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Five hundred miles on the Interstate
With my all-night radio on
Songs about working and freedom
Or up on the farm at dawn
Tight fittin' jeans and John Deere green
The American dream is still strong
Friday night lights make you feel all right
Like a rock 'n' roll country song
Workin' all week on the job site
With my all-hits radio on
Songs about whiskey and cheatin'
And when you find out love is gone
A little drinkin' on one day and church on Sunday
I know where I belong
And every night my lady makes it right
Like a rock 'n' roll country song
When I hear a rock 'n' roll country song
It brings to mind the things that make me sing along
Drivin' around on a Saturday night
Cold beer at the lake in the moonlight
A party and a band at our favorite bar
Oh - play that electric guitar
Seems to me you can't go wrong
With a rock 'n' roll country song
[inst.]
Now its everywhere the country rocks
That's how its played today
They took the red, white and blue and the boondocks
To every city in the USA
When I hear a rock 'n' roll country song
It brings to mind the things that make me sing along
Drivin' around on a Saturday night
Cold beer at the lake in the moonlight
A party and a band at our favorite bar
Oh - play that electric guitar
Seems to me you can't go wrong
With a rock 'n' roll country song (X2)
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2. |
There's A Lot of Livin'
03:05
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There's a lot of livin'
Written into country songs
There's a lot of reasons
For what's right and all the wrongs
There's a lot of livin'
To make every day a remembered time
there's a lot of lovin'
I am yours and you are mine
[chorus]
And there's a lot of livin' we can tell
To those who might do some listenin'
And there's a lot of good times and doin' well
It takes livin' by persistin'
There's a lot of livin'
And hope for the best in mankind
There's the meaning of love
And what we all need to find
There's a lot of livin'
To know when people are telling you lies
To find the truth about anything
You learn to read what's in their eyes
[Inst. break & chorus]
There's a lot of livin'
When "sorry" ain't just a word
And there is forgiveness
When there's justice - I have heard
There's a lot of livin'
I'm still learning all about
Knowin' way down in my soul
You're the one I can't live without
There's a lot of livin'
Written into country songs
There's a lot of livin'
And in those songs - is where it belongs
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Every year a thousand dancers all around the world
Travel to Las Vegas USA
There’s a dance explosion –They say it’s the pearl
Learnin’ new line dances and showin’ off every way
And every year I watch her getting’on that plane
The lights are always bright where she’s goin’
Oh, she’s a fine line dancer, hotter than a flame
There’s one thing I’m always knowin’
It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind
I tell her -Honey I won’t try to change yours anytime
And I know the dancing’s in your soul
I’m OK with what you do
As long as what stays in Vegas isn’t you
[inst]
As long as what stays in Vegas isn’t you
Don’t you know I wish someday I’ll be there with her
But I’m still payin’ the loan on this truck
Oh she is no gambler and I know she’s not a rambler
And I believe she wouldn’t ever try her luck
I’m drivin’ through the land of the midnight sun
This year it’s how I earn my check
Don’t know when my day starts-when it might be done
I hope I don’t become an emotional wreck
It’s a woman’s prerogative… [repeat chorus]
[inst.]
Yes, as long as what stays in Vegas isn’t you
Las Vegas isn’t you
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4. |
Thanks, Tom Hanks
06:12
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Thanks, Tom Hanks
For making my favorite movies through the years
Thanks, Tom Hanks for all the laughter and the tears
As an actor and director and producer you have won
Awards and recognition for the fine work you have done
So I’d like to send along my thanks – Thanks, Tom Hanks
Everybody loves a good story
A clever con-man “Catch Me If You Can”
Or the unintended fame and glory
When “Forest Gump” saved Lieutenant Dan
And you were going to the moon on the big screen
Houston we have a problem with “Apollo Thirteen”
“The DaVinci Code” remains a Holy mystery unknown
There’s no crying in baseball in “A League of Their Own”
Oh, Thanks, Tom Hanks…….through the years
Thanks, Tom Hanks……….and the tears
So many more I could name, the movies you have done
I really did enjoy them all and I’ve seen every one
And I’d like to send along my thanks – Thanks, Tom Hanks
Everybody needs love and the memories
They sustained you when you were “Cast Away”
Be careful, life can bring you enemies
Poor “Captain Phillips” when the pirates came that day
“Philadelphia” a man’s lonely legal fight
Winning “Charlie Wilson’s War” with a party every night
“You’ve Got Mail” – love answered, it just took awhile
And we saw supernatural human forces in “The Green Mile”
So, Thanks, Tom Hanks………through the years
Thanks, Tom Hanks………and the tears
“Splash” and “Big” start the fun for a California son
And you were destined to become box-office number one
And I’d like to send along my thanks – Thanks, Tom Hanks
A father and his son, the wisdom of the young
A “Sleepless In Seattle” premonition
A father and his son – oh, the death of one
So many evils on the “Road to Perdition”
And I remember everyone was cryin’
As you were dyin’, “Saving Private Ryan”
So, Thanks, Tom Hanks……...through the years
Oh Thanks, Tom Hanks…………and the tears
Mister Rogers, Captain “Sully”- great movies to view, and…
“The Polar Express” for Christmas dreams that come true
And I’d like to send along my thanks – Thanks, Tom Hanks
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5. |
Colorado In Her Eyes
04:39
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In the snowstorms in a place they call New England
She grew up a wild child racin’ down mountainsides
She went away to school out in Denver
And I think she majored in skiing
She came back with Colorado in her eyes.
