In the quiet hours before the dawn Buttons up his uniform Takes out his badge and pins it on For thirty years he's enforced the law And he drives out on the Rio Grande Across the dry and sunburned...
Lonestar is fading into the shadows Standing there waiting for something to say But she's so impatient she might not see him The chance of a lifetime could be slipping away Standing alone, he wears...
He walked his sweetheart down the aisle You should have seen his mama cry She was the only girl for him And he would never, never leave her side And daddy sends them the money down To build a castle...
Girl on the street, can't be more than fifteen Street is cold, but home was mean She works hard, but she don't charge much Nothing hurts like a heart in search of love Nothing hurts like a heart in...
His old hands were brown from the varnish and the stain And I had come to talk in my youth and in my pain I told him that I was not the man I want to be I waited to see what he would say But he just...

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For the first time in a long time I saw her last night I stood face to face with the love of my life She laughed, and I smiled, and we talked for a while I held her close as I told her goodbye She...
I just had to call, cause babe I got your letter And I understood almost every line You said T.L.C. is what you miss from me You want back in my arms P.D.Q. And ooh I love this game Them three letters...
Sittin' in a bar room Joplin, Missouri Texas on my mind Got no way to get there Got no need to hurry All I got is my time In walks a lady Heart be still! In walks a lady with a Coupe de Ville She...
C'mon and let the good times roll We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our soul If it takes all night long Yeah, c'mon and let the good times roll We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our soul If it...
Everybody sings a different kind of song All God's children have somewhere where they belong Oh, I heard it said I know it must be true We were meant to be, I'm made for loving you. Everybody has...