FAMILIAR THINGS VERSE ONE I'm sittin on this porch Feet touchin’ worn floor boards Seein th'same old sights Under the cloudy sky Red bird on the fence post Corn we planted, in those straight rows Our hearts carved in that tall oak Tire swingin, from that frayed old rope CHORUS These are familiar things Make me smile, still they sting Draw my mind right back to the time I was yours and you were mine Those days, they’re long over No use wishin' on a clover Sometimes my heart just really needs Familiar Things VERSE TWO All, the katydids still sing Hear ‘em, from our wood swing Trains whistle in the night I turn off the front porch light Frogs croak from the moss pond While the fireflies light up the lawn And the call of that brown Marsh Wren Always makes me, remember when CHORUS Instrumental Bridge OUTRO I'm still here where you belong
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HAYFIELDS AND HIGH HEELS INTRO My girl is hayfields and high heels Hayfields and high heels VERSE ONE Like every ocean on this earth She’s got a low and a high tide One moment she’s calm and quiet the next all energy and spice She fills those Wrangler’s like its her job As pretty from the front as behind You boys can look all you want But all her sides are mine CHORUS My girl’s Hay fields and high heels Alfalfa and Hydrangeas Likes rusty trucks, wears pink blush As different as night and day is She’s always been that way Both sides of her are real From tackle and bait, to fish on a china plate She’s hayfields and high heels VERSE TWO A side of her is strong as steel She works, her hands get dirty Then in a flash she’s soft and sweet Nails polished by six-thirty There ain’t a box that she can’t tick She’s my one and only Fixes her lipstick, one hand on the stick shift Ain’t no one trick pony CHORUS OUTRO May not be conventional She ain’t one-dimensional
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GRIT VERSE ONE He taught me how to drive a post How to stretch a fence Showed me how to clean a fish Pitch a Coleman tent Used his knife not a needle To get my splinters out I'd hold real still, try not to cry Just to make him proud CHORUS Yeah I’m a daddy’s girl, But not in the usual way Wasn't pampered, or polished, Worked more than I played A diamond’s the hardest rock in the world But my dad knew, it takes grit to make a pearl VERSE TWO Yeah no one has a dad like mine God only made the one And yeah I am his daughter But he raised me like a son Looking back it’s plain to see Didn’t know how much I had God’s greatest gift to me Was to give me my dad CHORUS BRIDGE He’s 86, it’s half past six, he’s just in from the fields Tomorrow comes, he’ll be up with the sun. Takes one to make one. GRIT CHORUS
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COUNTRY CHRISTMAS INTRO I just can’t believe the year is almost through Time for another Country Christmas with you VERSE ONE Let’s hang a wreath on the barn door String holly across the gate Put lanterns along the gravel road To help and light the way For our folks who will join us This year on Christmas Eve Wonder who’ll be the first to arrive And the very last to leave? CHORUS It’s another country Christmas Who could ask for more? Never wanna miss this Don’t even mind the chores Well the mistletoe hangs from the hickory beam Above these old pine floors I’ll kiss you and I’ll tell you Each year I love you more VERSE TWO I’ll cut that cedar by the back field You find the ornaments and lights We’ll wrap the gifts in brown craft paper Tied up with baling twine Where’s the scissors and the tape? Have we lost them both again? What’ll we do with the fruitcake Aunt Sandy always sends? CHORUS VERSE THREE I’ll build a fire in the fireplace On Christmas Eve we’ll gather round There’ll be singing, glasses clinking Mulled wine for our whole crowd We’ll be elbow to elbow Once we sit down to have A homemade Christmas supper And cranberries from a can CHORUS OUTRO I don’t wanna miss this I don’t wanna miss this I’d never wanna miss another country Christmas
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CLOSER THIS CHRISTMAS VI I watch the busy shoppers Rush in and out of stores Walk next to footprints in the snow Wishing they were yours String lights, wreaths, on every street Just leave me wantin more Is it the smoke from the chimneys Or the thought of you that’s got me feeling warm? CHORUS Let’s get closer this Christmas These hearts have been apart for way too long I love what we had and I miss it Don’t ya think togethers where we belong? This year I’ve only got one wish Let’s Get closer this Christmas V2 We can watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” Or catch the holiday displays I don’t mind, it’s up to you I just wanna see your face And the smile that’s yours alone A familiar mystery Distance has shown me that We ain’t meant to be a memory CHORUS CHORUS
