Way That I Am

well she seemed all right by dawn's early light though she looked a little
Worried and weak she tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' aagain but daddy left
The proof on her cheek and i was only eight years old that summer and i always
Seemed to be in the way so i took myself down to the fair in town on
Independence day

Well word gets a round in a small, small town they said he was a dangerous man
But mama was proud and she stood her ground she knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered some folks talked but everybody looked the other way and
When time ran out there was no one about on indpendence day

Chours: let freedom ring, let the white dove sing let the whole world know that
Today is a day of reckoning let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong roll
The stone away, let the guilty pay, it's independence day

Well she lit up the sky that fourth of july by the time the firemen come they
Just put out the flames and took down some names and send me to the county home
Now i aint sayin' it's right or it's wrong but maybe it's the only way talk
About your revolution it's indepenednce day

Repeat chorous

Roll the stone away it's independence day

(gretchen peters)

Don't need no copy of vogue magazine
Don't need to dress like no
Beauty queen
High heels or sneakers, he don't
Give a damn
My baby loves me just the way that i am
My baby loves me just the way that i am
He never tells me i'm not good enough
Just give me unconditional love
He loves me tender and he loves me mad
He loves me silly and he loves me sad

Chorus:
He thinks i'm pretty, he thinks i'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
He's always sayin' he's my biggest fan
My baby loves me just the way that i am
My baby loves me just the way that i am

And when there's dark clouds in my eyes
He just sits back and lets 'em roll on by
I come in like a lion go out like a lamb
My baby loves me just the way i am
My baby loves me just the way i am

Repeat chorus

He thinks i'm pretty, he thinks i'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
Don't see no reason to change my plan
My baby loves me just the way i am
My baby loves me just the way i am

(craig bickhardt)

Where i used to have a heart
Feel like a mile wide ditch
I got a hole inside
The doctor just can't stitch
Gone without a trace
You left a hollow place
There's not a stone to mark
Where i used to have a heart

There were times when i would
Hold you
And feel the pounding in
By chest
Now i'm just as empty
As a canyon way out west
That's how deep i love you
Babe, i love you still
To the bottom of this space
I'll never fill

Repeat chorus

I guess i'll learn to live with
A different kind of pain
I'm suffering from a sickness
That i cannot give a name
Such a strange sensation
I've never felt before
Missing you has cut me to the core

Repeat chorus

Where i used to have a heart

(bill lloyd/pam tillis)

The alarm went off but i wasn't asleep
After tossin' and turnin' all night what a relief
To go to work, get up and go to work
So i get onto the highway and i head into town
There's one part of my life i won't let you tear down
Yeah and that's my work-right now i'm goin' to work

When the whistle blows, i'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
And who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work

Now i remember what it is i do
For a while i thought my life was just loving you
But now it's back to work
Oh thank god for my work
So from nine to five i take a break from an empty
Bed and a heart that aches, i'm good at my work
Oh i'm good at my work

When the whistle blows, i'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
And who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work

Oh i got to stay busy that's the only way
Throw myself into my business and collect my pay
Watch me keep it together while i fall apart
'cause a world won't stop for a broken heart
Oh no, no

When the whistle blows, i'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
And who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work
Watch me i'm goin' to work
Oh yeah you know i'm good at my work
Right now i'm goin' to work
Goin' to work

(lonnie wilson/chris waters/charlotte wilson)

Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame

I saw your face when
He waltzed in here
But those old embers
Haven't burned for years
The light that's shining
In my eyes
Is for the one that
I'm with tonight

Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame

No i don't blame you
For having some doubts
But when he left me
That fire burned out
So don't be thinking
There's still a spark
'cause he could never
Tear us apart

Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame
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