Why Ain't I Running
Written by: - Tony Arata- Kent Blazy - Garth Brooks

I can hear that highway calling
As I watch the sunrise crawling across her shoulder
This is usually goodbye
And yet those words I just can't find here as I hold her

She's like no other woman
That I have known before
And it ain't me to see the morning sun
From this side of the door

Chorus:

WHY AIN'T I RUNNING, WHY AIN'T I GONE
HOW DOES SHE HOLD ME WITHOUT HOLDING ON
IN LOVE OR A FIGHTM SHE'S STRONGER THAN STRONG
SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT IF THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG
IT'S GOT ME WONDERING, WHY AIN'T I RUNNING
WHY AIN'T I GONE

All those words I left behind me
Praying they would never find me and my freedom
But if they stood right here beside me
They would never recognize me for all that she's done

Once happiness was only
Whenever I was on my own
So now why do I feel lonely
Any time that I'm alone

Repeat Chorus

No, they’ve never built a wall that high
Or made a chain that strong
And God ain't never made a place
I felt like I belong

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Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)
Written by: - Kim Williams - Amanda Williams - Keith Anderson - George Ducas- Kent Blazy

Twenty-five minutes past quitting time
Seven of us crammed into that truck of mine
Paying no attention to them highway signs
Doing ninety miles an hour toward the county line
Quick sack, twelve pack, back again
It's a B-double E-double are you in?

My buddies and their babies letting down their hair
As long as we're together it don't matter where
Ain't got a lot of money but we just don't care
Knowing half the fun is in the getting there
Aztec, long necks, paychecks spent
Oh, It's a B-double E-double are you in?

I can't stop thinking
What the hell they were drinking
When they made this county dry
I got a week-long thirst
And to make it worse
Lord, it's my turn to drive

Laughing and bragging and a' carrying on
We loaded up the wagons and we headed home
I guess half a dozen cases doesn't last that long
Come tomorrow morning it'll be all gone
Then, it's turn around, leave town, sounds again
Like a B-double E-double are you in?

Wrapped Up In You
Written by: - Wayne Kirkpatrick

How do I love you, well let me see
I love you like a lyric loves a melody
Baby, completely, wrapped up in you

How do I need you, well can't you tell
I need you like a penny needs a wishing well
Baby, completely, wrapped up in you

Chorus:

EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN THE WORLD
THAT WE'RE LIVING IN IS CRAZY
YOU GLADLY HOLD ME AND CARRY ME THROUGH
NO ONE IN THE WORLD HAS EVER DONE
WHAT YOU DO FOR ME AND I'D BE
SAD AND LONELY IF THERE WERE NO YOU

How do I love you, well count the ways
There ain't no number high enough to end
this phrase
Baby, completely, wrapped up in you

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How do I love you, well, don't you know
I love you about as deep as any love can grow
Baby, completely, wrapped up in you

The Storm
Written by: - Kim Williams- Kent Blazy - Garth Brooks

She sits among the pieces of broken glass and photographs
Reluctantly releases the last of what was her past
It struck without a warning or did she just ignore the signs
In those dark clouds forming behind her silver lines

Chorus:

THE DOOR IT SLAMMED LIKE THUNDER AND THE TEARS THEY FELL LIKE RAIN
AND THE WARNINGS FROM HER FAMILY WHIRL LIKE A HURRICANE
SHE'S DROWNING IN EMOTIONS AND SHE CANNOT REACH THE SHORE
SHE'S ALIVE BUT CAN SHE SURVIVE THE STORM

A broken jewel box dancer lies in pieces down the hall
She's finding out the answers don't change nothing at all
It's time that she stopped searching for who's to blame or what went wrong
The only thing for certain is he's gone, she's got to move on

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Someday days just roll on by without a gray cloud in the sky
She keeps telling herself, "I will make it on my own"
And her friends they've all gone back to their lives
Thinking she will be all right
As she races through the night to make it home

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Thicker Than Blood
Written by: - Jenny Yates - Garth Brooks

