You may be on the other side just waiting for a friend
We can't sit and watch the clock tick and not reach out a hand
The roar of thunder in one voice shakes the ground where evil runs
One voice can call out like a lamb or roar as if a lion
Let our voices soar across the sky for the whole world to hear
Our voices work in harmony when we use them just as one
Our voices sing great harmony when they hear us just as one
Almost as much as anyone reliving that first kiss
Just the sight of a smile again/ will be tops on my list
Who cares if we are right or wrong/ can't we just exist
Who cares if we are wrong or right/can't we all just exist
Our world can't keep on spinning/we're so much more than this
Kinda like a moon lit night and your lips on my lips
Stand shoulder to shoulder/with no space in between/we're here for each other/let's fight through the smoke screen
It's a door held wide open or your lips that you keep closed, it may change a person's day in more ways than you'll know
We're at the starting line not the finish line. Don't give up before it's through
The Great Divide is a place I want to see, guess I'll have head out west , just tired of seein' it in the hearts that beats inside our chest
We don't have to walk on water,we don't have to part the sea, to pour out loving kindness and set the captives free
Lets lift up our voices and spread the joy across this world/If we sit back quietly we just might go unheard
Lift up our voices to these storm clouds and let our words rain down/That we will spread all of our kindness and hate will have to DROWN/
Let our voices spread the word make them be felt not just heard/And lets keep kindness in focus so its no longer blurred
We'll be better when we're through this ...on that ya we can swear/With kindness and Grace on our side there's victory in the air
We've never been here before feeling trapped in our own cages/Yet we try to stay calm inside while outside the world rages
Ya our world will spin again we'll see our families and our friends/We'll look deep into their eyes and we we'll know where they have been
As any other storm that moves through it makes a little rust/It may take awhile to inject a smile and make it infectious
Like the pieces of a mirror when broken all apart/You can still see reflections in them just like someone else's heart
With each victory we move closer to the line that separates the sand/When life is taken from someone we shouldn't understand
We need to see in color blindness and treat everyone the same/ And not judge your brother before you even know his name
No one knows why all this happened its all a big mystery/One day we will look back on it and say we made history
They’ll always be some sunlight when the thunderstorm is over/It takes it all to grow long stem roses in fields full of clover
It takes a dark cloud in every storm to bring a shot of rain/Together our roots run deep enough to fight a little pain
When our hearts need a vaccine/we remove the space in between
Let your life be the vaccine /and let your voice be heard and seen
Dont mix hope with politics/and let your joy be a pandemic
Let grace be an epidemic to stop hate from being a pandemic
Lets reverse this epidemic and not let hate be a pandemic
When the loneliness cuts thru your heart and leaves a great big (Or alittle) scar/Maybe we can hit our knees and remember how lucky we are
When the echo of peoples voices no longer feel the air/When the loneliness rises up inside that wasnt ever there
This loneliness has crept inside like a thief that prowls at night/It spread through this country but we wont give up without a fight
We can spread it with acts of kindness all across this great land/even though we can’t see each other we know we’re hand and hand
I stand with everyone of you and to a knee I will drop/ but if we are gonna fix this world the violence has to stop. Just a lyric for today !!!!!
What needs to spread is human kindness across towns and this world/Just look hope into your neighbors eyes and it shall be returned
It’s hard to spread it in empty streets /And churches weren’t built for empty seats
I think social distance doesnt make sense/And these masks Im on the fence!
Empty highways are making no sound/This heavy heart is weighing me down
We see tape on the floor where we can stand/I cant wait for the day i can shake someones hand
Its a scary time we're living in/We cant even hug our best friends
We stand shoulder to shoulder but six foot apart/caring and sharing from all of our hearts
This will not change us/Still hope in all this chaos
We cant focus on the chaos/and the hurting it may cause
When our world spins again/And we touch skin to skin;
Be the spark in someone’s heart let it be contagious
The weak became courageous/Let that be contagious
When the storms chaos blew in/it was courage that rode that wind
Fight the chaos deep in side us like a virus:/with a pill of good will lets be contagious
We couldn't see the storm coming:First wave hit all of a sudden
Love is contagious ; It’s what has made us!
