Tim McGraw

[fox69]

"The Ride"

"The Ride"


I was thumbin' my way from Montgomery
had my guitar on my back
When a stranger pulled up beside me in an antique Cadillac.
Well, he was dressed like 1950, half drunk and hallow eyed
Said: 'It's a long walk to Nashville, would you like a ride, son'.
Well, I climbed up in the front seat, and he turned on the radio
and them sad old songs comin' outta them speakers was solid country gold.
Then I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale when he asked me for a light.
And knew there was somethin' strange about this ride.

[Chorus:]
He said: Drifter can you make folks cry when you play and sang.
Have you paid your dues, can you moan the blues
Can you bend them guitar strangs.
He said: Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside,
Cause if your big star bound let me warn you its a long hard ride.

Well, he cried just south of Nashville, and he turned that car around.
he said: [spoken] this is where you get off, boy
cause I'm going back to Alabam'.
Well, I climbed out of that Cadillac and I said Mister, many thanks.
he said you don't have to call me mister, Mister.
The whole world calls me Hank.

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"The Trouble With Never"

"The Trouble With Never"



If I never think about her, I'll never miss her at all
Never wonder what she's doin, never give her a call
Never see her again and I'll be free as a bird
But the trouble with never is never never works

If I never bring her flowers, I'll never see her smile
If I never try to kiss her, she'll never drive me wild
And I'll never feel the need to say those three little words
But the trouble with never is never never works<

I know how to stay carefree, let no one get a hold on me
But I can't keep my hands off her
There's something different 'bout this girl

If I never let me love her, I'll never settle down
And I'll never put roots in this God forsaken town
And I'll never say I do or step foot in a church
But the trouble with never is never never works

I know how to stay carefree, let no one get a hold on me
But I can't keep my hands off her
There's something different 'bout this girl

If I never think about her, I'll never miss her at all
Never wonder what she's doin, never give her a call
Never see her again, and I'll be free as a bird
oh, But the trouble with never is never never works

yeah, But the trouble with never is never never works

 

[fox69]

"The View"

"The View"



All the girls want to love the way I drink my drink
The way I sing, the way I sing
All the boys want to love the way you wear your jeans
You do that thing, you do that thing

Hitting me like a laser beam
Our energy is a wild thing
I can't believe it's you and me

All of them gotta hate it when we up and leave
They don't see what we don't see what we say
You're all I see and all you see is me

So stay tonight, we've got the view, ooh
Up so high, we've got the view, ooh
Stay tonight, hey

Let em stare, let em talk
Let em say anything they want
Let em stare, let em talk
Let em say anything they want

They don't see what we don't see what we say

So stay tonight, we've got the view, ooh
Up so high, we've got the view, ooh
Stay tonight, hey

All of them gonna hate it when we up and leave
They don't see what we see
All of them gonna hate it when we up and leave
You're all I see and all you see is me

So stay tonight, we've got the view, ooh
Up so high, we've got the view, ooh
So stay tonight, we've got the view, hey
We've got the view, hey
We've got the view, hey
We've got the view, hey

 

[fox69]

"Things Change"

"Things Change"


They wouldn't let him play the opry
With whiskey on his breath
And it didn't take'em long
to figure out what they missed
He went down that lost highway
Underneath the purple sky
A legend disappeared before his time
Things Change

They said he was the devil
dressed in gold leme
The way he shook his hips
out there on that stage
But before that faithful day
He left Tennessee
All of them were calling him the king
Things Change

Well they like to call them hippies
outlaws with guitars
But they brought a little poetry
To the honky tonks and bars
They might've got a little crazy
They might have flew a little too high
Somewhere somebody's playing their song tonight
Things Change
(Don't you know things change)

Now some say it's too country
Some say it's a little rock n roll
But it's just good music
If you can feel it in your soul
It doesn't really matter
It's always been the same
life goes on
Things Change

[Bridge:]
Don't you know they change
Oh, things change
As long as this world is turning
Things are gonna change
Gonna keep on changing
Gonna change

 

[fox69]

"Tickin' Away"

"Tickin' Away"



The clock above the bar
Is telling me it's 12:15
And it's not such a gentle reminder
That I'm where I shouldn't be

I just keep waiting for something to happen
Waiting for somebody to come walking in
Somebody as perfect as you were
So I can try it again

(But) Chances are so hard to come by
And the second one is impossible to find
The clock keep running
And the odds keep getting higher
That it's all just a fantasy of mine

But I shouldn't be thinking about it
I shouldn't be worried about it
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's ticking away

I suppose I should cut all my losses
Go home with a six-pack of beer
There ain't nobody in the world like you baby
If there was, she wouldn't be coming in here

But I shouldn't be thinking about it
I shouldn't be worried about it
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away

Yeah, it's ticking away
It's ticking away
It's just a clock on the wall
But it's ticking away

I suppose I should cut all my losses
Go home with a six-pack of beer

 

[fox69]

"Tinted Windows"

"Tinted Windows"



I had tinted windows on my first car,
We used to park out by the reservoir.
We had the water, radio and the stars,
Never had to worry our friends would come knocking on those

Tinted windows covered in steam,
Floorboard piled up with t-shirts and jeans.
You didn't know what you were doing to me,
But I was so gone baby, I was so gone for you.

