Montgomery Gentry

It tore me up to sign them papers that set you free Then seeing your boy toy strap my baby's in them car seats Made me wanna knock the dust off that piecemaker And go out with a bang But I didn't I can't believe you're calling me looking for advice Guess Mr H...

I could say it's all her fault She never had any patience at all I'm a complicated guy And she didn't try to understand I could claim I had nothing to do With the fact I'm lonesome and blue But that wouldn't be true I'm a self made man Yeah I'm the o...

If the neighbors down the road call in and say the music’s cranked a little loud If the tin roof’s a rockin’ just apologize invite’em all down If your front yard’s full of parked cars and they can hear clear to town It might seem a little rowdy, but that’s our...

I didn't know you weren't supposed to drink the water I never knew it was so hard to get through south of that border If I had any idea it took that many pesos to make a dollar I'd have moved down there Yeah, I'd probably been a millionare Rosa at the bay...

Well the party started early About a quarter to three Just a few close friends Charlie, Troy, and me We just got started when somebody asked How long you think this party's gonna last I said all night long (all night long) I said all night long (all ni...

At the ripe old age of nineteen I bought a short bed pick up chicks machine Life ran on beer and gasoline A half a lap ahead of the law I had a fake I d that got me into "tuffies" Love was a word I used to get lucky Was a big time spender with that plastic mon...

Well I changed my ways to please that woman But I could never be good enough Yeah, I gave up drinkin', took up churchin' For a while it wasn't tough Barkeep we've made our decision after doin' the best we could Yeah, for better or worse We're gonna be ba...

Every Friday evening about sundown Ole' Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam Come ridin' their mules and leading their hounds Down to my place They holler "Hey son" have you got a drank Gonna make it hard on you if you ain't I'd grin and point to a j...

How many Mrs. Rights have I had to wrong Every one that's come along And how many finish lines Have I had in sight and never crossed Every one I ever saw When it looks like I might win I go and break my heart again Things aren't good unless they're bad...

There's those who turn their nose up When we play our music loud Those folks would love to take control And turn our volume down But we come from the country And we live by the code That if it feels good; we're gonna do it There ain't no middle of the r...

Clouds rolling by way up high Sometimes I wonder if you're up there in the clouds When it rains, skies are grey Is that you crying up there somewhere in the clouds I hate sunny days Nothing but empty blue skies so I pray Ooh, how I pray for clouds taking shap...

Weatherman says it might hit 95 September's gonna feel more like July He's callin' for a night that's warm and mild I think he missed it by a mile He just don't know that you're gone I feel a cold one comin' on Driving home gets longer every day I've f...

His cows get loose and run right thru the fast food parking lots And Daddy gets calls from the mini-malls when they're downwind from his hogs. When his tractor backs up traffic, the reception ain't too warm. The city's growing around him, but Daddy won't s...

Damn baby, are we crazy? Crazy enough to think that we might make it Well maybe, if we take it Slow enough to make love cause baby I believe Never in my life girl have I Been this close to something so real Something so good that it makes me feel like... Damn...

My brother shot a man for breakin in at 3am No time for questions, he was just protectin his family That thief picked the wrong street Some may not agree and that’s their right, but I believe In what was written, and what was given A long time ago, for those w...

Didn't I make you proud Go and lay my life down When you called my name I thought I stood for something Was doing the right thing when I went away Now being back should be so simple But I keep getting mixed signals from everyone Why do people sit and ju...

Sorry to hear That you're down on luck Sometimes you give Til you just give up It's hard to find A true love these days Who won't break your heart Or leave your mind in a haze I'm here to tell you It doesn't have to be that way There's just no reason...

I don't rush right out when that whistle blows I've got nowhere to go It's not like supper's gonna be waitin' there Sittin' on the stove I think I'll take the long way home If I'm in a traffic jam At least I ain't alone In my two bedroom house On a half-acre...

Ah, let me tell you a little story about my family Daddy almost made a living with eighty acres and a plow He could've bought that place twice over working for someone in town Ah, but you should've seen him in his fields at harvest time He'd swear the gat...

I slept straight through to eight a.m. That same old lame alarm clock excuse just ain't gonna work again Well, I had a Marlboro for breakfast on the way out the door That's the third day this month I had too many the night before And judging from the past...

Where I come from in Kentucky There was an old grey headed man The day I left he said, Sonny Well, I know you got some big plans Round here we all think you're something But out there that doesn't mean nothing There ain't no free ride in the fast lane For eve...

