Gary Allan

[fox69]

"Best I Ever Had"

"Best I Ever Had"


So you sailed away into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay, love can be so boring
And nothing's quite the same now
I just say your name now.

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

So you stole my world, now I'm just a phony
Remembering the girl leaves me down and lonely
Well send it in a letter
Make yourself feel better.

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You dont want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

And it might take some time to patch me up inside
but I cant take it so I, I run away and hide
And I might find in time that you were always right
You're always right.

So you sailed away into a grey sky morning
Now, I'm here to stay, love can be so boring
Was it what you wanted?
Could it be I'm haunted?

But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You dont want me back
You're just the best I ever had.

You're just the best I ever had

 

[fox69]

"Bones"

"Bones"


Well I've been out here diggin' a hole,
And the madder I get the deeper I go,
Maybe you're thinkin' I'm a fool,
Or maybe I'm diggin' this hole for you,

I've got bones to pick with you,
I should have known,
You can't be true,
Me and the devil,
We want what's due,
and you should know that when you get home,
That I got bones to pick with you

Shoveling dirt and loadin' lead,
Whiskey burnin' up my head,
You can tell your friend I know the news,
Yeah I'll deal with him when I'm done with you

I've got bones to pick with you,
I should have known,
You can't be true,
Me and the devil,
We want what's due,
and you should know that when you get home,
That I got bones to pick with you!

Yeah maybe you best just leave this town,
Yeah probably before the sun goes down,
Cause the Devil already knows my name,
And you can ask him yourself when I see you again!

Bones to pick with you,
I should have known,
You cant be true,
Me and the devil,
we want what's due,
And you just know when you get home,
I've got bones, I've got bones,
To pick with you,
I should have known,
You cant be true
Me and the devil,
We want what's due,
And you just know when you get home,
I've got bones to pick with you!

Well I've been out here diggin' a hole,
I'm gonna push you in nice and slow,
Well maybe you're thinkin' I'm your fool,
Well maybe I'm diggin' this hole for you!

 

[fox69]

"Bourbon Borderline"

"Bourbon Borderline"


I wake up in the morning full of dread
Tryin' to remember what I'd said
I say that I won't call you
And I mean it every time
Until I cross that bourbon borderline

I wish that I could tell you why I call
Sometimes it's just hard for me, that's all
I know that it's over and it's just a waste of time
Until I cross that bourbon borderline

Memories of you surround me
And I'm afraid the tears might drown me
Oh, I think I'm doing fine
Until I cross that bourbon borderline

It's good that I just do this now and then
You know I'm really not a drinking man
But I can't bear to talk about us any other time
Until I cross that bourbon borderline

Memories of you surround me
And I'm afraid the tears might drown me
Oh, I think I'm doing fine
Until I cross that bourbon borderline

Oh, I think I'm doing fine
Until I cross that bourbon borderline

 

[fox69]

"Can't Do It Today"

"Can't Do It Today"


Trying to keep a candle burning in a hurricane,
That's what it's like when you love me and you leave me this way,
Like a dove crying out when he's lost the will to fly,
Yeah, shackled down to the earth by your long chain of lies,
Well,

I'll forgive you tomorrow if the sun doesn't shine,
Let you back into my life when the oceans are dry,
Take you back when every shade of the rainbow turns gray,
But I just can't do it today,
I can't do it today,

Well I can see you dancing in that strangers arms,
My world hasn't stopped turning but it's falling apart,
Every breath that I take's a little closer to sane,
Yeah, they say that time is a healer but it's still a long, long ways a way
Yeah,

I'll forgive you tomorrow if the sun doesn't shine,
Let you back into my life when the oceans are dry,
Take you back when every shade of the rainbow turns gray,
But I just can't do it today,
I can't do it today,

Don't wanna do it today,
Well there's a part of me that wishes I could just forget,
But I haven't found the mercy yet,
Ain't no mercy yet,

I'll forgive you tomorrow if the sun doesn't shine,
Let you back into my life when the oceans are dry,
Take you back when every shade of the rainbow turns gray,
But I just can't do it today,
I can't do it today,

I just can't do it today,
I just can't do it today,
Don't wanna do it today,
Can't do it today,
Not gonna do it today

 

[fox69]

"Cowboy Blues"

"Cowboy Blues"


Well there's a lonesome feelin' that comes over me
When I hear that highway moan
I know it's where the good Lord meant for me to be
A dreamin' drifter far from home

I roam from town to town out on the interstate
I'm always only passin' through
I need my woman's lovin' she's so far away
I'm singin' the cowboy blues

Stranger don't you know I'd like to be your friend
If I had the time to stay
But I'm a tumbleweed a blowin' in the wind
I've got to catch another stage

