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Pretty Little Dancer
02:59
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There's a pretty little dancer with big blue eyes
From White House, Tennessee
Every Tuesday night at the Honky Tonk
She asks to dance with me
I ain't a good dancer, an even worse romancer,
but you never turn a woman down
when she grabs you by the hand, you be a gentleman
and you twirl that little lady around
I'm much more of a barfly
I'd rather count the bubbles in my beer
When I see her walk on by
She's got me grinnin' ear to ear
All the fellas want a dance
She's got them waitin' in a line
Her hips put them in a trance
But at the end of the night she's all mine
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Goodbye, Sweetheart
03:31
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Goodbye, Sweetheart I'm sad to see you go
You threw away ten years with a text on the phone
I'll just sit here and drink til I forget your name
And throw our wedding rings into an open flame
I've been stumbling 'round this town trying to find some peace of mind
Since you went and threw our love away
I've been finding comfort in this bottle of gin and bourbon
So I can finally find the words to say
They say that love is like a ring of fire and desire
But all these tears have turned it into smoke
Last night I came home and caught you with another lover
And these are the last words that I spoke
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Despite My Sin
03:07
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No one asked to be born into this world
But the Lord put us here all the same
You may not understand yet my sweet baby girl
But the world needed you like the crops need the rain
When I look into the sky to thank the Lord above
for blessing me despite my sin
My one true desire was to understand love
and He gifted it to me with you, Evelyn
i've never known more joy in my heart
than the day that you were born
There's no force that can keep us apart
we'll weather through every storm
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Simple Truths
03:43
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I've got a coffee stain on my brand new shirt
Woke up early but was late for work
Traffic cleared, but I got stopped by a train
Boss man's been on my back
Tires are balding, windshield's cracked
But when I see those blue eyes, it all fades
It's game over when you look my way
My tongue gets tied, can't find words to say
but lucky life has these simple truths
Sun's gonna rise
Mama's gonna pray
I'm gonna love you more each day
Birds gonna sing
Baby's gonna cry
And I'm gonna thank God every night
For these simple truths
I got fourty-two cents in my bank account
check's comin' tomorrow, bills will clean 'em out
Sun is shining but tomorrow it's gonna rain
Last week I caught a nine pound bass
My six pound test nearly snapped in half
I'm just glad you're not the one that got away
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The Way
04:51
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I've got a friend who likes his burgers rare
He sits in Dino's Diner in the back corner chair
He likes his Miller Lite, he'll buy the room a round
The only thing that he loves more is going Honky Tonkin' downtown
I can see the kindness in a stranger holding the door
Helpin' change your tire when you blow out on 24
Choppin' extra wood when it's starting to get cold
For the widowed woman a little lonely down the road
That's the way I want to be
Sharing love with everyone that I meet
Taking time to listen well
To lend a hand when someone needs my help
I met a woman, she follows the letters in red
Helps the hurting then goes home to her wife in bed
Some folks don't like that, holding high white picket signs
No matter how much hate, her love is all that shines
When it's time to lay me down
Six feet in the cold-cold ground
Bury me in my boots
But pass along the love I gave to you
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I was running 'round in Texas tearing up the streets
Telling on my stories, or maybe they were telling me
I told them about the heartbreak, how them Nashville girls ain't nice
I was about to order a double when they gave me some advice
Lonestar Beer will taste just fine
A gin and tonic or a vodka and lime
A shot of tequila chased with Tequate
But don't drink well whiskey in the Lone Star State
I told them that my neighborhood bar the well is Buffalo Trace
You should have seen the look on them old Texans' face
They said that wells in Texas make Kentucky Tavern taste like Pappy's
But there's plenty of other drinks that will still make you happy
I was in Texarkana on my way to Tennessee
To rest my head on a clean bed and fill my belly with cheap whiskey
I walked in to Crazy Horse Saloon and sat on the corner stool
I asked the bartender what they had so I wouldn't look like a fool
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Lover's Arms
04:33
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The fire is warm now and I am waiting
For you to make your way back home
Someone called me to let me know
That you're not coming home
Why'd the weather man have to say
All these snowflakes would fall today
I blame the horses, I blame the whole damn farm
On why I'm not in my lover's arms
The fire is cinder and smoke now
The room's gone cold, just like my heart
I keep retracing the last words you said
This morning before we had to part
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Tioga Titan
04:05
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They call me the Tioga Titan
Right as rain and faster than lightning
I'm the toughest guy in this town
Just ask the jailer or anyone else
All them boys at the Grant Parish line
Think that their boots got more mud than mine
I bet they couldn't even survive
alone in the woods for one single night
Mamas don't let your sons end up like me
Trapped in this toxic masculinity
Pray that they find a little bit of enlightening
so they don't end up like the Tioga Titan
Some people say that I've got something to prove
With the pistol I'm packin' and the truck that I use
But how can I be showing off
When I'm always in camoflauge
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Broadway Lights
04:53
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Those Broadway lights are blinding
You still light up every room
The warmth of your lips still leave me speechless
As disciples at an empty tomb
The shape of your dress is astounding
It finally makes its way to the floor
and we do the same as you call out the name
of a Savior that's here no more
You pull on the strings of my heart like a kite
Day after day night after night
If I pull you too close, will I make you fall
or if I let you go will you come back at all
The morning light awakes me
As it shines through the crack in the blinds
We carry the weight of all the things that we hate
In the love that we made last night
We're harboring old heartaches
We need to let that shit all go
You can't reason with your own demons
Wwhen they're speaking down below
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Written by Ben de la Cour
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Will Payne Harrison Nashville, Tennessee
Country/Americana Roots artist from Nashville, TN.
Visit www.willpayneharrison.com.
Twitter: @willpharrison
Instagram: @WillPayneHarrison
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