Your eyes are infectious peaking over that mask: Guess six feet aint far enough when you look like that!
It came in like a cyclone, we were forced alone;they said teach your kids so we did in our homes
It could be a smile a wave or just knowing your near; maybe a phone call from grandma and her voice you hear
2020 vision seems clearer now to me
Shoulder to shoulder and six foot apart
****Who knew you'd be my curbside pickup*****
You only need to touch the heart
Finger prints left on the window, How could we have known
We were forced to slow down,we couldnt help but look around
I can feel you in this silence
Every heartbeat reminds me that Im still here breathing
Every heartbeat reminds me the clocks not behind me/ Ill stare it in the face and try to win this race...I blinked and it was gone
****** I just wanted to say that Ive been touched by everyone's story's while we pour our hearts into this song...I too lost my dad in January to this horrible life stealing disease Cancer..It took my hero my friend that I talk about sports too. DAD made my surprise 50th birthday party in December and passed away in January. This fathers day was my first fathers day that I wasn't able to call him and say Happy fathers day...that was a rough day for me . I was doing good until I listened to Randy Travis sing "I thought he walked on water" I lost it.....Songs are more than words on a paper (or computer screen) They attach themselves to our hearts ...It really is amazing. Thank you guys again for pouring your lives into this song! And Marti thanks for sharing your heart with us!
That I've been on a journey/If my times up I borrowed and I don't see tomorrow man what whirl wind its been
About fear and gravity/When all hope is lost and we add up the cost we hit our knees to pray
To thank him from my knees/And pray that tomorrow brings hope and not sorrow and my fears be washed away
Of the memories behind me/ Ill make more tomorrow with hope and not sorrow it not that hard you'll see
That there's no guarantee /If we lived our today like grandma used to pray we'd be better off for sure
Yesterday wont define me/ ILL brush off the sorrow and breathe in my tomorrows just like you taught me too
Make fear get behind me/I cant beg steal or borrow/Or hope for tomorrow/With every rise of my chest
To let fear get behind me
Loves circle last forever
One thing I’ve learned so far...Life is short
Each step I took seemed long.........
Each Breathe I took seemed long ........
And I wont lose focus cause Life is short
I wanted so much more......
This circle has no end....But life life is short
Diamonds last forever..........but life is short
Ill savor the flavor of a goodnight kiss
Ill take a deep breath in like its an old friend
(Resubmit) Ill dance in the rain until the storm ends
Search for a rainbow no matter where it is
Lay down my phone and actually talk to a friend
I'll start writing letters that seal with a kiss
Count every star that i never knew existed
Feel each minute and second thats within it
Ill dance in the rain until the rain quits
Tear off my rearview /and toss it in a ditch
Should I do anymore to slow (down) the grains pour/If I could I would and it would be good to see it slow down somehow
I wish I could rewind to me that would be fine/I would save every minute and every second that is in it wish I could do it somehow
But I keep on dreamin' about memories and seasons/About years thats flown past from the first to the last I wish I could slow 'em down
Ive stopped this pretending that love is not ending/ If I kept all the love thats been sent from above I'd filled the castle by now
Man I've had a good run /feels like I've just begun/I was just living before i was just giving news that changed me somehow
How's forty hours drag on but turn 'round a years gone/It dont even matter where I am on the ladder Im still climbing somehow
Just give me a minute with great memories in it/ If thats all I had it wouldn't be so bad God could somehow allow
The sun keeps on setting but i used to beg him/Cant we keep this day here and make a longer year maybe someday somehow
This world keeps on spinning to fast for my living/Cant believe it flew by one night I shut my eyes somewhere I grew up somehow
