Owen Temple

We've been tangled up like this before Saying things we both regret We dig in and start keeping score We both forgive but we don't forget It seems like nothing when it's going down We've got to watch these words we throw around We've got to stop this ga...

Before the night becomes the dawn I'll be beside my only one Baby knows that when its dark I'm gone But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn I travel up the road with songs to sing And baby waits at home and wears my ring She knows that I'll b...

There's nothing sadder than an empty sidecar, A train with no engineer The cop in this town, he hates Elvis, He's hanging from my rearview mirror But he never sees it, he's usually drinking beer Leaves his patrol car parked down here In Black Diamond W...

How did your past get stuck in a pawnshop Seems everything you owned is held in hock At the only store open on this whole downtown block On a shelf next to records and pistols I found your old guitar I saw your Chevy Nova down at the salvage yard We got...

The first time I loved I didn't know how good that it could be To have another heart see in you everything you hoped they'd see If someone said the feeling wouldn't last there's no way I'd ever believe That something I felt so true and fast could ever slip...

Dale was painfully shy back in high school But he worked up the nerve bought Carla a ring He hits the open mic every Friday But he can't drink enough to sing His momma said he shakes his leg like Elvis His daddy said he does no such thing He hits the op...

All night I tossed and turned I couldn't sleep a wink I laid there in the dark I couldn't help but think About those miles between you and me Then I gave up on sleeping and I reached for my keys I can't keep my mind off you No matter where I go No mat...

I heard they named St Louis after some French king She said she's name's Marie after the last French queen The city of the king comes callin' when the sun goes down But she only likes to call me when no one comes around The lights on the river shine like...

Slanted eyebrows looking over his glasses Hand on a hip flicking cigarette ashes Listening to music with self-employed stresses Selling all them heaters at midnight in Texas That ain't no microphone pass me a hit I'd just as soon not mess with it Too fat to f...

Racing down a track, a collision course If we crash neither one will survive the force Ramming into each other, fighting over the lane We'll both be twisted metal and a bent up frame Slamming into each other but the wheels are still turning We used to be...

As a kid in Arkansawyer I got my hambone on But those days are gone To get me paid some wages, I rolled out of town Where I find work is where I'm bound Indy to Atoka, on roofs and under cars Building churches, building bars Tampa to Kalkaska picking fr...

Downtown's all closed down They've boarded up all the windows Just like an old ghost town The storefronts are empty There's no one around Downtown's all closed down A small town in Texas by the courthouse in the square The middle of the afternoon and t...

I guess it's been some time Since my feet been on solid ground They've been hovering over the road That my wheels keep rollin' down And I bet you that these truckers They must wonder who I am To keep speedin' past 'em up the road And heading right back...

Just a way down Mount Bonnel Road There's a little place where the beer is cold Dry Creek Café and Dock No place better come five o'clock Just off the lake a two story bar You know you're there when you see the cars Lined up and parked along Jukebox pla...

What am I doing with my days I can spend my time so many ways Work I could do running through my head But faith without works is dead There is a meaning you can find In every action, heart and mind Uncover this, I thought I heard it said Cause faith wi...

Boots and rhinestones Canadian tuxedoes Honky tonk zeros Neon lights Rocky Mountain beer signs Parking lot Thunderbird wine Ten 'til showtime Dim the lights Fall in love every night Metal building stage sound North Texas showdown Feeling high and...

You called and said let's get together again sometime You said that lately I'd crossed your mind It's been a while since we've spoken I'm pretty sure the last time our hearts got broken We had something special once but now it's gone Our lives intersecte...

A building filled with a hundred rooms, looms overhead Behind the glass and curtains, a million lovers beds They bulldozed that old beerjoint where we drank for free They put a hotel on the skyline where O. Henry's used to be Four thousand days ago in a f...

We live in a house of cards so tall It looks fine on the outside but it's bound to fall But the looking good is easy It's the feeling good that's hard And this house is just a house of cards We've been bluffing each other for almost seven years We both...

This lawyer hole I been climbing in Feels dark and wet and cold Twenty five years on the Louisiana Bar Make you feel five hundred years old I don't want to do what I do Do you, do you? I don't want to do what I do Didn't you hear the recession's on N...

I quit smoking I quit drinking I quit staying out all night I quit drinking from the milk carton I quit starting barroom fights But there's one habit that I don't want to lose I just can't quit loving you I quit paying my bills late I quit driving cars...

