Aaron Watson :: Music

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Deep in the Heart of Texas: Aaron Watson Live

The Honky Tonk Kid

2004

The Right Place

The Right Place

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Oh don’t you wanna hear a little sawing on the fiddle and the crying of a steel guitar
Coming from the heart and soul born and breed in the ol’ Lonestar
If you get those Honky Tonkin’ blues let me be your saving grace
And if you wanna hear some country then you’ve come to the right place

If you miss Waylon, we’re gonna make you smile
If you like Willie and George Jones you better stick around awhile
If you like Merle, Buck and Johnny then we might just get along
But if you don’t go slap your momma cause your momma raised you wrong

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I like gravy on my biscuits, I like my chicken fried
I drink my coffee black, I like my Charlie Pride
I still salute ol’ glory and I give glory to the Lord
I tip my hat to ol’ ET and his Texas Troubadours

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Oh don’t you wanna hear a little sawing on the fiddle and the crying of a steel guitar
Coming from the heart and soul born and breed in the ol’ Lonestar
If you get those Nashville blues let me be your saving grace
And if you wanna hear some country then you’ve come to the right place

Oh don’t you wanna hear a little sawing on the fiddle and the crying of a steel guitar

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Reckless

Reckless

I still think about us and the rush we felt
With the rag top down and radio blastin’
You were riding shotgun in nothing but a bikini and seatbelt
Looking better than the law should a been allowing

I couldn’t keep my eyes on the road and off of you
With those hot pink toe nails dancing on the dashboard
Griping ‘bout that little Texas town and how there was nothing to do
Our hearts were bored, begging to be explored

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We hit the corners going ninety, Ioving blindly, falling head over heels over you
Every feeling that we felt was a feeling that felt brand new
You looked just like an angel with that cross on your necklace
You were young, I was wild, we were reckless

We drive on down to the river burning up those hot summer nights
Laughing at the cowboys getting crazy and picking fights
It wasn’t funny when the deputy caught you and me steamy up those windows
How your daddy never found out about it honey heaven only knows

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I looked into your eyes and I promised you forever
I believed it with all my heart I just didn’t know any better
Getting over you took years and despite those tears I cried
I’d do it all over again all for the thrill of the ride

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2003 Sonnet Publishing

The Honky Tonk Kid

The Honky Tonk Kid

He’s wrinkled and grey but he’s still got the fire
He sings on the stage like a bird on a wire
He’ll pack em’ in like he always did
Everybody loves the honky tonk kid

He got his first guitar when he was fifteen
Thirsting for knowledge, all hungry and green
Strummin’ that six string just like Lefty did
Everybody loves the honky tonk kid

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The honky tonk kid loves the honk tonk crowd
He picks them up when the world gets them down
But the smoke and the neon keep his pain hide
No one really knows the honky tonk kid

Ten million fans and a handful of friends
But he’ll go home alone when each nights ends
He’ll think about her and then twist off a lid
Nobody loves the honky tonk kid

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It won’t be long the lord will take him away
He’ll have sung his last song, they’ll place a wreath on his grave
He’ll draw a crowd like he always did
One last goodbye for the honky tonk kid

(Aaron Watson, Kris Bergsnes)
© 2003 Sonnet Publishing

What She Don't Know

What She Don’t Know

She said she was not the one for me
There was nothing I could do to change her mind
She said she was sorry but some things aren’t meant to be
She left unaware she was robbing her heart blind

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What she don’t know Is I’ll always love her forever
What she don’t know Is I would have never done her wrong
Her underestimation would break her heart for sure but she can’t see
What she don’t know won’t hurt her but its killing me

Deep in the shadows of the smoky neon light
I play myself in a lonely game of pool
I chalk it up as he sits down by her side
I take a shot, I swallow my pride and I play the fool

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BRIDGE

Watching her dance with him around that empty hardwood floor
Is like rubbing sawdust in the wound so I cry some more

