Pat Green

[fox69]

"Going Away"

"Going Away"


Lately I'm feelin' kinda broken
Like a man that swerves through the world
And I ain't got no explanation
And if I did I know I'd sound absurb

Yea but I can't change a thing
No matter what I do, you don't care what I say
I can't hide the pain anymore
Oooh, I'm going away

Just a need a way to keep the rain out
And land with both feet on the ground

But everytime I go and stand up on my own
You come along, you come along and then you knock me down

Yea but I can't change a thing
No matter what I do, you don't care what I say
I can't hide the pain anymore
Ohhh, I'm going away

Maybe I'd break out for the mountains
Maybe I could head to Mexico
When you comin' beggin', plead you said baby please don't leave
Well I made up my mind I made up my mind it's time to go

Yea but I can't change a thing
No matter what you do, I don't care what you say
'Cause I can't hide the pain anymore, ohhh I'm going away

Oohh I'm going away

 

[fox69]

"Going Down In Style"

"Going Down In Style"


I left Houston, Texas on a gulf coast hurricane I was blowed down by a
tornado washed up by the rain well my pappy wasn't happy with mehe told me to go
so I stole my daddy's cadillac and head on down the road I had a grin from ear
to ear with each and every mile I was headed for the border man and I was going
down in style

Now I hit Corpus Christi and the wind was at my back I drove them
women crazy with my daddy's cadillac ya I cruised them down that boulevard I
treated them like queens took em all the places that they wanted to be seen and
when I had to leave em I'd tell with a smile I'm headed for the border man and
I'm goin down in style

Well you gotta take your chances if they ever come along close your
eyes and listen to the great big engine wind it dont really matter weather you
are right or wrong cause when you cross the border man you leave this world behind

I stomped on down the peddle set the cruise control 500 raging horses
be on by the state patrol lord the sirens were a screamin lights flashin red
there's a dozen more waitin at the road block up ahead had them scatteren like
chickens a heard one of them say he's headed toward the border and he's going down in style

Now when you cross the border you ain't never comin back there ain't to
redemption when the cops are on your tail when the closest thing to heaven is a
great big cadillac the city lights of Houston or the firey gates of hell well
the nabbed me on the hill that over looks the Rio Grande and I was feeling just
like moses lookin on the promise land well they hauled me back to Houston put
me in the jail where my momma started crying my daddy paid the bail well I'm
sorry I'm not there to hear the outcome of my trial cause I'm headed for the
border man and I'm going down in style

 

[fox69]

"Guy Like Me"

"Guy Like Me"


Hearts and flowers, forget love letters
pain and anger, forget forgiveness
love ain't waiting for a guy like me

Debutants and champaign, diamonds and cocaine
I ain't the son of outrageous fortune
cash ain't status for a guy like me

Put me on a cool river
take my worries from me
fly me high on a big blue sky
well, there's no one here but me, just me

Long black limousine, pictures in magazines
all night parties, beautiful people
no super model for a guy like me

I'm just a good man, I work with my hands
I get the picture, I heard the message
hell ain't waiting for a guy like me

Put me on a cool river
take my sins from me
fly me high ov'r a big blue sky
where there's no one here but me

Put me on a cool river
take my pain from me
fly me high ov'r a big blue sky
where there's no one here but me, just me
yeah, just me

Hearts and flowers, forget love letters
pain and anger, forget forgiveness
love ain't waiting for a guy like me

So put me on a cool river
take my worries from me
fly me high ov'r a big blue sky
where there's no one here but me

Put me on a cool river
take my worries from me
fly me high ov'r a big blue sky
where there's no one here but me, just me
yeah, just me

 

[fox69]

"Here We Go"

"Here We Go"


Well up and at 'em, yeah here we go
I'm off again to the rodeo
Sure got a lotta other little things on my mind
Well, one's a song I just started writin'
And the other's a girl I just finished fightin'
She said it was me, Lord, I just don't believe her

If you wanna know where I'm a-coming from
You just sit right there and I'll tell you, son
This life I lead ain't as wonderful as it appears

Yeah but I here I go again
Singin' it in this dive
Lonestar beer in my cereal
But it's keepin' me alive
I gave up on Nashville a long time ago
Yeah, but here I go, Lord, once again, here I go

