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Abilene
03:27
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Abilene
I am gazing at a billboard sign driving down the highway
I am looking for a road I should have taken long ago
She was going where I should have gone
Dreaming of a future on a dusty piece of land another world from here
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Abilene
The bluest eyes I ever seen
Abilene
Paradise in faded jeans
Hair like golden wheat
Kisses warm and sweet
Abilene
I was going to hit the big time
I was hungry for the limelight
I was wearing out my leather walking 16th avenue
Now I’m sleeping in my pickup truck
Washing plates to make a buck
and reading an old letter signed “wishing you were here”
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I’ve got to get back to the girl I left behind
I need to hold her close and tell her that i want to make her mine
I can hear a voice calling like an echo in the early morning
Ringing through the telephone lines
Haunting my mind
And in that whisper of a voice I hear a message coming loud and clear
She’s leading me back home and I’m never going leave
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Words and Music: Michael Waid
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You Fit So Nicely Around Me
Ever notice how the birds keep singing even when you’re having a bad day?
All they’re trying to do is to tell you to “hold on”
“Love’s around the corner”
Well, I turned it and guess what: There you are smiling so big
I’ve come this far
I found you and I won’t let go
I won’t let go
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You fit so nicely around me
I’m talking hand in glove
My new love the stars above told me to follow
You fit so nicely around me
All at once the world seems different
More inclined to go my way
I can’t help but think it’s because of you
Baby, I know it’s true
I believe it
I look around and all I found are reasons to believe in you
Something magical ‘s in the air whenever you’re there
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Every time you are near I hear music
Sounds of laughter fill the air
You whisper “I love you” in my ear
And it’s ah, sweet music
I ain’t one to go off the deep end
But I guess I did this time
And all in all I’d say I’d do it again
Baby, it’s a win-win
Situation ‘s serious
You stole my heart, a brand new start
You filled the empty part with your sweet love
And I love you
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Words and Music: Michael Waid
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Wrong Way Down A One Way Road
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Wrong way down a one way road
They say love ‘s a dangerous curve but I couldn’t let go
I should have yielded to my thinking brain
but my heart beat faster in the passing lane
I went the wrong way down a one way road
Have you ever lost your mind when you lost your heart?
Taking crazy chances from the very start
Well, the girl drove me like a brand new car
And when the new wore off
She rode off with my heart
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Wrong way down a one way road
They say love ‘s a dangerous curve but I couldn’t let go
I should have yielded to my thinking brain
but my heart beat faster in the passing lane
I went the wrong way down a one way road
Well, the signs were all around
But I didn’t want to read ‘em
And there was something dark and deadly when she called me “sweetums”
The road was rough, the bridge was out
My friends all said “you better watch out”
“She’ll wreck your heart and drive you insane”
chorus:
Wrong way down a one way road
They say love ‘s a dangerous curve but I couldn’t let go
I should have yielded to my thinking brain
but my heart beat faster in the passing lane
I went the wrong way down a one way road
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4. |
I Told You That
03:04
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I Told You That
You’re feeling insecure today
It’s a human thing
That’s O.K. I love you
You’re all worried sick about losing me
Well, you should be- I love you
chorus:
I told you that
I told you that I love you
I told you that
I put no one above you
If there’s any doubt
Let me wipe that doubt right out
I told you that
Girls can come and girls can go
but you’re the girl I want so
I love you
Those buckle bunnies and one night stands
Don’t even have half a chance
‘Cause I love you
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Baby, baby I know just how those little things
can get you down but I love you
Now don’t forget to count on me
Just like I count on you
‘Cause I love you, baby
Let me tell you one more time
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Words and Music: Michael Waid
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Memories Don't Fade Away
04:17
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Memories Don’t Fade Away
Your soft kiss in the moonlight
Your floating auburn hair
You were nervous yet willing
Those memories don’t fade away
Picnics on Sunday
Do-Dads washed down with wine
Walks and talks along the seaside
Those memories don’t fade away
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Memories don’t fade away like some old song
They keep coming back
The good the bad
And haunt you ‘til the dawn
The years go by and the fire stops burning
And the yearning died long ago
The choice was made to stop trying
The memories don’t fade away
And the words we used as weapons
Teardrops roll into your mouth
Bitter truth that it’s over
Those memories don’t fade away
chorus:
Memories don’t fade away like some old song
They keep coming back
The good the bad
And haunt you ‘til the dawn
Words and music by Michael Waid
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6. |
The Door Is Wide Open
03:22
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The Door Is Wide Open
I woke this morning to the sound of breaking glass
And there in the kitchen you stood crying in the dish drain rack
You said you felt just like the walls were closing in
An you had to leave me
It was sink or swim
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The door is wide open
I won’t try to hold you back
