Everybody Looks Good (At The Starting Line)
By Paul Thorn
8/2/2009

When you’re born it’s a beautiful thing
They put a pacifier in your mouth
You crawl around naked on the kitchen floor
And your mom and daddy feel so proud

Chorus:
Everybody looks good at the starting line
Get on your mark, get ready but you better keep this in mind
You can hit the ground running like you’re shot from a gun
But going the distance is the hard part son
Everybody looks good at the starting line

You fall in love, you tie the knot
You’re on a permanent honeymoon
But twenty years later when the thrill is gone
Will she still be in love with you

Chorus

Solo

Life is a race we’ve all got to run
So stand up and toe the line
I wish that I could say it was all down hill
But there are mountains we’ve got to climb

Chorus

Chorus

Sing it one more time
Everybody looks good at the starting line
Looks good, looks good
At the starting line

By Paul Thorn
Written By Paul Thorn
4/22/2012

Capo 2

Intro chords:

I don’t want to cry, I don’t want to walk the floor
This mobile home, don’t feel like home no more
But since you left, tell me what else can I do

Just come back home, forgive me and forget it
This bed I made, I’m tired of sleepin’ in it
It’s freezin’ cold and baby that ain’t cool

I’m waitin’ on you
Here at the Ponderosa Trailer Park,
There wasn’t nothin’ that could keep us apart,
Then I broke your heart, in our….

Chorus:
Double wide, double wide, double wide paradise
Come on back to our double wide paradise
Double wide, double wide, double wide paradi-i-i-i-i-se

I bought a swimming pool from the man at Sears
He put it together, I filled it up with tears
Can’t find no happiness, no matter what I do

Just cause I got the treasures of the world
It don’t mean nothin’ if I ain’t got you girl
Inside my castle, I got the king size blues

I’m waitin’ on you
So baby when you get to feelin’ alone
You know I always leave my porch light on
So you can come back home to our

Chorus

Bridge:
We can have a second honeymoon
We’ll throw some ribs on the barbeque
Just like we use to do in our

Chorus

INTRO: G D C7 D D7
1. I soaked all your pictures in gasoline
I prayed for a miracle but the phone never rang
I cried on the front porch and I cursed your name
I waited ‘til sundown and then I lit the flame
I’m trying to get over you
But the further – the further away I move

Chorus:
Every little bit hurts, oh yeah
Every little bit hurts; Aww, yes it does

2. I turned on my TV; I saw John Wayne
Kiss his girl goodbye and ride off into the rain
He must not have needed her cause if he did he would have stayed
He made leaving look easy but for me it’s not that way
No, I’m trying to get over you
But the further – the further away I move

Chorus, then instrumental (Em C7 Em C7 D B7 Em Em7 C7 D D7 ), the Bridge:
(Spoken:) Now darling, if you’re out there listening tonight
I want to let you know one thing
Someday I’ll be strong again and won’t worship the ground you walk on
But baby until then

Chorus 2x, vamp to end

(Thanks to ron sikes for tabs)

(INTRO)
G, C, G

(VERSE 1)
My boss man said you better get to work before i have to let you go
He just walks around and he pays no mind to the sweat dripping off of my nose
But after 10 long years of him dogging me out there’s one thing i learned well
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(VERSE 2?)
My girlfriend she went out on me a hundred and fifty one times
At least she was honest enough to admit it when she wasn’t too busy lying
But i came to a realization the last time she kicked my tail
G D G C, G, D, G
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(CHORUS)
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end then you know what it’s like
A losing situation has been the story of my life
But i ain’t gonna let it beat me down and someday i’ll prevail
G D G C, G, D, G
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(VERSE 3)
I climbed in the ring with Roberto Duran and the punches began to rain down
He hit me with a dozen hard upper cuts and my corner threw in the towel
I asked him why he had to knock me out and he summed it up real well
He said i’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(END)
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

Paul Thorn – I Don’t Wanna Know

Capo 1

A long way from home while drinking a beer

A beautiful stranger whispered in my ear
Come up to room 307 and don’t tell a soul
I heard forbidden fruit is sweeter but I don’t want to know

She asked me to dance I didn’t see much harm
But if you dance with the devil she’ll turn on her charm
These are some dangerous circumstances I think I should go
I’m tempted wondering what it’d be like to hold her but I don’t want to know

Chorus 1
I don’t want to know what it’s like to cross that line
I don’t ever want to see my baby cryin
I could keep it a secret it would never show
But what would it cost my heart I don’t want to know

There’s a three bedroom house six hundred miles away
With a fenced in yard where my children can play
and the angel of my dreams god I love her so
what I would lose to abuse her trust I don’t want to know

