Until You’ve Raised A Daughter (You’ll Never Understand) Copyright Paul Jarvis and Houston Davies Verse 1: Pink tights on little ballerinas Twirling in a row She’ll be the third one over with the big smile on her Just stealing the show You may not be a ballet man But she’ll make you a real big fan Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand Chorus: Cuz If you never raised a little girl High up on your shoulders Then it’s a swing a slide a piggy back ride A grown man taking orders All she’ll have to do is ask Her wish is your command Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand Verse 2: That quick trying on lipstick A knock at the door Yeah the very same boy that used to annoy her That she don’t avoid any more it’ll hurt you some knowing she’s begun To slip right through your hands Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand 2nd CHORUS: Cuz if you never raised a little girl High up on your shoulders Then it’s designer jeans and moods that swing A teen wishing she was older But thru every phase you’re gonna stay in the palm of her hand Until you raised a daughter you’ll never understand BRIDGE: One day a boy will tell you She takes his breath away That he thinks she’s a princess Like you’ve told her everyday LAST CHORUS: If you never raised a little girl High up on your shoulders Then it’s a white dress smile A wedding aisle And wishing she’d walk slower They’ll see a grown man cry when it’s finally time To give away her hand But if you never raised a daughter you’d never understand Until you’ve raised a daughter you’ll never understand
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YOU MADE ME Paul Jarvis You’re the kind of girl that guys do anything to keep You got that look, that style, that pretty smile that really gets to me So I’ve been sacrificing my favorite vices and really cleaning up my act And there's only one good reason I'd do that... Cuz You made me...a better man You made me a whole lot better than I ever was, just because, that’s what a good woman’s love does And I know, you know, you are just what I need But let’s just tell it like it is girl I changed my ways ‘cause baby you made me Ain’t no flatbed in the front yard Like there used to be And I don’t use the kitchen sink To clean fish, usually. Now girl I ain’t complaining just explaining How love changes everything. Like when I say love changed my bad habits, what I really mean is You made me...a better man You made me a whole lot better than I ever was, just because, that’s what a good woman’s love does And I know, you know, you are just what I need But let’s just tell it like it is girl I changed my ways ‘cause baby you made me If my baby ain’t happy ain’t nobody is So I walk the line and I don’t mind… that You made me...a better man You made me a whole lot better than I ever was, just because, that’s what a good woman’s love does And I know, you know, you are just what I need But let’s just tell it like it is girl I changed my ways ‘cause baby you made me
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SHE AIN’T GONE Paul Jarvis Verse 1: She said I never listen, well I’m listening now As the sounds of all I lost, echo through this house And everywhere I look, all I see is her Yeah even though she left me, all I know for sure Chorus: Is she ain’t gone, no she's here to stay And all night long I count all the ways I was wrong and dream of how I would hold her And all I would do if it only was true That she ain't gone Verse 2: All these memories in my mind won’t give me no rest From the nights we talked forever to the fights that I regret ‘Til it all came crashing down when she broke pictures of our past She cried boy I really tried and her eyes looked like shattered glass Chorus: But she ain’t gone, no she's here to stay And all night long I count all the ways I was wrong and dream of how I would hold her And all I would do if it only was true That she ain't gone Bridge: I swear I would love her better And I’d try more than ever To put those pieces of our picture back together. Chorus: Cuz, she ain’t gone, no she's here to stay And all night long I just count all the ways That I was wrong and all that I should have done Now I just pray the day might come That she ain't gone She ain’t gone
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IT'S YOU Paul Jarvis Verse 1: My friends looked concerned when I walked by I thought I overheard them say that something just ain't right. But they saw the light when they saw you My aftershave and my new hair cut, My shined boots and my clean truck Everything was addin up Cuz you got the style you got the look, You got the smile that got me hooked Everybody’s talking bout the change in me, So I guess it’s plain to see that Chorus: It’s you, everybody knows that, it’s true, No one gets to me like You do, and if you told the preacher, you do, well I do too Cuz that guy with the big smile well, that’s me and if they ask why I’ll Say just one girl can make me feel like I do and it’s you Verse 2: Girl it ain’t like me to talk til dawn Or to call the radio and dedicate a song But you know what’s going on… don’t you Girl in a red dress with a rural address, turning my world around Yeah, everything’s a rockin like a 3 wheeled double wide, And looks like the word’s out now that Chorus: It’s you, everybody knows that, it’s true, No one gets to me like You do, and if you told the preacher, you do, well I do too Cuz that guy with the big smile well, that’s me and if they ask why I’ll Say just one girl can make me feel like I do and it’s you Chorus: It’s you, everybody knows that, it’s true, No one gets to me like You do, and if you told the preacher, you do, well I do too Cuz that guy with the big smile well, that’s me and if they ask why I’ll Say just one girl can make me feel like I do, it’s you Just one girl makes me feel like I do, it’s you.