I strap on my guitar just like a .45
I pray each night my aim is true
I'm shootin' for the heart a lookin' in your eyes
Singin' the cowboy blues

Sometimes I get to thinkin' 'bout settlin' down
Fade off into a memory
Every night that I step out to face the crowd
I know this is the life for me

I strap on my guitar just like a .45
I pray each night my aim is true
I'm shootin' for the heart a lookin' in your eyes
I'm singin' the cowboy blues
Singin' the cowboy blues
Singin' the cowboy blues

 

[fox69]

"Cryin' For Nothin'"

"Cryin' For Nothin'"


I am a full grown fool and I shoulda known better
But I tried and I tried and I could not forget her
I would go back to her time after time
Man I must have been out of my mind

All of that cryin' for nothing
All of that tryin' for nothing
What has it ever got me
What has it ever taught me
I've got to keep believing
In somethin' baby
'Stead of just tryin' for nothing
Cryin' for nothin' at all

Well we fought for love and we fought for trust
And the whole blessed time it was right there in front of us
We could not reach it and I don't know why
It took so long just to say goodbye

All of that cryin' for nothing
All of that tryin' for nothing
What has it ever got me
What has it ever taught me
I've got to keep believing
In somethin' baby
'Stead of just tryin' for nothing
Cryin' for nothin' at all

Well her friends all told her, mine told me
But we would not listen, could not see
Me and my pride, her and her dreams
We never ever stood a chance it seems

All of that cryin' for nothing
All of that tryin' for nothing
What has it ever got me
What has it ever taught me
I've got to keep believing
In somethin' baby
'Stead of just tryin' for nothing
Cryin' for nothin' at all

'Stead of just tryin' for nothing
Cryin' for nothin' at all

 

[fox69]

"Do You Wish It Was Me?"

"Do You Wish It Was Me?"


When your phone rings
When there's a late night knock at your door
When you slow dance, when you hold hands
When you're looking for more

Do you wish it was me
Waking up next to you, pouring you your coffee
Making love all night long
Do you ever want me
When the sun don't shine
When the rain pours down
When you reach for somebody
Do you wish it was me

At a red light
On a bar stool, buying you drinks
When he looks at you, when he kisses you
When he tells you that he loves you

Do you wish it was me
Waking up next to you, pouring you your coffee
Making love all night long
Do you ever want me
When the sun don't shine
When the rain pours down
When you reach for somebody
Do you wish it was me

Do you with it was me
Cause I wish it was you
Saying your mine baby one more time
Do you wish it was me

Pouring you your coffee
Tell me baby, do you ever want me
When the sun don't shine
When the rain pours down
When you reach for somebody
Do you wish it was me

'Cause I wish it was you
Do you wish it was me
'Cause I wish it was you
Do you wish it was me

 

[fox69]

"Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"

"Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"


Well my friend you ask me what to do
If I were you, and feeling blue
I know inside that you still care
You want her here, but she's out there

Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone

You still have time to change her mind
She needs to know, the way you feel
And there could be no better time
You've got to show her your love is real

Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone

There's strangers waiting in line
To take your place and leave you behind
And then too late you'll change your mind
Your heart will break a million times

Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
Don't leave her lonely too long
'Cause she'll be gone, gone, gone
She'll be gone, gone, gone

 

[fox69]

"Don't Look Away"

"Don't Look Away"


Desperation's causing me,
To question every single word you say,
The distance that keeps growing in between us,
Girl just leaves me so afraid,
Well you tried so hard to carry on,
But I can tell there's something wrong these days,
Well girl I've got to know the truth,
Just give it to me straight,
Don't' look away,

Don't look away,
Don't look away,
When I ask you if you love me still,
And if your gonna stay,
Don't look away,

Well I've known you long enough to know,
You're trying not to let your feelings show,
Lately when I hold you near,
I still feel I'm sitting hear alone,
This confusion setting in your mind,
Blocking all the words you mean to say,
Well girl I've got to know the truth,
Just give it to me straight,
Don't look away,

Don't look away,
Don't look away,
When I ask you if you love me still,
And if your gonna stay,
Don't look away,

Don't look away,
Don't look away
Well girl I've gotta know the truth,
Just give it to me straight,
Don't look away,
When I ask you if you love me still,
And if your gonna stay,
Don't look away

 

[fox69]

"Don't Tell Mama"

"Don't Tell Mama"


I was headed north on Highway Five
On a star-lit Sunday night
When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control
As I watched in my headlights
He swerved left then back right
He never hit the brakes
As he left the road

I found him lying in the grass
Among the steel and glass
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
And through the blood and tears
He whispered in my ear
A few last words just before he died

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin'
I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

I still think about that night
And how that young man died
And how others sometimes pay for our mistakes
The last thing on his mind
As he left this world behind
Was knowing someone else's heart would break

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin'
I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'