Lyrics

Woke up in Memphis today and

Pulled on my blue suede shoes

Gonna’ walk around, this old town

Rediscover the home of the blues 

Walked down to the Mighty Missip’

I can see the paddle-wheelers turn

Been singing the blues my whole life

But I know got somethin’  to learn

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Mississippi Delta

Moonshine and BBQ

To hear the Gibson guitars

in the Beale Street bars 

I always come back to you. 

Mississippi Delta

12 bars and the truth

Where Elvis Is alive

The guitars cry

And every mother's son sings the blues...

Walked up to the Loraine

Paid respects to MLK

The more things change, the more they stay the same

We could sure use you here today

Walked down to the rail yard 

And listened to the trains roll by

Heard the boxcar blues on the avenue

And I lift my voice to the sky

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Bridge

In Memphis, their spirits wander free

I can feel BB King standing right next to me

There’s a Robert Johnson tune hanging in the air

And Jerry Lee Lewis, he's everywhere

Paid a visit to Graceland 

and stood at the grave of the King

Knelt down close, listened real hard

I swear I could hear him sing…

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Don't you know every mother's son sings the blues...

Running down those country miles 

Just to see your smile

Nothing that I would rather do

Coming up on the County line

Radio by my side

Dyin' to get to you

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I wrote you this here love song

My heart will always stay true, to you

I wrote you this here love song

Because the only woman meant for me is you

When I get back in town

We’re gonna’ paint it down

Any color that you choose

Coming up on that County line 

Radio by my side

Just dying to get to you

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Bridge

I would drive – my whole life 

For a love - that’s countrywide 

I would spin’em – the whole night through 

Just to get to you 

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I know you wanna’ be my rider

But I won't be your man

I belong in the wind and the night

I’m a one man band

Spent my whole life running

Ain't got no back up plan

I’m either on the run or in a hopeless fight

There I'll take my stand

The law’s been looking for me

Wanna’ send me to my grave

I'm made of steel and ice

Lord knows I can't be saved

They're never gonna catch me 

Never put me in chains

I'm built of freedom and fire

I just can’t be caged

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Cause I'm an Ooouuu-ooouu-ooouu

I'm an outlaw baby

I'm a waa-haa-haa

I’m a wanted man

I'm an Oouu-oouu-oouu

I’m an outlaw baby

I'm a waa-haa-haa

I’m a wanted man

Come on over here sweet thang’

Come and take my hand

Lay down here with me in the night

And hold me while you can

But you can't catch smoke baby

Try as hard as you can

I'm just passing through this town

I won’t be your man

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Catch me if you can...

Going through a box of memories

Bottle of amnesia by my side

Some say to forget it, some talk it out 

Lord knows I’ve tried 

Looked for answers in New Orleans 

I found Jesus in LA

Got a woman in Atlanta

But I threw it all away 

I’ve been shootin’ dice with the devil 

And lettin’ my shortcomings win 

They say, “Time heals all wounds”

Tell me, when does that begin?

I know I shouldn’t drink alone 

But this bottle’s my only friend

I tell Jim Beam my problems

Then toss him in the bin

Got an empty home, an empty heart

And an empty bank account 

I’ve made a mountain of messes

I got lots of time to think about 

I’m getting drunk with my self-loathing

Listenin’ to my sorrows testify 

They say, “Time heals all wounds”

But maybe they lied. 

I was full of dreams and bluster

I’d take on the world someday

But as the years rolled by 

I found all I got was grey

I’ve got a beat-up Ford, and old six string 

And a few more times around the sun 

I wonder if I can turn this around 

Before my time is done? 

But now I’m hanging out with my failures

And I’m drinking with my sin

They say, “Time heals all wounds” 

I guess we’ll find out in the end. 

I’ve been shootin’ dice with the devil 

And lettin’ my shortcomings win 

They say, “Time heals all wounds”

Tell me, when does that begin?

I know ain’t that fancy

And neither are my clothes

I see you lookin’ at me...

Right down your nose

Maybe ain’t that special

And I know I ain’t that smart

But let me tell you brother

I got grit. I got heart

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So maybe I ain’t impressing you

But, hey, I ain’t tryin’

So I ain’t your type

Well that’s OK ‘cause you ain’t mine

Don’t know why you think I care

What you believe or what you do

You got you opinions 

But who asked you?

I get that you feel special

through an accident of birth

To me it’s a little sad you think

that’s all you’re worth

If the only thing that makes you feel big

Is making me feel small

I’ve got bad news for you my friend

Cause I feel 10 feet tall!

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So maybe I ain’t impressing you

But, hey, I ain’t tryin’

So I ain’t your type

Well that’s OK ‘cause you ain’t mine

Don’t know why you think I care

What you believe or what you do

You got you opinions but…

Hah!!! Who asked you?

Bridge

Standin’ on my own two feet

And paying my own way

Means I don’t need to worry 

What no petty people say

Me, I only I answer to

The people that I love

To the Word in the Good Book

And to the Lord above!

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So maybe I ain’t impressing you

But, hey, I ain’t tryin’

So I ain’t your type

Well that’s OK ‘cause you ain’t mine

Don’t know why you think I care

What you believe or what you do

You got you opinions buddy…

Hah! Who asked you?

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So who asked you? 

