James Otto Album

(James Otto / Big Kenny / John Rich / Nikki Sixx)

I got a blonde bombshell in my black Corvette
Burnin' down the rubber like a hot cigarette
Ain't found nothin' that will hold me yet
Feels a little better when I'm out on the edge
Like a Tarantino movie runnin' through my head
Ain't gonna sleep again until I'm dead, 'cause

Chorus:
I'm gonna fly just as high as I want to
I'm gonna roll like a river anywhere that I choose
Ain't nothin' gonna slow me down
And I ain't gonna stop till I drop

Push it to the limit take it to overload
Keep the party pumpin' everywhere that I go
Everybody's rockin' when they come to the Otto show
I don't need anybody tellin' me what to do
I've come a long, long way with this bad attitude
Wore a hole through the sole of my alligator boots

Chorus

There's a mountain in my mind
That I know someday I'm gonna climb
So don't tell me, don't tell me not to try, 'cause

Chorus

Ain't nothin' gonna slow me down
And I ain't gonna stop till I drop
Ain't nothin' gonna slow me down
And I ain't gonna stop till I drop

1st Verse

You don't have to go now, honey
Call and tell 'em you won't be in today
Baby, there ain't nothin' at the office
So important it can't wait

1st Chorus

I'm thankful for the weekend
But two days in Heaven just ain't gonna do
Yes, it's gonna take forever, darlin'
Girl, I just got started lovin' you

2nd Verse

What's the point in fightin' what we're feelin'
We both know we'll never win
Ain't this what we're missin'
Let's just stop all this resistin' and give in

2nd Chorus

Let me wrap my arms around you
You know you don't wanna leave this room
Come back and let me hold you, darlin'
Girl, I just got started lovin' you

Bridge

What can I say
I've never felt this way
And girl, you're like a dream come true
After all the love we've made
It sure would be a shame
If we let this moment end so soon

3rd Chorus

So won't you lay back down beside me
Girl, just like I know you want to
Trust me when I tell you, darlin'
Girl, I just got started lovin' you

Spoken

I ain't gonna stop, oh yeah

(Repeat Bridge)

(Repeat 1st Chorus)

Tag

Come back and let me hold you, darlin'
Girl, I just got started lovin' you
Mmm, mmm, oh oh
Gonna hang out all week long
I've been lovin' kissin' and huggin' baby
Mmm, mmm

(Jim Brown / Liz Hengber)

You could call me anytime and I’d come running
I’d go to hell and back to rescue you
I’d give up my soul and everything I own
If that’s what you want, I’d do that for you

Chorus:
Oh but now you’re asking too much
You want me to find somebody new
Oh I never thought I’d say this
But girl, congratulations
You found the one thing I can’t do for you

Ask me for forgiveness, girl you’ve got it
If you don’t love me what else can I do
If this really is the end you won’t see my face again
If that’s what you want, I’d do that for you

Chorus

You’ll have to think of something else
’Cause there’s no way to turn it off
I’m sorry girl, I can’t fall out of love

Oh I never thought I’d say this
But girl, congratulations
You found the one thing I can’t do for you

You found the one thing I can’t do for you

(James Otto / Shannon Lawson)

I’m wastin’ half of my life just lookin’ back
Thinkin’ all of my good times were in the past
Ain’t no joy to be found livin’ life like that
I couldn’t feel the sunshine on my face
Everywhere that I’d go I’d feel out of place
Finally figured out I’d never win that race
Now I’m amazed to find

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These are the good ole days that we’ve been livin’
No more lookin’ back all is forgivin’
Ain’t gonna live my life through no picture frame
These are the good ole days

Seems like people get lost talkin’ ’bout some day
Something better will come and take them away
Never realize ’til it’s too late
It’s the simple things that make life worthwhile
Like a warm summer day or a laughin’ child
Or how it makes me feel just to see you smile
Baby you know it’s true

Chorus

These are the good ole days

(James Otto / Monty Criswell)

A hundred miles out of Little Rock
Windshield full of rain
I-40 eastbound drivin’ while I pray
She’s asleep in the backseat
Holdin’ tight to her teddy bear
She’s got her daddy’s smile and her momma’s hair
But one word knocked our lives off track
Just one word keeps us comin’ back

Chorus:
Across the Mississippi
A mile or two from Beale Street
Not too far from Graceland
Where the king of rock and roll sleeps
To a place for children
Where God sends his mercy rainin’ down
In the heart of Memphis
Where angels hang around

All the deals I’ve made with God
The conversations that we’ve had
Tryin’ to accept things I could not understand
I wanna walk her down the aisle
While those church bells ring
See her get the chance
To live all her dreams
But one word knocked our lives off track
Just one word keeps us comin’ back

Chorus

So sleep tight baby while these four wheels roll
’Cause just beyond the clouds there’s a ray of hope

There’s a place for children
Where God sends his mercy rainin’ down
In the heart of Memphis
Where angels hang around

(James Otto / Shannon Lawson / John Rich)

I used to wake up early every day
Just to feel the sunrise on my face
Me and my woman in the front porch swing
Listenin’ to the mornin’ mockingbird sing
Well I woke one day to a screen door slam
Found a good-bye note on our nightstand
Next to a coffee cup and a wedding band
Since then I’ve been a sunset man

Chorus:
When I see the sunrise comin’ up
I draw the curtains down
’Cause the mornin’ brings her memory around
I know it’s warm and beautiful and lights up the sky
But these days it only hurts my eyes

I don’t show my face to the afternoon
Anything A.M. is just too soon
’Cause it reminds how she up and ran
And damned me to be a sunset man

