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

(bobby braddock)

Two strangers passing on the sidewalk
Barely brush each other's hand
He says "i'm sorry"
She says "don't worry"
And that is how it all began

A few short days and night together
And it's like they were meant to be
Lying there with her he softly whispers
Just think what we were so recently

Strangers, strangers
The world greatest lovers
Last week we were strangers

Two strangers passing in the hallway
Barely touch each other's heart
Now they're pretending
Two shadows blending
But they're a million miles apart

Soon she'll be packing up her suitcase
They'll be dividing all the blame
They know how they started
Now empty hearted
They don't have a clue how they became

Strangers, strangers
The world greatest lovers
And now they are strangers
The world's greatest lovers
Have turned into strangers
Strangers, strangers

(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

(anna lisa graham/walt aldridge)

It's been a while since she heard him say
See you tonight his usual way
There's always some place he's gotta go
Somewhere he needs to be

And it's not the same now when they touch
But she figures he's just working too much
Somehow that makes it all okay
And gets her through another day

She's heard the talk all over town
But she don't wanna believe he's runnin' around
Deep down in her heart she's willing to bet
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet

She wouldn't read that heart shaped note
She found in the pocket of his coat
That time in the car she found an earring
You know that doesn't prove a thing

She's heard the talk all over town
But she don't wanna believe he's runnin' around
Deep down in her heart she's willing to bet
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet

He's not the same man that she met
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet
She thinks it's as bad as it's gonna get
Oh but she ain't seen nothin' yet