Produced by Jeremy Stover, Doug Lancio, and Jack Ingram
Big Machine Records
Measure Of A Man
Written by Radney Foster and Gordie Sampson
When I was fifteen, I left home young
Tore up the tracks and then some
Me and my dad didn't see eye to eye
I never took to him, he never took the time
Bullet proof, more than tough
Smarter than he ever was
CHORUS
Well I burned those wheels down the highway
And I learned what I learned the hard way
Do the best you can do, love many, trust few
Work hard for the money in your hands
That's the measure of a man
Yeah the measure of a man
Anger burns, love cools it down
Pretty young woman turned my head around
The world through her eyes looked so different
She lives on faith, she looks for forgiveness
Fool proof, it ain't easy
I need her, she needs me
CHORUS
She stole my heart on this highway
She taught me to love through the hard days
Yeah she's cool when I'm not, she's steady as a rock
She's as solid as the ring on my hand
That's the measure of a man
Yeah the measure of a man
Last night she handed me a song of my own
It killed me to do it, but I picked up the phone
CHORUS
Hey Dad I burned ten years down this highway
And I learned what I learned the hard way
Truth is I need you, we'll cry if we need to
And I'll swallow my pride if you can
That's the measure of a man
Oh yeah, the measure of a man
Hold On (featuring Sheryl Crow - courtesy of A & M Records)
Written by Blu Sanders
I've been following your ghost
Running circles 'round this house
Tripping over memories
Trying to figure things out
It's been a few years and I miss you still
Got your picture on the window sill
Been thinking of ways, I got days to fill
I don't think I ever will
CHORUS
Hold on to things you can't explain
Hold on to dancing in the rain
Hold on to kisses on the lips
Savor every sweet moment, cause baby this is it
And hold on
Hold on
I've been cleaning up this mess
Found a metal box with some black and white photographs
A little faded but baby you sure do look good in that old dress, oh yes
Didn't we wish we were superstars?
Sign our names in the dust on your family car
We'd be waving to the crowd
You be the diva
And I'll play guitar
CHORUS
Hold on to things you wanna be
Hold on to friends and family
Hold on to burning summer sun
It makes a difference, every one
Hold on
Hold on
Thinking that we'd stay the same
But we didn't know that the world would change
Yeah it just keeps on spinning
And we just keep holding on
CHORUS
Hold on to things you can't explain
Hold on to dancing in the rain
Hold on to kisses on the lips
Savor every sweet moment, cause baby this is it
And hold on to things you wanna be
Hold on to friends and family
Hold on to burning summer sun
It makes a difference, every on
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Wherever You Are
Written by Jeremy Stover and Steve Bogard
This desert wind is burnin' my face again
God I'm missin' you
Been runnin' blind under a broken sky
With regrets I was sorting through
But lesson learned baby I've made the turn
CHORUS
Wherever you are
No matter how far
Girl I'm gonna find my way to you
Through rivers of rain
Over mountains of pain
Do whatever on earth I've gotta do
I'll follow the dream I'll follow my heart
Girl I've gotta be
Wherever you are
So many miles to where we said goodbye
To the street of shattered dreams
I'm prayin' hard you didn't start a life
With someone who's not me
And if you're just gone
Girl I'll be movin' on
REPEAT CHORUS
Let the sunrise find me searchin'
Let the west wind carry my plea
Give this changed man one more last chance
Open your arms to me
CHORUS
Wherever you are
Through rivers of pain
Over mountains of pain
Do whatever on earth I've gotta do
I'll follow the dream, I'll follow my heart
Girl, I've gotta be
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Love You
Written by Jay Knowles and Trent Summar
Dang the sun
Dang this day
I'm just tryin' to stay out of your danged ol' way
To heck with this
To heck with us
Shoot if I'll look back on where I've been
Shoot if I'll ever give away my heart again
Love you
Love this town
Love this mother lovin' truck
That keeps breakin' lovin' down
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you
Love your cat
Love this house
Well I can't believe myself that I'm lovin' gettin' out
Love talkin'
Love fightin'
The thought of never seein' your lovin' face
There's some words that some words just have to replace
Love you
Love this town
Yeah I'm sick and lovin' tired
Of all your lovin' around
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you
Love you
Love this town
Yeah I'm sick and lovin' tired
Of all your lovin' around
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you
Love this town
Love this mother lovin' truck
That keeps breakin' lovin' down
There's only one four letter word that'll do
Love you
Love you
Love you
Love you
Love you honey
Easy As 1, 2, 3 (Part II)
Written by Jack Ingram and Todd Snider
Everybody's lookin' for someone to blame
Everywhere I go it's always the same
I got a hole in my heart that I cannot name
And I just can't keep from trying to
The other day you shoulda heard my girl
I came home laughin' as the flags unfurled
She said you better find a way to love in this world
I said baby you know I'm just dying to
CHORUS
I need something to make me feel better
Something simple enough for me
I need something to make me feel better
Something as easy as 1, 2, 3
Something as easy as 1, 2, 3
Everything I wanted is so over rated
I almost had it all and I'm still frustrated
Why's it got to be so dang complicated
Sometimes I just can't take it
REPEAT CHORUS
I walk outside and I stare in the sky
Inside a second a star shoots by
And I think to myself man what a lucky guy
One blink and I would have missed it
CHORUS
I need something to make me feel better
Something simple enough for me
I need something to make me feel better
Something as easy as 1, 2, 3
I need something to make me feel better
Something simple enough for me
I need something to make me feel better
Something as simple as 1, 2, 3
Something as simple as 1, 2, 3
Make A Wish (Coming Home Again)
Written by Jack Ingram
Stare out at the horizon
Start the car and call the road your friend
Tell the girls and the Lord above
