Kenny Chesney

[fox69]

"I'm A Small Town"

"I'm A Small Town"



Well I’ve been around
Since before the trains came through
Well I’ve seen a lot
But the first time my heart broke in two,
Was when they brought those Johnson brothers back,
To their momma with a flag

Well I’m a small town

There’s hundreds just like me
Yeah but I’m the one
Well you happen to be
When you learned how to ride your first bike
Up and down my street
Well you grew up
And couldn’t wait to just get out

I’m a small town

Where everyone knows everyone
There ain’t no secrets around here
Sonny there you love me
You hang me for everything I am
Either I hold your heart
Or I hold you down

I’m a small town

Just a dot there on the map
If you blink you miss me
Yeah well go ahead and laugh
But I’m where you kissed your first someone
I’m where you hit your last home run
I’m where you lay your grandpa in the ground

Yeah, I’m a small town

Where everyone knows everyone
There ain’t no secrets around here
Sonny you love me
You hang me for everything I am
Either I hold your heart
Or I hold you down

I’m a small town

You left in a cloud of dust
Big city bound
But I never once gave up
And when you looked into that newborn angel’s eyes
And it occurred
There was only one place good enough for her

Where everyone knows everyone
There ain’t no secrets around here
Sonny you love me
You hang me for everything I am
Either I hold your heart
Or I hold you down

I’m a small town

I’m a small town

I’m a small town
I’m a small town
I’m a small town
Yeah I’m a small town

 

[fox69]

"I'm Alive"
(feat. Dave Matthews)

"I'm Alive"
(feat. Dave Matthews)



[Chesney]
So damn easy to say that life's so hard
Everybody's got their share of battle scars
As for me, I'd like to thank my lucky stars that I'm alive and well...
It'd be easy to add up all the pain
And all the dreams you sat and watched go up in flames
Dwell on the wreckage as it smolders in the rain
But not me...I'm alive

[Chorus:]
And today you know that's good enough for me
Breathin' in and out's a blessing can't you see
Today's the first day of the rest of my life and I'm alive
And well...I'm alive and well

[Dave Matthews]
The stars are dancin' on the water here tonight
It's good for the soul when there's not a soul in sight
This boat has caught its wind and brought me back to life now I'm alive and well

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"If This Bus Could Talk"

"If This Bus Could Talk"



He was there when I started, in Knoxville, Tennessee
Opening for Patty Loveless, November of '93
Full of friends, mom, and uncle Butch
And the crowd was really small
He'd say I was a scared kid, if this bus could talk

Some nights we'd dance with the devil
Some nights we'd pray to the Lord
Between vibrant passes and margarita glasses
He was never really bored
We were starry eyed dreamers, bouncing off the wall
And all the stories he could tell, if this bus could talk

He'd seen pool halls in Texas
And every corndog county fair
Girls that we'd make cry, some crowds that didn't care
When Bobby rolled us down in 'Bama
He kept rocking through it all
All the stories he could tell
If this bus could talk

Late night conversations, full of drunk philosophy
On politics and religion, football and family
The lovers that we missed, and the lovers that we lost
All the secrets he could share, if this bus could talk

He'd seen Virginia Beach, caught in a hurricane
Heroes I wish I never met but he ain't naming names
We learned the code of the road at The Grizzly Rose
Then we had a ball
All the stories he could tell
If this bus could talk

Many years of summers, and I hope it never ends
Been down so many highways, full of twists and turns and bends
We caught lightning in a bottle, somehow we survived it all
All the stories he could tell, if this bus could talk

As I leave the stage, still high from your applause
He'd tell you that I love you
If this bus could talk
If this bus could talk
If this bus could talk
If this bus could talk

 

[fox69]

"In A Small Town"

"In A Small Town"



Well I've been lost in this town
Even though I know my way around
Didn't take me long until I found the devil
With just one word I knew his voice
Is the one I heard in every choice I made
Just trying to be a rebel
In a small town, in a small town

If you jumped off of our front porch
You'd land right where the Civil War was fought
And it's never been forgotten
It's twenty miles to the interstate
There's a Burger King and a Motel 8
And the only thing between here and there is cotton

And Jeffrey prays to Jesus asking him please just help us through one more day
Jenny gets high, she wastes her life, but me I just ran away
From a small town, from a small town

Sometimes it was heaven, sometimes hell
Kinda like church, kinda like jail
There's a water tower says 'Welcome to nowhere'
As soon as I could I was long gone
My jeans were torn and my hair was long
Now I can't believe I wanna go back there
To a small town, to a small town

Jeffrey prays to Jesus asking him please just help us through one more day
Jenny gets high, she wastes her life, but me I just ran away
But I knew I'd come back some day
To a small town, to a small town
Oh to a small town, to a small town

Whooo-whooo ...
Whooo-whooo ...
Whooo-whooo ...
Whooo-whooo ...

Oh to a small town

 

[fox69]

"In My Wildest Dreams"

"In My Wildest Dreams"



Well I built a million ravin beauties out of your make believe
Hopin' my imagination might run away with me
Thought I'd picture every vision that a man could dream about
Till you walked through those swing doors and stepped down off that cloud

What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?
A walkin' talkin' lovin' fantasy
Did you come here tonight just to rescue me?
What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?

Well, I thought I died and went to Heaven when you set down next to me
And I said to myself "this is too good to believe"
You look like you belong in a Sunday school choir
Instead of in this honky-tonk settin' me on fire

What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?
A walkin' talkin' lovin' fantasy
Darlin' did you come here tonight just to rescue me?
What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?

Are you just wishful thinkin'?
A figment of my mind
Well, I'll worry about that tomorrow
Right now, it's closin' time

What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?
A walkin' talkin' lovin' fantasy
Darlin' did you come here tonight just to rescue me?
What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?
What's an angel like you doin' in my wildest dreams?

