Mark Chesnutt

[fox69]

"Oughta Miss Me By Now"

"Oughta Miss Me By Now"


I see her light in the window again
I drive by but I can't go in
She's got her space, I've got my pride
I can see her silhouette
She's at that mirror by her bed
She won't sleep a wink tonight

She oughta miss me by now
She oughta pick up that phone
For crying out loud
This has gone on too long
She should have come to her senses
And want to work it all out
As bad as I'm hurting
She oughta miss me by now

I haven't wrote, I haven't called
Ain't sent one single rose at all
I haven't shown up at her door
Don't go to places that she goes
I've moved on for all she knows
That should make her want me more

She oughta miss me by now
She oughta pick up that phone
For crying out loud
This has gone on too long
She should have come to her senses
And want to work it all out
As bad as I'm hurting
She oughta miss me by now

She should have come to her senses
And want to work it all out
As bad as I'm hurting
She oughta miss me by now
As bad as I'm hurting
She oughta miss me by now

 

[fox69]

"Population Minus One"

"Population Minus One"


What the hell was I thinkin'
Comin' and livin' in the concrete canyon
Trying to swim upstream in a river of vacant eyed people
Where are they going so fast?
What in the world could be that important?
And I miss mama
Wonder what she's doing
Probably looking out that kichen window
At the green grass and that clear sky
Daddy's probably sneakin' up behind her
Putting his hands around her waist
Restin' his head on her shoulder
Telling her how much he loves her
That's what I ought to be doing with you right now.

I find it hard breathe
Without you next to me
Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
Before the sun goes down
Gonna ditch this town
Population minus, one.

Oh yeah, I know what I was thinkin', I wasn't
I came this close to making the biggest mistake of my life
Is that a train I hear in the background?
You're on the porch, aren't you?
Got your head resting on that pillow on the swing
Your bare feet propped up on those chain links
Your toenails painted cotton candy pink, ah, man
Let's see, smog or the smell of summer in your hair
Yea, I'm outta here.

I find it hard breathe
Without you next to me
Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
Before the sun goes down
Gonna ditch this town
Population minus, one.

Baby, I can't tell you how good it felt
To roll back into this little map dot
Seeing those sugar maples shading mainstreet
And I never noticed it before but I smiled when I saw
All those post game celebration. beer bottle dents
In that deer crossing sign
You know some of those were ours
Kiss me, kiss me again.

I find it hard breathe
Without you next to me
Gonna leave this phone hangin', I'm gone
Before the sun goes down
Gonna ditch this town
Population minus, one.

Just look at you and me
Right where we need to be, Yeah...

 

[fox69]

"Postpone The Pain"

"Postpone The Pain"


I'm dying to forget about those goodbye words you said
I thought everything was right but you went and left instead
No pain, no gain, well I'm not out to win
All I really want to do is live to love again
Trying to postpone the pain - Stay in from the rain
Buy a little time - Keep you off my brain
Get out and go insane - Stay off mem'ry lane
Tonight I'll be flying trying to postpone the pain
Until that day arrives
I'll spend all my nights
Trying to postpone the pain - Stay in from the rain
Buy a little time - Keep you off my brain
Get out and go insane - Stay off mem'ry lane
Tonight I'll be flying trying to postpone the pain
The best way to survive
Is spending all my nights
Trying to postpone the pain - Stay in from the rain
Buy a little time - Keep you off my brain
Get out and go insane - Stay off mem'ry lane
Tonight I'll be flying trying to postpone the pai

 

[fox69]

"Pride's Not Hard To Swallow"

"Pride's Not Hard To Swallow"


I wish you'd look who's crawlin' back to you
I never thought I'd live to see today
I swore to you the day
I left, this time I'd go for good
And I was even proud enough to tell myself I could

And it took a lot of lonely nights to ever change my mind
It took a lot of missin' you, and things I left behind
Intending to keep goin', but the goin' got too rough
And pride's not hard to swallow
Once you chew it long enough

I know we won't always see eye to eye
But if you'll take me back this time I'll really try
So many things I should have done, so much I failed to do
I've never needed any one as much as I need you

And it took a lot of lonely nights to ever change my mind
It took a lot of missin' you, and things I left behind
Intending to keep goin', but the goin' got too rough
And pride's not hard to swallow
Once you chew it long enough

No pride's not hard to swallow
Once you chew it long enough...

