Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(chorus)
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby
You and me under the palm trees
Soakin sun in the summer breeze
Listenin' to the sound of the sea
I've been thinkin' 'bout It all week
You lookin' hot in that bikini
Drinkin' cold one's on the beach
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby
(verse)
I'm fightin' traffic every day and night
Just to get a little further behind
I'm overworked with all this overtime
I'ts gonna make me lose my mind
I need a day with my feet in the sand
An ocean view and a drink in my hand
Catchin' up on some down time
Just watchin' the clouds roll by
(chorus)
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby
You and me under the palm trees
Soakin sun in the summer breeze
Listenin' to the sound of the sea
I've been thinkin' 'bout It all week
You lookin' hot in that bikini
Drinkin' cold one's on the beach
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby
(verse)
I wake up in these ol' work boots
And fall asleep with my bills past due
I'm under stress and under paid too
Gettin' tired of these 9 to 5 blues
I need a day with my feet in the sand
An ocean view and a drink in my hand
Catchin' up on some down time
Just watchin' the clouds roll by
(chorus)
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby
You and me under the palm trees
Soakin sun in the summer breeze
Listenin' to the sound of the sea
I've been thinkin' 'bout It all week
You lookin' hot in that bikini
Drinkin' cold one's on the beach
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby
I Love To Watch Her Dance
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(verse)
In a cowboy hat and western boots she two steps through the door
You can bet every eyes on her before she hits the floor
Most these folks they come in here to try to get a glance
But they don't know that I her biggest fan
Yeah I love to watch her dance
(chorus)
I watch her goin' up I watch her gettin' down
Groovin' to the beat of a country sound
She don't know she's the best show in this town
Steppin' to the left steppin' to the right
Gonna rock this floor 'til the mornin' light
She don't know she got me in a trance
Yeah I love to watch her dance
(verse)
The boys with their back against the bar can't turn to take a drink
The girls all act like they don't care but they all sneek a peek
Most these folk don't come in here just to see the band
And I know I don't stand half a chance
But I love to watch her dance
(chorus)
I watch her goin' up I watch her gettin' down
Groovin' to the beat of a country sound
She don't know she's the best show in this town
Steppin' to the left steppin' to the right
Gonna rock this floor 'til the mornin' light
She don't know she got me in a trance
Yeah I love to watch her dance
Her Daddy's Daughter
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham
(verse)
I taught her how to read, and how to ride a bike
'cause It was just her and me for most of her life
I told her 'bout love, I showed her how to dream
I had to help her get back up when life fell apart at the seams
You may be the Lucky man who caught her
But she's always gonna be her daddy's daughter
(verse)
I taught her to sing from the heart, showed her how to dance
Told her she should reach for the stars every time she got a chance
I knew one day, she would find love
And I'd be proud to give her away to someone good enough
Remember when that wedding ring goes on her
She's always gonna be her daddy's daughter
(chorus)
Sometimes she's an angel, sometimes she'll speak her mind
But she's alway gonna be on your side
And through your bad days and every step of the way
She's gonna love you until the end of tim
I know this 'cause I'm the one who taught her
She's always gonna be her daddy's daughter
(bridge)
From a baby in a cradle, to the woman you now see
Her every memory, they're all a part of me
(chorus)
Sometimes she's an angel, sometimes she'll speak her mind
But she's alway gonna be on your side
And through your bad days and every step of the way
She's gonna love you until the end of tim
I know this 'cause I'm the one who taught her
She's always gonna be her daddy's daughter
You may be the lucky man who caught her
But she's always gonna be
Yeah she always gonna be
Her daddy's daughter
Tequila Sunset
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(verse)
The sunlight is shining in from the ocean through the margaita glass in from of me
Down on the beach the grass skirts are flowin' to the rythym of an Island melody
Over by the bar some people are singin' to the words on a TV screen
Later I may join 'em but for now I'm enjoyin' takin' in this beautiful sceen
(chorus)
And it's another Tequila Sunset on it's way down
I'll be taking it slow, pacing the flow till the waitress comes back around
If tomorrow never comes, I'll have no regrets
'Cause today I saw another Tequila Sunset
(bridge)
While the sun is goin' down
Our time just slips away
So I'm gonna live each moment
Like it's my last day
(chorus)
With another Tequila Sunset on it's way down
I'll be taking it slow, pacing the flow till the waitress comes back around
If tomorrow never comes, I'll have no regrets
'Cause today I saw another Tequila Sunset
I think I'm gonna have another Tequila Sunset
I hope I live to see another Tequila Sunset
Hiding Out In Bakersfield
Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(Verse)
