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(jim brickman)

Winter snow is falling down
Children laughing all around
Lights are turning on like a fairy tale come true
Sittin' by the fire we made
You're the answer when i prayed
I would find someone and baby i found you

And all i want is to hold you forever
All i need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And i'm thankful everyday
For the gift

Watching as you softly sleep
What i'd give if i could keep
Just this moment if only time stood still
But the colors fade away
And the years will make us gray
But baby in my eyes you'll still be beautiful

And all i want is to hold you forever
All i need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And i'm thankful everyday
For the gift

All i want is to hold you forever
All i need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And i'm thankful everyday
Can't find the words to say
Thank you for the gift

Skip ewing, max t. barnes

I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. he said,
"boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but i loved your grandma so."

We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
I found this letter, and this is what it said:

If you get there before i do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long i'll be.
But i'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.

I read those words just hours before my grandma passed away,
In the doorway of a church where me and grandpa stopped to pray.
I know i'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.

If you get there before i do, don't give up on me.
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
I don't know how long i'll be.
But i'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
And between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.
Between now and then, till i see you again,
I'll be loving you. love, me.

(charlie black/phil vasser/rory michael bourke)

Well the note said you've had time to think about it
Looks like to me you're feeling kinda crowded
You're not looking for anything permanent here
So my rodeo's packed and it's in goodbye gear

So i shot down to the longhorn diner
Her sister works there and she'd know where to find her
She said you did not hear this from me
All i'll say is momma's got that place out in monterey

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Two towns back i showed your photograph
And the gas station man just started to laugh
She said i might see you in this old bucket of rust
And said "good luck boy just follow that cloud of dust"

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Maybe i was stradling the fence just like she said
It took her leavin' just to get it through my head
She's the one and only it's over, that's it
I'm committed i'm in love and i'm desperate
She's a good ways gone but i'm closing the gap
If i have to i'll chase her clear across the map

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Yeah, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

Oh, how fast can i go
Gotta catch that little red rodeo
She drove off with my heart i got to let her know
Need the girl in that little red rodeo
Texas plates, candy apple red rodeo

For all i've been blessed with in this life
There was an emptiness in me
I was imprisoned by the power of gold
With one honest touch you set me free

Let the world stop turnin'
Let the sun stop burnin'
Let them tell me
Love's not worth goin' through
If it all falls apart
I will know deep in my heart
The only dream that mattered
Had come true
In this life i was loved by you

For every mountain i have climbed
Every raging river crossed
You were the treasure
That i longed to find
Without your love i would be lost

Let the world stop turnin'
Let the sun stop burnin'
Let them tell me
Love's not worth going through
If it all falls apart
I will know deep in my heart
The only dream that mattered
Had come true
In this life i was loved by you

In this life i was loved by you

(mark alan springer/shaye smith)

He finally gave in to his friend's girlfriend
When she said, "there's someone you should meet"
At a crowded restaurant way cross town
He waited impatiently
When she walked in their eyes met
And they both stared
And right there and then everyone else disappeared but

Chorus:
One boy, one girl, two hearts beating wildly
To put it mildly it was love at first sight
He smiled, she smiled, and they knew right away
This was the day they'd waited for all their lives
And for a moment the whole world revolved
Around one boy and one girl

In no time at all they were standing there
In the front of a little church
In front of their friends and family
Repeating those sacred words
Preacher said, "son kiss your bride"
And he raised her veil
Like the night they met time just stood still

Repeat chorus

He was holding her hand when the doctor looked up and grinned
"congratulations, twins"

Repeat chorus

(lee roy parnell/tony haselden)

I came in as the sun came up
She glared at me over her coffee cup
She said where you been, so i thought real hard and said,
I fell asleep in that hammock in the yard
She said you don't know it boy but you just blew it
I said well that's my story and i'm stickin' to it

That's my story, that's my story
Well i ain't got a witness i can't prove it but
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it

Well i got that deer in the headlights look
She read my face like the cover of a book, and said
Don't expect me to believe all that static
'cause just last week i through that hammock in the attic
My skin got so thin you could see right through it
And i started that's my story and i'm stickin' to it

That's my story, that's my story
That's my story, that's my story
Well i ain't got a witness i can't prove it but
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it

You know time comes when a wise man knows the best thing
That he can do is just look her up in the eye
And beg for mercy and face the bitter truth

Well honey me and the boys played cards all night
Wasn't no hanky panky not a woman in sight
And i know i shoulda called and baby i'm really sorry
Let's get a cellular phone then you won't have to worry
You know how much i love you and darling i'm ready to prove it
And that's my story and i'm stickin' to it

That's my story, that's my story
That's my story, that's my story
Well i ain't got a witness and you know i can't prove it but
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it

You know i ain't gonna do a thing
Unless you approve it and
That's my story and i'm stickin' to it