If I only knew then what I know now
You wouldn't be sayin' goodbye
But I let you down, I was never around
When you needed me there by your side
I took a perfect love & gave you a perfect heartache
I took a band of gold & made a 24-carat mistake
& turned it into...
CHORUS:
Fool's gold, yes I was a fool 'cause I let you go
Fool's gold, yes I was a fool 'cause I didn't know
Too many times I just didn't try
Now all I hear is you sayin' goodbye
Starin' at an empty hand full of fool's gold
If I'd spent the time just holdin' you tight
& sharin' my feelings with you
Then you'd understand what's inside of this man
& you'd know what I'm goin' through
I know that I was wrong now that it's too late
I took a band of gold & made a 24-carat mistake
& turned it into...
(chorus)
As her key unlocks the front door
I reach out to find a light so she can see
Then I wait to hear her story
Why she stayed out late tonight & she tells me
That it really wasn't her fault
If she'd had her ways she'd have been home hours ago
That's when her tears start to flowin'
& she swears it's true but in my heart I know
When I'm sure that I've convinced her
That I believe her story then I turn away
I don't let her know she's hurt me
'Cause the words stick in my throat I wanna say
& I'm so afraid I'll lose her
If she knew I knew the truth she just might go
So I listen to her story
Try to hide the hurt, but in my heart I know
She's lying, there's not a word of truth in her crying
& still I've got this awful urge to take her in my arms & hold
her tight
God, I know she's lying, a little more of me keeps on dying
Oh how I wish that I could be the one that she's been lyin' with tonight
Instead of me I'd rather be the one that she's been lyin' with tonight
She's lying
Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands
(Don Goodman/Mary Ann Kennedy/Pam Rose)
She stood before God, her family & friends
& vowed that she'd never love anyone else again, only me
As pure as her gown of white, she stood by my side
& promised that she'd love me till the day she died
Lord, please forgive her, even though she lied
'Cause you're the only one who knows just how hard she tried
CHORUS:
She had a ring on her finger & time on her hands
The woman in her needed the warmth of a man
The gold turned cold in her wedding band
It's just a ring on your finger when there's time on your hands
When I add up all the countless nights she cried herself to sleep
& all the broken promises I somehow failed to keep, I can't blame
her
I'm the one who left her too many times alone
In a 3-bedroom prison, she tried to make a home
Her love slowly died, but the fire inside still burned
& the arms of a stranger was the only place left to turn
(chorus x2)
I.O.U.
(Kerry Chater/Austin Roberts)
You believe that I've changed your life forever
& you're never gonna find another somebody like me
& you wish you had more than just a lifetime
To give back all I've given you, & that's what you believe, but...
CHORUS:
I.O.U. the sunlight in the morning
& the nights of honest loving that time can't take away
& I.O.U. more than life, now more than ever
I know that it's the sweetest debt I'll ever have to pay
I'm amazed when you say it's me you live for
You know that when I'm holdin' you, you're right where you belong
& my love, I can't help but smile with wonder
When you tell me all I've done for you, 'cause I've known all along
that...
(chorus x2)
Going, Going, Gone
(Jan Crutchfield)
It's over; I left the door unlocked again
But this time someone new walked in
When she was all alone
He told her that there was much more life to see
Than she would ever see with me
Now she's going, going, gone
It's over; I never thought I'd see this day
When everything would walk away
That I depended on
God, he'll hold her to make sure she don't change her mind
I've lost her all the way this time
She's going, going, gone
I should have paid attention; there were many warning signs
But I just never thought she'd walk away
Now here I stand in silence
Just the echo of the words I heard her say
She said it's over & much too late to change her mind
I've lost her all the way this time
She's going, going, gone
I Don't Mind The Thorns (When You're The Rose)
(Jan Buckingham/Linda Young)
Come, let me hold you for a while
All you have to do is smile
& I'm yours again
I may not like some things you do
But they're all a part of you
& you're my best friend
CHORUS:
I don't mind the cold when I have a fire to warm me
I don't mind the rain 'cause it makes the flowers grow
I can take the bad times when you wrap your love around me
I don't mind the thorns when you're the rose
Stay, we can work the whole thing out
That's what love's about
& I understand
You didn't mean the things you said
They're so easy to forget
When you take my hand
(chorus)
If it was anybody else, I would be gone
But you're so beautiful to me, oh that I keep on holding on
(chorus, then repeat its last line)
Don't Underestimate My Love For You
(Steve Diamond/Steve Dorff/Dave Loggins)
If I never say the words you wanna hear
When I hold you near
Maybe they get said another way
A kiss can mean as much to me as words could ever do
You know I live for you
You shouldn't ever doubt how I feel about you
CHORUS:
Don't underestimate my love for you, darlin'
It's always there, it's just the way I care
If you believe in me, then show more faith in us
Don't underestimate my love
When you have a need for me & I'm not there
You wonder if I'm where
I could meet someone who'd take me from you
In you heart & soul you know I'm the one you can't lose
You know I live for you
You shouldn't ever doubt how I feel about you
(chorus x2)
Hearts Aren't Made To Break (They're Made To
Love)
(Roger Murrah/Steve Dean)
CHORUS:
Oh it tears me up when you go all to pieces
Your cryin' eyes say you've been hurt enough
Tryin' hard don't always make it easy
'Cause hearts aren't made to break, they're made to love
Lately all I do is think about you
It's weighin' like a stone inside my mind
I know I've taken you for granted
& left your heart hangin' on the line
(chorus)
Your love is finally gettin' to me
I can't believe the things I've done
& still you're standin' here beside me
The fool & the faithful one
(chorus)
Oh hearts aren't made to break, they're made to love
Didn't We
(Graham Lyle/Troy Seals)
I think of all the times I needed you
& you would come to me 'cause you wanted to
Oh when we built a fire that would last through the night
It'd still be burnin' in the mornin' light
Oh we must've had 1000 ways
Oh love taken & wrapped away
We took a chance or 2, didn't we?