Sometimes the last thing on my mind
Is the first thing that I find
Kinda fishy that neon sign
seemed to reel me right inside
I oughta be a thousand miles away
In a southbound jet airplane
When my baggage hits Nashville
I'll be in this tavern still
Hiding out in Bakersfield
(verse)
I was on that road too long
Without a moment to call my own
Although I'm not the runnin' kind
I just might leave it all behind
I'm sure by now they're lookin' for me
But I need some time to breath
My life's been all full up until
I took this time to chill
Hiding out in Bakersfield
(chorus)
Hiding out in Bakersfield
And the only thing I know
Right here the fiddle and the steel
Seems to sooth my weary soul
Hiding out in Bakersfield
I can't go on the way I feel
I aint leavin' here until
I've had some time to heal
Hiding out in Bakersfield
(chorus)
Hiding out in Bakersfield
And the only thing I know
Right here the fiddle and the steel
Seems to sooth my weary soul
Hiding out in Bakersfield
I can't go on the way I feel
I aint leavin' here until
I've had some time to heal
Hiding out in Bakersfield
When my guitar hits Nashville
Gonna miss her but I'm still
Hiding out in Bakersfield
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(verse)
As I stare at the beauty that brought me here
I wonder will she ever take me back
Those yellow lines and precious years are fading in the mirror
And this Iron stagecoach keeps on making tracks
Another show in one last town then we'll turn this thing around
There's no way I'm gonna sleep tonight
I got a woman on my mind so lets put this thing in overdive
And see how fast this Silver Eagle flies
(chorus)
Iron stagecoach take me home
I've been on this raod too long
I miss my family and I'm all alone
I wanna see them before they're gone
Driver won't you take the wheel and turn this thing around
I think I figured out where I went wrong
Take me back to that girl I left in my hometown
And make this Iron stagecoach take me home
(verse)
Behind the stage I see her in shadows
She's gonna try to keep me one more night
I hear her voice behind those tinted windows
She'll talk of fame and fill my head with lies
But I can't fall for that again this time I see just what she is
I broke the evil spell that I've been in
So lets get these wheels a rollin'
'Cause I know just where I'm goin'
And I'm never comin' back this way again
(chorus)
Iron stagecoach take me home
I've been on this raod too long
I miss my family and I'm all alone
I wanna see them before they're gone
Driver won't you take the wheel and turn this thing around
I think I figured out where I went wrong
Take me back to that girl I left in my hometown
And make this Iron stagecoach take me home
(chorus)
Iron stagecoach take me home sweet home
Alabama is the place that I belong
I miss my family and I'm all alone
I wanna see them before they're gone
Driver won't you take the wheel and turn this thing around
I think I figured out where I went wrong
Take me back to that girl I left in my hometown
And make this Iron stagecoach take me home
Take me back to that girl I left in my hometown
and make this Iron stagecoach take me home
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Donna Britton
(verse)
I was born and raised in Fresno California
On a patch of grass my daddy called a farm
I plowed our little hayfield on a tractor
I painted all the fences 'round the barn
I learned to drive in a military jeep
On my uncles 40 acres dodgin' old oak trees
(chorus)
I'm all country
There aint nothing city about me
even with concrete beneath my boots
I still got my grass roots
Yeah I'm country
I'm all country
(verse)
I sold everything I owned and moved to Nashville
left a lifetime of diggin' dirt far behind
Yeah I walked that crooked sidewalk straight past Elvis
I sang and played on Tootsies stage all night
Surrounded by the stars who started it all
I could almost hear Merle Haggard singin' from the wall
(chorus)
I'm all country
There aint nothing city about me
even with concrete beneath my boots
I still got my grass roots
Yeah I'm country
I'm all country
(bridge)
No matter where I am
I take a piece of who I am
From my home in USA
All the way to Japan
(chorus)
I'm all country
There aint nothing city about me
even with concrete beneath my boots
I still got my grass roots
Yeah I'm country
I'm all country
Money Well Spent
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins/ Chuck Harding
(verse)
Friday at five and I'm headed to the bank again
With the best of intentions for the paycheck in my hand
But the neon lights form Chuck's place are callin' my name
Maybe just a quick one then I'll be on my way
(verse)
Now it's nine o'clock and I'm rockin' out with the band
Cocktail waitress keepin' drinks in both my hands
And somewhere in my pocket where my paycheck once had been
Is a reciept from the ATM but it was money well spent
(chorus)
I shoulda invested in stocks and bonds
But I got more interest drinkin' shots with blondes
It's hard for a man to stay outa debt makin' short term investments in a tall brunette
I coulda put my money in a bank CD instead of tht red head yonder lookin' at me
And now I can't pay my rent,
Spent my dollars when I lost my sense,
But I'd do it all over again
'Cause it was money well spent
(bridge)
Now in the middel of the week I'm countin' change to eat
and buy a gallon of gas for my bike
So when the boys are callin' me to go out and have a drink
I say tonight?, they still run tabs right?
