I've asked a lot of questions don't tell me no lies 
just give me the truth  try it on for size
You know you can do it you know that you can
caught like a deer in a hunters spotlight
can't decide whether to run, stand, or fight
You wish that it was over and you could just go home 


You don't know what to say, you don't know what to do
One thing is certain, you're definitely screwed
With your intellect alone, you can't possibly win this one  
No one will be happy no matter what you say 
But you had to have a sense it would end up this way
Then like a puppet you say.... I'll have to circle back. Say What? 

Standing up in front of the crowd, 
I can't believe my ears you actually  said that out loud
Lord have mercy, what are you gonna say now?  
Ramblin on, do you  hear what you say
Do you know what you're talking about on a given day
Yeah I don't know, I find it hard to believe



You don't know what to say, you don't know what to do
One thing is certain, you're definitely screwed
With your intellect alone, you can't possibly   win this one  
No one will be happy no matter what you say 
But you had to have a sense it would end up this way
Then like a puppet you say.... I'll have to circle back

I'll have to circle back, let me check with the boss, and circle back
I'll have to circle back, let me check my facts, and circle back

I'll have to circle back to you on that

Circle Back

I don't care what you say or what you try to do
Are you simply acting paranoid or are they really after you? 
Every day's a  new day nothing ever seems to change 
Do the voices in your head make you scream in pain? 

Standing in the spotlight, you forgot the words to say
Realize this is real life and not some broadway play
White or black, left or right, the choice is up to you
Pick a side, make a stand you know what you have to do

Pick your poison, what do you have to lose?
Pick your poison, you're gonna have  to choose
Everyone is pointing at you you're the one they blame
The red pill or the blue one you think it's just a  game.
Don't you know the devil's in the details.... pick your poison

solo

You can run and hide or stand and fight. or crawl into a hole
Dealing from the bottom deck did the devil buy your soul
The truth is hard to come by when lies are all around
When will you realize you're standing on sinking ground

Pick Your Poison

When the sun comes up tomorrow I'll be leaving
another crowd 200 miles away
this old rodeo, it's in my blood and in my veins
One day it might even be the death of me.

Cowboys aren't the kind that like to settle down
we always have some other place to be
Sunrise on a mountain top , or a starry sky at night 
It really doesn't matter as long as we  're living free

High Sierra, 
Where a man can know what it feels  like to be free
High Sierra, 
Where the evening breeze is blowing through the trees

solo

I've been way too long living in a city
I need to see the tumble weeds again
A campfire in the night, man that's such a sight
I gotta be where the wind is blowing free

High Sierra, 
Where a man can know what it feels like to be free 
High Sierra, 
Where the evening breeze is blowing through the trees

High Sierra

We were crazy, and didn't care, like young men tend to do
talked of girls with chestnut curls and deepest eyes of blue
another beer, another lie, another   glimpse into our soul
Never gave a second thought, that we were growing old

This world just keeps on turning, And the candle's slowly burning

Like the river that rolls, time takes it's toll and catches us all in the end
It's the people we know, the love that we show and time that we're willing to spend
Don't let it pass you by, all you have to do is try
One day you'll realize, you have an old friend


I saw him just the other day, he didn't know my name 
All those years were not so kind to him, now the days are filled with pain
Memories of a stranger's face, someone he used to know 
Now he just sits, stares out the window at the sunset evening glow 

This world just keeps on turning, And the candle's slowly burning

Like the river that rolls, time takes it's toll and catches us all in the end
It's the people we know, the love that we show and time  we're willing to spend
Don't let it pass you by, all you have to do is try
One day you'll realize, you have an old friend
One day you'll realize, we all need old friends

Old Friend (12-14-21)

I've got the finest guitars that money can buy
I got the coolest tools  anyone could possibly try
Staring at a blank sheet no ideas seem to come
Might as well just take my old black dog out  for a run
Oh yeah, I got those no inspiration blues

I sit down and start to write another song
It's hard to find the words and I don't feel like singing  along
That second verse ain't like the first one and the groove just isn't right
I reckon I'll got to bed and come back fresh in the morning light
Oh yeah, I got those no inspiration blues

Solo

Another one for the trash can, that old digital circular file
Maybe I will come back later and try again in a little while
That screen still looks the same like it did an hour ago
I know there's gotta be a better way,  but Lord I just don't know
Oh yeah, I've got those no inspiration blues