I'm a total stranger to a three piece suit I'm more kin to jeans and boots I'm a hard days work to an aching back I'm a promise to a callous to both these hands I wear a lot of hats I'm a walk in the park to an irish setter A stamp of approval writing mama a...

This ain't no temporary, typical, tearful good-bye, uh uh uh This ain't no breakin' up and wakin' up and makin' up one more time, uh uh uh This is gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier...

Eye on the crowd, baby For folks who want to satisfy my need Someway, somehow Gonna find someone to spend some time with me Well I ain't lookin' forever Just a woman to treat a good man right You look so good you got me thinkin' You might satisfy my sou...

He works way too much for way too little He drinks way too early till way too late He hasn't had a raise since new years day In eighty-eight gets trampled on by everyone Except when he comes in here And he's the product of the Haggard generation He's got...

She likes to read her Bible I like a good bar room rival Sunday morning she's in church while my hangover just gets worse We see things differently but she's hell-bent on saving me She's got her life in tact and mine's been to hell and back She's an angel,...

Shotguns, halter tops A Firebird from a chop shop A six pack of ice cold bud Screaming at the cop Hey, need another cold one Can't ya see, can't ya see What that woman been doing to me Well, that's Jay in the backseat Marshall tucker singing on the CD He's a...

I was there when the men came, and told us all the news Father forgive them for they know not what they do Till they walk a while, a country mile In my hillbilly shoes You want to judge me by the whiskey on my breath You think you know me but you ain't s...

I ain't got it all that bad There's tougher lives I might've had Sometimes I live hand to mouth But there are those that go without Might be things I wish I had But when I look at where I'm at I ain't got it all that bad In my time I've tried it all F...

I got drunk so sue me I made up my mind to not give a damn I tried to forget the way that you do me Yeah, I got drunk cuz I'm your man It's not like I found someone else I could hold To make up for not holding you It's not like I went out and painted th...

They like ice cold beer and smokeless tobacco And dancin' on a Saturday night Church on Sunday mornin' and talkin' to Jesus There's some that say that that ain't right I know for certain that nobody's perfect And they don't pretend to be I like those people A...

I've treated this ol body like a stolen car, Just some old disposable machine, Pedal to the metal and a trail of broken hearts, Yea I'd fill it up with almost anything, My motto was live fast and go out strong, But I never thought that I'd live this long...

(feat. Toby Keith) Well I don't go out all the time, what kinda fool do you think I am But a rowdy Wednesday nighter, ain't really something you can plan Gotta be at work by 7 (that's right) I should be gettin' home (that's right) I used to do this all the t...

Well I've spent more money than I've made And I've grown more whiskers than I've shaved I've worked harder getting out of work But I've loved a lot more than I've hurt I've spilled more whiskey than I've drank I drove up more gas than was in my tank I've...

I've never had a broken bone, I hardly ever get a cold, I keep myself in pretty good shape, But I know I wouldn't be here today, If a broken heart could kill, I'd be long gone, Ashes to ashes, dust to dust by now, Six feet under, a tombstone on a hill,...

I've been living on truck stop coffee Cigarettes and vitamin C It's a wonder that the devil ain't caught me I guess he's tired of playing hide and seek Been driving like I been struck by lighting I think about you and I start to speed I might as well be...

My old man's backhand used to land, Hard on the side of my head. I just learned to stay out of his way. There's been street fights, blue lights, Long nights with the world sittin' on my chest: It just showed me how much I could take. Hard times, bad luck. Some...

There's one thing that I've learned in this life The only thing sweeter than the laughter of friends Is the smile of a woman when you do a little something To please her now and then I like the nightlife but I don't wanna be One of those slouched over in the...

[Verse 1:] He said beer works but liquor's quicker And he shot down that whiskey straight He said I ain't no one but the secret is son You gotta get out of your own way I said my job sucks,I got a broke-down truck And I feel like I'm spinning my wheels As the...

Lazy summer sundown Front porch of this old house Lighting bugs in a mason jar There's a four-lane coming through They break ground at the end of June The county's taking half my yard It don't matter too much anyway In the scheme of things I still get m...

I know it's over I won't hide from that Once that door closes you won't be coming back I've only one favor left to ask of you If your heart's not hurting too Lie before you leave and tell me we were something Say that leaving me will be your great regret...

Pulled in the driveway, picked up the paper Found my key, and unlocked the door I walked in, felt like a stranger Like I'd never, been there before And as I wandered room to room It was silent as a tomb Coulda heard a tear drop, coulda heard a heart bre...

One coffee cup, one toothbrush One set of keys, one car out in the drive One half of the closet empty One half of the bed cold at night One of us just up and disappeared That only leaves one of us 'round here Lonesome Can drive a man insane Lonesome...