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YOU’RE ALL THE CHRISTMAS VERSE ONE We don’t need to hang the string lights On the railin or the roof And the front door don’t need no wreath When all I’m lookin at is you. You don’t need to go and find The perfect gift for me You’re all the Christmas You’re all the Christmas I need VERSE TWO Holiday party invitations Piling up by the door As soon as we RSVP Here comes a couple more Office party’s Thursday night How early can we leave? You’re all the Christmas You’re all the Christmas I need BRIDGE When I see your pretty face the world just melts away Like snow on a sunny day… You’re all the Christmas You’re all the Christmas I need VERSE THREE The minute I laid eyes on you You made this heart your home You filled it up, I gave it up Now it’s your very own Gonna spend the whole night Wrapped up in you and me. You're all the Christmas You're all the Christmas I need You're all the Christmas You're all the Christmas I need
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COME BACK FOR CHRISTMAS VERSE ONE This ol town knows How to wear the season We’ve had lots a snow Looks good on the trees and There’s lights everywhere Smoke from the chimneys Smell makes it impossible Not to want you with me The coffee shop you love downtown Has a couple in every window The wreath on my front door Well that’s your welcome home You don’t ever stay too long Still I need to know If you’llllllllll CHORUS Come back for Christmas Please come back for Christmas Yeah I’m feelin the distance So baby please come back Come back for Christmas VERSE TWO Your heart beats to the rhythm of the highway Pulse starts racin’ when White lines roll away I close my eyes and I can see you now Turnin the radio up Rollin’ the windows down Driver’s side beauty With a taste for adventure Hope when you hear those songs That start playin in November You’ll smile and you’ll sing along Loud Enough to remember Tooooooooo CHORUS BRIDGE Well the miles between us feel as hard as the pavement Under those restless wheels that keep on spinnin’ But baby did you know that when the road ends Those same streets that took you away from me Well they can bring you home again? CHORUS
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CHASIN’ SUMMER VERSE ONE It’s a quiet lake town til June comes around Locals love and hate this time of year It gets louder and more crowded there’s ain’t no doubt about it That’s how you know Summer’s here Seabreeze from the East well it brings me to my knees Takes the sore outa these missin’ her eyes Pretty as the sparkle on that crystal blue water Smells like sunshine and honeysuckle vine CHORUS Yeah I’m chasin Summer Sweet sweet Summer She’s here again And I’m gonna be alright Yeah I’m chasin Summer Sweet sweet Summer Long days long legs And tangled up nights VERSE TWO I’ll pack up the boat and we’ll head to a quiet cove She’s gonna get my motor runnin Weathermen say we’ll hit 98 today It can’t get hotter than Summer This girl’s bikini, light green and teeny Boy let me tell you it suits her well Lovin that girl til those painted toes curl That’s why my heart is still…. CHORUS Chasin’ Summer Sweet sweet summer She’s here again And I’m gonna be alright Yeah I’m chasin Summer Sweet sweet Summer Long days long legs And tangled up nights BRIDGE Say say Summer, do you ever wonder If together’s is where we belong? You’re real hard to miss and I can’t help but wish I could stay with Summer all year long CHORUS Chasin’ Summer Sweet sweet summer She’s here again and I’m gonna be alright Yeah I’m chasin Summer Sweet sweet Summer Long days long legs And tangled up nights Long days long legs And tangled up nights
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VERSE ONE Like a sky lit by a billion stars His love filled me up Everything else slipped away Thought he was more than enough Then one by one those stars went dark Like chalk getting erased Where nighttime used to shimmer Now there’s only space CHORUS Now it feels how it feels to be A song no one’s playin’ A canvas with no painting A church where nobody’s prayin’ Words he said just to say ‘em Left me empty Empty VERSE TWO When you’ve had so much then it’s lost It gnaws at you like hunger Twists and crashes, churns and swells Like A wave you’re drowning under Promises and wishes All get washed away A calendar with no tomorrow Big black circle on yesterday CHORUS Now it feels how it feels to be A song no one’s playin’ A canvas with no painting A church where nobody’s prayin Words he said just to say ‘em Left me empty Empty OUTRO Yeah it feels how it feels to be A song that no one’s playin’ A canvas with no painting Empty As the house he just moved out of The promise he ran out on The love he fell right out of Left me Empty Empty Empty Now it feels how it feels when Forever’s somehow over Cryin’ without a shoulder Wind blows a little colder And all alone Empty