No Inspiration Blues

I set down to watch the evening news....  everything has gone haywire  
Cities and police cars....  all  on fire
people going crazy and stirring trouble up  tonight

One guy with a sign says burn the whole thing down
Another one has a sign says let's find common ground
Silence all the voices with a different point of view, its what they always do


We've all gone crazy, on YouTube seeking fame
Everybody's pointing fingers no one wants to take the blame
We all have our own special cause, our favorite source of pain
Don't worry about tomorrow, forget about yesterday
Tear down all the monuments and hide them all away
Don't count the cost of freedom, We should just let our  children play 


If we all work together and cast our fears aside
Seek the answers, embrace the truth and walk away from lies
Nothing in the world would stop us,  Maybe one day we all will   realize.
If you take the hand of your enemy, you'll find that he's your friend, 
Close the door to darkness,  It's long past due to end
Imagine if you will, for just a moment, the message we would send


We have to, stop acting crazy, calling each other names
No more pointing fingers,   because  we're really all to blame
Forget about our own little cause, deep inside we're all the same
  
We have to think about tomorrow, remember yesterday.
Tear down the wall of hatred, embrace a brighter day
Ring the bell of freedom, And let our    children play

Let Our Children Play

She said we need to take ourselves a   vacation
Some place with sand and coconut trees
We should go and stay   on a tropical island
Water all around as far as we can see

We need to spend some time like Kenny Chesney
Laying back in a hammock in the shade
Cold drink in our hand, toes down in the sand
As Far as anybody knows, we got it made

She got the corona, I got the lime
We're gonna get it together and have a real hot time.
You know my temperature's rising, and your fever is high
Yeah we're gonna have a party, under this tropical sky

I hear the music on the radio Jimmy Buffet just seems to know
How to throw a party and do it right
Rum drinks in coconut shells, today that sun was hot as hell
This party will be going.... all through the night

Tropical Sky

Flip phone guy in a smart phone world


I wear my bluejeans every single day of the week, 
and a flannel shirt is my kind of chic 
You won't see me wearing satin or silk oh no
I have a ball cap perched up on my head
My favorite Tshirt color is red I drive an F-150 with a 6' bed.



I'm just a flip phone guy living in a smart phone world 
Technology has me all twisted up, leaving my head in a whirl
I'd rather listen to a (my)        radio playing George Jones, Conway or Merle
I'm just a flip phone guy in a smart phone world



A buddy of mine said he'd give me a call, later in a video chat
well excuse me friend but I don't know, what the hell you're talking about
Yeah I've heard about twitter and a couple of those things, that I just don't understand
Just call me up on the telephone, family plan.

Flip Phone

I said hey hey baby what you wanna do
It's a beautiful day just made for me and you
Oh baby, what you wanna do
She said come honey lets go for a ride
with the windows rolled down in the countryside
oh baby we can find something to do. 

We can fire up that chevy pull it out of the drive, 
Head for the hills man I feel so alive       
Oh baby, we can find something to do
Later on we'll watch the sun go down
Then we'll drive that truck back into town 
Oh baby, we can find something to do


chorus  

The sun shining down on a lovely day today
Ain't gonna let nothing get in our way
we can roll on out  in the countryside
with the radio blasting and the windows wide
oh baby, we can find something to do 
tag(3x)

Something To Do

Well it's so hard, to know what a woman has on her mind
It's impossible to know just what she's thinking about
Just a look from her, oh, can leave you breathless
Or mess your mind so bad, you don't know what to do or what to say

If you have ever, if you ever, ever,  loved a woman
And looked into her eyes until, until you lost control
Well you know, yeah you know, there is no salvation
You're gonna stay right there, wrapped up in her charms, and drown.

There's no easy answer that I know, just hold on and don't let go and  love   Love that woman
She might be right she might be wrong really doesn't matter just hold on, and love, Love that woman

There ain't no way to save your soul all the pain and misery
The good times, oh yeah those good times, enjoy them while they last
One day you'll be thinking  the sun is shining, shining oh so brightly
Next thing you know you're standing in the pouring rain

No easy answer that I know, just hold on and don't let go and  love   Love that woman
She might be right she might be wrong really doesn't matter just hold on, and love, Love that woman   
Oh, love that woman....yeah gotta love that woman, oh yeah,gotta love that woman. 
Yeah, you gotta Love that girl.

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