Granddaddy was Irish Cherokee Ran moonshine from here to Tennessee Spent half his life in the Montgomery county jail Grandma she got drunk and left All her kids on her mamas front steps Nobody's heard from her since she hightailed I come from a long line of...

[Verse 1:] A couple acres, on the outskirts A little fenced in piece of red dirt And the banker had his pen out He said "sign here", I kinda freaked out All this talkin' about settlin' Had this old boy back peddlin' So I pushed back that contract Found my car...

I have days where I hate my job This little town and the whole world too Last Sunday when the Bengals lost Lord it put me in a bad mood I have moments when I curse the rain Then complain when the sun's too hot I look around at what everyone has And I forget a...

I'm not one to whine or cry or wallow in self-pity I take life in stride and smell the roses when I can I am one of those lucky guys who's happy just to be here Doin' what I love and thankful that I am With all of life's temptations And this dream that I...

It's just one of those hard days Nothin' in the cards days Walkin' in the dark days You gotta push your way through It's a cut to the bone day A feelin' all alone day Knowin' everything's gone day Missin' you... Most days I'm doin' alright I'm movin' on with...

Old white washed barn doors Rain rusted tin Straw packed shirt and blue jeans Hangin' in the wind There's never time for these bones to mend Up before the sun dries The frost on my fields I've got the diesel burnin' Turnin' these four wheels Across...

There's a "For Sale" sign on a big old rusty tractor. You can't miss it, it's the first thing that you see. Just up the road, a pale-blue water tower, With "I Love Jenny" painted in bright green. Hey, that's my Uncle Bill, there by the courthouse. He'll b...

It was a typical black tie country club scene The band was playing "Girl from Ipanema" It was like a bad dream, y'all Had a plate with a cracker and a piece of cheese The waiter came by, said, "You tried the Clams Casino?" I said, "Who me? No." She leaned over...

Golden Tee, shuffleboard, pinball, he's got the score that everybody around here's tryin to beat, he's a six pack up when he walks in, tells the band crank it up to 10, then he's up dancin on his seat, well he's a big mouth, yellin' hey play some free bird, sa...

I met an old man on a Greyhound On my way down to New Orleans He started talkin' in the backseat He pulled out a flask and passed it to me He said, 'Someday you'll be my age And start lookin' back on where you've been You'll get a little sad and just a little...

I've been down the Mississippi, down through New Orleans I've played in California there ain't too much I haven't seen I'm a Ramblin' Man Don't fool around with a Ramblin' Man Left a girl in West Virginia Up there where the green grass grows Got a girl...

Me and Ace and Billy Joe "Born To Run" on the radio Doin' 95 down Rock Springs road, Racin' the Tennessee sun We stuck it on the hometown games And played chicken with midnight trains Oh, time is slow We were insane Rebels on the run And we made a b...

Here we are reunion night, class of 1985 Guess we've done alright since graduation day I guess we did okay Yeah, they tried to teach us all to be pillars of society Hoping we'd outgrow our redneck ways But I look around and nothing's really changed We've bee...

Wake up in the morning Get to living my life Making sure that Im all that I can be Went to church on Sunday There was a moment that came I swear it was like the Lord spoke right to me So now I'm slowing it down and I'm looking around And I'm lovin' this town...

Ninety four degrees as far as the eye can see Corn is blowing in the wind Seven days a week out here in this heat A gentle rain my only friend Sometimes when the sun goes down The moon is full the stars come out I look out across this land I'm proud of...

Sometime I think what turned her on Was my old broke down boots She wanted her a real cowboy It was a phase she was goin' through But not one week after she moved in I caught her paintin' the bedroom blue She brought home a bottle of pink Chablis And poured...

I met her down in Tampa Bay Spring break '88 She came in to hear my band play And man we were on that night Twin guitars and 20-minute jams "Tush", "Cocaine", and "Sweet Home Alabam" I knew I had her in the palm of my hand When I stepped in the spotligh...

She was standin' on a flatbed Wavin' at the lawn chairs Fourth of July parade There were tootsie rolls flyin' Old vets cryin' Everybody had a flag to wave Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Back to the simple things Well, it's been such a long time Gonna dig...

Every mornin' when I get up Jet fuel in a coffee cup Lord knows I ain't givin' up Gonna take on the world today Sometimes it's green, green grass Other times it kicks my ass Half-full, half-empty glass Don't matter either way I'm gonna live the life that I'm...