She was born in Kansas City, raised in Arkansas
Fell in love with an “ex-Marine”
She already had three babies; he had one of his own
They came together for another and me

Our family never shared the same last name
But our family was a family, the same
(and they say) blood is thicker than water
Oh, but love is thicker than blood

Wreck out on the highway, rain falling down
Lord, he must have fell asleep at the wheel
There’s a number of people just standing around
Lord, I can’t condemn the fear that they feel

For that river of red could be the death of me
God, give me strength and keep reminding me
That blood is thicker than water
Oh, but love is thicker than blood

Bridge:
And if blood is thicker than water
Then what are we fighting for
We’re all sons and daughters
Of something that means so much more

I see it on my TV but I can’t understand
Lord, it’s one big contradiction to me
How in god’s name we love thy neighbor with fists
In our hands
And kill each other when we just don’t agree

Why can’t we see the walls we can’t see through
And see what God’s been telling me and you
(and that is) blood is thicker than water
Oh, but love, love is thicker than blood

Big Money
Written by: - Shawn Camp- Randy Hardison- Wynn Varble

My older brother Tommy was a lineman rest his soul
His job was hanging hot wires on them high-line power poles
Every morning bright and early he’d climb way up in the sky
And I never understood it so one day I asked him why

Chorus:
He said it pays big money and man I’m into that
It pays big money if you’re willing to take a chance
Let me tell you something sonny, you ought to see my bank account
It pays big money but he sure can’t spend it now

Well, my late Uncle Charlie was this demolition hound
He’d travel across the country blowing buildings to the ground
He carried a case of dynamite seemed everywhere he went
He smoked them big long cigars and he’d wink at you and grin

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Well now the moral of this story boys, is don’t go getting yourself killed
Be kind to your rich relatives they just might put you in their will

Chorus:
That pays big money and we’re all into that
It pays big money and big money’s where it’s at
Let me tell you something sonny, you ought to see my bank account
It pays big money and we’re rolling in it now

Chorus:
It pays big money having foolish kin
It pays big money guess I owe it all to them
Let me show you something sonny, take a look at this bank account
It pays big money; let’s all spend some of it now

Squeeze Me In
Written by: - Gary Nicholson- Delbert McClinton

Honey, I know you got a good job
You’re out there making all that dough
They keep you late working that overtime
And I don’t ever see you no more
I guess you’re not checking your message machine
Seems like you’re never in
But I’ve got a hunch if we can just do lunch
I could get your attention again

Bridge:
Whoever said it’s a man’s world
Don’t know what he’s talking about
You’ve got me working around the clock
Honey, trying to figure you out
I know time is money
But there’s more to life honey
Than how much you can spend
You’ve got to make a little time for the good times
Honey, can you squeeze me in?

Chorus:
Whoever said it’s a man’s world
Don’t know what he’s talking about
You’ve got me working around the clock
Honey, trying to figure you out
I know time is money
But there’s more to life, honey
Than how much you can spend
You’ve got to make a little time for the good times
Honey, can you squeeze me in?

I’ve got it circled in red on the calendar, baby
You told me that tonight’s the night
I’ve got the champagne chilled
I’ve got a gourmet meal, soft music and candlelight
I try to get you on the phone I get stuck on hold
I guess you keep getting sidetracked
I’ve been faxing you love notes all day long
But you don’t ever fax me back

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Mr. Midnight
Written by: - J.R. Cobb- Buddy Buie- Tom Douglas

Rain on the roof and time on my hands
It sure seemed quiet out there in radio land
They call me at the all-night station
Make their special dedications
And I do my best to play their request
When it's a desperate situation
This was a desperate situation

Chorus:
I'M MR. MIDNIGHT ALONE AND BLUE
THE BROKENHEARTED CALL ME UP
WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO
EVERY SONG IS A REMINDER OF THE LOVE THAT
THEY ONCE KNEW
I'M MR. MIDNIGHT, CAN I PLAY A SONG FOR YOU

"Caller on the line could you please hold on?"
I recognized her voice the minute I picked up
the phone
Should I tell her that it's me or leave it at a memory
Haven't been myself since the day she left
And I'm forever gonna be
I'm forever gonna be

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Imagine my surprise when she spoke my name
She said " Could you tell him that I love him
and I wish things could be the same."
Then a voice I never knew
Said "Honey, who you talking to?"