Chorus

It’s hard not to cry but I’ll do my best
And just keep this ole chair facin’ west
Till she puts that ring back on her hand
I guess I’ll always be a sunset man

Well I’ll always be a sunset man
Yeah I’ll always be a sunset man

(James Otto / Monty Powell / Jay DeMarcus / Roger Riley)

We’ve been fussin’ and fightin’ about what I don’t understand
There’s a distance between us and tonight you’re forcin’ my hand
And I can’t explain how we’ve found ourselves here where we are
On the edge of good-bye, broken dreams, broken hearts
How did it go this far, well

Chorus:
I’ll make the first move and I’ll say I’m sorry
And I’ll take the blame for the things that I’ve done
’Cause we’ll both lose more than our pride
If we don’t make a stand
You don’t act like my woman and I don’t feel like your man
You don’t act like my woman and I don’t feel like your man

The passion that once burned so strong is barely a flame
I don’t know where it happened but somehow we both lost our way
It’s sad how we never made love unless we’re makin’ up
Can we find our way back to the love to the trust
’Cause girl this don’t feel like us, so

Chorus

Baby if you ever wonder if I still love you
Well girl never wonder again
We can find our way out of this cloud we’ve been under
If we fight for who we were back then

Chorus

(James Otto / Kim Williams / Larry Shell)

First thing he does when he boards the plane
Is slip off that wedding ring and orders a stiff drink
There’s a blonde in the window seat
She’s lookin’ good and smiling sweet
So he gives her a wink you know the rest

Chorus:
’Cause when a woman’s not watching
A man knows he can get away with murder
Thinkin’ what she don’t know won’t hurt her
But he wouldn’t deserve her
If temptation comes and he just can’t resist
If every time she turns her back he steals a kiss
You’ll see the man he is
When a woman’s not watching

Three rows back’s another married man
Who wears a promise on his left hand for the world to see
There’s a girl comin’ on real strong
But that man’s gonna make it home faithfully
Like any good man would

Chorus

If temptation comes and he just can’t resist
If every time she turns her back he steals a kiss
You’ll see the man he is
When a woman’s not watching

(James Otto / John Rich / Vicky McGehee)

Well my good buddy John likes to tie one on
And get drunk on Friday nights
And he’s just fine till the beer and shine combine
Then he’s Jekyll and Hyde
Starts cussin’ ’bout his boss and the job he lost
And what he’d like to say to him
Then he reaches for his cell says what the hell
And that’s when I step in and I say

Chorus:
Friends don’t let their friends drink and dial
Don’t let their fingers do the walkin’ when they’re whiskey wild
’Cause they’re gonna wake up in the morning with a poundin’ in their heads
And they’re gonna wish to God they could take back all the things they said
So when you see your buddy reachin’ for the phone
Say friend wait awhile
’Cause friends don’t let their friends drink and dial

Well my sister Diane lost her man
To her best old ex-girlfriend
Now the only time he crosses her mind
Is when the margaritas set in
She’ll start thinkin’ ’bout his blue eyes winkin’
And how he used to rock her world
She steps out in the hall to make booty call
And I say hold on girl because

Chorus

It ain’t ever been a good idea
To reach out and touch someone
When you’re flying high half outta of your mind
Blowin’ a .21 and I say

Chorus

You know friends don’t let their friends
Drink and dial

(James Otto / Monty Powell)

You can always find me here
Raisin’ hell and drinkin’ beer
With all my good-time buddies
Cuttin’ up and havin’ fun
Yeah the jokes can be on me
And I don’t mind usually
I’m an easy-goin’, back-slappin’ son of a gun
But she just left me
And that’s just left me undone
So you don’t want to push your luck boys, not tonight
Just don’t bring up her name one more time

If you think I’m in the mood to pick a fight
You’re damn right

She’s gone and I admit I was wrong
But I can’t quit
Thinkin’ about how good our love used to be
And the whiskey numbs the pain
But in the morning when I wake
I’ll be hungover hangin’ on to a memory
And I’ll order one more round
Lose the Coke and keep the Crown
And just drown my misery
And I’ll blind myself with liquor and neon lights
Alone and stoned out of my mind

If you think I’m flyin’ high as a kite
You’re damn right

Now I’m just tryin’ to make it through
But gettin’ over you is a long, long road
And I’m a strong man, but it’s killin’ me
Lettin’ go
And I’d love to say it ain’t, but I can’t lie
Yeah pretend that I got somethin’ in my eyes

If you think I’m gonna break down and cry
You’re damn right

You’re damn right

(Cory Mayo / Craig Wiseman)

Where do you go when no one’s watching
Only you can see
I want to know how hot is that fire you burn for me
‘Cause all my life girl I’ve been waiting
On a love that strong
And maybe this one ain’t it and I can tell it won’t take long

Chorus:
Not as long as I’m the man that I am
Light off shades down candles painting shadows on the wall
Ain’t too hard to understand
What it does every taste every touch going deeper
Awe and it’s a feelin’ that I can’t describe
I know you wouldn’t understand unless you were the man that I am

I want to see all those secrets down there where you hide
I want to be the only man that goes that deep inside
‘Cause all my life girl I’ve been waitin’ on a love that strong
And baby this one is it I can tell it won’t take long

Chorus

Not as long as I’m the man that I am
Light off shades down candles painting shadows on the wall
Ain’t too hard to understand
What it does every taste every touch going deeper
Awe and it’s a feelin’ that I can’t describe

Chorus

Let me touch you one more time
Let me taste what’s on your mind
Let me be right here beside you
When you wake up baby
I want to be the only man to touch you
I want to be the only man that pleases you
And teases you and takes you higher than you’ve ever been
Longer than you’ve ever seen
Stronger than you’ve ever seen