You heard I was lonely I heard you were blue I heard a song in my head I wrote it down here for you It's nothing too fancy Just a few rhyming lines It's just something to tell you That you're on my mind I wrote you a waltz I wrote it so you could see...

The lowering sun stretches shadows across the windy plain I 'm thinking on the time that 's passed, how you never felt the same When I said it 's hard to leave you said, it 's hard to watch you go I shouldn't have believed you, but back then how could I kno...

Tinsy Eggleston rode a car bomb to Kingdom Come Elmer Holliday laid in a shallow grave, he had to go away Locals speaking of the Ringside Pub and the Dueces Club Keep voices low, Little Chicago is Fort Worth you know A five mile strip, the further you went t...

James washed dishes at a barbecue place Fifth Street downtown He'd get his pay and go next door to drink his money down I was just getting started playing guitar when I met him there I'd finish a song he'd clap his hands noone else would but he didn't care...

The red sun's going down, I'll be waiting up again Wondering where you are tonight Out with all your friends And I guess that you don't think about The home you left behind But I'd give everything to get you out of my mind You thought a quiet ranch road...

I go the other way if I see you first And I know you do the same I didn't think I'd see you out tonight 'Til I heard someone speak your name But we don't want to talk We don't want to share We go through the motions Just like we still care Like we st...

I pulled out of Charleston West Virginia In the middle of the night I made it down to Nashville town When the sun was shining bright I'm headed out west on a four day run And I've got to make pretty good time I gotta make a living livin' My life chasing...

She was smiling in the sun at a sidestreet café She had a love in her eyes and an ease in her way Like her soul was lit up, her heart rung like a bell I'll never know her name but I remember her well People you're passing on the street They're the friend...

A thunderstorm shook my bed And I thought of all the things you said Earthquake shook the ground Like it never did with you around Moon’s covered up by clouds Ashamed to show his face Tides moves like they rarely do Things all out of place I’m looking for sig...

It’s low, it’s brand new, it’s sprawling Without center, gasoline powered, crawling Dams and powerlines made the desert disappear Now there's millions of people living here It’s paradise and hell all smashed together Danger and glamour and good weather L...

Tighten up those strings Dump your foot on the floor Find some words to sing And open up that door Carved tree, ...wood, Polished till it shine Find a better way Something that saves time Go on like the way That no one's ever seen Make some, make your own The...

Waitress in a pink dress Works before the sun's up Barely pays the rent Pouring coffee into coffee cups To wake the truck drivers up Then out on the interstate He's out in a traffic grind Got to keep the rig safe Cause he's got a family to keep in mind...

Like a summer wind I’m walking with you warm Like a bay out on the ocean you can keep me from a storm But now your face shows signs of comin’ rain Mary what can I do to ease your pain (Chorus) Mary I can’t bear to see you cry Mary wipe the tears out of...

I sent Maria North last summer said I'd follow over soon I'm reminded of my promise 'neath a yellow desert moon I can hear the crickets song again it's time for me to go Cross over the border get out of Mexico By the bank I scan the darkness and watch the...

All over the land he's spoken of Wise as a snake, gentle as a dove When that wolf wears sheep clothes He shakes dust off his feet before he goes He's a medicine man He's a medicine man He walks the lands, you never seen before He's on a mission, conqu...

She was seventeen left Arkansas moved here on her own After mom's boyfriend and a tornado tore up her home She brought her small dog with her but she left behind her old clothes She emptied out albums of pictures by the side of the road She'd make some mo...

He's going back to Mountain Home Cedar trees and stone Said he's been gone too long He's going back to Mountain Home Live oak and limestone and rivers when it rains Big sky and cedar trees and cold clear springs Every shade of blue, every shade of green...

Concrete and chrome, I'm spending time Getting more of what's yours for less of mine In fluorescent daylight above the ground Nobody's life's made richer, money moves around The transfer of wealth is the greatest good Don't use imagination if you think yo...

We looked for the perfect moment each and every night Waiting for the timing to be just right To say what we were feeling between us two Both afraid of not hearing I love you too Being in between loving is worse than no love at all You can't keep walking...

Timber Ridge, Virginia is a mighty fine place From that soil sprung a leader of the human race He had eyes full of thunderstorms and hair like gold He was seven foot tall when he was six years old- Old Sam, Big Sam Down in Alabama in 1812 He and Andy Jac...

Well I've rambled coast to coast seen the cities of the plains Where they know my face but they don't know my name I made music and whiskey in the hills of Tennessee I forget more places than most folks ever see On the lonesome road I'm headed down The h...