(2nd line)Cant believe its flown by in a blink of an eye somewhere i grew up somehow
This clock keeps on tickin' no matter where we're livin'
Wasnt it just yesterday/we made a wish upon a star
Growin' up skippin' rocks on a creek bank/All I had to do was waist time
We used to be wild and free/Now time is trying to cheat us
When your workin' your forty/A week can seem so damn long
When your punchin' that time clock/A day can drag on and on
What about our trip to the mountains/Thought we'd always have time
Today I tore off my rear view mirror/Aint got time for lookin back
Baby you've been gone so long/I'm still havin' trouble movin' on
Perfect sunsets are few and far between/Thats what you told me when you were just sixteen
My favorite lines were Hold My Beer/ Watch me now and better stay clear/
Whiskey on ice taste alright/But its doesnt last forever
They say I drive to fast/Stay up to late
Cant erase that message you sent me/The one when gave me the news
Its here and gone in a blink of an eye/Like a new born baby and its first cry
Our short talks/I feel I lose an hour/Its your thoughts/That kill me inside or churn my insides or hurt me inside or tear me inside/But i know/Who to call when Im in a bind..........but Im never gonna change your mind
It could be/politics or weather/we disagree/Everytime/You make me/Wanna find a wall to climb...........Im never gonna change your mind
One big fear/I have at this moment/You can hear / Voices inside/Just be quiet/They're clear like a bright blue sky...maybe they can change your mind!!!!!!
Its been fun/Picking at you lately/Im not done/No end in sight/Just because/ Im loving you in my life.....but Im never gonna
The evening news/You will never miss it/Tainted views/Poisoned you blind/Wouldn't know the truth/God could of gave you a sign........But im never gonna
Ive got thick skin/Kind of hard to get a scar/You can’t win/Go on and try/Won’t give in/Even when no ones on my side... but
I just plant the seeds/You have fertilizer/Dig to deep/They will not thrive/All we need/Is each other and sunshine.....I’m never
The deep inside part/That never sees light/Is bursting to start........The notion
Theres a little part/When the room is quiet/a spark trys to start......the notion
Theres a little part/that when it gets quiet/It sure trys to start......the notion
sits a little dart/ready to take flight/And piercing to start...the notion
Theres a suttle part/with a ray of light/that leaves alittle mark.......Of emotion
You can peel apart/Look real deep inside/It just might kick start....the notion
Soaring off the charts/Lighting up the night/Cant deny it starts........the notion
There’s a special part/that can’t stand to fight/Only looks to start....the notion
So where’s this end/It’s hard to move a mountain /Your so dug in/You can’t see the light/Your like me/ Gotta be the one that’s right...., I’m
I take my stand/Atop the highest mountain/Ill be damned/If im gonna hide/Take my hand/Come on you just gotta try..........If Im never gonna change your mind
Ive lost my taste/For people hurting people/I feel disgraced/Sort of sick inside/Joy gets chased/Gotta stop this downhill slide...Am I ever gonna change your mind
I spin my wheels/But aint moving nowhere/I just cant chase/Gut feelings aside/Its my fate/But now I feel more alive...........Im never gonna change your mind
We go on and on/Round in a circle/Who has won/ I will decide/Lines are drawn/My eyes are finally opened wide......Im never gonna change your mind
Talk to your hand/Thats how you make me feel/My voice deflects/Falls by my side/Pick it up/I’ll rare back and let it fly………..But Im never gonna change your mind
How we ever gonna break these chains/If we cant reach across the aisle/We will start a new campaign/To leave each other with a smile
We're never gonna change this world/We better stop this downward spiral/Here's one lesson we could learn/kindness is a cure-all for its survival
Rewrite: How we ever gonna stop this spiral / This worlds churning out of control/ We see hate speech that ends up viral/Just seeing you is good for my soul
How we gonna stop this spiral/To see each other’s point of view/Let’s make it go viral/I’ll do anything how about you?
