LYRICS

DIY HONKY TONK

I’ve been missing all my friends

And all my favorite bands

Since I’ve been cut off

From all the bars that I knew

I’ve been looking backward

Not ready to let go

But tonight I tried opening my eyes

To the things around this room

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I’ve got a hardwood floor

And a bottle of booze

A box of 45’s to turn around

These homespun blues

I’ll be looking forward

To the day I can move on

But tonight I’m breaking in

My brand-new DIY honky tonk!

Start by dimming down the lights

And turning up the tunes

Crack some ice, and I just might

Pour a double for this song

Penny for my heartbreak

This dance just can’t wait

Cheers to the neighbors down below

Ain’t trying to do nobody wrong

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BEAUTY QUEEN

Things were going just fine until I saw you

Staring back at me this morning, an angel in your own way

I know mirrors don’t lie, but I can’t face the truth

This cowgirl ain’t willing to go gray today

Now, cowgirls can wear their hair any color they want to

Platinum blonde, hot pink or brown, red, and even gray

I’ve always worn mine natural, but I think it’s time for a brand-new do

This cowgirl ain’t willing to go gray today

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This cowgirl ain’t willing to go gray today

I got a million things to do, but it will all just have to wait

If I have to pull every last one out, no silver strand is gonna tie me down

This cowgirl ain’t willing to go gray today

It took me twenty years to be a beauty queen

Now I have to watch it fade

But I’m still sitting pretty on the inside

And I ain’t willing to go gray today

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No, I ain’t willing to go gray today!

LUCKY IN LOVE

How did we get to be the lucky ones

When every day, every which-way lovers go wrong

I’d like to think we got something that they can’t touch

But I know it’s just the luck of the draw

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Ooh–babe

I hope we stay

Lucky in love

I was hoping you would throw me a lifeline

And you did, and you didn’t come on too strong

Another lonely heart, taking your time with mine

Cause it hurts when you lose the luck of the draw

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Lucky in love

Lucky in love

LOSING HAND

California sounds so sweet

To a kid from a northern town

To anyone you chance to meet, you tell them–

That’s where I’ll be found

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You knock ‘em dead most every night

With your straight-shooting rock ‘n roll band

And who would believe underneath those lights

The truth from where you stand,

Holding a losing hand

A losin’ hand, so the story goes

Never stopped you from going all in

You bluffed your way to the next big show

‘Til California called it

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You got caught holding a smoking gun

And you had to face the music

You had California on the run

Now you know how it feels to lose it

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Holding a losing hand

Holding a losing hand

STARTER MARRIAGE

This starter marriage is starting to fall apart

How come no one tells you it’s gonna be this hard?

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Harder than a hurricane

Worse than the wind and rain

Trying to keep the cold out

Of our hearts

I feel the ground sinking under my feet

Holding onto something strong ‘til I can break free

Baby, what are we doing here, tearing it down or raising it up?

I can’t do it by myself, help me please

Seasons come and seasons go

No one but us would ever know

Our turn-key starter marriage

Ain’t the postcard we were sold

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You keep telling me that in time

We’ll live our dreams, yours and mine

Well, I wanna believe

Won’t that just be fine–

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BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL

I’ve been burning the midnight oil

Since he started taking her calls

‘Been trying to make some sense out

Of the silence between these walls

I’m too proud to lie down next to him

Knowing she’s up there in his head

Don’t want to let it slip away

But there’s nothing left to say

That I haven’t already said

I’ve been burning the midnight oil

While he’s been sleeping sound in our bed

‘Been drawing my own conclusions

About the texts he doesn’t know I read

And there’s nothing left for me to try

There’s no turning back, no use in wondering why

It’s a lonely life somehow

When the oil’s all burned down

I could say goodnight or say goodbye 

Goodbye

TAKE YOUR PRO-LIFE AND LET IT DIE

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Take your pro-life and let it die

Find your own light, and let it shine

Take your pro-life and let it die

And let me get on with mine

You don’t know what’s going on in my life

Maybe you don’t care

Or maybe you do

You stand out there in the rain and snow

You think your little sign’s gonna save my soul

Well, honey, what’s it to you?

Seems like you lost yours long ago––

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I can’t see behind your eyes when you look at me

Like you’ve been staring so hard

They finally turned into glass

I’m trying to walk past to get some Plan B

You think I’m trying to have somebody’s baby?

You’re just a pain in my ass

Trying to scare this unexpecting lady––

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Take your pro-life and let it die

And let me get on with mine

RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU STARTED FROM

She’ll never give you what you want

But in the beginning,

She made you feel like you’d gone

To the end of the road

To the end of the lonesome highway

You’d been traveling on

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But you’re right where you left off

You’re right where you’ve been

You’re right where you always run–

Back in her arms

Back where your heart falls

Right back where you started from

She’ll never be the lover you are

She’ll only pretend

She’s only a friend in the dark

At the end of the day

At the end of a long uphill climb

Boy, you know she’s moved on

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LAST NIGHT’S TEQUILA

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He’s drinking last night’s tequila

I’m trying to tell him I didn’t mean what

I said––

We never felt this thing between us

But last night, you should have seen us

Off our heads

On last night’s tequila

This morning

We woke up in a fog with a half-empty bottle beside us

And I knew

Only one of us was about to regret what we’d done

If we could stay inside

Those hours of paradise

He wouldn’t need her

Or last night’s tequila

When the rain started

He started hitting the bottle

I could say it’s the last time

But lying won’t hide what I really want

We can’t erase it now

The taste just fills his mouth

With something to believe in

And last night’s tequila

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Last night, you should have seen us

Off our heads

On last night’s tequila

TIPTOEING DOWN MEMORY LANE 

Thought I’d left trouble behind me 

But it caught up with me today– 

He’s making news, but I know really 

He’s just an old flame that got away 

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Now I’m tiptoeing down memory lane 

Wondering why I didn’t put my foot down way back then 

I keep tiptoeing down memory lane 

Trying not to trip over that old feeling again 

My mind’s lost again where it don’t belong 

Seeing things I shouldn’t touch 

It’s a road to heartbreak, and I know it’s wrong 

But staying away hurts just as much 

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FIRST TATTOO

My first tattoo took about a week to mend

But it took a little longer to get me over him

I watched the needle dip into my tender skin

But I didn’t see the heartbreak written on what might have been

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I never thought I’d wanna undo

Something that for a moment was so true

Sure and stubborn at twenty-two

Cutting love’s teeth on that little tattoo

My first tattoo’s got nothing to do with me now

Just a gentle reminder that I always make it through somehow

It’s stretched and faded, honey, cause it’s been around

Seen a fair share of heartbreak, but the ups outweigh the downs

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CRYSTAL HIGHBALL

Hey Joe, I used to come here

To forget about the past

Now my mind is on the future

From the first call to the last

I can’t forget things I haven’t done yet

So I‘ll just sit tight

And joe, don’t let me gaze too long

Into my crystal highball tonight

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Set ‘em up, Joe

And tell me

Cause I got to know

What’s gonna happen

Which way will the wind blow?

I got all kinds of questions

No answers in sight

Oh Joe, Don’t let me gaze too long

Into my crystal highball tonight

Now Joe, I know you’re busy

Cause there’s a lot of thirsty people in town

But lately, more than the whiskey

I can’t explain what’s got me coming round

You’ve known me for so long, Joe

And you’ve always treated me right

So Joe, Don’t let me gaze too long

Into my crystal highball tonight

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