Alabama Album

We live in the land of plenty
But many things aren't plenty anymore
Like the water from our sink
They say's not safe to drink
You gotta go and buy it at the store
Now we're told there's a hole in the ozone
Look what's washing on the beach
And Lord, I believe, from the heavens to the seas
We're bringing Mother Nature to her knees

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

Well there's a change taking place way on the mountains
Acid rain is falling on the leaves
And down in Brazil, the fires are burning still
How we gonna breathe without them trees

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

There's a place where I live called the Canyon
Where Daddy taught me to swim
And that water, it's so pure
And I'm gonna make sure
Daddy's grandkids can swim there like him

Now we all oughta feel just a little bit guilty
When we look into the eyes of our kids
'Cause brothers it's a fact, if we take and don't put back
They'll have to pay for all we did

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

So let's leave some blue up above us
Let's leave some green on the ground
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow
Leave it and pass it on down

Leave it and pass it on down

Here we are, once again
Stronger now than we have ever been
Hand in hand, heart to heart
Now we're made it through the hardest part

We had to break it all down
To build it back up
Lean on each other when the times got rough
How'd we survive going through so much
Baby you and me could write a book about love

Here we are, one to one
Looking back to see how far we've come

We've shared it all, you and I
Still together after all this time

We had to break it all down
To build it back up
Lean on each other when the times got rough
How'd we survive going through so much
Baby you and me could write a book about love

Here we are, once again
Stronger now than we have ever been
Hand in hand, heart to heart, here we are

Here we are, once again
Stronger now than we have ever been
Hand in hand, heart to heart
Now we've made it through the hardest part

Here we are, one to one
Looking back to see how far we've come

We've shared it all, you and I
Still together after all this time
Here we are

Just off of the beaten path
A little dot on a state road map
That's where I was born & where I'll die
Things move at a slower pace
Nobody's in a rat race
And these days that's a special way to fly

Down home where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down home a man's good word and a handshake are all you need
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
Those of us raised up down home

In the corner of a hardware store
Gathered round a checker board
Old men telling lies & crowning kings
Kids drivin round the old town square
Tops rolled down in the cool nite air
Go & see what's shakin at the Dairy Queen

Down home where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down home a man's good word and a handshake are all you need
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
Those of us raised up down home

When I was a boy I couldn't wait to leave this place
But now I wanna see my children raised

Down home
Down home
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
Those of us raised up down home

Where they know you by name and treat you like family
Down Home a man's good word & a handshake are all you need
Folks know if they're fallin on hard times they can fall back on
Those of us raised up down home
Down home

Way down home
Down home
Down home
Way down home
Down home

I'll admit I could feel it
The first time that we touched.
The look in your eyes
Said you felt as much
But I'm not a man
Who falls so easily
It's best that you know
Where you stand with me

I will give you my heart
Faithful and true
And all the love it can hold
That's all I can do
But I've thought about
How long I'll love you
And it's only fair that you know
Forever's as far as I'll go.

When there's age around my eyes
And gray in your hair
And it only takes a touch to recall
The love we've shared
I won't take for granted
That you know my love is true
Each night in your arms
I will whisper to you.

I will give you my heart
Faithful and true
And all the love it can hold
That's all I can do
But I've thought about
How long I'll love you
And it's only fair that you know
Forever's as far as I'll go.

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox
It's playin' all my favorite mem-o-ries
One by one, they take me back
To the days when you were mine
And I can't stop this jukebox in my mind.

I don't need no quarters, don't need any dime
You filled it up forever
When you said good-bye
Heaven knows I love old melodies
They were meant to ease the pain
But the kind that's playin' on my mind
Are drivin' me insane.

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox
It's playin' all my favorite mem-o-ries
One by one, they take me back
To the days when you were mine
And I can't stop this jukebox in my mind.

Song by song, those melodies
Were meant to ease the pain
But the kind that's playin' on my mind
Are drivin' me insane;

In the corner of my mind stands a jukebox
It's playin' all my favorite mem-o-ries
One by one, they take me back
To the days when you were mine
And I can't stop this jukebox in my mind.

Flattop guitar
Down around the campfire
You can smell that hickory burnin'
Catfish fryin'
Onions got us cryin'
Hushpuppies they're a turnin'
Friends and kin comin' down the hill

Trippin' in the ole starlight
Cookin' and kickin' do a little pickin'
Party tonight

Come on down to the moonlight longe
Where the ceilin' is so blue
Where there ain't no door and our dance floor
Is covered with mountain dew
Where there ain't no walls and the waterfall
Is the only sound around
Yeah we're havin' us a party down in the holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Me and my lady
Rode in on Sadie
A fourteen hand chestnut mare
A midnight hoot owl
He's screechin' so loud
Kind of puts a chill in the summer air
The bushes are wigglin', somebody's gigglin'
Buck couldn't wait to get a kiss
Jimmy's got the four wheel hooked to the wagon
A hay ride you don't wanna miss

Come on down to the moonlight longe
Where the ceilin' is so blue
Where there ain't no door and our dance floor
Is covered with mountain dew
Where there ain't no walls and the waterfall
Is the only sound around
Yeah we're havin' us a party down in the holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Won't you...
Come on down to the moonlight longe
Where the ceilin' is so blue
Where there ain't no door and our dance floor
Is covered with mountain dew
Where there ain't no walls and the waterfall
Is the only sound around
Yeah we're havin' us a party down in the holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Yeah we're havin' us a party everybody holler
We call it the moonlight lounge