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Pushing Up Daisies
Written by: - Kevin Welch- Gary Scruggs- John Hadley

Sometimes I tell you the way that I feel
I swear that I'm going crazy
Keep telling myself it ain't that big a deal
It's better than pushing up daisies

I felt the arrow from death's fatal quiver
Come so close it actually grazed me
I bled the blood and I've felt the cold shiver
God only knows how He saved me

Chorus:
THERE'S TWO DATES IN TIME
THAT THEY'LL CARVE ON YOUR STONE
AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THEY MEAN
WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT
IS THE TIME THAT IS KNOWN
IN THAT LITTLE DASH THERE IN BETWEEN
THAT LITTLE DASH THERE IN BETWEEN

Sometimes my heart is as true as a dove
Sometimes my heart it betrays me
So I draw my sword for to fight for my love
But without a whisper she slays me

My mother died but somehow she keeps living
She'll never cease to amaze me
Now Dad turns his back on each day that he's given
Because he'd rather be pushing up daisies

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Rodeo Or Mexico
Written by: - Bryan Kennedy - Paul Kennerley - Garth Brooks

For a change I headed south across the border
For the pesos and a different horse to ride
I'd be back to make the rodeo in Waco
But that was long before I saw them dark brown eyes

With long black hair and English bad and broken
Her body said the words she couldn't find
As I hung on every word she left unspoken
The question started leaning on mind

Chorus:
RODEO OR MEXICO
THEY BOTH CAN KEEP A COWBOY SATISFIED
RODEO OR MEXICO
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO DECIDE
IS JUST GET ON AND RIDE

We danced all night beneath that sheet of cotton
And you just don't tell a girl like that goodbye
But the cowboy life ain't easily forgotten
Though lying there I couldn't help but wonder why

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The morning found the answer dawning on me
As I woke up to the sharp end of a knife
He was screaming at the woman hanging on me
Does anybody know the Spanish word for wife?

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Don't Cross The River
Written by: - Dan Peck

There's a little girl out lying on her own
She's got a broken heart
She's not the kind to take you down for long
She knows and plays it smart

And if she's coming, she's shown no more
She's heard no whistle blowing from the door
She feels like leaving and she don't know why
Without no bridges she's trapped, so I sigh

Chorus:
DON'T CROSS THE RIVER IF YOU CAN'T SWIM THE TIDE
DON'T TRY DENYING LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE
ALL YOUR LIFE YOU WERE ON YOUR OWN

If you want you can ride my train
Soon forget the reason that your leaving
Lose yourself and then sometimes
Maybe even save yourself some grieving

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If you want you can ride my train
Soon forget the reason that your leaving
Lose yourself and then sometimes
Maybe even save yourself some grieving

Repeat Chorus

When You Come Back To Me Again
Written by: - Jenny Yates - Garth Brooks

There's a ship out, on the ocean
At the mercy of the sea
It's been tossed about, lost and broken
Wandering aimlessly
And God somehow you know that ship is me

'Cause there's a lighthouse, in the harbor
Shining faithfully
Pouring its light out, across the water
For this sinking soul to see
That someone out there still believes in me

On a prayer, in a song
I hear your voice and it keeps me hanging on
Raining down, against the wind
I'm reaching out 'til we reach the circle's end
When you come back to me again

There's a moment we all come to
In our own time and our own space
Where all that we've done, we can undo
If our heart's in the right place

On a prayer, in a song
I hear your voice and it keeps me hanging on
Raining down, against the wind
I'm reaching out 'til we reach the circle's end
When you come back to me again
And again I see my yesterday's in front of me
Unfolding like a mystery
You're changing all that is and used to be

On a prayer, in a song
I hear your voice and it keeps me hanging on
Raining down, against the wind
I'm reaching out 'til we reach the circle's end
When you come back to me again

When you come back to me again

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