Keith Urban - BE HERE

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Be Here

Release Date: 09/21/2004

'Be Here' Facts

'Be Here' was recently certified TRIPLE platinum (sales of over three million albums).

'Be Here' is the fastest selling record of Keith's career.

Keith Urban has scored back-to-back three million sellers (Golden Road and Be here).

Three #1 singles: "Days Go By," "Making Memories of Us" and "Better Life." CMT #1 videos: "Days Go By" and "Making Memories of Us."

2005 ACM Awards: "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Album of the Year."

2005 CMA Awards: "Male Vocalist of the Year" and "Entertainer of the Year."

CMT "Video of the Year" - "Days Go By"

Produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban

* Produced by Keith Urban

'Be Here' Track Listing

Days Go By

Better Life

Making Memories Of Us

God's Been Good To Me *

The Hard Way

You're My Better Half

I Could Fly

Tonight I Wanna Cry

She's Gotta Be

Nobody Drinks Alone

Country Comfort

Live To Love Another Day *

These Are The Days

Featured Artist: Keith Urban

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LYRICS

Days Go By

Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

Oh, yeah yeah yeah

I'm changing lanes

I'm talking on the phone

I'm drivin' way too fast

And the interstate's jammed with

Gunners like me afraid of coming in last

But somewhere in the race we run

We're coming undone

Days go by

I can feel 'em flying

Like a hand out the window in the wind

As the cars go by

It's all we've been given

So you better start livin' right now

'cause days go by

Out on the roof just the other night

I watched the world flash by

Headlights, taillights running through a river of neon signs

But somewhere in the rush I felt

We're losing ourselves

Days go by

I can feel 'em flying

Like a hand out the window in the wind

As the cars go by

It's all we've been given

So you better start livin' right now

'cause days go by

Yeah, days go by

We think about tomorrow then it slips away

We talk about forever but we've only got today

And the days go by

I can feel 'em flying

Like a hand out the window

As the cars go by

It's all we've been given

So you better start livin'

You better start livin'

Better start livin' right now

'Cause days go by

I can feel 'em flying

Like a hand out the window in the wind

As the cars go by

It's all we've been given

So you better start livin' right now

'cause days go by

Yeah, these Days go by

So take 'em by the hand

They're yours and mine

Take 'em by the hand

And live your life

Take 'em by the hand

Don't let 'em all fly by

Come on, come on now

Don't you know the days go by

Better Life

Written by Richard Marx and Keith Urban

Friday night and the moon is high

I'm wide-awake just watchin' you sleep

And I promise you

You're gonna have

More than just the things that you need

We ain't got much now, we're just startin' out

But I know somehow paradise is comin'

CHORUS:

Someday baby, you and I are gonna be the ones

Good luck's gonna shine

Someday baby, you and I are gonna be the ones

So hold on

We're headed for a better life

Oh now there's a place for you and me

Where we can dream as big as the sky

I know it' hard to see it now

But baby someday we're gonna fly

This road we're on

You know it might be long

But my faith is strong

It's all that really matters

REPEAT CHORUS

So hold on, hold on

C'mon baby, hold on

Yeah, we're gonna have it all

And ooh

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

Oh, a better life

Hey we're gonna leave this all behind us baby, wait and see

We're headed for a better life, you and me

We're gonna break the chains that bind and

Finally we'll be free

We're gonna be the ones that have it all

You and me

Just hold on tight now baby

Making Memories of Us

Written by Rodney Crowell

I'm gonna be here for you baby

I'll be a man of my word

Speak the language in a voice

That you have never heard

I wanna sleep with you forever

And I wanna die in your arms

In a cabin by a meadow

Where the wild bees swarm

And I'm gonna love you

Like nobody loves you

And I'll earn your trust

Making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother

I wanna learn from your Pa

I wanna steal your attention

Like a bad outlaw

I wanna stand out in a crowd for you

A man among men

I wanna make your world better

Than it's ever been

And I'm gonna love you

Like nobody loves you

And I'll earn your trust

Making memories of us

We'll follow the rainbow

Wherever the four winds blow

And there'll be a new day

Comin' your way

I'm gonna be here for you from now on

This you know somehow

You've been stretched to the limits

It's alright now

And I'm gonna make you a promise

If there's life after this

I'm gonna be there to met you

With a warm, wet kiss

And I'm gonna love you

Like nobody loves you

And I'll earn your trust

Making memories of us

I'm gonna love you

Like nobody loves you

And I'll win your trust

Making memories of us

God's Been Good To Me

Written by Keith Urban

Well I can't believe I'm sittin' here today

Picking on my banjo with a big smile on my face

Writin' new words to an old school melody

Hey there ain't no doubt that God's been good to me

Oh the sun is shinin' on down in Tennessee

And right now I'm right where I wanna be

I've never felt so loved, so peaceful and so free

Hey there ain't no doubt that God's been good to me

CHORUS:

