Crystal Shawanda Album

I spent five years in faded cut off blue jeans
Had dreams of living like a gypsy
Made a few friends
Fell head over for a delinquent, yeah

I guess a lot of things go down and up in smoke
I stayed up town, been dead broke
Made a living, paid my dues and rent
And started again

When it's all said and done, I want to say
I had a good ride, some good times and love someone
I might seem like I'm running but I'm solid as a rock
Inside define evolution

Wild child, I was seventeen
Born again when I heard Patsy sing
Just a little piece of a good thing
My evolution, my evolution

Heart broken by a green eyed jerk
Temporary glitch but it still works
Just another day in the life of
My evolution, my evolution
Goes on and on and on

I never could hold down your average nine to five
Wouldn't pour the decaf, couldn't stand the politics
I'd do it all again money don't make me who I am
Who I am

I wasn't blessed with much self discipline
Get out of line and I tend to step in
I'm no high maintenance
I'd give you the shirt off my back
I'd never hold back

When it's all said and done
I wanna say it was a good
Go a good try, I loved someone
Never found any gold at the end of any rainbow
But searching was so much fun

Wild child, I was twenty three born again
When I heard Aretha sing
Just a little piece of a good thing
My evolution, my evolution

Heart stolen by a blue eyed punk
Respect is still
One of my favorite songs
Just another day in the life of my evolution.

We all get stuck, tough love, baby
Gotta keep on moving
Keep on moving
Don't criticize analyze my my
My evolution, yeah, yeah

Wild child, guess I'll always be
Now I'm thankful for the folks
Who wanna hear me sing
Just hanging onto a good thing
My evolution my evolution

My heart's ready for another run
Somewhere out there is the right one
Just another day in the
Life of my evolution
My evolution

Goes on and on and on
Yeah, my evolution
Goes on and on and on
Evolution
Oh, my evolution

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, my evolution
Evolution
My evolution, yeah, yeah

Sometimes my nails match my lips
And my jeans hug my hips
But I don't feel like doing all that right now
He's on his way over
And my hair's in a ponytail holder
And my true colors are coming out

You better love me when my roots are showing
Or I'll pack up my boots and be going bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
If it's me that he's impressed with
Anything I might be dressed in
Ought to be just fine
If he's the one for me I'll know it
You better love me when my roots are showing

If overalls turn him off
If he don't like the way I talk
Well, that's alright with me
I am a product of
My momma, daddy, and the place I love
What he gets is what he sees

You better love me when my roots are showing
Or I'll pack up my boots and be going bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
If it's me that he's impressed with
Anything I might be dressed in
Ought to be just fine
If he's the one for me I'll know it
You better love me
You better love me when my roots are showing

You better love me when my roots are showing
Or I'll pack up my boots and be going bye-bye-bye-bye-bye
If it's me that he's impressed with
Anything I might be dressed in
Ought to be just fine
If he's the one for me I'll know it
You better love me, love me
You better love me when my roots are showing

I'm a rock nobody can roll
You say I got a heart as solid as stone
I ain't lonely, just alone
Yeah and I like it that way

I've been burned with ashes before
I don't play with matches no more
Keep those flames far from my door
The thrill is gone anyway

And then you come around
And everything changes
My will gets weak
And the crazy thing is

All you do is smile
And there I go
Showin' my tender side
Showin' my tender side

I can walk and I can talk tough
I say that you can look
But you better not touch
And I swear I've had it with love
Yeah, only fools fall for that

But then you come around
And everything changes
My will gets weak
And the crazy thing is

All you do is smile
And there I go
Showin' my tender side
Showin' my tender side

There's a part of me
The tender heart of me
That can't help but want to believe
Maybe you could be the one

'Cause when you come around
Everything changes
My will gets weak
And the crazy thing is

All you do is smile
And there I go
Showin' my tender side
I keep showin' my tender side
I keep showin' my tender side
Yeah, I'm showin' my tender side

I'm a rock nobody can roll

Last time I laid eyes on you I was burnin' your photograph
That's the drastic kinda things you do
When you're livin' through the aftermath of a love gone bad

I changed the locks upon the rock that I waited so long to wear
In a desperate search to finally purge myself of the love we shared
And just when I'm gettin' there here you come like a train out of nowhere

You've gotta a lot a nerve showin' your face round here
Told you to stay, stay away but you won't, but you don't
Just like a voodoo shadow slippin' in between the cracks
I thought I'd chained your memory to a railroad track
Look over my shoulder, turn around baby, you're back

A big mistake was all you were, like a stain from a bad tattoo
Shed my skin, start again but you keep on bleedin' through
That's what you do, there ain't no gettin' rid of you

You've gotta a lot a nerve showin' you're face round here
Told you to stay, stay away but you won't, but you don't
Just like a voodoo shadow slippin' in between the cracks
I thought I'd chained your memory to a railroad track
Look over my shoulder, turn around baby, you're back

Just like a voodoo shadow slippin' in between the cracks
I thought I'd chained you're memory to a railroad track
Thought the wheels would roll it flat
Look over my shoulder, turn around baby, you're back

Hey yeah, baby, you're back
Look over my shoulder, turn around baby, you're back
Baby, you're back
Turn around baby, you're back
Hey yeah baby, you're back
Yeah baby

2 a.m., dashboard lights
Oh God, it seems I've been on the road all night
Got momma's picture on the seat beside me
Oh, how I love what I left behind me
But I'm ready to face the dawn of a new day

Gotta keep on rollin', keep on going
Keep on movin' like a runaway train
My heart's wide open and I ain't slowing down
Till the sun hits my face in the dawn of a new day

