I’ve had a wonderful career
But I think it’s quite clear
So I’m writing this down in a song
I just couldn’t resist
It’s a nice little twist
And I think you’ll agree that it’s just wrong
I ain’t never got to sing one with Willie
And I’ve held it inside long enough
Now I ain’t too proud, so I’m going to shout it out loud
I ain’t never got to sing one with Willie
Yeah I’ve hear him with Merle
Waylon and Cash
Jones had told me, «That man is totally gracious»
And I’m thinking «Damn, why not me?»
We could even sing it on TV
Just like him and old Julio Iglesias
I ain’t never got to sing one with Willie
And I’ve held it inside long enough
Now I ain’t too proud, so I’m going to shout it out loud
I ain’t never got to sing one with Willie
We’ve travelled back and forth
Up and down that old highway
Wherever our big buses go
And I think that its great
To finally sing one with Strait
And our friends, I know
I ain’t never got to sing one with Strait
And I think that it’s been long enough
Now I ain’t too proud, just listen to the crowd
Finally got to sing one with ol' George Strait
Look at me now, I’m singing with Willie
Thank you man, you just made my career
something with Strait
It’s always gonna be great
And I finally got to sing one with old George
And I’m really proud
So I’ll shout it out loud
I finally got to sing one
With ol' George
With ol' Willie
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Caught a glimpse of Heaven when I couldn’t catch my breath
I felt His presence in the darkest of days
I’ve asked for direction, and I’ve been shown the way
And I believe when I pray, somebody hears
When I fall on my knees, my words aren’t fallin' on deaf ears
And He has the answers when the answers can’t be found
I know without a doubt what goes up comes down
I’ve been lead from temptation, though I was standin' at it’s door
Delivered from evil when I could run no more
I’ve seen the eyes of God through the eyes of a child
I’ve thanked Him for my blessings and I’ve felt it when he smiled
And I believe when I pray, somebody hears
When I fall on my knees, my words aren’t fallin' on deaf ears
And He has the answers when the answers can’t be found
I know without a doubt what goes up comes down
I raise my hands when my burdens are too heavy
And He lifts me up just like that cross he didn’t have to carry
And He has the answers when the answers can’t be found
I know without a doubt what goes up comes down
My greatest prayers will be answered
When he returns to claim his crown
I know without a doubt what goes up comes down (I believe)
What goes up must come down (I believe)
Remember when I was young and so were you
And time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows
And walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when
Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other’s hearts
Remember when
Remember when the sound of little feet
Was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we’d never give it up
Remember when
Remember when thirty seemed so old
Now lookn' back it’s just a steppin' stone
To where we are
Where we’ve been
Said we’d do it all again
Remember when
Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won’t be sad, we’ll be glad
For all the life we’ve had
And we’ll remember when
Well, he walks out in the arena
All dressed up to the brim
Said he’d just came down from a place
Called «Highland Rim»
Well, he said he came to ride the horse
The one they call «The Brute»
But he didn’t look like a cowboy
In his Continental Suit
We snickered at the way he dressed
But he never said a word
He walks on by the rest of us
As if he hadn’t heard
A thousand bucks went to the man
Who could ride this wild cayuse
A meaner horse was never born
Than the one they called «The Brute»
The horse that he was looking for
Was in chute number eight
He walked up very slowly
Put his hand upon the gate
We knew he was a thoroughbred
When he pulled his sack of «Dukes»
From the inside pocket
Of his Continental Suit
Well, he rolled hisself a «Corley»
And he lit it standing there
Blew himself a smoke ring
And he watched it disappear
We thought he must be crazy
When he opened up the gate
Standing just inside was
Fifeteen hundred pounds of hate
The Buckskin tried to run him down
But the stranger was too quick
He stepped aside and threw his arms
Around the horse’s neck
And pulled himself up on the back
Of the horse they called «The Brute»
Sit like he was born there
In his Continental Suit
«The Brute’s» hind-end was in the air
His front end on the ground
Kickin' and a-squealin', tryin' to
Shake this stranger down
But the stranger didn’t give an inch
He came to ride «The Brute»
And he came to ride the Buckskin
In a Continental Suit
Well, I turned around to look at Jim
And he was watchin' me
He said, «I don’t believe
The crazy things I think I see
But I think I see the outlaw
The one they call „The Brute“
Ridden by a cowboy
In a Continental Suit»
«The Brute» came to a stand-still
Ashamed that he’d been rode
By a city cowboy in
Some Continental clothes
The stranger took his money
And we don’t know where he went
We don’t know where he came from
And we haven’t seen him since
The moral of this story:
Never judge by what they wear
Underneath some ragged clothes
Could be a millionaire
Everybody listen
Don’t be fooled by this galoot
This sure-'nough bronc buster
In a Continental Suit
Right outside of this one church town
There’s a gold dirt road to a whole lot of nothin'
Got a deed to the land, but it ain’t my ground
This is God’s country
We pray for rain, and thank Him when it’s fallen
'Cause it brings a grain and a little bit of money
We put it back in the plate
I guess that’s why they call it God’s country
I saw the light in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40 on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine
With the dogs runnin'
Saved by the sound of the been found
Dixie whistled in the wind, that’ll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia, but he didn’t stick around
This is God’s country
We turned the dirt and worked until the week’s done
We take a break and break bread on Sunday
And then do it all again
'Cause we’re proud to be from God’s country (Yeah, yeah)
I saw the light in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40 on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine
With the dogs runnin'
Saved by the sound of the been found
Dixie whistled in the wind, that’ll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn’t stick around
This is God’s country (Yeah)
(This is God’s country)
God’s country
I don’t care what my headstone reads
Or what kind of pine wood box I end up in
When it’s my time, lay me six feet deep
