Lyrics:

Verse 1
My friends think that all I do is drink
As if that’s a bad thing
They heard that you kept my diamond ring
As if that’s a bad thing

Chorus
I’m not quite over you
My mind keeps running through
What we might have been and I
Dream you try it on your hand
Miss me now and then
Glad you kept the ring

Verse 2
Friends say you’ll give it back to me someday
As if that’s a good thing
They think I’d be less obsessed with you that way
As if that’s a good thing

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
I know you well enough to know you’d never keep, that ring
Unless you’re not completely over me, like

Partial Chorus
I’m not quite over you
What we might have been
What I hope we do (last time through only)
Glad you kept the ring

(Instrumental Chorus)

Repeat Bridge and Partial Chorus

Glad You Kept The Ring

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Same Reasons I Did

Gary Will Kreı̅e
Vocals: Dan Harrison

Verse 1
Looking at your photo from back then
Heard you’ve started dating my best friend
He’ll screw up like me, think you’re ‘bout to feel
Deja vu all over again, cuz

Chorus
He’s gonna love you for the same reasons I did
He’s gonna want your body and your mind and that look with a smile that just won’t quit
But when he breaks your heart, baby I got dibs
He will lose you for the same reasons I did
Same reasons I did

Verse 2
Didn’t realize how good I had it
Guess I took your love for granted
When he does the same, please let me try again
Guess I’ll have to wait till then, cuz

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
I learned my lesson one he don’t know
He borrows love but you buy to own
I will convince you to spend your life with me
I can’t start living like a that-guy wannabe

Repeat Chorus

Same reasons I did

Same Reasons I Did

Every Damn Thing
Writers: Carey Latham

I could sit here and watch her in the morning sun
Never leave this room, never get enough 
Of her love, of her touch
That’s what she does, leaves me wanting more
Even tho she fills me up

Like April rain hittin’ that Mississippi river
Like every color meltin’ those skies out in Denver
Like a song on the radio I gotta hear again
She’s whiskey on my lips 
She’s everything I’ve never had and now
She’s every damn thing I don't wanna live without 

I can tell her the troubles weighing on my mind
She holds me with those I got you eyes
Lifts me high, so I fly
All day and night, never lets me fall
Oh but I fall every time

(Repeat CH)

She's an Elvis t-shirt when she’s ready for those covers
Smelling so sweet I can't let go of her
She's strong as that “Believe” on that pink coffee cup  
Lookin like she dropped down from heaven above

Like April rain hittin’ that Mississippi river
Like every color meltin’ those skies out in Denver
Like a song on the radio I gotta hear again
She’s whiskey on my lips 
She’s everything I’ve never had and now
She’s every damn thing I don't wanna live without 

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Yeah she’s everything I don’t wanna live without

EVERY DAMN THING

Gary Will Kreie
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Vocals: Dan Harrison

Can’t Keep Her Off of Me

Verse 1
I can hunt and I can fish
I can ride a Harley bike fast as I wish
I can throw, and I can dunk
I’m a man who can do ‘bout anything I want
But when she walks in hold my whisky, no way I can drink it cuz she’ll
                                                                                                                          
Chorus
Kiss me on my lips, wrap her
Legs tight around my hips                        (Wrap his arms… – if sung by a woman)
I can’t stop her, I can’t move, she                 
Found the one thing I can't do
As you're ‘bout to see, I      
Can’t keep her offa me

Verse 2
I can cook, and I can sew
Yeah, I know a few things a man oughta know
I can play, and I can sing, and she
Loves to hear me doin’ those things 
I’m a superman without the tights, but this girl’s country kryptonite, she’ll

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
If she ever moves to Dallas or LA, I’ll
Have to move there too to fight her off me every day, so

Repeat Chorus

Can’t keep her off of me

Cant Keep Her Off of Me

12/01/2022
Today Years Old

Gary Will Kreie

Verse 1
A dark wet blacktop two-lane road
I nearly have a head-on heading home
Pull into a station, sit a minute shaking 
Wipers just can’t keep up with the rain
I want to see my wife and kids again

Chorus
The ones you come home to are listening for your truck, when        
You walk in they stop and give their favorite man a hug, don’t hide those
“Love-you” tears, you’re too ashamed to show
Like I hid mine till I turned today years old

Verse 2
Grab a beer, she asks if I’m alright, 
She saw my eyes in that refrigerator light
The kids are acting up. I look at her and shrug
Tomorrow I’ll be here when they wake up, plan on
Sleepin’ in with someone that I love

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
Wonder if the guy who strayed across that center line
Made it home OK to a family just like mine

Final Chorus
The ones you come home to are listening for your truck, when        
You walk in they stop and give their favorite man a hug, don’t wait
Another day to let a teardrop show 
They need to see that guy, you’re hiding deep inside your soul
Like I hid mine till I turned today years old
Today years old