I give an inch you take a mile/Even when we disagree/You find away to make me smile/Always winning can taste bittersweet
Just in case Ive read you wrong/I wanna give it one more shot/Probably wont take to long/Still gonna give it all I got! ...Just in case (Peggy Sue gets credit)
Rewrite.......Even when we disagree/You can put a smile on my face/And thats where you'll find me/ Cause who's right anyway
Rewrite....We're never gonna change this world/If we sit and watch the news at night/There's one lesson we can learn/Does it really matter who is right
Are we ever gonna work it out/Life's over in blink of an eye/Wont remember what its about/The last day we have to say goodbye.....
They say it takes two to TANGO/And you know how we both love to DANCE/Really tried not to step on your Toes/Could be the position of our STANCE/
Are we ever gonna change the world/If all we do is fuss and fight/How has our vision been blurred/Does it really matter who is right
My heart says forgiveness is the key/This time that we've been going through/You mean so much more to me/Than always being right does to you
We've been through such a batttle/With our voices on the attack/Ya both of us just came unraveled/Know Im always gonna have your back
How bout FACE TO FACE for Shout and Pace...It gives me the image of NOSE TO NOSE about to throw down!! Just my 2 cents .....actually its my .49 cents LMAO!!
Like a day with warm sunshine/You can still put a smile on my face/And we can walk side by side/Even though our strides a different pace.....I know its got another pace but if we change the word pace in the 3 verse we can could keep it here....just a thought
My dream is we see both sides/And how much you mean to me/We wont see eye to eye/ We'll just agree to disagree
I talk to your hand/Thats how I feel/My voice deflects/Falls by my side/Pick it up/I’ll rare back and let it fly………..But Im never gonna change your mind
I talk to your hand/Thats how I feel/My voice deflects/Falls by my side/Pick it up/I'll rare back and let it fly...........But Im never gonna change your mind
I could grab my brush/Paint a mona lisa/Get a royal flush/One vegas night/Just my luck/Lost you to the other side....Im Never gonna......
Well I could scream & shout/ From the highest Mountain/Or just drown it out/ By oceanside/ Grab my brush/Paint in the desert sky.....Im never gonna
Well I could throw a fit/Cuss just like a sailor/Maybe stomp and spit/Get out of line/Get teed off/Probly just swallow my pride....cause Im never gonna change
Well I can fight my fight/ Try to get you closer/Try to make you feel something inside/You say no way/Your never gonna win me over.....Im never gonna
Im Prolly spinnin' my wheels/Tryin' to win you over/Makin you feel something inside/You say NO WAY/ But maybe Im alittle bit CLOSER...But I'm Never....
Well I could write you a letter/ You’d return to sender/I’d say I’m doing great / you’d say your just fine/Heard it so much I’m gonna paint it on a billboard sign... I’m never gonna change your mind!!!
Well I could say your right/ You wouldn’t believe it/ Tell you good days turn to great nights/ And above a cloudy sky there’s always a warm sunshine / But I’m never gonna change your mind
Well I can tell you the world is running smoother/You tell me it’s in a big decline / You said I must need a new tutor/ cause I’m wrong in every answer that I Find
Well, Hopin’ someday (you) or(we) will see the light/ It’s not about who’s wrong/or who’s right/In the same grains of sand we both draw our lines/....I’m never....
