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t’s a mindset, never going out of style
From the concrete jungle even down a country Mile
Hey it’s a boy and girl, winning with the hand That they’ve been given
It’s a day in the life
It’s the music and the rhyme of American Living
American Living, yeah
There’s a boy and girl sitting out on the porch Swing
Singing a song that only two hearts in love sing
Maybe someday their about 80
Still in love… would it be that crazy?
It’s a mindset, never going out of style
From the concrete jungle even down a country Mile
Hey it’s a boy and girl, winning with the hand That they’ve been given
It’s a day in the life
It’s the music and the rhyme of American Living
There’s a mom and dad and they’re planting all Their seeds
Everyday just working on their dreams
Just trying to give the best to their kids
To have a life that they never did
It’s a mindset, never going out of style
From the concrete jungle even down a country Mile
Hey it’s a boy and girl, winning with the hand that they’ve been given
It’s a day in the life
It’s the music and the rhyme of American Living, Yeah
Yeah
It’s a mindset, never going out of style
From the concrete jungle even down a country Mile
Hey it’s a boy and girl, winning with the hand That they’ve been given
It’s a day in the life
It’s the music and the rhyme of American Living
American Living, yeah
You must have been in a
Place so dark
You couldn’t feel the light
Reachin’ for you through
That stormy cloud
Now here we are
Gathered in our little hometown
This can’t be the way
You meant to draw a crowd
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Oh why, that’s what I keep asking
Was there anything I could’ve
Said or done
Oh, I had no clue you were
Masking
A troubled soul, God only knows
What went wrong and why
You would leave the stage
In the middle of a song
Now in my mind I’ll keep you frozen
As a seventeen-year-old
Rounding third to score the
Winning run
You always played with passion
No matter what the game
When you took the stage
You’d shine just like the sun
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Oh why, that’s what I keep asking
Was there anything I could’ve
Said or done
Oh, I had no clue you were
Masking
A troubled soul, God only knows
What went wrong and why
You would leave the stage
In the middle of a song
Now the oak trees are swaying
In the early autumn breeze
A golden sun is shining on my face
Through tangled thoughts
I hear a mockingbird sing
This old world really ain’t that
Bad of a place
Oh why, there’s no comprehending
And who am I to try to
Judge or explain
Oh, but I do have one
Burning question
Who told you life wasn’t
Worth the fight
They were wrong, they lied
Now you’re gone and we cry
‘Cause it’s not like you to
Walk away
In the middle of a song
Your beautiful song
Your absolutely beautiful song
Should’ve been much further
Than this by now
Little bit more gone a little
Less twisted around
Shouldv’e been much better,
You’d think
But I’m not, I’m still stuck
I’m still here in this rut
Looking back on everything
That we had
Holding on to words that we
Can’t take back
What am I to do with the past
When it’s all that I have
And I can’t get you back
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Now I wait by the phone
In the dark, drunk on hope
I’m so lost, I’m so low
and I just want you to know
Everywhere that I go
I’m reminded of us
Where we’ve been, all we’ve done
And all the love that we shared
Once
Oh, once –
I remember you saying I was the one
And nothing could change that
But you were wrong
Its funny how life turns on a dime
Now we don’t even talk
I just just stare at these walls and
[Chorus]
Now I wait by the phone
In the dark, drunk on hope
I’m so lost, I’m so low
and I just want you to know
Everywhere that I go
I’m reminded of us
Where we’ve been, all we’ve done
And all the love that we shared
Once
Once, you made the world feel
So right
Once, you were my morning,
Noon and night
Why’d we slip away
Why did it all change
Now will I ever be the same
Now I wait by the phone
In the dark, drunk on hope
I’m so lost, I’m so low
And I just want you to know
