The Will Mark Chesnutt

We gathered with the lawyer for the reading of the will Mama sat there quietly between all of us kids Then he opened up the papers and my father's words were read You could have heard a pin drop when we

Mama's House Mark Chesnutt

There's a bottle of whiskey up above the stove It's been there thirty years I know Only used for coughs and colds at mama's house In the air there's a combination Of home baked bread and pan fried bacon

Population Minus One Mark Chesnutt

hell was I thinkin' comin' and livin' in the concrete canyon trying to swim upstream in a river of vacant eyed people where are they going so fast what in the world could be that important and I miss mama

Since You Ain't Home Mark Chesnutt

hangin' in The carpet's wearin' through, where I dragged around these blues And the curtain's torn in two, from me lookin' out for you Once we held it all together, but I can't do it on my own This old house

Then we Can All Go Home Mark Chesnutt

s late, and its a lot to ask of you. I know that you been working. Hey I?m tired too. You probably thought that last call would be the last. And that we could dim these neon lights, but not so fast.

Halfway Back To Birmingham Mark Chesnutt

in Miami Thought I had her in the palm of my hand Like the sunrise the truth finally hit me That her heart was halfway back to Birmingham This ain't what she really wanted So baby we went on back to Mama

She Was Mark Chesnutt

state line No-one could stop her She's made up her mind He was eighteen,an she wasn't But she said she was And never thought twice And came back home as my daddy's wife She just shook her head when her mama

I'm A Saint Mark Chesnutt

Here's some things about me you might want to know I'm gonna tell you even if you don't I come from the country, I still been to town An' I like dogs but just not in the house But I might skip church one

This Side Of The Door Mark Chesnutt

Jack Daniels Been in this chair for days And we 'bout rocked a hole in this old floor Got a pocket full of bullets A hair trigger .38 I'm gonna put some daylight through that door I will burn this house

My Way Back Home Mark Chesnutt

bet from now on I won't wander from from her lovin' arms If I ever find my way back home Guess my homeless situation is partly my fault For another thousand dollars down I could have bought That house

Think Like A Woman Mark Chesnutt

other way around I tried to think like a woman Find out where that pretty head was at I tried to think like a woman But I don't guess a woman thinks like that I'm just gettin' comfortable in the dog house

What Are We Doing In Love Mark Chesnutt

s a bad thing, tease me baby for the way I am. Uptown, uptight, you?re way a living. I can never be that kind of man. You got your powdered up painted on lipstick. I got a hole in my brand new jeans.

Jolie Mark Chesnutt

Well I left Louisiana Lookin' for some higher ground Trying to make my crazy dream come true But six months in Atlanta Done tuned my heart around Tell me you still want me too Let me come back hom...

Gonna Get A Life Mark Chesnutt

Gotta find somethin' to ease my mind Gotta get it off of you You tear at my heart strings one more time With what you're puttin' me through I'm not much on hangin' around Where I'm not wanted at a...

This Heartache Never Sleeps Mark Chesnutt

I worked myself to the bone Tired as a man can get It's the only way that I know Might help me to forget I lay me down And I pray my soul to keep Now it's two a.m. and I should be Sleeping like a...

Down In Tennessee Mark Chesnutt

I talked to your sister last night on the telephone You know she always thought pretty well of me She said that the wedding went fine and you were up in New York on your honeymoon Tonight I'm down...

I Drew Me Mark Chesnutt

Little Billy drew a firefighter Mary drew a doctor Bobby he just drew a ball we all knew he's play soccer Richard drew a race car Taylor drew a guitar on her knees I drew me..... With you your eyes...

Half Of Everything (And All Of My Heart) Mark Chesnutt

The day you said goodbye Without a tear in your eye I just can not believe You could take from my life Half of everything and all of my heart Loneliness and your name They are one and the same An...

What A Way To Live Mark Chesnutt

Each night I make the rounds To every spot in town A lonely man with lonely time to kill All I can say is what a way to live The paths my memories take Just make my poor heart ache I think of her...

What Was You Thinking Mark Chesnutt

Mister you don't know me But I've heard about you And how you spend your nights in here Just what you put her through So I came here to find out If they sell the drink so strong It would make a ma...

Live A Little Mark Chesnutt

You've got to give a little take a little Sit a spell learn to whittle Live a little now and then Unwind take your time leave your cares all behind And see what's around the bend This life ain't c...

She Dreams Mark Chesnutt

Thirty years today she's been upon this earth And she can't help but wonder what it's all been worth She swears she loves those kids and she doesn't mind that load But there ain't much conversatio...

Useless (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

The day you left I thought I knew for certain There's no way in this world I'd wind up hurtin' I thought getting over you was gonna be a breeze So it all came as quite a shock when it turned out to...

Go Away Mark Chesnutt

I was hoping you'd be gone Tonight when I got home What are you still waiting for You're probably thinking that She won't like it where's she's at And she'll come knocking on my door I used to beli...

It Pays Big Money Mark Chesnutt

My oldest brother, Tommy who was a lineman, rest his soul His job was hanging hot wires on them power company poles I said With all of that high voltage don't it scare you half to death? He said It...

Light Of The World Mark Chesnutt

You are the light of the worldYou are the light of the worldBut if that light is under a bushelBrrr, it's lost something kind of crucialYou got to stay bright to be the light of the worldYou are th...

