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ALBUM: Wide Open Spaces


"I Can Love You Better"

Doo-n-doo Ooh-ooh-ooh
Yeah-ee-yeah

She's got you wrapped up in her satin and lace
Tied around her little finger
She's got you thinking you never can escape
Don't you know your heart's in danger
There's a devil in that angel face
If you could only see the love that you're wasting

I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
Baby, I can love you better

I'm gonna break the spell she's got on you
You're gonna wake up to find
I'm your desire my intentions are true
Hey babe, I know in time
You're gonna see what you mean to me
So open up your eyes cause seeing is believing

I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
Baby, I can love you better

Oh-n-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh
Yeah-ee-yeah-eah-eah-eah
Ooh-ooh, yeah

I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
Baby I can love you

I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
Baby, I can love you better

Oh-n-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh
Yeah-ee-yeah-eah-eah-eah
Yeah-ee-yeah-eah-eah-eah
Ooh-ooh, yeah

I can love you better than that
I know how to make you forget her
All I'm asking is for one little chance
'Cause baby, I can love you
Baby, I can love you 

I can love you better than that
I can love you better
I can love you better than that
Baby, I can love you
Baby, I can love you better


    




"Wide Open Spaces"

Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home who's never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone
Many precede and many will follow
A young girl's dreams no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out West
But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed

She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes

She traveled this road as a child
Wide-eyed and grinning she never tired
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test

She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes

As her folks drive away her dad yells, "Check the oil"
Mom stares out the window and says "I'm leaving my girl"
She says, "It didn't seem like that long ago
When she stood there and let her own folks know"

She needed wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes
She knows the high stakes
She knows the high stakes
She knows the high stakes


    




"Loving Arms"

If you could see me now
The one who said that she'd rather roam
The one who said she'd rather be alone
If you could only see me now

If I could hold you now
Just for a moment if I could really make you mine
Just for a while turn back the hands of time
If I could only hold you now

I've been too long in the wind
Too long in the rain
Taking any comfort that I can
Looking back and longing for the freedom of my chains
Lying in your loving arms again

If you could hear me now 
Singing somewhere through the lonely nights
Dreaming of the arms that held me tight
If you could only hear me now

I've been too long in the wind
Too long in the rain
Taking any comfort that I can
Looking back and longing for the freedom of my chains
And lying in your loving arms again

I've been too long in the wind
Too long in the rain
Taking any comfort that I can
Looking back and longing for the freedom of my chains
And lying in your loving arms again

I can almost feel your loving arms again


    




"There's Your Trouble"

Should have been different, but
It wasn't different, was it
Same old story
Dear John and
So long

It should have fit like a glove
It should have fit like a ring, Like a
Diamond ring
Token of 
True Love

Should have all worked out but it didn't
She should be here now but she isn't

There's your trouble, there's your trouble
You keep seeing double with the wrong one
You can't see I love you
You can't see she doesn't
But you just keep holding on
There's your trouble

So now you're thinking 'bout
All you're missing how
Deep you're sinking
Round and round and dragging down

Why don't you cash in your chips
Why don't you call in a loss
Not such a big loss
Chalk it up better luck

Could have been true love but it wasn't
It should all add up but it doesn't

There's your trouble, there's your trouble
You keep seeing double with the wrong one
And you can't see I love you
You can't see she doesn't
But you just keep holding on
There's your trouble

Should of all worked out but it didn't
She should be here now but she isn't

There's your trouble, there's your trouble
You keep seeing double with the wrong one
And you can't see I love you
You can't see she doesn't
But you just keep holding on
There's your trouble
There's your trouble
There's your trouble
There's your trouble
There is your trouble


    




"You Were Mine"

I can't find a reason to let go
Even though you've found a new love
And she's what your dreams are made of
I can find a reason to hang on
What went wrong can be forgiven 
Without you it ain't worth livin' alone

Sometimes I wake up crying at night
And sometimes I scream out your name
What right does she have to take you away
When for so long you were mine

I took out all the pictures of our wedding day
It was a time of love and laughter
Happy ever after
But even those old pictures have begun to fade
Please tell me she's not real
And that you're really coming home to stay

Sometimes I wake up crying at night
And sometimes I scream out your name
What right does she have to take your heart away
When for so long you were mine

I can give you two good reasons
To show you love's not blind
He's two and she's four and you know they adore you
So how can I tell them you've changed your mind

Sometimes I wake up crying at night
And sometimes I scream out your name
What right does she have to take your heart away
When for so long you were mine

I remember when you were mine


    




"Never Say Die"

Lyin' next to you in the dark
I can feel your beating heart
You've been here beside me through the test of time
We've both had our share of doubts
Waited out those ole storm clouds
Boy it's nights like this that I know why
Lovers like you and me will never say die

'Cause there's a long line of folks giving up on love
So many hearts get broken in the push and shove
I'll believe in you for the rest of my life
Baby lover's like you and me will never say die

Tears of joy and tears of pain
Tears say more than words explain
There's no need for words here tonight
We've both felt each others power
A tender touch in the wee small hours
Is strong enough to hold us for a lifetime
Lovers like you and me will never say die

'Cause there's a long line of folks giving up on love
So many hearts get broken in the push and shove
I'll believe in you for the rest of my life
Baby lover's like you and me will never say die
Ooh lover's like you and me will never say die


    




"Tonight The Heartache's On Me"

