Brooks & Dunn

Lyrics

• 1. Only In America

  Sun coming up over New York City
  School bus driver in a traffic jam
  Starin' at the faces in her rearview mirror
  Looking at the promise of the Promised Land
  One kid dreams of fame and fortune
  One kid helps pay the rent
  One could end up going to prison
  One just might be president

  Only in America
  Dreaming in red, white and blue
  Only in America
  Where we dream as big as we want to
  We all get a chance
  Everybody gets to dance
  Only in America

  Sun going down on an La. freeway
  Newlyweds in the back of a limousine
  A welder's son and a banker's daughter
  All they want is everything
  She came out here to be an actress
  He was the singer in a band
  They just might go back to Oklahoma
  And talk about the stars they could have been

  Only in America
  Where we dream in red, white and blue
  Only in America
  Where we dream as big as we want to
  We all get a chance
  Everybody gets to dance
  Only in America

  Yeah only in America
  Where we dream in red, white and blue
  Yeah we dream as big as we want to

• 2. The Last Thing I Do

  I've been livin' on truck stop coffee, cigarettes and vitamin C
  It's a wonder that the devil ain't caught me
  I guess he's tired of playin' hide-n-seek
  I've been drivin' like I'm struck by lightin'
  I think about ya and I start to speed
  I might as well be playin' with matches
  In a truckload of gasoline

  If it's the last thing I do
  If it takes me from Tupelo to Timbuktu
  If it's the last thing I do
  I'm gonna dodge every roadblock, speed trap and county cop
  To get my hands on you
  If it's the last thing I do

  Box of chicken and a day old biscuit
  Ain't nothin' left but a few old bones
  I outta stop but I'm gonna risk it
  Caffeine got me chewin' Styrofoam
  Girl I'm callin' out of Kansas City
  From a fillin' station telephone
  Just had to tell you what I've been thinkin'
  First thing I wanna do when I get home

  If it's the last thing I do
  If it takes me from Tupelo to Timbuktu
  If it's the last thing I do
  I'm gonna dodge every roadblock, speed trap and county cop
  To get my hands on you
  If it's the last thing I do

  Yeah I've been drivin' like I'm struck by lightin'
  I think about ya and I start to speed
  I might as well be playin' with matches
  In a truckload of gasoline

  If it's the last thing I do
  If it takes me from Tupelo to Timbuktu
  If it's the last thing I do
  I'm gonna dodge every roadblock, speed trap and county cop
  To get my hands on you
  If it's the last thing I do

  If it's the last thing I do
  If it's the last thing I do
  If it's the last thing I do

  I'm gonna dodge every roadblock,
  Speed trap and country cop to get my hands on you.
  Dodge every roadblock,
  Speed trap and country cop to get my hands on you.
  I'm gonna dodge every roadblock,
  Speed trap and country cop to get my hands on you

• 3. The Long Goodbye

  I know they say if you love somebody
  You should set them free
  But it sure is hard to do
  It sure is hard to do
  I know they say if you don't come back again
  Then it's meant to be (so they say)
  Those words don't pull me through
  Cause I'm still in love with you
  I spend each day here waiting for a miracle
  But it's just you and me goin' through the mill
  climbin' up a hill

  This is the long goodbye
  Somebody tell me why
  Two lovers in love can't make it
  Just what kind of love keeps breaking a heart
  No matter how hard I try
  I always make you cry
  Come on, baby, it's over let's face it
  All that's happening here is a long goodbye

  Sometimes I ask my heart did we really
  Give our love a chance (just one more chance)
  But I know without a doubt
  We turned it inside out
  And if we walked away
  It would make more sense
  But it tears me up inside
  Just to think we could still try
  How long must we keep running on a carousel
  Goin' round and round and never getting anywhere
  On a wing and prayer

  This is the long goodbye
  Somebody tell me why
  Two lovers in love can't make it
  Just what kind of love keeps breaking a heart
  No matter how hard I try
  I always make you cry
  Come on, baby, it's over let's face it
  All that's happening here is a long goodbye

  Long goodbye
  Long goodbye

• 4. Go West

  That burning sunset in the sky's calling out to us tonight
  I won't work for my old man
  Anymore that you fit into your mammas plan
  There's a place for people like you and me
  True love's still got room to breathe

  And we can drive all nightInto the morning light
  Let's go west
  It's our ticket out of here
  Yeah we can disappear
  Let's go west
  And that painted sky was made for us
  It's everything we ever dreamed of
  Let's go west

  It's hard to leave this place behind
  Got memories turning in my mind
  Little white house with a picket fence
  That protected small town innocence
  But it seems like an even trade to me
  That security for our destiny

  Yeah we can drive all night
  Till the morning light
  Let's go west
  A place that we can go
  Where the tall dreams grow
  Let's go west
  And we'll find a place to call our own
  There's somewhere out there we belong

  And that painted sky was made for us
  It's everything we ever dreamed of

  Yeah we can drive all night
  Till the morning light
  Let's go west
  A place that we can go
  Where the tall dreams grow
  Let's go west
  And we'll find a place to call our own
  There's somewhere out there we belong