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INTRO Hayfields and high heels… Hayfields and high heels…. VERSE ONE Like every ocean on this earth I’ve got a low and high tide One minute I’m calm and quiet The next all energy and spice I like room service, five-star hotel White tablecloth and French champagne Tomorrow I’ll be horseback runnin’ Cattle through the gates CHORUS I'm Hay fields and high heels Alfalfa and Hydrangeas I like rusty trucks wear pink blush As different as night and day is I’ve always been this way Both sides of me are real From tackle and bait To fish on a china plate I’m hayfields and high heels VERSE TWO One side of me is strong as steel I work my hands get dirty The other side is soft and sweet Nails polished by six thirty There ain’t a box that I can’t tick Bet against me then you’ll owe me I fix my lipstick, one hand on the stick shift Ain't no one trick pony CHORUS BRIDGE May not be conventional But I'm not one-dimensional CHORUS
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VERSE ONE Landed me a big job workin’ in the city Concrete canyons littered in graffiti Sidewalk, bus stop, subway busy Laying that smog on thick Family calling, doing good? Hell no, Everybody here too fast lane for a hello Got their head down, nose stuck in a cell phone And all I’m selling is homesick Man, I gotta make a run quick CHORUS Gotta get back to a church on Sunday Kids carving out their names in an oak tree Barely getting over 55 on the needle No unleaded round there, just diesel Gotta get back to kickin up, getting dusty Red dirt paradise, yeah, trust me, Big City living, man, it oughta be illegal Gotta get back to my country people VERSE TWO Back to where you know the name of all your neighbors Give a wave when you’re passing by a stranger Bailer rolling hay on the back 40 acres Can’t get it out of my head Gotta get back to where that bluegrass (is) greener Where the sun is hot and the ice teas sweeter Got me backwood riverbank fever So as soon as this traffic jam is clearer CHORUS BRIDGE You can take the boy out of the country but Won’t be for long CHORUS Gotta get back to a church on Sunday Kids carving out their names in an oak tree Barely getting over 55 on the needle No unleaded round there, just diesel Gotta get back to kickin up, getting dusty Red dirt road paradise, yeah, trust me, Big City living, man, it oughta be illegal Gotta get back to my hardworking, God loving Honey suckle Son of a gunnin’ country people My country people Oh Yeah
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COAST OF YOUR LOVE VERSE ONE Sweet girl I can see you in the summer light Away from all the city lights Ocean breezes through your hair Wasn’t sure if you’d be there CHORUS On the coast of your love Ride the wave because Feeling the motion The water breathes us Til the tide pulls us in Just beneath your skin Floating forever On the coast of your love VERSE TWO Drowning in passion collide with the sea Love in a bottle comin to me Endless horizons beginning to see Jewel of the ocean you’re all I need CHORUS OUTRO The coast of your love The coast of your love The coast of your love The coast of your love INSTRUMENTAL
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VERSE ONE She can never find her keys So she’s often late for work She’ll search the house up and down Then find them in her purse She has a closet full of jeans But none she really likes They’ll be 10 more on the floor ‘Fore we head out tonight PRE-CHORUS She don’t mean to drive me out my mind Sometimes i think she does it out of spite CHORUS It’s just the way she is Sometimes I wonder if It’s the way god made her (But) Lord I’d never change her She’s an imperfectionist Inconsistent at her best Thank god i found her I could’t live without her There’s a million thing she wishes she could fix But I love that girl just the way she is VERSE TWO When that long road takes its toll She’ll go the the extra mile Keep me on that track to hell and back Just to make me smile PRE-CHORUS She don’t mean to drive me out my mind I’m glad I got her shotgun on this ride CHORUS It’s just the way she is Sometimes I wonder if It’s the way god made her (But) Lord I’d never change her She’s an imperfectionist Inconsistent at her best Thank god i found her I couldn't live without her There’s a million thing she wishes she could fix But i love that girl just the way she is
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VERSE ONE Lately you been chasin’ deadlines Steppin’ round land mines Trying to keep up with the heels on your feet In a town where hopes and dreams Can fall between The hard edges and concrete PRE CHORUS Maybe we can catch a red eye Right out of this gray sky CHORUS And find some water colors Crystal blue, beach grass green I’ll let ya steal the view Bleed into each other Baby how’s that hit you? Cause If you ask me That paints a pretty picture Can’t wait to…… Watch the water color you VERSE TWO You can be my seaside Mona Lisa The world would pay to see you But only I know what that smile means We can check in to a pink sand motel Be our postcard selves Fade into a sunkissed scene PRE CHORUS CHORUS TAG Yeah lately you been chasin’ deadlines Steppin’ round land mines Trying to keep up with the heels on your feet…
