The neighbors dog barked all night long
and scattered trash in my front lawn
and my old lady didn't come home again

there's buckets under the roof and sink
cause the more it rains the more they leak
and my old truck is finally giving in
she's running hot a lot and using oil
and i think to myself what a wonderful world
chorus:
what a wonderful screwed up perfect storm
of gloom, despair, hate and boredom
when you're starting at the bottom and just going down
I need to hear the good news 
about hope and Jesus and quitin' the booze
but the preacher man don't come around this side of town
opportunity ain't knocking at my door
and i think to myself what a wonderful world

the game is on but the TV's out
so i sit in the dark and listen to the shouts
of  the newlyweds headed for divorce

the folks next door are cooking meth
they take their fill and sell the rest
to the hollow eyed boys and skinny girls
and i think to myself what a wonderful world
repeat chorus

the neighbors dog's barked half the night
the folks next door are getting high
and my old lady she didn't come home again

What A Wonderful World

written for a female singer.

I do  love you
in spite of all the silly things you do
i will  forgive
all your transgressions
and pray that we may live
happily ever after
my joy my benefactor
you know cause it goes without saying
baby i do

and should i 
go cold
just wrap your loving
arms around my soul
and hold tight
for dear life
in hopes that someday we might
outlive all your frustrations
my joy my inspiration
you know 
cause it goes without saying
baby i do

and if and when your world falls apart
you still have my heart
cause i do 
love you
in spite of myself i do
oh baby, baby i do

I Do

the earliest thing 
that i can recall
is a boy 3 or 4
tossing a ball
to a little brown puppy
that we call lucky
but he's been gone for so long now

and i'll never forget
my first date
dinner and movie
with a girl named Kay
thought it was it love 
but if it was
its been gone for so long now

chorus: and ain't it funny aint it strange
which memories we retain
some are big and others small
and theres no room to keep them all
i'm sure in time theres some i'll lose
but hope i always have a few
like my first car was a pickup truck
and my greatest love is you

2)and as i recall 
the water was cool
the day they baptized 
this rowdy young fool
raised in the spirit 
and i can still hear it
the congregation say "amen"

and the one that always brings a tear to my eye
was back in '98 the 23rd of July
the day that heaven
called my best friend
but someday i'll see grandma again

repeat chorus

it's unusual and strange
which memories we retain
some are big and others small 
and theres no room to keep
to keep them all
im sure in time theres some i'll lose
but hope i'll always have a few
my first car was a pickup truck
and my greatest love is you
yeah my first job 
was mowing yards
and my greatest love is you

My Greatest Love

we could be redeemed
or we could be forsaken
we could find truth
or we could be mistaken
walk on water
or drown in tears
love could live forever
or it could die here

1) theres no guarantees
with matters of the heart
some will go the distance
while others never start
and girl you and i
are no different than the rest
we'll have to take the time
to truly find
if we're cursed or blessed

cause in the grand scheme
our dreams and emotions
are nothing more than a drop in the ocean

we could be redeemed 
or we could be forsaken
we could find truth
or we could be mistaken
we could walk on water
or drown in tears
love could live forever
or it could die here

2) could be a bed of roses
or a crown of thorns
theres 2 sides to every story
2 sides to every coin
and you and i
are no better than fate
and an even gamble 
is just the chance we'll have to take

cause in the grand scheme
our dreams and things we treasure
are but a grain of sand
in the desert

repeat chorus
solo

bridge: and in the end
our pleasures and passion
could wither on the vine
or be all we imagined

repeat chorus

We Could Be Redeemed

day has faded fast
you knew it couldn't last
the sun is turning out its light
good night

close your eyes and ease your mind
leave your fear behind
the hour's late the world is right
good night

hear the angels sing
their voices fall like rain
showering your dreams
good night

drift away you're safe and sound
feel the love all around
until the morning light
sleep tight
good night

Lullaby

I'd turn left at the crossroads
I'd turn left at the stone
she'd lead me in the back door 
afternoons when he was gone
she went and made a man
of a boy so green and young
but like medicine she always 
left a bad taste on my tongue

i delivered her groceries
one lazy summer day
she invited me in 
and then asked me to stay
one thing led to another 
and another led to more
laid the groceries and my innocence
down on her floor

I'd turn left at the crossroads
I'd turn left at the stone
she'd lead me in the back door 
afternoons when he was gone
she went and made a man
of a boy so green and young
but like medicine she always 
left a bad taste on my tongue

2) 35 and full of life
a woman in her prime
and i was young and dumb enough
to let her lead me 'cross the line
the knowledge of her fingers
and the passion of her kiss
was more than i could
or would  not resist

repeat chorus
solo

I turned left at the crossroads
turned left at the stone
she led me in the back door
but this time he was home
upstairs and sound asleep
she put a pistol in my hand
said "you and i will never
have to be apart again"

 i turned right at the crossroads
turned right at the fence
then ran in a straight line
and ive been running ever since
she went and made a bad man
of a boy so green and young
and like medicine she always 
left a bad taste on my tongue


Bad taste on my tongue

something very off style for me
1: I'd recite you poetry but i dont speak so well
I put the emPHASis on the wrong syllable
I'd take you out dancing if i had the moves
put all i have's two left feet crammed in two right shoes

chorus: and you're perfect, perfect
you're just about as perfect as anyone could be
you know you're perfect, perfect
think my description fits you perfectly

2: i may say all the right things but never at the proper time
i'm vulgar and offensive when i'm not even trying
you're what angels long to be so beautiful and clean
and i'm the biggest screw up the world has ever seen

chorus: and you're perfect, perfect
you're just about as perfect as anyone could be
you know you're perfect, perfect
think my description fits you perfectly

bridge: or could it be that you only seem so perfect when standing next to me

3: i'd compose a melody but it would sound all wrong
too fast to fall in love to too slow to hum along
define you in lyrics but that would be absurd
cause everything about you i can say with just one word
Perfect

repeat chorus

Perfect (2)

WCBR3

As far as you and I go you say we've gone about as far as we can
were it just you and me then I'd agree but this is more than a woman and a man
cause there's a boy down the hall who's the light of your world and mine
and I pray for his sake there's still a ray of hope that we can find
chorus:
and I know we're not in love but our love's not enough of a reason
to take from him the kind of family that God had in mind
and there's not enough hours in the days of every other weekend
for me to be around enough cause growing love and growing up take time
so you know where i stand but i guess in the end it's all your choice
but little boys need their daddy and God knows Daddy's need their little boys

01 Little Boys Need Their Daddy

I'm in love with the little girl in the garden   I'm begging for a pardon
a place with a view where our hearts can be consumed
I'm in awe of her slender  carnation figure
the stump petals call to the fairest of them all
bridge:and the garden holds pleasures a pistil's not a gun
she's slurping up the rain and reaching for the sun
chorus:
lets germinate and pollinate i'm in love i can't think straight
it's nice to wake up early with passion flower shirley 
in my heart and in my soul and by my side 
it's a love no one can hide behind the weeds so lets get busy start a life and plant a seed

some loves bloom slow but ours was blessed with miracle grow
it blossomed into something that was beautiful and pure
some loves go flop and some go bust allergic to a seven dusted world
where lies are cheap but not us our roots are deep
bridge/chorus

Eric Sitton

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