'cause He put me smack dab in the middle of paradise

In the heart of the city where my dreams have come alive

And everything I have

And everything I see

Is just another reminder that God's been good to me

This golden road's been long

And sometimes I've lost my way

I've been down some darkened detours

Leanin' heavy on my faith

But where the devil had me chained

Lord Your love done set me free

Hallelujah! God's been good to me

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

The Hard Way

Written by Rivers Rutherford and Gordie Sampson

You've got your own way of looking at it baby

I guess that proves that I got mine

Seems like our hearts are set on automatic

We say the first thing that comes to mind

It's just who we are baby

We've come too far to start over now

I know what you're thinkin'

I'm not always easy to be around

CHORUS:

But I do love you

You keep me believin'

That you love me too

And I know it's true

This love drives us crazy

But nobody's walkin' away

So I guess we'll have to do it

The hard way

If I ever had a genie in a bottle

Three wishes I could wish for us

I wish we'd live forever

And get along together

Turn these tempers into trust

REPEAT CHORUS

Do it the hard way

It's just who we are baby

We've come too far to start over now

Believe me tonight

Love's the one thing in life

We can't live without

REPEAT CHORUS

Do it the hard way

The hard way

You're My Better Half

Written by John Shanks and Keith Urban

Car door slams; it's been a long day at work

I'm out on the freeway

And I'm wonderin' if it's all worth the price that I pay

Sometimes it doesn't seem fair

I pull into the drive and you're standing there

And you look at me

And give me that come-here-baby smile

It's all gonna be all right

You take my hand

You pull me close

And you hold me tight

And it's the sweet love that you give to me

That makes me believe we can make it through anything

'cause when it all comes down

And I'm feeling like I'll never last

I just lean on you 'cause baby

You're my better half

They say behind every man is a good woman

But I think that's a lie

'cause when it comes to you

I'd rather have you by my side

You don't know how much I count you to help me

When I've given everything I got and I just feel like giving in

And you look at me

And you give me that come-here-baby smile

It's all gonna be all right

You take my hand

You pull me close

And you hold me tight

And it's the sweet love that you give to me

That makes me believe we can make it through anything

'cause when it all comes down

And I'm feeling like I'll never last

And I just lean on you 'cause baby

You're my better half

Well you take my hand

Yeah, you pull me close and I understand

It's the sweet love that you give to me

It makes me believe that we can make it through anything.

Baby, it's the sweet love that you give to me

That makes me believe we can make it through anything

'cause when it all comes down

And I'm feeling like I'll never last

I just lean on you 'cause baby

You're my better half

Oh, oh baby you're my better half

Ooh, hey baby - you're my better half

I Could Fly

Written by John Shanks and Keith Urban

Time stands still for no one

I know this is true

I've been stuck here waiting

Then along came you

And you gave me back

The love I had

The faith I'd lost

The life I knew

CHORUS:

I wanna thank you for the love that you give me

And the sun that you put in my sky

You don't know how much you've lifted me up

But I feel so alive

That I could fly

I could fly

Oh, there's no way I could've made it this far

Without you

You came to me just when I needed someone to believe

That I could make it through

And you gave me back

The love I had

The faith I'd lost

And the life I knew

REPEAT CHORUS

Above the clouds

Fly so high, never come down

Just you and I, I'm so in love

With you, with you

And you gave me back

The love I had

The faith I'd lost

And the life I knew

I wanna thank you for the love that you give me

And the sun that you put in my sky

You don't know how much you've lifted me up

But I feel so alive

REPEAT CHORUS

And I could fly

I could fly, oh

I wanna spread my wings

Let me tell you

Said I need your love, I need your love

Stay with me baby

Oh I need your love, and I need your love

Stay with me baby

Oh I need your love

I need your love

Stay with me baby

Yeah I need your love, and I need your love

Stay with me honey baby, c'mon now stay

C'mon now, yeah

You and me side by side walkin' through the woods

In the pale moonlight

Oh yeah now and it feels so good

Tonight I Wanna Cry

Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

Alone in this house again tonight

I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine

There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me

The way that it was and could have been surrounds me

I'll never get over you walkin' away

CHORUS:

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show

And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control

But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain

To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain

From my eyes

Tonight I wanna cry

Would it help if I turned a sad song on?

