Aaron Watson :: Music

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Deep in the Heart of Texas: Aaron Watson Live

A Texas Café

2001

What's Her Name

What's Her Name

I swore I’d never love again a promise I’d keep till the end
But then you made a liar out of me
But even a man of his words can’t talk his way out of the hurt
When everything reminds him of his old used to be

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But you made me forget about
What’s her name I can’t remember a thing because my mind is always on you
I just draw a blank every time I try to think about the girl who tore my heart in two
You made me forget about, what’s her name
Girl I was down and out without a shadow of a doubt
Until you shined your love light on me
I lost my faith in love my soul had given up
It took a miracle to make me believe

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But you made me forget about
What’s her name I can’t remember a thing because my mind is always on you
I just draw a blank every time I try to think about the girl who tore my heart in two
You made me forget about
What’s her name I can’t remember a thing because my mind is always on you
I just draw a blank every time I try to think about the girl who tore my heart in two
You made me forget about, what’s her name

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Old Man Walker's Property

Old Man Walker’s Property

Growing up in a little town where there’s not a lot to do
No matter where you go troubles bound to run into you
There was only one water hole this side of the county line
The boys and me would hang our clothes on the no trespassing sign

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We’d go swimming swinging from the tire in the tree
And we’d go fishing but we never caught anything
There was a chance we might get caught but we always got off scot-free
Trespassing on old man Walker’s property
Well the older the old man got the meaner he seemed to be
I could tell when our eyes met he didn’t care to much for me
I remember on Friday nights me and my girl would wait up late
When he’d turn off his front porch light we’d hop on over the gate

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We’d go kissing underneath the cottonwood trees
And we’d go wishing on every star that we could see
There was a chance we might get caught but we always got off scot-free
Trespassing on old man Walker’s property
Not long ago I went back home for the Labor Day weekend
As I walked out of the store old man Walker came walking in
He said I used to watch you one by one sneak under my gate
But I’d let ya’ll play till your momma’s said it was getting late
I’d come out a hollerin’ and you boys would scatter and run
If you’d of known I was a teddy bear you wouldn’t of had half the fun
I said you ol’ son of a gun for all these years I thought you hated me
He said boy if that was true would I have hung a tire swing in the tree

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Hearing y’all laughing it really put a smile on my face
Seeing y’all splashing really brightened up this place
There was a chance you might get caught but you always got off scot-free
Trespassing on old man Walker’s propertyPacked my bags and said my good-byes early that Sunday evening
I drove down the old man’s dirt road just as I was leaving
Out there in that water hole were little boys like I used to be
Trespassing on old man Walker’s property
Trespassing on old man Walker’s property

(Aaron Watson)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Just A Call

Just A Call

While he’s out running around with the boys at the bar downtown
His sweetheart sits at home all alone and she’s waiting by the telephone
But he’ll spend his quarter somewhere else
Well she’s done what a good girl should but she’s done all she could
So she packs her bags up for the next plain going home and he’s crying by the telephone
But she’ll spend her quarter somewhere else

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And just a call to tell her that you love her
That is all she really ever wanted to hear
And it ain’t asking much to tell her that you miss her
Just a call and that’s all and she’d still be here
He spends a lot of time on the road breaking even with the rodeo
He knows he should call her but he’s barely got enough and making ends meet is tough
So he’ll spend his quarter somewhere else

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Instrumental Break

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She loves a guitar man who gave his heart to a five-piece band
He sings love songs underneath the neon lights while she alone tonight
Dreaming someday he’ll live the songs he sings
Dreaming someday I’ll live the songs I sing

(Aaron Watson)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Not Just Another Pretty Face

Not Just Another Pretty Face

If it was just another night like so many nights before
Just another dance, another time around the floor
Just another heart for you to break and leave behind
Tell me why you’re still awake and that girl’s still on your mind

