Billy Dean Album

Mama cries Son, don't leave town
Find a girl and settle down
Well I hate to break her heart
But that's not in the cards while I'm a young man.

She says I could find a job
In the fields or on the docks
But I've always had a dream
To see all I can see while I'm a young man.

Chorus:
When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair
Rocking with the memories from my past
The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets
I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran
When I was a young man.

I want to see those seven seas
Climb the highest mountain peak
Make it my career
To make the most of every year while I'm a young man.

Daddy says young man
I know you have to stand on your own you can't sit at home
He says I understand, once I had big plans like you
I was a young man too.

Chorus:
When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair
Rocking with the memories from my past
The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets
I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran
When I was a young man.

Mama please understand
I'm just a young man.
I'm just a young man...

I came home early just to see you
Drove all through the night to be with you
I even stopped along the way
Just to buy a big bouquet
For all the things I didn't do.

A note is on the kitchen table
I can't imagine what it's there for
I can hear you down the hall
But you won't answer when I call
Why's your suitcase by the door.

I won't let you walk away
Like there's nothing left to say
If you would look me in the eye
I know you'd never say goodbye.

Chorus:
You couldn't leave me face to face
I won't give up without a fight
Ain't nothing wrong here we can't right
I won't let you walk away.

Say it's not too late to hold you
And take back all I never told you
Can't you feel what's in my heart
Your leaving's tearing me apart
There's just no living without you.

Chorus:
You couldn't leave me face to face
I won't give up without a fight
Ain't nothing wrong here we can't right
I won't let you walk away...

I'm gonna hold who needs holdin'
Mend what needs mendin'
Walk what needs walkin'
Though it means an extra mile
Pray what needs prayin'
Say what needs sayin'
'Cause we're only here for a little while.

Today I stood singin' songs and sayin', Amen
Saying goodbye to an old friend who seemed so young
He spent his life workin' hard to chase a dollar
Putting off until tomorrow the things he should have done
Made me stop and think, What's the hurry, why the runnin'?
I don't like what I'm becoming, gonna change my style
Take my time and not take it all for granted
'Cause we're only here for a little while.

Gonna hold who needs holdin'
Mend what needs mendin'
Walk what needs walkin'
Though it means an extra mile
Pray what needs prayin'
Say what needs sayin'
'Cause we're only here for a little while.

--- Instrumental ---

Let me love like I'll never see tomorrow
Treat each day as though it's borrowed
Like it's precious as a child
Whoa, take my hand
Let us reach out to each other
'Cause we're only here for a little while.

Gonna hold who needs holdin'
Mend what needs mendin'
Walk what needs walkin'
Though it means an extra mile
Pray what needs prayin'
Say what needs sayin'
'Cause we're only here for a little while.

Gonna hold who needs holdin'
Mend what needs mendin'
Walk what needs walkin'
Though it means an extra mile
Pray what needs prayin'
Say what needs sayin'
'Cause we're only here for a little while...

Chorus:
I'm so lowdown lonely
For my hometown one and only
Been away from her too long
Gotta get off the road and back into her arms
She's where I want to be
And that's just making me
Lowdown lonely.

A distant glow says a town is up ahead
And the call of easy comfort's in the wind
But I won't slow down. I ain't got no reason to
'Cause it's just another town that she's not in.

Chorus:
I'm so lowdown lonely
Miss the love now she lays on me
When I'm feelin' like I do
So doggone empty worn-out blue
She's where I want to be
And that's just making me
Lowdown lonely.

I hear the rhythm of her heart next to mine
As the tires thump another mile away
A steel guitar is crying on the radio
And I know just how it feels to feel that way.

Chorus:
I'm so lowdown lonely
For my hometown one and only
Been away from her too long
Gotta get off the road and back into her arms
She's where I want to be
And that's just making me
Lowdown lonely...

You made up your mind it was time it was over
After we had come so far.
I think there's enough pieces of forgiveness
Somewhere in my broken heart.

I would not have chose the road you have taken,
It has left us miles apart.
I think I can still find the will to keep going
Somewhere in my broken heart.

So fly. Go ahead and fly,
Till you find out who you are.
And I, I will keep my love unspoken
Somewhere in my broken heart.

I hope that in time you will find what you long for.
Love that's written in the stars.
When you finally do, I think you will see
It's somewhere in my broken heart.

Girl, I, I will keep my love unspoken
Somewhere in my broken heart.

I hope that in time you will find what you long for.
Love that's written in the stars.
When you finally do, I think you will see
It's somewhere in my broken
Somewhere in my broken
Somewhere in my broken heart.

I got the feeling when I looked at you tonight
That you've given up trying
Have you left it up to me
To be the one to keep our love from dying
If I could I'd take you in my arms
And bring us back to being close
But how can I hold you
If you're letting go.

I won't pretend I've got the answers figured out
But I can't stop believing
Hanging on to what we got
Is still a better way to go than leaving
I'd do anything to make you stay
But I can't do it all alone
How can I hold you
If you're letting go.

So please don't let this be the end
Hold out some hope that we can try again.

--- Instrumental ---

I'd do anything to make you stay
But I can't do it all alone
How can I hold you
If you're letting go.

How can I hold you
If you're letting go?...

She's the only one for me
And I've never seen someone
So trusting, loving
She'd never be untrue.

I love her more and more each day
But that doesn't change the fact
She's lonely, unhappy
And there's nothing I can do. (cause)

Chorus:
She's taken...she's taken
By a man who takes for granted all he has
She's taken and I'm waitin'
Until the day she's taken all she can.

He comes home late every night
He doesn't treat her right and now
She's turning, hurting
And that's not how love should be.

She needs someone who'll be a friend
Someone who'd love to spend
Every minute with her in it
And that someone could be me. (but)

Chorus:
She's taken...she's taken
By a man who takes for granted all he has
She's taken and I'm waitin'
Until the day she's taken all she can...

There's a distance
In your eyes
You don't wanna get too close
And I don't know why
We're good together
We've come so far
So I can't understand why I can't ever
Get to your heart
Tell me.

Chorus:
What have you got against love
What have you got against us
Won't you tell me what's the hold up
What have you got against love.

A tragic romance
A bad goodbye
Did somebody make you think
Love was made to die
If that's the reason
You're holding out
Don't put the blame on the one who wants you
And needs you now
Tell me.

What have you got against love
What have you got against us
Won't you tell me what's the hold up
What have you got against falling.
Why do you keep it all in
Won't you tell me what's the hold up
What have you got against love.

--- Instrumental ---

Chorus:
What have you got against love
What have you got against us
Won't you tell me what's the hold up
What have you got against love...

[No lyrics]

We shared the same last name and the same color eyes
But we fought like tigers over that old red bike
I'm battin' first and you can't use my glove
It wouldn't take long 'til push came to shove
But, we looked out for each other with brotherly love.

You hated girls 'til I had my first date
I brought her home from the movies; you stayed up late
Three on the couch watchin' T.V.
I was smilin' at her while you were laughin' at me
But, I wouldn't trade it for nothin', brotherly love.

Chorus:
There's a bond that brothers know
And it gets stronger as they grow
A love that time and miles can't come between
We disagreed but in the end
There will never be two closer friends
And brotherly love is something we all need.

--- Instrumental ---

They share the same last name and the same color eyes
But they fight like tigers over one ol' red bike
And lookin' at them reminds me of us
They're gonna fight and they're gonna fuss
But, they got something special, it's brotherly love.

Yes, they got something special, it's brotherly love...