HARD WORKIN\' MAN
(Ronnie Dunn)

I’m a hard workin’ man
I wear a steel hard hat
I can ride, rope, hammer, and paint
Do things with my hands that most men can’t
I can’t get ahead no matter how hard I try
I’m gettin’ really good at barely gettin’ by

Got everything I own
By the sweat of my brow
From my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots
I owe it all to my blue collar roots
I feel like I’m workin’ overtime on a runaway train
I’ve got to bust loose from this ball and chain

I’m a hard, hard workin’ man
I got it all on the line
For a piece of the promised land
I’m burnin’ my candle at both ends
‘Bout the only way to keep the fire goin’
Is to outrun the wind

Come Friday night
I like to party hard
I carry on with the Cadillac cuties
Spend my whole week’s pay on some weekend buety
Come Monday mornin’ I’m the first to arrive
I ain’t nothin’ but business from nine till five

Chorus

I can’t wait to get up in the mornin’
And do it all over again
Well I’m a hard livin’, hard workin’ man

And women too
Brooks And Dunn|You\'re Gonna Miss Me When I\'m Gone|Waitin\' On Sundown|||6827
I\'m still hurting from the last time
you walked on this heart of mine.
I can\'t find much to believe in,
you let me down so many times.
Heaven knows how much I love you,
but I\'m tired of holding on.

You better kiss me,
\'cause you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.

There\'s not much chance we\'re gonna make it,
if I\'m the only one who\'s trying.
You know I\'m running out of reasons,
we\'re running out of time.
Someday girl you\'re gonna wake up
and wonder what went wrong.

You better kiss me,
\'cause you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.

You\'re good at goin\' through the motions,
and all I hear are alibis.
And now I get this empty feelin\'
when I look into your eyes.
And I don\'t see the lovelight shinin\'
and I don\'t know what\'s goin\' on.

You better kiss me,
\'cause you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.
You better kiss me,
\'cause you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.

Oh, you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.
You better kiss me,
\'cause you\'re gonna miss me
you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.

You better kiss me,
\'cause you\'re gonna miss me when I\'m gone.
Oh, you gonna miss me when I\'m gone.
Brooks And Dunn|She\'s Not The Cheatin\' Kind|Waitin\' On Sundown|||6828
She\'s dressed to kill in a dress that he bought her.
She wouldn\'t care if he walked in and caught her.
She\'s come to dance a dance or two and do
no tellin\' what by the time the night is through.

She found out the hard way about him,
now she\'s out to find out how she\'ll do without him.
Her hands are shaking, her heart\'s pounding
and by the way she\'s drinkin\', his memory\'s drowning.

She\'s not the cheating kind.
She\'s been cheated one too many times.
She\'s never fooled around.
He\'s still lyin\', she\'s through cryin\',
she\'s not fooling now.

She walks by and every head turns;
you can see how hot her fire burns.
He didn\'t know what a good thing he had.
Well it\'s too late, and that\'s too bad.

\'Cause she\'s not the cheating kind.
She\'s been cheated one too many times.
She\'s never fooled around.
He\'s still lying, she\'s through crying,
she\'s not fooling now.

Oh, she\'s not the cheating kind,
she\'s been cheated one too many times.
She\'s never fooled around.
He\'s still lyin\', she\'s through cryin\'
she\'s not fooling now.

(repeat and fade)
Brooks And Dunn|My Maria|Hard Workin\' Man|||6829
My Maria, don\'t you know I\'ve come a long, long way?
I been longing to see her;
when she\'s around she takes my blues away.
Sweet Maria, the sunlight surely hurts my eyes.
I\'m a lonely dreamer on a highway in the sky.

-Chorus-
Maria
(Oh Maria, I love you girl, oh my Maria.)
Maria
(Oh Maria, I love you girl, Maria I love you.)

My Maria, there were some blue and sorrow times.
Just my thoughts about you bring back my peace of mind.
Gypsy Lady, you\'re a miracle work for me.
You set my soul free like a ship sailin\' on the sea.
She is the sunlight when the skies are gray.
She treats me so right. Lady, take me away.

(Repeat Chorus until fade)
Brooks And Dunn|That Ain\'t No Way To Go|Hard Workin\' Man|||6830
Lipstick letter on the mirror this morning
said \'Goodbye baby.\' You left without warning.
Like a thief in the night, you ran away with my heart.

I can\'t believe my eyes, must be a bad dream.
You always said we had a good thing.
You never once let on we were fallin\' apart.

That ain\'t no way to go.
Girl it just ain\'t right.
Don\'t you think that I deserve to hear you say goodbye?
That ain\'t no way to go.
Was it all a lie?
After all this time, that ain\'t no way to go.

