Freight Train
Freight Train Tracks
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(Alan Jackson)
Lace-up boots and faded jeans
A homemade sandwich, jug of tea
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol\' end and same ol\' day
(Chorus)
But there\'s nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the working man
All week long making a living
Life keeps takin\', he keeps giving
Behind the scene, below the grade
Hardly noticed but part of everything
(Chorus)
v He gives his life then fades away
Another young man takes his place
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol end, same old\' day
But there\'s nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
No, there\'s nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the working man
The working man
Oh, the working man
And woman
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(Alan Jackson)
The love you thought was dead and gone
Somehow keeps on hanging on
Even when your heart has left it far behind
Just when you have turned the page
It seems to find a way
There it is again
Every now and then
(Chorus)
Every now and then
That ol\' feeling comes around
Every now and then
I see your face in another cloud
And every now and then
Some old something takes me right back again
Every now and then
You can finally breathe life in
Without wondering where she\'s been
Go to sleep at night without her on your mind
In a second it appears
Followed by familiar tears
Like a long lost friend
Every now and then
(Chorus)
I know it\'s all for nothin\'
There\'s no going back to way back when
(Chorus)
I still love you
Every now and then
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(Alan Jackson)
Her right hand closed the front porch door
Suddenly a child no more
All the ribbons, all the bows
In a box now on her closet floor
Anxious for what\'s to come
Afraid to leave a place she loves
(Chorus)
She\'s not a woman not a girl
Trying to find her place in this crazy world
Meet a lover, make a friend
Try and figure out what this life really means
After 17
Broken hearts and rusted dreams
Sometimes make it hard to leave
Certainty is out of reach
Even with some self-beliefs
So she bites her lip and shows a smile
Flips her hair and flaunts her style
(Chorus)
Her memories she stowed away
Pulls them out on rainy days
Brand new faces take their place
Beside the ones that never fade
She\'s strong and fragile, weak and smart
Whatever the cost she plays the part
(Chorus)
After 17
Her right hand closed the front porch door
And suddenly a child no more
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(Vicky McGehee, Kylie Sackley, Keith Stegall)
That ole sun comes up every morning
And goes back down at the end of every day
It\'s just that way
Stars show up every evening
Man in the moon comes up to play
It\'s just that way
(Chorus)
And girl loving you
Is something I was born to do
It\'s just that way
The ocean\'s wet the desert\'s dry
Don\'t ask me why, \'cause I can\'t say
It\'s just that way
As sure as the world keeps turning
My love for you will never change
It\'s just that way
(Chorus x 2)
That ole sun comes up every morning
It\'s just that way
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(Fred Eaglesmith)
I just came down from Chippewa
Had a station wagon and a hundred dollars
Thinkin\' about the girl I\'d lost a year before
I hadn\'t seen her for some time
Thought I might go on by
When your memory came floodin\' in
And you closed that door
(Chorus)
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I had a diesel locomotive
I\'d come whistlin\' down your track
Crashin\' in your door
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I didn\'t have a heart
You need a shovel for the coal
Just to get me started
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train baby
Wish I was a freight train
Well every time I talk to you
I hear your jealous lies
I feel like I\'ve been left abandoned
On some old railway side
And every time I hear your voice
My water just gets cold
My stoker will not stoke
And my boiler will not boil
(Chorus)
Well every time I fell behind
I could not get ahead
I wish someone would pull the lever
And give me a little sand
And every time I slip behind
Even further back
I wish some switchman would come out of the fog
And change my track
(Chorus x 2)
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(Jay Knowles, Adam Wright)
You got the last of all your stuff
You got your car cranked up
And I guess there ain\'t a thing that I can say
I\'m thinking as I\'m standing here
And suddenly it all comes clear
As I watch you drive away
(Chorus)
They should\'ve made tail lights blue
So when I see them go
They\'ll look the way I do
Just a pale blue glow
They should have made I can\'t stay
Sound like I love you
You know they should\'ve made tail lights blue
I know it\'s gonna take some time
To get you off my mind
And forget how happy we once were
I don\'t know how to bring you back
And as a matter of fact
