Tracy Lawrence

[fox69]

"Between Us"

"Between Us"


Sometimes our loves an open door
And we know its safe inside
But we have slammed it shut before
And locked our hearts outside
But we get a handle on it
When we let go of our pride

[Chorus]
Sometimes we put words and walls between us
Lose our heads and gamble with our hearts
There've been trials and tears,doubts and fears
Between us
But when all things pass
It's love that'll last between us

Love has taught us to forgive
And time helps us forget
Still as long as we both live
We'll say some things we regret
But love keeps a workin on us
Aw cause we ain't perfect yet

[Repeat Chorus]

There've been trials and tears
Doubts and fears between us
But when all things pass
It's love that'll last between us

 

[fox69]

"Black Top"

"Black Top"


Sunset's fadein' to a dark sky
Supposed to be in the 80's all night
Stay hot never cool off
Ya ain't gotta put on much baby
Tshirt and cut off's and maybe your
Braves cap hair pulled back
Thank God this week is through
Can't wait to see you

Down on the blacktop
Out in the neon
A mile long of headlights taillights and radios
Circle a couple times
Wear out the white (broken) lines
Head to the parking lot of the texaco
I can't wait to kiss you under the bright lights
Show you off to everyone passing by
Down on the blacktop

Hit all the street light parties
808 shaking that concrete
Lovin' how you're movin'
You let me know you're into me
Yeah that's where I wanna be

We'll be the only high we're on
Yeah take it in
And burn it up till dawn

 

[fox69]

"Bobby Darwin's Daughter"

"Bobby Darwin's Daughter"


Bobby Darwin's daughter looks up from the bible she's been reading to the clock on her dirty wall of a double wide, its 3 am. Her husbands on the town shooting pool or foolin round, or all of the above it doesn't matter anymore, she can't get through to him, seems like only yesterday they were married in a chapel. Candlelight the whole nine yards, honeymoon in Vegas, they settled down. Now its lonely nights and hungry kids, she just keeps on looking for the life that's not the life she's living now.

Bobby Darwin's daughter used to ask her father where Santa Clause and babies and God came from, and as she's gotten older all those easy answers are somewhere between here and kingdom come, and in her darkest hours Bobby Darwin's daughter wishes she could go back when, she'd ask where god came from instead of wondering where he's been.

Bobby Darwin's daughter dropping off the kids driving home in the pouring rain sudden skid and just like that she's clinging to her life, her husband rushes in the tiny room and through his tears whispers I love you, baby please don't leave me now, you're my only life, he bows his head and prays aloud this one thing I promise, if I could get just one more chance to be the man I should have been Ill be that man, she awakens to another world, stares into his grateful eyes of love, she smiles at him he takes her hand.

Bobby Darwin's daughter used to ask her father where Santa Clause and babies and God came from, and as she's gotten older all those easy answers are somewhere between here and kingdom come, and in her darkest hours Bobby Darwin's daughter never saw till now that she was wrong about where God came from and that he's been here all along.

 

[fox69]

"Butterfly"

"Butterfly"


[Verse 1:]
It came in like a freight train
Cut a path some 2 miles wide
With so much devistation
Can’t believe more didn’t die
As they were diggin’ through the rubble
Pullin’ stickes and stones away
Somehow little maggie was ok

[Chorus:]
With a butterfly
Floatin’ on the wind
Protectors and collectors
Women, children and men
I believe in my soul
When it’s my time I’ll take a ride
On the wings of a butter fly

[Verse 2:]
She fought a long hard battle
They were standing by her side
Daughters sons and grandkids
Came to pray and say goodbye
When they opened up that window
She was overcome with peace
Closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep

[Chorus:]
With a butterfly
Floatin’ on the wind
Protectors and collectors
Women, children and men
I believe in my soul
When it’s my time I’ll take a ride
On the wings of a butter fly

[Bridge:]
Well this world is full of cynics
But that’s alright with me
I like to think that angels
Can look like anything

 

[fox69]

"Can't Break It To My Heart"

"Can't Break It To My Heart"


I've never felt as helpless as I do today
My world just fell around me as I watched you drive away
There's nothing left between us somehow we've grown apart
Cause I've got it through my head I just can't break it to my heart
I can't believe this is me on the hurtin' side of pain
Sifting through the ashes still tryin' to find a flame
But the flames have turned to embers left glowing in the dark
Yes I've got it through my head I just can't break it to my heart