Chorus 2
I don’t want to know what it’s like to live a lie
Even if she couldn’t tell by looking in my eyes
I could keep it a secret it would never show
But what would it cost my heart I don’t want to know

Chorus 1
I don’t want to know what it’s like to cross that line
I don’t ever want to see my baby cryin
I could keep it a secret it would never show
But what would it cost my heart I don’t want to know

Angel Too SoonPaul Thorn

(One, two, three, four)

[(D)] [(G)] [(D)] [(A)] [(D)]
In a little white house on a black top road
In her sleep is where she died
She (G) walked through a tunnel with a (D) light at the end
And (A) swam across the river of life

But (D) God gave her a mansion on a hill in heaven
And her wings that afternoon
The (G) preacher said shes in a (D) better place
But if you (A) want to know the truth

Shes an (D) angel too (G) soon
A Pretty (A) flower, that never (D) bloomed (A)
Somewhere (D) on the other (D7) side of the (G) moon
Shes an (D) angel, (A) too (D) soon (A)

A-(D)-round the house theres an emptiness
But her room still looks the same
Theres (G) heart throb posters (D) on the wall
And a (A) Barbie make-up case

To-D)-day would have been her birthday
So her mama made her favorite cake
She wasnt (G) there to blow out the (D) candles
But daddy (A) lit em anyway

Shes an (D) angel too (G) soon
A Pretty (A) flower, that never (D) bloomed (A)
Somewhere (D) on the other (D7) side of the (G) moon
Shes an (D) angel (A) too (D) soon (A)

[(D)] [(G)] [(A)] [(D)] [(A)]
[(D)] [(G)] [(D)] [(A)] [(D)]
(D) Its so hard for us to understand
Why she was taken away
But if (G) we could see her (D) set of wings
Maybe (A) then we wouldnt say

Shes an (D) angel too (G) soon
Yesterdays (A) flower, that never (D) bloomed (A)
Somewhere (D) on the other (D7) side of the (G) moon
Shes an (D) angel (A) too (D) soon (G)

Shes an (D) angel (A) too (D) soon

Em C G twice

On a black and white TV back in grammar school
I was watching Neil Armstrong walking on the moon
That same day I pretended I was an astronaut
on the playground monkey bars I flew above the stars

I was in a Dallas disco the night John Lennon died
The DJ played Imagine and everybody cried
I remember a thousand lighters held up in our hands
All we were saying was let?s give peace a chance

Chorus:

Where was I when you stopped lovin? me
When did I become history
There?s not many things that escape my memory
Tell me where was I when you stopped loving me

Every 20,000 years that comet lights up the night
On a blanket we watched it sail across the sky
A moment like that comes just once in life
It felt like our first time at 11:35

Chorus

Bridge:
I remember when I met you
The taste of our first kiss
I remember your good[C/B]bye
Could you tell me this

Chorus

I Have a Good Day – Paul Thorn

Using barre chords sound bestslide from the Bb to C also sounds great

I was standing by the window in my boxer shorts
On a stormy night
Blind sided from out of nowhere
You said, Goodbye.
But theres a light at the end of the tunnel
Times healing my heart
Some days this deep cut just stops bleeding
And theres only a scar

Chorus:
I have a good day every now and then
I count my blessing on one hand
I start believing the sun will shine again
I have a good day every now and then

That guy youre seeing is a pretty boy
With a hard-bodied physique
Armani suits, a black Mercedes
And hes younger than me
I aint missed a day of work in two whole weeks now
I didnt drink last night
I looked at your picture and shed just one tear
Before I turned out the light

Chorus

By Paul Thorn
8/29/2010

Capo 1

There’s Christmas lights in the back yard on the 23rd day of June
There’s a big cake on a wash tub with a plastic bride and groom
All the neighbors and their relatives brought there own folding chairs
Her mama thanked the good Lord above for answering her prayers
They ain’t livin’ in sin no more

Well they hired a part time preacher that fixes chain saws on the side
The boom box played “Endless Love” and Alabama’s “Feels so Right”
She said “I do” and he did too, she threw her bouquet in the air
They drove away in a black Firebird with Minute Rice in their hair

Chorus:
They aint livin’ in sin no more
They aint livin’ in sin no more
Since they took those wedding vows, who are the neighbors gonna talk about now
Ain’t livin’ in sin no more

They came home after the honeymoon and nothin’ had really changed
Except for a legal document and her different last name
The Church of God preacher came over. He said, “we’ve all been praying for you
And now that you’re livin’ right we want y’all to come back to Sunday school.”

Bridge:
Yeah, it’s easy to find a lover, but it’s hard to find a friend
So they decided to test the waters before they jumped in

Chorus