“DRINKIN’” Holly Williams Why are you drinkin’ like the night is young Why are you drinkin’ like the night is young The kids are in the bed and the day is long done So why are you drinkin’ like the night is young Why are you screamin’ like I don’t have ears Yeah why are you screamin’ like I don’t have ears Baby I can hear you loud and clear So why are you screamin’ like I don’t have ears Why are you cheatin’ on a woman like this Hey why are you cheatin’ on a woman like this I raise your babies and I kiss your lips So why are you cheatin’ on a woman like this Why are you leavin’ like we don’t exist Yeah why are you leavin’ like we don’t exist You’re packing your bags and I clench my fist So why are you leavin’ like we don’t exist Now I’m here drinkin’ like the night is young Hey I’m here drinkin’ like the night is young Mama took the kids and the money’s all gone And I’m here drinkin’ like the night is young Hope we don’t die drinkin’ like the night is young ---------------------------------------- “GONE AWAY FROM ME” Holly Williams I grew up in a town with one red light How that train would rattle me in the middle of the night But I slept like a baby in that bed Mama kept me warm and kept me fed July 3rd was a dreaded friend of mine We’d all go down to the family plot in the Louisiana pines Staring at that little baby’s grave Stella was as young as she was brave And what I’d give to go there again Kiss my daddy’s face, hold my mama’s hand Little did I know soon they would be lying right beside her Gone away from me They always made us kneel by grandpa’s grave Mama started wailing asking God if he was saved I never liked to see my daddy cry I guess I’ll never know how grandpa died And what I’d give to go there again Kiss my daddy’s face, hold my mama’s hand Little did I know soon they would be lying right beside him Gone away from me You barely even see the tombstones now The trees are grown up everywhere and no one keeps the grounds Strangers live inside my childhood home And I can’t believe that daddy’s really gone What I’d give to go there again Kiss his withered face, hold her gentle hand But there ain’t no way that will ever be They’re lying ‘neath that oak tree gone away from me Well I grew up in a town with one red light -------------------- “RAILROADS” Holly Williams Well I used to pray to Jesus but I done backslid Carrying the burdens of a preachers kid Drinking at the pulpit and healing them lame Daddy was a-riding on the old death train I had me a woman but she took my kid When I gambled all our money on a moonshine still Now I drink my whiskey from a beat up flask This train done departed and it’s going fast Oh the wheels they spin, they’re faster than a speeding aeroplane on a sunny day And I can’t break free cause I can’t believe it’s me So I’ll take your bets, I’ll try me walking down a narrow line with a life like mine You’ll never see any boy as brave as me I hope that this old railroad delivers me I’m still the talk of this town I’m still the roll of their dice I found me a lover in a whorehouse wife She never knew her mama or the money I’ve known Don’t ever make a judgment if you ain’t been shown You never walked in my shoes you never understood Why I was escaping anyway that I could Nobody knows I’m gonna ride these rails ‘til the dark comes over this prison cell Oh the wheels they spin, they’re faster than a speeding aeroplane on a sunny day And I can’t break free cause I can’t believe it’s me So I’ll take your bets, I’ll try me walking down a narrow line with a life like mine You’ll never see any boy as brave as me I hope that this old railroad delivers me Well the truth came out and the church burned down Daddy’s heart stopped on the edge of this town I’m out here searching for that boy of my own Don’t ever make a judgment if you ain’t been shown Oh the wheels they spin, they’re faster than a speeding aeroplane on a sunny day And I can’t break free cause I can’t believe it’s me So I’ll take your bets, I’ll try me walking down a narrow line with a life like mine You’ll never see any boy as brave as me I hope that this old railroad delivers me ------------------- “HAPPY” Holly Williams/Chris Coleman Everybody says it will be ok But I don’t know when that day will come Will it come? All my friends they’re trying to take me out set me up Get me a little drunk and have some fun But the truth is I don’t really care who these people are or what they have to say And the truth is you’re all I wanna see, when I get home tonight And you’re not there with me You’re the only one who makes me, only one who makes me Happy I’ve been sleeping too late with the curtains drawn, the lights ain’t on Damn this old heartbreak, I’ll give anything To be by your side and feel alive again, remember where we’ve been At the riverbanks, throwing stones against the wind Well the truth is, I loved you all the same That night I broke your heart and the day you cursed my name Yeah and the truth is, I never really knew You were everything to me, until it was much too late You’re the only one who makes me, only one who makes me Happy Well I threw it all