Heard It In A Love Song Mark Chesnutt

I ain't never been with a woman Long enough for my boots to get old We've been together so long now they both need resoledIf I ever settle down you'd be my kind And it's a good time for me to head ...

Don't Know Why I Do It Mark Chesnutt

Have you ever stared down in the bottom of a coffee cupAnd discovered that you got no reason staying upRight at the moment whenThe caffine is kickin' inSo you break down and give an old girlfriend ...

Sacred As A Sunday Mark Chesnutt

Her Momma criedher daddy prayedI'd go awayand let her bebut her blue eyeslooked in my heartFaced the darkinstilled in meshe opened up her bibleand turned on the charmI crawled out of the bottlerigh...

I'm In Love With A Married Woman Mark Chesnutt

We sit alone in the darkest cornerwaitress comes and takes our orderand she looks at us so suspiciouslyIt's plain to see that we're loverstryin' to be alone with each otherIt's so hard for us to br...

You'd Be Wrong Mark Chesnutt

You would think after all this timeI wouldn't let you in tonightthat all those feelings for you would be goneyou would think but you'd be wrongYou would think one little kisswouldn't temped me like...

I Want My Baby Back Mark Chesnutt

Your eyes have been a different kind of blueI can feel the sadness when I'm touching youit's as if lately you've been standing in sinkin sandbefore you go down any deeperlet me help - take my handI...

Just Right For You Mark Chesnutt

In my mind I'm thinner and I'm tallerYounger too with a little more hairI saw myself going so much fartheroh but girl there you aresmiling at the plain old methose honest eyesin love with what they...

My Dreams Mark Chesnutt

It's funny all things a man can do when he's asleeplike playing right field for the Red Sox on national TVor the next night I could the CEO of IBMor making out with Sandra Bullock in the movie we'r...

Good Night To Be Lonely Mark Chesnutt

Tired of channel surfingEl Camino ain't workingit's Monday night and I'm hurtin' for companybummed a ride to the hideawayI'm the only guy in the placebored silly wasn't gonna staythen she walked in...

Somebody Save The Honky Tonks Mark Chesnutt

I drove down to The Trap but the joint was closedLately they've been droppin' like dominoesAll of my favoriteWaterin' holes are dryin' upTell me, is it too much for a man to askTo hear Haggard and ...

The Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man Mark Chesnutt

The Lord loves the drinkin' man.He sends honky-tonk angels to the Promised Land,I hear that he can turn water to wine.Any man that can do that, oh he's good friend of mine.I've been baptized in bee...

You Can't Do Me This Way Mark Chesnutt

Well, you don't care how I hurtYou don't care how I've criedYou gotta learn you can't do meThis way and get by with it.Well, I don't know, I don't know whyBut everything you tell me is a lieYou got...

A Hard Secret To Keep Mark Chesnutt

I stay up late and read a lot at nightLately she's begun to wonder whyShe don't know I'm scared that I'll start talking in my sleepYou're a hard secret to keepAnd every time she asks me where I've ...

Don't Ruin It For The Rest Of Us Mark Chesnutt

Don't ruin it for the rest of usWith your braggin' that you fell in loveCan't you see we're kinda busy hereSwappin lies and cryin' in our beer.So you're getting married, good for youIt's 1st inning...

Beer Bait And Ammo Mark Chesnutt

Well now, early one day,I was on my wayTo my favorite fishin' hole. I was think I could sure useAnother bottle of boozeAnd my baits a runnin a little low,Yeah and a box of twelve gaugeWould be all ...

My Best Drinkin' Mark Chesnutt

> We had a little fight tonight buddy it got viciousAnd all the way out the door, I was duckin' dishesI thought I'd let her simmer down just a few degreesSo I came in here to have a beer or two ...

Honky Tonk Heroes Mark Chesnutt

Low down leaving sun, I've done did everything that needs doneWoe is me, why can't I see, I best be leaving well enough aloneThem neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fightsThey keep a hauntin' ...

Fallin' Never Felt So Good Mark Chesnutt

There's a photo in my baby book Of the first step that I ever took I ended up on my butt with a puzzled look Ever since I've been kinda confused When life tripped me up I was easily bruised But ti...

Confessin' My Love Mark Chesnutt

"I tossed and turned and tried counting sheepWhen will I ever learn how I'll ever sleepTill you're by my side it's just a waste of timeAin't no use tryin' to get you off my mind[Chorus]So I guess I...

Try Being Me Mark Chesnutt

You say you don't know where to startTelling me is breakin' your heartIt's not that you don't care for meIt's just that you're not in love anymoreYou stare at the floor.You say it's no one's fault ...

Love In The Hot Afternoon Mark Chesnutt

"From somewhere outside I hear the street vendor cry file' gumboThrough my window I see him going down the street and he don't knowThat she fell right to sleep in the damp Tangled sheet so soonAfte...

Angelina Mark Chesnutt

"Always knew it, I'd recognize your faceAnd I rehearsed it, just what I would sayBut then I say you and all that I could doWas just smileIn your brown eyes the past disappearedAnd my future was sud...

Lost In The Feeling Mark Chesnutt

We step out on the dance floor the band starts to playHolding you close I get carried awayFinding that falling is easy to doLost in the feeling with youTime's standing still as I Whirl you aroundW...

Somewhere Out There Tonight Mark Chesnutt

"Well I'm slippin' on my old party clothesWondering if they're still in styleAin't had 'em onSince you've been goneAnd that's been along long whileAnd I wonder if these old dancing shoesWill they s...