 

[fox69]

"In This Boat Alone"

"In This Boat Alone"



And I love this water
And I love these waves
And I love to watch the palm trees
How they dance and sway.

The cooler's full
And the sky is clear
The cool breeze blows
And all my friends are here.

And I don't wanna be in this boat alone
When the party's over
And my friends all gotta get home
I wanna wave goodbye
Untie and drift back off holdin' on
To somebody hangin' on to me
Oh, I don't wanna be in this boat alone.

They leave tomorrow
As soon as they do
I'll pull up anchor
And fly back too.

Oh, but one of these days
I'm gonna hang around
And find the right someone
Yeah, I'm gonna anchor down.

But I don't wanna be in this boat alone
When the party's over
And my friends all gotta get home
I wanna wave goodbye
Untie and drift back off holdin' on
To somebody hangin' on to me
Oh, I don't wanna be in this boat alone.

I see myself
In twenty years
Just lovin' life
Floatin' round out here.

But I don't wanna be in this boat alone
When the party's over
And my friends all gotta get home
I wanna wave goodbye
And tie and drift back off holdin' on
To somebody hangin' on to me
Oh, I don't wanna be in this boat alone.

In this boat alone...

 

[fox69]

"Island Boy"

"Island Boy"



He left Maine 'cause he needed a change
And he was desperate to rearrange priorities
And he thought the sea would be the best place to be
So he saved his money, sold his car
And with his eye set on a Southern star
Got the courage to follow his heart
Set out for a brand new start

He's an island boy
Now he's an island boy
Living his life where stress is the enemy
Now he's an island boy
A stone's throw from St. Croix
He's finally found his piece of serenity

Now he tends bar at the Old Mango
And he sees tourists come and go
With their pressed pants and camera case
Too much sun burned on their face
Now he watches the snow on CNN
With all of his dope-smokin' friends
Just look at the hell they must be in
Swears he won't go back again

He's an island boy
Now he's an island boy
Living his life where stress is the enemy
Now he's an island boy
A stone's throw from St. Croix
He's finally found his piece of serenity

You know the love of his life has always been Emily
She loves the man she sees
In her island boy
Now he's an island boy
Living his life where stress is the enemy
Now he's an island boy
A stone's throw from St. Croix
He's finally found his piece of serenity

Island boy
A stone's throw from St. Croix
Island boy
Island boy
Island boy

 

[fox69]

"It's Never Easy To Say Goodbye"

"It's Never Easy To Say Goodbye"



Jimmy climbs on board of that old yellow bus
It sure looks big in his little eyes
His mama waves
As the tears kick up the dust
It's never easy to say goodbye

Julie Ray in her pearl white wedding gown
Has found her wings and it's time to fly
It's all her dad can do to keep from breakin' down
It's never easy to say goodbye

It ain't easy
To ever say goodbye
It ain't easy
Lettin' go of the ones you love
But believe me
We'll meet again by and by
If not here
Somewhere up above

I've had friends
That I lost along the way
They've been called on down the line
Though their time was short
I still think about 'em everyday
It ain't easy to say goodbye

It ain't easy
To ever say goodbye
It ain't easy
Lettin' go of the ones you love
But believe me
We'll meet again by and by
If not here
Somewhere up above

The time has come
To go our separate ways
And it's alright if you wanna cry
Though I know we'll meet again someday
It's never easy to say goodbye

It ain't easy
To ever say goodbye
It ain't easy
Lettin' go of the ones you love
But believe me
We'll meet again by and by
If not here
Somewhere up above

If not here
Somewhere up above

 

[fox69]

"It's That Time Of Day"

"It's That Time Of Day"


It's that time of day
That we all knew would come
To pay for all the rum
And pull up anchor cause we're done
It's that time of day
I see a cotton candy sky
So many colors in my eyes
Proof again God's alive

This ain't a goodbye
It's a "till I see you again"
What a wonderful time
We've all shared my friends
Another day at sea
Has come and gone away
So adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
It's that time of day

It's that time of day
When we bottle up the sun
Let our inhibitions run
Feeling courageous and numb
It's that time of day
When we take a leap of faith
Hand in hand as we pray
In this moment we could stay

This ain't a goodbye
It's a "till I see you again"
What a wonderful time
We've all shared my friends
Another day at sea
Has come and gone away
So adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
It's that time of day

Adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
It's that time of day

I see sails in silhouette
A sailor's sky turning red
So many I love you's said
Toasts are made
It's that time of day
It's that time of day
It's that time of day

Adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
Adios to Jost
It's that time of day

 

[fox69]

"Just Not Today"

"Just Not Today"


She played third base on a softball team
Had a pretty good arm and real nice swing
I was workin part out at Gentry's farm
I had thing for a girl in a uniform
After the game she was mine, young, wild and free
Yeah old Mr. Gentry was pretty cool
He said son I'd know where I'd be
And what I'd say if it was me

[Chorus]
One of these days
Were guna have to grow up
Have to get real jobs and be adults, someday
Just not today
Have to worry about things out of our control
Like kids, love and money and gettin old, someday
Just not today, just not today

Had a rope swing hangin from a sycamore tree
By a deep wood spot on white sand creek
Used to walk barefoot, down a little dirt path
We'd through out the beach towels and
Lay on our backs
Had four wheel drive trucks parked up in the shade
With those speakers blasted
We never knew how much we really had it made,
Without a care in a world we'd say

[Repeat Chorus]

Have to show some maturity, responsibility
Pay the old fiddler, face reality
Maybe tomorrow the order of wise
Will be, god love us we'll be

[Repeat Chorus]

Just not today
Just not today