Chris Ledoux

[Asmina]

"One Tonight"

"One Tonight"


Girl, I recognize the smoke in your eyes
I've seen it in mine too
We both had been burned, hard lessons learned
From making some bad moves

We keep looking for the perfect time and place
Good things don't always come to those who wait
Sometimes you got to make your own fate

If there ever was a moment that felt so right
This is one tonight
If there ever was a reason to hold on tight
This is one tonight

We've been beatin' 'round the bush
We've been bidin' our time
We've been searching the skies
For a heavenly sign

But if you're looking for a love
That's the keepin' kind
This one tonight

I've spent too many nights
Wishing that I could say what I'm saying
Moments like this should be lost in a kiss
And not in debating

We got nothing to lose but precious time
Sooner or later gotta lay it on the line
Roll the dice and put your hand in mine

If there ever was a moment that felt so right
This is one tonight
If there ever was a reason to hold on tight
This is one tonight

We've been beatin' 'round the bush
We've been bidin' our time
We've been searching the skies
For a heavenly sign

But if you're looking for a love
That's the keepin' kind
This is one tonight

We've been beatin' 'round the bush
We've been bidin' our time
We've been searching the skies
For a heavenly sign

But if you're looking for a love
That's the keepin' kind
This is one tonight, this is one tonight

 

[Asmina]

"Runaway Love"

"Runaway Love"


Blue bonnets line a hundred miles of Texas highway
All the way from Kadee, to downtown San Antonio
The sun's so hot I feel the steam rise off this chevrolet
If you can stand the heat, we'll drive down to Mexico
I've got some money we can make it to Laredo
Drop our troubles in the mighty Rio Grande
Come on sugar, ain't you my amigo
We can build our castles in the Tempico sand

I've got the wheel, baby, you can have my shoulder
We'll find forever in the stars up above
No need to worry, you can slide on over
We're riding high on a runaway love
We're riding high on a runaway love

Ten thousand kisses blowing through me like a hurricane
Shoulda left that one horse town a long, long time ago
We'll shoot tequila, watch the sun set over yesterday
We'll cross the border babe, were on cruise control
Well I know its crazy and we might be takin chances
But goin nowhere is more than we can stand
I'll be your Romeo, you can be my Spanish dancer
I'll play my guitar in a Mariacha band

I've got the wheel, baby, you can have my shoulder
We'll find forever in the stars up above
No need to worry, you can slide on over
We're riding high on a runaway love
We're riding high on a runaway love

WE can leave it all behind, ain't no tellin what we'll find
Ain't got nothin to lose
I've got you by my side, lay back and let it ride
We'll be dancin barefoot by the light of the moon

I've got the wheel, baby, you can have my shoulder
We'll find forever in the stars up above
No need to worry, you can slide on over
We're riding high on a runaway love
We're riding high on a runaway love
(to the end)

 

[Asmina]

"The Borderline"

"The Borderline"



In a cloud of dust across Texas south of San Antone
A lawman and a cowboy pushed their horses on
Racin' toward the Rio runnin' out of time
They had to catch the outlaws before they crossed the borderline

Well, the lawman wanted justice, the cowboy needs revenge
They tracked the outlaws' horses up to the rivers edge
And there across the the Rio a badge ain't worth a dime
The law was in their own hands once they crossed the borderline

[Chorus:]
So they ride to the desert wind
Down a dusty trail destiny begins
And hero's never turn or look back
They just ride through the sands of time on the borderline

In the safety of the badlands the outlaws stop their run
The campfire rings with laughter of the evil things they'd done
How they'd taken all they wanted and they killed the cowboy's wife
They knew no one would follow them across the borderline

Now the lawman and the cowboy stepped out of the dark
Though it was two against the twenty every bullet found its mark
And so goes the legend that out there in the night
The two still ride together somewhere beyond the borderline

[Chorus x2]

 

[Asmina]

"Old Paint"

"Old Paint"


I ride an old paint I lead an old Dan
I'm off to Montan' for to throw the hooley ann
They feed in the coulees they water in the draw
Their tails're all matted their backs're all raw
Ride around little dogies ride around slow the fiery and snuffy are raring to go
Bill Johns had two daughters Bill Johns had a song
One went to Denver and the other went wrong
His wife she died in a poolroom fight
Still he keeps singing from morning till night
Ride around little dogies ride around then slow the fiery and snuffy are raring to go

When I die take my saddle from the wall put it on my pony lead him out of the stall
Throw my bones on his back turn our faces to the west
And we'll ride the prairie that we love the best
Ride around little dogies ride around then slow the fiery and snuffy are raring to go

 

[Asmina]

"The Fever"


"The Fever"

He's got a split finger wrap
And his rope's pulled way to tight
He's got a lunatic smile
'Cause he's really drawn deep tonight

He's got a fever, fever, fever, fever
Yeah, grab a hold of anything and hold on tight
It hits you like the venom from a rattle snake bite
We're all here 'cause he's not all there tonight

He takes one breath
And time turns inside out
Then the gate busts open
To the world he dreams about

He's got a fever, fever, fever, fever
Yes, grab a hold of anything and hold on tight
It hits you like the venom from a rattle snake bite
We're all here 'cause he's not all there tonight

He says it's really kind of simple, keep your mind in the middle
While your butt spins 'round and 'round
Take heed to Sankey's preachin', keep liftin' and reachin'
And ridin' like there ain't no clown

What he loves might kill him
But he's got no choice
He's a different breed
With a voice down deep inside
That's screamin' he was born to ride

