Brooks & Dunn

Lyrics

• 1. You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl

  Connie came back from her second cousin’s wedding
  First time she’d been home in ‘bout a year or two
  Just in time for the rehearsal dinner
  But that crazy Connie wasn’t wearing any shoes

  She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City
  That woman’s been around the world
  You can take that girl out of the honky tonk
  But you can’t take the honky tonk, can’t take the honky tonk
  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

  Well the dinner broke up at about 11:30
  And the boys went off to do what boys will do
  Connie said come here girls we need to huddle up
  Around something that’s a hundred proof

  She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City
  That woman’s been around the world
  You can take that girl out of the honky tonk
  But you can’t take the honky tonk, can’t take the honky tonk
  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

  It’s nine a.m. in front of the church
  People are going nuts just looking for the groom
  And by the way where’s Connie
  She’s run off with that boy in Cancun

  She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City
  That woman’s been around the world
  You can take that girl out of the honky tonk
  But you can’t take the honky tonk, can’t take the honky tonk
  Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

• 2. Caroline

  My darling, I have wronged you
  Down the devil’s path I have roamed
  Regret, sadness and sorrow
  Now in my soul have found a home

  My Sweet Caroline
  From your loving arms I’ve strayed
  In your heart may you find
  Forgiveness I pray
  A fool to temptation
  I surely played
  I come to you for salvation
  Have mercy in love’s name

  My Sweet Caroline
  From your loving arms I’ve strayed
  In your heart may you find
  Forgiveness I pray
  A fool to temptation
  I surely played
  I come to you for salvation
  Have mercy in love’s name

  The chilling cry of sin’s wrath
  Sounds like thunder through my head
  I find no rest now no comfort
  In a cold dark lonely bed

  My Sweet Caroline
  From your loving arms I’ve strayed
  In your heart may you find
  Forgiveness I pray
  A fool to temptation
  I surely played
  I come to you for salvation
  Have mercy in love’s name

  My Sweet Caroline
  From your loving arms I’ve strayed
  In your heart may you find
  Forgiveness I pray
  A fool to temptation
  I surely played
  I come to you for salvation
  Have mercy in love’s name

• 3. When We Were Kings

  Tommy got off at the Texaco
  Came bustin’ in to Norma’s Cafe
  Said come on man we gotta go
  You know how those party girls hate to wait
  Filled up his daddy’s trunk with ice and beer
  Yeah he was always stealin’ the old man’s car
  Radio never came in too clear
  So I’d hang out one on my piece of junk guitar

  Yeah we ruled from the blacktop
  To the levee where the party never stopped
  Yeah there was power in the night
  The spirit was alive
  When we would sing
  Shan na na na na na na na
  When we were kings
  When we were kings

  Sittin’ around the fire one night Tommy called my name
  I turned around, he said what do ya think
  Had his arm around the prettiest girl I’d ever seen
  He kissed her hand and took another drink
  I say you must be an angel puttin’ up with this guy
  She laughed and said play me some Rolling Stones
  I couldn’t let that chance go by
  Yeah I sang her "You Can’t Always Get What you Want"

  Yeah we ruled from the blacktop
  To the levee where the party never stopped
  Yeah there was power in the night
  The spirit was alive
  When we would sing
  Shan na na na na na na na
  When we were kings
  When we were kings

  That was the fall of ‘65
  I guess Uncle Same was hedging his bet
  Tommy’s number cam up he said "Hey, I’ll be Fine"
  "I’ll teach ‘em a lesson they’ll never forget"
  Angel and I went to wave goodbye
  I guess we’d always thought we’d see him again
  You know I took her out a couple of times
  We always just wound up talkin’ ‘bout him

  Yeah we ruled from the blacktop
  To the levee where the party never stopped
  Yeah there was power in the night
  The spirit was alive
  When we would sing
  Shan na na na na na na na
  When we were kings
  When we were kings

  Shan na na na na na na na
  When we were kings
  Shan na na na na na na na
  Shan na na na na na na na

• 4. That's What She Gets for Loving Me

  She said what she wants is a man to be faithful
  A true heart somebody willin’ and able
  To stay by her side through thick and thin
  A tender touch every now and then

  She’s not hung up on fairy tales
  Or some dream at the bottom of a wishin’ well
  Fancy cars or diamond rings
  What she wants most are the little things

  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets for loving me

  At times I lay awake at night
  Stare at her laying by my side
  Knowin’ there in her heart as she sleeps
  She can forever count on me

  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets for loving me

  Whatever turns her on
  I’m here to do it
  Till the day they write my name in stone
  I’ll live to prove it

  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets for loving me

  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets
  That’s what she gets for loving me

• 5. Red Dirt Road

  I was raised off of Route Three,
  Out where the blacktop ends.
  We'd walk to Church on Sunday mornings,
  Race barefoot back to Johnson's fence.
  That's where I first saw Mary,
  On that roadside pickin' blackberries.
  That summer I turned a corner in my soul,
  Down that red dirt road.