 

[fox69]

"Rainy Day Woman"
(originally by Waylon Jennings)

"Rainy Day Woman"
(originally by Waylon Jennings)



Oh, rainy day woman
I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman.
That woman of mine, she ain't happy
'Til she finds something wrong and someone to blame
If it ain't one thing it's another one on the way.
I woke up this mornin' to the sunshine
It sure as hell looks just like rain
But I know where to go on a cloudy day.
Oh, rainy day woman
I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman.
Always the same, never complain
Though times gotta be tough
It's not right for you, what can I do
I can never think of givin' you up.
Oh, rainy day woman
I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman.
Oh, rainy day woman
I never seem to see your for the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman...

 

[fox69]

"Rollin' With The Flow"

"Rollin' With The Flow"


Once was a thought inside my head
'Fore I reached thirty I'd be dead
Somehow on and on I go
I keep on rollin' with the flow

Folks said that I would change my mind
I'd settle down and do just fine
But I still love rock 'n roll
I keep on rollin' with the flow

I got my angel raising kids
I'm raising hell just like I did
I got a lot of crazy friends
And they forgive me of my sins

Some might be calling me a bum
'Cause I'm still out here having fun
Jesus loves me yes I know
I keep on rollin' with the flow

I got my angel raising kids
I'm raising hell just like I did
I got a lot of crazy friends
And they forgive me of my sins

Can't take it with you when you're gone
But I want enough to get there on
And I ain't never growing old
I keep on rollin' with the flow

Keep on rollin' with the flow

 

[fox69]

"Sacred As A Sunday"

"Sacred As A Sunday"


Her momma cried
Her daddy prayed
I'd go away
And let her be
But her blue eyes
Looked in my heart
Faced the dark
Instilled in me
She opened up her bible
And turned on the charm
I crawled out of the bottle
Right into her arms
She's got the heart of an angel
She loves me like the devil
She took a down an outer
Pulled me up to her level
She's one in a million
But I knew I'd find her one day
Love as wild as a saturday night
And sacred as a sunday
Sacred as a sunday
Her pure love
Against my skin
Ain't no sin
It's heavining
Her soft touch
Burns like a fire
Flames of desire
Consuming me
Something happens to me
When her lips touch mine
Something goes right through me
A feeling so divine
She's got the heart of an angel
She loves me like the devil
She took a down an outer
Pulled me up to her level
She's one in a million
But I knew I'd find her one day
Love as wild as a saturday night
And sacred as a sunday
She's got the heart of an angel
She loves me like the devil
She took a down an outer
Pulled me to her level
She's one in a million
I knew I'd find her one day
Love as wild as a saturday night
And sacred as a sunday
Sacred as a sunday
Sacred as a sunday
She's sacred as a sunday

 

[fox69]

"Settlin' For What They Get"

"Settlin' For What They Get"


From the table to the jukebox
Is just a few short steps
Where a dollar will buy a sad song,
And a few strong drinks to help
Them ol' lonely hearts and honky tonks,
Searchin' for happiness
Tryin' to find what they want
And settlin' for what they get
From the promise of forever
To the waving of goodbye
To many hearts are broken,
'Cause too many lips have lied
To those lonely hearts, and honky tonks,
Searchin' for happiness
Tryin' to find what they want
And settlin' for what they get
So step right up, and wish me luck
And play that song again
The one about a loser
Who just can't seem to win
And all those lonely hearts and
Honky tonks searchin' for happiness
Tryin' to find what they want
And settlin' for what they get
So step right up, and wish me luck
And play that song again
The one about a loser
Who just can't seem to win
And all those lonely hearts and
Honky tonks searchin' for happiness
Tryin' to find what they want
And settlin' for what they get
Tryin' to find what they want
And settlin' for what they get...

 

[fox69]

"She Dreams"

"She Dreams"


Thirty years today
She's been upon this earth
And she can't help but wonder what its all been worth
She swears she loves those kids
And she doesn't mind at all
But there ain't much conversation with a three year old

She's trapped inside these walls
A prisnor in this fine surburban home

So she dreams, she dreams
He'll come home from work and carry her away
And he'll see, that she needs
The man she's still in love with when she dreams

And he's proud of his work
And the ladder that he climbed
But from that high rise office he can't hear her cry
Ringin telephones
And decisions to be made
And even when he gets home he's so far away

Then he drifts off to sleep
And she enters her world of make believe

And she dreams, she dreams
He'll come home from work and carry her away
And he'll see, Oh she needs
The man she's still in love with when she dreams

 

[fox69]

"She Never Got Me Over You"

"She Never Got Me Over You"


She got me, to stop drinking
And for that, I'm thankful
She almost pulled off, pulling me through
And she got me standing upright
Even had me coming home nights
But she never got me over you
She almost had me had me where you have me
She almost did what you still do
She got me thinking straight again
But I don't think she understands
She never got me over you
She almost had me had me where you have me
She almost did what you still do
She got me thinking straight again
But I don't think she understands
She never got me over you
She never got me over you