  Yeah let's go west
  Oh let's go west
  Oh let's go west
  Yeah let's go west

• 5. My Heart Is Lost To You

  Maybe it was the moonlight
  The scent of you on the breeze
  Maybe it was your shadow that fell over me
  Such a beautiful stranger
  Eyes darker than coal
  Your first look crossed the desert
  Into my soul

  Mi corazón perdido en ti
  My heart is lost to you
  You have captured my love completely
  My heart is lost to you
  Oh my heart is lost to you

  Maybe it was the music
  The way it moved with your hair
  Or the heat of the moment
  That hung in the air
  But when I saw you there dancing
  Mesmerized by the gaze
  There was some kind of magic
  That led me away

  Mi corazón perdido en ti
  My heart is lost to you
  You have captured my love completely
  My heart is lost to you
  Oh my heart is lost to you

  Mi corazón perdido en ti
  My heart is lost to you
  You have captured my love completely
  My heart is lost to you
  Oh my heart is lost to you

• 6. Good Girls Go To Heaven

  Some girls go to church on Sunday
  Live life by the golden rule
  You got girls gonna graduate one day
  Some come laude from party school

  Some they walk the straight and narrow
  Some girls they just don't care
  Good girls go to heaven
  Bad girls, go everywhere

  Some girls are into heavy metal
  Dance with the devil everywhere they go
  Others of 'em cut a rug to the fiddle
  Dance to the rhythm of the cotton eyed joe

  Some they walk the straight and narrow
  Some girls they just don't care
  Good girls go to heaven
  Bad girls, go everywhere

  Miss high fullutin' likes to sip fine champagne
  Prim and proper drippin' in diamond rings
  Little sister wears high heals and blue jeans
  A long neck drinkin' certified wild thang

  Some they walk the straight and narrow
  Some girls they just don't care
  Good girls go to heaven
  Bad girls, go everywhere

  Good girls go to heaven
  Bad girls go everywhere

• 7. When She's Gone, She's Gone

  Saw an old friend last night I hadn't seen in a couple of years
  Stopped in Galatoire's had a couple of beers
  Talked about the price of oysters, the coach at LSU
  Then like I knew it would the conversation turned to you

  He had to go and I looked at my watch, it was 1:45
  I headed down canal, the quarter was coming alive
  A man on the corner told me that Jesus is coming soon
  But I was lost in the music and the crowd and the smell of cheap perfume

  It's not good for a man to be alone
  But a women needs someone that she can count on
  And I walked down by the river in the cold gray dawn
  Love is like the Mississippi
  When she's gone she's gone

  The line was long at Cafe Du Monde so I walked out on the pier
  Thought about all the winds and turns and mistakes that got me here
  Might as well try to change the course this old river takes
  Than to go back in time when you were mine, pretend it's not late

  It's not good for a man to be alone
  But a women needs someone that she can count on
  And what I'd give to go back but the current's just too strong
  Love is like the Mississippi
  When she's gone she's gone

  It's not good for a man to be alone
  But a women needs someone that she can count on
  And what I'd give to go back but the current's just too strong
  Love is like the Mississippi
  When she's gone she's gone

  Yeah she's gone

• 8. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You

  Once I thought that love was something I could never do
  Never knew that I could feel this much
  But this yearning in the deep part of my heart for you
  Is more than a reaction to your touch
  It's a perfect passion and I can't get enough

  The way you look, the way you laugh,
  The way you love with all you have,
  There ain't nothing bout you that don't do something for me
  The way you kiss, The way you cry,
  The way you move when you walk by
  There's ain't nothing bout you (there ain't nothing bout you)
  That don't do something for me

  In my life I've been hammered by some heavy blows
  That never knocked me off my feet
  All you gotta do is smile at me and down I go
  And baby it's no mystery why I surrender
  Girl you got everything

  The way you look, the way you laugh,
  The way you love with all you have,
  There ain't nothing bout you that don't do something for me
  The way you kiss, The way you cry,
  The way you move when you walk by
  There's ain't nothing bout you (there ain't nothing bout you)
  That don't do something for me

  I love your attitude, your rose tattoo, your every thought
  Your smile, you lips and girl the list goes on and on and on

  The way you look, the way you laugh,
  The way you love with all you have,
  There ain't nothing bout you that don't do something for me
  The way you kiss, The way you cry,
  The way you move when you walk by
  There's ain't nothing bout you (there ain't nothing bout you)
  That don't do something for me

  The way you look, the way you laugh,
  The way you love with all you have,
  Your dance, your drive, You make me feel alive

  The way you talk, the way you tease
  Right now I think you see
  There ain't nothing bout you that don't do something for me

• 9. Unloved

  I know you know
  Just how it goes when it goes
  And how it feels
  To be lost and left alone on your own
  And what it's like
  To give all you got and have to stand and watch it
  As it walks away
  So everyone deserves a chance to live and learn
  From mistakes
  That we make and hearts that break and bridges burn
  Starting now
  From this moment on nothing's gonna go wrong
  Love is here to stay

  You'll never be without
  You'll always have enough
  When you're in my arms
  You'll never go unloved
  As long as there is time
  And for all of it to come
  No matter where you go I want you to know
  You'll never be unloved