Gettin\' no where, I\'m tired of thinking.
Guess I\'ll do a little wishful drinking,
make a whiskey wish upon a star.

Train whistle blowing down the track.
Lonesome sound says she ain\'t coming back.
Such a cold blow from out of the dark.

That ain\'t no way to go.
Girl it just ain\'t right.
Well don\'t you think that I deserve to hear you say goodbye?
That ain\'t no way to go.
Was it all a lie?
After all this time that ain\'t no way to go.
Brooks And Dunn|Rock My World (Little Country Girl)|Hard Workin\' Man|||6831
She\'s got a T-top Camaro with a scoop on the hood.
Two big speakers blastin\' "Johnny B Good."
Looking so sweet it oughta be a crime,
she plays with my heart and messes with my mind.
Acts like Madonna, but she listens to Mearle.
Rock my world little country girl.

She wears snakeskin boots made by Calvin Klein,
cheap sunglasses from the Five-and-Dime.
All the other girls at school they give her dirty looks;
she got an "A" in math and never cracked the books.
Sure looks good in her denim and pearls.
Rock my world little country girl.

Rock my world, drag me out on the floor.
Dance with me \'til I can\'t dance anymore.
One-step, two-step, get in a line.
I gotta find a way to make you mine.
(Rock my world)

Well I tell her that I love her but it ain\'t enough.
She says I got to learn to loosen up.
Get a little wild on a Saturday night,
but make sure she\'s home before the morning\' light.
Sunday she\'s all ribbons and curls.
Rock my world little country girl.

Rock my world, drag me out on the floor.
Dance with me \'til I can\'t dance anymore.
One-step, two-step, get in a line.
I gotta find a way to make you mine.
Brooks And Dunn|She Used To Be Mine|Hard Workin\' Man|||6832
She looks so good moving \'cross the dance floor -
better than the day she left me -
on the arm of somebody new.
Holdin\' hands and laughing like we used to.
I got my best smile on, but it\'s no disguise.
It don\'t hide the pain in these eyes.

I did her so wrong, for so long.
Turned my back on her love,
now she\'s long gone.
I did my part to break her heart.
She walked out on me and tore my world apart.
She used to be mine, oh she used to be mine.

It\'s taking every bit of strength that I have
to keep a hurt look off my face.
I can\'t keep from lookin\' back over my shoulder
at the lucky man taking my place.
Oh, if it weren\'t for my pride, I\'d prob\'ly take off running.
Guess what I\'m feelin\' is what I got coming.

I did her so wrong, for so long.
Turned my back on her love,
now she\'s long gone.
I did my part to break her heart.
She walked out on me and tore my world apart.
She used to be mine, she used to be mine.

I did her so wrong, for so long.
I turned my back on her love,
now she long gone.
I did my part (oh) to break her heart.
She walked out on me and tore my world apart.
She used to be mine, oh she used to be mine.

Oh she used to be mine, she used to be mine.
Brooks And Dunn|Boot Scootin\' Boogie|Brand New Man|||6833
Out in the country past the city limit sign,
well there\'s a honky-tonk near the county line.
The joint starts jumpin\' every night when the sun goes down.
They got whiskey, women, music, and smoke.
It\'s where all the cowboy folk go to boot scoot boogie.

I got a good job, I work hard for my money.
When it\'s quittin\' time, I hit the door running.
I fire up my pick-up truck, and let the horses run.
I go flyin\' down that highway to that hideaway,
stuck out in the woods to do the boot scoot boogie.

(Chorus)
Yeah, heel-toe, do-si-do, come on baby, let\'s go boot scootin\'
woh, cadillac, black jack, baby meet me out back we\'re gonna boogie.
Oh, get down, turn around, go to town, boot scoot boogie.

Bartender asks me, "Say son, what\'ll it be?"
"I want a shot o\' that redhead yonder looking at me."
The dance floor\'s hoppin, and it\'s hotter than the fourth of July.
I see outlaws, inlaws, crooks and straights, all out makin\' it shake
doin\' the boot scootin\' boogie.

(Repeat Chorus several times)
Brooks And Dunn|Neon Moon|Brand New Man|||6834
When the sun goes down on my side o\' town,
that lonesome feelin\' comes to my door,
and the whole world turns blue.
There\'s a run-down bar across the railroad tracks.
I got a table for two, way in the back, were I sit alone
and think of losin\' you.
I spend most every night beneath the light of a neon moon.

(Chorus)
Well if you lose your one and only,
there\'s always room here for the lonely
to watch your broken dreams dance in and out of the beams
of a neon moon.

