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Wyoming
05:11
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Wyoming
(in the key of G)
Well I've never been to Wyoming,
I thought I heard her say.
I would've gone a long time ago,
But the road just got in the way
Well I think I know just what you mean,
I said to her in goodbye.
And as I turned around to leave,
She looked at me and smiled.
She said strangers meet in the strangest ways,
and old friends disappear like smoke.
I said if you don't mind me saying so,
You could use a little of both.
Well it only takes one careless smile,
A simple twist of phrase.
You can plan all you want to,
But life goes day by day.
Chorus 1:
And Wyoming seems so far... anyway
She said let me show you this old tin cup,
Now it ain't worth a dime.
Bought it years ago at the local thrift shop,
Its been with me all this time.
On the side it said Wyoming,
On the bottom, Made in China.
Painted with Rolling Plains and Country Roads,
and a Jackson Hole Buffalo.
She said it wasn't much good for drinkin' from,
And it would just kill all her flowers,
You would hardly notice it a sittin there
Collecting change on the Kitchen counter
Now Stranger, you might find it hard to believe,
That this clanky old souvenir,
Is what started me dreaming 'bout a place,
A thousand miles away from here.
Chorus Two:
And Wyoming seems so far,
But I guess Home is where you are... anywhere.
Bridge:
Well I listened to her story
And we drank scotch straight from that tin
After that next morning
I never heard from her again
But she left that ole beat up cup
With a note folded up inside
It said you’ll know where to find me… anytime
Chorus 3
But Wyoming seems so far,
You know home is anywhere your heart
Wants to be…
(Fade out on G)
Well I’ve never been to Wyoming…
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2. |
Wanderlust
03:27
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I been wonderin
Lookin out my window again
There’s nothing but moonshine
Pourin down tonight
I’m tryin to get some sleep
but I just can’t close my eyes
So I go out wandering
Let the moonlight soak right through my skin
A million stars above
With so much space in between
I put my sails to the wind
And it’s a travellin junkies dream
WanderLust is my blood
When the moon is shinning down above
Not one destination
Where I need to go
All I really need right now
Is any thousand mile road
This nighttime wandering takes me away from you
But I’ll be back before the sun comes shinning through
I been wonderin
Lookin out my window again
There’s nothing but moonshine
Pourin down tonight
I’m tryin to get some sleep
but I just can’t close my eyes
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3. |
"Hey, Guess What?"
03:11
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With every trace I leave behind
I ease my worried mind
Don’t you know someday
We’ve got to go our own way
And if I leave you much too soon
May you find this little tune
Remind you of the days
And all the little ways – that I love you
The first time I held you
I whispered in your ear
“Don’t you know you’re doin fine,
Little baby stop your cryin”
Everyday is brand new
And so much yet to do
Find a little time each day
That’s all it takes to say Hey, guess what? I love you
Now I don’t know why In the middle of the night I worry I won’t be there for you,
And I pray til daylight That I make it alright Just to see you smile every morning
Little ones I once held
Much too big for that now
Barely time to crawl
Now they’re running down the hall
Climb every tree in the yard
Take a ride in Daddy’s car
Summer days and winter nights
It all feels so right
Hey Guess what? I Love You
Hey Guess what?
Hey Guess What?
Hey Guess What?
I Love You
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4. |
Feels Like Texas
04:04
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Feels like Texas in California
Feels like Texas out here tonight
Something about the fallin’ stars
In this misty April sky
Got me wishing that things are alright
I hope Texas is doing fine
Somehow I guess I knew I couldn’t stay
Home just ain’t quite home when it’s a thousand miles away
And it’s a long ride now, either way
From your doorstep to mine, from memories back till today
If you think about me does it bring a smile?
Is there a little song in your memory that takes you right back there with me?
It’s been a long time now, gone with the wind
But there’s a hint of Navy Ocean Blue, just a moments touch again, and it – CHORUS
There’s a Canadian border on the edge of Texas
And we used to make that run all the way from Abilene
With a bottle of Everclear through a little town called Paducah
And Amarillo’s somewhere in between
There’s nothing you can do when you say goodbye
That makes it any easier on the ones you leave behind
And the more you love, the more you ache
And every trip around the sun takes you furthur away
But it feels like Texas in California
Yeah it feels like Texas out here tonight
For one second I would swear your touch was in the air
I was wishing it would last all night
I hope Texas is doing fine
I hope Texas is doing fine
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5. |
Used To Be
06:09
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Take your picture off my wall, no I don’t think of you at all,
Not a single night that I spent holding you.
