If You Want Mine
Thomas White/Carey Latham

VERSE 1
Son I been seeing you around here a lot more lately 
I see that look in your eyes when your looking at my baby 
Yeah she may be grown but she’s our little girl 
She deserves a man that knows what she’s worth

Goes to church loves his mama goes to work
Sacrifices everything for her and a piece of dirt 

CHORUS
She’ll be the first one to tell you she’s a daddy’s girl
Her mama will says she’s got me wrapped around her finger
Hell, if I told the truth that’s pro’bly not a lie
Son, if you’re thinkin’ bout wrappin’ hers up in a diamond 
Stop and imagine holdin’ your own baby girl for the first time
And you’ll understand …..the man you gotta be if you want mine

VERSE 2
Be ready for what she needs when the wheels fall off
I was there for skinned up knees and the daddy come-pick-me-up calls
And her mama for the broken hearts 
yeah, she’s pretty tough Her tears don’t come easy but when they come 
boy you better be enough

CHORUS
She’ll be the first one to tell you she’s a daddy’s girl
Her mama will says she’s got me wrapped around her finger
Hell, if I told the truth that’s pro’bly not a lie
Son, if you’re thinkin’ bout wrappin’ hers up in a diamond 
Stop and imagine holdin’ your own baby girl for the first time
And you’ll understand …..the man you gotta be if you want mine

Bridge
I hope the Lord’ll bless ya, I know life’s gonna test ya
Cause it’s sure tested me…

CHORUS
She’ll be the first one to tell you she’s a daddy’s girl
Her mama will say she’s got me wrapped around her finger
Hell, if I told the truth that’s pro’bly not a lie
Son, if you’re thinkin’ bout wrappin’ hers up in a diamond 
Stop and imagine holdin’ your own baby girl for the first time
And then you’ll understand …..the man you gotta be if you want mine ……. Outtro repeat

If You Want Mine (White/Latham)

Girl Like You
Brian Barnhouse/Carey Latham

I was thinking bout you, and the way that that ‘ol moon
Must be somewhere thinkin’ how it’s got some work to do 
How’s it gonna light, up the night, and ever outshine you
Yeah, I was thinkin bout you and how that moon’s got some work to do

How it’s gonna compete with a girl like you
One of God’s greatest wonders in the world
The sun, the sky, the oceans blue
They pale when compared to how you burn
Brighter than anything anybody ever knew
And I’m still wonderin’ too
How’d a guy like me get a girl like you

And I got this feelin, that today that Mississippi river
Is out there thinkin bout how to raise her limits
Cause your overflowin’ your current’s strong and she knows I’m all in
I got a feelin, that Missipissippi river’s out there thinkin’ 

How it’s gonna compete with a girl like you
One of God’s greatest wonders in the world
The sun, the sky, the oceans blue
They pale when compared to how you burn
Brighter than anything anybody ever knew
And I’m still wonderin’ too
How’d a guy like me get a girl like you

Every single rainbow, every color, to that pot of gold
Every wild flower, out there growin’, they all wanna know

How’d a guy like me get a girl like you
You’re God’s greatest wonder in this world
The sun, the sky, the oceans blue
They pale when compared to how you burn

How they’re gonna compete with a girl like you
One of God’s greatest wonders in this world
The sun, the sky, the oceans blue
They pale when compared to how you burn
Brighter than anything anybody ever knew
And I’m still wonderin’ too
How’d a guy like me get a girl like you

A girl like you
A girl like you

Carey Latham
careylathamsells@gmail.com
615-556-2261
ASCAP writers IPI:  187481433
ASCAP publisher’s IPI: 537795111 (Take a Ride Music Pub)
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Contact:
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ph: 402-239-6499
email: BarnhouseGuitars1@gmail.com

Girl Like You (Barnhouse/Latham)

I Kissed That Girl
Paul Lombardo/Brad Hacker/Carey Latham

Tailgates were down grills were blazin’
Wadn’t nuttin’ that wudn’t hot
Girls were smokin’ and the guys were drinkin’
Gettin’ loaded as a gameday parkin’ lot

She was drenched in an Ole Miss t shirt
Makin’ 90 look 95
Well I was sweatin’,my friends were bettin’
Darin’ me to make her mine …so I 

I kissed that girl
Like a kid divin in without a dadgum clue
I kissed that girl
And to my surprise when I opened my eyes
Her’s were closed too, and I knew
Winnin’ one stupid bet might’a been the smartest thing I ever did
When I kissed that girl
Oh yeah when I kissed that girl
Gone do it again, gone do it again, gone do it again

Lights were out, coolers empty
Game over, she was in my truck
Talk was small she was singin’ along
To the radio, I turned it up, and

I kissed that girl
Like a kid divin in without a dadgum clue
I kissed that girl
And to my surprise when I opened my eyes
Her’s were closed too, and I knew
Winnin’ one stupid bet might’a been the smartest thing I ever did
When I kissed that girl
Oh yeah 

Yellow was the color of her porch light
Red was the color of her lips
Drivin home with it all over mine
‘Cause before I left, cause you know

I kissed that girl
Like a kid divin in without a dadgum clue
I kissed that girl
And to my surprise when I opened my eyes
Her’s were closed too, and I knew
Winnin’ one stupid bet might’a been the smartest thing I ever did
When I kissed that girl
Oh yeah when I kissed that girl
Gone do it again, do it again

I Kissed That Girl (Lombardo/Hacker/Latham)

Horses in Heaven
writers: Devan Yanik/Carey Latham

I told the old bartender pour me something straight
And how I’d said goodbye to a friend that day
How he left his ranch behind to go rest high
How we laid that Stetson by his side
And sang Amazing Grace as they carried him away

All about his last days in that bed, no more saddles on thoroughbreds
And how my friend kept sayin to me

I hope there’re horses in heaven
Catfish for catchin’
Whiskey like they make in Tennessee
I hope there’s 2-step dancin’
Like they do in Texas
Rivers flowin’ like the old Mississippi
He said if it’s really like Montana
My friend, In no time at all
I’ll be back on the horse.. again

The old bartender said I hope all that’s true
See, I used to ride and chase the Buckle too
Been some years now, since I went down, hell I can barely get around
So I understand what your friend said to you, cause man

I hope there’re horses in heaven
Catfish for catchin’
Whiskey like they make in Tennessee
I hope there’s 2-step dancin’
Like they do in Texas
Rivers flowin’ like the old Mississippi
He said if it’s really like Montana
My friend, in no time at all
I’ll be back on the horse.. again

A few months passed by and I stopped back in
For another drink and to thank him for listenin’
The young barkeep said the old bartender got his wings
But he left you this note and said you’d know what it means

It read…
I hope there’re horses in heaven
Catfish for catchin’
Whiskey like they make in Tennessee
I hope there’s 2-step dancin’
Like they do in Texas
Rivers flowin’ like the old Mississippi
Oh If heaven’s like Montana my friend
Drink one for me
Cause I’m back on the horse.. Again
Oh Yeah, I’m back on the horse.. again

Horses In Heaven (Yanik/Latham)

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