Trace Adkins

[fox69]

"Then They Do"

"Then They Do"



In the early rush of morning,
Trying to get the kids to school:
One's hanging on my shirt-tail,
Another's locked up in her room.
And I'm yelling up the stairs:
"Stop worrying 'bout your hair, you look fine."

Then they're fightin' in the backseat,
And I'm playing referee.
Now someone's gotta go,
The moment that we leave.
And everybody's late,
I swear that I can't wait till they grow up.

Then they do, and that's how it is.
It's just quiet in the mornin',
Can't believe how much you miss,
All they do and all they did.
You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true:
Then they do.

Now the youngest is starting college,
She'll be leavin' in the Fall.
And Brianna's latest boyfriend,
Called to ask if we could talk.
And I got the impression,
That he's about to pop the question any day.

I look over at their pictures,
Sittin' in their frames.
I see them as babies:
I guess that'll never change.
You pray all their lives,
That someday they will find happiness.

Then they do, and that's how it is.
It's just quiet in the mornin',
Can't believe how much you miss,
All they do and all they did.
You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true:
Then they do.

No more Monday PTA's,
No carpools, or soccer games.
Your work is done.
Now you've got time that's all your own.
You've been waitin' for so long,
For those days to come.

Then they do, and that's how it is.
It's just quiet in the mornin',
Can't believe how much you miss,
All they do and all they did.
You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true:
Then they do.

Ah, then they do.

 

[fox69]

"There's A Girl In Texas"

"There's A Girl In Texas"



When I rode out of Dallas
Chasing down a dream
I thought I knew what I was looking for
But the neon nights have blinded me
'Til I'm lost in Tennessee
Not sure I know who I am anymore... but

There's a girl in Texas
There's a girl in Texas
There's a girl in Texas
That does

You're a truly lovely lady
And you sure light up the night
I'm a lonely man but I'm leaving here alone
I won't try to lie to you
About this heart of mine
That I can't give, that I don't really own... cause

There's a girl in Texas
There's a girl in Texas
There's a girl in Texas
That does

If this dream that I've been chasing
Ever sets me free
And I wake up to find it don't need me

There's a girl in Texas
There's a girl in Texas
There's a girl in Texas
That does

Yes, there's a girl in Texas that I still love

 

[fox69]

"This Ain't No Love Song"

"This Ain't No Love Song"



Well my heart didn't skip a beat
When I saw you standing there
Looking like some kind a angel
Like you were walking on air
And the earth didn't move
When you first said my name
I didn't feel a thing, no not me,
My heart didn't skip a beat

This aint no love song
I just felt getting my guitar on and singing a tune
Singing about you
Feeling good and tapping my shoes
And all this stuff I'm making up well you probably
Won't be hearing it on the radio but then you never know

So baby if you want
You can sing along
But this ain't no love song

I couldn't sleep last night but you weren't on my mind

And I went for a drive last night but if you saw me driving by well I must've took a wrong turn

I must've been thinking bout something else had a melody in my head yeah maybe that's why

I couldn't sleep last night
This ain't no love song
I just felt like getting my guitar on and singing a tune,
Singing bout you, feeling good and tapping my shoes
And all this stuff I'm making up well you probably won't be hearing it on the radio
But then you never know

So baby if you want you can sing along
But this ain't no love song, love song, love song singing to you baby singing to you baby
All night long

Yeah half this stuff I'm making up well you probably won't be hearing it on the radio
But then you never know
So baby if you want you can sing along
But this ain't no love song, love song, love song

This ain't no love song

 

[fox69]

"Til The Last Shot's Fired"

"Til The Last Shot's Fired"


I was there in the winter of '64
When we camped in the ice at Nashville's doors
Three hundred miles our trail had lead
We barely had time to bury our dead
When the Yankees charged and the colors fell
Overton hill was a living hell
When we called retreat it was almost dark
I died with a grapeshot in my heart

Say a prayer for peace
For every fallen son
Set my spirit free
Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

In June of 1944
I waited in the blood of Omaha's shores
Twenty-one and scared to death
My heart poundin' in my chest
I almost made the first seawall
When my friends turned and saw me fall
I still smell the smoke, I can taste the mud
As I lay there dying from a loss of blood

Say a prayer for peace
For every fallen son
Set my spirit free
Let me lay down my gun
Sweet mother Mary I'm so tired
But I can't come home 'til the last shot's fired

I'm in the fields of Vietnam,
The mountains of Afghanistan
And I'm still hopin', waitin' prayin'
I did not die in vain

Say a prayer for peace
For every fallen son
Set our spirits free
Let us lay down our guns
Sweet mother Mary we're so tired
But we can't come home 'til the last shot's fired
'Til the last shot's fired

[Choir:]
Say a prayer for peace (for peace)
For our daughters and our sons
Set our spirits free (set us free)
Let us lay down our guns

[Trace:]
Sweet mother Mary, we're so tired
But we can't come home (No we can't come home)

[Choir:]
'Til the last shot's fired

 

[fox69]

"Timing Is Everything"

"Timing Is Everything"



When the stars line up
And you catch a good break
People think you're lucky
But you'll know its grace
It can happen so fast
Or a moment late
Timing is everything

Know I've had close calls
When it could've been me
I was young when I learned
Just how fragile life could be
I lost friends of mine
I guess it wasn't my time
Timing is everything

I could've been a child that god took home
I would've been one more unfinished song
When it seems a rhyme hard to find
That's when one comes along just in time

Well I remember that day
When our eyes first met
You ran into the building to get out of the rain
Cause you were soaking wet
And as I held the door
You wanted to know my name
Timing is everything