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Cause she’s not just another pretty face
This time you’re in it for more than just the chase
Your hearts against the wall, you thought you’d seen them all
But she’s not just another pretty face
You thought your heart was ten feet tall and bullet proof
Until a girl only 5 foot three shot you with the cold hard truth
All your friends may say that you're in way over your head
But deep down their just jealous it’s not them instead

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BRIDGENow you’ve gone hungry saving for that diamond ring
You never thought you’d see the day when you’d get down on a knee

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

A Texas Café

A Texas Café

In every little town from Dalhart to Laredo
There’s a corner café with an open sign in the window
As soon as you walk in a waitress greets you with a grin
And says make yourself feel right at home
Old men sit at a booth telling tall tales and stretching the truth
Bragging how bad the good ol’ days used to be
They’re all too tired to plow besides their tractors are rusted now
So they order hot apple pie with a cup of coffee

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Some things will never change
After all these years the menu is still the same
Serving that sweet ice tea with a touch of southern hospitality
So order yourself a taste of yesterday at a Texas Café

There’s a Wurlitzer jukebox full of old forty fives
Playing three songs for a quarter or one for a dime
The cook said he was a boy when it was brand new
To him it seemed like yesterday but it was 1962

There was a family owned five and dime next door
That could not compete with a chain discount store
On the outskirts of town the drive in theater is shut down
With a screen without a hero since Audie Murphy

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There are fields with no grain, railroad tracks with no train
And an old courthouse with nobody left to blame
Town square is boarded up and brick roads are worn down
But the chicken fried steak special is still around

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(Aaron Watson, Scott Newhouse, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Amarillo Fair

Amarillo Fair

I’ve never won a bear throwing a ball at the tri-state fair
I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn
You were laughing at me and looking mighty dandy
Licking your lips and your cotton candy
I fell in love with you right then and there
when I saw you at the Amarillo FairTime stood still as we rode the Ferris wheel
There I was on top of the world
I said that I’ve been known to be accident-prone
So I asked you if I could hold your hand
That night I stole a kiss on the tunnel of love
And to this very day I still can’t get enough
I fell in love with you right then and there when I saw you at the Amarillo Fair
My hearts a tilt a whirl since I gave it to you girl
I don’t want this ride to ever end
Corn dogs and barbecue a frosted funnel cake and you
All made that night to good to be true
I fell in love with you right then and there when I saw you at the Amarillo Fair
I’ve never won a bear throwing a ball at the tri-state fair
I still can’t hit the broad side of a barn
I’ve never won a thing till I gave you a diamond ring
Now I’m the luckiest man in the world
I fell in love with you right then and there when I saw you at the Amarillo Fair

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2000 Sonnet Publishing

Strong Arm Of The Law

Strong Arm Of the Law

His mother begged him to be a cattleman
But he chose to wear the star his daddy wore
God blessed him with a sharp eye and a quick hand
Quicker than the man who shot his daddy to the floor
Still she prayed and she pleaded
But ranch work lacked the vengeance he needed
He was cursed on his daddy’s dying day
When a shot to the back laid him in six feet in a grave

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And he wears a star on his vest
The only thing between a bullet and the heart in his chest
He’ll be a ranger till he takes his last draw
He was born with the strong arm of the law

He wore a Colt 45 on his hip
One notch short on the ivory grip
Searching for the outlaw that broke his momma’s heart
Riding through the badlands from daylight to dark

In a dirty back water border town
Where the outlaw thought he could not be found
He looked like he’d seen a ghost when he saw the ranger’s face
A legacy to the lawman he sent to his resting-place

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The outlaw had no place to run
So he turned to the trigger on his gun
As the smoke cleared blood stained the dusty street
The outlaw lay dying at the ranger’s feet

He sat in the saddle and shook his head
His gun still hot and his father still dead
As the sun set on the day he’d waited so long for
He saw justice belongs to the law but vengeance is the Lord’s

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2000 Sonnet Publishing

Charlene Gene

Charlene Gene

I’ve got a girl and Charlene is her name
Since she flipped her skirt at me I ain’t never been the same
All of the boys at our trailer park
Would take a bath and go to school just to win her heart

