Randy Travis Album

I've searched the world over all of my life
Just looking for something
To make my love shine
Like a candle that burns in the night
But I came up with nothing
Till I looked in your eyes
Deeper and deeper inside

And all of the treasures
I found in your soul
Was like finding a diamond
When you're mining for coal

I've been a fool for glitter and gold
And women that sparkle shiny and cold
Like a statue carved out of ice
They shimmer like tinsel
On a blue Christmas night
But they never were quite so bright

As all of the treasures
It's like finding a diamond
When you're mining for coal

I was a miner
And you were a rock in the dust
But you became flawless
When you were you polished by love

And when I found you
I lost all control
I found me a diamond
Just mining for coal

Well I never felt more like singing the blues
'Cause I never thought
That I'd ever lose your love, dear
Why'd you do me this way

Well, I never felt more like crying all night
'Cause everything's wrong
And nothing is right without you
You got me singing the blues

Well, I never felt more like running away
But why should I go
'Cause I couldn't stay without you
You got me singing the blues

When we found our mountain we named it forever
And we lived on each other's dreams
You helped me build bridges to cross raging rivers
When your world was turning for me

I know that it's over, I know that you're leaving
I know that you crave to be free
But I can't help wishing that time could turn backwards
When your world was turning for me

What happened to always and forever I'll love you
And the future that was so plain to see
The dream seemed so endless and love had no boundaries
When your world was turning for me

He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
And he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck.
And his teeth were gone, but what the heck,
I thought that he walked on water.

He said he was a cowboy when he was young.
He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun.
And my mama's daddy was his oldest son,--
And I thought that he walked on water.

If the story's told, only heaven knows.
But his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
And although his wings, they were never seen.
I thought that he walked on water.

Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
And said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot."
And I'd ride in circles while he laughed alot.
Then I'd flop down beside him.

And he was ninety years old in sixty-three
And I loved him and he loved me.
And lord, I cried the day he died,

'Cause I thought that he walked on water.

If the story's told, only heaven knows.
But his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
And although his wings, they were never seen.
I thought that he walked on water

(Chorus)
There's no stoppin' us now
We've gone all the way
There's no slowin' down
This love fits us so right
There's no holdin' back
And there's no end in sight

You and I have found
What few will ever find
And we started so young
Even time's on our side

Chorus

It's hard to believe
That I really got by without you
So now every hour seems empty
When I'm not beside you

Chorus

Someday, Someway You'll realise that you've been blind
Yes Darling, you're going to need me again
It's just a matter of time
Go on, go on Til you reach the end of the line
Cause I know you'll pass my way again
It's just a matter of time
After I gave you everything I had

You laughed and you called me a clown
Remember in your search for fortune and fame
What goes up must come down
I know, I know That one day you'll wake up and find
That my love is a true love
It's just a matter of time

Words are spoken with chords played
Someday and Someway
Girl you'll realise that you've been blind
Yes Darling, I know you gonna need me again
It's just a matter of time

Continue singing here
After I gave you everything I had
You laughed and you called me a clown
But remember in your search for fortune and fame
What goes up must come down
I know, I know That one day you'll wake up and find

That my love was a true love
It's just a matter of time

It takes all kinds to keep
this world in place
It's a fragile balance that
let's us spin through space
So everybody's got their job to do
and girl I guess the job
I've got is cryin' over you

And I should get a gold watch
for all the years I gave
I should get some interest now
for all the dues I've paid
I don't know why I love you,
it's just the job I do
I'm your registered, certified
card carryin' fool

If I was in the army
there'd be medals that I'd get
If I ws in the circus,
at least I"d have a net
If I was an electrician,
I might could find a spark
And if I could be a surgeon,
Girl, I might could find your heart

But I keep bending over backwards
just to be your limbo man
while you drop that stick
another notch every chance you can

I don't know why I love you,
it's just the job I do
I'm your registered, certified
card carryin' fool

Oh if I was a gambler
I might have better luck
If I was mathematician
I could make it all add up
But when it comes down to it
all I want to do
Is be your registered, certified
card carryin' fool.

(Don Schlitz / Tom Schuyler)
There is a point when you can not walk away,
When you have to stand up straight and tall,
And mean the words you say.
There is a point you must beside,
Just to do it because it's right,
That's when you become a point of light.
There is a darkness that everyone must face,
It wants to take what's good and fair,
And lay it on the waste.
And that darkness,
covers everything inside,
Until it meat a single point of light.
CHORUS:
Home it takes
it's a point of light
a ray of hope

in the darkest night
if you see what's wrong
and you try to make it right
You will see a point of light
There are heroes,
Whose name we never heard,
a dedicated army of quiet volunteers.
Reaching out to feed the hungry,
reaching out to save the land,
reaching out to help they'r fellow man.
There are dreamers
who are make this dream come true
taking time to teach the children,
there is nothing they can't do.
Giving shelter to the homeless,
giving hope to those without,
is'nt that what this land all about.
One by one, from the mountain to the see,
point's of light, are calling out for you and me.
(REPEAT CHORUS)
TAG:
If you see what's wrong
and you try to make it right
You will be
a point of light.

Since the day I was led to temptation
And in weakess did let your love down
I have prayed that with time and compassion
You'd come -- around
And I keep waiting for you to forgive me
You keep saying you can't even start
And I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
Now, this home we have built is still standing
It's foundation is on solid ground
Do we roll up our sleeves and repain it?
Or burn it down?
And I keep waiting for you to forgive me
But you keep saying you can't even start
And I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
We can't just block it out
We've got to talk it out
Until our hearts get back in touch
I can't go on like this
It hurts too much
I keep waiting for you to forgive me
You keep saying you can't even start
And I feel like a stone you have picked up and thrown
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
To the hard rock bottom of your heart
To the hard rock bottom -- of your heart

There's not a mean bone in my body
I never could be unkind
I know we're not talking
But there's something on my mind
It ain't rightteous indignation
I don't plan to rant or rave
No need for us to fight and fuss
I just want to say

Have a nice rest of your life without me
I'll be proud to be a part of your history
If it makes you happy honey
Keep talking bad about me
And have a nice rest of your life without me

I know you're not heartless
Not callous and you're not cruel
And I know you don't mean to
When you treat me like a fool
I beleive that your good nature
Will emerge with someone else
If I can't be beside you
I can be beside myself.