You can say the word and warm the day
You can make the world spin the other way
Some things we don’t have to see to believe
Faith is the part of love that runs so deep

I can count on you, I can trust you to be
Everything you are and that’s everything I’ll ever need
I can close my eyes and let your heart lead the way
I can count on you, I can count on you

I know those loving eyes have seen me make mistakes
But in your heart you always look the other way
So much tenderness, it’s hard to understand
But I know my feelings are safe in your hands

There’s a song in your eyes
As blue as the sky
Just looking at you keeps me singing it
There’s music and wine
That sparkle and shine
One for your money and two to quit

Every day it’s getting less hard to be
Never together but close sometimes
Windows and rain, bluebirds and planes
They’re never together but they’re close sometimes

A girl in New York once captured my heart
But the winter was cold and I had to split
Sweet Tennessee spoke softly to me
I’m home when I’m home and I’m loving it

Life in these bars
With the make believe stars
People and loneliness passing time
A world full of fools
Sitting glued to their stools
Drowning in sadness and rosy wine

Yes I really saw her
What was I supposed to do
Yes she was my lover
Long before I knew you

When love is a place you’ve been
Ten million miles around
When you fall a long way in
Darling there’s no way out

Yes she’s still as pretty
Yes her eyes are that blue
Yes there’s still a trace there
Of the feeling we knew

Oh but how could you ever think
She could be anything more than old memories
What about all our dreams
How can I make you be sure, sure about me
Sure about these moments together
These nights that we’ve cried
These roads to forever, these feelings inside

Full moons and empty promises
We were only high school kids
We got so close that we closed our eyes
To the facts of life
We were married in the spring
Not long before the baby came
Your mama said she couldn't bare the shame
Your dad refused to give the bride away


Beyond those years
Who'd have thought we'd still be standing here
And that love would find it’s way
Through all those tears
Beyond those years


Eighteen standing in the shoes of a man
The weight of the world in my unskilled hands
One by one as the dreams fell through
I took my failures out on you
But you held on when it made no sense
And cleaned the face of the innocent
You were so strong to be so young
And now look just how far we've come

So many times we wanted to act our age
Call it off and go our separate ways
Against the odds we grew up too fast
And on our own yeah we made it last
Oh we made it last

Another show is over, the lights go down
The loading ups begun
We sang a lot of country songs
We put our hearts in every single one

We climb aboard our time machine
Tail lights disappear into the night
No one knows how many miles
Before we get back to private lives

Like brothers we share memories
Brothers in the harmonies we sing
As different as the clothes we wear
But like a family we share our name
We all lay a dream or two aside for private lives

Like the Smokey Mountain back roads
You know where our music’s coming from
Rolling, rolling, rolling
Take it to the California sun

Telephone, calling home
Pouring out our feelings on the line
Oh I love you, I miss you too
Never losing touch with private lives

Too many heartaches caused by too many promises made by
Too many lovers in the heat of the night
Too many teardrops fall on too many pillows shed by
Too many lovers in the heat of the night

The words I love you are no mystery to me
You’re not the first to dry your eyes
There ain’t a heart that hasn’t hurt like yours and mine
Torn apart by promises and lies

Yes love is easy but love is rarely true
It ain’t a lie that true love’s hard to find
So make me an offer, don’t feed me silly lies
No need for hesitation, no need for alibis

Sometimes I find myself just lying there in bed
Wondering how it’s gonna be this time
Now if I had a dollar for every time I’ve been misled
I’d surely be the richest man alive
So if you’re looking for a restless heart like mine
The promises of love are fair, let’s stop wasting time

Some friends you’d cry for
You, I would die for
And I love you too much
To beg you to stay
You have your own plans
But it makes my heart sad
Watching my best friend walking away

Love’s never easy
And who knows what’s fair
I guess I’m still feeling
What’s no longer there
When hearts go to pieces
Love crumbles and falls
Like stones made of memories
From bridges and walls

Hope tomorrow brings good news
’Cause I’m sure gonna miss you
If I look away now, please understand
’Cause my eyes refuse to see
Something I can’t believe
The very best part of me
Come to an end

Thought I had my life together
Things were going so fine
We encountered stormy weather
But we always found the sunshine
I thought I’d covered everything
Everything that life could bring and more
But I forgot to close one door

When Karen comes around
I don’t know what to do
I doubt everything I’ve found
My heart divides in two
When Karen goes away
For me it’s never through
My world turns upside down
When Karen comes around

Did I plan too far ahead
I don’t know, it’s hard to tell
I made my choice, I made my bed
But lately I don’t sleep so well
I really thought we had it all
Stone by stone I’d built a wall around you
Oh but then out of the blue

Karen comes around
And I don’t know what to do
I doubt everything I’ve found
My heart divides in two
When Karen goes away
For me it’s never through
My wall comes tumbling down
When Karen comes around

As I look around on another day
Sometimes I get so mad seeing the same old game
So many people caught in hopeless situations
I can’t make much sense there’s too much information
Someone’s always trying to run someone else’s life
Woh, someone’s only trying to make it through the night


Putting one foot before the other
One step then another
No map no sign
Taking one heartbeat at a time
It’s a long road in a short life
One foot’s on the other side
We look for love before we die
Taking one heartbeat at a time

One thing I know, the only thing I’m sure of
There wouldn’t be much point without your love
On this ship of fools, don’t know where we’re going
Most of what we’re told is not worth the knowing
Someone’s always trying to sell a new version of the truth
After all the words have gone, all I still believe is you