You'll think fondly and call back now and then
Head out of the city
Go find what they brought you down here for
Take that shiny penny
That daddy gave you from the day that you were born and
CHORUS
Make a wish that dreams come true
Go on sail the ocean blue
Ride a highway like the wind
Drink the good times down like sin
Go on, take that car
And drive so far
It looks like you're comin' home again
Stare up at the moonlight
And threaten every star it won't be long
You tell'em this is the very last night
I look to you to make sense of it all
Then head into the city
Electric lights that shine from dust till dawn
Take that rusty penny
Throw it in the air and then move along and
REPEAT CHORUS
You can't go back but you can come back round
Let the world know as you roll through town
REPEAT CHORUS
Yeah take that car
And drive so far it looks like you're comin' home again
Great Divide
Written by Jack Ingram
They still listen to high school football on the radio in West Texas
The lights still shine bright every Friday night
And you can drive ninety miles and hour down the highway straight through Sisco
The cops are at the ballgame they're getting' tight
And the sky gets wider and wider
You disappear like the day into the great divide you fade away
It's another world altogether out in the middle of God's country
It smells like money, it smells like *, yeah it smells like hell
But when the cattle's altogether and the pump jacks are all a movin'
The cotton's all in bloom and it smells like nothing else
And the sky gets wider and wider just like a brand new day
Out in the great divide you fade away
It's the land of my people
Dreamers come out here to find a bigger piece of sky
It's all the winners and all the losers
Real good people just like you and I
Yeah but nothin's really changed much as you drive on down 1-20
Mexicans still work out in the field
And everybody's dirty man they're all a bunch of gamblers
Some got rich yeah but they're gamblers still
And the sky gets wider and wider
Today's gonna be your day out in the great divide you fade away
And it's the land of my people
Dreamers come out here to find a bigger piece of sky
It's all the winners and all the losers
Real good people just like you and I
They still listen to high school football on the radio in West Texas
The lights still shine bright every Friday night
Don't Want To Hurt
Written by Jack Ingram and Chris Masterson
I look around and all I see is people trying to find a reason
This world can hand out such a beatin' and they don't wanna hurt anymore
When we were young it all seemed to be easy
Everything within reach, one broken heart and we're retreatin'
Cause we don't wanna hurt anymore
CHORUS
Don't want to
Don't want to
Don't want to hurt anymore
You look at me and you say you feel sorry, you never understood
And you never knew the things I wanted, I just don't wanna hurt anymore
I keep trying to explain myself and figure, why bother what's the use
I finally realized that all that matters is I don't wanna hurt anymore
REPEAT CHORUS
I look around and all I see is people trying to find a reason
This world hands out such a beatin' and they don't wanna hurt anymore
REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES
Maybe She'll Get Lonely
Written by Jeremy Stover, Jamie Paulin and John Kennedy
She slammed the screen door
Kicked up the dust pullin' out of here
Probably headed for Baton Rouge
Her taillights just disappeared
I tried everything within my power to get her to stay
Guess all I can do right now is get on my knees and pray
CHORUS
Maybe she'll get lonely
Maybe she'll turn that wheel around
Maybe she'll miss me
Before she hits the edge of town
Cause I love her I need her
I can't live without her
Yeah the only hope that I've got left is
Maybe she'll get lonely
Right now she's angry
As mad as I've ever seen
And if she makes it a hundred miles
That means she's breakin' free
I think time is of the essence I keep ringin' her phone
It ain't lookin' too good right now, before she's too far gone
REPEAT CHORUS
Yeah I love her I need her
I miss her I want her
I can't live without her
Maybe she'll get lonely
Maybe she'll get lonely
The only hope that I've got left is
Maybe she'll get lonely
Maybe she'll get lonely
SONG by SONG
Wherever You Are
Jeremy Stover & Steve Bogard
This song is a powerful statement about recognizing the moment when you realize you can't live without somebody, and having the guts to do something about it. Too often people let these moments pass by, and then spend the rest of their lives wondering "what could have been." This song is about doing whatever you have to do, braving physical and mental elements, to get where you need to be 'Wherever you are'.
Lips Of An Angel
Written by Austin Winkler, Ross Hanson, Lloyd Garvey, Mark King, Michael Rodden and Brian Howes
"I heard this song on the radio. I think it's a killer song. I thought we could give it another feel and do it justice. A good song is a good song. I'll let other people choose sides between what genre is what genre and who should stay inside which box. I think there are two kinds of music: good and band. I try to stay on the right side. Besides, who hasn't felt this way at some point in their life? Don't lie."
Love You
Written by Jay Knowles and Trent Summar
"Yeah, well LOVE YOU, TOO!!!!!! Breaking up never felt so good. This medication works best in traffic, at work and in the bedroom. But only if you've really had enough! Try it. You'll like it. Money back guarantee."
Ava Adele
Written by Jack Ingram
"My daughter's name is Ava. Her middle name is Adele. This song is for her. I, just like every Dad I know, never knew that I could have so much love for anything or anybody. It breaks my heart and fills it back up daily."
All I Can Do
Written by Jack Ingram and Tom Littlefield
"When you finally realize that, no matter what you do or how hard you work, the situation is not going to get better it's nice to take a breath and let it go. That's what this song is about. Let it go. Things aren't going to get better. Who's right or wrong is of no consequence. I could have done things differently but I didn't. You could have done things differently but you didn't. Move on it's all I can do."
JACK INGRAM - This Is It Lyrics