Everywhere — all we’ve done
Oh, by the phone, baby
I’ve been so lost
I just want you to know
Yeah, where we’ve been
Should’ve been much further
Than this by now
Little bit more gone a little less
Twisted around
There’s a Mountain Dew can
With lipstick on it
Rollin’ around his truck bed
He just leaves it back there
One of the things he has left of
Her
When he drives into the late
Day sun
You can see a set of footprints
He ain’t gonna clean that
Windshield
He’d rather just live with the hurt
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He’s holdin’ on to the wheel
On to the way she made him feel
On to the shifter, on to
The pictures
Every precious moment with her
Like the left beheind colors in the
Sky
When the sun is gone
He’s holdin’ on
Oh, he’s holdin’ on
There’s a voicemail on his cell
Phone
He don’t dare erase
She endeed with I love you
And he saves it just in case it
Might still be true
No, he ain’t through
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He’s holdin’ on to the wheel
On to the way she made him feel
On to the shifter, on to
The pictures
Every precious moment with her
Like the left beheind colors in the
Sky
When the sun is gone
He’s holdin’ on
To the past
To the last time he held her
Her breath on his neck
The three words she said
Oh –
He’s holdin’ on to the wheel
On to the way she made him feel
On to the shifter
On to the pictures
Every precious moment with her
He’s holdin’ on
Yeah, he’s holdin’ on and on
He’s holdin’ on, he’s holdin’ on
It’s summer nights baby!
Come on ladies, it’s time to
Pop that top
And fellas, I know you’re
Ready to rock
We went crazy, cooped
Up all winter long
And school is out so let’s
Get it on
Flip flop tan and some white sand
I know the perfect spot
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Summer nights
Everybody are you with me
Let that igloo cooler
Mark your piece of paradise
Summer nights
Everybody’s feeling sexy
Holler if you’re ready
For some summer nights
Come on — Oh, yeah, yeah
Now fellas, you better watch
Your step
Don’t them teeny French bikinis
Make you lose your breath
Back to the ladies
Y’all keep doing y’alls thing
‘Cause everything about you
Makes me wanna scream
The sun is getting low,
There it goes
Here we go, here comes the moon
Things start getting all heated up
When it starts getting cool — yeah
[Chorus]
Summer nights
Everybody are you with me
Let that igloo cooler
Mark your piece of paradise
Summer nights
Everybody’s feeling sexy
Holler if you’re ready
For some summer nights
Oh, it’s a party down in Padre
Big bonfire on the beach
It’s Coronas in Daytona, y’all
Well, it’s wild and it’s free
[Chorus]
Summer nights
Everybody are you with me
Let that igloo cooler
Mark your piece of paradise
Summer nights
Everybody’s feeling sexy
Holler if you’re ready
For some summer nights
[Chorus]
Summer nights
Everybody are you with me
Let that igloo cooler
Mark your piece of paradise
Summer nights
Everybody’s feeling sexy
Holler if you’re ready
For some summer nights
Yeah, yeah are you ready
For some summer nights
Everybody’s feeling sexy
Summer nights
Sometimes he lets that boss get
In his head
He can’t see passed that mountain
Of deadlines on his desk
Five o’clock, he’s the last one
Out of the gate
And he gets cut off, flipped off, ticked off
Out on the interstate
And he wonders why this world won’t
Leave him alone
Til he hears that little voice holler
Daddy’s home
Things that matter
Things that don’t
She’s held on to that grudge
All her life
And thirty years of anger
Since her dad walked out that night
She thinks of all the moments
That he’s missed
All the birthdays, ballets, first dates
It seems too much to forget
She gets that call that said he
Don’t have long
She walks in, he starts crying
The past is gone
Things that matter
Things that don’t
Time ain’t on our side
Don’t wanna leave this world
With why didn’t I, why didn’t I
Yeah, why didn’t I
Sometimes I take on this world
By myself
Thinkin’ I got all the answers
Don’t need anybody’s help
When God was right there waiting
For me all along
To fall down on my knees
Surrender all
Things that matter, things that don’t