away and I can’t go back Yeah I built these fires and left ashes in my path And I know you’ll never come ‘round here no more But what I’d give to have you back again Oh to have you back again Everybody says it’ll be ok but I don’t know when that day will come Will it come? -------------------------- “THE HIGHWAY” Holly Williams I’ve been sitting here wondering if I’ll ever get Back to those wheels will I ever be Changing those strings out before nine I am wishing for the life that I used to live Giving everything that I had to give In a brand new city ‘bout everynight Missing those nights, missing that sky I been missing home Missing their smiles, missing those miles I been missing home Out there on the highway, out there on the open road Oh baby would you roll with me roll with me Head down to New Orleans I should be wearing out the blacktop Out there with the boys I love Everybody would you roll with me, roll with me Running down this dream Get me out there on the highway I’ve been sitting here asking him everynight For a brand new song and a peace of mind The road is all I think about these days All I need is out there I will be just fine With a 6 string guitar and a jug of wine When the lights go down around that stage Missing their smiles, missing those miles I been missing home Yeah I been missing home Out there on the highway, out there on the open road Oh baby would you roll with me roll with me Head down to New Orleans I should be wearing out the blacktop Out there with the boys I love Everybody would you roll with me, roll with me Running down this dream Get me out there on the highway Well I miss the sound of rubber rolling out my window And that crescendo the highway brings Out there in the highway ----------------- “WITHOUT YOU” Holly Williams/Lori McKenna I’m packing up to sing my songs all these towns blend into one I’m somewhere in Madrid I got here on crowded trains with old guitars and a famous name Running like a kid, I’m running like a kid I carry ‘round this old backpack full of cd’s and Kerouac Living on the road I left my heart on the coast of Wales with the boy I met at the last hotel But I had to let him go That’s when I was searching, I’m not searching anymore That’s when I was learning about the things worth living for Before I was open, before I knew I couldn’t live a day Without You I moved out west where the starlets play on the boulevards of west L.A. And I tried to make a name But it never felt like home to me so I drove three days back to Tennessee In a slow and steady rain That’s when I was searching, I’m not searching anymore That’s when I was learning about the things worth living for Before I was open, before I knew I couldn’t live a day Without You Without you in the morning, to love me another day Without you in the evening, when the colors start to fade Without you on the plane ride to hold my hand and pray Without You standing here when you could’ve walked away Now I’m not searching, I’m not searching anymore But I’m, I’m still learning about the things worth living for I am here, I am open, now I know I couldn’t live a day Without You --------------- “LET YOU GO” Holly Williams/Chris Coleman Days drag on and I’m trying to let you go Night bears down and I’m trying to let you go These seasons change and the ground will turn to snow New blood old heart still trying to let you go Time creeps by while I’m trying to let you go This wind blows wild and I’m trying to let you go Rivers run and the Mississippi flows My hearts on fire still trying to let you go Years I’ve spent still trying to let you go Places I’ve been just trying to let you go Them bells will ring and the tears will start to flow They’ll bury me still trying to let you go ---------------------- “GIVING UP” Holly Williams 17 years with a wedding ring The saddest damn story you ever seen 2 little kids and a good hearted man Trying to save her if they can I tried myself, I cried with her I held her hand, we talked to the Lord But we’re only human and we can’t change Somebody’s will to leave their ways The doctor said you’d die If you had another drink Well I wonder if it scares you, I wonder if you think About the daughter that you’re leaving, the man you used to love And the son that cries for you, oh yes that child that cries for you Well I guess this is it, you must be giving up You put us all through a living hell A thousand excuses for your liquor trail But my compassion is fading fast Another rehab and you break another glass Bottles in dryers, bottles in shoes There were even bottles in the baby’s room You’re losing everything that you ever had Your life is one thing all that money can’t buy back The doctor said you’d die If you had another drink Well I wonder if it scares you, I wonder if you think About the daughter that you’re leaving, the man you used to love And the son that cries for you, oh yes that child that cries for you Well I guess this is it, you must be giving up 17 years with a wedding ring The saddest damn story you ever seen 2 little kids and a good hearted man Trying to save her if they can --------------------- “A GOOD