Brooks & Dunn

Lyrics

• 1. How Long Gone

  I keep thinkin' any minute you'll be comin' home honey
  I aint seen nothin' of you in a month of Sundays
  Tell me how long gone are you gonna be

  All you said was you had to get goin'
  Oh but baby I wouldnt mind knowin' just
  How long gone are you gonna be

  How am I supposed to make any plans
  When I still dont even understand
  If you're ever gonna come back home to me
  How long gone are you gonna be

  Maybe I didnt pay enough attention
  But I do believe you forgot to mention
  Just how long gone are you gonna be

  The phone aint ringin', cause you still aint callin'
  I aint been hearin' your footsteps fallin'
  Tell me how long gone are you gonna be

  How am I supposed to make any plans
  When I still dont even understand
  If you're ever gonna come back home to me
  Tell me please
  How long gone are you gonna be

• 2. I Can't Get Over You

  I forget where I'm goin' in my own house
  I got myself in this, I'll get myself out
  I talk out loud, at the top of my voice I sing
  Whoa keep the faith, see what tomorrow brings

  I can't get over you
  Try as I may oh it no use
  My heart just cant leave you alone
  My mind wont believe you're gone
  I can't get over you

  I got a front row seat here to a fool's masquerade
  And that fool in the mirror keeps sayin' I'm doin' ok
  I stare at that door that you walked out
  It hits me hard and leaves no doubt

  I can't get over you
  Try as I may oh it no use
  My heart just cant leave you alone
  My mind wont believe you're gone
  I can't get over you

  I can't get over you
  Try as I may oh it no use
  My heart just cant leave you alone
  My mind wont believe you're gone
  I can't get over you

• 3. South Of Santa Fe

  Where the rain dont fall and the grass dont grow
  The older part of New Mexico
  I drifted into town one day
  And stumbled in on a lost cafe
  Shades were pulled and the door was locked
  Something made me knock

  Time stood still when she opened the door
  I didnt know where I was anymore
  And we were lost in each other's eyes
  Where loneliness meets paradise
  Something in my heart broke free
  Blowing wind as the tumbleweed

  Somewhere north of heaven
  Where eagles fear to fly
  Where the sun burns hot as the devil's gate
  The desert meets the sky
  Tattooed on my memory is the image of an angels face
  North of heaven, south of Santa Fe

  Bad news tends to travel fast
  I was running from my past
  I left her when ther morning broke
  Truth is I never let her go
  I'm still running free
  But in my heart I'll always be

  Somewhere north of heaven
  Where eagles fear to fly
  Where the sun burns hot as the devil's gate
  The desert meets the sky
  Tattooed on my memory is the image of an angels face
  North of heaven, south of Santa Fe
  North of heaven, south of Santa Fe

• 4. If You See Him/If You See Her

  If you see him
  Tell him I wish him well
  How am I doing?
  Well, sometimes is hard to tell
  I still miss him more than ever
  But please dont say a word
  If you see him
  If you see him

  If you see her
  Tell her I'm doing fine
  And if you want to
  Say that I think of her from time to time
  Ask her if she ever wonders
  Where we both went wrong
  If you see her
  If you see her

  I still want her
  I still need him so
  I dont know why we let each other go

  If you see her
  Tell her the lights still on for her
  Nothing's changed
  Deep down the fire still burns for him

  And even if it takes forever say I'll still be here
  If you see him
  If you see her
  If you see him
  If you see her

• 5. Brand New Whiskey

  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name
  A man needs something to hold onto
  When a goodbye hits him like a hurricane
  Make it sweet, as sweet as her lips
  Intoxicating as her kiss
  Something special like champagne
  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name

  Leaving's the reason I'm drinking
  Oh I've never felt so alone
  Night and day I stay stoned
  Hopeing to forget she's gone

  I never thought she'd do me so dirty
  Together forever she promised me
  She took her promise and left a memory
  The day the woman walked out on me

  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name
  A man needs something to hold onto
  When a goodbye hits him like a hurricane
  Make it sweet, as sweet as her lips
  Intoxicating as her kiss
  Something special like champagne
  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name

  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name
  A man needs something to hold onto
  When a goodbye hits him like a hurricane
  Make it sweet, as sweet as her lips
  Intoxicating as her kiss
  Something special like champagne
  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name

  Yeah they oughta make a brand new whiskey
  And give it a woman's name

• 6. Born And Raised In Black And White

  The wind blows hard across the Texas plains
  Makes some people go insane
  While others quietly pray for rain
  The's where we came from

  Two boys playing in the burning sun
  One with books and one with guns
  Mama calls but just one comes
  The other one runs

  With a Christian sense of wrong and right
  We were born and raised in black and white
  One learned to pray, one learned to fight
  We were born and raised in black and white

  My brother took to the gospel road
  Spent his whole life saving souls
  When he looked at me and his blook ran cold
  He didnt even try