Now, I don't need to be too rich
I'm just an old hard-headed son of a bitch
My eyes are still set way back on my glory days
Back in the time of the Dukes of Hazzard
I was listenin' to Willie and old Merle Haggard
Smilin' just a little as I poke along in my truck

There's a lot of poor folks in my situation
With the years of heartache and frustration
Kindly watching as the dreams turn into years

Yeah but I here I go again
Singin' it in this dive
Lonestar beer in my cereal
But it's keepin' me alive
I gave up on Nashville a long time ago
Yeah, but here I go, Lord, once again, here I go

Let me tell you folks, it don't really matter
That beer drinkin' never really made you fatter
It's all those nights on the couch with a TV dinner
After twelve years with the Copenhagen
Well, I finally found out that I was mistaken
It's not gonna be something to add the years to my life

Yeah, and that's why I'm still dippin' it today
And each and every morning I hear Mama say,
"Boy that shit's gonna kill you if the women don't get you first!"

Yeah but I here I go again
Singin' it in this dive
Lonestar beer in my cereal
But it's keepin' me alive
I gave up on Nashville a long time ago
Yeah, but here I go, Lord, once again, here I go

 

[fox69]

"Holdin' On"

"Holdin' On"


Cigarettes and a lighter
Lonely woman, swinging door
Broken pieces of a broken love affair
I guess we've seen all that before

Tonight she stares to the darkness
Welcomes it back home again
She'll cry every night 'till the day that she dies
If she don't find out how to let love in

I need somebody to save me
I need to learn how to fly
Walk on the clouds with the angels
Laugh when the devil cries
I've got to take my chances
Spend my nights in wild romances
And hold on to what is holdin' on to me

Doesn't this all seem familiar
You said I took the words from your mouth
So maybe if we sit here and talk for awhile
Mmm, we just might work it all out

And the hardest thing about leaving
Is knowing when a friend is a friend
A couple more drinks and I'll be on my way
Sleeping and down, safe in your arms again

I need somebody to save me
I need to learn how to fly
Walk on the clouds with the angels
Laugh when the devil cries
I got to take my chances
Spend my nights in wild romances
And hold on to what is holdin' on to me

I got to take my chances
Spend my nights in wild romances
And hold on to what is holdin' on to me, yeah

 

[fox69]

"I Can't Change A Thing"

"I Can't Change A Thing"


Lately I'm feeling kinda broken
Like a man out of sorts with the world
I ain't got no explanation
And if I did I know I'd sound absurd

Yeah but I can't change a thing
No matter what I do
And you don't care what I say
I can't hide the pain any more
Oh I'm going away

Just need a way to keep the raid out
And land with both feet on the ground
Yeah but every time I go
Stand up on my own
You come along
You come along
and then you knock me down

Yeah but I can't change a thing
No matter what I do
And you don't care what I say
I can't hide the pain anymore
Oh I'm going away

Maybe I'd break out for the mountains
Or maybe I could head for Mexico
Then you come in begging
Pleading you said baby please don't leave me
Well I made up my mind
Well I made up my maid
It's time to go

Yeah and I can't change a thing no matter what you do
I don't care what you say
Cause I can't hide the pain anymore
Oh I'm going away
Oh I'm going away

 

[fox69]

"I Like Texas"

"I Like Texas"


Well from Dalhart to Del Rio
And out El Paso way
I've been doin' fine on Houston time
When the sun sets on the Copano Bay
From way up where the Red River flows
On down to the Rio Grand
I was born a little native Texan kid
And I'm proud to say that I am

Yeah well I like Texas
Ain't it fine here
I like to pick my guitar down at ol Gruene Hall
And drink that Miller Lite beer
Yeah well I like Texas
Man there ain't no doubt
Just listen to me cause I know what I'm talkin about

Well theres old dancehalls and little cafe's
Where you can get a taste of the Lone Star State
You can strap on boots and have yourself a laugh or two
Well theres no line dancing just straight romancing
That Hill Country love is what I fancy
The streams running clear and the skies they are so blue

Yeah well I like Texas
Ain't it fine here
I like to pick my guitar down at ol Gruene Hall
And drink that Miller Lite beer
Yeah well I like Texas
Man there ain't no doubt
Just listen to me cause I know what I'm talkin about

Well it's a two day old burrito
One lukewarm beer to go
On the Sunday side of a roadtrip weekend
Lordy I was feeling so low
When somebody flipped on the jukebox
And I heard ol Bob Wills say
"Stay all night, stay a little longer" so I held on another day

