It Pays Big Money Mark Chesnutt

He said It makes me kinda nervous but I just can't help myself 'Cause it pays big money and boy I'm into that It pays big money if you're willin' to take a chance I'll tell you, sonny, you ought to

Mama's House Mark Chesnutt

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 No, there's no mistaking mama's house It

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.

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

They are one and the same And though I've tried and I've tried I know that you will not remain Half of everything and all of my heart I know that I'm just another Heartbroken lover With a great big

The Will Mark Chesnutt

kids Then he opened up the papers and my father's words were read You could have heard a pin drop when we heard the things he said To all my loving family I leave this old house Just split up all the money

Everybody Pays Mark Knopfler

i’m up again and playing in one of these big saloons on main you can come up here take a look around these sinners’ dens you’re only ever going to find one or two real games nobody’s driving

I'm A Saint Mark Chesnutt

catch the football game But I'll give twice as much next week When they pass the offerin' plate [Chorus:] I'm just ordinary on most days Extraordinary on my best I got a good job, but the way I spend money

Don't Know Why I Do It Mark Chesnutt

kickin' in So you break down and give an old girlfriend a call Then after two hours of hearing her mindless talk You remember what you dumped her for And you wish you hadn't opened that door [Chorus] I do it

It Sure Is Monday Mark Chesnutt

The alarm clock tingaling ringin' in my head I woke up dog tired beat down half dead Tryin' to recover from another wild weekend Chuggin' down coffee when I shoulda been sleepin' Well it sure is Monday

Almost Goodbye Mark Chesnutt

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 we felt it

This Heartache Never Sleeps Mark Chesnutt

should be Sleeping like 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

Texas Is Bigger Than It Used To Be Mark Chesnutt

Lucky me I grew up beneath that ol' lone star I was raised on fiddle and the steel guitar Well it used to be if you wanted to swing To a good ol' country song You had to find your way to Ft Worth Houston

Honky Tonk Heroes Mark Chesnutt

why can't I see, I best be leaving well enough alone Them neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights They keep a hauntin' me and memories There is one in every crowd, for cryin' out loud Why was it

You Can't Do Me This Way Mark Chesnutt

Well, you don't care how I hurt You don't care how I've cried You gotta learn you can't do me This way and get by with it.

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

Goodbye Heartache (Album Version) Mark Chesnutt

You've been gone almost a month Girl I nearly died For twenty seven days and nights I sat right here and cried If it wasn't for your memory I'd been here all alone Goodbye heartache darlin' welcome home

Beer Bait And Ammo Mark Chesnutt

beer-drinkin, Hell-raisin, bonified redneck needs They got your fishin hooks, They got your dirty books, They got your rebel flag on the wall, The sign says beer, bait, and ammo, yeah you ask me they've got it

Heard It In A Love Song Mark Chesnutt

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 line Heard it

Fallin' Never Felt So Good Mark Chesnutt

wounds Now I'm a guy who does what he feels But I never seem to spot that banana peel With eyes shut tight and nerves of steel Takin' the plunge baby head over heels Fallin' never felt so good It

Good Night To Be Lonely Mark Chesnutt

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 in, heaven sent and it

Down In Tennessee Mark Chesnutt

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, in Tennessee I got that letter you wrote, it

Vickie Vance Gotta Dance Mark Chesnutt

Spinnin’ those curlers round all day Her little beauty shop provides a way To work at home and sleep in late So she can dance the night away Pilot gotta fly eagle gotta soar Give a baby candy gotta give it

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

Since You Ain't Home Mark Chesnutt

along the ceiling Above the busted frame your picture's 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

Live A Little Mark Chesnutt

cares all behind And see what's around the bend This life ain't coming 'round again So give a little take a little Live a little now and then In a hurry late for work Rush and worry but what's it

Angelina Mark Chesnutt

"Always knew it, I'd recognize your face And I rehearsed it, just what I would say But then I say you and all that I could do Was just smile In your brown eyes the past disappeared And my future was suddenly

My Way Back Home Mark Chesnutt

sight Than home sweet mobil home in his truck headlights But except for a cedar deck and cinder blocks All I saw was a vacant lot So I'm drivin' around, all over town Wonderin' where she hauled it

Think Like A Woman Mark Chesnutt

underneath the window With my guitar in the back yard, soakin' wet She poured what I'm afraid Might've been toilet water on my head And I thought when she heard this song I wrote her on my way back into town It

What A Way To Live Mark Chesnutt

say is what a way to live I'd rather lay me down tonight And never wake again Than to face another day the shape my life is in The jukebox playing loud A face among the crowd So much like hers it

My Dreams Mark Chesnutt

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 both in Oh how perfect it

A Hard Secret To Keep Mark Chesnutt

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 the tongue's all it

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

Light Of The World Mark Chesnutt

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 salt of the earth You are the salt of the earth But if that salt has lost its flavor It

Try Being Me Mark Chesnutt

Try watching dreams Crash to the ground without warning Try not to beg When the one you love says they're going Hell's near and you know it You tell me this is hard for you You should try being me.

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

Confessin' My Love Mark Chesnutt

confessin' my love, confessin' my love There ain't gonna be no restin' at all 'cause I want you too much I might get all embarrassed and a little tongue-tied ""Cause I ain't had no lessons in expressin' it

Till A Better Memory Comes Along Mark Chesnutt

See the lines in my face There’s one for everyday I’ve lived without you And held you only in my mind See these hands how they shake How long it will take Before I leave you in the past Where you belong

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

I'm In Love With A Married Woman Mark Chesnutt

be alone with each other It's so hard for us to break free she whispers softly I love you this ain't your average rendezvous Cause I'm in love with a married woman I don't care, I don't care who know it

What Are We Doing In Love Mark Chesnutt

You say country like it?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.

April's Fool Mark Chesnutt

david lott glenn gorden mark chesnutt It's early may and the summer heat is comin' down April's gone and my heart is nowhere to be found Teardrops fall like showers from the sky And what I'd give just

Halfway Back To Birmingham Mark Chesnutt

This ain't what she really wanted So baby we went on back to Mama Found a note when I got home last night Left a fifty for the landlord Nothin' here to stay around for Ain't but one way left to make it

The Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man Mark Chesnutt

"All the cold beer and bright lights, stayin' out all night: "Good Book, it tells me, boy, your soul's gonna burn." Momma said: "Son, you're headin' down the wrong road.

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

Then we Can All Go Home Mark Chesnutt

I know it?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.

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

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

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

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

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...