(chorus)
I shoulda invested in stocks and bonds
But I got more interest drinkin' shots with blondes
It's hard for a man to stay outa debt makin' short term investments in a tall brunette
I coulda put my money in a bank CD instead of tht red head yonder lookin' at me
And now I can't pay my rent,
Spent my dollars when I lost my sense,
But I'd do it all over again
'Cause it was money well spent
When You're In Love
Performed by Floyd VanLaningham and Donna Britton
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Bily Higgins
(verse)
My days are lookin' brighter
When I'm wakin' up beside her
Lifes load is a little lighter
When You're in love
(verse)
I'm rushin home each evenin'
I'd do anything to please him
Life has a whole new meaning
When yoy're in love
(chorus)
When you're in love you can move a mountain
When you're in love you can part the sea
When you're in love two hearts are soundin'
Like a beautiful harmony
Life's worries are little when you meet in the middle
It's a gift from the lord above
It'll change the world of any boy and girl
You're gonna know when you're in love
(bridge)
I remember when I first looked in you're eyes
I knew this was for real
I still wanna hold your hand in mine
That's the way I'll always feel
(chorus)
When you're in love you can move amountain
When you're in love you can part the sea
When you're in love two hearts are soundin'
Like a beautiful harmony
Life's worries are little when you meet in the middle
It's a gift from the lord above
It'll change the world of any boy and girl
You're gonna know when you're in love
It'll change the world of any boy and girl
You're gonna know when you're in Love
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham
(verse)
I fell in love with you one night
Beneath the Yokohama sky
Since that kiss I haven't been the same
I love the way you smile at me
Holding you I feel at peace
I love the way you whisper my name
But I can't stand the thought of us living half a world apart
So I'm giving you all my love, I'm giving you my heart
(chorus)
You are the best friend in my life
You are the woman in my dreams at night
You will always be a part of me no matter where I may go
I hope you know, You're in my heart, You're in my soul
(verse)
I know that we were meant to be
I'm loving you so easily
You're the one who makes my life complete
I waited for the day you'd come
Yes I'm sure you are the one
In your eyes I've found my destiny
Baby I can't live without you I need you by my side
Do you feel the same way I do, would you be my bride?
(chorus)
You are the best friend in my life
You are the woman in my dreams at night
You will always be a part of me no matter where I may go
I hope you know, You're in my heart, You're in my soul
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(verse)
I've been lying here all night
To here your key unlock the door
and another shakey alibi
like so many times before
We both know whats goin' on here
You've been makin' me a fool
And for lettin' go on dear
I'm as guilty as you
(chorus)
You've been seein' a stranger
You've been with him every night
For as long as I remember
You've been hiding in this lie
You've been seein' a stranger
Right here in this very room
Yes I'm afraid it's true
There's nothing I can do
You found somebody new
(verse)
What went wrong with you and I?
You just haven't been you self
When I look into your eyes
I'm lookin' back on some one else
(chorus)
I've been seein' a stranger
I've been with her every night
For as long as I remember
I've been living in this lie
I've been seein' a stranger
Right here in this very room
Yes I'm afraid it's true
There's nothing I can do
That stranger is you
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ John Haro
(chorus)
I don't want you, I don't need you
Why don't you just hang up the phone?
I don't love you, I don't like you
I Why don't you just leave me alone?
(verse)
You called me up this morning
You called me up all day
My brain is overloaded
I've got nothing left to say
(chorus)
I don't want you, I don't need you
Why don't you just hang up the phone?
I don't love you, I don't like you
I Why don't you just leave me alone?
(verse)
You're calling everyone I know
You ask them where I am
You tell them how you love me so
But they don't gve a damn
(chorus)
I don't want you, I don't need you
Why don't you just hang up the phone?
I don't love you, I don't like you
I Why don't you just leave me alone?
(bridge)
You say that I might lose you, girl you're hinding from the truth
Won't you ever see that there's no me in me and you
(chorus)
I don't want you, I don't need you
Why don't you just hang up the phone?
