George Strait

[fox69]

"So Much Like My Dad"

"So Much Like My Dad"


I know that I surprised you coming home,
It's not my usual time of year; but I've got myself a problem,
And I know that I might find the answer here.

Remember when I was dad's pride and joy and your little man,
Every time that I got hurt you were there to give a hand.
You would pick me up, and you'd kiss my hurt away.
Remember what you'd say,
"Boy you're getting more like him each and every day."

Can we have a talk like it was yesterday?
Your boy is back in trouble and he needs you right away.

She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
Nothing on God's green Earth would make her stay.
I can't live without her, momma,
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away.

But if I'm so much like my dad,
There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said that always made you stay.

She says she's gonna leave me, momma.
But if I'm so much like my dad,
There must have been times you felt her way.
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay.

 

[fox69]

"Someone Had To Teach You"

"Someone Had To Teach You"


Yes, I'll take you back again, you knew I would
For I go on lovin' you that's understood
But it's the first time you've come back with tears in your eyes
Lately someone's taught you how to cry

Someone had to teach you I didn't have the heart to
Hurt you just like you've been hurting me
Someone had to teach you things it's time that you knew
Now maybe you'll be satisfied with me

Someone took your heart and rubbed it in the dirt
And you look just like a puppy when it's hurt
But you had this lesson coming for so very long
Our sins all have a way of coming home

Someone had to teach you I didn't have the heart to
Hurt you just like you've been hurting me
Someone had to teach you things it's time that you knew
Now maybe you'll be satisfied with me

Now maybe you'll be satisfied with me

 

[fox69]

"Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs"

"Someone's Walkin' Around Upstairs"


Someone's walkin' around upstairs
I can hear him
And he just got up from sleepin' in our bed
And I'll wake and realize
I was dreamin'
But even when I'm stoned awake
I can't get it out of my head

'Cause I know someone's gonna take my place
And walk up that 'ol stair way
To the room where I walked out on you
Please understand I couldn't stay
I see a two story house
With someone new warmin' up my bed
Someone's walkin' around upstairs
And I can't get it out of my head

'Cause I know someone's gonna take my place
And walk up that 'ol stair way
To the room where I walked out on you
Please understand I couldn't stay
I see a two story house
With someone new warmin' up my bed

Someone's walkin' around upstairs
And I can't get it out of my head

Someone's walkin' around upstairs
And I can't get it out of my head

 

[fox69]

"Somewhere Down In Texas"

"Somewhere Down In Texas"


I been on the road now dang near all my life...
An' I do love to sing a song.
I can say I've worked hard, put in my time...
Now it's time to go home.
And catch up on my chores...
Watch the sunset from my porch.

I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me,
Drinkin' in that great wide-open... soakin' up the summer breeze.
Kickin' back an' settled in with my family.
I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me.

That's where I got started, where I was born an' bred...
It's the fire inside of me.
I couldn't have imagined this Texas highway led,
Far beyond my wildest dreams.
But I'll turn out the lights tonight,
An' say goodnight, but not goodbye.

I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me,
Drinkin' in that great wide-open... soakin' up the summer breeze.
Kickin' back an' settled in with my family.
I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me.

[Instrumental Break]

I made so many friends,
Hope we meet someday again...
Till then...

I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me,
Drinkin' in that great wide-open... soakin' up the summer breeze.
Kickin' back an' settled in with my family.
I'll be somewhere down in Texas if you're lookin' for me.

 

[fox69]

"Stars On The Water"

"Stars On The Water"


Down in Louisiana bayous by and by
A peirot pole or your natural soul
Keeps you tied to a tree high tide
Beer joint lights come on
And then crowd starts rollin' in
Pretty soon you got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
When it rains

Beaumont to Biloxi sea breeze at your door
Gypsy rains dang hurricanes
White silver sandy shores
Blue light lounge is shinin'
Why out on the pier
Makes it look just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
When it rains

When it's midnight down in Mobile
Shining moon beams on the bay
They come from miles around
To dance the jukebox down
Th hear the good time sounds they play
And all across the harbor night life shinin' on
Makes you feel just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
When it rains

 

[fox69]

"Stay Out Of My Arms"

"Stay Out Of My Arms"


Many times temptation grows so strong
And makes someone go blind to what is wrong.
We'll stop now while there's still the strength to see.
Turn your eyes and run away from me.

[Chorus:]
Stay out of my arms, take my advice.
It's easy to break the same heart twice.
Let's stop the hurt before it starts.
Don't follow me, stay out of my arms.

I'm sure you'll find someone to have and hold
And keep the promises that you were told.
I'd only lead you on and let you down,
And hurt you when good memories can't be found.

[Chorus 2x]

Don't follow me, stay out of my arms.

 

[fox69]

"Stranger In My Arms"

"Stranger In My Arms"


There's a stranger in my arms tonight
And I know the reason why
I've left her all alone one two many times
She use to tremble at my touch
And her kiss was soft and warm
But tonight, there's a stranger in my arms

She's still look's the same
And she still talks the same
And she answers when I call her by the same name
But now to late I realize
I let her love for me die
There's a stranger in my arms tonight

She's still look's the same
And she still talks the same
And she answers when I call her by the same name
But now to late I realize
I let her love for me die
There's a stranger in my arms tonight

There's a stranger in my arms tonight

 

[fox69]

"Stranger Things Have Happened"

"Stranger Things Have Happened"


I hate to admit it
But somebody else came along and took you're love away
And tonight as I lay here
All alone in this room
He's out there some where
Takin' my place

Stranger things have happened to me
And it's getting all over town
That stranger things have happened to me
That stranger is holding her now

She said I had better stop running around
Or she was gonna find somebody new
And that lady meant it
Because now she's gone
And someone else is walking in my shoes

Stranger things have happened to me
And it's getting all over town
That stranger things have happened to me
That stranger is holding her now

That stranger is holding her now

 

[fox69]

"Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa"

"Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa"


Love is so beautiful
When everything is fine
But when it is like hers and mine
It lives and dies at least
Ten Thousand
Times

[Chorus:]
Tell me something bad about Tulsa
How those old oil wells
Smell in the wind
Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back
Believing I belong there
Again

Eyes as blue as Tulsa skis
I kept getting lost in when I met her
Hair like Oklahoma sand
I could run my hands through forever
But all good things must end
All rivers have to bend
I keep runnin' out
But she keeps pullin' me back in

[Chorus]

Tell me something bad about Tulsa
So I won't have to go back
Believing I belong there
Again

 

[fox69]

"Texas"

"Texas"


There wouldn't be no Alamo,
No Cowboys in the Superbowl...
No "Lonesome Dove", no "Yellow Rose",
If it wasn't for Texas.

I wouldn't be a Willie fan.
Nobody'd swim the Rio Grande.
I wouldn't be an American,
If it wasn't for Texas.

Fort Worth would never cross my mind,
An' there'd be no Austin City limits sign.
No Lonestar of any kind.
If it wasn't for Texas.

[Instrumental break]

I'd never've gone to Tennessee,
To sing my songs an' chase my dreams.
Only Heaven knows just where I'd be,
If it wasn't for Texas.

Fort Worth would never cross my mind.
There'd be no Austin City limits sign.
An' no Lonestar of any kind.
If it wasn't for Texas.

It made me the man I am...
Thank God for my old stompin' ground.
I wouldn't be standin' right here, right now,
If it wasn't for Texas.
If it wasn't for Texas.
If it wasn't for Texas.