Oh, it doesn't seem like it could really be,
So long ago when we were seventeen,
So long ago it feels just like a dream when it was you and me and

Tinted windows and six-pack of light,
I know I didn't pop the question right,
But that diamond looked good in the dashboard light
And you said, "Yes, you know the answer is Yes"

Oh, it doesn't seem like it could really be,
So long ago when we were seventeen,
So long ago it feels just like a dream when it was you and me and
Tinted windows...

We sold that car back in '97
Should have got 15, but we only got 11
We grew up and we grew apart
The years rolled by and now your eyes are

Tinted windows and I wanna believe
Somewhere inside you're still in love with me
I keep looking, hoping to see it through those
Tinted windows, all those tinted windows

Tinted windows, those tinted windows
Tinted windows
Tinted windows

 

[fox69]

"Tiny Dancer"

"Tiny Dancer"



Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, she was a seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, she'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand

Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad

Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on she sings the songs
The words she knows, the tune she hums

But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly, slowly

Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today

Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, she was a seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, she'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand

 

[fox69]

"Top Of The World"

"Top Of The World"



We could have a little double wide planted in an empty field
We could have a big old white picket wrap around on a hill
Don't make a difference to me baby, where the wind takes me, long as I'm with you girl
We could have something or nothing, still be sitting on top of the world

Cause when you got love, like we got love
I'm holding on to heaven, holding on to you
When you got one, like I got one
Anyway you looking, it's a hell of a view

Don't know where we're gonna be
But I know we're gonna be
Sitting on top of the world
So keep hanging on to me
Yeah, don't you wanna be
Sitting on top of the world
Top of the world

We could be rolling on a couple of Goodyear's and painted rust
We could be strolling barefoot in the sand, in the setting sun
Yeah, any way you kiss me, flips me and gets me the right kind of tipsy, girl
We could be somewhere or nowhere and still be sitting on top of the world

Cause when you got love, like we got love
I'm holding on to heaven, holding on to you
When you got one, like I got one
Anyway you looking, it's a hell of a view

Don't know where we're gonna be
But I know we're gonna be
Sitting on top of the world
So keep hanging on to me
Yeah, don't you wanna be
Sitting on top of the world
Top of the world

Top of the world

Cause when you got love, like we got love
I'm holding on to heaven, holding on to you
When you got one, like I got one
Anyway you looking, it's a hell of a view
Cause when you got love, like we got love
I'm holding on to heaven, holding on to you
When you got one, like I got one
Anyway you looking, it's a hell of a view

Don't know where we're gonna be
But I know we're gonna be
Sitting on top of the world
So keep hanging on to me
Yeah, don't you wanna be
Sitting on top of the world
Top of the world

Cause when you got love, like we got love
Sitting on top of the world
Cause when you got love, like we got love
Sitting on top of the world
Cause when you got love, like we got love
Sitting on top of the world
Cause when you got love, like we got love
Sitting on top of the world

 

[fox69]

"Touchdown Jesus"

"Touchdown Jesus"



I dusted off my Bible today
Read the words and read yeah, every word He said
He talked about forgiveness and a better way
I raised my hands above my head and I said

Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus

There was a little girl just down the street
They were prayin' for a miracle but runnin' outta hope
Some stranger was an angel and he gave her what she needed
You oughta see her today, that was ten years ago

Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus

That's just another story wrote away
All He needs is just a little bit of your faith
And it's touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus

Old man was losin' his bottle with the liquor
Ruined his name and brought his family shame and pain
Then he stumbled into church one day and he found something bigger
Beat the devil at his own game and he poured him down the drain, yeah

Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus

That's just another story wrote away
All He needs is just a little bit of your faith
And it's touchdown Jesus
Oh, touchdown Jesus

That little girl turned twenty one today
That old man well he found himself a better way
Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus
Hey, touchdown Jesus
Oh, touchdown Jesus

Yeah there's a single mom at her kid's graduation
(Touchdown Jesus)
There's a sinner on his knees down in front of the congregation
(Touchdown Jesus)

Oh, touchdown Jesus
Oh, touchdown Jesus
Come on
Touchdown Jesus
(Touchdown Jesus...)

 

[fox69]

"Train #10"

"Train #10"



I'm gonna ride that iron horse into the sun
I'm gonna say goodbye to you and all the things you've done
I used to be afraid but I know today's the day

I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am just biding time again
Waiting on train number ten

One more drag off one more cigarette
I've made up my mind but I ain't ready yet
Cause if that devil hits those tracks I know that I can't come back

I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am humming misery and gin
Waiting on train number ten

It's getting late maybe tonight she won't show up and change my mind

I'll take the last train I can find just in case I want to change my mind
The last one out is number nine but here I am just spitting in the wind
Waiting on train number ten

Train number ten