Lead On

Without a warning
You're out of control
The ground shakes and the ocean rolls
This is the big one
There's nowhere to run
On the richter scale of a romance
You hit twelve and you don't stand a chance
This is the big one
I'm falling in love

Chorus:
Now it's beat, beat, beat
My heart's sending out a message
Please, please, please
Don't save me tonight
S.o.s. in this situation means
She's out of sight

No need to panic
I tell myself
But i've never felt this feeling
With anybody else
So, this is the big one
I'm falling in love

Chorus

This is the big one
I'm falling in love

Chorus:
Adalida, pretty little cajun queen
Sweet dixie flower, the belle of the bayou
You're every young man's dream
Adalida, i'd walk through a hurricane
To stand beside you sweet adalida
I'd swim the pontchartrain

Oh no, here you comin' down the road
With your cotton dress a swishin', you gettin' some attention
From all the boys in the thibodaux

Oh my your really feelin' up their eyes
Smilin' and a winkin', i know what they're thinkin'
But i'm the only one who loves you so!

Repeat chorus

Oh no, the hottest little dish i know
I know you can tell it, you makin' me so jealous
From my head down to my toes
Oh me you could make a redneck green
The way that you're a lookin', you got me cookin'
And i ain't talkin' 'bout etoufee'

At a table for two
With candlelight and wine
That diamond burnin' holes in his pockets
Thinkin' now's the perfect time
When he popped the question he could see
The teardrops fill her eyes
She said i knew this was comin', and i'm sorry
But i hope you realize

Chorus: you can't make a heart love somebody,
You can tell it what to do
But it won't listen at all
You can't make a heart love somebody
You can lead a heart to love
But you can't make it fall.

Then she reached for his hand
And said i want you to know
I've done everything that i know of
To make the feelin' grow
I've begged and i've pleaded with my heart
But there's no gettin' through
My heart's the only part of me
That's not in love with you

You can't make a heart love somebody,
You can tell it what to do
But it won't listen at all
You can't make a heart love somebody
You can lead a heart to love
But you can't make it fall.

You can't make a heart love somebody,
You can tell it what to do
But it won't listen at all
You can't make a heart love somebody
You can lead a heart to love
But you can't make it fall.

You can lead a heart to love
But you can't make it fall.

I've been to all the ol' familiar places at least a hundred times since you've
Been gone i've seen a lot of ol' familiar faces but
Again tonight i'm goin' home alone

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My heart won't let me love no one but you
My mind keeps tellin' me that just won't do
My arms keep reachin' out for someone new
But my heart won't let me love no one but you

I've told myself a million ttimes, it's over
You've gotta face the truth and let her go
Just when i think i've got it all together
Your memory walks around inside my soul

Yes, i know i'm late gettin' home tonight
Can supper wait, i quess i lost my appetite
Yeah you can fix me a drink, oh anything's okay
Oh, by the way i met a friend of yours today

I was workin' on the other side of town
And comin' home i thought i'd stop and have a round
And in this bar i heard someone speak your name
And that's how i met a friend of yours today

I listened for awhile and i could tell
That that stranger there he knew you much to well
And i introduced myself and you should have seen his face
Oh what a shame i met a friend of yours today

Please don't cry woman 'cause it's much too late for tears
Yeah, i'm sorry too 'cause it hurts after all these years

And ain't it sad a love like ours should end this way
And all because i met a friend of yours today