This Side Of The Door Mark Chesnutt

the wall down, slammin' that ol' door Now the silence is more deadly than the violence of the storm I've seen a coyote howlin' Cryin' for his mate I've made a home with hobos In the boxcar of a

Confessin' My Love Mark Chesnutt

"I tossed and turned and tried counting sheep When will I ever learn how I'll ever sleep Till you're by my side it's just a waste of time Ain't no use tryin' to get you off my mind [Chorus] So I guess

Almost Goodbye Mark Chesnutt

There was rain on the street last night We stood beneath the front door light And everything we said We made sure the neighbors heard You called me this I called you that Standing on the welcome mat Everything

Heard It In A Love Song Mark Chesnutt

never been with a woman Long enough for my boots to get old We've been together so long now they both need resoled If I ever settle down you'd be my kind And it's a good time for me to head on down the

That Side Of You (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

Last night I dreamed I went to sleep for good And in the crowed that gathered round There you stood When it finally came your turn to say goodbye Right then and there I watched you break down and cry And

Since You Ain't Home Mark Chesnutt

> Since you left I can't stay sober and I've let the grass grow over Those pretty flowers that you planted when we moved in And the paint has started peeling, down the hall, along the ceiling Above

This Heartache Never Sleeps Mark Chesnutt

a log But I can't blame the poundin' rain Or the neighbor's barkin' dog It's what you do to me This heartache never sleeps Yeah twenty four hours of every day I can feel it down in my chest From

My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention) Mark Chesnutt

My heart’s too broke to pay attention If love was a penny I couldn't afford to fall Every girl in the world tonight could have sweet intentions My heart’s too broke to pay attention I was heart broke and

She Was Mark Chesnutt

She started her new life ten dollars in debt That's all it took to get started back then A trip to the courthouse across that state line No-one could stop her She's made up her mind He was eighteen,an

I Just Wanted You To Know Mark Chesnutt

Are you alone Can you talk to an old friend Right or wrong I had to hear your voice again Unwritten law protocol Says to leave the past alone I just wanted you to know Sometimes driving home at night I

Jolie Mark Chesnutt

months in Atlanta Done tuned my heart around Tell me you still want me too Let me come back home to you Please Jolie Put me under your spell again Won't you make me feel well again Take me out of

Don't Know Why I Do It Mark Chesnutt

Have you ever stared down in the bottom of a coffee cup And discovered that you got no reason staying up Right at the moment when The caffine is kickin' in So you break down and give an old girlfriend

My Best Drinkin' Mark Chesnutt

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

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

Think Like A Woman Mark Chesnutt

I'm standin' with somethin' in my hand That don't look too flower like She slammed the pretty part In the door jam, left me and the stems outside On my way back from fishin' I thought if I brought a dozen

A Hard Secret To Keep Mark Chesnutt

in my sleep You're a hard secret to keep And every time she asks me where I've been A cheaters paranoia begins Scrambling for an answer anything she might believe You're a hard secret to keep One slip of

Numbers On The Jukebox (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

I can't recall how many times she said she'd never leave Or the times she swore the only one for her was me But the angel I was counting on has all but disappeared And the only trace of her that's left

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 believe

Love In The Hot Afternoon Mark Chesnutt

"From somewhere outside I hear the street vendor cry file' gumbo Through my window I see him going down the street and he don't know That she fell right to sleep in the damp Tangled sheet so soon After

Try Being Me Mark Chesnutt

You say it's no one's fault that feelings change And you'd rather not get into blame You don't know if it's choice or fate But you can't fight this need to be set free Tomorrow you'll leave You tell me

Somewhere Out There Tonight Mark Chesnutt

Guess I'll never know Unless I go somewhere out there tonight Been livin' alone Since you've been gone Hoping you might return And I've yet to let A stranger in my door But I'm feeling more willing Than

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

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?

Halfway Back To Birmingham Mark Chesnutt

"Summer after graduation Two kids stuck in Alabama We'd be lovers any way we could A ten buck wedding ceremony A guy outside the courthouse told me The weather down in South Beach sure was good So we hit

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

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

Don't ruin it for the rest of us With your braggin' that you fell in love Can't you see we're kinda busy here Swappin lies and cryin' in our beer.

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

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.

Hello Honky Tonk (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

How's the world been treatin' you Lord how long has it been We got some catchin' up to do Good to see you my old friend Hello honky tonk long time no see Never knew that old jukebox could ever sound so

Thank God For Believers (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

Last night I came home again Three sheets to the wind And broke the promise I swore I'd never break And it came As no surprise To see the hurt in her eyes Or the Bible on the table where she prayed This

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

Light Of The World Mark Chesnutt

You are the light of the world You are the light of the world But if that light is under a bushel Brrr, it's lost something kind of crucial You got to stay bright to be the light of the world You are the

My Way Back Home Mark Chesnutt

After one of my huntin', fishin' party weekends I could hardly wait to hold my baby again A man will never see a more beautiful sight Than home sweet mobil home in his truck headlights But except

I Might Even Quit Lovin' You (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

Ever since you told me we were through I've been down I've been down The love you said I'd find to take your place Never came around never came around But one of these days I'll stand on my own And I'll

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

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

Sacred As A Sunday Mark Chesnutt

Her Momma cried her daddy prayed I'd go away and let her be but her blue eyes looked in my heart Faced the dark instilled in me she opened up her bible and turned on the charm I crawled out of the bottle

I'm In Love With A Married Woman Mark Chesnutt

We sit alone in the darkest corner waitress comes and takes our order and she looks at us so suspiciously It's plain to see that we're lovers tryin' to be alone with each other It's so hard for us to break

Good Night To Be Lonely Mark Chesnutt

Tired of channel surfing El Camino ain't working it's Monday night and I'm hurtin' for company bummed a ride to the hideaway I'm the only guy in the place bored silly wasn't gonna stay then she walked

Wherever You Are (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

Once in a life time love comes along I know it's you that I'm waiting on And that sweet promise of our first kiss Keeps me hanging on through times like this So wherever you are I'm thinking of you I wonder

Somebody Save The Honky Tonks Mark Chesnutt

I drove down to The Trap but the joint was closed Lately they've been droppin' like dominoes All of my favorite Waterin' holes are dryin' up Tell me, is it too much for a man to ask To hear Haggard and

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.

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

Woman, Sensuous Woman Mark Chesnutt

Woman sensuous woman You control the world I'm living in Woman sensuous woman Release my body and let me live again Step by step you taught me easy lovin' Night by night you caught me in your web My self

My Dreams Mark Chesnutt

It's funny all things a man can do when he's asleep like playing right field for the Red Sox on national TV or the next night I could the CEO of IBM or making out with Sandra Bullock in the movie we're

Population Minus One Mark Chesnutt

What the 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

Beer Bait And Ammo Mark Chesnutt

I was think I could sure use Another bottle of booze And my baits a runnin a little low, Yeah and a box of twelve gauge Would be all the rage When I'm all liquered up and I'm feelin good Well, just up

I Want My Baby Back Mark Chesnutt

Your eyes have been a different kind of blue I can feel the sadness when I'm touching you it's as if lately you've been standing in sinkin sand before you go down any deeper let me help - take my hand

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.

I Drew Me Mark Chesnutt

With you your eyes are as far as I could see of all the things a boy would want to be back then I knew so I drew me with you Now Billy ain't no firefighter and Mary's not a doctor Bobby got to college