Double Live

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could i have known that you'd ever say goodbye

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And now i'm glad i didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance i could have missed the pain
But i'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you i held everything
For a moment wasn't i a king
But if i'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know i might have changed it all

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Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but i'd of had to miss the dance.

i was feelin' the blues,
I was watchin' the news
When this fella came on the tv
He said that i'm tellin' you,
That science has proven
That heartaches are healed by the sea
And that got me goin' without even knowin'
And i packed right up and drove down
Now i'm on a role, and i sear to my sole
Tonight i'm gonna paint this town

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So bring me two pina colladas
I want one for each hand
Let's set sail with captain morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles i've forgotten
I've buried them in the sand.
So bring me two pina colladas
She said goodbye to her good timing man.

Now i've got to saying, that the wind and the waves
And the moon winkin' down at me
Eases my mind, by leaving behind
The heartaches that love often brings
Now i've got a smile, that goes on for miles
With no inclination to roam
Now i've gotta say, that i thank god i stayed
Cause it's feeling more and more like home

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So bring me two pina colladas
I gotta have one for each hand
Let's set sail with captain morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles i've forgotten
I've buried them in the sand.
So bring me two pina colladas
She said goodbye to her good timing man.

So bring me bring me bring me two pina colladas
I gotta have one for each hand
Let's set sail with captain morgan
And never leave dry land
Any troubles i've forgotten
I've buried them in the sand.
So bring me two pina colladas
She said goodbye to her good timing man

Well i'm shamemeless when it comes to loving you
I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do anything at all.

And i'm standing here for all the world to see
Oh baby, that's what's left of me
Don't have very far to fall

You know now i'm not a man who's ever been
Insecure about the world i've been living in
I don't break easy, i have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied

I'm shameless, oh honey, i don't have a prayer
Every time i see you standin' there
I go down upon my knees.

And i'm changing, swore i'd never compromise
Oh, but you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please.

You see in all my life i've never found
What i couldn't resist, what i couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone i ever knew
But i can't walk away from you.

I have never let anything have this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life my own
I have never let anything have this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life my own
And i've made myself a world and it's worked so perfectly
But it's your world now, i can't refuse
I've never had so much to lose
Oh, i'm shameless.

You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything i've ever missed
But i've never been in love like this.

It's out of my hands.

I'm shameless, i don't have the power now
I don't want it anyhow
So i got to let it go.

Oh, i'm shameless, shameless as a man can be
You make a total fool of me
I just wanted to you to know.

Oh, i'm shameless, i just wanted you to know
Oh, i'm shameless, oh, i'm down on my knees

Shameless

Three thirty in the morning,
Not a soul in sight,
The city's lookin' like a ghost town
On a moonless summer night.
Raindrops on the windshield,
There's a storm moving in.
He's headin' back from somewhere
That he never should have been.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

Every light is burnin'
In a house across town.
She's pacin' by the telephone
In her faded flannel gown.
Askin' for miracle,
Hopin' she's not right,
Prayin' it's the weather
That's kept him out all night.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

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The thunder rolls
And the lightnin' strikes.
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night,
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls.

She's waitin' by the window
When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him
Thankful he's alive
But on the wind and rain
A strange new perfume blows
And the lightnin' flashes in her eyes
And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls

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(third verse)
She runs back down the hallway
To the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in the mirror
He won't do this again
Cause tonight will be the last time
She'll wonder where he's been

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When evening shadows and stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But i would never do you wrong
Ive known it from the moment that we met
There's no doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry i'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There aint nothing i wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on a rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't see nothin' like me yet

There ain't nothin' that i wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love

We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith Hold out
We shall be free(hahaha, lets take it from the top)

This aint comin from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand

When the last child cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for his words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free

When the last thing we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free

We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith, Hold out
'cause we shall be free

When we're free to love anyone we choose
When this worlds big enough for all different views
When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free

We shall be free (every night and day I see it)
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
'cause we shall be free

And when money talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a stabed behind
When there's only one race and thats mankind
Then we shall be free

We shall be free (this is what im saying to you)
We shall be free(every night and day i pray its true)
Togeather, Forever
We shall be free

We shall be free (every night and day, every day and night)
We shall be free
Stand straight, hold out
We shall be free

We shall be free(this is what im saying to you)
We shall be free(every night and day i pray its true)
Togeather forever
We shall be free

Just the other night at a hometown football game
My wife and i ran into my old high school flame
And as i introduced them the past came back to me
And i couldn't help but think of the way things used to be.

