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| GROWN MEN DON'T CRY (Listen in Real Audio) STEVE SESKIN TOM DOUGLAS I pulled into the shopping center Saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother Like ice cream melting they embraced Years of bad decisions running down her face All morning I'd been thinking my life's so hard And they wore everything they owned living in a car I wanted to tell 'em it would be O.K. But I just got back in my suburban and drove away CHORUS: I don't know why they say grown men don't cry I don't know why they say grown men don't cry I keep having this dream about my old man I'm ten years old and he's holding my hand We're talking on the front porch watching the sun go down But it's just a dream he was a slave to his job And he couldn't be around So many things I wanna say to him But I just put a rose on his grave and talk to the wind REPEAT CHORUS I'm sitting here with my son and my wife Everything I hold dear in my life We say grace and thank the lord Got so much to be thankful for Then it's up the stairs and off to bed And my little boy says I haven't had my story yet And all these things weighing on my mind disappear just like that When he lifts his head off his pillow and says I love you dad REPEAT CHORUS return to top |
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| ALONG THE WAY STEVE SESKIN TIA SILLERS Along the way we all fall down Get the wind knocked out of our souls But we get back up like a good prize fighter The body may be weak Faith may be shaken But the spirit's bold CHORUS: Thank God for sweet forgiveness All those second chances Knowin' that tomorrow might be better than today Thank God for true believers All those tender mercies Knowing that I'm never really lost along the way The heart may break but it keeps on beating 'Cause it can't stop needing love Then along the way after so much lonely Somebody makes you smile Somebody sees you shining Like a diamond in the rough REPEAT CHORUS In the hollow of my heart There's always hope REPEAT CHORUS return to top |
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| SOMETHING TO BE SAID STEVE SESKIN RANDY SHARP So how was your day You say it was fine As you're walkin' away You ask about mine We need to talk Got some things to work out You say let's don't get into that now CHORUS: There's something to be said for conversation That's careful not to hurt or cut too deep But this time nothing short of confrontation Will shake us from our sleep We say true love is what we're after Well only heartbreak lies ahead If we settle for this silence When there's something to be said Now we could keep goin' As if nothin's wrong But I guess my question is For how long? This isn't fair To you or to me This is no place for our love to be REPEAT CHORUS Make me angry I can take it I know my heart The truth won't break it There's something to be said for conversation That's careful not to hurt or cut too deep But this time nothing short of confrontation Will shake us from our sleep We say true love is what we're after I still believe it lies ahead It's time to break this silence There's something to be said return to top |
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| GOD'S SAME SKY (Listen in Real Audio) STEVE SESKIN DEAN MILLER She was sittin' at the counter eatin' breakfast by herself She was gettin' up in years and well to do A different color stranger came walkin' through the door When he sat down beside her she held her purse a little tighter He pretended not to notice it's just easier that way But I could see the pain in his eyes 'Cause this was not the first time and it won't be the last And it made me so angry and it made me wanna say CHORUS: Under God's same sky we are born to love Yet we spend our lives so full of fear so quick to judge In a world with so much hurt and hatred I still believe it's human nature to be kind We all live and die Under God's same sky She coughed up her last quarter and sat down on the bus She was broken disheveled and a little high Some of us were starin' and some looked the other way I can't say it makes me proud but I just joined that crowd Then I started thinkin' what if I was in her place Fate might put me there some day who knows I was tryin' to see the beauty underneath her tattered soul When the truth spoke to me and I stood up and said hello 'cause REPEAT CHORUS Do unto others It's better to give What goes around comes around Live and let live return to top |
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| SCARLET RAIN STEVE SESKIN JOHN SCOTT SHERRILL Girl I'm standing here Knee deep in winter There's not a sound and the air is cold and still I should head back to my car and go on home And any minute now I guess I will Not that long ago we walked this path together The sun cast dappled shadows on your skin Now there's not a trace of autumn's flaming glory And the trees are standing naked in the wind CHORUS: The snow lies on these hills like sheets of linen And only the memory remains How the breeze was blowin' and the leaves were fallin' And love was callin' our name I can still see you and me Standing in that scarlet rain As the leaves came tumbling down around us You fell into my arms and then we kissed I must have had a reason to come way out here But for the life of me I don't know what it is I just know I can't stand seeing it like this REPEAT CHORUS The breeze was blowin' and the leaves were fallin' And love was callin' our name I can still see you and me Standing in that scarlet rain I can still see you and me Standing in that scarlet rain return to top |
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| A LITTLE LOVE (Listen in Real Audio) STEVE SESKIN TERRY BURNS This morning I was thinking about my fifth grade teacher Wishing I had some way to reach her If it weren't for her I wonder where I'd be I was full of self doubt and painfully shy Skating through school barely getting by But she saw something in me She was tough but she was so kind What a difference she made in my life CHORUS: A little love goes a long way A little love goes a long way A little love goes a long way My brother called me up last night From out of nowhere to apologize For how he treated me when we were kids At that moment after all those years All my anger disappeared I found the freedom to forgive It's a miracle, one phone call And crashing to the ground came a million walls REPEAT CHORUS There's old people sitting around in nursing homes Who'd give anything for a hand to hold And a good conversation There's kids in every kind of neighborhood Who feel invisible and misunderstood All they really need is some validation Gonna take some time, let my heart show Plant a seed and watch it grow REPEAT CHORUS return to top |