Things that matter, things that don’t
So, so you made a lot of mistakes
Walked down the road a little sideways
Cracked a brick when you hit the wall
Yeah, you’ve had a pocketfull of regrets
Pulled you down faster than a sunset
Hey, it happens to us all
When the cold, hard rain just won’t quit
And you can’t find your way out of it
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You find your faith that’s been lost and shaken
You take back what’s been taken
Get on your knees and dig down deep
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don’t give in
It’ll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
Love is unstoppable
Love, it can weather any storm
Bring you back to being born, again
Oh, it’s the helping hand
When you needed it most
The lightouse shining on the coast
That never goes dim
When your heart is full of doubt
And you think that there’s no way out
[Chorus]
You find your faith that’s been lost and shaken
You take back what’s been taken
Get on your knees and dig down deep
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don’t give in
It’ll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
Love is unstoppable
It’s unstoppable
Like a river keeps on rollin’
Like a north wind blowin’
Don’t it feel good knowin’
Yeah–
[Chorus]
You find your faith that’s been lost and shaken
You take back what’s been taken
Get on your knees and dig down deep
You can do what you think is impossible
Keep on believing, don’t give in
It’ll come and make you whole again
It always will, it always does
Love is unstoppable
Love is unstoppable
So, so you made a lot of mistakes
Walked down the road a little sideways
But love, love is unstoppable
She got the long blonde hair
Got the red sports car
And you know she’s got the
Top laid back
She got the movie star smile
Got the sun kissed tan
Santa Barbara in summer
Yeah, she feels like that
Hey, she’s like a canyon drive
In a midnight sky
Those eyes are deep enough
To get lost
Her legs are palm tree tall
The way she walks
Like the heat on a runway
When the cameras go off
She’s small town from the country
She ain’t big time but she could be
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Hey, Hollywood never looked this
Good
Bright as the big screen burns
Hey, I bet drivin’ down Sunset
They’re lookin’ for a face like hers
Yeah, I’ve been all around
This world
And she’d be California
If California was a girl
She’s like a red, red wine
Like a righteous wave
She’s a day at the beach in Corona
Del Mar
She’s never been out there
Felt the bright spot light
But she could have her own star
On that dreamer’s boulevard
I’ve driven down that coastline
And I’ve stood there under that
Big sign
[Chorus]
Hey, Hollywood never looked this
Good
Bright as the big screen burns
Hey, I bet drivin’ down Sunset
They’re lookin’ for a face like hers
Yeah, I’ve been all around
This world
And she’d be California
If California was a girl
I’d chase that wild sunset
I’d be gone on my way,
Way out west
Yeah, I’ve been all around
This town
Hey, Hollywood never looked this good
Bright as the big screen
Hey, I bet drivin’ down Sunset
Lookin’ for a face like hers
Yeah, she’d be California
If California was a girl
Now she’d be California
If California was a girl
Hey California
She got the long blonde hair
Got the red sports car
And you know she’s got the
Top laid back
She got the movie star smile
Got the sun kissed tan
Santa Barbara in summer
Yeah, she feels like that
Yeah, she’d be California
Hey, Hollywood
Ooh. Hiya.
I miss you so much
Your light, your smile, your way
and everything about us.
Now you’re gone,
You’re still here in my heart and in my tears.
Yeah you sure left your mark.
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It wasn’t long enough,
It wasn’t long enough together
but it was long enough,
yeah it was long enough to last forever.
Sometimes I get so mad, I scream, I swear at this
cause this isn’t how we planned it.
I sit here in a cold room
prayin’, waitin’ on you,
to roll back through that door,
to the way that is was before
you left
[Chorus]
Been cheated (I’ve been Cheated)
Defeated (defeated, to believe)
To believe that you’re gone.
