always pushing me away
Always trying to start a fight
Uh, break it down

The pain washes across me
The things that I thought we'd see, yeah
The pain washes across me
But now we're both strong and free, baby!

Last night we danced real close
That's when she feels the most, it is
Her pace is much to fast
How do I look inside my soul

No little girl
That your kiss ain't what I'm missing
But your loving me,
Loving me, yeah

No little girl
That your kiss is what I'm missing
And you're twisting me,
Twisting me, yeah

No little girl
That your voice wakes me at night
Always pushing me away
Always trying to start a fight

 

[fox69]

"Northern Redneck"

"Northern Redneck"


We grow tobacco and we drive trucks
We kill whitetails and greenhead ducks
And drive our four wheelers down the main road
And bust out the sleds when it's cold

We got back roads an' four-wheel-drives
We got tailgates on a Friday night
And it's a half hour from my front door
To a Walmart or a grocery store

What you all don't understand
It ain't all about a southern man

'Cause we got outlaws, we got hicks
We got honkytonks out in these sticks
We love our whiskey and we love our homegrown
God damn it's so good to be home

We wear Carhart, we don't wear suits
We wear square toes and Chippewa boots
And we all know where we come from
And we'll be right here when it's done

What you all don't understand
It ain't all about the southern man

'Cause we got family livin' out in these woods
We got pride and a sense of what's good
And we all got dirt on our hands
It's a song for the workin' man

Get up early and we work third shift
Pay our taxes and protect our kids
And we all got dirt on our hands
'Cause there's rednecks north of the Mason-Dixon
There's rednecks north of the Mason-Dixon

'Cause I'm from the North son, you're from the South
Straight out the trailer, fresh off the plow
You got your Chevy parked next to my Ford
And the colors flyin' high at your door

I got a shotgun, fill it with shells
You got a Bible but I'll see you in hell
We ain't that different son, you and me
Tryin' to make it in the land of the free

What y'all don't understand
It ain't all about a southern man

'Cause we got family livin' out in these woods
We got pride and a sense of what's good
And we all got dirt on our hands
It's a song for the workin' man

Get up early and we work third shift
Pay our taxes and protect our kids
And we all got dirt on our hands
'Cause there's rednecks north of the Mason-Dixon
I'm a redneck north of the Mason-Dixon

 

[fox69]

"Party In Hell"

"Party In Hell"


I've been hard up and torn down, the things I've been through
And the angels won't take me... away
And I've talked to St. Peter, he won't let me pass
So it looks like I'm going today.

So let's have a party and tell 'em I'm home
There'll be Waylon and Whitley as well
And The Devil will be dealing' the cards as they lay
So let's have a party in hell

And washed up, and worn down, and down on my knees
The angels won't take me... away
The bartender only serves brown liquor in hell
And that sure sounds like heaven to me

So let's have a party and tell 'em I'm home
There'll be Janis and Jim Beam as well
And Rick James will bring all the cocaine you want
So let's have a party in hell

So let's have a party and tell 'em we're home
There'll be no-show and Junior and Merle
And Jamey Johnson will be drinkin' from a brown paper bag
So let's have a party in hell