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| YOU NEVER KNOW HOW SOON STEVE SESKIN ALLEN SHAMBLIN My dad, he's a tough one He grew up hard, it left its mark He and I had a rough one But I know he tried to raise me right I've never told him I love him I guess pride got in the way But sittin' here watchin' this sun go down I'm thinkin' I'd better tell him today 'Cause you never know how soon it's gonna be too late My wife gave me children A girl and boy, my pride and joy I love bein' with them Yeah I work hard but my real job Is makin' sure that I make the time When they say, Daddy, come out and play 'Cause I know they'll go from flyin' that kite with me To flyin' away Yeah, you never know how soon it's gonna be too late Time is like a window It opens and it closes Chances come and go just like the wind Life is so uncertain If we don't seize the moments Can we truly rest in peace in the end Tonight I'm feeling good I called my dad and he didn't get mad We talked and then we laughed Cleared the air he really does care When he opened his heart to me I knew just what to say I told him I love him And a burden fell away Don't make forgiveness wait 'Cause you never know how soon it's gonna be too late return to top |
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| SOMEDAY HE'S GONNA LOVE YOU FOR IT STEVE SESKIN ALLEN SHAMBLIN I tell him five times to pick up his toys Put 'em where they belong He just stands there lookin' at me like I'm the enemy What am I doin' wrong Dad why do I feel so bad about groundin' him In my heart I know he's cryin' out for discipline And he said, "Son if you don't lick this now it'll just get harder I know you wanna be his friend but you have to be his father" CHORUS: Someday he's gonna love you for it Someday he'll be glad you took the time Seems easier to ignore it But it'll just haunt you down the line Right now he's hurt and angry And you're the reason he's disappointed But he needs you to set some boundaries Someday he's gonna love you for it Do you remember when you and your friends For the fun of it stole my car For one month you came home from school, went straight to your room And there was no playin' that guitar You might think that was an easy thing for me to do But let me tell you it hurt me 'bout as much as it hurt you I'm proud to see the man that you've become And I want you to do your best to make a man of my grandson REPEAT CHORUS If you don't lick this now it'll just get harder More than a friend he need you to be his father Someday he's gonna love you for it Someday he'll be glad you took the time Someday you'll sit around laughin' 'Bout how you used to make him toe the line Trust me he won't always show it But deep down he adores you Right now he's too young to know it But someday he's gonna love you for it return to top |
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| I DON'T WANNA FALL FROM HERE STEVE SESKIN ALLEN SHAMBLIN Halfway up a fifty foot maple Straddlin' a limb, wonderin' if I'm able Had a hammer in one hand, board in the other Tryin' not to listen to my loud-mouthed brother, yellin' It's a long way down And this is some real hard ground That tree house seemed like a good idea From the pillow of my bunkbed But up that high there was just one thing Runnin' through my head I don't wanna fall from here I don't wanna fall from here Twenty thousand feet and we're still climbin' Bouncin' off the clouds the engine's whinin' How did I get stuck with this window seat My sister keeps sayin', Mom this is so neat I'm sayin', I'm too young And just as that prayer left my tongue The captain said, Better buckle up We're flyin' into a storm I latched onto my momma Tight as the day that I was born, said I don't wanna fall from here I've never been this high Up where the bravest birds fly I'm tryin' hard to let go of my fear But I don't wanna fall from here It's been a long time since I've felt that feeling My heart is pounding sure as I'm here kneeling Gotta diamond in my pocket a question in my mouth Any second now it's gonna pop right out I'm thinkin' you'll say yes Either way I'm scared to death I'm sittin' here on top of the world And it's all because of you For the first time in my life I've got somethin' to lose I don't wanna fall from here I don't wanna fall from here I've never been this high Up where the bravest birds fly Your eyes are tellin' me to have no fear That I'm not gonna fall from here You won't let me fall from here return to top |
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| I WANT YOU BACK STEVE SESKIN TOM DOUGLAS This ain't some conversation from a couple of six packs And this ain't some crazy notion of a wild maniac It's just a plain and simple fact CHORUS: I want you I want you I want you back And I want you to forgive me I wanna start over again If it's not too much to ask I want you And I want you to want me back I know I broke your heart and I can't change that But there's a new shine to my shoes yeah I've cleaned up my act And I would tie myself to some railroad tracks Just to prove to you baby I want you I want you back REPEAT CHORUS BRIDGE: The truth is I'd do whatever it takes To change the mind of the hands of fate You haven't said no maybe you'll say yes I've already confessed REPEAT CHORUS return to top |
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| I LOVE MY LIFE STEVE SESKIN TOM DOUGLAS Jimmy's the mechanic at Rocco's Paint and Body Shop Smokes non-filtered Camels, drinks his lunch at the Oasis And listens to classic rock Says Darrell Waltrip is the gospel You can bet that he'll get hostile If you mention his first ex-wife And at the end of the day He just smiles and says, "I love my life" I love my life I love my life I like football, coveralls, a greasy engine overhaul And a twelve-pack of cold Bud Lite I love my life Diana works on Wall Street, she's a mover she's a shaker, dresses to the nines Drive a gold-plated Lexus, she only eats at restaurants Where you need a reservation and she gets one every time She quotes the Dalai Lama Understands Italian opera Volunteers at the Junior League on Thursday nights And at the end of every day She just smiles and says, "I love my life" I love my life I love my life The Hamptons, handsome men, sailin' on a summer wind Vintage wine, red or white I love my life Me I'm Mr. Middle Class workin' hard to keep the wolf away from my door Savin' for college educations, I get one two-week vacation And we always take it at the Gulf Shore Third grade school plays Saturday soccer games Seein' movies with my pretty wife I love my life I love my life I love my life I'm a young soul, rollin' stone, I'm not afraid of growin' old Brother you got that right I love my life return to top  printer friendly version |
