Aaron Watson :: Music

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Deep in the Heart of Texas: Aaron Watson Live

Shut Up And Dance

2002

I Don't Want You To Go (But I Need You To Leave)

I Don’t Want You To Go (But I Need You To Leave)

You’re too hard to handle, scandal after scandal
You must think I’m naive
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave
It’s those wild alibis and outrageous lies
You expect me to believe
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave

CHORUS

Well I’ve thought about it and I’ve made up my mind it’s time we call it quits
You know you may be fun for a Saturday night but the rest of the week is the pits
I measured what we had between the good and the bad

And there’s too much uncertainty
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave
You placed the blame on the pink champagne
For dancing naked on New Year’s Eve
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave

I’ll buy a one way ticket, the destination you pick it
Anywhere from Tulsa to Tel Aviv
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave

CHORUS

Anytime you’re nice I can’t help but think twice
That there’s something up your sleeve
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave
I don’t want you to go but I need you to leave

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

The Notel Motel

The Notel Motel

He starts to think when she winks that he’s somewhere he shouldn’t be
He may be alone but at home someone’s wearing his ring
So he heads for the door and ignores the devil on his shoulder
He’ll do the right thing but someone’s gonna break down and hold her

CHORUS

And there’s a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel
In a room full of lies where love is stolen or put up for sale
If the walls could talk you know they’d have some stories to tell
There’s a vacancy at home but not tonight at the Notel Motel

Once again another man walks in and orders him drinks for two
Despite his wife and picture perfect life he’s too good to be true
While he’s flirting she’d swear he’s working on a job out of town
A married man, you know he’s got no business messing around

CHORUS

It’s a five star chain or a rundown dirt cheap no name
With or without room service what done is the same

CHORUS

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Heaven Help The Heart

Heaven Help the Heart

Like a killer at large you stroll down Bourbon Street
Looking for an easy mark with every man you meet
And I never saw the devil behind your angel eyes
Spell bound by your long legs and little white lies

CHORUS

So heaven help the heart that falls head over heels
Cause you’ll tear it all apart just to see how it feels
How can you be so hot and so cold-blooded too
Oh heaven help the heart that falls in love with you

You’re no Adalida, no pretty Cajun queen
Just a bad girl from Biloxi more addicting than Morphine
And when your love wears off there’s nothing left but pain
And enough teardrops falling to flood Lake Pontchartrain

CHORUS

I can see you smiling in some Creole café
Slipping your love potion into someone’s etoufee

CHORUS

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Something With A Swing To It

Something With A Swing To It

I was thumbing through the channels and I saw a sight to see
A so called country singer there singing on MTV
Then I began to thank had she ever heard of Hank
Had she ever been to Texas where Bob Wills is still the king

From the Houston Rodeo to any ol’ dance hall
All the cowgirls and cowboys know how to have a ball
And every night they’ll throw a toast to the Lone Star State
Where the women are so fine and the music is so great

CHORUS

I wanna two step to a real dance hall swinger
Don’t wanna see no wannabe country western singer
Don’t call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it

It’s a Texas thing y’all so if you don’t understand
Drop what you’re doing, drive here as quick as you can
Id’ even stop in Oklahoma if it was up to me
Cause when it comes to country there ain’t nunn like Gary P

CHORUS

That hip-hop rap and boy band crap is for the squirrels in San Francisco
And Nashville’s making music that sounds like a dad gum disco

Don’t call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it
Don’t call it country unless you can prove it
I want something with a swing to it

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Shut Up And Dance

Shut Up And Dance
We both work hard for money already spent
Blaming each other for where it all went
Never thinking of love only paying the loans
Griping ‘bout bills and keeping up with the Jones

Just once let’s forget about making ends meet
Or who’s got the nicest yard on the street
Darlin’ let loose, let your hair down
We’re staying at home for a night on the town

