all american girl

Red dirt paints my wheels

Passing fields on my way to you

Songs are stuck in my dreams

Like the ones she sings about her roots

Lost in thought my boots keep pressing

That pedal down

Blonde hair under a ball cap

Red, white and blue

Has got me screaming ‘round

Every river and curve

Now I got something that I know

I’ll never do

And that’s letting go

of my all-American girl

Rose growin’ wild on her shoulder

Has got the older me thinkin’ ‘bout

What on earth I can

And on earth I can’t live without

And I just know I don’t deserve it

But then maybe I do

Blonde hair under a ball cap

Red, white and blue

Has got me screaming ‘round

Every river and curve

Now I got something that I know

I’ll never do

And that’s letting go

of my all-American girl

Honey mornin’ sun splash on her pillow

That’s all I need

And how she yells at the Cowboys

every Sunday

Nothings more American to me, yeah

Blonde hair under a ball cap

Red, white and blue

Has got me screaming ‘round

Every river and curve

Now I got something that I know

I’ll never do

And that’s letting go

of my all-American girl

Ice cold beer on a Friday night

Beach blanket under a starry sky

Tight blue jeans and a midriff tie

Turnin' heads at the bar all night

She’s my All-American

In the Trees

Took a Job in the city

To follow a woman

Learned to weld in the Navy

And the money ain’t bad

Endless corners and alleys

Bridges and tunnels

Almost been a year

Still don’t know where I am

No matter how she holds me

I can’t sleep

I’ll leave for work in the morning

Lost on my feet

All these sirens keep screaming

All these streets are like demons

No way out I can see

When I’m standing on gravel

There’s a path that unravels

Always know where it leads

I Ain’t Never Been Lost in the Trees

I could tell by the sound of the gun

Who was shooting

And how many farms away they were

Always knew by the roar of the motor

Who’s losing

When my brother and cousin

Raced dead man’s curve

I ain’t angry or bitter

And I won’t complain

Can’t unfeel what I’m feeling

Gotta fix this mistake

All these sirens keep screaming

All these streets are like demons

No way out I can see

When I’m standing on gravel

There’s a path that unravels

Always know where it leads

I Ain’t Never Been Lost in the Trees

It’s time I look in the mirror

and quit this dreaming

She’ll probably hate me forever

But I’m still leaving

All these sirens keep screaming

All these streets are like demons

No way out I can see

When I’m standing on gravel

There’s a path that unravels

Always know where it leads

I Ain’t Never Been Lost in the Trees

Small Mountain Town

Dirt round there’s got specks of glitter

That tracked me home on both my shoes

Now there’s only pain without her

City boy fell in love with all her roots

When she let me into her Xanadu

When those fiddles fight

we pass that shine around,

and I thank God

my baby’s from a small mountain town

I don’t mind it when I’m catching

Flip flop rocks between my toes

And when that rattlesnake’s a rattlin

‘Cause me and my baby got too close

In the river where we lose all our clothes

When those fiddles fight

we pass that shine around,

and I thank God

my baby’s from a small mountain town

Don’t want no skyscraper high

It’s where I’m gonna live and die

Can’t wait to hold her tonight

When those fiddles fight

We pass that shine around

And I thank god

My baby’s from the mountains

Where those fiddles fight

And we pass that shine around

And I thank god

My baby’s from a small mountain

Way back in the mountains

Baby’s from a small mountain town

Your Name

Spilled your beer on my new shirt

But I don’t even care

cause I don’t bump into beautiful girls

Like you just anywhere

Soaked in suds and thinking

As we both stood there drinking

“Damn!” If I don’t get it

Ill never be the same

So don’t walk away yet baby

I gotta get your name

The band just keeps on cranking hits

So why don’t we just dance

Another song or two with you

And I’ll have the nerve to ask

It ought to be so easy

But you’re that hot believe me

“Damn!” If I don’t get it

Ill never be the same

So don’t walk away yet baby

I gotta get your name

Brown hair blues eyes made me lose it

Come on get it together now just do it

“Damn!” If I don’t get it

Ill never be the same

So don’t walk away yet baby