I’d do most anything for your love
But I won’t do that
I’m not the kind of man to beg you to stay
If you want to go the door is wide open
I don’t know how you got the idea that you had to stay
I don’t know how I put that much pressure on your mind
In time I hope to find the answers to these burning questions
For now let me make it plain as rain
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You thought that love was romance
Like living in a dream
But now you know it isn’t
Sometimes the test of love is staying when you want to leave
I’d like to think I’ve been responsive to your every need
But that’s just pycho-babble talk from some magazine
The bigger picture is the one that you don’t want to see
Love isn’t always easy
Words and music by Michael Waid
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7. |
I Miss You
03:22
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I Miss You
I promised you I’d clean the kitchen
when you cooked my favorite meals
I promised you I’d pay more attention
to your old cat and how he feels
And I stopped trying to scare you when you those late-late shows
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I miss you
There’s not a day that I don’t think about you
I miss you
My favorite memories are Sundays
Sleeping late and making love
I’d punch the channels
and you’d read the paper
All about the trouble the stars are in
And the smell of fresh made coffee
And your fingers upon my skin
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Some people talk about how love can conquer all
But they don’t tell you what to do when Death comes to call
I locked the doors and I latched the windows
I put the boxes in the cars
There on the sidewalk we carved our initials
Who’d have thought kids could come this far
And as the past fades in the rearview mirror
Your old cat and me drive away
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Words and music by Michael Waid
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Same Old Thing(Different Day)
I’ve been living a crazy life
Where up is down and left is right
I fix one problem and up pops another one
If it falls in place I’m looking for a ticking bomb
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It’s the same old thing, different day
It’s the same old thing, different day
Get myself up early but get there late
Driving down the freeway in a frantic state
Adrenaline rush could be the death of me
While I’m making up time on my itinerary
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It’s the same old thing, different day
It’s the same old thing, different day
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I’m thinking ‘bout a number from one to ten
I’m thinking ‘bout quitting but I don’t know when
I’m thinking ‘bout an alternate universe
I gotta hook but I need one more verse
My mind is swimming in a pool of information
My concentrations shot to hell
My body is twitching from over stimulation
The phone, the fax, the television
I don’t want to talk about it anymore
It’s the same old thing you’ve heard before
Not enough money, not enough time
Can’t get my ducks in one straight line
chorus:
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It’s the same old thing, different day
It’s the same old thing, different day
Words and music by Michael Waid
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When Does The Dancing End?
There’s a man in the back of a Chevy truck going to dig a ditch
There’s a man in a brand new Lexus coupe off to make a deal
And they’re all stacked up at the traffic light
On the way to their separate worlds
I wonder when does the dancing end?
There’s a man and he’s locked in a tiny room with his hands tied tight
There’s a man with his hands wrapped around some wood aiming for the knees
And they’re standing so close you can hear their breath
as the screams echo one more time
I wonder when does the dancing end?
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The dance of thief and the stolen from
The dance of the crowd and the chosen one
The rich and the poor
The sick and the well
The nail and the wood
There’s a man and he wants everyone to look and think like him
There’s a man with a different point of view and different skin
And they eat and breath and they cut and bleed
And they pray all their fears at night
I wonder when does the dancing end?
Words and music by Michael Waid
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10. |
Don't Ever Change
02:49
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Don’t Ever Change
That look
That smile
That glisten in your eyes
No one is quite like you
Don’t ever change
I love your sweet smell
Soft sell
The way you show and tell
No one is quite like you
Don’t ever change
chorus:
Don’t you realize
I’ve got eyes for you
I still do
I just wanted you to know
So keep that softness
Caring
That special something
No one is quite like you
Don’t ever change
Don’t ever change
Don’t ever change
Words and music by Michael Waid
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11. |
Pockets- instrumental
00:52
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12. |
Dusty Old Cowboy
03:54
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Dusty Old Cowboy
I went to the corner and I asked for the way
A stranger said to me “It;s gonna rain ‘fore the day ends”
Well all of a sudden out in the street
Pitchforks and hailstones come falling on me
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Pack it away
And call it a day
This dusty old cowboy is heading home for the day
I found me a lady
Her face soft and white
Hair all a golden like the stars in the night
I reached out to touch her and sing her a song
In one silent moment she smiled and she’s gone
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Pack it away
And call it a day
This dusty old cowboy is heading home for the day
I wake with the sunrise and get out of bed
I ain’t sure when I’m dying but I ain’t dead yet
I count all my blessings and keep a straight head
And should my Lord call me home I’d gladly be lead
chorus:
Pack it away
And call it a day
This dusty old cowboy is heading home for the day
Words and music by Michael Waid
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