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CAROLINA

My home is Carolina.
Carolina is my home.
You know I'll always be there
no matter where I roam.
Out of all the hundreds of places
that I have ever been.
There's only one or two that
I might ever go back again.

As I'm traveling down that highway
just point me to that sign
that'll put me on the road to Caroline.

In Texas it's so hot
there's no way you can be cool
and the only people out there
are millionaires and fools.
And when the winter snow of Chicago falls
I can hear the cold wind blow
the cry of Carolina calling me back to home.

So as I'm traveling down that highway
just point me to that sign
that'll put me on the road to Caroline.

Well I'm doing fine in Carolina,
it's the only place on my mind.
From daylight into midnight
you'll find me there every time.

So as I'm traveling down that highway
just point me to that sign
that'll put me on the road to Caroline.

The summers gone and the winters near,
and all the crowds of people disappear.
And now I'm all alone
My lovers come and my lovers go.
We say goodbye and then we say hello
and you ask me why.

So as I'm traveling down that highway
just point me to that sign
that'll put me on the road to Caroline.

DRINK YOU OFF MY MIND

Well I guess I should have
told you how I felt but
I just kept my feelings locked
inside a tiny box and I
put them up on a shelf.

Well I never thought you'd leave me,
but I guess I was blind.
Now I'm staring at four empty walls
and a ring I'll put away with time.
I never worried about tomorrow
cause no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

Now I'm drinking down a sunset
thinking back in time.
Trying to solve this problem.
I'm trying to drink you off my mind.

Well I guess I should have
told you how I felt but
I just kept my feelings locked
inside a tiny box and I
put them up on a shelf.

Well I never thought you'd leave me,
but I guess I was blind.
Now I'm staring at four empty walls
and a ring I'll put away with time.
I never worried about tomorrow
cause no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

Now I'm drinking down a sunset
thinking back in time.
Trying to solve this problem.
I'm trying to drink you off my mind.

Well, I'm trying to solve this problem.
Trying to drink you off my mind.

LIFE'S A MYSTERY

You live your life, day to day
Taking chances, all you do is pay
Time at hand is time you waste
You make the hours of this human race

No one said this life was easy
Look around you and what do you see
people, places, society
Life's a mystery

Trouble comes, one by one
wipe the cocaine off the glass
You can't go on living your life
by the problems you've had in your past

This place is changing day by day
no one knows what tomorrow may bring
Life's a mystery

You live your life, day to day
Taking chances, all you do is pay
Time at hand is time you waste
You make the hours of this human race

No one said this life was easy
Look around you and what do you see
people, places, society
Lord, life's a mystery

THE LINGER (Sweetest Nightmare)

Last night I woke up ringing wet
and I sat right up in bed.
Memories of you and me were
like a freight train through my head.

I could feel your sighs.
I could hear your cries
as they echo through the room.
Shadows dancing on the wall
and the linger of your perfume.

It was the linger (oh no no)
It was the sweetest nightmare.
It was the sweetest nightmare.
Sweetest nightmare.
Oh hmmm

At first I didn't notice
that it was only just a dream.
Clutching to my pillow.
In the dark I want to scream.

I could feel your sighs.
I could hear your cries
as they echo through the room.
Shadows dancing on the wall
and the linger of your perfume.

It was the linger.
It was the sweetest nightmare.
It was the sweetest nightmare.
Sweetest nightmare.

JUST NOT THE SAME

I could write you letters everyday.
Call you on the telephone from
God knows where.
I could keep your picture by my bed.

But it's just not the same
as having you here with me.

Every day it's a different town
another hotel room.
Pleasing fans and making friends.
They all look up to you, yeah.
Everywhere I go they know my name.

But it's just not the same
as having you here with me.

We travel the long white line
through every exit sign
wondering where this road will end.
Even though I'm fulfilling my dreams
it's like make believe.
Cause it's just not the same
as having you here with me.

We travel the long white line
through every exit sign
wondering where this road will end.
Even though I'm fulfilling my dreams
it's like make believe.
Cause it's just not the same
as having you here with me.

PHONE BOOTH

Well I started to call you but I changed my mind.
I decided that I didn't want to waste my time.
Well your daddy didn't like me cause I smoked cigarettes.
And your momma said I didn't know how to dress.

Well it didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now.
Lord I'm standing in a phone both
and I haven't changed my style.

Well I started to call you but I changed my mind.
I decided that I didn't want to waste my time.
Well your daddy didn't like me cause I smoked cigarettes.
And your momma said I didn't know how to dress.

Well it didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now.
Lord I'm standing in a phone both
and I haven't changed my style.

Well you see I never was one to worry too much,
lord I drink too much, oh well.
I always blew your mind, yeah,
but you still cross my mind.
And sometimes I still wonder do you think about me
when you're standing in your high-rise office
drinking hot tea.

Well I know you're married now and got a kid on the way.
I guess it's just as well I didn't call today.
You see I'd hate for you to think that you made a mistake.
I drive a Harley Davidson and I don't eat steak.

Well it didn't matter then and it doesn't matter now.
I'm standing in a phone both
and I haven't changed my style

SHE WINS EVERY TIME

Well she, she comes in late at night
She's looking for someone to hold her tight
There's a stranger in the corner
She wins every time
She wins every time
She wins every time

She always gives into a one night stand
Whether it's a woman or a man
Whether it's a lover or a friend
Lord, the girl wins every time
She wins every time
She wins every time

It's a lifetime of opportunities
said the joker to the thief
You can hide behind the mask of a pretty face
But one day it all turns grey
and your winnings wash away
Your winnings wash away

Well she, she comes in late at night
She's looking for someone to hold her tight
There's a stranger in the corner
She wins every time
Lord, the girl wins every time
She wins every time
She wins every time
She wins every time

HAVE A DRINK ON ME

Sitting on a bar stool at a
local bar and grill and you walk in
and ask for a whiskey blend
with the look off trouble in
your eyes you down your shot
and then sigh and ask for
another please.

Has somebody done you wrong
or has your day just been way
too damn long.
Well it's funny how some days can
bring nothing but just misery
what the hell have a drink on me.
Have a drink on me.

I can't help but wonder as I
sit and watch you stare
into an empty glass of reason
what you're really doing here.

Has somebody done you wrong
or has your day just been way
too damn long.
Well it's funny how some days can
bring nothing but just misery
what the hell have a drink on me.
Have a drink on me.

Has somebody done you wrong
or has your day just been way
too damn long.
Well it's funny how some days can
bring nothing but just misery
what the hell have a drink on me.
Have a drink on me.