Night Train

Got us a sunset sinking into a Friday night
Got us some beer needs drinking hey and we just might
Sometimes we gotta make it up as we go
But laying low ain’t all that goes on ‘round here

CHORUS
It might look a little laid back to ya
But it ain’t all just porches and plows
But don’t let that one red light fool ya
There’s always something going down
In this nothin’ town

That old abandoned factory just got the wrecking ball
We threw a party in the parking lot just to watch it fall
Sometimes you gotta make it up as we go
But laying low ain’t all that goes on ‘round here

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Somebody’s backyard some river bank
Sometimes c’mon y’all yeah that’s all it takes

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There’s something going down
In this nothin’ town

Some days it’s tough just gettin’ up
Throwin’ on these boots and makin’ that climb
Some days I’d rather be a no show
Lay low ‘fore I go out of my mind

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But when she says baby
Oh don’t matter what comes
Ain’t goin’ nowhere
She runs her fingers through my hair
And saves me
Yeah that look in her eyes got me comin’ alive
And drivin’ me a good kind a crazy
When she says baby
Oh when she says baby

Some nights I come home fightin’ mad
Feel like runnin’ my fist through the wall
Is it even worth what I’m fightin’ for anymore
Feelin’ torn, oh the hell with it all

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Everything gonna be alright
Just lay down by my side
Let me love you through this life

She’s a perfect shot of faith
When every bit of mine is gone
Somethin’ I can believe in
A best friend, a heaven sent
Love to lean on

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Yeah that look in her eyes got me comin’ alive
And drivin’ me a good kind a crazy

A river in July
Two kids on summer break
Another record high
Clothes scattered on the bank
The rush of jumping in
I want to feel that again

Sun going down
Build a fire in the dirt
You dancing all around
Wearing my t-shirt
The way you pull me in
I want to feel that again

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Guitar coming through the speakers
That song you never want to end
Give me some of that you and me
Some of that way back when
A little bit of wild and free
I want to feel that again

Nothing but a blur
Gravel road a flat bed ford
Always was the cure
Whenever we got bored
Sideways ‘round the bend
Yeah I want to feel that again

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Counting the lines on the highway rolling by one by one
Flying through the midnight rain like a bullet from a gun
I lay down but I can’t sleep ‘cause I still feel the band
Still on a high from the crowd and the lights
With a cold one in my hand, singin’

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Here I go…down this road
Another town another stage
I wouldn’t have it any other way
All I want… is to sing my songs
Hearing that crowd keeps me going
Guitars rocking wheels rolling

I step up the lights go down I hear that first chord ring
It’s where I go to lose myself forget about everything
It’s my home away from home hangin’ with my friends
It’s a crazy life but every night I get to do it again and again and again

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You’ve told me ‘bout your family
The town that you grew up in
Believe me I want to know everything about you
And I’ve rambled on about me
By now you know I’m crazy
We could go on all night if we wanted to
But I don’t want to…

CHORUS
I don’t want to talk anymore
I know enough about you to know
All I want to do is
Find out a little bit more
I don’t want to waste that moon
And the heat on the hood of this Ford
I don’t want to talk anymore

That homemade wine on your lips
My name under your breath
Under one of the best river nights you ever saw
Hey that says it all

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I don’t want to talk anymore

Well I grew up in one of them old farm towns
Where they hit it hard ‘til the sun goes down
Nobody really seemed to care
That we were living in the middle of nowhere
We just figured that’s how it was
And everybody else was just like us
Soaking in the rain baking in the sun
Don’t quit ‘til the job gets done

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That’s the only way I know
Don’t stop ‘til everything’s gone
Straight ahead never turn ‘round
Don’t back up don’t back down
Full throttle wide open
You get tired and you don’t show it
Dig a little deeper when you think you can’t dig no more
That’s the only way I know