I could've been another minute late
You never would've crossed my path that day
When it seems true love is hard to find
That's when love comes along just in time
You can call it fate or destiny
Sometimes it's real it
Seems like it's a mystery
You can be hurt by love
Or healed by the same
Timing is everything

And it can happen so fast
Or a little bit late
Timing is everything

 

[fox69]

"Took Her To The Moon"

"Took Her To The Moon"



I'm not sure what I did just yet
But something kicked in on the night we met
Look's like her hearts out of control
What she's gonna do next, I don't know
She's already dreaming about a house on the hill
How does she think we're gonna pay those bills
When all I can afford is a two room shack
I took her to the moon and I can't bring her back

Now where did my fishing magazines go
Everywhere I look there's another Cosmo
Flowers in the kitchen and a new bedspread
Now you tell me, was it something I said
Even old blue's taking it rough
She clipped his nails and powdered him up
Her mind's running on a one way track
I took her to the moon and I can't bring her back

Where's that girl that I used to know
The one who said we'd better take it slow
What on earth do I do now
To put her feet back on the ground

She goes to the mall but she never says why
She brings home things that a man won't buy
I've already told her enough's enough
Now what are we gonna do with all this stuff
She bought a bunch of soap that she won't let me use
A toilet seat cover and hand towels too
The kind you don't touch, just leave 'em on the rack
I took her to the moon and I can't bring her back

Where's that girl that I used to know
The one who said we'd better take it slow
What on earth do I do now
To put her feet back on the ground

She's already dreaming about a house on the hill
Now how does she think we're gonna pay those bills
When all I can afford is a two room shack
I took her to the moon and I can't bring her back
Lord, I took her to the moon and I can't bring her back

 

[fox69]

"Tough People Do"

"Tough People Do"



Back in '39 she was 26
The wife of a soldier tryin' to raise four kids
On rationed out beans and watered down milk
Tryin' to keep 'em all warm with a patchwork quilt
That great depression ended about 1945
But grandma lived to be 92
See, tough times don't last
Tough people do

Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps
When they hit hard luck
And they stay strong and they keep on fightin'
Like they don't know how to lose
Tough times don't last
Tough people do

Those talkin' heads on CNN
Say we'll never get out of this hole we're in
The price of gas is up and the market's down
And there's a bunch of empty houses in every town
Well, I'd interrupt that program with a little headline of my own
This just in from the old red, white and blue
Tough times don't last
Tough people do

Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps
When they hit hard luck
And they stay strong and they keep on fightin'
Like they don't know how to lose
Tough times don't last
Tough people do

I've been out of work since mid July
My bank account's about bone dry
Been lookin' for a job no luck so far
But I bought a little time when I sold my car
Well, I'll go dig a ditch if that's what it takes
Baby, somehow or another we'll get through

Tough times don't last
Tough times don't last
Tough people do
Tough people do

 

[fox69]

"Twenty-Four, Seven"

"Twenty-Four, Seven"



I've got this craving around the clock
And it's got a hold on me
I've had it bad since the moment we met
I can't get no relief

You're the only train of thought on my one track mind
Going ninety miles an hour baby all the time

Twenty-four, seven
You're the only thing that matters to me
Twenty-four hours girl, every day
Seven long days a week
I'm in heaven, heaven
Twenty-four, seven

Every night when I go to sleep
In my dreams there you are
You're the first thing I think about
And that's how the morning starts

It seems like everything I say and do
Is all about me being in love with you

Twenty-four, seven
You're the only thing that matters to me
Twenty-four hours girl, every day
Seven long days a week
I'm in heaven, heaven
Twenty-four, seven

You're the only train of thought on my one track mind
Going ninety miles an hour baby all the time

Twenty-four, seven
You're the only thing that matters to me
Twenty-four hours girl, every day
Seven long days a week
I'm in heaven, heaven
Twenty-four, seven

I'm in heaven
Twenty-four, seven
Twenty-four hours girl, every day
Seven long days a week
I'm in heaven, heaven
Twenty-four seven
Twenty-four seven girl

 

[fox69]

"Untamed"

"Untamed"


I like to be a little wild
I like to raise a litle Cain
I wanna keep it on the edge
Let my restless heart remain
Untamed

[Chorus]
I'm gunna live the way i love
And love the way i live
Walk the higest wire
And stay out on the limb
Away from any fences
Free of any chains
Unbound, untied, untamed

I only want what i've got coming
I'll take the credit and the blame
Even when im bent and broken
I pray my spirit always stays
Untamed

[Repeat chorus]

I take no map
I make no plans
I've let go of the reins
I have no rules
I feel no fear
No restraints
Untamed

Away from any fences
Free of any chains
Unbound, untied, untamed

 

[fox69]

"Watch The World End"
(feat. Colbie Caillat)

"Watch The World End"
(feat. Colbie Caillat)



I had a bad dream last night
The whole world was ending, right before my eyes.
There were fires and there were floods
And everyone was running out of time.
It made me think what I'd do
If we really came to the end of the life.

I don't think I'd spend my last hours at an altar
Or somewhere making toasts to good old days.
The more I think about it, all I'd really wanna do
Is watch the world end with you.

I'd lay down in a field by your side
And watch every star falling out of the sky,
And I'd steal a kiss from your sweet lips one last time,
And I wouldn't be afraid as long as your hand was in mine.

I don't think I'd spend my last hours at an altar
Or somewhere making toasts to good old days.
The more I think about it, all I'd really wanna do
Is watch the world end with you.
Watch it end with you.
With you.

I don't think I'd spend my last hours at an altar
Or somewhere making toasts to good old days.
The more I think about it, all I'd really wanna do
Is watch the world end with you.
I'd watch the world end with you.
With you.