  I had no dreams and I had no plans
  But a gun felt good in my right hand
  Warden said 'How come you killed that man?'
  I said 'I dont know why'

  Welcome home sayd the hot moonlight
  We were born and rasied in black and white
  One lives to pray, one wants to die
  We were born and rasied in black and white
  We were born and rasied in black and white

  Someone handed me a cigarette
  They offered me my last request
  I asked my moral soul be blessed
  By someone close to me

  I came to him with trembling hands
  I swore I'd never understand
  He said its just what life had planned
  It's destiny

  So dont waste your tears on me tonight
  We were born and rasied in black and white
  You chose the dark, I chase the light
  We were born and rasied in black and white
  We were born and rasied in black and white

  The wind blows hard across the Texas plains
  Makes some people go insane
  While others quietly pray for rain

• 7. Your Love Don't Take A Backseat To Nothing

  I get down with music and guitars
  I fool around with all kinds of fast cars
  It takes you baby to keep my motor running
  I smoke the tires and watch the rubber burn
  It takes your fire to make my wheels turn
  Make my blood run hot and keeps my heart a humming
  But you're love dont take a backseat to nothing

  Temptation always knocking
  Get three behind me 'cause I aint stopping
  Baby you're all I need and whole lot more
  Rockin' and rollin' out here on the fast lane
  It can get crazy, downright insane
  Burning down the highway to your front door
  But you're love dont take a backseat to nothing

  My baby's really somthing
  She keeps my motor running
  Her love dont take a backseat

  Temptation always knocking
  Get three behind me 'cause I aint stopping
  Baby you're all I need and whole lot more
  But you're love dont take a backseat to nothing

• 8. Husbands And Wives

  Two broken hearts lonely looking houses
  Where nobody lives
  Two people each having so much pride inside
  Neither side forgives

  The angry words spoken in haste
  Such a waste of two lives
  It's my belief pride is the cheif cause in the decline
  Of the number of husbands and wives

  A woman and a man
  A man and a woman
  Some can and some cant and some cant

  Two broken hearts lonely looking houses
  Where nobody lives
  Two people each having so much pride inside
  Neither side forgives

  The angry words spoken in haste
  Such a waste of two lives
  It's my belief pride is the cheif cause in the decline
  Of the number of husbands and wives

  It's my belief pride is the cheif cause in the decline
  Of the number of husbands and wives

• 9. Way Gone

  Way gone for my sweet baby
  So strong and I dont mean maybe
  If I'm wrong then I dont know nothing
  'Cause I'm way gone for her sweet loving

  Way gone she's my one and only
  So long to sad and lonely
  She waltzed into my world
  Now I'm way gone for my sweet girl

  Oh if I;m half the man
  My sweet baby thinks I am
  I guess I better pack my bags
  'Cause I dont plan on coming back

  Way gone and I've crossed over
  I'm lucky as a four leaf clover
  I dont want nobody to save me
  'Cause I way gone for my sweet baby

  Oh if I;m half the man
  My sweet baby thinks I am
  I guess I better pack my bags
  'Cause I dont plan on coming back

  Way gone she's a one-way ticket
  Rock on gonna get down with it
  Sweet lips and brunette curls
  Yes I'm way gone for my sweet girl

  Way gone for my sweet baby
  So strong and I dont mean maybe
  If I'm wrong then I dont know nothing
  'Cause I'm way gone for her sweet loving

  Way gone - for my sweet baby
  Way gone - and I dont mean maybe
  Rock on - Time to get down with it
  Way gone

• 10. When Love Dies

  Love conquers all and someday it'll conquer you
  There's nothing finer than falling all in it
  When love is true
  But once it goes out and breaks your heart
  It still aint history
  When love dies it dont rest in peace

  You can lock your doors and windows
  To keep the pain at bay
  Yesterday may be dead and gone
  But the past wont go away
  Its waiting right around every corner
  With a heartache you dont need
  When love dies it dont rest in peace

  Oh when love dies
  You cant bury those memories
  Oh when love dies
  It disappears but it never leaves
  When love dies it dont rest in peace

  How does love die then come back
  A ghost rattling chains
  It keeps on haunting my broken heart
  Driving me insane
  I hear it whisper my name in the night
  Just like it still lives and breathes
  When love dies it dont rest in peace

  Oh when love dies
  You cant bury those memories
  Oh when love dies
  It disappears but it never leaves
  When love dies it dont rest in peace

• 11. You're My Angel

  You're my angel, you see me through
  Believe in me, I'll believe in you
  Oh fill my heart from your loving well
  You're my angel

  Pick me up when i'm feeling down
  When I stumble on shaky ground
  Oh you;re my answer when I cant tell
  You're my angel

  Oh you take me up to heaven
  When you spread your loving wings

  When I am weary and way behind
  When I am clearly out of my mind
  Oh when I find I'm in my hell
  You're my angel
  Oh you're my angel