  It's where I drank my first beer.
  It's where I found Jesus.
  Where I wrecked my first car:
  I tore it all to pieces.
  I learned the path to Heaven,
  Is full of sinners an' believers.
  Learned that happiness on earth,
  Ain't just for high achievers.
  I've learned; I come to know,
  There's life at both ends,
  Of that red dirt road.

  Her Daddy didn't like me much,
  In my shackled up GTO.
  Oh, I'd sneak out in the middle of the night,
  Throw rocks at her bedroom window.
  We'd turn out the headlights,
  Drive by the moonlight.
  Talk about what the future might hold,
  Down that red dirt road.

  It's where I drank my first beer.
  It's where I found Jesus.
  Where I wrecked my first car:
  I tore it all to pieces.
  I learned the path to Heaven,
  Is full of sinners an' believers.
  Learned that happiness on earth,
  Ain't just for high achievers.
  I've learned; I come to know,
  There's life at both ends,
  Of that red dirt road.

  I went out into the world,
  An' I came back in.
  I lost Mary:
  Oh, I got her back again.
  An' drivin' home tonight,
  Feels like I've found a long-lost friend.

  It's where I drank my first beer.
  It's where I found Jesus.
  Where I wrecked my first car:
  I tore it all to pieces.
  I learned the path to Heaven,
  Is full of sinners an' believers.
  Learned that happiness on earth,
  Ain't just for high achievers.
  I've learned; I come to know,
  There's life at both ends,
  Of that red dirt road.

• 6. Feels Good Don't It

  What’s it like girl
  To have somebody love you
  With a love
  Too good to be true
  You oughta know
  Feels good don’t it

  How bout those lonely nights
  You used to pray
  Something like this
  Would come your way
  Thank your lucky stars
  Lucky’s what we are
  Feels good don’t it

  Some people go through life
  Never knowing
  What love is
  Or where it’s going
  Me and you girl we just walked up on it
  Feels good don’t it

  You and me girl
  We’re one of life’s little wonders
  We go together
  Like lightning and thunder
  Sky-high
  On fire
  Feels good don’t it

• 7. I Used to Know This Song By Heart

  I sat down to say it
  The words wouldn’t come
  I just couldn’t play it
  And it tore me all apart

  The bell I tried to ring it
  The words wouldn’t come
  I just couldn’t sing it
  And I used to know this song by heart

  I sued to sing this song to you
  For days and days
  In so many different manners
  In so many different ways
  I used to think this dream we had
  Could never come apart
  And I used to know this song by heart

  I sued to sing this song to you
  For days and days
  In so many different manners
  In so many different ways
  I used to think this dream we had
  Could never come apart
  And I used to know this song by heart

  So when I sat down to say it
  The words wouldn’t come
  I just couldn’t play it
  And it tore me all apart

  The bell I tried to ring it
  The words wouldn’t come
  I just couldn’t sing it
  And I used to know this song by heart

• 8. Believer

  What do I do to make you love me
  Baby, like I love you
  Why do you keep the key to your heart
  Behind a door I can’t get through

  I have faith
  I hide my time
  I’ll be all right
  I’ll be fine
  I’m a believer in love

  Like a fool playin’ with fire
  While my flame burns alone
  Like a slave to blind desire
  Oh I keep hangin’ on

  I have faith
  I hide my time
  I’ll be all right
  I’ll be fine
  I’m a believer in love

  Somday you’ll feel in my kiss
  What I do in yours
  So wait to see in your eyes
  That light I’m looking for

  I have faith
  I hide my time
  I’ll be all right
  I’ll be fine
  I’m a believer in love

  I pray
  For a sign
  Live for the day
  You’ll be min
  I’m a believer in love
  I believe in love

• 9. Memory Town

  There’s a house down on the corner with the porch light on
  And a window I can look in and see you’re always home
  Waiting for me with the lights low in your silk night gown
  Somewhere on the outskirts of memory town