If I knew what was to come, I would take my heart and run,
Only dream about the love that might have been.
Cause dreams don’t cut you quite so deep, they only haunt you when you sleep,
Maybe then I could forget about you everyday.
They say it’s better loved and lost, but they don’t tell your heart the cost,
For a love that might have been or love that used to be
Used to be
I’m your used to be
So much wasted time. Foolish Hearts, oh the cost is mine.
I guess I should have seen it coming form the start
A pretty face don’t make a pretty heart.
So long since you walked away, But I held on to the lies you gave
Now you ain’t coming back no no you don’t think of me
Why waste your time on what used to be.
So what are you still doing here in my mind?
And after all these years why can’t I say goodbye?
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~Chorus~
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Everyday, so much passing time. Miles away, I’ll be doing fine,
But then my mind starts to sing every unfinished little rhyme
I wish I could leave it all behind.
So why can’t I get you out of my head?
And what would I do if you were back by my side once again?
~Chorus~
A Love that Used to Be
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6. |
Round Here
02:38
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I been thinking too much about you
Tired of thinking bout livin without you
Gotta run Gotta fly away cause your
Memory is Drowning its
Draggin me down and I
Don’t know where I am gonna stay I just
Know I cant stay round here
Round here
Don’t wanna stay round here
Theres a plane for the coast leavin here in the morning
Fore the sun comes up Ill be 8 miles high
Going down to the ocean tonight
Cry my tears in the moonlight and
Run till it fells right
Lock this hurt in a sand castle tower
Let the waves wash it all away
Round here
Too many tears around here
Round here aint nothing but broken hearts
Everywhere I look things are falling apart
And im running away from my life tonight
And I aint comin back till it feels all right
Round Here
My life is like a whirlwind
Open up your windows let the storm in
Take me in and turn me around
Put me on your pedestal and then you knock me down
Same old story same old season
There must be lightning in this air I been breathin
Round here
Still rainin round here
I been thinking too much about you
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7. |
Gypsy Blood
04:34
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I was born in 1968
Little town just off the interstate
Guess we couldn’t stay too long
The Highway sings a tempting song
Look Out world Here I come
Movin quick(fast) I can’t stay long
Every town goes by so fast
When all you need is a fresh tank of gas
Gypsy Blood and a couple bucks
Fast car and a little luck
I never worry when things got tough
Sing my songs or pack my stuff
I thought that’s how it was gonna be
I’d just ride this road for eternity
Never let my feet touch the ground
Never think about slowing down
The Scenery changes slowly
Sometimes you don’t realize
The speed and the distance
The Lula-bye in the lines
The drone of the engines and the
Feel of the road
I never thought I could get so lost
When I had nowhere to go…
Took awhile to slow things down
I drifted into this little town
Not too far from where I began
Kinda like startin over again
Little place to call my own
Little love that keeps me goin
Two little boys I cant hold enough
Look how fast they’ve been growing up
There’s and old car out in my garage
And I ain’t even turned the engine on
Don’t wanna wake that cat asleep on my hood
I’m gonna stay right where I should
(we both know we got it good)
My two feet will walk this ground
Right here in my boys home town
Gypsy Blood and the road be damned
I found a place to make my stand
The scenery changes slowly
Sometimes you don’t recognize
Everything you been looking for has been
Right in front of your eyes
The speed and the distance
And the Lula-bye of the road
Keeps you running faster and faster
It’ll never bring you home
Keeps you running on ever faster
It’ll never be your home
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Brett Allen Gregory Livermore, California
I've always been compelled to write.
Early on it was journaling and poetry, but then that merged
with my guitar addiction to become songwriting.
The process was always a bit manic, pressured, as if a large gorilla had stepped into my room, grabbed me by the lapels and said, "I will not let you sleep until you write this idea down." And so for years the gorilla and I danced madly thru the night.
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