His old man was a rebel yeller... Bad boy to the bone. He'd say: "Can't trust that other fella," He'd judge 'em by the tone of their skin. He was raised to think like his Dad... Narrow mind full of hate. On the road to no-where fast, Till the Grace of God got...

There's a story that my daddy tells religiously Like clockwork every time he sees an opening In a conversation about the way things used to be Well I'd just roll my eyes and make a bee-line for the door But I'd always wind up starry-eyed, cross-legged on the f...

I'm tired of spinning my wheels I need to find a place where my heart can go to heal I need to get there pretty quick Hey mister what you got out on that lot you can sell me in a pinch Maybe one of them souped up muscle cars The kind that makes you think...

Bumper stickers on a Suburu Save the whales and no more news Next to a pickup with a rebel flag Couple rifles and a gunrack Behind a soccer mom in a Ucon And a busload of deadheads The long stretch of highway they're on Their only common thread But there they...

It's me again with this whiskey on my breath again And I'm ashamed about the shape I'm in And how bad I feel Damn these tears Damn this habit that I've had for years I'm trying hard to make it disappear I swear I will So don't lose faith in me I know...

A young kid stepped in from the cold And he ordered up a drink He said don't look surprised old man I'm older than you think If I was the talkin' kind I could tell you a thing or two And since you didn't ask, let me show you my tattoos He said I got this...

Get ready for the big revival, c'mon everybody get in the van There's a little church on Eagle Mountain, it's called The Blood of the Blessed Lamb If your faith ain't strong enough child, you might wind up dead Praise the Lord and pass me a copperhead Reveren...

I told my mom goodbye when I was eighteen She told me bye for good at age seventy-three She was an angel right here on earth There was sure a fine line between heaven and her I went and married the woman I loved Three years of me later she had enough Ju...

Everybody's talking saying this will never last Trying to see the future Judging me by my past I've always been a sinner But I've never claimed to be Anymore than what I am What you get is what you see I've always had a wild side I've always stood jus...

I was born in a small town in the hills of Tennessee Kentucky raised, just a country boy and that's all I'll ever be My daddy ran a still house to keep us kids alive Just doin' what he had to do after mama died The same people that called him no good Woul...

Trouble is I can't make her see I said some bad things I didn't mean Now it's all come down to this She's not here Trouble is Trouble is she's over me And it's no use to beg and pled And it's to late to make amends She's not here Trouble is Trouble...

I've been lookin' for a sign Runnin' through the rain Shiver to the bone But I still can't shake the pain I've been lookin' for a sign Rollin' on the ground What did I do today Well, I can't remember now I'm just tryin' to survive The best way I know...

I was at that smartass time of my life Where I'd pick a fight, just to pick a fight If he said, black, I said white If he took one side, I took the other side The dinner table we sat around Was more like a battleground And I lost more times than I won I would...

I heard it through the grapevine My new neighbor don't like my big red barn A '47 Ford, bullet holes in the door Broke down motor in the front yard I got half a mind to paint a plywood sign And nail it up on a notty pine tree Saying I was here first This is my...

I learn what I know But I was born this way More of a number And less of a name I talk a little too quiet And not enough they say I only tell my secrets When it’s time to pray You wouldn’t see the war just lookin’ from the outside I’ve got red dirt blood here...

Don’t you dare go running down My little town where I grew up And I won’t cuss your city lights If you ain’t ever took a ride around And cruised right through the heart of my town Anything you say would be a lie We may live our lives a little slow But that d...

Some kids grew up on mean streets Dealin' with the crips and bloods But me I was born on a back road In a 4X4 rollin' through the mud The street kid deals with the dealer And he's always watchin' his back Me, I'm watchin' a line, with a woman of mine D...

When I was just a little baby My mama held my hand Tried to hold me steady all she could But I pulled just like a full-grown man Now mama was a real fine woman Only angel I've ever known Guess I must have turned out more like my daddy A chip off the rol...

This goes out to all those hard workin Americans out there. We got your back baby. Let’s kick thing boys! I put a 40 in and plus over time ought to be proud of this check of mine I opened it up and I’ll be damned I worked half the week for Uncle Sam He’s up...

Put me on a mountain, way back in the back woods Put me on a lake with a a bigging on the line Put me 'round a campfire cookin' something I just cleaned You do your thing, I'll do mine I ain't tradin' in my family's safety Just to save a little gas And I'll p...

I hear you're smiling, been looking good Nothing but blue skies in your neighborhood They say you're tickled pink since you left me And you been talking about me like you never met me But your tears are coming like a hot Georgia rain Like a East texas flood,...