CHORUS

So turn the music up, and dim the lights down
Let those old records keep spinning around
Replace all our worries with some romance
Tell me you love me then we’ll shut up and dance

When you’re in my arms it makes me feel
Like I own a mansion on top of the hill
But it’s not how big’s the house it’s how happy’s the home
How poor is a rich man who lives all alone

CHORUS

So turn the music up, and dim the lights down
Let those old records keep spinning around
Replace all our worries with some romance
Tell me you love me then we’ll shut up and dance

CHORUS

So turn the music up, and dim the lights down
Let those old records keep spinning around
Replace all our worries with some romance
Tell me you love me then we’ll shut up and dance

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Some Never Will

Some Never Will

With the world in the palm of his hands
Slipping through his fingers just like grains of sand
He don’t know his hourglass is losing time
Till she run out of patience and leaves him far behind

CHORUS

Some lovers gotta learn love the hard way
Before they understand the way they feel
Some lovers are slower than others
Some will come around and some never will

If only she had a dime every time he’s done her wrong
Or for every one wondering why she’s still holding on
She could buy that rodeo and shut it down
Along with every honky tonkin’ bar in town

CHORUS

It may be his fault but she’s still one to blame
For taking him back and playing his foolish games

CHORUS

(Aaron Watson)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Stuck Between A Rock And A Heartache

Stuck Between A Rock And A Heartache

He calls from a hotel in downtown Dallas
Says he won’t be home for three more days
She gets so lonely in her Houston hill top palace
Talking to herself as their two-year-old plays

She rocks the baby to sleep then gets in bed
Reads romance novels of a love she once had
She closes her eyes and dreams about the man
Who gave her more than money and a call now and then

CHORUS

As the shine on her diamond starts to fade
She recalls the promises they made
But a bond can only bend so far before it breaks
She’s stuck between a rock and a heartache

She tries to keep busy with her everyday routines
Soap operas in the afternoons, after she cleans
As she wipes off a picture frame from their wedding day
She wonders if he asked her again what would she say

CHORUS

She feels like she’s stranded somewhere in no man’s land
Cause her life is like a prisoner’s chained to a wedding band

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Wish I Could Say I'd Been Drinking

Wish I Could Say I’d Been Drinking

I’ve done some things I can’t undo
I took your trust and tore it in two
No man in his right mind could a said it’s over
But still I told you goodbye completely sober

CHORUS

Wish I could say I’d been drinking
And blame the bottle but I’ve never been one to booze
Lord only knows what I was thinking
Wish I could say I’d been drinking but even that’s just a fool’s excuse

My momma knows her baby boy knows better
It’s gonna break her heart to hear we’re not together
Cause she’s always said she cares so much for you
So what is she gonna say about all the hell I’ve put you through

BRIDGE

Now even Tennessee whiskey couldn’t wash away the pain
Watered down with tear drops pouring like Kentucky rain

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Lonely Lubbock Lights

Lonely Lubbock Lights

I was singing at the ol’ Broken Spoke
I could have swore she came walking in
Forgot the words to a song that I wrote
Must be losing my mind once again

Her daddy is a southern Baptist preacher
I had to choose her or the bars where I sang
Now when I call I can’t seem to reach her
I’m gonna find her if it’s the last thing

CHORUS

So I’ll drive all night long
Till I find where we went wrong
But there’s no love in sight -
Just those lonely Lubbock lights

I was ready to give up the road
As I turned onto her street
But the silhouette there in her window
Was of someone who once looked like me

I’d placed a price on her heart
But someone else collected the bounty
Now this lost soul don’t know where to start
I think I’m lost somewhere in Hale County

CHORUS

That west Texas wind grew colder
As I left her further behind me
Sometimes I stop and cry on the shoulder
Cause every town I pass helps to remind me

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Wrangler Butts

Well he’s a no good for nothing
She wishes he was good for something
Besides his behind looking so fine in those Wrangler jeans
And all her friends can’t help but stare
At his blue denim derriere
And wish they were in her boots if you know what I mean