That’s something I surely wouldn’t do

Who asked you? 

Momma said to thine own self be true

So who asked you?

Mind your own damned business

Who asked you?

Paint the road black as night 

As the suitcase, that I call home

To my dear Ophelia 

I’m sorry I left you all alone 

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But the tune burns bright in my mind

Such a long way to go

  I’m hopeful the road straight ahead

Will take me… where I need to go

To my sons and daughters 

Strangers I’ve met on this road

There is a price to pay 

When your guitar is the only thing you own

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Solo

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 I’m hopeful the road straight ahead

Will take me… where I need to go

Lying here together

It's just you and me

Your skin on my skin

How it's supposed to be

Even here in the darkness

I can clearly see

That you, oh you

Look so good on me.

Blue ain't your color baby

So put those blue jeans away

Put down that black dress

Ain't no funeral today

You know your best look, baby

The one I’m dying to see

Cause you, oh you

Look so good on me

It’s 3 o'clock in the morning

And I can't sleep

Visions of you in my head, baby

Count 'em 1,2,3

But dreaming ain't enough, bab

I need here with me

Cause you, oh you

Look so good on me

Cause you, oh you

Look so good on me

Cause you, yes you

Look so good on me

At my house I was the remote control

Mama’d shout, and up I’d go

To change the channel or to mess with the rabbit ears

Our TV was black and white

With foil on the antennae it was quite a site

It’s funny the things you remember after all these years.

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Like riding in the back of a pickup truck

For luck, find a penny and pick it up

“Be home before the streetlights are on” and we’d just go...

The best things of youth

My kids will never know.

I watched cartoon shows on Saturday morn

I rode my bike without a helmet on

I ate TV dinners but somehow I turned out fine.

Played 8track tapes in my old man’s Dodge

Everywhere I went I had that Walkman on

Somethings are sweeter with the passage of time...

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Solo

On high school nights we’d hit the cruise

Or go shoulder tapping for a bottle booze

I made a mix tape for a pretty girl (or two)

I’d sit at the hifi with my ‘45s

Or call my favorite song into the request line

Now I’m raising a glass to the things we used to do...

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Outro

Ain't that a shame? 

 When you love each other right

May good fortune will follow you

Live every step you take in the light

Every word you say is true

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Troubles will come 

The hard times will pass

We can get through anything together

Taking it slow not fast

Cause we’re built to last

 When you love each other right

More than a friend you gain

I’ll shelter you from the night

Cover me from the pouring rain

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Bridge

We’ve had our miles of bumpy roads

And rainy days too

We can weather any storm

As long as your next to me 

and I’m next to you

You know we're built to last

When you love each other right

May good fortune will follow you

Live every step you take in the light

Every word you say is true

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Outro

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

Built to last

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

Built to last

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo

Built to last

You know we are built to last

I wish I was the Tin Man

I'd have no heart for you to break

All your lying and your cheating

No difference would make

I'd smile as you walked in

Fresh from another's arms again

Oh lord...

I wish I was the Tin Man

I wish I was the Scarecrow

I'd have no memories of you

No sweet recollections

Of those things we used to do

No thoughts to haunt me

‘Bout things I don't want to know

Oh Lord...

I wish I was the Scarecrow

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But this ain't no Hollywood picture

And not every ending's nice

Technicolor fades to black and white

Won't see this movie twice

I'll pack up my pride and my things

And head on down that road...

Click my heels together, and go back home

I wish I was the cowardly lion

I'd have no courage to up and go

I could stay forever

though you hurt me so

Wouldn't have to be strong

When inside I'm dying

Oh lord...

I wish I was the lion

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Outro

Just need to go home

Down the Yellow Brick Road

Just need to go home

Woke up alone again

Stale taste of whiskey in the air

Can’t remember what town I’m in

Not like you seem to care 

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Since You – Walked outta my life

Now I – Don’t you know I’m barely alive 

Thought we – Were meant to be so deep in love 

But sometimes loves not enough..

or she said.

Not hard to find my faults 

Running deep like the lines on my face

Always knew what buttons to push

Never thought I’d be outta the race

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Bridge

Not sure what to do with myself when you're not  here to tell me

Don’t’ know what to buy by when you’re not here to sell me

Not sure where to go when you aint showing me to the door

Can’t find a place to sleep when ain’t kicking me to the floor

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Woke up alone again

Stale taste of whiskey in the air…

There’s a note on the dresser

An empty bottle by the bed

The echoes of your voice 

Still ringin’ in my head 

Last night’s a little fuzzy

Yeah, things went a little wrong

I can’t remember why 

but I remember that your gone

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One drink makes you happy

Two drinks makes you stoned

Your love’s a whiskey river 

Might be better off alone

Three drinks means you’re sorry

Four drinks and I’m wrong

Your love’s a whiskey river

I’m either drownin’… or your gone

Girl, I know you miss me

But then, you never had good aim

Either you were right or I was wrong

Somehow it felt the same

Now I’m picking up the pieces 

Of a glass, and this life we had

Don’t know if I’m sorry

Don’t know if I’m glad

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Bridge

I’ve been sleepin’ off the past four years

For the last three days

My head it hurts, my body aches

It’s time to change my ways…

Chorus

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All that’s left of you…is this country song