"All by myself" would sure hit me hard now that you're gone

Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters

it's gonna hurt bad before it gets better

But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

She's Gotta Be

Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

So much for never makin' the same mistake

I can't believe I'm here again

So much for ever thinkin' that I could change

My good intentions still remain in chains

CHORUS:

She's gotta be over me now

Probably moved on with her life

Found someone she knows she can believe

God I would give anything if I could just go back again

And be the man she needed me to be

I thought I was a hero

I played him well

He saves the day but not himself

I acted out the lover

My finest part

Had all the lines but not the heart

Now look where we are

REPEAT CHORUS

Be the man she could trust, who put her first

Who tamed his demons, who healed her hurts

In health and sickness, who helped her grow

With no resentment

True repentance, God as my witness

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

She needed me to be

She needed me to be, Oh

Whoa, hallelujah

Yeah, I could be that man she needed me,

She needed me to be

Nobody Drinks Alone

Written by Matraca Berg and Jim Collins

You brought that bottle home in a paper sack

Drew the blinds and locked the doors

And there's nothing but empty there inside that glass

So you pour a little more

And there's no one there to judge you

At least that's what you tell yourself, but

CHORUS:

Don't you know

Nobody drinks alone

Every demon, every ghost

From your past

And every memory you've held back

Follows you home

Nobody drinks alone

You remember whiskey on your daddy's breath

So you always stick to wine

And you scared your little brother half to death

You just kept it all inside

You can hear your mama cryin'

Only now she cries for you, and

Don't you know

Nobody drinks alone

Every demon, every ghost

From your past

And every memory you've held back

Follows you home

Nobody drinks alone

Though you're lonely

Hey don't you let that feelin' fool ya

REPEAT CHORUS

Nobody drinks alone

Country Comfort

Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

Soon the pines will be falling everywhere

As village children fight each other for their share

And the six-o-nine goes roaring past the creek

As Deacon Lee prepares his sermon for next week

I saw Grandma yesterday down at the store

Well she's really doing fine for eighty-four

And she asked me if sometime I could fix her barn

The poor old girl she needs a hand to run that farm

CHORUS:

And it's good old country comfort in my bones

It's the sweetest sound these ears have ever known

It's just an old-fashioned feeling fully-grown

Country comfort and a truck that's goin' back home

Oh it's goin' back home

Down at the well they've got a new machine

The foreman says it'll cut manpower by fifteen

"Hey but that ain't natural" old Clay would say

You see he's a horse-drawn man until his dying day

REPEAT CHORUS (2x)

Country comfort and a truck that's goin' back home

Whoa it's goin' back home

Hey take me back home

And a truck, and a truck that's goin' back home

Any truck

Live To Love Another Day

Written by Darrell Brown and Keith Urban

Lord I fell for her smile

And she loved me for a while

Then she said goodbye gotta go

Left me standing on the side of the road

Now she's gone and I'm a memory in her past

And the long and short of it some things never last

CHORUS:

Oh because summers come, summers go

I'll keep walking down this road

It's alright and it's okay

I'll live to love another day

Lord I'm out here again with my back to the wind

The warm sun that's sinking low

Is gonna leave me out in the cold

But the long and short of it some things never last

And if that goes for the good

It must go for the band

REPEAT CHORUS

If I fall down

I'm not ashamed

I always get back up again

But I'll be fine 'til the right one comes to save me, save me, save me

Lord I fell for her smile

And she loved me for a while

And someday she's gonna wish

She hadn't left me here like this

REPEAT CHORUS

I'll live to love another day

These Are the Days

Written by Monty Powell and Keith Urban

My grandmama was a wise old soul

Took me by the hand not long ago

Said, "Son, what's your hurry, boy slow it down

Taste the wild honey, listen to the sound

Of the wind that's blowin' through the trees

Rivers flowin' to the sea

Yeah they're all headin' home just like you and me

Life's for livin' child, can't you see?"

These are the days we will remember

These are the times that won't come again

The highest of flames becomes an ember

And you gotta live 'em while you can

These are the days we will remember

So take 'em by the hand, they're yours and mine

Take 'em by the hand live your life

take 'em by the hand don't let 'em all fly by

C'mon, c'mon now

ooo days go by

Yeah, just like a hand out the window

Wavin' in the wind as the cars go by

Days go by