Before I fly and wave goodbye
I say to you "Days with you are the best years of my life"
But if I don't see you anymore
Keep my words safely stored
And I'll be back I promise once more

Goodbye, goodbye
Till I see you again
Goodbye, goodbye
I'll love and I'll miss you till then

Remember me 'cause I care
Where you are and how you fare
Get in touch if the wind blows in your face
I guess it's been too much fun
We've shared and we've won
Yes the best is yet to come

Goodbye, goodbye
Till I see you again
Goodbye, goodbye
I'll love and I'll miss you till then

That one word hurts so bad
You leave the best you've had
But you keep the faith and pray to return

Goodbye, goodbye
I'll love and I'll miss you till then
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

He was a stranger in a little town
She was sittin' alone in a crowd
Listening to the old jukebox playin' a song
From the moment we walked through the diner door
She felt something like never before
A feelin' so strong right from the start
It wouldn't stop - it was more than a spark

Fire on fire they were burnin' up
Over a coffee cup, under the table they touched
Fire on fire, in each others eyes they just had to try
'Cause fire on fire just won't die

It was gettin' late but they had all night
They sat there talkin' 'bout their lives
He was sellin', she uas gettin' ready to buy
That ole neon light was glowin' dim
But he could see by the way she was lookin' at him
Tonight would be different, somethin' had changed
His lonely heart was feelin' a flame

Fire on fire they were burnin' up
Over a coffee cup, under the table they touched
Fire on fire, in each others eyes they just had to try
'Cause fire on fire just won't die

She needed him, he needed her
And they both knew, without a word
There was no question, there was no doubt
There was no way they could put it out

Fire on fire they were burnin' up
Over a coffee cup, under the table they touched
Fire on fire, in each other's eyes they just had to try
'Cause fire on fire, fire on fire
Fire on fire just won't die

Fire on fire
Just won't die
Fire on fire

I worry all day and I can't go to sleep at night
Thinking about baby and wondering who's holding her tight tonight
People say I've been a fool too long, too long
All my friends still ask me why I keep hanging on and on

And I say
You'll never know until it happens to you
You'll never know all that I'm going through
Love ain't something that flies away
Somebody goes but the feeling stays
And you'll never know until it happens to you

Saturday's rollin' and everybody's rockin' but me
I should go to town but I don't want no company, no, no, no
Friends say I should be out having fun with someone
I know it's true but if they only knew it's easier said than done
Oh yeah

And I say
You'll never know until it happens to you
You'll never know all that I'm going through
Love ain't something that flies away
Somebody goes but the feeling stays
And you'll never know until it happens to you

Friends say I've been a fool too long, much too long
They just don't understand why I sit at home all alone by the phone

And I say
You'll never know until it happens to you
You'll never know all that I'm going through
You'll never know, oh no
You'll never know, whoa
You'll never know until it happens to you

I live to work and work to live
Oh but what I wouldn't give
For a ray of sun and a little piece of beach
Where the sand dollar is the only currency

I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico
You and me by the sea
Palm trees call me, oh that's the place I want to be
Down where the southern breezes blow
On the Gulf of Mexico

Right at five o'clock today
I'll pick you up, we'll drive away
And I can't wait to feel the sand beneath my toes
And I can almost see the sunburn on your nose

I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico
You and me by the sea
Palm trees call me, oh that's the place I want to be
Down where the southern breezes blow
On the Gulf of Mexico

Vamos we go...
I vote we go to the Gulf of Mexico
You and me by the sea
Palm trees call me, oh that's the place I want to be
Down where the southern breezes blow
On the Gulf of Mexico

Down where the southern breezes blow
On the Gulf of Mexico

On the Gulf of Mexico
That's the place I want to be

Down where the southern breezes blow
On the Gulf of Mexico

If I could design forever
I'd put you and me together each night
Together each night
The best I can do is promise
I'll love you true and honest and right
I'll love you right

Starting tonight and from now on
I will be yours and yours alone
Dependable and strong
A rock by your side
I'll be beside you through the stom
You'll have a fire to keep you warm
Not just for now but from now on
Starting tonight

Ifa man ever loved a woman
Then surely this is the moment for me
The moment for me
I've never known a feeling
So deep so real as being with you
As being with you

Starting tonight and from now on
I will be yours and yours alone
Dependable and strong
A rock by your side
I'll be beside you through the stom
You'll have a fire to keep you warm
Not just for now but from now on
Starting tonight

I'm gonna call up my boss and tell him I'm ill
Gonna tell him I'm home, with the fever and chills
I don't usually lie but for your sweet love I will
I need it so.

We won't be disturbed, the phone's off the hook
And when it comes to lovin' woman, you wrote the book
And I just saw that I want you look and that's all it took.
Well I...

Chorus:
Ain't got no business doin' business today
My little woman wants to stay home and play
Right in her arms is where I will stay
'Cause I ain't got no business doin' business today.

Well the boys at the plant are punching the clock
If they could see us darlin', oh, what a shock
They'd do the same if they had what I got
So please don't stop.
Well I....

Ain't got no business doin' business today
My little woman wants to stay home and play
Right in her arms is where I will stay
'Cause I ain't got no business doin' business today.

Well I,
Ain't got no business doin' business today
My little woman wants to stay home and play
Right in her arms is where I will stay
'Cause I ain't got no business doin' business today.

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