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AIN’T IT JUST LIKE YOU Paul Jarvis Ain’t it just like you, to bring this lost soul home And ain’t it just like you, to love me like I’ve never known You try to make me see all the beauty around me And sometimes I even do It’s everywhere And ain’t it just like you? Ain’t it just like you, to make me change my mind I guess you always knew, that I’d come around in time. You try to make me see all the beauty around me And sometimes I even do It’s everywhere And ain’t it just like you? BRIDGE: You’re like the first light of the morning falling, Tumbling through the trees, Making this world a little brighter and lifting me. Ain’t it just like you Ain’t it just like you, to steal the breath from me And someday I hope to be… just like you You try to make me see all the beauty around me And Darling, I’m trying to It’s everywhere And ain’t it just like you? To bring this lost soul home Ain’t it just like you Please contact: Paul Jarvis ItsaHit@comcast.net, 425-806-0606
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LINES COPYRIGHT PAUL JARVIS VERSE 1: ON A COLD RAINY NIGHT, A PATCH OF BAD ROAD DRIFTING OVER THE LINE BARELY UNDER CONTROL DRIVEN BY DESIRE AND THE FIRE BURNING IN HIS VEINS COULD BE THE BOTTLE, A WOMAN, ANGER OR PRIDE MAKES HIM TURN DOWN THAT LITTLE VOICE INSIDE WHEN ALL HE’S GONNA FIND AT THE END OF THE LINE IS PAIN CHORUS: YEAH THE SIDEWINDER LEAVES ITS LINES IN THE SAND WHILE THE GYPSY GIRL READS THE LINES ON YOUR HAND SHE SAYS A WHOLE LOTTA SOULS GOT TOTALLY LOST STEPPING OVER A LINE OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED VERSE 2: WELL, BROTHER THERE’S NO FREEDOM WAY OUT THERE WHEN PASSIONS AND DEMONS GET SO THICK IN THE AIR THAT YOU’LL TAKE EVERYTHING YOU CARE ABOUT AND LAY THEM ALL OUT ON THE LINE YOU’LL THINK THAT YOU’RE FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WILL AS IT TAKES MORE AND MORE TO GET YOUR FILL UNTIL YOU COULDN’T COUNT ALL THE LINES THAT YOU CROSSED IF YOU TRIED CHORUS: YEAH THE SIDEWINDER LEAVES ITS LINES IN THE SAND WHILE THE GYPSY GIRL READS THE LINES ON YOUR HAND SHE SAYS A WHOLE LOTTA SOULS GOT TOTALLY LOST STEPPING OVER A LINE OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED BRIDGE: WELL,WELL. WELL, I TOOK A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT MYSELF AND I COULD SEE IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE GOOD BOOK DOWN OFF OF THE SHELF AND JUST READ A FEW….LINES CHORUS: YEAH THE SIDEWINDER LEAVES ITS LINES IN THE SAND WHILE THAT GYPSY GIRL READS THE LINES ON YOUR HAND SHE SAYS A WHOLE LOTTA SOULS GOT TOTALLY LOST STEPPING OVER A LINE OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED OUGHTA NEVER BEEN CROSSED STEPPING OVER A LINE STEPPING OVER A LINE WELL,WELL. WELL…… LINES!
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