He's got a fever, fever, fever, fever
Yeah, fever makes you crazy 'cause it makes no sense
Like runnin' from your shadow out of self-defense
Well, he won't run and baby he can't hide

He thinks the odds are even leavin' one hand tied
He gets so tired of hangin' on so tight
I know you think he's crazy well, I think you're right
But we're all here 'cause he's not all there, that's right

 

[Asmina]

"Bang A Drum"

"Bang A Drum"


I went to see the preacher
To teach me how to pray
He looked at me and smiled
Then that preacher turned away

Said, "If you want to tell him something
You ain't gotta fold your hands
Say it with your heart, your soul and believe it
And I'll say, Amen"

Bang a drum for the sinners
Bang a drum for your sins
Bang a drum for the losers
And those who win

Bang a drum, bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for yourself, son
And a drum for me

Well, I called upon my brother
Just the other day
He said, "Jon, I'm gonna die
If I don't start to live again"

"I work each day and night like clockwork
Just tryin' to make ends meet
Well, I could kick this bad world's ass
If I could just get on my feet"

Bang a drum for the dyin'
Bang a drum for the truth
Bang a drum for the innocence
Lost in our youth

Bang a drum, bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
Bang a drum for your brother
And a drum for me

I don't know where
All the rivers run
I don't know how far
I don't know how come

But I'm gonna die believin'
With each step that I take
Ain't worth the ground that I walk
If we don't walk it our own way

I don't claim to be a wise man
A poet or a saint
Just another man who's searchin'
For a better way

But, my heart beats loud as thunder
For the things that I believe
Sometimes, I want to run for cover
Sometimes, I want to scream

Bang a drum for the tomorrow
Bang a drum for the past
Bang a drum for the heroes
Who won't come back

Bang a drum for the promise
Bang a drum for the lies
Bang a drum for the lovers
And the tears they cry

Bang a drum, bang it loudly
Or as soft as you need
But as long as my heart
Keeps on banging, I've got a reason to believe

 

[Asmina]

"Ole Slew Foot"

"Ole Slew Foot"

High on the mountain, tell me what you see
Bear tracks, bear tracks lookin' back at me
Better get your rifle boys, 'fore it's too late
'Cause a bear's got a little pig and headed thru the gate.

[CHORUS:]
He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been tree'd
Some folks say he looks a lot like me.

I saved up my mon' and I bought me some bees
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees
Cut down the tree but my honey's all gone
Ole Slew-Foot's done made himself at home.

[CHORUS]

Winter's comin' on and it's twenty below
And the river's froze over so where can he go
We'll chase him up the gulley then we'll run him in the well
We'll shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.

[CHORUS]

 

[Asmina]

"One Ride In Vegas"

"One Ride In Vegas"


He's packed up his boots and his saddle
Seventeen, headin' out on his own
And he'll rodeo from Cheyenne to Texas
Dreamin' of one ride in Vegas
One ride in Vegas

Lonely nights in rundown motel rooms
Aches and pains from yesterday's ride
It's takin' more than he thought he could give it
But he's holdin' on for one ride in Vegas
One ride in Vegas

And he's riskin' it all, driven by a hunger
That never will let him give up
And with fire in his eyes, he dances with thunder
Till one day his day finally comes

His heart beats fast with anticipation
Brighter lights than he's ever seen before
He's waited his whole life for the next eight seconds
And he'd do it all again for one ride in Vegas
One ride in Vegas

He's an old man now, four times' world champion
A modern day legend, every cowboy knows his name
He's settled down on his ranch down in Texas
But he'd trade it all today for one ride in Vegas
One more ride in Vegas

 

[Asmina]

"Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride"

"Sometimes You've Just Gotta Ride"


His name was Twister he lived in the pasture
Right down from my daddy's farm
They say there's a cowboy who once tried to ride him
Now he's mending fences with only one arm

On my way home from school somehow he always knew
Just when I'd come walking by
And he'd stand at the gate like the keeper of fate
And we both knew that one day I'd just have to ride

Now one crack of dawn well I slipped my boots on
And walked out towards that just rising sun
My heart skipped a beat when I heard his four feet
Pounding down on the red dirt like it was a drum

He walked up against me as if to convince me
His heart was easily tamed
Then I came to staring up at the blue and the black
With a handful of mane

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other
I'm lucky, I even survived
You can't always sit on the fence while the world passes by
Sometimes you just gotta ride

Well, the years have gone by since that morning I climbed
On that shadow that cut through the fields
My shoulder still hurts when the weather turns worse
Sometimes you find the strength in the wounds that don't heal

Between horses and heartaches, women and mistakes
I've been through more than I should
But I strapped a saddle across every battle
And held on as long as I could

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other
I'm lucky, I even survived
You can't always sit on the fence while the world passes by
Sometimes you just gotta ride

Well I thought he'd go one way but he went the other
I'm lucky, I even survived
You can't always sit on the fence while the world passes by
Sometimes you just gotta ride

 

[Asmina]

"Life Is A Highway"

"Life Is A Highway"


Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate, break down the garden gate
There's not much time left today

Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Tennessee TO THOSE L.A. NIGHTS
SAN ANTON to the Vegas LIGHTS
Knock me down get back up again
You're in my blood I'm not a lonely man

There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough, this I know
I'll be there when the lights comes in
Tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

There was a distance between you and I
A misunderstanding once but now
We look it in the eye

There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long

Life is a highway
I want to ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I want to drive it all night long