Don't Go Out (feat. Tanya Tucker) - T. Graham Brown

If anyone had told me things would get this far I'd have told them they were crazy, yet, here we are Pride can be our enemy, we both know the cost So tell me if you're having second thoughts We don't have to do this It's not carved in stone Or are we so lost we can't find Our way back home Tell me where's it written That we can't change our minds We don't have to do this We don't have to say goodbye Years should count for something Tears can't be in vain To let this go so easy would be a shame We don't have to do this It's not carved in stone Or are we so lost that we can't find Our way back home Tell me where's it written That we can't change our minds We don't have to do this We don't have to say goodbye If leaving is the answer Why does this feel so bad? Should we really walk away from everything we had? Tell me where's it written That we can't change our minds, no We don't have to do this We don't have to say goodbye We don't have to do this We don't have to say goodbye

As you travel down the trail of life There'll be dangers You'll encounter Many rivers you will have to cross In a lost territory There'll be mountains high and valleys low But wherever you go I wanna ride shotgun Be by your side Down the road of life Come rain or shine I wanna be someone Who's always there by you To protect your heart With a love that's true Until the journey's done I wanna ride shotgun There'll be deserts you can't cross alone Without someone there beside you But together we can tame the West Raid the bad lands, face the bandits 'Cause I love you with a love too strong To let you go all alone I wanna ride shotgun Be by your side Down the road of life Come rain or shine I wanna be someone Who's always there by you To protect your heart With a love that's true Until the journey's done I wanna ride shotgun Be by your side Down the road of life Come rain or shine I wanna be someone Who's always there by you To protect your heart With a love that's true Until the journey's done I wanna ride shotgun Ooh I wanna ride shotgun (ooh, shotgun) Raid the bad lands I wanna ride shotgun (ooh) Face the bandits (shotgun) I wanna ride shotgun, ooh

I have traveled down the long and twisted roads Through the darkened streets not many souls have known I've seen beauty some may not understand I found glory in the ruin of the best-laid plans There were times tomorrow felt so far away It seemed as though the bitterness was here to stay And though I've pushed down on my anger through my tears I have always felt the love of God so near I've been everything there is to be So come on, baby, show some kindness to me How the hand of fate drags us all behind Like a river flowin' back and forth in time To the place we call free will, but we were always meant to be It was written like a song so long ago It's a long and lonely river to the sea So come on, baby, show some kindness to me When all the wasted years have come and gone And there's just the empty sky to look upon And all the dreams that pulled our hearts are memories I will remember what it felt like to be free 'Cause I've been everything there is to be Come on, baby, show some kindness to me How the hand of fate drags us all behind Like a river flowin' back and forth in time To the place we call free will, but we were always meant to be It was written like a song so long ago It's a long and lonely river to the sea Come on, baby, show some kindness to me I've been everything there is to be So come on, baby, show some kindness to me Come on, baby, show some kindness to me Come on, baby, show some kindness to me Come on

Just a little static Breakin' up The Beatles A.m. wake-up Tuesday mornin' tunes It's a turquoise-blue good mornin' With the copper eagle flyin' Whippin' through the plains north across the motel-rendezvous You know me, I'm still a-movin' Just as slow as ol' molasses A bacon cooked up good and crisp for gone Moved into Alabama in a purple fire-bird A-lookin' for some love, lookin' for the words to write a song As cheap as gas is here I will look beyond my longin' The extra dollar doesn't mean a damn If I get clear of Jasper And all this Dixie thunder I'll get breakfast with brown eyes in Birmingham Hippies on the shoulder Yeah, they're at a place hereabouts They're tie-dyed and golden-haired and free All the motorcycle cowboys Highway 269ers Pullin' up the shades and shuttin' down the rebel history Oh, me, I'm still a-blowin' Through the same old C-sharp harp Old hymns and Arthur Alexander songs Ah, Jake Hess is up in Heaven Together, they'll both be singin' A-singin' with the Lord above you, best be movin' on As cheap as gas is here I will look beyond my longin' The extra dollar doesn't mean a damn If I get clear of Jasper And all this Dixie thunder I'll get breakfast with brown eyes in Birmingham As cheap as gas is here I will look beyond my longin' The extra dollar doesn't mean a damn If I get clear of Jasper And all this Dixie thunder I'll get breakfast with brown eyes in Birmingham I'll get breakfast with brown eyes in Birmingham Breakfast with brown eyes in Birmingham Woah, Birmingham

Darlene, sit down I need to talk to you Then you do what you want to do Just hear me through Darlene, you don't need no other guy When you gonna realize How much I love you (Chorus) Darlene, you're an errant pack of all you dreams I'll have all I'll ever need, if you'll go with me Darlene, honey I can give you everthing I want you for my darlin', Darlene Darlene, we're both tired of just hangin' 'round Tired of dreamin' in this sleepy town, the rest is history (Chorus)

Now baby don't worry If he troubles your mind It'll all wash away, girl In the river of time If you need a shoulder I'll be around Be your rock to hold onto Till the river goes down It's hell and high water That your goin' through But come hell or high water I'll be here waiting for you I can't keep you from cryin' And I can't stop your pain The brightest of sunshine Never could stop the rain But you know that I'll be there Just like that ol' song To be your good morning When your cryin's all done It's hell and high water That your goin' through But come hell or high water I'll be here waiting for you It's hell and high water That your goin' through But come hell or high water I'll be here waiting for you It's hell and high water That your goin' through But come hell or high water I'll be here waiting for you

T Graham Brown Miscellaneous If You Could Only See Me Now (1990) I tried to be just what you wanted Whoa but I was always wishing on the moon Things were always going wrong thou it took so long You just left me way too soon If you could only see me now, now I turned my life around completely If I could bring you back somehow I know that I would make you proud to love me Oh I think you would be surprised I'd be something in your eyes If you could only see me now Some crazy dream was always waiting Down some road I had to follow to the end I meant to come back home time kept rolling on I'd love to have that chance again If you could only see me now, now I turned my life around completely If I could bring you back somehow I know that I would make you proud to love me Oh I think you would be surprised I'd be something in your eyes If you could only see me now I think you would be surprised I'd be something in your eyes If you could only see me now