The way you treat me baby
Cheat and tell me lies
I guess I shouldn't care at all
But still I sympathize
'Cause you got heart trouble coming on
Yeah you got heart trouble coming on
Well you think that you don't need me baby
But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You say that love can't touch you
You feel no pain at all
You think that you're above it baby
But I believe you'll fall
'Cause you got heart trouble coming on
Yeah you got heart trouble coming on
Well, you'll get down on you knees baby
Begging me to come back home
You tell me you'll find someone else
But no one's gonna care
'Cause you have left a trail
Of broken heart everywhere
Now you got heart trouble coming on
Yeah, you got heart trouble coming on
Well, you'll know just how it feels baby
When you're left here all alone
My Baby Loves Me
Don't need no copy of Vogue magazine
Don't need to dress like no beauty queen
High heels or sneakers he don't give a damn
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
He never tells me I'm not good enough
Just give me unconditional love
He loves me tender and he loves me mad
He loves me silly and he loves me sad
(CHORUS)
He thinks I'm pretty, he thinks I'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
He's always sayin' he's my biggest fan
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
And when there's dark clouds in my eyes
He just sits back and lets 'em roll on by
I come in like a lion and go out like a lamb
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
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He thinks I'm pretty, he thinks I'm smart
He likes my nerve and he loves my heart
Don't see no reason to change my plan
My baby loves me just the way that I am
My baby loves me just the way that I am
That Wasn't Me
I know she must've cut you deep
She's gone but you won't let her leave
I know your heart has not healed yet
But sometimes I think that you forget
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That wasn't me
That wasn't me
I'm not the one
Who made love bring you to your knees
You can't love if you can't trust
Her memory's hurt you long enough
Let your heart see
That wasn't me
I can no longer pay the price
For damage done by her careless lies
We can't move on 'til you let go
I always though by now you'd know
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You can't love if you can't trust
Her memory's hurt you long enough
Let your heart see
That wasn't me
Independence Day
Well she seemed all right by dawns early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend she wasn't drinkin' again
But daddy left the proof on her cheek
And I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day
Well word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was a dangerous man
Mama was proud and she stood her ground
But she knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered and some folks talked
But everybody looked the other way
And when time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day
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Let freedom ring, Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day
Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames, and took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
But maybe its the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's Independence Day
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Roll the stone away
It's Independence day
Where I Used To Have A Heart
(CHORUS)
Where I used to have a heart
Feels like a mile wide ditch
I got a hole inside
The doctor just can't stitch
Gone without a trace
You left a hollow place
There's not a stone to mark
Where I used to have a heart
There were times when I would hold you
And feel the pounding in my chest
Now I'm just as empty
As a canyon way out west
That's how deep I loved you
And babe, I love you still
To the bottom of this place I'll never fill
(REPEAT CHORUS)
I guess I'll learn to live with
A different kind of pain
I'm suffering from a sickness
That I cannot give a name
Such a strange sensation
I've never felt before
Missing you has cut me to the core
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Where I used to have a heart
Goin' To Work
The alarm went off but I wasn't asleep
After tossin' and turnin' all night what a relief
To go to work, get up and go to work
So I get onto the highway and head into town
There's one part of my life I won't let you tear down
Yeah and that's my work-right now I'm goin' to work
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Yeah when the whistle blows, I'll be there
Life goes on even when it's not fair
So who's got time to hurt, right now
I got to go to work
Now I remember what it is I do
For a while I thought my life was just loving you
But now it's back to work
Oh thank God for my work
So from nine to five I take a break
From an empty bed and a heart that aches
I'm good at my work
Oh I'm good at my work
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Oh I got to stay busy that's the only way
Throw myself into my business and collect my pay
Watch me keep it together while I fall apart
'Cause a world won't stop for a broken heart
Oh no, no
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Watch me I'm goin' to work
Oh yeah you know I'm good at my work
Right now I'm goin' to work
She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
It's been a while since she heard him say
See you tonight his usual way
There's always some place he's gotta go
Somewhere he needs to be
It's not the same now when they touch
But she figures he's just working too much
Somehow that makes it all okay
And get her through another day
(CHORUS)
She's heard the talk all over town
But she don't wanna believe he's running around
Deep down in her heart she's willing to be
Oh but she ain't seen nothing yet
She wouldn't read that heart shaped note
She found in the pocket of his coat
And that time in the car she found an earring
You know that doesn't prove a thing
(REPEAT CHORUS)
He's not the same man that she met
Oh but she ain't seen nothing yet
She thinks it's as bad as it's gonna get
Oh but she ain't seen nothing yet
Life #9
Don't tell me no stories
I don't wanna hear no lies
No reasons, or excuses
None of you alibis
The phone ring I pick it up
Nobody's on the line
I know she's waiting for you
She's just biding her time
You'd have me believe its just a night out with your friends
But I know you're going back to see her again
(CHORUS)
You're stealing love
Living on life #9
Breaking my heart
Living on borrowed time
You're catting around
Playing with fire
You're stealing love
Living on life #9
Your running on empty
Troubles on every side
You've used up your last chance
You've got no place to hide
I'm tired of these heartaches
Tired of living a lie
Go to her she's waiting
But someday you're gonna find
The grass ain't always greener on the other side
Now what you thought was love was what you left behind
(REPEAT CHORUS TWICE)
Strangers
Two strangers passing on the side walk
Barely brush each other's hand
He says "I'm sorry"
She says "Don't worry"
And that's how it all began
A few short days and night together
And it's like they were meant to be
Lying there with her he softly whispers
Just think what we were so recently
(CHORUS)
Strangers, strangers
The world greatest lovers
Last week they were strangers
Two strangers passing in the hallway
Barely touch each other's heart
Now they're pretending
Two shadows blending
But they're a million miles apart
Soon she'll be packing up her suitcase
They'll be dividing all the blame
They know how they started
Now empty hearted
They don't have a clue how they became
(REPEAT CHORUS)
The world's greatest lovers
Have turned into strangers
World's greatest lovers
And now they are strangers
Strangers, strangers
Ashes
(CHORUS)
Ashes
He's nothing but ashes
No feelings have lasted
No love remains
Ashes
That's all that our past is
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame
I saw your face when
He waltzed in here
But those old embers
Haven't burned for years
The light that's shining
In my eyes
Is for the one that
I'm with tonight
(REPEAT CHORUS)
No, I don't blame you
For having some doubts
But when he left me
That fire burned out
So don't be thinking
There's still a spark
'Cause he could never
Tear us apart
(REPEAT CHORUS)
He's nothing but ashes
From a cold old flame