In the snowstorms in a place they call New York State
She had her life’s work and her family
She was still racin’ down those mountainsides
When her little girl was grown, and she was alone
Her Rocky Mountain high wouldn’t wait
‘Cause she had Colorado in her eyes.
She told me once she thought love was gonna last forever
The man she knew all those years left for warmer weather
And she told me when you’re chasing life and
You’re never going fast enough,
You know you’re gonna fall so you learn to be tough
In the snowstorms, in the place they call the Rockies
She says sometimes it’s almost like
She’s flying through the skies
And she found love where she’s meant to be
And everybody sees she has Colorado in her eyes
[ inst. break ]
She told me once she thinks love can maybe last forever
And the man she knows prays for snows and
He’s never said never
And she told me when you’re chasing life
And you’re never going fast enough
You know you’re gonna fall so you learn to be tough
In the snowstorms in the place they call the Rockies,
She says sometimes it’s almost like
She’s flying through the skies
And she found love where she’s meant to be
And everybody sees- She has Colorado in her eyes
She has Colorado in her eyes
She has Colorado in her eyes
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6. |
I Love Her, I Like It
04:37
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I love her and she means the world to me
But she’s talking about changing the way I wanna be
I like it with my t-shirt and my blue jeans on
Sometimes when we go out she says that’s all wrong
I love her she cooks health foods I have tried
But I still like my steak rare and my vegetable French Fried
I like it – playing all my favorite songs
But she don’t really like good country music all night long
(Chorus): I got…
I got a $500 car and a $5000 guitar
And I get paid in cash at the end of the night
I know she’s my heart throb she says I should get a better job
She’s tellin’ me I need to get my priorities right
[Lead break, inst.]
I love her she’s saving for our future buyin’ stocks
I save money buyin’ beer by the case and wine in a box
I like it – goin’ to the Bass Pro Shops
But that’s not where she wants to be when she shops ‘til she drops.
I love her and I’ll get over it I suppose
I won’t be goin’ to the Waffle House when the bars close
I like it – playin’ all my favorite songs
But she don’t really like good country music all night long
(Chorus): I got…
Oh, I guess I’m real lucky a good friend of mine
Put my picture and profile up on line
That’s when she found me on the internet
And I haven’t even bought my first computer yet
Oh, I love her, and she means the world to me
But she’s talkin’ about changin’ the way I wanna be
I like it – stayin’ just the way I am
She is a good woman and I will be a good man
I got a $500 car and a $5000 guitar
And I get paid in cash at the end of the night
I know she’s my heart throb she says I should get a better job
She’s tellin’ me I need to get my priorities right
[ more pickin’ ]
She says “Wait and see freedom isn’t free”
She’s tellin’ me I need to get my priorities right.
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Always
04:10
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She’s always makin’ promises she’s gonna change
She’s always thinkin’ there can’t be much
To re-arrange
A little more honesty
A little less drinkin’ should be easy
She’s always disappointing her man
Oh ain’t that strange
He’s always makin’ promises
It’s different this time
He always hopes to find that someone
In a bar – what’s your sign?
Now he says he knows it’s true
You can’t tell anyone what to do
Always lettin’ down a “crazy in love”
It’s blowin’ his mind
And she is still the woman she always was
And he’ll get tired of her-every man does
And he is still the man he always was
And she’ll get tired of him every woman does
[lead break guitar]
They always got the same old reasons for each other
When it’s no longer new
People always think they can change
Or they never do
Takers won’t learn to give
And fakers don’t learn to live
Lonely is a color and it’s always blue
And she is still the woman she always was
And he’ll get tired of her – every man does
And he is still the man he always was
And she’ll get tired of him every woman does
He is still the man he always was
She is still the woman she always was
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8. |
Micro, Fridge & Wi Fi
03:50
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I lost my job back in my home county
I worked in North Dakota instead
They found oil there and I found a new life for me
When I rented that room the landlady said
This one’s got a Micro, Fridge and Wi Fi
It only costs a little bit more
I told her I would take it and I’m glad I did
I don’t know how I got along before
I got a micro, a fridge and Wi Fi where I stay
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I want to cook it fast - drink ‘em cold
Finish the internet before I’m old
With a micro a fridge and Wi Fi where I stay
She was such a sweet and pretty lady
She said there’s a lot to see out west
We drove all day
And when we got t to that motel room
The night clerk said, “You’re stayin’ in the best.”