This old truck and one suitcase
Guitar in the bed, I hope it doesn't rain
Got a pocket full of dreams I've been saving
Paid my dues, done some praying
Now I'm on my way to the dawn of a new day

Yeah, gotta keep on rollin', keep on going
Keep on movin' like a runaway train
My hearts wide open and I ain't slowing down
Till the sun hits my face in the dawn of a new day

The wind is at my back
That horizons calling me

Gotta keep on rollin', keep on going
Keep on movin' like a runaway train
My hearts wide open and I ain't slowing down
Till the sun hits my face in the dawn of a new day
Dawn of a new day

Wind blowin' on my face
Sidewalk flyin' beneath my bike
A five year-old's first taste
Of what freedom's really like
He was runnin' right beside me
His hand holdin' on the seat
I took a deep breath and hollered
As I headed for the street

Chorus
You can let go now, Daddy
You can let go
Oh, I think I'm ready
To do this on my own
(It's still) (It still feels) a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now, Daddy
You can let go

I was standin' at the altar
Between the two loves of my life
To one I've been a daughter
To one I soon would be a wife
When the preacher asked,
'Who gives this woman?'
Daddy's eyes filled up with tears
He kept holdin' tightly to my arm
'Til I whispered in his ear

(Repeat Chorus)

It was killin' me to see
The strongest man I ever knew
Wastin' away to nothin'
In that hospital room
'You know he's only hangin' on for you'
That's what the night nurse said
My voice and heart were breakin'
As I crawled up in his bed, and said

You can let go now, Daddy
You can let go
Your little girl is ready
To do this on my own
It's gonna be a little bit scary
But I want you to know
I'll be okay now, Daddy
You can let go
You can let go

I know I drive you crazy sometimes
I know I throw out words like they were knives
Real sharp knives

I know just how to push your buttons
Sometime I push them all at the same time
Just to mess with your mind

I need a man who will stand up to me when I wanna fight
I need a man who will hold on to me when I wanna cry
I need a man

Someone who just can't wait
To take me home and love me good and strong
All night long

I need a man who wants to be more than just my friend
I need a man who aches for me again and again
And again and again and again
I need a man

I have misgiving and misconceptions
'Til you love me just for who I am
Now I understand

I need a man
I need a man
I need a man who stands up to me when I wanna fight
I need a man who holds on to me when I wanna cry

I need a man
I need a man
I need a man
I need a man

I hear what you’re not saying
How you feel
I’ve long since stopped asking
How you feel
If I’m ever gonna be
Any closer to you
Oh what do I have to you
To get you
Oh to talk to me
Say anything
Just see me in the room
I don’t wanna be a flower on the wall of your world
Wilting away
How hard is it just
Oh to have a simple conversation
Just ask me all about
the book I read or how my day went
For me to get through to you
Oh what do I have to do
If I thought it’d make a difference
I’d take up golf
And the next time you go fishing
I’d tag along
I’d write it word for word
Across the sky
That if you don’t love me back I’ll die
What do I have to do to get you
Oh to talk to me
Say anything
Just see me in the room
I don’t wanna be a flower on the wall of your world
Wilting away
How hard is it just
Oh to have a simple conversation
ask me all about
Oh the book I read or how my day went
Oh for me to get through to you
Oh what do I have to do
How hard is it just
To have a normal conversation
Tell me about
How your long day at work went
For me to get through to you
What do I have to do
Oh yeah
What do I have to do

Your cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll try and try and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You're gonna walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You're gonna walk the floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you

You spun that web baby, you made that bed baby
You built that brick wall that you're running into, ooh, ooh
You bare that cross baby, I pay the cost baby
Now you loose, it don't matter what you do

You can try to change me
You can say what you want with you pretty little lies
You can beg, you can plead
But you won't get to me this time, this time
But you can try

Use all the strength you got, go on take your best shot
But it won't touch me, I know I won't feel a thing
You've left me no choice baby, listen to my voice baby
I mean what I mean

But you can try to change me
You can say what you want with you pretty little lies
You can beg, you can plead
But you won't get to me this time, this time
But you can try

Try
(Try, try)
Try
(Try, try)

You can try to change me
You can say what you want with you pretty little lies
You can beg, you can plead
But you won't get to me this time, this time
But you can try, you can try, yeah

You spun that web baby, you made that bed baby
You can try but you won't change my mind
No you won't change my mind

There she was just seventeen
Cryin' on the mornin' after
He told her everything she wanted to hear

All those drunken reasons that she had
For givin' in don't matter
And they don't stop the tears noooo

What do you do when it's too late
What do you say when you can't change the truth
Of what you've done
And it's coming at you fast
When you can't hide the hurt inside
How do you pray to make it right
When you wanna change the past
And you can't take it back
You can't take it back

Scared to death she tells her friend
To meet her at the drugstore counter
And finds out what she didn't wanna hear
Daddy will die
Her mamma will cry
The kids at school will talk about her
There ain't no easy way outta here oh

What do you do when it's too late
What do you say when you can't change the truth
Of what you've done
And it's coming at you fast
When you can't hide the hurt inside
How do you pray to make it right
When you wanna change the past
And you can't take it back
You can't take it back

All the choices
That she's made
That baby staring back at her
Is one she wouldn't change

What do you do when it's too late
What do you say when you can't change the truth
Of what you've done
And it's coming at you fast
When you can't hide the hurt inside
How do you pray to make it right
When you wanna change the past
And you can't take it back
You can't take it back

What do you do when it's too late
What do you say when you can't change the truth
Of what you've done
And it's coming at you fast
When you can't hide the hurt inside
How do you pray to make it right
When you wanna change the past
And you can't take it back
You can't take it back

Sometimes it ain't so bad