I think of two young lovers runnin\' wild and free.
I close my eyes and sometimes see
you in the shadows of this smoke filled room.
No tellin\' how many tears I\'ve sat here and cried,
or how many lies that I\'ve lied,
tellin\' my poor heart \'She\'ll come back some day.\'
Oh, but I\'ll be alright, as long as there\'s light from a neon moon.

(repeat Chorus)

The jukebox plays on, drink by drink,
and the words of every sad song seem to say what I think
and this hurt inside o\' me ain\'t never gonna end.
Oh, but I\'ll be alright as long as there\'s light from a neon moon.

(Repeat Chorus twice)
Brooks & Dunn|Ain\'t Nothin \'bout You|Steers And Stripes|||6835
Once I thought that love was something I could never do
Never knew that I could feel this much
But this yearning in the deep part of my heart for you
Is more than a reaction to your touch
It\'s a perfect passion
And I can\'t get enough

The way you look
The way you laugh
The way you love with all you have
There ain\'t nothin \'bout you that don\'t do something for me
The way you kiss
The way you cry
The way you move when you walk by
There ain\'t nothing \'bout you that don\'t do something for me

In my life I\'ve been hammered by some heavy blows
That never knocked me off my feet
All you gotta do is smile at me and down I go
And baby, it\'s no mystery
Why I surrender
Girl, you got everything

Repeat Chorus

I love your attitude
Your rose tattoo
Your every thought
Your smile
Your lips
And girl the list goes on and on and on

Repeat Chorus

The way you look
The way you laugh
The way you love with all you have
Your dance
Your drive
You make me feel alive
The way you talk
The way you tease
By now I think you see
There ain\'t nothin \'bout you
That don\'t do something for me

The way you look
The way you laugh
The way you love with all you have
Your dance, your cry
You make me feel alive

The way you talk
the way you tease
Right now i bet you see
There ain\'t nothin\' \'bout you that don\'t do somethin\' for me

(instrumental fade)
Brooks & Dunn|You\'ll Always Be Loved By Me|Tight Rope|||6836
I know forever is a long, long time
for a girl
to put her heart on the line
trust is a tight rope
we all have to walk
baby, don\'t be afraid
I won\'t let you fall
with a little faith
mountains move
you and me
wecan\'t lose

you can count on the sun to rise
and the stars to come out at night
as long as there\'s air to breathe
you\'ll always be loved by me

love comes
so many times goes
so much out there
we\'ll never know
call it fate
call it destiny
I think we were meant to be
this whole world
it spins so fast
so many things
they just don\'t last

repeat chorus twice
you\'ll always be loved by me
Brooks & Dunn|How Long Gone|If You See Her|||6837
I keep thinkin\' any minute you\'ll be comin\' home honey,
I ain;t seen nothin\' of you in a month of Sundays
tell me,
how long gone are you gonna be?

all you said was you had to get goin\'
oh, but baby, I wouldn\'t mind knowin\'
just,
how long gone are you gonna be?

how am I s\'posed to make any plans
when I still don\'t even understand
if you\'re ever gonna come back home to me?
tell me please
how long gone are you gonna be?

maybe I didn\'t pay enough attention
but I do believe you forgot to mention
just,
how long gone are you gonna be?

the phone ain\'t ringin\' \'cause you ain\'t callin\'
I ain\'t been hearin\' your footsteps fallin\'
tell me,
how long gone are you gonna be?

girl, repeat chorus
yeah, repeat chorus
tell me, how long gone are you gonna be?
Brooks & Dunn|I Can\'t Get Over You|If You See Her|||6838
I forget where I\'m goin\' in my own house
I got myself in this, I\'ll get myself out
I talk out loud, at the top of my voice I sing
"whoa, keep the faith, see what tomorrow brings"

I can\'t get over you
try as I may, oh, it\'s no use
my heart just can\'t leave you alone
my mind won\'t believe you\'re gone
I can\'t get over you

I got a front row seat here
to a fool\'s masquerade
and that fool in the mirror,keeps sayin\' I\'m doin\' okay
I stare at that door, that you walked out
it hits me hard, and leaves no doubt

repeat chorus twice
can\'t get over you
I can\'t get over you
Brooks & Dunn|Born And Raised In Black And White|If You See Her|||6839
wind blows hard across the Texas plains
makes some people go insane
while others quietly pray for rain
that\'s where we came from

two boys playing in the burning sun
one with books and one with guns
mama calls but just one comes
the other one runs

with a christian sense of wrong and right
we were born and raised in black and white
one learned to pray, one loved to fight
we were born and raised in black and white