In that ol’ red dirt the first thing you learn
Is you don’t get nothing that you don’t earn
Humble pride I grew up on
You find out just how bad you want it
The sun in our eyes and backs to the fences
We didn’t know the odds were against us
Hit the wall smokin’ and spinnin’
Still wasn’t thinking ‘bout nothin’ but winning

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Maybe there’s another path that’ll
Get you there a little bit faster
But I’m sticking with the one inside of me

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That’s the only way I know
That’s the only way I know
The only way I know

Been goin’ ‘round and ‘round all day
Balin’ some hay and stackin’ it all up
Can’t wait for the sun to go down
Roll into town, shine the old truck up
Swing by the quick stop, grab a couple rocky tops
Then ease on out your way to your place
Around eight o’clock

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I’m just ready to ride this Chevy
Ride this Chevy down a little back road
slide your pretty little self on over
Get a little closer, turn up the radio
Put your pretty pink toes on the dash, lean the seat back
Man I swear there ain’t nothin’ looks better than that
Sweet tan little thing with nothin’ to do
I wanna take a little ride with you

I hope you’re wearin’ those frayed out cutoffs
Makes me wanna get lost out in the moonlight
Drop the tailgate down on a turnrow
Watch the corn grow, yeah that’s a good night
Anyone from the heartland is gonna understand
What I’m talkin’ about right now ain’t no doubt
We got a game plan

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I’m just ready to ride this Chevy
Ride this Chevy down a little back road
slide your pretty little self on over
Get a little closer, you can play my radio
Put your pretty pink toes on the dash, lean the seat back
Man I swear there ain’t nothin’ looks better than that
Sweet tan little thing with nothin’ to do
I wanna take a little ride with you
I wanna take a little ride with you

Baby since you’ve been gone
I leave the TV on
Gotta hear somebody’s voice
I just need some kind of noise
I lay some pillows down
To wrap my arms around
I pretend I’m holdin’ you
I know it’s sad but it’s what I do
To keep me from going crazy

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I can get up and face the day
Just fine all by myself
Go out and take on the world
And get it done like nobody else
Oh, but I don’t do lonely well

I got some real good friends
That check on me now and then
Try to get me out at night
Say I need to get a life
It’s easy to say alright
When you’re not the one going crazy

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Here comes another sunset
Here comes another long night
I’m not over you yet, no not over you yet

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I’ve been thinkin’ ‘bout you all day baby
Waitin’ on that sun to go down
Whatcha say I pick you up after work
Slide over we slip out to the outskirts of town
I got a blanket and a fifth of comfort
A little something to knock off the edge
It’s supposed to get a little cool tonight
Looks like I’m gonna have to hold you tight
Yeah . . .

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About a mile off old mill road
That spot nobody knows
We park the truck and we take off runnin’
Hurry up girl I hear it comin’
Got a moon and a billion stars
Sound of steel and old boxcars
The thought of you is driving me insane
Come on baby, let’s go listen to the night train

Yeah, I hope it’s gonna be a long one
And if we’re lucky it’s movin’ slow
Wouldn’t mind if it lasted all night
Lyin’ next to you on that hillside
Let’s go . . .

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Let’s go listen to the night train

Now girl I know your used to the same old same
But we ain’t floatin’ that boat, no we ain’t riding that train
Hop on my rocket ship let’s get outta here
Let me put a little shimmer in your atmosphere

Now let’s get outta this town outta this club
Girl whatever you’re sippin’ I’m a mix it up
Take a few tick tocks off of your clock
Put a little third rock in your hip-hop I got that

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1994 Joe Diffie comin’ out the radio
I’m just a Country boy with a farmers tan
So help me girl I’ll be your pickup man
How ‘bout a night to remember and fifth of goose
‘Bout to bust out my honky tonk attitude
Little feel good you ain’t never felt before
I’m talkin’ 1994, hey
Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie, Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie, Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie

Girl don’t you worry none your ship just came in
So go on and tell your mama tell all your friends
That your new favorite color is John Deere Green
Hop in this truck a.k.a. time machine

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Baby if you’re lookin’ for a good time
Let me take you to the C-O-U-N-T-R-Y
Now baby let’s go, holler if you with me
Hey Joe, come on and teach us how to Diffie

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Will the real Joe Diffie, please stand up

She’s like staring at the sun
She could easily blind someone
Other women, I see none
She’s like staring at the sun

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She gets on you… under your skin like a tattoo
She’ll always be there
She holds on… stuck in your head
Like an old song… she ain’t going nowhere

She’s like standing in the rain
Washes all my cares away
At the end of a long, hot day
She’s like standing in the rain

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She’s like finally coming home
Seeing that light in the window on
After being gone too long
She’s like finally coming home
Standing in the rain
Staring at the sun

Don’t know how bad
I wish I was home
Can’t wait to get back
But while I’m gone
Y’all carry on

CHORUS
Drink one for me
For all the old times
We tore up that town
Raised hell alright
Tell the boys
Thanks for having my back
And some of the best memories
I’ve ever had
So go on and get crazy
And drink one for me

I can’t count the miles
It just feels so far
And it could be awhile
‘Til I’m where you are
So keep me in your heart

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For the ones you can’t be with
The ones we’ll always miss
Times like this … Times like this

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Drink one for me

She puts on her work clothes
Fishnet panty hose
She’s got a nickname everybody knows
At the gentlemen’s club
She clocks in at midnight
Even though it never feels right
Makes her money one dollar at a time
Without the makeup nobody knows her name
And she wears the pain

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Black tears
Rollin’ down
From the eyes of an angel
In a sinner’s town
She reveals
And they all cheer
And then she cries
Black tears

Jealous of the innocent
Sometimes she’s convinced
The boss man is still a friend she needs
She’s tried everything
Cheap sex and cocaine
Anything to hide the pain for a little while
The wrong kind of famous in her momma’s eyes
You can tell she knows it when she cries

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Black tears
Rollin down
From the eyes of an angel
In a sinner’s town
White lines
Off the mirror
Just won’t hide
Black tears

She tries and tries so hard to get away
But everybody’s watchin’

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Black tears
Rollin down
From the eyes of an angel
In a sinner’s town
If all the pain
Would just disappear
She’d quit cryin’
She’d quit cryin’
Black tears

I’ll make you laugh and tell you things
You’ll start thinking this is more than what it really is
You’re beginning to dream that maybe someday
You could be the angel that could make me change
But all I see is a storm that you’ll get lost in
‘Cause if it feels this good when we’re just talkin’

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You should be walking away
Walking away
As far as you can go as fast as you can
You don’t know it but you oughta be walking away
Walking away
From me baby instead of trying to save me
You oughta be walking away

Well you’re standing there in your party dress
And there ain’t no doubt about it darling I’m impressed
But I see you and I know me
I’d say right now that I’m the last thing that you need
Girl don’t get me wrong I’d sure love to do this
But somewhere in my heart I know the truth is

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You should be walking away
Walking away
As far as you can go
As fast as you can
You don’t know it but you oughta be
Walking away
Walking away
From me baby instead of trying to save me
You oughta be walking away

State champs white and blue
Yeah, I remember you
Sure had a helluva view
From way up there
High above the yellow pine
And the First Baptist Jesus saves sign
I talked to you a million times
About getting outta here

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Water tower it sure is good to see you
I’ve been away for way too long
Water tower like a lighthouse in a storm
You help me find my way back home

How far did you think I’d get
When I pointed my wheels out west
A little young and dumb I guess
Gotta learn somehow
Slowin’ down drivin’ in
I can finally breathe again
It’s like I found a long lost friend
God I missed this town

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With you and that lonesome full moon
Watchin’ over me
I’m right where I’m supposed to be

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You help me find my way