Well's drying up and the creek is gone Dust is flying, cows are skin and bone Drought like this could drive you from your home But we're one day closer to rain Weatherman stands there waving his arms But there's no more bales of hay down in the barn Corn crop...

I was late for work My boss is a jerk He said don't let it happen again But when I got my check I said what the heck I'll spend a weeknight out with friends The last thing I recall About the old dancehall Was thinking I should probably get home soon B...

Through the open window I can hear a passing train In the gentle wind I can smell the coming rain I can tell its dusk by the shadow on the wall But I don't know if you're in love with me at all I can watch the sky and I always seem to know Just before an...

Flickering lights mean distant towns Rolling wheels make humming sounds The full moon makes the night like day A lonely road will make you feel this way When the town square's dark the stoplights flash A midnight diesel rolls on past A northern front giv...

She was wearing a black dress as she spoke across the years He nearly dropped his drink to hear her voice ringing in his ears Love in the ruins, late for the show She said, love will always live, if we don't let it grow I will pass you on the street and w...

Sipping wine then taking shots is a stupid thing to do Last time I felt this bad, I was spending time with you Drank red wine and tequila now I'm hanging on the floor I've got a sick feeling, we can't do this anymore So I called to say goodbye, I can't arg...

My great grandfather was a rake and a rambler Good with the women but not a good gambler Bet away a fortune, and lost a family business Deep in East Texas, he died with no witness A son of a son, a father of fathers Rivers run from many waters My grand...

The lights in the arena and the crowd in the stands Fifteen hundred pounds of bull gripped tight in your hands Announcer says your name and the crowd goes wild I've had rodeo dreams since I was a child I ride in a rodeo a few times a year I get stomped a...

Tennessee Highway Tennessee highway Take me home to see my Texas baby Tennessee Highway Tennessee highway Take me home to see my Texas baby I been in and out of every bar here in Nashville Seen nothing but broken promises and empty dreams Everyone here...

Don't try and look so tough I know what you're trying to do You think you have to put on a show For me to pay attention to you Well baby you've got the floor And I'm all eyes and ears You don't have to act angry For me to say what you want to hear Oh...

I heard what happened, what they did to you I read it in the paper, could not believe it was true Scientists all met up as I understand it They changed their minds one more time, now Pluto's not a planet Pluto was once every astronomer's dream A few decad...

Look at you and me We got two hearts It's not a full house yet Could be a pretty good start There's no guarantees In this hand that we play We get to keep some cards We have to throw some away This ain't Las Vegas We're not bound to lose We can win...

I broke your heart one more time I came home you were crying I love you babe you know it's true But I can't keep from hurtin' you Cause I go out to those roadside bars Livin' fast beneath the stars And you just want your man at home Or at least a call o...

What you got is not what you wanted And what you don't have you think you need It's a daily human drama Of insecurity and greed All that matters is what you're chasing What you've caught before is out of mind For the chance to catch what's just out of re...

See that U-haul truck filled with all that we own Parked in the driveway of our old home To cross this country by tomorrow night We're gonna hit the road in the morning light In a truck full of dreams And a handful of doubts But we put fear away After...

A seagull cry, a child laugh, an old man orders a drink It's been ten years since he got here and it hurts to think That years ago at this beachside bar a woman held his hand He lost his chance for true romance on South Padre Island The woman's name was M...

This old skyline takes me back to another time Years ago in San Antonio I was yours and you were mine It’s been a while I hope you’re doing well I’m doing fine as far as I can tell I recall a Sunday by the Riverwalk you and me just walkin’ around Music f...

Two frozen rivers with ice like boulders Cracking past Portage and Main Dark downtown buildings, one glowing tavern Breaking loose from winter's chains Winter wind whistling the outside air Inside it's like we found summer somewhere My car's all rusted...

When you come how from work - dark house noone's there You might think that nobody cares If the telephone won't ring and no message is waiting You can't say that hope for love is fading If you don't want to be alone You don't have to stay at home Someon...

I spent several days thinking of the ways I'd say we're through But when I let you go I didn't know that I still cared for you But last Saturday night beneath the barroom lights I saw you out with him And in a matter of time I changed my mind I wanted you b...

A friend asked me before his wedding day 'Tell me the truth, I wanna hear you say Is marriage a blessin' or is it a curse?' I said, 'It's for better and for sometimes worse' You're gonna be happy and sometimes so sad It feels good except when it feels bad...