MAN” Holly Williams/Sarah Buxton If I never saw you once again If suddenly you met your bitter end I’m not sure I’d ever understand But I could say I loved a good man If I couldn’t hold you anymore Or leave the world to lie at our front door And crawl inside this hiding place with you I’m not sure I’d ever make it through Oh your tender heart Taught me the hardest part that I could never learn Everything you do promises I love you If you ever slip out of my hands I could say I loved a good man Looking at your face across the room Everything else fades but me and you Love is not as simple as it seems But I have learned to trust the space between Oh your tender heart Taught me the hardest part that I could never learn Everything you do promises I love you If you ever slip out of my hands I could say I loved a good man When we look back on our years together The only one I gave my whole heart to I hope that we’re still counting on forever like it’s something new Oh your tender heart taught me the hardest part Is having to let go Everything you do promises I love you If you ever slip out of my hands I could say I held, I could say I knew, I could say I loved a good man -------------------- “’TIL IT RUNS DRY” Holly Williams/Chris Coleman/Cary Barlowe Shoot the moon, hit the stars Send my love running down the boulevard Hang my heart up on that line Let it beat til it runs dry, til it runs dry Hot as hell, cold as ice This ferriswheel that we call life With a past I could erase, but I’ll serve it up on a silver plate On a silver plate Hang my heart up on that line Let it beat til it runs dry In this world we all fall down Like a pack of wolves in a dusty town And we draw fast when the killings done Always too late, better on the run Better on the run Hang my heart up on that line, let it beat til it runs dry Hang my heart up on that line, let it beat til it runs dry Til it runs dry ----------------------------- “WAITING ON JUNE” Holly Williams She was from North Louisiana in the town of Mer Rouge I fell in love in a week or two it didn’t take long to love a girl like that We were barely ten in the cotton fields playing horseshoe with the colored kids I tried to kiss her she grabbed a baseball bat Waiting on June, I hope she comes to see me Waiting on June, I can’t take this feeling Waiting on June, I pray to God she’ll love me one of these days I hope I find my way waiting on June I went off in 42’ to fight those boys and pay my dues Her wallet picture kept my spirits high Charley Boy died in my arms, he saw Jesus I saw blood It soaked her wallet picture that cold night I told my best friend Charley I would kiss his girl goodbye He made me promise I’d go home and make Miss June my wife Shaking like a drunk old fool I hopped off of that plane And I ran home to ask her in the rain Waiting on June, I hope that she says yes Waiting on June, in her faded summer dress Waiting on June, her daddy shook my hand And she lit up the moment I pulled out that silver band Waiting on June Well we married at the methodist church Found a big white cow and a piece of dirt with pecan trees to build our homestead on Jolynn Becky then Donna then Shelby, our tiny house was a sanctuary Laughter filled those rooms all day long Waiting on June, she’s putting on her makeup Waiting on June, she’s trying to get her hair curled Waiting on June, kids listen to me You walk on down to Sunday school I’ll be there in 15 Waiting on June The time flew by like they said it would The kids grew fast and the farm did good Mrs. Bertha made our supper everyday At noon that silver bell would ring We’d all say grace and dig on in we always ate together in those days Oh one by one those kids went off and found a love their own There’s nothing like the joy I knew when they brought their babies home We’d play all day in the cotton fields with the dogs I raised up right And end in grandma’s kitchen every night Waiting on June, honey don’t burn the bacon Waiting on June, our bellies are a’ achin Waiting on June, she turns that fork so slow And we all had to sit there til the last bite was no more Waiting on June We were slower than we used to be the nursing home told June and me That we’d have separate rooms side by side Oh what I’d give for one more night of sleeping with my wife Since 45’ I’ve touched her skin in the middle of the night I’m lying in this single bed until they cut the lights That’s when she’ll sneak in and I’ll be fine Waiting on June so we can kiss goodnight Waiting on June I’ll hold her hand so tight Waiting on June I’ll love her til’ I die It’s bittersweet when love grows old and you really miss your wife Waiting on June Well they buried me last Tuesday morn The good lord came and he took me home I closed my eyes and quickly went away But the angels let me see her everyday Waiting on June, our mansion is so grand Waiting on June, footprints in the sand Waiting on June, that’s the story of my life Me and Jesus are standing here til’ she walks through that light Waiting on June I’m still waiting on June I’m always waiting on June No more waiting on June -------------------------