Dwight Yoakam

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I Was There"

"I Was There"

I was there
I was there
When love crashed and burned
I was there

I was there when love came around with sweet, warm kisses
I was there when it burned into desire
I was there when it ran into a raging river
And then turned into a runaway wildfire

I was there
I was there
When love came around
I was there

And one thing for certain
I did all the hurtin'
At love's final curtain
I was there

[Solo]

I was there when love came in like a living tornado
I was there when it blew out of control
I was there when something quickly turned
Into nothing
Just a hopeless, helpless dream gone up in smoke

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I Wouldn't Put It Past Me"

"I Wouldn't Put It Past Me"

I wouldn't put it past me
I wouldn't press my luck
If I were you I don't believe
I'd take that chance with love

A big chance you'll be taking
The wrong odds is what you're staking us on
And any love you wind up making
Won't pay back half of all we've lost

I wouldn't play so boldly
Or push a sure thing too long
'Cause your luck can get thin, bets not win
Then pretty soon love's up and gone

A big chance you'll be taking
The wrong odds is what you're staking us on
And any love you wind up making
Won't pay back half of all we've lost

So I wouldn't put it past me

I wouldn't keep risking heartache
In any more games like these
'Cause there's a way to lose hard with every card
You'll find out on your knees

A big chance you'll be taking
The wrong odds is what you're staking us on
And any love you wind up making
Won't pay back half of all we've lost

So I wouldn't put it past me
I wouldn't press my luck
If I were you I don't believe
I'd take that chance with love

A big chance you'll be taking
The wrong odds is what you're staking us on
And any love you wind up making
Won't pay back half of all we've lost

I wouldn't put it past me...

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I'd Avoid Me Too"

"I'd Avoid Me Too"

Here I sit all alone
Just a wonderin' why
You must have slipped out
While I was high
I know just how it feels
And I'm not blamin' you
Cause if I had to choice
I'd avoid me too

I've heard tell people say
I'm half worth nothin' at all
While that may not be true
Dead to rights
It sure ain't landin' far wrong

There's little question or none
Wasn't much you could do
And if I had the choice
I'd avoid me too
Now I'm having fears
And doubts
Right along with everyone else
And here lately I'm not so sure
I should even be seen
With myself

(But) here I sit all alone
Just a wonderin' why
I guess you slipped out
While I was high
I know just how it feels
And I'm not blamin' you
Cause if I had the choice
I'd avoid me too

If I had the choice
If I had the choice
If I had the choice,
I'd avoid me too

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I'll Be Gone"

"I'll Be Gone"

I watch as you take off your clothes
And slip under the sheets
Then I turn and kick the boots off my feet
I pull you close without a word
'Cause there's no need to speak
Girl, beauty like yours is hard to beat

[Chorus:]
But I'll be gone in the morning,
In the morning I'll be gone
'Cause I'm not one for hanging on
So, Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

Just a look from those fiery eyes can all but erase
The memory of any other's face
And the passion they unleash could cause me to misplace
And lose all track of time without a trace

[Chorus:]
But I'll be gone in the morning,
In the morning I'll be gone
'Cause I'm not one for hanging on
Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone

The sun intrudes and throws
Across the room its golden tracks
Shake the dreams, now it's back to facts
As I turn to leave I know you had what so many lack
Maybe someday that'll bring me back.

[Chorus:]
But I'll be gone in the morning,
In the morning I'll be gone
'Cause I'm not one for hanging on
Yes, Please don't think that you done something wrong
In the morning when you wake and find me gone
In the morning when you wake and find me gone...