She was the one that i'd wanted for all times
And each night i'd spend prayin' that god would make her mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish i wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again.

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Sometimes i thank god for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of god's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

She wasn't quite the angel that i remembered in my dreams
And i could tell that time had changed me
Inn her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the lord knows what he's doin' after all.

And as she walked away and i looked at my wife
And then and there i thankedd the good lord
For the gifts in my life.

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Some of god's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered...
Some of god's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

I went to work for her that summer
A teenage kid so far from home
She was a lonely widow woman
Hell-bent to make it on her own
We were a thousand miles from nowhere
Wheat fields as far as i could see
Both needing something from each other
Not knowing yet what that might be.

'til she came to me one evening
Hot cup of coffee and a smile
In a dress that i was certain
She hadn't worn in quite a while
There was a difference in her laughter
There was a softness in her eyes
And on the air there was a hunger
Even a boy could recognize.

She had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night.

That summer wind was all around me
Nothing between us but the night
When i told her that i'd never
She softly whispered that's alright
And then i watched her hands of leather
Turn to velvet in a touch
There's never been a summer
When i have ever learned so much.

We had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night.

I often think about that summer
The sweat, the moonlight and the lace
And i have rarely held another
When i haven't seen her face
And every time i pass a wheat field
And watch it dancing with the wind
Although i know it isn't real
I swear inside i feel
Her hungry arms again.

She had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night.

Rushing in long in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burnin' both ends of the night

If your paycheck depends on the weather and the clock
If your conversation calls for
A little more than a coffee pot
If you need to pour your heart out
And try to rectify some situation
That you're facing
Contact your american honky-tonk bar association.

When uncle sam dips in your pocket
For most things you don't mind
But when your dollar goes to all of those
Standing in a welfare line
Well rejoice you have a voice
If you're concerned about the destination
Of this great nation
It's called the american honky-tonk bar association.
It represents the hardhat
Gunrack, achin'-back
Over taxed, flag-wavin', fun-lovin' crowd
They're heart is in the music
And they love to play it loud
There's no forms or applications
There's no red tape administrations
It's the american honky-tonk bar association.

We're all one big family
Throughout the cities and the towns
We don't reach for handouts
We reach for those who are down
And every local chapter has a seven day a week
Available consultation
For your frustration
It's called the american honky-tonk bar association.

It represents the mud flaps
Six pack, bare crack
Over-taxed, flag-wavin', fun-lovin' crowd
They're heart is in the music
And they love to play it loud
There's no forms or applications
There's no red tape administrations
It's the american honky-tonk bar association.

Long neck bottle, let go of my hand
Hey jukebox don't start playing that song again
'cause there's a girl at home who loves me,
You know she won't understand
Long neck bottle, let go of my hand

Hey barroom mirror on the wall
Go stare at someone new
Don't show the world the fool i am
Just keep it to yourself

Long neck bottle, let go of my hand
Hey jukebox don't start playing that song again
'cause there's a girl at home who loves me,
You know she won't understand
Long neck bottle, let go of my hand

Dance floor, seems you're underneath my feet
Everywhere i turn
I'd waltz right out of those swinging doors,
But that step i just can't learn

Long neck bottle, let go of my hand
Hey jukebox don't start playing that song again
'cause there's a girl at home who loves me,
You know she won't understand
Long neck bottle, let go of my hand

The third verse!!!

If she thought there was someone else
Our romance would be thru
So barstool we can't let her know
That i'm stuck on you

We call them cool
Those hearts that have no scars to show
The ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned.

We call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned.
But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire
'cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.

We call them strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by on their own
Those who will never take the fall.
We call them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love might exist
And for that forsake it all.
They're so hell-bent on giving, walking a wire
Convinced it's not living if you stand outside the fire.

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Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.
There's this love that is burning
Deep in my soul
Constantly yearning to get out of control
Wanting to fly higher and higher
I can't abide
Standing outside the fire.

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Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire.

Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one
You thought you'd see there
And i saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When i took his glass of champagne
And i toasted you
Said, honey, we may be through
But you'll never hear me complain

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'cause i've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And i'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think i'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, i've got friends in low places.

Well, i guess i was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, i've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And i'll show myself to the door
Hey, i didn't mean
To cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and then
Well, i'll be as high
As that ivory tower
That you're livin' in

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(third verse)
I guess i was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, i've been there before
And everything is alright
I'll just say goodnight
And i'll show myself to the door
I didn't mean to cause a big scene
Just wait 'til i finish this glass
Then sweet little lady
I'll head back to the bar
And you can kiss my ass

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