  Past the stoplight there’s a desert where my Coupe Deville
  Roars down a lonely highway and it always will
  The wind is in your hair and we’re nowhere to be found
  Two spirits on the boulevard of memory town

  I can pull the shades and feel your lips they’re touching mine again
  I can watch the shadows of the moon slow dance across your skin
  Hold you in a place where lovers never say goodbye
  Every moment comes alive, when I go down to memory town

  Round the corner there’s an ocean where the waves roll in
  And a feeling that you only feel when love begins
  We lie together in the sand and watch the sun go down
  I close my eyes and smell the warm salt air in memory town

  I can pull the shades and feel your lips they’re touching mine again
  I can watch the shadow of the moon slow dance across your skin
  Hold you in a place where lovers never say good-bye
  Every moment comes alive, every time I close my eyes and go back down to memory town

  There’s a house down on the corner with the porch light on
  A window I can look and see you’re always home
  Waiting for me with the light low in your silk night gown
  Somewhere on the outskirts of memory town

  Take me down
  To memory town

• 10. She Was Born to Run

  She said goodbye to her daddy while her mamma cried
  I kept the motor runnin’ in my car outside
  She kissed him on the cheek, daddy’s little girl
  Then a woman walked out to take on the world

  Through red taillights and a cloud of dust
  We went flyin’ through the night, it was all about us
  Sittin’ on the seat right next to me, we drove with a tank full of destiny

  She was born to run
  She was born to run
  She was born to run born to run to me

  With a new world waitin’ down the road up ahead
  Passion runnin’ wild through our hearts and heads
  With everything we owned packed in the backseat
  We had each other, that was all we needed

  They all called me crazy, said she’d never settle down
  I was just her ticket, her ticket out of town
  But it looks like that night fate proved ‘em wrong
  ‘Cause she’s been mine, mine all along

  She was born to run
  She was born to run
  She was born to run born to run to me

  It’s been years now and I never doubted
  Somewhere, somehow we’d make through
  She’s still here, no two ways about it
  Her heart’s still mine and her love’s still true

  She was born to run
  Was the Master’s plan
  Born to run
  Put her heart in my hand
  Born to run born to run to me

• 11. Till My Dyin' Day

  Sometimes I think about how lucky I am
  To live where I do, to be what I can
  And to know that you’re mine when I’m holding you close
  And to never forget
  What matters the most
  I’m gonna run with the wind behind me
  Have fun when the sun is shining
  Stop when the world reminds me
  Got to take the time to pray

  Fight for the right to be free
  Smile at what my children might be
  Live with you beside me
  Oh, till my dyin’ day

  As long as we are here, you know I’ll always be there
  If we’re down to nothing we’ve still, sill got so much to share

  I know I’ve been givin’ way more than I deserve
  I’m gonna live every day like it was my last
  Baby, I’ll always put you first

  Fight for the right to be free
  Smile at what my children might be
  Live with you beside me
  Oh, till my dyin’ day

  I’m gonna walk on the road less traveled
  Yeah, sit tall in the saddle
  Know when I pick my battles
  Not to be afraid

  Fight for the right to be free
  Smile at what my children might be
  And live with you beside me
  Till my dyin’ day

  Fight for the right to be free
  Smile at what my children might be
  Live with you beside me
  Oh, till my dyin’ day

• 12. My Baby's Everything I Love

  My baby’s like a honky tonk
  Open all night, make you feel right
  Gets me going, got me buzzing like a neon light
  Knock you out like a punch in a barroom fight
  My baby’s like a smooth shot of whiskey
  Make you feel warm, kinda make you feel dizzy
  Can’t get my fill, I can’t get enough
  My baby’s everything I love

  My baby’s like a Coupe Deville
  Fast motor burnin’ comin’ over the hill
  Oh what a ride, oh what a thrill
  Drive all night with my hands on the wheel
  My baby’s like a trip to town
  Radio up, top pulled down
  Can’t get my fill, I can’t get enough
  My baby’s everything I love

  She’s all I need in one tight package
  Got a spell on me, works like magic
  I’m after her like a hound on a rabbit
  She’s got it all and I got to have it

  My baby’s like a country song
  Dancin’ through my head playin’ all night long
  Plays me like a fiddle, get me singin’ along
  Well, I can’t turn off what she turns on
  My baby’s like a jukebox rocking
  Got the guitars ringing and the big bass poppin’

