And say you’ll love me
But you need a little time
Make me believe that
You’re still mine
Tell me anything
Even if it’s just a lie
But never, never, never say goodbye

Baby, please
I’m on my knees
I’m begging you not
To close that door
‘Cause I can’t live without you
‘Cause everything about you
Makes my life worth living for

So, say you’ll love me
But you need a little time
Make me believe that
You’re still mine
Tell me anything
Even if it’s just a lie
But never, never, never say goodbye
Yeah…

Ooh, so say you’ll love me
But you need a little time, just a little time
Make me believe
That you’re still mine
Tell me anything
Even if it’s just a lie
But never, never, never
Never, never
Say goodbye
Yeah…

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He’d say, “Son, don’t you run down the roads that I’ve run
And don’t go and sing all the songs that Ii’ve sun
‘Cause this kind of livin’ takes its toll on a man
And through the smoke and the neon I saw it first hand
I got the lowdown on the highlife
Bust still here I am.”

The blues and the bottle held him under their spell
Took him to heaven and put us through hell
Well, sometimes I feel him up on this stage
His restless spirit
Still runs through my veins

(Chorus)

I got the lowdown on the highlife
But still here I am
Mmm…

Me and Cindy Miller were supposed to meet after the game
I waited by the bleachers, but she never came
I found a note on my windshield underneath the wiper blade
With goodbye bleedin’ through it in the cold October rain
We probably would’ve gotten married
And those recruiters in from ‘Bama would’ve called
If I hadn’t dropped the ball

My life would’ve been so different if in that instant
Things had gone the way I planned
But the fact is that they didn’t, and the hand I wound up getting
Is something that I’ll never understand

I ran away that summer, took a job out on the coast
And that’s where I met your mama, and the rest I guess you know
If I had the chance to go back and score that last touchdown
Well, son, I wouldn’t do it, ’cause you wouldn’t be here now
And I wouldn’t be your hero, I wouldn’t be around to catch you when you fall
If I hadn’t dropped the ball

My life would’ve been so different if in that instant
Things had gone the way I planned
But the fact is that they didn’t and the hand I wound up getting
Is the one that god intended me to have

No, I wouldn’t be the man I am at all
If I hadn’t dropped the ball

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If it’s the last thing I do
If it takes me from tupelo to timbuktu
If it’s the last thing I do
I’m gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop
To get my hands on you
If it’s the last thing I do

A box of chicken and a day old biscuit
Ain’t nothin’ left but a few old bones
I oughtta stop, but I’m gonna risk it
Caffeine got me chewin’ Styrofoam
Girl, I’m callin’ out of Kansas City
From a fillin’ station telephone
Just had to tell you what I’ve been thinkin’
First thing I wanna do when I get home

(Chorus)

Well, I’ve been drivin’ like I’m struck by lightnin’
I think about you, and I start to speed
I might as well be playin’ with matches
In a trailer load of gasoline

(Chorus)

If it’s the last thing I do
If it’s the last thing I do
Ah, yeah

(Chorus:)
She knows what she does to me
All the little things set fire to my soul
And i love that girl, and i go out of my way
To find a way every day
To make sure she knows

I might call to say, “How’s your day?”
Or stop off at the Chevrom
And buy a rose
I might save a little cash from my check
And get that dress
She thought she’d have to sew
I’ll make her a card and scratch out words
And still not get it right

(Chorus)

She knows what she does to me
All the little things that set fire to my soul
And I love that girl, and I go out of my way
To find a way every day
To make sure
To make damn sure she knows

Ooh…

Chorus:
But in time you’ve gained a wisdom
That seems to elude the young
And each line that now marks your face
Tells the stories of all that you’ve done
So fear not the passing of days
‘Cause like the song of the violin
You only grow sweeter with age

As time’s pages turn
You lived and you learned
What truly mattered most
Is family and friends
And in the end finding peace
In the path that you chose

Chorus:
‘Cause in time you’ve gained a wisdom
That seems to elude the young
And each line that now marks your face
Tells the stories of all that you’ve done
So fear not the passing of the days
‘Cause like the song of the violin
You only grow sweeter with age

Ooh, in time you’ve gained a wisdom
That seems to elude the young
And each line that now marks your face
Tells the stories of all that you’ve done
So fear not the passing of the days
‘Cause like the song of the violin
You only grow sweeter with age
‘Cause like the song of the violin
You only grow sweeter with age

The last fifty years
Have seen laughter and tears
And your hair slowly fade to gray

No doubt about it
He was a man of both extremes
He had his share of demons
But on Jesus he would lean

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He’d say, “Fly high like the angels
Run wild like the devil
We’re all tryin’ to find the middle
Between saint and sinner, wrong and right
Sunday morning and saturday night.”

Well, I have sung “Amazing Grace,” hymnal in my hand
Played “Stairway To Heaven” in a three piece pick up band
I know the straight and narrow is the path that I should take
But out here in the fast lane, you tend to get a little sideways

I still hear him preachin’
Slurrin’ his words a bit
Sayin’ the thing about temptation
Is it’s so hard to resist

(Chorus)

Back then I didn’t realize
The wisdom in the sermon
It took a while to understand
The lesson I’m still learnin’

(Chorus)

Saint and sinner, wrong and right
Sunday morning and Saturday night

He said, “Fly high like the angels.”

(Chorus:)
Hello there Miss Temptation
Is it my imagination
Didn’t we have this conversation just the other day
Well, I’ve worked like hell to get this far
To drive you out, but here you are
And once again we’re standin’ face to face
Miss Temptation

You talk your way through my door
And I’m surrounded by the smell of wine and smoke and perfume
One poison kiss from your ruby lips
The next thing ya know I’m lyin’ on the floor of a spinnin’ room
I’m not strong enough
I’m on my knees
I need an act of God to make you leave

(Chorus)

Miss Temptation, yeah

(Chorus)

Miss Temptation
I pick up the phone that’s ringin’ inside my head
It’s your old familiar voice
Miss Temptation

All the chances that we took
Always leaped and never looked
I tell you I could write a book
On all the hell we raised

(Chorus:)
Thought i was cool with my lucky stripes
I didn’t start too many fights
But in those days i finished quite a few
Beat-up cars and the cheapest wine
And any trouble we could find
The worst of days were the best of times
Lookin’ back through life’s rearview
Lookin’ back
I miss my misspent youth

I’m no worse now for the wear
I’ve gotten married and cut my hair
Me and her we’re quite a pair
All my friends say

And speaking of old friends
We still talk now and then
‘Cept now there’s a few of them
You can only reach by prayer

(Chorus:)
We were cool with our lucky stripes
Didn’t start too many fights
But in those days we finished quite a few
Beat-up cars and the cheapest wine
And any trouble that we could find
The worst of days were the best of times
Lookin’ back through life’s rearview
And lookin’ back
I miss my misspent youth

Beat-up cars and the cheapest wine
And any trouble we could find
The worst of days were the best of times
Lookin’ back through life’s rearview
And lookin’ back
I miss my misspent youth
I miss my misspent youth