I don't love you, I don't like you
I Why don't you just leave me alone?
(Tribute to Merle Haggard)
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(verse)
I've been up and down this highway
From one end to the next
With a guitar right beside me
A new wife and an ex
Turns out a bunch of strangers
Were really my best friends
And I never thought this blacktop
Would ever come to an end
(verse)
Well, I've had life fall apart
With no answer to my prayers
And I've done time in and behind bars
Where no one really cared
And I've lost so much of myself
I wouldn't know where to begin
To pick up all that I've left
And put it back together again
(chorus)
Where the pieces fall
Isn't up to me at all
Will I die out on the highay like some highline pole,
Or on a mountain when I fall?
Will they carve my name in stone, will they sing me back home?
When the good Lord finally comes to call
Will it really even matter at all?
Where the pieces fall
(chorus)
Where the pieces fall
Isn't up to me at all
Will I die out on the highay like some highline pole,
Or on a mountain when I fall?
Will they carve my name in stone, will they sing me back home?
When the good Lord finally comes to call
Will it really even matter at all?
Where the pieces fall
No it reallly doesn't matter at all
Where the pieces fall
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Billy Higgins
(verse)
On this road that I travel
Sand or stone dirt or gravel
Let the Son shine down on me
Rain or shine day or night
Take the clouds from my sight
Let the Son shine down on me
(chorus)
Let the Son shine down on me
Fill my heart with ever lasting peace
In your light is right where I wanna be
Let the Son shine down on me
(verse)
While everyday I do me best
To pass lifes trying tests
Let the Son shine down on me
And If ever I should fall
From the weight of it all
Let the Son shine down on me
(chorus)
Let the Son shine down on me
Fill my heart with ever lasting peace
In your light is right where I wanna be
Let the Son shine down on me
(verse)
If from my faith I ever stray
Lord with your amazing grace
Let the Son shime down on me
And when I ask for all my sins
To be washed away again
Let the Son shine down on me
(chorus)
Let the Son shine down on me
Fill my heart with ever lasting peace
In your light is right where I wanna be
Let the Son shine down on me
(verse)
On the day of your return
To take the faithful from this earth
Let the Son shine down on me
Like the ones who came before
I will kneel down my Lord
Let the Son shine down on me
(chorus)
Let the Son shine down on me
Fill my heart with ever lasting peace
In your light is right where I wanna be
Let the Son shine down on me
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ John Haro
(verse)
Out in the back yard painted with rust
Metal and vinyl covered in dust
The tires are flat there's some dents in the side
The stories it'd tell if that truck were alive
Daddy woulda killed us, the town would be shocked
Mama woulda died If that truck could talk
(verse)
Like the time my brother bent the hood and the grill
He said the tree jumped out from behind the hill
And the time that law tried to stop the race
We tore through the corn field without a trace
Daddy woulda killed us the town would be shocked
Mama woulda died if that truck could talk
If that truck could talk life wouldn't be the same
We mighta grown up with a different last name
They woulda locked us in a room, thrown away the key
I woulda been there 'till Iza hundred and three
(verse)
Out in the backyard painted with rust
Metal and vinyl covered in dust
I could give it to the kids when they're all grown
But some things are better just left alone
Daddy woulda killed us the town would be shocked
Mama woulda died if that truck could talk
(chorus)
If that truck could talk life wouldn't be the same
We mighta grown up with a different last name
They woulda locked us in a room, thrown away the key
I woulda been there 'till Iza hundred and three
We woulda been in the paper, the six o'clock news
Picking up trash in an orange jumpsuit
Coulda been worse, sentenced to walk
Mighta got caught if that truck could talk
Yeah Mama woulda died if that truck could talk
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham
(verse)
It's been another anniversary
Since you were taken from me
But I still think about you everyday
Every one in awhile when I'm feelin' blue
I'll take a drive and I'll talk with
And pick up your favorite flowers on the way
Drivin' through that cemetary sure looks dark and cold
So I'm headed to a place that we used to go
(chorus)
Where there's no grave for the flowers
We used to sit and talk for hours
Lying on a blanket in the shade
I miss your touch I miss your laughter
It made the time go so much faster
But I'm glad you're in a better place
Where there's no grave for the flowers
(verse)
Sometimes I stare at the phone and wish you would call
Then go to bed and hardly sleep at All
But when I do, I still dream of you
I dream we're in a place where no one hurts
I wake up late and it's back to work
Yeah, I struggle but I know I'll make it through
Everywhere I look I see more head stones in row
So I'm lookin' toward the day when Jesus takes me home
(chorus)
