Bruce Robison

Well, I woke at 11 to the ring of the phone Was my baby just callin' let me know she's gone There's nothin' left to say She said I had it with you honey and I'm movin' away I get the feelin' it's just no use I got the 12 bar blues Well at night in this t...

Here we are What is left of a husband and a wife Four good kids Who have a way, of getting on with their lives I'm not old But I'm gettin' a whole lot older everyday It's too late to keep From goin' crazy I've got to get away The reasons that I can't...

I woke home this mornin' My woman says to me There's got to be somewhere I'd rather be She left me starin' At the open door Left me so broken, I couldn' walk the floor I get a little bit a' huggin' Get a whole lotta' pain I get a little bit a' sunshi...

What was I thinkin', what was I drinkin' How did I end up here It hit me this morning, it came without a warnin' It's been awhile since I tasted a tear When wounds to the heart are your own damn fault You'll never feel it cut so deep But I know that some...

This bed of ashes, where I sleep Is covered in deep, and cold memories The walls that surround it, once held a flame Now this bed of ashes is all that remains I can barely recall at all The happy times we knew But the heartache and pain you left Still...

You're standing there, that look in your eye You're lookin' for good ways to tell me good bye Somethin' bout people, how they never know They're lovin' somebody then lettin' them go You're lookin' for reasons but there ain't no need You can blame it on me...

You can't get there from here, you can't live on bread and water You heard the one about the farmers daughter She just needs a little atmosphere You don't pick your occupation, I didn't ask for this frustration I need a life and an ice cold beer, and you c...

Every night it's the same, I hear you callin' my name Your lyin next to me I give in to your charms, You disappear in my arms I realize it's just a dream, but Desperately I long to feel your touch But you left me all alone in love Shake the sleep from...

The coffee is cold, the story is old the letter lies in my hand The names have been changed, the words rearranged My baby left me for another man My heart should be broken, my head should be smokin' My big feet walkin' the floor but I cant find a tear now...

Don't I feel more than a memory Don't it seem like yesterday When the night is cold and quiet Don't you ever call my name I swore my heart was strong and faitful I promised love that would not fade I heard the sound of my heart breakin' And every word...

The full moon's glowin' out so bright It's light out on the highway I can't hear the engine For the wheels out on the road The wind is blowin' freezin' But it keeps my eyes wide open 3am driving's for them hauls a heavy load But I got to tell her that...

It was a big Boston wedding with much panache and style In a sea of pink dresses, flash cubes and fake smiles The cake was so sweet, the champagne so strong Not a single soul noticed you were emotionally gone Beside a mountain of presents the band blew o...

I practiced some lines in the mirror But I couldn't settle on one I could be James Dean another shot at that scene 'Stead of standing there lookin' dumb And I hung on to wasted memories Didn't want to face the pain Recalling some of the things I done tha...

The first thing about Mary, I'll tell you cause you asked Is she don't like when people are always livin' in the past You know, talkin' 'bout the good old days and how things might have been If some folks had been different how things might be better now fo...

Our house never seemed to be so cold like this before But now the wind blows free between the sills and neath the door In a four for a dollar photograph that she and I once made The way she looked at me back then ain't the way she does today In our friend...

Here in the mornin' things sure look different You are still beautiful I am all gone Deep in the night with a bottle of courage A man will say anything from bein' alone But don't let it go to your heart I know you've been tryin' to find the light of your...

Somewhere in the dark tonight Two hearts are beating fast Lying still in the arms of love Waves of passion pass They love each other with all their might Can't help but be afraid Gotta go stand in the house of man To tell them that it's ok This house...

You wish that I would treat you like I did the times before And I would but I don't feel that way anymore There?s no more flowers there?s no more spring There?s no more promises of golden wedding rings I?d love to care enough to slam another door And I...

Oh I feel a change is comin' To help undo what I had done I was just about to ruin All the time about to come You took a chance and showed me patience Now it's payin' back in spades I can hear what you been wishin' There's gonna be some changes made O...

It's gonna be easy tellin' myself you won't be gone long 'Cause I can believe my own lies It's gonna be easy makin' believe it wasn't all a disguise But it's gonna be hard tryin' to tell myself you didn't love me I remember you told me livin' alone is jus...