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry, Rodney Hayden)
© 2003 Sonnet Publishing

If You're Not In Love

If You’re Not In Love

Well I’m trying not to panic but I’m getting all romantic
Getting soft with everything I say and do
Talking hours on the phone, putting on that sweet cologne
I’m even putting down the toilet seat for you

Wait a minute it gets worse, I found myself holding your purse
Outside your dressing room at some bra and panty store
My boss’ wife walked by, she spotted me and told me hi
And I knew then that I was in for it for sure

Now all the boys down at the shop know and sure do find it funny
They say you’ve changed my ways and that you’re spending all my money, honey

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If you’re not in love
If you’re not in love
If you’re not in love
If you’re not in love I’m in a lot of trouble

I get this lump in my throat to think I sold my boat
So I could buy this diamond ring for you
Now I’m hoping and I’m wishing since I can’t go fishing
You don’t make me sell my golf clubs too

Now all the boys down at the shop know and they laughed until I cried
I told em’ if I mess this up my mommas gonna tan my hide

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I gave up that can of snuff, no more Nascar on T.V.
Honey if that ain’t enough it may be the death of me

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2002 Sonnet Publishing

Let's Lose Some Sleep Tonight

Let’s Lose Some Sleep Tonight

Flat dead on my feet, I’ve had nothing to eat
I’m sick of highways and cold hotel rooms
I’ve dreamt of laying my head in your soft bed
I’m so tired of missing you

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So let’s turn out the lights
Lay here by my side
Give me the love that I need
Baby let’s lose some sleep tonight

The shows that I play take me so far away
I know I’ve neglected your needs
You’ve been tested and tried and stood firm by my side
Waiting patiently for the man of your dreams

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BRIDGE

Sweetheart one night together is not nearly enough
We need the rest of forever making up for lost love

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So let’s turn out the lights, Lay here by my side
Give me the love that I need baby let’s lose some sleep
All the love that you need baby let’s lose some sleep tonight

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2003 Sonnet Publishing

Honky Tonkin' Around Texas

Honky Tonkin’ Around Texas

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Let’s go honky tonkin’, Let’s go honky tonkin’
Have a honky tonkin’ good time with us
Let’s go honky tonkin’, Let’s go honky tonkin’
Honky tonkin’ around Texas

I’ll put some diesel in the tank
And give that old Detroit a crank
Just kick back and let that silver eagle fly

Up and down that lone star state
Let’s have a honky tonkin’ tailgate
Don’t you forget to kiss your baby goodbye

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Stick out a thumb and bumb a ride
Hitch hike across the country side
Come see why they call this place God’s country

Criss Crossing the Colorado
From Amarillo to Zapata
Every town along the way from A to Z

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BRIDGE

My momma called me up and she gave me my last warning
There’ll be hell to pay if I miss church this Sunday morning

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Come have a honky tonkin’ good time with us

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry, Jason Roberts)
© 2004 Sonnet Publishing

Mackenzie Park

Mackenzie Park

Once upon a time when I held you in my arms
On a blanket in the grass we’d watch for falling stars
Under that ol’ maple tree we’d share secrets in the dark
Now I sit here all alone and watch the children play at Mackenzie Park

And we lived laughed and loved as if there were no tomorrow
Up until the day you went away leaving only sorrow

Now the stars don’t shine the way they used to do
Like they did when you were mine perhaps their lonely too
You can barely read the names that are carved inside a heart
Now I sit here all alone and watch the children play at Mackenzie Park

And we lived laughed and loved as if there were no tomorrow
Up until the day you went away leaving only sorrow

Sometimes I think of you, I just have to smile
Though forever never was at least we had a little while
How time flies when you’re young just like the lifetime of a spark
Now I sit here all alone and watch the children play at Mackenzie Park
Now I sit here all alone and watch the children play at Mackenzie Park

