JASON MICHAEL CARROLL - Waitin' In The Country Lyrics

Produced by Don Gehman for Rhapsody Productions, Inc.

Artista Nashville Records

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Waitin' In The Country

Written by Cole Degges and Craig Wiseman

Five o'clock smokestack 15th check's fat

Hacked off backed up hurry up and wait on the interstate

Irate tailgate tight yeah nothing but brake lights

High rise concrete painted up city streets

Fed up red tape add another lane make it more insane

More strained Starbucks'ed up

Man, I know where I'm pointing my truck

Chorus:

Out in the country where the world turns green

There's a pretty girl's waitin' on the front porch swing

Lazy river is windin' 'round

With a cane pole bobber's going down

Time is sweeter than a buttermilk pie

And they're people of the steeple and the steeple don't lie

I swear somewhere out there is everything I need

Waitin' in the country for me

Big city hip hop rattlin' when I stop

Parkin' lot jumpin' cars thumpin' hard mixin' those rhymes

Keepin' it right in time that's cool

But, I guess I'm just old school

Jukebox honky-tonk mom and pop restaurant

Willie Waylon Merle yeah singin' 'em a country song

Yeah bring it on son

Yeah, and I now where to get me some

Repeat chorus 2 x

Yeah, waitin' in the country for me

I Can Sleep When I'm Dead

Written by Jason Michael Carroll, Jim Collins and Rivers Rutherford

I got a little game that I play and I call it

Try to beat the morning paper home

I ain't very good but I get a lot of practice

Even won once a month ago

Of course there was a girl involved that wasn't gonna let me rest

But I've always said I can sleep when I'm dead

Chorus:

If there's something going on within a hundred miles of home

You're gonna hear my V8 sing

Long as I can beat the train and they got a passing lane

Baby I ain't gonna miss a thing

Life's too fun and I'm too young and the night ain't over yet

Like I said, I can sleep when I'm dead

It ain't no fun if you ain't got money

So I always make it in to work

The trick is to leave at least a half an hour

To brush my teeth and change my shirt

Keep a closet full of Red Bull and Visine to hide the red

I don't need the rest, I can sleep when I'm dead

Repeat chorus

Bridge:

When I get tired I'll go to bed

All that I can say is that it hasn't happened yet

Repeat chorus

And I ain't even tired yet

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Alyssa Lies

Written by Jason Michael Carroll

My little girl met a new friend

Just the other day

On the playground at school

Between the tires and the swings

She came home with tear-filled eyes

When she said to me, Daddy

Alyssa lies

I just brushed it off at first

'Cause I didn't know how much

My little girl had been hurt

Or the things that she had seen

I wasn't ready when I said you can tell me

And she said

Chorus:

Alyssa lies to the classroom

Alyssa lies every day at school

Alyssa lies to the teachers

As she tries to cover every bruise

My little girl laid her head down

That night to go to sleep

As I stepped out the room I heard her say

A prayer so soft and sweet

God bless my mom and Dad

And my new friend Alyssa

I know she needs you bad because

Repeat Chorus

I had the worst night of sleep in years

As I tried to think of a way to calm her fears

I knew exactly what I had to do

But when we got to school on Monday I heard the news

My little girl asked me

Why everybody looked so sad

The lump in my throat grew bigger

With every question that she asked

Until I felt the tears run down my face

And I told her that Alyssa

Wouldn't be at school today

'Cause she doesn't lie in the classroom

She doesn't lie anymore at school

Alyssa lies with Jesus

Because there's nothin' anyone would do

Tears filled my eyes

When my little girl asked me why

Alyssa lies

Oh, daddy...

Oh, daddy tell me why

Why Alyssa lies

Alyssa lies

Lookin' At You

Written by Rick Ferrell and Wade Kirby

I was sixteen driving my old man's car

Light was red but I ran right through

And I killed a mailbox and some flowers in your yard

'Cause I was lookin' at you

I was sitting in the stands

It was the bottom of the ninth

The score was tied two to two

When a foul ball hit me right between the eyes

'Cause I was lookin' at you

Chorus:

Well some people like staring at the sunset

And some prefer a tropical view

And some like gazing at the stars and the moon

But I like lookin' at you

There's some things in this world might've passed me by

And I might've missed a chance or two

But you won't find any regret in my eyes

'Cause I'm still lookin' at you

Repeat chorus

Baby, in my heart I know

There's nothing as beautiful as you

Repeat chorus 2x

No Good in Goodbye (With Jewel)

Written by Jason Michael Carroll, Jewel and Shaye Smith

I knew you wouldn't answer after the things we said that night

You were crying, I grabbed the keys, we said goodbye

Hang on, please don't hang up, let me talk to our machine

I've had all this time to think about what you mean to me (and)

Chorus:

I know we said it's over

But my heart's telling me that that ain't right

And I know it can't be over

'Cause I still wake up reaching for you in the night

It took leaving for me to realize

There's no good in goodbye

I'm listening to you talking, should I pick up the phone

Lay my pride aside and say come home

I've played that moment over, time and time again

When giving up seemed easier than just giving in (and)

Repeat chorus

Bridge:

I'll try to call you one more time

Baby, if you'll just call me one more time

Then I'll tell you, yeah I'll tell you

Repeat chorus

There's no good in goodbye

No good in goodbye

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Livin' Our Love Song

Written by Jason Michael Carroll, Tim Galloway and Glen Mitchell

Baby, when I look at you

With your hair falling down in your baby blues

Standing there across the room

I get so lost in the way you move

It makes me reminisce, back to years ago

On a night like this

Teary-eyed, as you took my hand

And I told you that I'd be your man

So many things have come, so many things have gone

One thing that's stayed the same is

Our love's still going strong

Chorus:

Baby just look at us, all this time and we're still in love

Something like this just don't exist between a

Backwoods boy and a fairytale princess

People said it would never work out

But living our dreams, we shattered all doubts

Feels good to prove 'em wrong

Livin' our love song

Darling, would you look at me

With my heart beatin' fast, and my shaky knees

It's pretty hard to believe

After all these years, I still need you this badly

You're dancing in my arms

With a spotlight moon and a sea of stars

Oh girl we've come so far

Everything I want is everything that you are

Just wanna lay you down, say I love you

Without a sound

I think you know what I'm talkin' about

Repeat chorus

It feels good to prove 'em wrong

Just livin' our love song

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Anywhere USA

Written by Craig Wiseman and Brad Crisler

Half a dozen cars at the parking lot strip mall

Sitting on the hood, yeah getting on their yee haw

Hear 'em out prowlin', growlin' through the straight pipe

Heartbeat thumping, pumping, jumping at the red light

Chorus:

East, west, north south

City street, rural route

Everybody knows what I'm talking about

Talking about non-stop

Nine o'clock Saturday

Anywhere USA

Pretty little teen queen out past her curfew

Painted on blue jeans, powder-puff Subaru

Escobar and Rico, Chevy magnifico

High ride, low ride bouncin' to the beat yo

Repeat chorus

Debutante, farm boy, city slickers, makin' noise

Twenty-inch spinners on a shiny car, shiny toys

Boston, Austin, Chattanooga, L.A. Hey!

Anywhere USA

Man anywhere USA

Honky Tonk Friends

Written by Casey Beathard and Ed Hill

I like my next door neighbor

We do each other favors sometimes

We threw somethin' on the grill

Sat around and chilled just the other night

We talk about our lawns

And the goin's-on in the neighborhood

He's a really nice guy

And that's all fine and good but he ain't

Chorus:

My honky tonk friends

Nobody really understands me like them

I love the songs they sing

I love the drinks they drink

And I love the dances they dance

They don't make fun of my drawl

They keep somethin' cold and tall in my hand

I ain't got to pretend

They take me just like I am

I love my honk tonk friends

I like my growin' up buddies

And we still keep in touch now and then

And them folks at the office

Really ain't all that stiff

And I've met some real good people

Underneath that steeple in town

I'll still make time for them

But as for right now

I want

Repeat chorus

Bridge:

We light each other's smokes

We bend each other's ears

We laugh at each other's jokes

Buy each other beers

We lose our butts at pool

But we win it back in darts

We lend each other our shoulders

When someone breaks our hearts

I love my honky tonk friends

Nobody really understands me like them

I ain't got to pretend

They take me just like I am

I love my honk tonk friends

I ain't got to pretend

They take me just like I am

I love my honk tonk friends

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Love Won't Let Me

Written by Steve Robson and Jeffrey Steele

I always said I wouldn't stand in the way of your dreams

What good is a wind blowin' in a blue sky to a bird without wings

And I meant it when I said it, I swear it but things change and I can't pretend

That I could somehow live without you no matter what I said

I just can't

Chorus:

Turn around, walk away

Give it up without a fight

Love won't let me

Say goodbye after all this time

Love won't let me

Lotta people lookin' around tryin' to find where they're at

But sometimes it takes closing your eyes to see what really you have

And we have it, I know it, I feel it but I hate to think I'm standin' in your way

And though I've tried to step aside no matter what I do

I just can't

Repeat chorus

I'll do whatever I gotta do

Just tell me you don't want me to

Repeat chorus 2

Turn around, walk away

Give it up without a fight

Love won't let me

No, love won't let me

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Angel of Broken Hearts

Written by Paul Austin Cunningham and Liz Rose

How do I move on from here

When everything I lost is what I want

This hole she left inside of me

Has become her memories' favorite ways to haunt

How can the best I ever had

Hurt so bad, hurt so long

You know I'm not that strong

Chorus:

Angel of broken hearts

Where on earth are you tonight

Help me find a place to start

To get me over her

Maybe I mistreated love

Have I not suffered long enough

Angel of broken hearts take this pain away

Take this pain away

Some days I think that I've come through the worst of it

And I'm on the healing side

And then she kicks up like a dust bowl wind

And covers up my mind

I lose hours, I lose days in a haze of used to be's

And then I'm on my knees

Repeat chorus

I've paid with prayers

I've paid with tears

And I'll probably pay for years

I could use a little mercy here

Repeat chorus

Oh, angel

Come and take this pain

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Let It Rain

Written by Jason Michael Carroll, Tommy Lee James and Terry McBride

Storm on the horizon, weather's comin' in

Smell of the rain takes me back again

To a morning just like this

Clouds fill the sky

And every time I think about that day I said goodbye

Chorus:

My heart beats like thunder as I call out your name

And all my tears start falling down like the rain

So let it rain

Let it rain

I remember back in college

You loved these kind of days

We'd run off to your apartment and hide away

We'd talk about forever and how we'd share our life

It never crossed my mind I'd be without you here tonight

Repeat chorus

I'm not afraid of dyin'

It's somethin' we all do

But I'm cared to death of livin'

The rest of my life without you

Repeat chorus

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