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HONKY TONK HAIR VERSE ONE She’s an overtime kinda girl Savin some bucks for a cut and curl Lookin like Dolly in ‘69 Closer to heaven teased up that high Usually pulled back in a baseball cap Y’all be careful if ya strike a match CHORUS She’s wearin’ white rain in the neon sun Making all the cowboys come undone Tight Levis with a Friday night flare Struttin like a scratch off millionaire With a straight up sprayed up Decked out downtown Don’t care Honky Tonk Hair VERSE TWO First one dancin’ when the band starts to play Monday’s a thousand miles away Forgetting the boss and the bills and the rent It was worth that 25 she spent There’s somethin’ to be said about her style A little bit extra in the half price aisle CHORUS BRIDGE Brunette, blonde short or long Straight or wavy, can’t go wrong CHORUS
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BLUE COLLAR BLUE PRINT VERSE ONE Salt of the earth comes from the sweat of my brow I get up with the sun at it til it goes down If it’s worth doin’ better do it right Cut once measure twice PRE CHORUS It’s more than a living It’s a way of life… CHORUS I was made from a blue collar bluepint Only hard workin people like me would get it If the steel toe fits I wear it It’s just common sense Common sense Get up in the morning, jeans and a shirt Paid by the hour, hands in the dirt All day long I give it all I’m worth Let me give you a hint I was made from a blue collar blue print VERSE TWO What I learned didn’t’ come from any high school book Mom and dad weren’t rich but they did what they could I wouldn’t have it any other way At the end of a long hard day CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE CHORUS TAG Let me give you a hint I was made from a blue collar blue print Oh yeah
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HOLD ON VERSE ONE December dreaming Wonder of the season We’re believing PRE CHORUS Snowflakes seconds pass Counting the time CHORUS Soon it will be Christmas Soon it will be Christmas Hold On Soon it will be Christmas Soon it will be Christmas Hold On VERSE TWO Writing Santa Letters Wearing silly sweaters We’ll all be together PRE CHORUS Magical moments everywhere Filling the air CHORUS Soon it will be Christmas Soon it will be Christmas Hold On Soon it will be Christmas Soon it will be Christmas Hold On Hold On Hold On VERSE THREE Friends a little nearer Loved ones even dearer See life clearer PRE CHORUS Hometown heartfelt holiday Showing us the way CHORUS Soon it will be Christmas Soon it will be Christmas Hold On Hold On Soon it will be Christmas Soon it will be Christmas Hold On To the people that you love Be kinder just because Even after Christmas Hold on Even After Christmas Hold on Hold on Hold on To Christmas
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JINGLE BY THE BAY INTRO Jingle by Jingle by Jingle by the bay VERSE 1 Leaving all the cold Wanna go Where temps are high tides are low Goodbye to the gloom Very soon Takin’ a sunkissed Santa honeymoon PRE-CHORUS Don’t want the hurry, leaving the hustle For a fa la la la laid-back holiday Trading a snowman for a sunrise Got a 23-footer as my sleigh CHORUS I want sand in my stockings underneath a palm tree Mistletoe moonlight, warm ocean breeze Paradise party till the sun fades away Christmas this year Jingle by the bay VERSE 2 Carefree in my cup Drink it up Magic merry season to unplug Breathing in the air Meet me there Got a Candy cane umbrella we can share PRECHORUS I want the hanging. The rapping. The pa-rum-pum-pum water splashing I want the jolly and the holly A sugarplum sky for everybody CHORUS CHORUS
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BUTTERFLYING VERSE 1 I been stuck inside of myself Put up walls, a one woman cell Needed the night to help me see the day Tearin’ it up, breaking through It’s time for change Spreading my wings Gonna soar away CHORUS I’m butterflying higher Nothin’s holding me down I’m butterflying rising Miles above the ground Free as the breeze I’ll float Better believe I’ll go On this big sky, sunshine ride Butterflying VERSE 2 Come along glide with me Find a forest through the trees Floating beyond You won’t believe the view On the climb, colors shine Confetti under blue Out with the old, in with the new CHORUS We’re butterflying higher Nothin’s holding us down We’re butterflying rising Miles above the ground Free as the breeze let’s float Better believe let’s go On this big sky, sunshine ride Butterflying INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE CHORUS
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