The only thing I know for sure
(Chorus x 2)
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(Alan Jackson)
(Chorus)
I could get used to this lovin\' thing
The way you call my name
In love\'s embrace
I could get used to you everyday
And your tender ways
I kinda like this lovin\' thing
I\'ve had romance a time or two
Infatuation, then I found you
I\'ve had \'em steal my heart and run
And that ain\'t fun for anyone
(Chorus)
I like the way you make me feel
And what I feel, feels like it\'s real
I never once said I love you
Until I felt the one that\'s true
(Chorus)
Yeah, I could get used to this lovin\' thing
The way you call my name
In love\'s embrace
I could get used to you everyday
And your tender ways
I kinda like this lovin\' thing
I could get used to you everyday
And those tender ways
I kinda like this lovin\' thing
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(Cathy Gosden)
If I never see your loving face again
I\'ll go on loving you \'till the end
And if my broken-hearted love don\'t find a way to mend
I\'ll go on loving you \'till the end
The years and miles may separate you from me
The pain may lessen more as time goes by
But as for me your memories will never fade
And I\'ll go on loving you \'till the end
If we\'re ever free to love again I know
Straight back to your waiting arms is where I\'ll go
And I\'ll stay forever and I\'ll prove to you again
I\'ll go on loving you \'till the end
And I\'ll go on loving you \'till the end
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(Alan Jackson)
When the frantic pace of life attacks me
And weighs me to the ground
I long for someplace to escape to
The one place I have found
No stoplights to obey no signs or limits there
Just drop the hook and make your home almost anywhere
(Chorus)
Where the sky meets the water
Where the wind is my song
Where the sun is my brother
That´s where I belong
The gentle motion of the seas just rocks me off to sleep
No sirens, cars or screams just quiet ocean breeze
A frigate bird encircles me a 1000 feet above
She dips her wing and bows her head like we share a common love
(Chorus)
When the moonlight cracks the edge of night
And stars are everywhere
I can taste the rum and coke and I can smell that salty air
A light spray across my bow cools the evening sun
As it slowly melts into the sea and tells me day is done
(Chorus)
When the common themes of life they come and overload my brain
I steer my thoughts right to that place that takes me far away
When the traffic fills that concrete path that takes me back and forth
I usually sit and dream about that biggest piece of earth
(Chorus x 2)
Yeah, that´s where I belong
Oh, that´s where I belong
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(Alan Jackson)
Oh I\'m blessed and I know I am
God has dealt me a winning hand
A loving woman and a fairyland for me
Oh and I can\'t believe it half the time
When I look at her in perfect light
A sweet vision every day and night I see
(Chorus)
My baby has big green eyes
Brighter than the bluest sky
Softer than an angel flies
Sweeter than a lullaby
And she loves me without design
The picture never leaves my mind
I don\'t deserve a love this fine
Baby and her big green eyes
Oh and I\'m never very far away
Even if I\'m in another place
Her smile you can\'t erase from me
(Chorus)
Oh and I\'m thankful every waking hour
For the love of a gentle flower
A face I will never tire or leave
(Chorus)
The picture never leaves my mind
I don\'t deserve a love this fine
Baby and her big green eyes
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(Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah)
(Chorus)
True love is a golden ring
Like the vows we made it´s a precious thing
Sent from above on silver wings
True love is a golden ring
Down a winding road with many turns
Through fire and smoke and bridges burned
I´ve held my share of stranger´s hands
Now holding yours, I understand
(Chorus)
Love is so much more than a one-night stand
Like the endless turn of a wedding band
Looking in your eyes I see the truth
After all this time I found you
(Chorus)
Oh, true love is a golden ring
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(Alan Jackson)
We started out and life was perfect
I never thought our love would change
But years of ups and downs made a difference
It\'s not the same as it was yesterday
I don\'t treat you like I used to
You don\'t look the same into my eyes
We thought the best would be behind us
But the best keeps getting better all the time
(Chorus)
We learned how to love
And how to make up
And found what it takes to be enough
Like a 30-year-old wine
Hearts intertwined
The best keeps getting better all the time
I love you now more than ever
And you appreciate me more today
Melted together
Hearts and minds
The best keeps getting better all the time
(Chorus)
Like a 30-year-old wine
Hearts intertwined
The best keeps getting better all the time
The best keeps getting better all the time
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