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Her name is Charlene Gene she’s every rednecks dream
Some people think the thing that I love most
Is the way that she butters up my toast
But most of most I love her lovely name

Just the other day we were riding in my car
We got to Charlene’s trailer and I pulled up in the yard
On her front porch was her old boyfriend Chase
He blew a little kiss at her so I kicked him in the face

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Cause I love Charlene Gene she’s every redneck’s dream
Some people think the thing that I love most
Is the way that she butters up my toast
But most of most I love her lovely name

Charlene’s got a brother and his name is Jim
And she’s got one other and his names the same as him
One of them is ugly and one of them is mean
Both of them together couldn’t keep me from Charlene

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Cause I love Charlene Gene she’s every redneck’s dream
Some people think the thing that I love most
Is the way that she butters up my toast
But most of most I love her lovely name

Charlene’s mom and daddy bought a brand new double wide
And when she moved away from me I will admit I cried
But that Friday night at the local quickie mart
A pretty girl winked at me and nearly stole my heart

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Bobby Joe Briscoe the queen of the rodeo
She may be sweet on me but she don’t even know
It don’t matter how she butters up my bread
I’ll always love someone else instead

I love Charlene Gene cause she’s every rednecks dream
Some people thought the thing that I loved most
Is the way that she buttered up my toast
But most of most I love her lovely name

Every Time I Hear Those Songs

Every Time I Hear Those Songs

His song comes on the radio, and brings back your memory
And reminds me of the way that it used to be
You loved all his hits like "hello darlin" and "tight fittin’ jeans"
I just wish your leaving were "only make believe"

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Every time I hear those songs it makes me think about you
And how we used to sing along to all the ones that we knew
It’s not that they aren’t good I used to love them to
But every time I hear those songs it makes me think about you
He may have been the best friend that any song ever had
But when I hear that growl in his voice it always makes me sad
It hurts to hear him sing “I’m not through loving you yet”
Lord only knows what I’d give if I could forget

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BRIDGE

Daddy left us when I was only three
All he left behind were those Conway Twitty records and me

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Momma every time I hear those songs it makes me think about you

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2000 Sonnet Publishing

When All Those Aggies Move to Austin

When All Those Aggies Move To Austin

You’re the devil’s daughter in disguise
So don’t try to hide the fire in your eyes
You must be stupid cause you just don’t have a clue
Even hell frozen over is warmer than my love for you

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When all those Aggies move to Austin
And Beaumont is covered in snow
When the wind don’t blow in Amarillo
Darlin’ then you can come back home
You sure can shake your little round behind
But your hour glass figure won’t buy my time
You know how to work it Lord knows it’s worked before
This time you leave your butt will have the imprint of the front door

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BRIDGE

When Fort Worth is east of Dallas
And Texans forget the Alamo
When Lubbock opens up a ski resort
And the Brazos is straighter than an arrow

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When all those Aggies move to Austin
And Beaumont is covered in snow
When the wind don’t blow in Amarillo
Darlin’ then you can come back home
But don’t hold your breath
Then you can come back home

Thank God For Country Girls

Thank God For Country Girls

Told all my buddies on the block goodbye
As we drove away I wiped a tear from my eye
I thought my life had come to an early end, but this is where the story begins

My daddy promised me I’d make new friends
But still I wondered how in a town of only ten
There at the Dairy Queen my first night, have mercy it was love at first

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Thank God for country girls Big blue eyes and long blond curls
I wouldn’t miss this for the whole wide world Thank God for country girls
She was all by herself sitting at a corner booth
Wearing a summer dress and a pair of cowgirl boots
When I heard her humming a Merle Haggard song, I looked down and my heart was gone
I walked up to her, she saw my hesitation
I asked if she had a dinner reservation
She said I’d love to have your company, hello love goodbye Mr. lonely

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Told my friends back home they were missing out
So they came to see what the fuss was all about
Before the first night had come and gone, they were all singing my song, and they said

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