Well hopin’ one day we will see the light/It’s not about who’s wrong/Or who’s right/We draw our lines in the same grains of sand
Well maybe someday we will see the light/It’s not about who’s wrong or who’right
You said Im never gonna change your mind/ No I never want to be that guy
Aint never gonna change her mind/ That was a slap in the face goodbye
Im never gonna change my mind/ When I screamed it /It wasnt well timed
Never gonna change my mind/ She'd tattooed inside a broken heart outline
Your never gonna change my mind/ was painted on the bridge at the county line
****No Im never gonna change your mind/ But do stars ever really align*****
Hah your never gonna change my mind/ you think I can’t see/ you think I’m blind
Im never gonna change your mind/ But together we'll keep ole glory flyin'
No Im never gonna change your mind / like a broken clock cant change time
Never gonna change your mind/ Even though we both signed the dotted lines
Times I can't erase, they are a part of who I am today
Tried to fix me/Baby i know/Poured your water on to help me grow
Ever think of me/How I am now/ Sure owe you alot girl...wow
Ever think of me/ I hope so/ you have made me a better half
In case your askin/ Im doing fine/World was drowning me you threw a lifeline
Cant say what happened/May never know/Cant solve the riddle/Bout our past
Heres what I see/ Less of you sure made more of me
I owe you one...Ah yes I do/never would of felt the color blue
I owe you one...Ah yes I do/ one and one dont always equal two
The highs were higher but the lows were lower/ wish that clock woulda clicked alittle slower
When Im dreamin bout yesterday/ I dont have to beg you to stay
Hope that time has treated you fine/ Me , same ole song but different line
We hit the brakes just before peak in
Hard to take when you said you were leavin’
Hearts can’t make what time keeps stealin’
Wasn’t anyone’s mistake/ just two dreamers dreamin
Makin’ mistakes was part of us dreamin
When one heart breaks another starts the healing
Whiskey and wine helped with the healing
Whiskey and time helped with healing
Burned out like a flame in a driving rain/ Just dont know whose (or who)to blame.....Theres things I coulda changed....but there aint one kiss Id wanna take back girl
There were burning winds in that texas sun/ We were skin to skin for almost everyone
I shoulda' been quick to slow it on down / Maybe your burn would still be around/
We were like a short wick we burned out quick/ was hard to live with that/but for three hot months/ sure had to turn DOWN some thermostats
A short wick burns out quick / was hard to live with that/But for three hot months / sure burned up some thermostats
And you said/ Boy your the best I ever had/ but an open flame in the wind can turn real bad
Like a flame in the rain we didn’t last long
***Lets reminisce/ Talk about the past girl***
Remember this / Our little backroadin' chats girl
***Curfews missed/ Dont you 'member that girl****
Sorry what I text/ I couldnt take back girl
What you text / You couldnt take back girl
When you posted about leaving/ It changed my whole world
The text you sent / Changed my whole world
******Remember this/ Its all in the past Girl********
Is MAMMA TRIED still your favorite song of Merle Haggards Credit to Marla for suggesting The word (Haggard)
That’d be like a country boy/not listening to Merle
You never knew this/Hope you cut me some slack girl
sent you a MISS YOU/ sitting on the tarmac girl
But what did I miss / (for or from) helping you pack girl
Sometimes I still taste them/ As a matter of fact girl
Like a deck of cards you sure knew how to STACK em girl
There Aint one kiss id wanna take back girl/Still cant toss our old cassette of merle
There Aint one kiss id wanna take back girl/ Even though we got off track girl
You couldnt swipe right / on our last night
Let me remind us both/ It was her you chose......Still there aint one kiss Id wanna take back
But let me remind us both it was her you chose But there ain’t one kiss I’d wanna take back
But let me remind us both/ it was her you choseButter and one kiss I want to take back
You said you changed your mind/I wished we had more time but there aint one kiss I'd wanna take back
When you changed your mind / drew the line /couldnt rewind......but there aint one kiss i'd wanna take back
Didn't have a dime should of been a crime for wasting all that time......Still
Even the best of times like a fine wine dont seem to last...Still
Somehow we just got careless, we got off track.......but
We were just young and reckless, just looking for a place to crash.........but
We were just young and reckless , just heading for a crash....but
Can’t even remember the reason I tore it in half
How does a dusty old photo make a man smile about his past
Funny how a throw away camera made a memory last
God only knew how we'd end up blazing our own paths
Title- Not Better Together
Taken back when you were considered my better half
I never thought that you closing a door would open my eyes.
ImpossibleKings commented on likinmo's lyric:
"Like it Greg!"
(more)"You may be on the other side just waiting for a friend"