Almost Goodbye

(david lott, glenn gorden, mark chesnutt)

It's early may and the summer heat is comin' down
April's gone and my heart is nowhere to be found
Teardrops fall like showers from the sky
And what i'd give just to look in april's eyes
Another year goes by and i wait for her to return
She leaves a chill in my soul, but a fire always burns
And she can't break the tie that binds, so i'll never make her choose
I'll just go on being april's fool
So little time, when she is mine i know
I'll hold her close and never let it show
If i could only make her stay, god knows
I would, as she turns and walks away
I know i'll always remain april's fool
As she turns and walks away, i know
I'll always remain april's fool
It's early may and the summer heat is coming down

C 1993 nada dinero music (bmi)

(lonnie wilson, kim williams, phil barnhart)

Chorus
My heart's too broke to pay attention
If love was a penny i couldn't afford to fall
Every girl in the world tonight could have sweet intentions
My heart's too broke to pay attention

I was heart broke and feelin' down
Billy joe said let's go to town
He said an ounce of cure
Is worth a pound of prevention
He said i know a little waterin' hole
Where the band is hot and the beer is hot
There's more woman there
Than at a tupperware convention

Repeat chorus

I aint ready for another love
Billy joe's trying to fix me up
He's a friend to the end
He's a man on a mission
He just punched me in the side
Said did you see what just walked by
She had a million dollar smile
And a body in mint condition

There was rain on the street last night
We stood beneath the front door light
And everything we said we made sure the neighbors heard
You called me this, i called you that
Standing on the welcome mat
Everything we felt it all came down to just one word
But you couldn't say it and i couldn't say it

Chorus:
You know i tried my best to go
I know you cried 'cause i hurt you so
It should have been easy to say that we were through
But to walk away from love was more than we could do
It was almost goodbye
Almost goodbye

Now there was sun through the blinds this morning
When i opened up my eyes
Outside i could hear a mockingbird
And i could feel your heartbeat as you layed there by my side
I thought of how the world could end with just one word
But you didn't say it, and i didn't say it

Chorus

Sometimes the most important words are the ones that you leave unspoken
You know i tried my best to go
And i know you cried 'cause i hurt you so
It should have been easy to say that we were through
But to walk away from love that way was more than we could do
It was almost goodbye
Almost goodbye, no, i couldn't say it was
Almost goodbye, oh oh
Almost goodbye.

(gene dobbins, glenn ray, tim mensy)

See the lines in my face, there's one for everyday
I've lived without you and held you only in my mind
See these hands, how they shake, how long it will take
Before i leave you in the past where you belong
One day i might forget, but right now i'm not that strong
So i'll hold on

(ronnie rogers, mark wright, joe johnston)

Lucky me i grew up beneath that ole lone star
I was raised on fiddle and the steel guitar
Well it used to be if you wanted to swing to a good ole country song
You had to sing your way to ft. worth, houston, dallas, san antone
But oh how it's grown

Chorus
Texas is bigger than it used to be
Coast to coast it's alive in most
Every town and city
I should know i'm on the road
And lovin' what i see
Texas is bigger than it used to be

It's one, two, three step dancin' in the line
Stretchin' that denim having a good time
My daddy told me years ago - he said son there'll come a day
When it'll spread to minnesota, new york city to la
It's happening just that way