If I could Lord knows I would spin back the hands of time
And piece these scattered memories that are cluttered in my mind
Pick up where we left off and make a brand new start
Cause I've got it through my head I just can't break it to my heart
I can't believe this is me...
Oh I've got it through my head I just can't break it to my heart
I just can't I just can't break it to my heart
I just can't I just can't break it to my heart
I just can't break it to my heart

 

[fox69]

"Cards"

"Cards"


Here's one from last August that came out of the blue
Says summer's been a scorcher baby and I'm still hot on you
There must be twenty-five or more you signed them everyone
Now I'm sittin' in this lonely room wonderin' what went wrong
Now the cards'are on the table hallmark at its best
Valentines and anniversaries forever yours and all the rest
I'm sortin' through these mem'ries still searching for a clue
Now the cards're on the table and he's holding you
[ piano ]
The sun comes through the curtains but I'm still in the dark
These cards that used to touch me are tearing me apart
I'm torn between tossin' them away or back up on the shelf
Guess my poor heart don't want to play the hand that it's been dealt
Now the cards're on the table...
I'm sortin' through these mem'ries...

 

[fox69]

"Cecil's Palace"

"Cecil's Palace"


[Verse 1:]
Well I've seen things quite amazing
As I've traveled around this land
The grand canyon to niagra falls
And miles of desert sand
They may be awe inspiring
And make folks stop and stare
But I know a place not far from here
Where they cant don’t compare

[Chorus:]
Truck stop casino strip club bingo
Hookah and sushi bar
Pawn shop laundry mat drive right up get married in your car
If you find yourself about 45 min just southeast of dallas
Just stop on in and make yourself at home
Right here at cecils palace

[Verse 2:]
Mud wrestlin' on the weekends
While your sittin' at the bar
You can order food get a new tattoo
Get drunk and watch nascar
Theres somethin' for all ages
Hard liquor and soft ice cream
Get half priced rooms on weekdays
At the buffet kids eat free

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Cloud Of Dust"
(feat. Rick Huckaby)

"Cloud Of Dust"
(feat. Rick Huckaby)



It's hard to leave town like Jesse James
On a long flat piece of interstate
When the only thing underneath your wheels
Is concrete and Pittsburgh steel
That tow lane sure can get you gone
Bit it don't do a thing to hide where you came from

[Chorus:]
Wish I could've left in a cloud of dust
On an old dirt road really kick it up
Like a hell bent desperado headin' west
Yeah there would be no lookin' back
This clear view
In the rearview
Of losing everything I've ever loved
Yeah I wish I could've left in a cloud of dust

Them old cowboys had it made
But they don't make goodbyes like that these days
Yeah one wrong look and next thing you know
You have to watch her watch you go
Only one thing worse than words I can unsay
It's that picture in my mind I can't erase

[Repeat Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Coast Is Clear"

"Coast Is Clear"


Say the weather in Atlanta is foggy and gray your work gets harder everyday
And your new boyfriend is holding on too tight
I got a gig at the beach a room with a view the only thing missing here is you
Some fresh ocean breeze might ease your mind
We could walk barefoot through the warm wet sand
Take a second look at what we had
I been thinkin' a lot since I been here
Past the neon lights and the LA haze I'm a different man these days
So come on out the coast is clear

Got a picture in my wallet from back in '91
That week we spent in the Santa Belle sun
Ridin' the wave of our love those were good times
But somewhere I got lost and let you down
Young and naive I didn't know what I'd found
But I do now and there ain't a cloud in my mind
We could walk barefoot...
Yeah come on out the coast is clear
Oh oh oh the coast is clear oh oh oh the coast is clear the coast is clear

 

[fox69]

"Crawlin' Again"

"Crawlin' Again"


I ain't got her I ain't got a clue of what I did and didn't do
All I know is I'm wearing her number out
No explanation it didn't take long for her to go and tell me she's gone
My mama would be ashamed if she could see me now
Cause I'm back on the bottle crying out loud I need holdin' and I need it now
Someone rock me and then tuck me in
It takes a mama twenty years to make a boy a man
And another woman twenty seconds to have him crawlin' again

He made us first but he let them be in control of the shape we're in
And every woman knows why Adam worshipped Eve
From the day we're born till the day we die we're at the mercy of woman kind
And like a big ol' baby I miss her loving me
I'm back on the bottle...
[ fiddle - guitar ]
It takes a mama twenty years...
Yeah It takes a mama twenty years...
She'll have him crawlin' again