(You’re gone, you’re gone)
Ooh it was wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
It wasn’t long enough
It wasn’t long enough
It wasn’t long enough
No
[Chorus]
It wasn’t long enough [x6]
It’s just another simple
Voicemail message
I’ll pick you up and we’ll do
Dinner by the fire
And we’ll just watch it snow
It’s from a year ago
Baby, I love you
And I can’t wait to see you tonight
I’ve been thinking about you
All day long
She pushes nine to save
But still can’t erase ’cause –
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It makes her feel close
Makes her smile
It’s like he’s with her almost
Til the tears take over
She’s still in hell
But she tells herself
She’s ready to let him go
‘Cause that makes her feel close
It’s just a worn out
Notre Dame t-shirt
She’s gotten mad
And tried to throw that thing away
At least a hundred times
But she’s got it on tonight
He used to wear it on the weekend
Just runnin’ around
Probably forgot he even left it
behind
She says it keeps her warm
Oh, but it’s so much more
[Chorus]
It makes her feel close
Makes her smile
It’s like he’s with her almost
Til the tears take over
She’s still in hell
But she tells herself
She’s ready to let him go
‘Cause that makes her feel close
To saying goodbye, getting
On with her life
Maybe give love another try
One more try
Oh, one more try
[Chorus]
It makes her feel close
Makes her smile
It’s like he’s with her almost
Til the tears take over
She’s still in hell
But she tells herself
She’s ready to let him go
‘Cause that makes her feel close
It makes her feel close
Makes her feel close
It’s just a worn out Notre
Dame t-shirt
She’s gotten mad and tried
To throw that thing away
At least a hundred times
But she’s got in on tonight
I can hear the truck tires coming up the gravel road
And its not like her to drive that slow, nothin’s on the radio
Footsteps on the front porch, I hear my doorbell
She usually comes right in, now I can tell
[Chorus]
Here comes goodbye
Here comes the last time
Here comes the start of every sleepless night
The first of every tear I’m gonna cry
Here comes the pain
Here comes me wishing things had never changed
And she was right here in my arms tonight, but here comes goodbye
I can hear her say I love you like it was yesterday
And I can see it written on her face that she had never felt this way
One day I thought I’d see her with her daddy by her side
And violins would play here comes the bride
[Chorus]
Here comes goodbye
Here comes the last time
Here comes the start of every sleepless night
The first of every tear I’m gonna cry
Here comes the pain
Here comes me wishing things had never changed
And she was right here in my arms tonight, but here comes goodbye
Why does it have to go from good to gone?
Before the lights turn on, yeah and youre left alone
All alone, but here comes goodbye
Oh-oooo
[Chorus]
Here comes goodbye
Here comes the last time
Here comes the start of every sleepless night
The first of every tear I’m gonna cry
Here comes the pain
Here comes me wishing things had never changed
And she was right here in my arms tonight, but here comes goodbye
Oh-oooo
I should have stsolen every moment
Now there’s a page
With not enough on it
Where we belong
I guess I’ll never understand it
Why do we take it all for granted
Until it’s gone
‘Cause then it’s gone
[Chorus]
Love who you love
With all that you have
And don’t waste the time
That flies so fast
Love who you love
And say that you do
Hold on as tight as they’ll let you
Love who you love
Give all you’ve got
Like it’s your last day
Your heart and soul
Before it’s too late
And pull them in so close
Enough that they can feel it
With every single breath that
You’re breathing
Breathe it in again and again
[Chorus]
Love who you love
With all that you have
And don’t waste the time
That flies so fast
Love who you love
And say that you do
Hold on as tight as they’ll let you
Love who you love
Hold on, hold on
Yeah, love who you love
Say that you do — yeah
[Chorus]
Love who you love
With all that you have
And don’t waste the time
That flies so fast
Love who you love
And say that you do
Hold on as tight as they’ll let you
Love who you love
Yeah, love
Love who you love
Say that you do
Hold on, keep on holdin’ on — yeah
Yeah, with every single breath
You’re breathing