Gettin Out The Good Stuff

(david lee murphy/kim tribble)

She was still on my mind when i crossed the state line
Walked out a little too fast
I said some things that i didn't mean
And i should have taken 'em back
And i knew when i said 'em that voice in my head whispered
Man when are you gonna learn
You told her goodbye you left with your pride
But you're gonna eat those words

And now i'm havin' breakfast in birmingham
Tryin' to swallow my pride
I got a plate full of memories
And not much appetite
There ain't nothin' like a cold cup of coffee and a stale apology
I'm having breakfast in birmingham
She's in tennessee

It's a thunderin' sound silver droppin' down
In an ol' pay phone
When you're makin' that call to say you were wrong
And it's ringin' like nobody's home
She's not the kind who'll cry and remind me
That i left and broke her heart
I'm prayin' she answer 'cause i gotta tell her
This time i went too far

And now i'm havin' breakfast in birmingham
Tryin' to swallow my pride
I got a plate full of memories
And not much appetite
There ain't nothin' like a cold cup of coffee and a stale apology
I'm having breakfast in birmingham
She's in tennessee

(david lee murphy)

I remember the night my dad stopped the car
And got out in the rain
Changed a blown out tire on a car
For a family with out of state plates
I said dad did we know those folks
As they waved and drove out of sight
He just smiled as he started the car
He said son not 'til tonight

You see the road you leave behind you
Is another road you're gonna have to come back down
It's just the way this big old world turns 'round
You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

Stuck out on the highway one night
Many years gone by
Had the hood of my truck pulled up
My ol' gas tank was dry
Some ol' guy gettin' off on the night shift
Pulled up to check on me
He said i been in your shoes before son
And it's no place to be

You see the road you leave behind you
Is another road you're gonna have to come back down
It's just the way this big old world turns 'round
You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

I said what do i owe you friend you could easily passed me by
He said next time it might be me son you don't owe me a dime

You see the road you leave behind you
Is another road you're gonna have to come back down
It's just the way this big old world turns 'round
You'll find somehow somewhere someplace sometime
You gotta go back down the road you leave behind

(david lee murphy)

The lake at night is still and black
The water's smooth like polished glass
You've heard the tales so it's time to go
Gonna take you back into pirates cove

Got a sure ol' horse evinrude
And a 12 foot jon boat to carry the brew
A couple of steaks and a big ol' knife
My old ghost is comin' back to life

You could say i know the way by heart
Through the stumps and in the dark
There's one way in and that's by boat
That'll get you back into pirates cove

A trail of smoke curls though the trees
Fire down low and there ain't no breeze
Just the cottonmouths and the copperheads
And for some strange reason i fit in

You could say i know the way by heart
Through the stumps and in the dark
There's one way in and that's by boat
That'll get you back into pirates cove

Well it's a different world when you get back here
The dancin' shadows disappear
The memories they'll come and go
Someday i'll stay in pirates cove

You could say i know the way by heart
Through the stumps and in the dark
There's one way in and that's by boat
That'll get you back into pirates cove

You could say i know the way by heart
Through the stumps and in the dark
There's one way in and that's by boat
That'll get you back into pirates cove

(david lee murphy/dobie gray)

When the sun is dawnin' and he's just gettin' up
Starin' out over the mornin' through the steam off his coffee cup
He thinks about a woman whose love he still holds dear
A sweetheart he kept hangin' on for way too many years
It could've been so different with a family and a wife
But he was crossed between his feelings and that oklahoma sky

Another time and in another place
He might have rode with jesse james
And though he rides he can't out run his fate
'cause he was born 100 years too late

It's hard to imagine another world out there
As he alys beside a campfire up in only god knows where
But he feels the day approachin' when the kind of life he's known
Will only be in stories and sung about in songs

Another time and in another place
He might have rode with jesse james
And though he rides he can't out run his fate
'cause he was born 100 years too late

And he wouldn't trade one sleepless night beneath the pourin' rain
If he had it all to do over again he wouldn't change a thing

Another time and in another place
He might have rode with jesse james
And though he rides he can't out run his fate
'cause he was born 100 years too late

(david lee murphy)

She sat on the front porch and pulled on her boots
In her favorite old faded blue jeans
And one tail waggin' puppy climbed up into her arms
And i could tell he felt just like me
No matter where she goes he's never too far behind
When she steps out into that morning light

She really something to see
My dream comes alive
When i open my eyes
And i still go weak in the knees
She's too good to believe
And i can tell you that she's
Really something to see

I've seen her in moonlight on soft summer nights
With ten thousand stars in the sky
And in a room full of candles like an angel in white
While the heavens rumbled outside
No matter where she goes i'm never too far behind
When she steps out into that morning light

She really something to see
My dream comes alive
When i open my eyes
And i still go weak in the knees
She's too good to believe
And i can tell you that she's
Really something to see


It's like that movie you've seen time after time
Where you always find something you've missed
Well i could sit here right now and just watch her for hours
'cause i know my world has been blessed

She really something to see
My dream comes alive
When i open my eyes
And i still go weak in the knees
She's too good to believe
And i can tell you that she's
Really something to see