She walked down the aisle in her satin and veil My heart was beatin' like an old church bell The preacher man asked her anf she said "I do" My knees went week and I said "I do too" The world stood still and I could see my life I looked into her eyes Whe...

How can you ask me how have I been I think you should know well the shape that I'm in You tell me you wondered if I was ok That's a damn fool thing to say The water is rising the water is wide And your always standing on the other side Then comes the mo...

I love crossin' the Mississippi River she runs so wide and deep The sun winks down between the spans at me The tugboats sing down low beneath the pop of the pavement breaks I enter an old West Memphis reverie I can see me flying down I-40 as the camera pul...

In a dim lit bar on the west side of town She's tryin' a little too hard to turn his poor head around With a cigarette smoke halo and one broken wing She stumbles into his hazy day dream He's a little cocky and she's a little stocky But all is forgiven in...

Grandpa Charlie smoked and drank whiskey But he died in '43 Nobody like him in all my kin Untill my brother and me He died in a small town so far back They didn't know what hit him maybe a heart attack That was a drag on my Grandma you know She never re...

Came home a little early last night Shed not a tear when I turned out the light No I don't hurt like I used to Didn't wait for the knock on my door Drawer in the room ain't empty anymore So many got it tougher than I do But I have not forgotten I have n...

So long Rayne, Louisiana Never see me no more Hundred dollars thirty days in the slammer I'd rather hit the road I found I'm goin' crazy Every day here the same I'm bound to go to the city Where nobody knows my name How many days can I walk this road...

All alone here I stand Heart in hell chin in hand Thinkin' what will I do without you Did I know did I see Did I drive her away from me Did I cause her to be so untrue The way she done me it ain't fair I think I'm losin' all my hair I pay the price fo...

So long see you 'round Know I'm gonna see you round 'soon I'll see you in the evening when the sun goes down See you in the risin' moon Momma loves baby and he loves his ma Take him into her arms Things get heavy on you when they grow And they'll up an...

Woke up cold starin' at the ceiling can't get back to sleep Thinkin' how she left me crying with broken memories See her face in all my dreams just won't let me be Oh oh I'd like to be her honey she don't care about me Well I woke up cold starin' at anoth...

I had turned sixteen growin' bored with life caught in between The things that I was doin', and what I'd never done before Those days were pretty much all the same Drinkin' beer and draggin' main, hopin' somethin' soon would change Before I went out of my...

You better look out you're gonna get it I'm gettin' worried for you You got no idea what you gettin' into I've been alone for all these years You say you've been hurtin' This world can be hard on a girl like you I know I know what you've been through T...

I promised you the good life and all the finer things Fancy clothes and Cadillacs and lots of diamond rings The Bible tells us that the lilies are the best dressed of the flowers But it's hard to dress a woman on five fifteen an hour This is the good life...

They say when you are young, it's a shame you don't know But I remember laughin' wherever I'd go A flirt or a flame or a friend or a fight I can't come home now ma 'Cause anything might happen tonight The night is on fire, I gotta beer and a smoke And y...

Well I don't know how to tell you But I'm not the man for you I left my heart in a hotel room Down the road a town or two I guess I tried a little hard To hold onto what I got Sometimes it feels like this old trains just Runnin' out of stops And I won...

Two days past eighteen He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens Sat down in a booth, in a cafe there Gave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair He's a little shy but she give him a smile So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while And ta...

Trouble oh trouble set me free I have seen your face and it's too much too much for me Trouble oh trouble can't you see You're eatin' my heart away and there's nothin' much left of me I drunk your wine I have made your world mine now won't you be fair Oh...

What did you think that I've been waiting for, all night To hear you cry again about him on my shoulder And what did you think that I could say to you, that you ain't heard I'm wondering what in the world do I know about love And what did you think that y...

I was lost in trouble and strife, I heard a voice and it changed my life And now it's a brand new day, and I ain't afraid to say You're not alone when you're down and out And I think you know who I'm talking about When I don't know how I'll get through I...

When I loved you you didn't want me You turned me away from the door of your heart When I loved you you loved me too but you didn't know it darling 'Till another won my heart I got the message you sent by a friend Telling me that you want to be with me o...

Didn't have to turn my head whenever you walked in The only one to let these chills roll down my skin My heart beats faster I hear your name I feel my confidence slippin' away Thought I was doin' fine 'bout to get you off my mind I see your face and then...