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Today Years Old

Song about an old car and a couple who don't chase money

Lyrics:

Stripped Down Love

Gary Will Kreie 

Verse 1
Bought a car that’s missing things, heart of gold but might need rings, (it)
Don’t have Cadillac suspension, back-up cams or GPS, and (it’s)
Got no heated steering wheel, fobs or folding rear view mirrors, but I
Love to drive it with my girl, we’re both into simpler   
Less is more so they say, less is what I drive today, for

Chorus
Stripped down love
Four wheels and cloud of dust
Cigarette lighter got jumpa cables in the trunk
Stripped down love
Kinda life we want
Time slowin’, back roadin’
Stripped down love

Verse 2
Found a girl who don’t chase things, fancy clothes or ‘spensive rings
She likes me and this old car, I own
She wears sleeveless shirts & jeans, baseball cap on backwards she don’t
Need fake painted nails, or the latest phone
She don’t ask for fine champagne. We prefer the drive-thru lane for

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
Country lane, Friday night, nothing on but the dome light
Lost our way, lost my heart, lost the keys till half past dawn that’s  	

Repeat Chorus

Outro
Stripped down love
Found this girl who don’t chase things, heart of gold, but might need rings

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Stripped Down Love

Tear Up this Song
By Charlie Mangus, Carey Latham and Gary Leiter


I don’t know how many tears I’ve still got, and if they’re enough, to mend this heart
You run me down, point out my faults, lift up yourself then let me fall
It’s plain to see, I need a different melody
All the words on this page are just all wrong 
Oh it’s time to tear up this song

I’m gonna write all new lines to the chorus of my life
And when I cross that bridge I think I’ll just burn it down
Leave you and the pain behind, hit that refrain and let ‘er fly
Oh I’m about to tear up this song

We sang together for a little while
If I close my eyes I can see us now, given’ love a chance, ahh look at us dance
Then you leave me standing (there) all alone, And I wonder how long you’ve been gone
But that’s the past, I’m moving on
This score of you and me was way too long, all I wanna do is tear up this song

Repeat CH

I lived in these minor keys, but now they sound so sad to me
I’m gonna change the rhymes and find my sweet harmony 

Repeat CH

Tear Up this Song(Mangus/Latham/Leiter)

Verse 1
I’d get home late at night, tell her I was with the guys
At the Drop-In bar having a beer
She asked my friend thought he’d know, he replied most nights I didn’t show
Like I used to, just what she feared

Chorus
She knew I lied she knew I cheated, she saw things she couldn’t unsee, she
Tried to tell herself the fault was hers
And then pretended she believed my every stinking word
Cuz she loved me more than I deserved

Verse 2
She saw me stray, saw me fall, I didn’t tell the truth at all
She wouldn’t ask, prayed for me instead
She took our marriage vows to heart, to have and hold and never part
Till death like the preacher said

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
Our marriage lasted fifty years though she knew what she knew
Only cuz that woman’s love was strong enough for two
(I’m) Hoping she forgives the guy who made her live that way
Every time she sees me at her grave

Final Chorus
She knew I lied she knew I cheated, she saw things she couldn’t unsee, she
Tried to tell herself the fault was hers
She kept the truth a quiet secret all her days on earth
Cuz she loved me more than I deserved

Outro
She loved me despite my every stinking word

Couple Things

Every Stinking Word

Your Love Makes Me Happy

Marshmallow. (lyrics)

When I was little Dad would tell me some jokes, and I’d laugh my head off
When I got older he would tell me some more, and I’d just roll my eyes
I grew up and my Daddy grew old, I’d see him at Christmas
He’d tell his jokes to the friends I brought home, and I’d just shake my head
And say, Dad you’re an embarrassment 

Chorus
Dad would tell one favorite joke
I’ll repeat it now, hope I don’t get it wrong, it went
“Last night I dreamed I ate a giant marshmallow
And when I woke up my pillow was gone”

Got the call that my Daddy was sick, went home to see him
He spent a month in the cancer wing, they weren’t sure he’d make it
The staff told me that every day, he’d visit the kids ward
And to those children Dad knew just what to say, so they’d laugh their heads off
Then he’d add “I’m here till Thursday, tip the nurses”

Repeat Chorus

Bridge
That day I saw a different man      
Respected Dad more than I ever had
At night I pledged I’d hug him, tell him that I loved him 
But in the morning they told me Dad was gone

I walked down to the children's ward, told ‘em Dad won’t be coming anymore
They asked who’ll show up to tell us daily jokes, I started to say I don’t know
But I took one look at those kids, and I told them this instead 
“Last night I dreamed I ate a giant marshmallow
And when I woke up my pillow was gone”

Marshmallow

Gary Will Kreie

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