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I'll Just Take These"

"I'll Just Take These"

I think that I will just take a memory
A small one that I know real well, then go
What I'll take is all the happy thoughts I can recall
But I know there won't be much that I can bear to touch

So I'll just take what my mind can stand
'Cause there's not a lot that you can hold
In trembling hands

Just these last few hopeful things that we left lay
Then quickly leave before any more
Get in my way

So I'll just take what my mind can stand
'Cause there's not a lot that you can hold
In trembling hands

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I'll Pretend"

"I'll Pretend"

I'll make believe that the sight of her in my head's seldom seen.
And then insist that I can't still taste the inside of her kiss.
With luck in time, I might even fool myself about those lies:
Till there's no need, I'll make believe.

I'll just pretend that she really never left me in the end.
And all night long, swear right up and down, round here, there's nothin' wrong.
With work, my mind could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find,
But until then, I'll just pretend.

Oh, how I wish you could have seen her,
Come crawlin' back a-beggin me.
'Cause if you had, I wouldn't need her,
Like I do so desperately.

I'll just pretend that she really never left me in the end.
And all night long, swear right up and down, round here, there's nothin' wrong.
With work, my mind could cause the truth to get lost or hard to find,
But until then, I'll just pretend.

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
(originally by ZZ Top)

"I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
(originally by ZZ Top)

Well, I was rollin' down the road
In some cold blue steel
I had a blues man in back
And a beautician at the wheel

We going downtown
In the middle of the night
We're laughing and I'm jokin'
And we feelin' alright

Cause, I'm bad, girl, I'm nationwide
Yes, I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide

Easin' down the highway
In a new Cadillac
I had a fine fox in front
I had three more in the back.

They sportin' short dresses
Wearin' spike-heel shoes
They smokin' lucky strikes
And wearing nylons too

'Cause we bad, we nationwide
Yeah we bad, yeah, we nationwide

'Cause I'm bad, girl we're nationwide
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide

Well, I was movin' down the road
In my V-8 Ford
I had my boots shined up
And my sideburns lowered

With my New York brim
And my gold tooth displayed
Nobody give me trouble
'Cause they know I got it made

'Cause I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide
Yes I'm bad, girl I'm nationwide
...

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"If Teardrops Were Diamonds"

"If Teardrops Were Diamonds"

If teardrops were diamonds
And only mine were used
They could pave every highway
Coast to coast

And not be close to through
If teardrops were diamonds
Cold blue
If heartaches were rubies
Stacked up just like stones
There would be a mountain
Ten miles high
Built by mine alone
If heartaches were rubies
Mine alone
You might begin to understand
The price that love has to pay
For being wrong

[Solo]

If sad thoughts were emeralds
And with not counting
In between
Just half the ones
I've had today
Could turn
The whole world green
If sad thoughts were emeralds
And the world turned green

You might just
Get the message that
There's more to loneliness
Than can be seen
If teardrops were diamonds
And only mine were used...

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"If There Was A Way"

"If There Was A Way"

I was just standing
Alone in this room
Surrounded by memories
We stopped making too soon
Oh I was just standing
I was just standing
Alone in this room
Alone in this room

And I was just thinking
All to myself
How I still want you
And nobody else
Oh I was just thinking
I was just thinking
All to myself
Oh, all to myself

In this darkness I move slowly
Always struggling to be free
But I still hear your voice
Everywhere I see the choice
That's made such a fool of me, yeah

I was just wondering
There was a way
To bring you back to me
Maybe things I could say
Oh, I was just wondering
I was just wondering
If there was a way...

fox69 · 28.05.2015

"If You Were Me"

"If You Were Me"

If you were me and I were you
And I should do the things you do
Would you still love the way
I keep on loving you

Of all the times you've been untrue
If I should be that same way too
Just tell me now what would you do
If you were me and I were you

[Instrumental]

Someday my love may grow cold
And I'll love you no more I know
Think of all the unkind things
You shouldn't have done

I still love you even tho
Your love for me you never show
Just tell me now what would you do
If you were me and I were you

If you were me and I were you
And I should do the things you do
Would you still love
The way I keep on loving you

Of all the times you've been untrue
If I should be that same way too
Just tell me now what would you do
If you were me and I were you