Where there's no grave for the flowers
We're gonna sit and talk for hours
I can't wait to see your smiling face
I'm gonna feel your touch gonna hear your laughter
We're gonna live forever after
"Cause I know we'll both be in a place
Where there's no grave for the flowers
(bridge)
I see your name I see your face where the memorial stands tall
Someday soon I'll have much more than your picture on the wall
(chorus)
Where there's no grave for the flowers
We're gonna sit and talk for hours
I can't wait to see your smiling face
I'm gonna feel your touch gonna hear your laughter
We're gonna live forever after
"Cause I know we'll both be in a place
Where there's no grave for the flowers
Yeah, yeah theres no grave for the flowers
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham
(verse)
First time I looked in your eyes, it took my breath away
I just had to hear your voice, I had to know your name
You were the one I was searching for, the very reason that I was born
Into this life, to hold you by my side
(chorus)
You are the one, my dreams have come true
You're the very best friend that I ever knew
I'm not afraid to hold your hand
Or write your name on the beach in the sand
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
I'd live in a tent just to wake up with you
in the morning sun, all this just because
You are the one
(verse)
I know you've had your dissapointments and your share of cryin'
Thought you'd never love again, almost quit tryin'
You've had a long and lonely journey, seaching for someone who deserving
of your love, I want to lift you up
(chorus)
You are the one, my dreams have come true
You're the very best friend that I ever knew
I'm not afraid to hold your hand
Or write your name on the beach in the sand
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
I'd live in a tent just to wake up with you
in the morning sun, all this just because
You are the one
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ Bobby Broome
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham/ John Haro
(chorus)
I should've hurt you
I should've lied
I should've stayed out
While you stayed home and cried
I was a fool to love you
Now it's all in the past
Nice guys finish last
(verse)
I stepped outside the honky tonk it shot me in the heart
As I saw you two in the backseat of his car
You say he's just a friend, but friends don't tough that way
I should've seen it coming but now it's just to late
(chorus)
I should've hurt you
I should've lied
I should've stayed out
While you stayed home and cried
I was a fool to love you
Now it's all in the past
Nice guys finish last
I've had fun baby thabks for the ride
But you've had one to many test drives
You think we're connected, but I'll show you we're now
This looks like your exit here's where you get off
(chorus)
I should've hurt you
I should've lied
I should've stayed out
While you stayed home and cried
I was a fool to love you
Now it's all in the past
Nice guys finish last
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham
(verse)
Alone I stand
Your wedding ring still in my hand
I don't know why we couldn't stay
Sometimes things don't work out our way
So I'll put you in the past
I can't go forward looking back
As for you this is the end
But I know I'm gonna love again
(chorus)
I'm gonna laugh I'm gonna cry
I won't hold it all inside
I'll make a different with life
While I still have some time
I'm gonna catch up with my friends
Gonna heal from this and then
When I get the chance, Im gonna love again
(verse)
I got the news the other night
A dear old friend had lost her life
Just when I thought I'd lost it all
Now my problems seem so small
I was angry for awhile
But a thought of her made me smile
'Cause if she were here today
I know exactly what she say
(chorus)
I'm gonna laugh I'm gonna cry
I won't hold it all inside
I'll make a different with life
While I still have some time
I'm gonna catch up with my friends
Gonna heal from this and then
When I get the chance, Im gonna love again
Yeah my broken heart wil mend
Gonna heal from this and then
When I get the chance
I'm gonna love again
Writers: Floyd VanLaningham
(verse)
She told me not to come back and she meant it
She couldn't stand my drinking one more day
I told her I'd be home in just a minute
Hung up the phone and I was on my way
When I got to the house I never made it through the gate
That's when she came walkin' out with that 38
(chorus)
And she gave me six good reasons not to come back
I won't be knockin' on her door no more
Six good reasons not to come back
All six are in the side of my old ford
(verse)
I admit at first I didn't listen
She said some things I didn't wanna hear
But I jumped in that truck and started shifting
When she shot out my window and my mirror
When she told me don't come back
I thought she was jokin'
But I almost had a heart attack
When that gun started smokin'
(chorus)
Then she gave me six good reasons not to come back
I won't be knockin' on her door no more
Six good reasons not to come back
All six are in the side of my old ford
Six good reasons not to come back
You won't even catch me drivin' down her road
Six good reasons not to come back
"Cause I know that she's had time to reload