  Can’t get my fill, I can’t get enough
  My baby’s everything I love

  Nothing but the good stuff
  My baby’s everything I love

• 13. Good Day to Be Me

  Some folks call me crazy my momma call me ‘hon
  And depending on the mood your in, I might be either one
  Hey, I get up and I go to work and I got to work some more
  When I get home I take it off and I throw it on the floor

  I’m a country boy and I’m a rockin’ roller
  Like a little crown in my Coca-Cola
  Say a little prayer for all the soldiers
  Fightin’ for the USA
  I never was captain of the football team
  You ain’t never been a prom queen
  It’s just us and that’s ok
  If I got you well it’s a good day
  Good day to be me

  You weren’t wearin’ makeup baby on the nigh you said we would
  It’s the funny things that I remember when I’m feelin’ good
  A dollar in my pocket and a catfish on the line
  A song about a simple love that’s stronger than the pines

  I’m a country boy and I’m a rockin’ roller
  Like a little crown in my Coca-Cola
  Say a little prayer for all the soldiers
  Fightin’ for the USA
  I never was captain of the football team
  You ain’t never been a prom queen
  It’s just us and that’s ok
  If I got you well it’s a good day
  Good day to be me

  When I see ol’ glory wavin’ when the music starts
  I take my hat off of my head and put it on my heart

  I’m a country boy and I’m a rockin’ roller
  Like a little crown in my Coca-Cola
  Say a little prayer for all the soldiers
  Fightin’ for the USA
  I never was captain of the football team
  You ain’t never been a prom queen
  It’s just us and that’s ok
  If I got you well it’s a good day
  Good day to be me

  If I got you well it’s a good day, baby
  Good day to be me
  If I got you well it’s a good day, baby

• 14. Good Cowboy

  Say things to me like a cowgirl would
  I’ll do tricks for you like a cowboy should
  You look romantic layin’ in the hay
  I need you tonight in a new kinda way
  When you look at me with those eyes
  It makes me start to fantasize

  Do it to me like I know you could
  So I can do it to you baby like a Cowboy should

  Ridin’ the range I think of you
  I dig your chili you know it’s true
  Make big money put it in the bank
  That longhorn caddy got a great big tank

  You’re the kinda woman who’s above the rest
  Nothing for me but the best
  You say you need a fella who really can
  Do it you good like a cowboy man

  Got a massive wardrobe of cowboy clothes
  From the top of my head to the tip of my toes
  Ah, you look so good in my hat with fringe on it
  So put on my boots hmmm doggone it

  Do it to me baby like I now you can
  And I can do it to you honey like a good cowboy should

• 15. Holy War

  Some say a holy war is comin’
  Gonna be the end of mortal man
  There’s a TV preacher sayin’
  Armageddon is at hand
  Sayin’ the Jews, the Gays, the Junkies
  The Politicians and Infidels
  Have conjured up the devil
  Upon the gates of hell

  I turn on the TV
  Lord I can’t believe my eyes
  Oh Terror walks the streets
  While a million mothers cry
  Christians pray to Jesus
  Lord help us if you can
  Send Gabriel and his legions
  To defend his promised land

  Some say a holy war is comin’
  Gonna be the end of mortal man
  There’s a TV preacher sayin’
  Armageddon is at hand
  Sayin’ the Jews, the Gays, the Junkies
  The Politicians and Infidels
  Have conjured up the devil
  Upon the gates of hell

  All it’s prophets lead
  While the blind sheep they follow
  The path to damnation with no future no tomorrow
  Justice she may be blind
  Tall and proud she marches on
  Judgment day is coming
  God himself wrote that in stone

  They say a holy war is comin’
  Gonna be the end of mortal man
  There’s a TV preacher sayin’
  Armageddon is at hand
  They said fire rained down from Heaven
  On the towers of Babylon
  Oh the innocent the sinners
  They all died as one

  Now victory will be mine
  All feeble and good say
  But in the end and in its own way
  Righteousness will have it’s way

  Some say a holy war is comin’
  Gonna be the end of mortal man
  There’s a TV preacher sayin’
  Armageddon is at hand
  Sayin’ the Jews, the Gays, the Junkies
  The Politicians and Infidels
  Have conjured up the devil
  Upon the gates of hell

  Some say a holy war is comin’
  Gonna be the end of mortal man
  There’s a TV preacher sayin’
  Armageddon is at hand
  Sayin’ the Jews, the Gays, the Junkies
  The Politicians and Infidels
  Have conjured up the devil
  Upon the gates of hell