Capo 2

Flickering lights mean distant towns
Rolling wheels make humming sounds
The full moon makes the night like day
A lonely road will make you feel this way
When the town square’s dark the stoplights flash
A midnight diesel rolls on past
A northern front gives the air a chill
I loved you then and I always will

Chorus:
I just roll the windows down
Passing through your hometown

Up at the high school there’s no one in sight
They won their game on Friday night
Now the lights are dark on the field of grass
Where the hometown kid caught the touchdown pass
Now the S.P. rail it makes a lonesome sound
It splits the air and it shakes the ground
Then it’s swallowed up in the morning still
I loved you then and I always will

Chorus

On the edge of town a store’s lit up bright
Gas pumps washed in flourescent light
The cashier nods and jerks awake
At eight AM she says she’ll take her break
And now your town recedes in my rear view
I’ve no idea what became of you
The sun comes up on a distant hill
I loved you then and I always will

Chorus

CHO
The winter wind whistling, the outside air
And inside it’s like we found summer somewhere
My car is all rusted, from roadcrew salt
And doing the Winnipeg waltz

Railroads and water, Assiniboine and red
The reasons why we’re here
The continent’s center, the middle of it all
Hangin’ out and drinkin’ beer

CHO
It’s too cold to snow now but we don’t care
And inside it’s like we found summer somewhere
My car is all rusted from roadcrew salt
And doin’ the Winnipeg waltz

I love you more in the frozen winter
I think about you beneath your clothes
Lets have one more drink in this crowded tavern
I’ll kiss your chilly lips and your frozen nose

CHO
The winter wind whistlin’ the outside air
And inside it’s like we found summer somewhere
You won’t turn to a pumpkin or a pillar of salt
From doin’ the Winnipeg waltz

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Dont try and look so tough
I know what youre trying to do
You think you have to put on a show
For me to pay attention to you
Well baby youve got the floor
And Im all eyes and ears
You dont have to act angry
For me to say what you want to hear

Chorus:
Oh Scarlet I give a damn now you can act your age
Bravo I love you now you can come offstage
Though I hate to see you simmer down
Even a little bit cause a girl good looking as you
The madder you are the cuter you get
The madder you are the cuter you get

Now your blues eyes are flashing
And your cheeks are getting red
And I can tell that Im not helping things
With the clumsy words I said
I think I understand where youre coming from
I know what you want me to do
Youre pretending to still be mad at me
Im falling more in love with you

Chorus

Cool off the drama, how did this begin
What got you so excited so I can do it again

Sometimes I think that lovers
Really enjoy the little tests of will
You love to give me your advice
And I love to give you a thrill

And I guess it’s nice to get crossways
Cause sometimes we both can win
The best part of a good clean fight
Is patching things back up again

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Chorus
Tennessee highway Tennessee highway
Take me home to see my Texas baby

Verse
I been in and out of every bar here in Nashville
Seen nothing but broken promises and empty dreams
Everyone here thinks theyre on the verge of stardom
But nothing here is what it seems

Chorus

Now the Grand Ole Opry aint playin in the Ryman
They moved it out of town down the road a little ways
They say its the same but I know its something different

Chorus
This motel room is filled with songs that dont ring true
And doing what I love dont make sense like it used to
Deep down inside I guess I always knew
This Tennessee road leads back to you

Well the womans name was Mary Ann and Gary loved her so
He said be my wife for the rest of your life and she said no
Well old Gary he was from Indiana all his life a travellin man
He had a dog and a boat and he would float and fish around that old island

Hes stuck at Wanna Wanna the beachfront bar sippin on a coke and rum
The tide rolls in his dreams die out waitin on a love that wont come
True love never will come

Years ago in California Gary loved a girl named Sue
She and three more wives told him lies when they said I do
And this last one took the money and the things Cary cared about
She took the dog and the boat now he cant float cause she walked out

Gary looks out at the Gulf and he squints his eyes
Thinkin again of what might have been without them hard goodbyes
But Garys got lots of stories about people and places hes been
Yeah Ive had a few of them good times too he said with a grin

And Garys still down there on Padre a little sad but hes alright
If you head this way on some Sunday hell drink with you all night

I spent several days thinking of the ways I would say were through
But when I let you go I did not know that I still cared for you
But last Saturday night neath the barroom lights I saw you out with him
And in a matter of time I changed my mind I wanted you back again

Whod thought that Id be feeling sorry
Id have guessed that Id be doin well
Well I saw you and my peace of mind went to piece[D/F#]s
It goes to show with love you never can tell

Well I did not go to the rodeo but I heard you were there
Now the talk of the town is the love you found they say youre quite a pair
I thought wait and see youll be back with me its just a matter of time
But somethings changed they say youve got a different way of smiling since you were mine

Now its lonely nights and neon light everydays just the same
Since a churchroom crowd gathered round to hear you change your name
So I sit and drink and I something think about getting out of town
But I never go cause you know she just might come back around

Through the open window I can hear a passing train
In the gentle wind I can smell the coming rain
I can tell its dusk by the shadow on the wall
But I dont know if youre in love with me at all

I can watch the sky and I always seem to know
Just before an old blue northers gonna blow
I can tell that summers giving was to fall
But I dont know if youre in love with me at all

Maybe you could show some kind of sign
And then at least Id know that you never will be mine
Maybe you could say so Id believe
That you love me and youre never gonna leave
With the winter wind the autumn leaves will fall
But I dont know if youre in love with me at all

Just before you go Im gonna see it in your eyes
And Ill feel it in your gentle alibis
Ill hear it like that lonesome whistles call
And Ill know you werent in love with me at all
And I know youll never be in love at all

By Owen Temple
3/28/2010

Capo 4

What am I doing with my days
I can spend my time so many ways
Work I could do running through my head
But faith without works is dead

There is a meaning you can find
In every action, heart and mind
Uncover this, I thought I heard it said
Cause faith without works is dead

Chorus 1:
Once Id seen my reflection in the glass
I could not forget it and walk on past

There is a truth written by a hand
Read it in the sea and sky and land
Ill walk and labor where Im led
Cause faith without works is dead

We can build cities made of stone
Or we can help a lost heart home
Cities dont last as long as words you said
And faith without works is dead

Chorus 2:
I heard a perfect law of liberty
Loves the only work that can make us free

There is a work you need most to do
And there is work the world needs most from you
The place where you get both is where you are led
And faith without works is dead

This old skyline takes me back to another time
Years ago in San Antonio I was yours and you were mine
It’s been a while I hope you doing well
I’m doing fine as far as I can tell

I recall a Sunday by the Riverwalk
You and me just walkin around
Music filled the evening air on the streets of old downtown
We guessed about the days to come
The laughter and the tears
Since that time so much has changed
I haven’t heard from you in years

CHORUS
Am G
When I’m passin through
I always think of you
Are you with someone are you all alone
I think of you when I hit San Antone

Sometimes Lord you can’t help But think what might have been
Would we do it all over just to do it all again
Sittin by that fountain is a sweet memory
When you pass by that fountain do you ever think of me

CHORUS

By the bank of the river I held your hand
There was a distance even then that I couldn’t understand
I loved you more than I’d ever loved before
I loved you though you said I can’t see you any more

CHORUS
Yeah I think of you when I hit San Antone