CHORUS

It may sound crazy but those Wrangler butts drive the cowgirls nuts
Well he lays around all day long
Stays out at night till the break of dawn
Then comes crawling in tracking mud across her floor
And she’d love to kick him out
But she can’t help but thinking about
All the women who are waiting in line for his 34 34’s

CHORUS

BRIDGE

It ain’t healthy if they fit to tight this could hurt a man by the end of the night
But it’s a powerful thing if they fit just right, all the ladies know it’s a mighty beautiful sight

He’s never been one for anything that involves books
He ain’t got much going for him besides his good looks
It seems he’s always stays in trouble when it comes to romance
It ain’t a joke when they say the boy survives by the seat of his pants

CHORUS

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Messing With A Man On A Mission

Messing With A Man On A Mission

You warned me from the start not to let you break my heart
I guess you don’t know who you’re talking too
I’ll bet you money no matter how much honey
I’m about to change your point of view

CHORUS

You’re messing with man on a mission
And a heart with hard headed ambition
My sights are set on you, there’s nothing you can do
You’re messing with man on a mission

Darling I declare how dare you to compare
When you ain’t ever loved no one like me
Unlike the other boys you may have played like toys
I’m more than a yo-yo on a string

CHORUS

You warned me from the start not to let you break my heart
I guess you don’t know who you’re talking too
I’ll bet you money no matter how much honey
You’ll be mine by the time I’m through

Kentucky Coal Miner's Prayer

Kentucky Coal Miner’s Prayer

Deep in the mountain of Harlan County
Employed by the Cumberland coal company
The pay is short, the days are long
But our labor union laws are coming on strong
So I drink this whiskey for my throat
Wear my hard hat and weathered coat
Early every morning I stand in line
Waiting to work these Kentucky coal mines

We enter the shaft around five thirty
With two dozen hands, cold, callused and dirty
We’ll dig through a million tons of rock and clay
And we’ll still be digging at the end of the day

Down on our knees we confess our sins
And pray that the roof above don’t cave in
So bless our hearts and save or souls
And the air we breathe down in the devil’s hole

Just last week when the the ceiling fell
The explosion trapped us in the depths of hell
The weight of the earth took poor Tucker’s life
Leaving behind a hungry baby and wife

We dug out with our shovels and pics
But soon enough the black lung disease will make us sick
So bless our hearts and save or souls
And the air we breathe down in the devil’s hole

I work deep in the mountains of eastern Kentucky

I know if I leave Harlan alive I’ll be more than lucky
Wish I could go to Texas and plant some cottonseed
But moving takes money and I’ve got three mouths to feed

So I drink this whiskey for my throat

Wear my hard hat and weathered coat
Early every morning I stand in line
Waiting to work another Kentucky coal mine
(Aaron Watson)
© 2001 Sonnet Publishing

Off The Record

Off The Record

I got a letter from your lawyer
And you got one from mine
They say It’s gonna be final
Once we sign that dotted line

We’ll I guess we’ll get our freedom
And a so called fresh new start
But when you take half of everything
You’ll be taking half my heart

Our love got lost somewhere in life’s complications
Torn between two lawyers and all their legal litigations

CHORUS

Off the record, there’s something I need to say to you
This ain’t easy but it’s what my heart has to do
Cause I can’t let you go until I let you know
Off the record, I’m still in love with you

I took down our wedding picture
From above the fireplace
And I stood there awhile
Starring at your pretty face

Have we lost our love
To differences we can’t resolve
I guess if push comes to shove
Thank God no children are involved

I can still see you throwing your rose bouquet
I never thought I’d see the day we’d throw it all away

CHORUS

I’ve done all I can do now all I can do is pray
And ask the Lord to let me hear you say

Stuck Between A Rock And A Heartache (acoustic)

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