  So in this life we lead
  Some things are guaranteed
  You can count on the fact that hearts won't act responsibly
  Now and then
  Comes a love that's heaven sent and meant to be
  So baby look at me

  You'll never be without
  You'll always have enough
  When you're in my arms
  You'll never go unloved
  As long as there is time
  And for all of it to come
  No matter where you go I want you to know
  You'll never be unloved

  You'll never be without
  You'll always have enough
  When you're in my arms
  You'll never go unloved
  As long as there is time
  And for all of it to come
  No matter where you go I want you to know
  You'll never be unloved

• 10. Deny, Deny, Deny

  That wasn't me at a quarter to three back in our backyard
  Tearing up the roses and the home grown tomatoes in my new car
  Those bottles in the driveway and the bottles in the hall
  Well I don't know where they came from
  It must be burglars in the neighborhood
  I sure hope they catch those bums

  I know you've got your own version of the truth
  There's only three things left now I can do
  Deny, deny, deny

  Well I was allegedly dropped
  By a truck stop waitress at our front door
  Now who you gonna believe
  Your sweet lovin' daddy or those lying eyes of yours
  That lipstick on my collar
  That you found this morning well that's not lipstick at all
  Was just in a hurry to get back to you honey
  Had myself a little fall

  Oh yeah you've got your own version of the truth
  There's only three things left now I can do
  Deny, deny, deny

  Oh please don't answer the phone
  Hey ain't it great being home and alone like this
  That cigarette voice asking for her big boy
  Why should I know who that is
  Yeah I know it looks bad but
  You're lookin' at a victim of a circumstance or two
  Oh what is it now seems like nothing I do ever pleases you

  I know you've got your own version of the truth
  There's only three things left now I can do
  Deny, deny, deny
  Deny, deny, deny

• 11. Lucky Me, Lonely You

  Girl you've got lonely written all over you
  I can read the writing from across this crowded room
  All by yourself there in your world of blue
  Lucky me, lonely you

  Must be in the cards
  Fate played a part
  Brought us here tonight
  Heaven must have lined the stars up in the sky just righ

  Girl you've got lonely written all over you
  I can read the writing from across this crowded room
  All by yourself there in your world of blue
  Lucky me, lonely you

  Who knows the right song, a slow dance
  Might heal your heartache
  Somethin' tells me I don't know
  I just might be here to save the day

  Girl you've got
  Oh you've got lonely written all over you
  I can read the writing from across this crowded room
  All by yourself there in your world of blue
  Lucky me, lucky me, lucky me, lonely you

• 12. I Fall

  I breeze through the day
  And nothin' much seems to get in my way
  I don't have a care at all
  You walk in the room
  It's always the same
  You call out my name
  I turn
  You smile
  I fall

  I'm at home at night
  Just me and the moon
  But doin' all right
  When out of the blue you callI hang up the phone
  I lay down in bed
  Your still in my head
  I dream
  You smile
  I fall

  Oh what could this feeling be
  Could it really be love
  That's happening to me
  Oh yeah yeah

  The closer you get
  The harder it is to keep it together
  I don't have a chance at all
  It's out of my hands
  Oh but what can I do
  I'm crazy for you
  We touch
  You smile
  I fall

  Oh Yeah
  We touch
  You smile
  I fall

• 13. Every River

  Once upon a time
  Somewhere in your past
  Someone said forever
  But that promise didn't last

  Now you don't believe
  Love is ever true
  Steel yourself against the day
  When I stopped loving you

  When the day comes that I don't love you
  Every star will fall out of the sky
  And every mountain will tumble down
  And every river run dry

  For every drop of rain
  That ever touched the ground
  For every tear that ever fell
  And never made a sound

  I'll be there
  To hear you call
  And I'll be there to catch you baby
  Should you ever fall

  When the day comes that I don't love you
  Every star will fall out of the sky
  And every mountain will tumble down
  And every river run dry

  When the day comes that I don't love you
  Every star will fall out of the sky
  And every mountain will tumble down
  And every river run dry

  And every river run dry

• 14. See Jane Dance

  It started with a dare at a bar in Sarasota
  A spring break party miles from Minnesota
  Jane was with her friends to mark a celebration
  Phi Beta Kappa for her college graduation
  A little pomp and circumstance
  See Jane dance

  The bouncer led the ladies to an open-air cabana
  A sea of Coppertone's and Hawaiian Tropicana's
  A slew of southern beauties were causin' a commotion
  Oilin' up their skin to win a trip across the ocean
  Jane had never been to France
  See Jane dance

  She jumped up on the stage and after many margaritas
  She took her place in line amongst the tanned senioritis
  She tore into a groove and lost her inhibition
  Stirrin' up the crowd, she blew away the competition
  In her leopard underpants
  See Jane dance

  Now she drives a Beamer that was bartered for a gig in Barcelona
  A Harley that was payment from the bikers in Daytona
  She's heavily invested her stock is on the run
  Be worth a couple million by the time she's thirty-one
  So before you miss your chance
  See Jane dance

  Yeah she'll put ya in a trance
  See Jane dance
  Dance
  Dance