***  CLINT BLACK LYRICS  ***
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"Nothin' But The Taillights"

Blue Kentucky highway headin' for the line
She hadn't said a word all night but the wheels are turnin' in her mind
Now I was ridin' shotgun and I knew things had gone awry
Just as soon as she dropped me off at the side of the road and she let that gravel fly

Now I'm walkin' in the moonlight seein' nothin' but the taillights
And that's a pair of taillights I may never see again
She hit me with the left and right showin' me nothin' but the taillights
And that's about as lonely as the highway's ever been
Back here with my thumb out in the wind

Was it somethin' that I did to her or the things I never said
I wonder if the way we were was only in my head
Now if I even make it back to town before the sun comes up
I'm gonna hit every parking spot around 'til I find that pick-up truck

Now I'm talkin' in the moonlight seein' nothin' but the taillights
And that's a pair of taillights I may never see again
She hit me with the left and right showin' me nothin' but the taillights
And that's about as lonely as a highway's ever been
Stuck here with my thumb out in the wind

Well I'll bet right now she's laughin' at how she brought me to my knees
But she won't be laughin' half as loud when she gives me back my keys

She'll be walkin' in the moonlight seein' nothin' but the taillights
And that's a pair of taillights she won't ever see again
She hit me with a left and right and with nothin' but the taillights
And I know that's about as lonely as a highway's ever been
Back here with my thumb out in the wind

There she goes Here I come


    




"That Something In My Life"

The older you get the more you stand to lose
You can bet that we'll all have our turn
If I lost everything right down to my shoes
As long as you love me I won't be concerned

There's one thing in life that I can't replace
It's written in ways even time can't erase
Some things really are too good to be true
That something in my life is you

Now I've spent my time on money and things
That won't do a heart any good
With nothing to gain but the space that it brings
Which had always been empty till I understood

There's one thing in life that I can't replace
It's written in ways even time can't erase
Some things really are too good to be true
That something in my life is you

One thing's for certain and without a doubt
Your love is something I can't live without

Some things really are too good to be true
That something in my life one thing in my life
That something in my life is you


    




"Our Kind Of Love (Featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station)"

Long ago with a younger partner
Always in love but a love for sure
Their hearts were lost out in the shuffle
Of a hook and wing on a sawdust floor

Now they hold their own out on the liners
They're always prime for something slow
And you won't find them changin' partners
Love will keep in step keepin' up with a country set
It's our kind of love I'll bet they're together everywhere they go

Now they're on in years and they don't need a reason
All the lights are on for the same old thing
When they call "Let's dance", their song will still be playin'
Till the end of time their love'll be in full swing

And they hold their own out on the liners
They're always prime for something slow
And you won't find them changin' partners
Love will keep in step keepin' up with a country set
It's our kind of love I'll bet they're together everywhere they go

Love will keep in step keepin' up with a country set
It's our kind of love I'll bet they're together everywhere they go
It's our kind of love I'll bet they're together everywhere they go


    




"Loosen Up My Strings"

No one's gonna jerk me around
Once I get my feet on the ground
I'm gonna hit it runnin' gonna call it a day
See a little bit of tension goes a long, long way

The boss man has got mine in a sling
But I'll be swingin' when I loosen up my strings

Every night when the sun goes down
You won't find me hangin' around
I'm in loco-motion like a rock out on a roll
I'm nobody's puppet I'm out of control

The boss man has got mine in a sling
But I'll be swingin' when I loosen up my...

Now when it comes to getting down
And I'm always keepin' track
I don't need some yo-yo takin' up my slack

The boss man has got mine in a sling
But I'll be swingin' when I loosen up my strings

Yeah he'll have a line on me 'til my fat lady sings
But I'll be swingin' while I loosen up my strings
Yeah we'll all be swingin' while I loosen up my strings
Hey we'll all be swingin' when I loosen up my strings


    




"Still Holding On (Duet with Martina McBride)"

There's something out there left for you but it's not me
We've reached a point of no return it's only right I set you free
I know I'll have to turn away but there's nowhere for my love to go
And there won't come a day when I won't honor what we've vowed

But I'll go on with my life
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart
Even when my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you

We can't deny that this one's out of our control
Stronger than the both of us and bound to take its toll
I can stand the test of time and as far as I can see
There are no walls that we can't climb standin' between you and me

But I'll go on with my life
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart
Even when my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you

And there's a place you'll always be
No matter where you are you're here with me
When the world is turning upside down
Together we can stand our ground
We can even say goodbye for now if
If that's what we have to do
But here in my heart
Even when my arms are empty darlin'
I'm still holdin' on to you
I'm still holdin' on to you
I'm still holdin' on to you...


    




"Something That We Do"

I remember well the day we wed
I can see that picture in my head
I still believe the words we said
Forever will ring true

Love is certain, love is kind
Love is yours and love is mine
But it isn't something that we find
It's something that we do

It's holding tight, lettin' go
It's flying high and laying low
Let your strongest feelings show
And your weakness too

It's a little and a lot to ask
An endless and a welcome task
Love isn't something that we have
It's something that we do

We help to make each other all that we can be
Though we can find our strength and inspiration independently
The way we work together is what sets our love apart
So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start

It gives me heart remembering how
We started with a simple vow
There's so much to look back on now
Still it feels brand-new

We're on a road that has no end
And each day we begin again
Love's not just something that we're in
It's something that we do

We help to make each other all that we can be
We can find our strength and inspiration independently
The way we work together is what sets our love apart
So closely that we can't tell where I end and where you start

Love is wide, love is long
Love is deep and love is strong
Love is why I love this song
And I hope you love it too