Thats why I like Texas
Ain't it fine here
I like to pick my guitar with ol Willie Nelson
And drink that Miller Lite beer
Yeah well I like Texas
Man there ain't no doubt
Just listen to me cause I know what I'm talkin about

Yeah well I like Texas
On a Saturday night
Just let me listen to ol Gary P. Nunn
And everything will be just right down here in Texas
Man there ain't no doubt
Just listen to me cause I know what I'm talkin about
Yeah just listen to me cause I know what i'm talkin about

 

[fox69]

"I Love This Bar"

"I Love This Bar"


We got winners.
We got losers.
Chain smokers and boozers.
We got yuppies, we got bikers
We got..thirsty hitch-hikers.
And the girls next door dress up like movie stars.
Mmmhmmmhmmmhmm I love this bar.

We got cowboys, we got truckers.
Broken hearted fools and suckers.
N' we got hustlers, we got fighters.
Early birds and all nighters.
And the veterans talk about their battle scars.
Mmmhmmmhmmmhmm I love this bar.

I love this bar. It's my kind-a place.
Just walk through the front door puts a smile on my face.
It ain't too far, come as you are.
Mmmhmmmhmmmhmm I love this bar.

I've seen short skirts, we got high-techs.
Blue collared boys and rednecks.
N' we got lovers, lots-a lookers.
I've even seen dancin' girls and hookers.
And we like to drink our beer from a mason jar.
Mmmhmmmhmmmhmm I love this bar.

Yes I do.

I like my truck, I like my girlfriend.
I like to take her out to dinner.
I like a movie now and then.
But I loooove this bar, it's my kind-a place.
Just toein' round the dance floor puts a big smile on my face.
No cover charge.
Come as you are.
Mmmhmmmhmmmhmm I love this bar.

Mmmhmmmhmmmhmm I just love this ole' bar.

 

[fox69]

"I'd Have To Be Crazy"
(with Cory Morrow)
(originally by Steven Fromholz)

"I'd Have To Be Crazy"
(with Cory Morrow)
(originally by Steven Fromholz)



I'd have to be crazy to stop all my singin'
And never play music again.
You'd call me a fool if I grabbed up a top hat
And ran out to flag down the wind

I'd have to be weird to grow me a beard
Just to see what the rednecks would do
But I'd have to be crazy; plumb out of my mind
To fall out of love with you

I know I've done weird things;
I told people I hear things
When silence was all in the bounds
There's been days when it pleased me
To be on my knees

Following ants as they crawled 'cross the ground
Been insane on a train, but I'm still me again
In the place where I hold you it's true
So I know I'm all right, 'cause I'd have to be crazy
To fall out of love with you.

You know I don't intend to, but should there come a day
When I say that I don't love you, you can lock me away
I sure would be dingy, to live in an envelope
Waiting alone for a stamp
You'd swear I was loco to rub for a genie
While burning my hand on the lamp
And I may not be normal, but nobody is
So I'd like to say 'fore I'm through
I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind
To fall out of love with you

I'd have to be crazy, plumb out of my mind
To fall out of love with you

 

[fox69]

"I'm Tired"

"I'm Tired"


We must be headed in the wrong direction
Cause there's nothing but pain out there
I heard you say something about the cross upon your back
The truth is, baby, life ain't always fair
Your whole life is water running down a sidewalk
You Followed the rocks and the cracks as you crawl cross the ground
I ain't seen you smile in so long
You must of built a house in the misery you found

I'm tired, I'm tired now
Tired of playing the same old game
You got to get yourself together
Say to yourself I ain't going down this way
I ain't going down this way

Sifting through your memories deep in the ground with the dead
Maybe you were high on the top of the cloud with the dragon that lives in your head
Maybe you were dragging your wagon with your thoughts like old wooden toys
Maybe you were looking for something that you lost when you were a boy

You eat when your hungry
You sleep when your sleepy
You drink like there's a hole in your soul
All of your problems are begging to leave
But you never want to let them go
You never want to let them go

It's a fine line between living it up and losing it all
It's a fine line between getting up and moving on
It's a fine line between living it up and losing it all
It's a fine line between living it up and moving on
If you stay one more day babe
Don't you know your going to die, your going to die