[k. brooks]
well my brother took to the gospel road
spent his whole life saving souls
when he looked at me and his blood ran cold
he didn\'t even try

I had no dreams and I had no plans
but a gun felt good in my right hand
warden said "how come you killed that man?"
I said "I don\'t know why"

[r. dunn]
well, welcome home said the hot moonlight
you were born and raised in black and white
one lives to pray, one waits to die
we were born and raised in black and white
we were born and raised in black and white

[k. brooks]
someone handed me a cigarette
they offered me my last request
I asked my mortal soul be blessed by someone close to me

[r. dunn]
I came to him with trembling hands
I swore I\'d never understand
he said it\'s just what life had planned
it\'s destiny

so don\'t waste your tears on me tonight
we were born and raised in black and white
he chose the dark, I chased the light
we were born and raised in black and white
we were born and raised in black and white

wind blows hard across the Texas plains
makes some people go insane
while others quietly pray for rain
Brooks & Dunn|South Of Sante Fe|If You See Her|||6840
where the rain don\'t fall and the grass don\'t grow
the older part of new mexico
I drifted into town one day
stumbled in on a lost cafe
the shades were pulled and the door was locked
somethin\' made me knock

time stood still when she opened the door
I didn\'t know where I was anymore
and we were lost in each other\'s eyes
where loneliness meets paradise
somethin\' in my heart broke free
blowin\' wild as the tumbleweed

somewhere north of heaven
where eagles\' fear to fly
sun burns hot as the devil\'s gate
desert meets the sky
tattooed on my memory is the image of an angel\'s face
north of heaven, south of sante fe

news tends to travel fast
and I was runnin\' from my past
I left her when the mornin\' broke
truth is I never let her go
now I\'m still runnin\' free
but in my heart I\'ll always be

repeat chorus
north of heaven, south of sante fe
Brooks & Dunn|Brand New Man|Brand New Man|||6841
I saw the light
I\'ve been baptized
by the fire in your touch
and the flame in your eyes
I\'m born to love again
I\'m a brand new man

well, the whole town\'s talkin\'
\'bout the line I\'m walkin\'
that leads right to your door
oh, how I used to roam
I was a rollin\' stone

I used to have a wild side
they say a country mile wide
I\'d burn those beer joints down
that\'s all changed now
you turned my life around

repeat chorus

I used to love\'em and leave\'em
oh, I\'d brag about my freedom
how no one could tie me down
then I met you
now my heart beats true

baby, you and me together
feels more like forever
than anything I\'ve ever known
we\'re right on track
I ain\'t lookin\' back

repeat chorus 3 times
I\'m born to love again
I\'m a brand new man
Brooks & Dunn|Only In America|Stars & Stripes|||6842
sun comin\' up over new york city
school bus driver in a traffic jam
starin\' at the faces in her rear view mirror
lookin\' at the promise of the promised plan
one kid dreams of fame and fortune
one kid helps pay the rent
one could end up goin\' to prison
one just might be president

only in america
dreamin\' in red, white, and blue
only in america
where we dream as big as we want to
we all get a chance
everybody gets to dance
only in america

sun goin\' down on an l.a. freeway
newlyweds in the back of a limousine
a welder\'s son and a banker\'s daughter
all they want is everything
she came out here to be an actress
he was the singer in a band
they just might go back to oklahoma
and talk about the stars they could have been

repeat chorus
yeah,we all get a chance
everybody gets to dance
only in america
yeah, in america!
Brooks & Dunn|Missing You|Tight Rope|||6843
{missing you}
{missing you}
{missing you}
{missing you}
Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I\'m still standin\' here
And you\'re miles away
And I\'m wonderin\' why you left
And there\'s a storm that\'s ragin\'
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name
In certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time
Thinkin\' about you
And it\'s almost drivin\' me wild
And there\'s a heart that\'s breakin\'
Down this long distance line tonight

i ain\'t missing you
since you\'ve been gone away
i ain\'t missing you
no matter of what i might say

There\'s a message in the wire
And I\'m sendin\' you this signal tonight
And you don\'t know how desperate
I\'ve become
And it looks like I\'m loosing this fight
In your world
I have no meaning
I try so hard to understand
And it\'s my heart that\'s breakin\'
Down this long distance line tonight

i ain\'t missing you
since you\'ve been gone away
i ain\'t missing you
no matter of what my friends say