It’s got a micro, a fridge and Wi Fi
It only costs a little bit more
I told him we would take it and I’m glad we did
She never saw my Wi Fi before
I got a micro, fridge and Wi Fi where I stay
I wouldn’t have it any other way
I want to cook it fast – drink ‘em cold
Finish the internet before I’m cold
With a micro a fridge and Wi Fi where I stay
I don’t want to be in a little-bitty cabin
On an ocean cruise
All my comforts of home…I don’t, want to lose
I don’t want to camp way out
On some wilderness trail
With cold pizzas, warm beer and no e-mail
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I Found Out
04:22
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I found out there’s sunny places on the southern coast
Ain’t no doubt people there got every right to boast
Mostly warm days and miles of sand
I think they’re proud of their weather man
I found out we could leave today
I found out they live on what they call beach time
Ain’t no doubt you and I would fit in there just fine
We could go fishing or just get away
Lots of people go there and stay
I found out we could leave today
I saw a Chamber of Commerce TV ad
They said we’ll have the best time we ever had
Maybe we will and maybe we won’t
I say we should go ‘cause if we don’t
We’ll be here next year talkin’ about
What’s the best way for us to thaw out
And we’ll be waiting for a blizzard and an Arctic air mass
To sweep across the country and kick our…
Ask yourself what we should do… I found out
[inst.]
I can see you now with your bikini tan
Let’s go pack the van
I found out- we could leave today
I found out there’s sunny places on the southern coast
Ain’t no doubt- you and I will find the 1 we like the most
Living down there is a whole lot slower
Ain’t nobody got a snow blower
I found out we could leave today and…
I found out lots of people go there and stay
[inst.]
I found out we’ll be sittin’ on the dock of the bay
And I found out what Johnny Paycheck would say
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Don’t know why I waited so long
To get my place out in the country
Leaving the noise and city lights behind
Don’t know why I waited so long
To ask you to share your life with me
And tell you I love you so much
You’re in every part of my mind
Don’t know why I waited so long
To understand our son and daughter
And spend all the time I can with them
Every day
I don’t know why I waited so long
To trade the whiskey for water
And take better care of myself
And put childish things away
Oh I don’t know why I waited so long
To get a better education
Appreciate our nation
Live by the golden rule
Teach a little Sunday school
And listen to you
When you tell me I might be wrong
Don’t know why I waited so long
Don’t know why I waited so long
To tell my Dad I loved him
I think that was something my Mama always knew
Don’t know why I waited so long
To tell our kids I’m so proud of them
And I want them to have a better life
Than the one I had to work so hard through
And I don’t know why I waited so long
To look up my old high school friends
Find my service buddies again
Learn that life can go by fast
So I can let go of the past
And listen to you
When you tell me I might be wrong
Don’t know why I waited so long
Living every day with all your little ways
That keep our love strong
Don’t know why I waited so long
I don’t know why you waited for me- so long
You waited for me so long
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11. |
So Much Trash To Me
03:43
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Driving on the roads and highways
This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be
It don’t sound too bad
When you call it roadside litter
But it’s so much trash to me
If I had it all to do my way
The offenders would clean up the scenery
All those fast-food bags
And plastic bottles make me bitter
‘Cause it’s so much trash to me
From the muscle cars and pick-ups
SUV’s and minivans
They’re throwin’ out their drink cups
And thousands of beer cans
There’s tires, shoes and boxes and an old TV
And it’s so much trash to me
[inst.-as intro]
They’ve tried warning signs and legal ways
Bottle bills and fines, but I still see
Weekend volunteers pickin’ it up
And they ain’t quitters
Oh it’s so much trash to me
It’s twenty years before a plastic bag decays
Please dispose of properly
I would pick up more if I had the time and
I was fitter ‘cause it’s so much trash to me
Oh they got no shame
And they got no pride
Throwin’ out their refuse
When they’re out for a ride
Yeah-I’m tired of them messing up
My land of the free
And they are trash to me
[inst.-as intro]
Drivin’ on the roads and highways
This ain’t the way it’s supposed to be
When you see somebody litter
Let’s put ‘em up on Twitter
‘Cause it’s so much trash to me
And the buzzards won’t eat it
Like a run-over critter
It’s so much trash to me
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Walt Hoagland Surfside Beach, South Carolina
Walt Hoagland has recorded with Columbia Records
and has been a touring musician and songwriter. He
currently
has more than 65 studio recorded demos of his
original songs, including 11 Christmas songs.
He is seeking to work with established publishers,
music supervisors, and other music professionals.
... more
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