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2003 Sonnet Publishing

Fool's Paradise

Fool’s Paradise

I’ve got this Caribbean queen
Rubbing in my coconut sunscreen
You’d think you’d be the last thing on my mind

I’ve got a beautiful ocean view
Ten thousand miles from you
So why couldn’t I leave this broken heart behind

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The sunshine is dancing on the water
The pretty girls couldn’t get any hotter
If keep telling myself I’m having the time of my life
Maybe it’ll come true and I won’t miss you, welcome to a fool’s paradise

I keep on telling me
There’s other fish in the sea
But your memory keeps telling me I’m wrong

There’s a party about every night
I should be out doing it up right
Instead of watching reruns of Gilligan’s island alone all night long

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This time next week I’ll be headed to Texas on a big jet airplane
When I get home you know this broken heart is gonna hit me like a hurricane

(Aaron Watson, Neal Lowry)
© 2004 Sonnet Publishing

Diesel Driving Daddy

Diesel Driving Daddy

My trucks wound up and ready to roll
Got a good buddy working for the highway patrol
So if I get a ticket or two it’s gonna be alright

But the Sheriff and his boys in Estelline
Unless they’re out to lunch at the Dairy Queen
Will be itching to turn on those red, white and blue lights

Just like my daddy I was born a drifter
Got a rebel heart and an eight ball shifter
Horns on the hood and a forty channel CB

Something’s you never leave home without
Like your bible, log book or driving route
Or you’re best of Dale Watson on CD

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Well I’m a diesel driving daddy don’t you get in my lane
Putting the petal to the metal bringing eighteen wheels of pain
Been in love broke some hearts settled down long enough to replace the parts
And kicked a little asphalt along the way

It’s a lonely life living on the road
When the only friend of yours is the radio
But even he fades in and out every now and then

Maybe someday I’ll find the right one
She could shift a gear and let me ride shotgun
And knows how to get this ol’ big rig to spin

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Well I’m a panhandlin’ manhandlin’
Post holin’ high rollin’ dust bowlin’ daddy
There ain't no blood in my veins
I just got them four lanes of hard Amarillo Highway

Next To Heaven

Next To Heaven

Pinch me I must be dreaming
Waking up with you and feeling
The tender touch of your good morning kiss

Nowhere else on earth
Is better than being next to you
Next to Heaven it don’t get no better than this

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Next to heaven lies my fate, your my best friend and my soul mate
God knows this kind of love only comes from up above
You’re the answer to my prayers nothing else compares
I’m Next to Heaven when I’m next to you

You look like an angel
Tangled in white satin sheets
Lying there with your hair all in a mess

I swear you look your best
All dressed up in next to nothing
Next to Heaven it don’t get no better than this

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For What It's Worth

For What It’s Worth

I just called to say goodbye
But I was hoping that you’d beg me not to go
You were my only reason for staying
Besides these Amarillo winters are too cold to spend alone

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So for what it’s worth, I’ll be in Fort Worth
Just in case you ever start missing me
I’m gonna be right here in Fort Worth
So for what it’s worth that’s where I’m gonna be

Forgive me for the pain I put you through
And those late night calls from the Randall county jail
I know I swore to never bother you again
But if you don’t mind could you find the time to forward me my mail

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BRIDGE

If you need a friend, a friendly conversation
You’ve got my number and an open invitation

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Will You Love Me In A Trailer?

Will You Love Me In A Trailer

Will you love me in a trailer
Till I can get up on my feet
If it’s August in Arizona
Could your heart stand the heat

I could never be an actor
Trying to be what I can’t be
If I was a farm boy on a tractor
Could you love me just for me

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And I can’t offer you the stars above
Just next to nothing except my love
With everyday that I have to live
My everything’s all I’ve got to give

Old Man Pete lives down the street
With his wife of fifty years
He said the hard times were bittersweet
When all they owned was a catalog from Sears

Mrs. Dorothy is his darling
She’d stand by him win or lose
She says now that they have money
Her only weakness is spending it on shoes

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