SO MANY PEOPLE


So many people givin' up on love
Sayin' they've seen enough when they ain't seen nothin'
It might sound corny, old-fashioned and a little square
If you've found a heart that cares, you'd better keep
it
And I'm no angel
So don't ask me how I know
If you do not kill it--it grows

I'm not nearly wise enough
To be giving this advice
But I've seen a thing or
Once or twice
And every broken hearted fool
That I've ever met
Has somebody somewhere that they cannot forget

So many people cashin' it all in
Tryin' to find love again but it ain't easy
No I ain't perfect, but I've learned the hardest part
Is breakin' your own heart by bein' foolish
And I'm no angel

I'm not nearly wise enough
To be giving this advice
But I've seen a thing or
Once or twice
And every broken hearted fool
That I've ever met
Has somebody somewhere that they cannot forget

And I'm no angel
So don't ask me how I know
If you do not kill it--it grows
If you do not kill it--love grows

SOMEBODY SAVED ME


somebody saw me
when I was wondering
out in the desert
somebody saw me
and with compasion
called to me gently
saying come in
somebody saved me
when I was sinking
somebody rescued
my soul from the great
somebody pulled me
close to his bussom
it was jesus
mighty king jesus

SOMETIMES THE PLEASURE'S WORTH THE PAIN


I give my heart and soul to you
That's all I really know to do
If it's a crying shame
There's just myself to blame

Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain

You cut me deep with that first kiss
Your sweet taste I could not resist
You were too wild to tame
I loved you just the same

Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain

And though love burns and burns
I never seem to learn
I'll walk right back into the flames

Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain

So here I am back at your door
I can't help coming back for more
This love's a hurtin' thing
One that I can't explain

Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain
Sometimes the pleasure's worth the pain

STONE BLIND


My iron-clad mind didn't how to listen
To things that your heart was trying to say
But time after time I paid no attention
And only a fool would do you that way

Stone blind, I just couldn't see how much
You meant to me when you were mine
Stone blind, I let you slip through my hands
Right to the end, I must have been stone blind

My hair-trigger heart couldn't say I was sorry
Admit I was wrong or swallow my pride
So time played the part of the judge and the jury
You're already gone when I open my eyes

Stone blind, I just couldn't see how much
You meant to me when you were mine
Stone blind, I let you slip through my hands
Right to the end, I must have been stone blind
Right to the end, I must have been stone blind

SUNDOWN IN NASHVILLE


The sign says "Welcome to Nashville"
From whatever road you've been down
It seems like the first of the milestones
For here is the city, the town

It's a quaint, old mystical city
Where legends and idols have stood
It's a place, where dreams come to harbor
A country boy's Hollywood

But it's lonely at sundown in Nashville
That's when beaten souls start to weep
Each evening at sundown in Nashville
They sweep broken dreams off the street

You'll walk, down 16th to Broadway
Into a world of heartache and pain
Where hillbilly honky tonk angels
Cry out, from the dark side of fame

You'll find, some discarded love songs
And tear stains all over the ground
In a city where dreams get shattered
And swept to the outskirts of town

But it's lonely at sundown in Nashville
That's when beaten souls start to weep
Each evening at sundown in Nashville
They sweep, broken dreams off the street
They sweep, broken dreams off the street

SWEET LOVE


Here I am standing with these teardrops in my eyes
Hoping maybe someday you will change
I heard that same ole story too many times before
You tell me that you love me then you turn around and run
I just want your sweet love
I can't stop coming around
You know that your sweet love
Someday it's going to tear me down, down, down, down,
down, down, d-d-down

Here I am still waiting like the fool I've always been
Hoping maybe some day you will change
I try to give you all of my heart time after time
But you hang me out there like a puppet on a string

I just want your sweet love
I can't stop coming around
You know that your sweet love
Someday it's going to tear me down, down, down, down,
down, down, d-d-down

TEMPTED


There's a girl trying to steal my heart and I'm tempted
Even though she could tear it apart, I'm tempted
In her eyes there's mystery, every time she smiles at me
I know how it could be and I'm tempted

Each time she looks my way, I'm tempted
Just a little more every day, I'm tempted
It's so hard to resist, the thought of her sweet kiss
Can't take much more of this, I'm tempted

Tempted and tried, deep down inside
I can't deny that I'm tempted

Ever since she caught my eye, I'm tempted
Just one look and you'll know why I'm tempted
So if I'm burned by the flame, there's no one but me to blame
'Cause every time she calls my name, I'm tempted

Tempted and tried, deep down inside
I can't deny that I'm tempted
Tempted and tried, deep down inside
I can't deny that I'm tempted

I'm tempted
I'm tempted
I'm tempted

THANKS TO YOU


I searched for love my whole life through
Then it came like a blinding flash from the blue
Thanks to you
Empty nights and long lost days
Roving eyes and rambling ways are through
Thanks to you

I knew about lonely
I knew about blue
I know about love now
Thanks to you

My tired and hurtin' empty heart
That once was broke and torn apart is all new
Thanks to you

I never seemed to have much luck
But all the dreams that I gave up came true
Thanks to you

I knew about lonely
I knew about blue
I know about love now
Thanks to you

So we'll go on and dream
And watch them come true
Forever and ever
Thanks to you

Forever and ever

THAT'S WHAT LOVE'S ABOUT


When she needs a friend
Then you'd better hold her
If she starts to cry
Then offer her your shoulder
If the world comes crashin' down
And leaves her full of doubt
Take her in your arms
Now that's what love's about
She needs to know you care
She needs to know you're there
If it takes crawling on your knees
To live up to your vows
No matter what it takes
We'll work it out somehow
Treat her like a lady
Now that's what love's about

She let me have her heart
I hope I never break it
She bared to me her soul
I could hardly take it
She gave me all she had

She said she could do without
Till the end of time
Now that's what love's about

She needs to know you're there
If it takes crawling on your knees
To live up to your vows
No matter what it takes
We'll work it out somehow
Treat her like a lady
Now that's what love's about

THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL KNOW IT'S OVER


When you said it's over, I said it's not for me
When you said to forget you, I said when will that be
When that day comes, well they'll bury me
That's when you'll know it's over
That's when you'll know it's over
When I don't think of you all day every day
When I close my eyes and sleep comes right away
When you're not the first thing on my mind when I wake
That's when you'll know it's over
That's when you'll know it's over

You thought it would never end
When you broke my heart
But baby for me, that was only the start
Of this burning pain and there's no end in sight
So you've got to realize
It won't be over til it's over

When I don't see my past with you everywhere
When I see my future, without you there
When I see you with him and I don't care
That's when you'll know it's over
That's when you'll know it's over