And there\'s a message that I\'m sendin\' out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can\'t bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload

i ain\'t missing you
since you\'ve been gone away
i ain\'t missing you
no matter what my friends say

i ain\'t missing you{i ain\'t missing you}
{missing you}i ain\'t missing you{i ain\'t missing you}
{missing you}i ain\'t missing you {i ain\'t missing you}
{missing you}i ain\'t missing you{i ain\'t missing you}
{missing you}i ain\'t missing you{i ain\'t missing you}
Brooks & Dunn|He\'s Got You|Greatest Hits|||6844
I thought we would always
be together
The love we shared was gonna
last forever
Once i was your
one and only
Now here i sit
mister lonely

he\'ll hold you tonight
but i won\'t
what\'s he got
that i don\'t?
the one thing i thought i\'d
never lose
he\'s got you

Beneath this dark cloud
you left me under
Can\'t sort it out so i
sit and wonder
I tell myself
{spoken}:"it hurts, don\'t it"
{sung}:Now my empty heart
will be forever haunted

repeat chorus twice
whoa, he\'s got you
Brooks & Dunn|Too Far This Time|Tight Rope|||6845
She said,
Out with the boys
don\'t cut it no more
And "I\'m sorry\'s" just noise
She\'s heard it all before
Said thar ring on her finger
well it feels like prison
She\'s talked \'til she\'s blue
and I don\'t listen

I went too far this time
crossed over that line
I\'m past the point of no return
livin\' proof some fools never learn
well, I pushed my luck
now she\'s givin\' up
somethin\' tells me I went too far this time

She said,
Save your breath boy, I\'ve heard it all
Keep your place there with your back to the wall
Siad I\'m leavin\' you lonely \'cause I\'ve had my share
Save those worn out "I love you\'s"
For someone that cares

Repeat chrous
I pushed my luck, now she\'s givin\' up
somethin\' tells me, I went too far this time
oh, somethin\' tells me I went too far this time
Brooks & Dunn|The Long Goodbye|Steers & Stripes|||6846
I know they say if you love somebody
you should set them free
but it sure is hard to do, sure is hard to do
I know they say if it don\'t come back again
then it\'s meant to be
Those words don\'t pull me through cause I\'m still in love with you
I spend each day here waitin\' for a miracle
But it\'s just you and me goin\' through the mill
climbin\' up a hill

this is the long goodbye
somebody tell me why,
two lovers in love can\'t make it,
just what kinda love keeps breakin\' a heart
no matter how hard I try, I\'ll always make you cry
come on baby, it\'s over...let\'s face it
all that\'s happenin\' here is the long goodbye

sometimes I ask my heart did we really give our love a chance
but I know without a doubt, we turned it inside out
and if we walked away would it make more sense
but it tears me up inside, just to think we still could try
how long must we keep runnin\' on a carousel?
goin\' round and round and never gettin\' anywhere
on a wing and prayer

repeat chorus
oh, long goodbye
Brooks & Dunn|The Trouble With Angels|Tight Rope|||6847
Alone here tonight
Lookin\' up at the sky
Wonderin\' how I let her go
Did I hold her too tight
Heaven only knows
A bottle of wine
A day in the sunshine
Seems like we shared everything
Yeah, I felt her love
But I never saw her wings

And That\'s the trouble with angels
that\'s the trouble with angels
you can try and make her stay
but she\'s bound to fly away
and that\'s the trouble with angels

Wherever you are
No matter how far
I hope you\'ll always understand
I\'m savin\' you a soft place to land
It\'s crazy I know
Talkin\' like you\'re still so close
But the memory endures
Are you listenin\'?
I never know for sure

repeat chorus
That\'s the trouble with angels
she\'ll fly
and that\'s the trouble with angels
that\'s the trouble with angels
She\'ll fly
Brooks & Dunn|Hard Workin\' Man|Hard Workin\' Man|||6848
HARD WORKIN\' MAN
(Ronnie Dunn)

I’m a hard workin’ man
I wear a steel hard hat
I can ride, rope, hammer, and paint
Do things with my hands that most men can’t
I can’t get ahead no matter how hard I try
I’m gettin’ really good at barely gettin’ by

Got everything I own
By the sweat of my brow
From my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots
I owe it all to my blue collar roots
I feel like I’m workin’ overtime on a runaway train
I’ve got to bust loose from this ball and chain

I’m a hard, hard workin’ man
I got it all on the line
For a piece of the promised land
I’m burnin’ my candle at both ends
‘Bout the only way to keep the fire goin’
Is to outrun the wind

Come Friday night
I like to party hard
I carry on with the Cadillac cuties
Spend my whole week’s pay on some weekend buety
Come Monday mornin’ I’m the first to arrive
I ain’t nothin’ but business from nine till five

Chorus

I can’t wait to get up in the mornin’
And do it all over again
Well I’m a hard livin’, hard workin’ man

And women too