I remember well the day we wed
I can see that picture in my head
Love isn't just those words we said
It's something that we do

There is no request too big or small
We give ourselves we give our all
Love isn't someplace that we fall
It's something that we do


    




"The Shoes You're Wearing"

We've all seen enough wrong and right
To know everything's not black and white
There's always something in between
No matter how long or well you live
You don't get anything you don't give
Still no slate is clean

For better or worse anybody can
Take a look around and find a better man
Upright no matter how he's farin'
No matter what kind of shoes he's wearin'
The shoes he's wearin'
They don't make the man

So many people out runnin' around
Handicapped before they hit the ground
Thinkin' there's nowhere to go 
Shouldn't we all be lookin' for ways
To keep on seein' our better days
We're not chained to what we know
But if your eyes are open and your mind is free
There's no tellin' what a man can be
Upright no matter how you're farin'
No matter what kind of shoes you're wearin'
The shoes you're wearin'
They don't make the man

But if you can't walk through the best of times and the worst of times
Find your feet still walkin' the line
You'll never carry the load worth bearin'
No matter what kind of shoes you're wearin'
The shoes you're wearin'
They won't make the man
The shoes you're wearin'
They won't make the man


    




"You Don't Need Me Now"

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"What I Feel Inside"

I'm just out of the light, I hadn't caught her eye
But I think I might be lovin' her
I just stepped outta the door
Gotta be a fool to wanna go one more
For the way were were
For the good times, how many times?
I'm losin' track
Everybody goes, everybody knows
It's gone, don't look back

There's no love in the space I claimed
I could burn my bridges to a pourin' rain
No matter how far or hard I ride
I can't outrun what I feel inside

Tell me, who do you see?
See me running 'round, and you think I'm crazy
From the way we hurt
I don't mean bodily harm
When it comes to the heart, it's a free alarm
You got be alert
For the good times, how many lines?
I'm losin' slack
It's the way to go, everybody knows
If you don't look back

There's no love in the space I claimed
I could burn my bridges to a pourin' rain
No matter how far or hard I ride
I can't outrun what I feel inside

Instrumental break

I never found what I think I know
I'm getting no-where everywhere I go

There's no love in the space I claimed
I could burn my bridges to a pourin' rain
No matter how far or hard I ride
I can't outrun what I feel inside

Instrumental close


    




"You Know It All"

Communications are down, all over town
People tryin' to get through, some will never get an answer
But I've already found, the way to get through to you
It comes in gentle and clear, I'm still the same romancer
And you know what I'm thinkin' if I have to tell you myself
I can never let you wonder what I want you to believe
And there isn't any wonderin' how lucky I am
From the smile that I'm wearin' and the heart out on my sleeve

Everybody thinks they know me
I don't doubt that it's true
I've never been one to put up any walls
There's so much of me they'll never know
Not the way you do
When it comes to me, you know it all

I've seen all of the signs and all the changing of minds
And the signals getting crossed, and the killing seeds are planted
But those could never grow out of things that we know
Like the vows that we made, we can always take for granted
While everyone else is losing ground, you know where I stand
Forsaking everyone but you to reap the love that we sowed
One thing everyone knows is I'm a man of my word
And you and I have places I will never let them go

While, everybody thinks they know me
I don't doubt that it's true
I've never been one to put up any walls
There's so much of me they'll never know
Not the way you do
When it comes to me, you know it all

My life has been an open book 'til you walked in
And turned a page I never saw
You found a side of me that even I could never see
When it comes to me, you know it all

Still, everybody thinks they know me
I don't doubt that it's true
'Cos I'm still not one to put up many walls
There's so much of me they'll never know
Not the way you do
When it comes to me, you know it all

When it comes to me, you know it all


    




"Ode To Chet"

When I bought this guitar it had brand new strings
Brand new strap all those things
Brand new picks both thumb and flat
All the elementary things like that

I went ahead and took it everywhere I went
Couldn't count the hours that I must have spent
I heard the girl was lookin' for a guitar man
I'll ablidge her anyway I can

'Cause I can win her over
Like Romeo did Juliet
If I can only show her
I can learn to pick that Figato lick like Chet

It'll take more than Mel Bay 1, 2, & 3
If I'm ever gonna play like CGP
My legato is staccato but what I don't fret
Is droppin' any note that I don't get

'Cause I can win her over
Like Romeo did Juliet
If I can only show her
I can learn to pick that Figato lick like Chet

I can win her over
Like Romeo did Juliet
If I can only show her
I can almost pick that Figato lick like Chet


    




"Bitter Side Of Sweet"

She asked me how love gets along with me all by myself
Wonders how I keep from getting dust upon that shelf
She wanted to know how a man like me ends up alone, anyway
'Was I breakin' all the rules of love and the games that people play
I said not too many hangin' round of all the ones I meet
In time they always find that I'm on the bitter side of sweet

She huddled on the gate on my block where I always catch my bus
An' I hoped it wouldn't stop today, there'd just be the two of us
But it showed up like it always does, about twenty minutes late
I told her it'd right along but she said she couldn't wait
She didn't need any assistance in putting some distance,
between us on that empty street

She was of a mind, in record time that I'm on the bitter side of sweet

That I act this was is really no my fault
It just means all the sweet things I got to say,
Come along with a grain of salt

Instrumental break

It's no wonder I'm not scoring points, I'm always out of bounds
If any wise willed words convince the point, I'm foolish by the pound
An' a fool can see no one believes what's rollin' off my tongue
An' I've never seen a recipe for sweet talkin' anyone
I could have written a book on the lessons I took in the agony of defeat
An showed you all the signs between the lines on the bitter side of sweet





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