You could've heard a pin drop
when they walked trough the door
I had to turn my eyes away
My heart fell to the floor
Someone whispered, "Where's her halo?"
'Cause she had an angel's face
He stood there smiling holding on
To the one who took my place

So tonight the heartache's on me, on me
Let's drink a toast to the fool who couldn't see
Bartender, pour the wine 'cause the hurtin's all mine
Tonight the heartache's on me

I wonder if he told her
She's the best he's ever known
The way he told me ev'ry night 
When we were all alone
She'll find out when the new wears off
He'll find somebody new
She'll learn what the heartache's all about
And what I'm going through

But tonight the heartache's on me, on me
Let's drink a toast to the fool who couldn't see
Bartender, pour the wine 'cause the hurtin's all mine
Tonight the heartache's on me

But tonight the heartache's on me, on me
Let's drink a toast to the fool who couldn't see
Bartender, pour the wine 'cause the hurtin's all mine
Tonight the heartache's on me

Yes tonight the heartache's on me


    




"Let 'Er Rip"

I can tell there's something you don't wanna tell me
It's killing you cause the words are hard to find
I know you want to break it to me gently
Well sweet baby say what's on your mind

Let'er rip, let it fly
Come on baby say it, do you think I'm gonna cry
I ain't about to bawl, and I ain't gonna die
So if you're gonna say goodbye don't take all damn night
Let'er rip, let it fly

Why the drama, we don't have to drag out this situation
It wasn't you, it wasn't me, sometimes the chemistry don't ignite
There ain't no rings, no mortage, there ain't any complications
It's just a hyphenated word, get it out I'm sure I'll be all right

Let'er rip, let it fly
Come on baby say it, do you think I'm gonna cry
I ain't about to bawl, and I ain't gonna die
So if you're gonna say goodbye don't take all damn night
Let'er rip, let it fly

It ain't no big deal, ain't no great loss
You and I are on the same train of thought
So you don't have to tell me where to get off
Maybe I misunderstood you
If you're leaving baby would you

Let'er rip, let it fly
Come on baby say it, do you think I'm gonna cry
I ain't about to bawl, and I ain't gonna die
So if you're gonna say goodbye don't take all damn night
Let'er rip, Let it fly

So, if you're gonna say goodbye
Don't take all damn night
Let'er rip, let it fly


    




"Once You've Loved Somebody"

I should go out tonight
Get on with my life
Break these chains of solitude
With a little luck and a little help
I might even find myself
In the arms of someone new

'Cause once you've loved somebody
It ain't that easy to do
Once you've loved somebody
Like I loved you

Look what you've gone and done
Ruined everything for anyone
Who tries to steal this heart away
I can't get you off of my mind
I've tried to tell myself a million times
A little time is all it takes

'Cause once you've loved somebody
It ain't that easy to do
Once you've loved somebody
Like I loved you

I gave you everything that I had to give
I don't know if I can go that far again

'Cause once you've loved somebody
It ain't that easy to do
Once you've loved somebody
Like I loved you

Once you've loved somebody
It ain't that easy to do
Once you've loved somebody
Like I loved you


    




"I'll Take Care Of You"

Times are hard and rents are high
What can a working girl do
But struggle through another day
Then I'll take care of you

Nights are long and dreams are cold
If they're all you wake up to
But should you rise with cryin' eyes
Then I'll take care of you

So let them talk about us
Let them call us funny things
People sometimes do
I don't care as long
As you know I love you
Oh, and you know I do

I'll be there but you might not see me
It's never easy to get through
But when the laughter dies away
Then I'll take care of you

So let them talk about us
Let them call us funny things
People sometimes do
I don't care as long
As you know I love you
Oh, and you know I do

I'll be there but you might not see me
It's never easy to get through
But when the laughter dies away
Then I'll take care of you

Darling I'll take care of you


    




"Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)"

There is no good reason
I should have to be so alone
I'm smothered by this emptiness
Lord, I wish I was made of stone
Like a fool I lent my soul to love
And it paid me back in change
God help me, am I the only one
Who's ever felt this way?

A heart that's worn and weathered
Would know better than to fight
But I wore mine like a weapon
Played out love like a crime
And it wrung me out and strung me out
And it hung years on my face
God help me, am I the only
Who's ever felt this way?

Now my sense of humor needs a break
I see a shadow in the mirror
And she's laughin' through her tears
One more smile's all I can fake

There is a wound inside me
And it's bleeding like a flood
There are times when I see a light ahead
Hope is not enough
And another night surrounds me
And it pounds me like a wave
God help me, am I the only one
Who's ever felt this way?

God help me, am I the only one
Who's ever felt this way?


    




"Give It Up Or Let Me Go"

Well I told you pretty baby
Such a long time ago
If I found you with another
Well, I'd walk right out your door
Woh, you might call me crazy
There's one thing you should know
Oh honey if you want me to love you
Got to give it up or let me go

I know it's useless to be jealous
I couldn't tie you if I tried
When I'm thinking you're messin' around my back,
It sure brings a pain I just can't hide
Oh baby, I've been true to you
And if I can make that sacrifice
Honey, you can do it too

Well, you come home drunk and nasty
You won't tell me where you've been
Just when things are nice and sweet
Your going back out again
Why do you want to mess up a good thing
I'm gonna find me another man
One that wants to give me everything

Well I told you, pretty baby
Such a long time ago
If I found you with another
Well, I'd walk right out the door
Woh, you might call me crazy
One thing you should know
Ooh honey, if you want me to love you,
Got to give it up or let me go

Give it up or let me go




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