Tracy Lawrence, Country Classics lyrics

Country Classics

STICKS AND STONES

You can take the house and everything in it Keep the diamond ring cause thats how I meant it Sticks and stones are all they ever were to me This material life with all it's value Don't mean a thing to me with you The love that we once had is all I need So take everything we have if it makes you happy But darlin let me say before I leave

(Chorus) These sticks and stones ain't all that makes a home They don't have arms to hold you when love goes wrong Now you say, we are through But the words you said just tore my heart in two

Remember when we didn't have a dime between us You took my hand and said we don't needmuch Just as long as we're together we would be fine Now we've acquired all I thought would please you I gave everything you know that I could And still you're telling me you're not satisfied So take everything we have if it makes you happy But darlin let me say before I leave

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TODAY'S LONELY FOOL

What would you say if I told you I was sorry And that I've come to realize Life means nothing without you Would you take my hand Would you forgive this man For ever doubting your love is true And could you find it in your heart To let me try and make it up to you

Yesterday a jealous man Today a lonely fool I let love slip right through my hands With all the hurt I've handed you I've gotta stop your love from dying Or I'll be living proof That yesterday's jealous man Is today's lonely fool

Darlin' from now on I'll be proud when other men notice you Instead of gettin' mean and loud Like I used to do Find some mercy in your heart And we'll make another start At the love that we once knew I won't hurt you anymore I'm gonna trust you now and never question you

I'm today's lonely fool

RUNNIN' BEHIND

Work, Work, Work day after day Fifty hour week, forty hour pay Not time to get over on this overtime Yea I'm always runnin', I'm always runnin' behind

I got a friday night date with my sweetheart I'm already late and the car won't start Lord, I feel like hittin that car and cryin' Yes I'm always runnin', I'm always runnin' behind

All my life it's been this way One dollar short and one day late One rung lower on the ladder I'm tryin to climb If I ever get lucky, If I ever get rich Gonna tow my life up out of this ditch Watch the world go by while I unwind Yeah I'm always running, But I'm alwayas runnin' behind Instrumental Repeat Bridge

IF YOU LOVED ME

I see the way he doesn't treat you right I see the tears that you try to hide I feel that heartache that you don't show Wish I had a way to let you know (Chorus) I would be the shoulder you could cry on The heart and soul you know you could rely on With every breath I'll ever take I swear I'd never let forever end If You loved me If you loved me again ___ There was a time I had it all with you 'Til it came undone, from what I didn't do Now he's making the same mistakes and when he loses you, if it's not to late (Repeat Chorus) (Tag) With every breath I'll ever take I swear I'd never let forever end If you loved me If you loved me again

MY SECOND HOME

There's a Honkey Tonk on the edge of town I used to call my second home It's a place to go just to get away When I wanted to be alone Well, early one morning had a fight with my darling That went from bad to worse It ended when she said "Your second home, just became your first" (Chorus) Now the jukebox is my alarm clock, I wake up in a corner booth I don't have a tab, don't need no cab Cause the dance floor is my living room Well, I might die of a broken heart But I'll never die of thirst Now that my second home has become my first ___ Well I don't have to pay no mortgage I don't have to mow no lawn Alot of friends come to see me Some stay until the break of dawn I can paint the town without leaving the house I can feel good until it hurts Now that my home sweet second home Just became my first (Chorus)

BETTER MAN, BETTER OFF

The hardest thing I'll ever do Is to walk away still loving you I'd give anything if you loved me But somethings just ain't meant to be

Can't say it's all been time lost In the Long Run, I'll be a Better Man, Better Off

Chorus Gonna find my pride, self esteem, get on with my life follow my dreams, aint' lookin back Learn from my mistakes, once I'm past this heartache I know when the hurting stops, I'll Be a Better Man, Better Off

I know Rome wasn't built in a day And there's alot of good memories in my way If I had it to do over again I wouldn't change a thing, except for the end

Gonna be some pain, gotta pay the cost But in the long run, I'll be a Better Man, Better Off

Chorus

Solo I'm gonna learn from my mistakes Once I'm past the heartache I know when the hurting stops A Better Man A whole lot better off

AS ANY FOOL CAN SEE

Lately she's been picking fights, dropping hints and just last night I caught a tear as she slipped off to sleep She's not here but she's not gone I guess she must be waiting on the kind of man I promised her I'd be (Chorus) As any fool can see She's gonna cross that line She's got leaving on her mind And it's too late but what keeps killing me Is knowing I've been blind As any fool can see ___ How long did I think she'd stand for me to be the kind of man That came and went just as I dang well pleased While she sits at home alone with fears and feelings of her own Lord knows goodbye would bring me to my knees (Repeat Chorus)

IF THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

It was Sunday morning, I was seven years old In the backyard playing in a big mudhole I was all decked out, ready for church Had my brand new suit all covered in dirt Mama hit the ceiling she was fit to be tied Talkin 'bout how shes gonna tan my hide But Daddy was laughing when I changed my clothes 'Saying "Mama leave the boy alone" (Chorus) Cause if the good die young If the good die young Mama's little boy gonna have alot of fun Cause he's gonna live forever if the good die young ___ Ten years later had a hot rod ford Constable clocked me at a hundred and four Judge said "boy you're gonna hurt yourself you'd a long been dead if you were anybody else" (Chorus) Cause if the good die young If the good die young Oh there ain't a sentence gonna hold you son Cause he's gonna live forever if the good die young ___ Well I got a good heart, I wouldn't hurt a soul But I'm gonna keep rocking till they call that roll Old St.Peter he's gonna have to wait I'm gonna go to heaven but I might be late (Chorus) Cause if the good die young If the good die young Pedal to the metal, let your motor run Cause he's gonna live forever if the good die young ___ (Chorus) And if the good die young if the good die young They got the jams, we'll have some fun Cause I'm gonna live forever if the good die young ___

HOW A COWGIRL SAYS GOODBYE

A cup of coffee with the first sunlight At a last chance Texaco I'm thumbing through a worn out road map Trying to decide which way to go These empty miles and her memory They just seem to linger on She left me on this lost highway Wondering why and where she's gone

(Chorus) Thats how a cowgirl breaks a young mans heart That's how my whole world slowly came apart With a cold and empty stare As if I wasn't there She didn't even stop to cry Thats how a cowgirl says goodbye

Called up her Mom in Abilene Just to find out how she'd been She said she'd stopped awhile in San Antone To spend some time with an old friend With all the distance in between us I'm sure I never cross her mind It may take all these roads ahead Just to leave it all behind

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LESSONS LEARNED

I was ten years old the day I got caught With some dime store candy that I never bought I hung my head and I faced the wall as Daddy showed me wrong from right He said this hurts me more than it does you Theres just some things son, that you just don't do Is anything I'm sayin' getting through Daddy I can see the light (Chorus) Oh Lessons learned, man they sure run deep They don't go away and they don't come cheap Oh theres no way around it Cause this world turns on lessons learned Granddaddy was a man I loved He bought me my first ball and glove Even taught me how to drive his old truck Circling that ol' town square He spoke of life with a slow southern drawl I never heard him cause I knew it all But I sure listened when I got the call That he was no longer there (Chorus) Oh Lessons learned, man they sure run deep They don't go away and they don't come cheap Oh theres no way around it cause this world turns On lessons learned

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