I gotta get your name

Girl Like This

She don’t know her daddy’s name

Watch the preacher tame rattlesnakes

at night

That’s backwoods foster life

Mama had her as a child

Now she snips for the FBI all right

Gotta have somebody inside

And growin’ up back there

that’s a roll of the dice

You’d never know by the way she talks

She grew up in a coal dust town

And never guess by the way she laughs

That the past never quite died out

She’s the sweet on the vine

When I come home and the worlds gone mad

How does a girl like this

Come from a place like that

She’s got teeth like a wolf you see

That she cut livin’

on the streets back home

But that’s not the woman I know

She gives money that she ain’t got

To somebody who deserves a shot at life

That’s why I made her my wife

I know people with more who do less Jesus Christ

You’d never know by the way she talks

She grew up in a coal dust town

And never guess by the way she laughs

That the past never quite died out

She’s the sweet on the vine

When I come home and the worlds gone mad

How does a girl like this

Come from a place like that

Am I Alive

I always had a rain soaked beat up brown bag in the pocket

Of my torn up grey wool goodwill piss stained winter jacket

I’ve cried I’ve died I’ve lied to myself while I was praying

I’ve wept and crept, every step has got me sayin’

Am I alive?

Is this Colorado Rocky sunset what I see

And am I really in this river knee deep in my jeans

Now do I smell a blue and yellow mountain flower breeze

And is the sky just a beautiful thing that’s playing tricks on me

I’ve started over so many times

Is everything I’m feeling just a lie

Or am I Alive?

I don’t expect, with the lives I’ve wrecked, to ever be forgiven

All I can do is try to prove I’m still here for a reason

This load this road I hoe ain’t filled with pride and glory

This life this fight my god who’s writing me in this story

Am I alive?

Is this Colorado Rocky sunset what I see

And am I really in this river knee deep in my jeans

Now do I smell a blue and yellow mountain flower breeze

And is the sky just a beautiful thing that’s playing tricks on me

I’ve started over so many times

Is everything I’m feeling just a lie

Or am I Alive?

Runaway

If you see a teardrop fallin’

From the cheek of a beautiful woman

I can’t promise she’ll stop cryin’

Just please tell her that I’m dyin’

Cause my baby she’s a runaway

A runaway

Her favorite place is Casa de la Rose

One day’s drive up the California coast

She loves that top down drive to Cabo

Where a girl like her can leave her troubles

My baby she’s a runaway

A runaway

My baby she’s a runaway

A runaway

There’s a church called Sonador

With a cross cut in the door

Where she loves that mountain air

Think I’ll start my searchin’ there

Cause my baby she’s a runaway

A runaway

Dynamite

I heard you talking bout your high heels walking you in this place

And how you might have a drink or two and split

You’re sick and tired of the same vampires and slimy dates

And the reason you’re here is you finally gave one the slip

I know love can be so boring on the mind

We’ll girl maybe you might like

A brick through your window

A wolverine at your back door

A ticket to the big show

I’m everything that you’re looking for

An all night lover you can leave all the other boys out in the cold

And if you wanna blow this whole town up tonight

Well I’m the fuse to your dynamite

I saw you grinning while you’re suckin’ on your lemon drop I got

So glad that I could make you smile

I bet you’re subtle and my getting into trouble could hit the spot

Taste a little of the good the bad the wild

Don’t you worry I’m not one and done and gone

How long have you been waiting on

A brick through your window

A wolverine at your back door

A ticket to the big show

I’m everything that you’re looking for

An all night lover you can leave all the

other boys out in the cold

And if you wanna blow this whole town up tonight

Well I’m the fuse to your dynamite

I love to take the tragic

And baby make some magic

A brick through your window

A wolverine at your back door

A ticket to the big show

I’m everything that you’re looking for

An all night lover you can leave all the

other boys out in the cold

And if you wanna blow this whole town up tonight

Well I’m the fuse to your dynamite