& made some mountains move, didn't we?
& from out of the blue, the stormclouds came
It started rainin', we just let it rain
Oh careless love, oh careless love
Sadness, yes, but no regrets
When we had a baby, oh we had the best
Didn't we? I'm askin' you, didn't we? Oh didn't we?
& every now & then I'm feeling sure
& it takes me a while to let you go
You were more than a lover, more than a friend
Never before, never again
Oh will it be you & me?
We had, had it good, didn't we?
I wanna say, oh we must've had 1000 ways
Oh takin' our rodway
Oh will it be, will it be you & me?
Oh we had, we had it good, didn't we?
...& fade
Someone
(Charlie Black/Austin Roberts/Steve Dorff)
Love should mean so much
But the only kind I've touched was incomplete
Till the moment I found you
That's the moment that I knew
CHORUS:
There's someone like me
Who still believes some things are meant to be
Someone who needs forever someone like you
Holdin' onto the same dream I've been dreamin' of
Someone who still believes in love
So here you are at last
We can feel what's come to pass is here to stay
World can come & go
It won't matter 'cause I know
(chorus)
(instrumental)
Someone like you
Holdin' onto the same dream I've been dreamin' of
Someone who still believes in love
Someone who still believes in love
If There's Any Justice
(Michael Nobel/C. Michael Spriggs/Tony Chalk Colton)
The very first moment that I wake each day
Your ghost just dances straight across my memory
I reach for the phone & I hear your voice
& against my will, my feelings run away with me
'Cause I want you here right now
But you're lying there in someone else's arms
CHORUS:
If there's a God up in the sky
& if there's any justice in this world
I should be with you, oh I should be you
Say you'll run away with me
If there's any justice in this world
I should be with you
Say you'll always stay with me
I wait all day long for the sun to fall
For you to slip away & run back to my arms again
I look into your eyes & see the passion grow
& we lose control & swear we'll never part again
I know paradise ain't lost
& there is still a chance that we'll survive
(chorus)
To live my life without you, kill a love like mine
Would kill my heart forever, & that would be a crime, so...
(x2):
If there's any justice in this world
I should be with you
Say you'll run away with me
Oh if there's any justice in this world
I should be with you
Say you'll always stay with me
I Still Believe
(Doug Johnson)
Sometimes it's easy & sometimes it's not
Sometimes I can't think of one thing we've got
In common to keep us from falling apart
To keep holdin' on with hope in our hearts
Sometimes it's heaven & sometimes it's hell
Sometimes it seems we would be just as well
Off on our own knowin' somebody else
Then I think about all we've been through
CHORUS:
There have been so many nights that you saved me
There have been so many mornings you gave me
The courage to get up & get out of bed
To face the world one more day
There have been so many trials we've conquered together
& so many miles of rough roads we've weathered
& I swear forever that I'll never leave
'Cause lady, I still believe
You bring out my best, you can bring out my worst
You feed every hunger, then leave me burning with thirst
& at the moment that I know that I'll surely die
Your love is my fountain of life
(chorus)
Oh lady, I still believe
You Can't Fall In Love When You're Cryin'
(Lee Greenwood)
She gently brushed my arm as she walked by me
& she turned & said "I'm sorry" with a smile
She was everything I ever dreamed of meeting
But I quickly closed my eyes & walked the other way, 'cause...
CHORUS:
You can't fall in love when you're cryin'
Please don't try to look into my eyes
If I said I loved you I'd be lyin'
'Cause the memory of yesterday is still in my mind
She caught me just before I reached the corner
& she asked me most politely for my name
She was more than just a girl, she was an angel
& I wanted so to lie, but I told her just the same: You see...
(chorus)
She winked & said "I know just what you're feelin'
& I know there's nothing I can say
That can change the way you feel, so here's my number
You can call me on the phone when the feeling goes away
'Cause I know..."
(chorus)
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