D-I-V-O-R-C-E 

Our little boy is four years old
And quite a little man
So we spell out the words
We don't want him to understand
Like T-O-Y or maybe S-U-R P-R-I-S-E
But the words we're hiding from him now
Tear the heart right out of me.

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E, becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

Watch him smile, he thinks it Christmas
Or his 5th Birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words
And turn my head when I speak
'Cause I can't spell away this hurt
That's drippin' down my cheek.

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E, becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E...

DADDY COME HOME 

A year and a half, may not seem like much time.
But its almost forever, when you're only nine.
Yes, she still adores him, and tears fill her eyes.
As she clings to her pillow, and cries.

Daddy come home oh please, Daddy come home.
Sweet Daddy, Are you out there somewhere all alone?
Was Mommy mean to you, Did I treat you wrong?
Daddy, Oh Daddy come home.

Down on the coast, in a honeymoon suite.
Someone's tossing and turning, and trying to sleep.
Was that just the wind, in the pines 'cross the bay?
Or the small voice, from so far away.

Daddy come home, oh please, Daddy come home.
Sweet Daddy, Are you out there somewhere all alone?
Was Mommy mean to you, Did I treat you wrong?
Daddy, Oh Daddy, come home.

Daddy, Oh Daddy, come home!...

DARLIN' 

Darlin', dearest darlin'
Put you arms around me, Baby please
Darlin', dearest darlin'
Kiss me one more time before you leave.

If you must go be on your way
Before I start in beggin' you to stay with me
I'm getting weak from being strong
And the first thing you know I'll be down on my knee.

Darlin', dearest darlin'
Always in my heart and in my thoughts
Darlin' dearest darlin'
Having loved you once I'll never stop...

DAY AFTER FOREVER 

VERSE1
E A
if you think you can depend on me
A
your right you can
B
if you think that im in love with you
A E
your right I am
E
but nuthin lasts forever
A G#m F#m
all good thing's must end
E B E
and it's only a matter of time



CHORUS
A
day after forever
E
im out that door
B
one way or the other
E
to return never more
A
don't count on me baby
E
for I will be gone
B
day after forever
(pause) E -- B -- E
honey your on your own




VERSE2
E A
if you think I love you more than life
A
your right I do
B
if you think your in my heart and soul
A E
your right it's true
E
but I must leave you someday
A G#m F#m
although I worship you
E A E
and it's only a matter of time



chorus
A
day after forever
E
im out that door
B
one way or the other
E
to return never more
A
don't count on me baby
E
for I will be gone
B
day after forever
E
honey your on your own
B B (pause and let chord ring)
day after forever
E -- B -- E
honey your on your own..

DETROIT CITY 

I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
Last night I went to sleep in Detroit City
And I dreamed about those cottonfields and home
I dreamed about my mother dear old papa sister and brother
I dreamed about that girl who's been waiting for so long
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home
Homefolks think I'm big in Detroit City
From the letters that I write they think I'm fine
But by day I make the cars by night I make the bars
If only they could read between the lines
Cause you know I rode the freight train north to Detroit City
And after all these years I find I've just been wastin' my time
So I just think I'll take my foolish pride
And put it on a Southbound freight and ride
And go on back to the loved ones the ones that I left waitin' so far behind
I wanna go home I wanna go home oh how I wanna go home

DEVELOPING MY PICTURES 

I'm developing my pictures my mind's a dark room
The proofs I'm searching for will be made clear soon
I'm developing my pictures of the girl I admire
Soon I will see you know you as you really are
I'm told you wear two faces to hide things from me
I've heard you've spoken very unkind words of me
I don't believe hear say and take what I see
But I've got to believe you love me
I'm developing my pictures...
Yes I want to see you an' know you as you really are

DIARY OF MY MIND 

I can bring you back anytime I want to
I remember an angel in your veil of white so fine
You were always very near, well, I think that you're
still here
It's so reads in the diary of my mind.

On the first page there we are down by the river
With the flowers bloomin' in the warm sunshine
Speaking love words, soft and sweet and as our lips
slowly meet
We're together in the diary of my mind.

Yes, I can bring you back anytime I want to
Even though you've been gone a long, long time
Oh, I just close my eyes and then I realize
You're right there in the diary of my mind.

On the next page I can smell the yellow roses
You brought to this world our baby girl so fine
A princess for the queen, I was such a happy king
You're both still here in the diary of my mind.

Yes, seasons come and mistakes I don't like to remember
But history shows that kindoms fall with time
Mistrust and deceit and the bottle it brought defeat
That's the last thing that's in the diary of my mind.

But I can bring you back anytime I want to
Even though you've been gone a long, long time
I just close my eyes and then I realize
You're right there in the diary of my mind.

You're still here in the diary of my mind...

DID I EVER TELL YOU 

Well honey did I ever tell you just how wonderful you are
Every time you hold me I'll be floatin' with the stars in the sky
I wonder why I guess it's love love love love
Well baby did I ever tell you that you're the greatest guy
Honey are you with me when I look into your eyes
I wonder why I wonder why I guess it's love love love love

Well now don't you know you send me where I never been before
I just want to let you know I love you so
Well I like to hear you talkin' but you're wastin' your time
You're not playin' nothin' that I don't already know
Well baby did I ever tell you that you got what it takes
And every time you tuck me in your arms I shake
I wonder why I wonder why I guess it's love love love love
[ steel ]
Well now don't you know you send me...
I guess it's love love love love I guess it's love love love love

DID YOU EVER 

Tammy, did you ever
Not so much that you could notice
Well, could you estimate how many
Eight or nine
Well, will you do it anymore
I said as you walked out the door
Yeah, I just wonder did you ever
All the time.

Could I fix you one small
No, thanks I just had one
Then how about this ice cream
Well, that'll be just fine
Is there any special way
Aw no, what ever you say
I just wondered have you ever
All the time.

--- Instrumental ---

Does he look like
No, he's taller and more handsome
Well, is he as old
Oh no, he's young and in his prime
Does your mother know I'll bet
Oh no, I havn't told her yet
Well, I just wondered do you ever
All the time.

Just for old times sake
No, that would make it harder
Then how about
Well, are you sure that you don't mind
Hey, I know just the thing for us
Oh no, I'm afraid I'd a-missed my bus
I just wondered did you ever
All the time.

I just wondered did you ever
All the time.

DIVORCE OR DESTROY 

We've lived together for a long time
But now the love is gone we once knew
We're old enough to know we can't live life this way
And young enough to start with somebody new.

So it's divorce or destroying each other
Which one of the two should we chose
You say in your heart there's no love left for me
And in my heart there's no love left for you.

We stay together for the children
Soon the children will be grown and be gone
Yet we keep on destroying each other
And to live life this way just must be wrong,

So it's divorce or destroying each other
Which one of the two should we chose
You say in your heart there's no love left for me
And in my heart there's no love left for you.

In my heart, no love left for you...