In God’s country (Yeah, yeah)
I saw the light in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40 on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine
With the dogs runnin'
Saved by the sound of the been found
Dixie whistled in the wind, that’ll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn’t stick around
This is God’s country (God's country)
Yeah, I saw the light in the sunrise
Sittin' back in the 40 on the muddy riverside
Gettin' baptized in holy water and shine
With the dogs runnin'
Saved by the sound of the been found
Dixie whistled in the wind, that’ll get you Heaven bound
The devil went down to Georgia but he didn’t stick around
This is God’s country
Daddy drove the wheels off a flatbed Ford
Flies found a hole in the old screen door
Granny said the dress that my sister wore
To church wasn’t long enough
Mama poured grease in a Crisco can
Put a hundred thousand miles on a Sears box fan
Uncle Joe put tobacco on my hand
Where them yellow jackets torn me up
And I ain’t making this up
Oh, you think I’m talking crazy in a different language
You might not understand
Oh, that’s alright, that’s just the kind of life
That made me who I am
Just taking my mind on a visit, back in time 'cause I miss it
You wouldn’t know to love it like I love it
Unless you lived it and man, I lived it
Granddaddy smoked Salems with the windows up
Drove me around in the back of that truck
We drank from the hose and spit in the cup
We all survived somehow
Them ol' Duke boys were flattening the hills
Hollywood was fake, wrestling was real
Wouldn’t dream of spending that two dollar bill
From pushing a lawn mower around
I’d go back there right now
Oh, you think I’m talking crazy in a different language
You might not understand
Oh, that’s alright, that’s just the kind of life
That made me who I am
Just taking my mind on a visit, back in time 'cause I miss it
You wouldn’t know to love it like I love it
Unless you lived it and man, I lived it
Oh man, I lived it
Oh, you think I’m talking crazy in a different language
You might not understand
Oh, that’s alright, that’s just the kind of life
That made me who I am
Just taking my mind on a visit, back in time 'cause I miss it
You wouldn’t know to love it like I love it
Unless you lived it and man, I lived it
Oh man, I lived it
Raven is the color of her long, curly hair
Red is the dress that she knows how to wear
Bluest eyes I’ve ever seen — maybe just a touch of green
Oh, she could steal most any woman’s man
This’d be a real good time to hold my hand
She walked up and said, «Hello, it’s been awhile»
Don’t think I didn’t notice the nervous in your smile
Wasn’t that long ago you were a whole lot more than friends
This would be a real good time to hold my hand
Don’t let this moment linger
Now would be a real good time
To reach out with your fingers
And get 'em tangled up with mine
Let her know for sure
That I’m more than just a soft place to land
This’d be a real good time to hold my hand
If I’m your future and she’s your past
If it’s over with her and our love’s gonna last
Don’t let this moment linger
Now would be the time
To reach out with your fingers and get them tangled up with mine
Let her know for sure that I’m more than just a soft place to land
Oh, this would be a good time
This’d be a real good time to hold my hand
Songwriters: Brandy Clark and Mark Jones
It was painted red the stripe was white
It was 18 feet from the bow to stern light
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
We put on a shine, put on a motor
Built out of love, and made for the water
Ran her for years, til' the transom got rotten
A piece of my childhood will never be forgoten
It was just an old plywood boat
With a 75 Johnson with electric choke
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And I would turn her sharp
And I would make it whine
He'd say, "You can't beat the way a old wood boat rides"
Just a little lake cross the Alabama line
But I was king of the ocean
When Daddy let me drive
Just an old half ton short bed ford
My Uncle bought new in 64
Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking
A couple of burnt valves and he had it going
He'd let me drive her when we haul off a load
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedels
Smiling like a hero who just received his medal
It was just an old hand me down ford
With 3 speed on the column and a dent in the door
A young boy two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel and
I would press that clutch
And I would keep it right
He would say a little slower son
Your doing just fine
Just a dirt road with trash on each side
But I was Mario Andretti
When Daddy let me drive
I'm grown up now
3 daughters of my own
I let them drive my old jeep
Across the pasture at our home
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
And pull out that old memory
And think of me and smile
And say
It was just an old worn out jeep
Rusty old floor boards
Hot on my feet
A young girl two hands on the wheel
I can't replace the way it made me feel
And he'd say
Turn it left, and steer it right
Straighten up girl now, you're doing just fine
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
But I was high on a mountain
When Daddy let me drive
Daddy let me drive
Oh he let me drive
It's just an old plywood boat
With a 75 johnson
And electric choke
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Shes from Birmingham, bambalam
Way down in Alabama, bambalam
The way she shake that thing, bambalam
Oh she make me sing, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
She really get me high, bambalam
You know thats no lie, bambalam
Shes so rock steady, bambalam
Oh shes always ready, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Oh Black Betty, bambalam
Oh Black Betty, bambalam
Black Betty had a child, bambalam
She swears its mine, bambalam
She must be out of her mind, bambalam
She must think I’m blind, bambalam
Oh Black Betty, bambalam
Oh Black Betty, bambalam
Oh Black Betty, bambalam
Oh Black Betty, bambalam
Monday she got me arrested
On Tuesday up in jail
Wednesday my trail was attested
Thursday she posted my bail
Friday we went walking
Saturday I was outta my door
On Sunday we was talkin
Back on Monday she pawned all my clothes
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Shes from Birmingham, bambalam
Way down in Alabama, bambalam
The way she shake that thing, bambalam
Oh she make me sing, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
She really get me high, bambalam
You know thats no lie, bambalam
Shes so rock steady, bambalam
Oh shes always ready, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whoa Black Betty, bambalam
Whooooa Black Betty!