Radney Foster

There's a curve in the highway, just south of town Where a man has pulled over to figure life out With only his conscience and the lonesome sound Of diesels winding up grade He's got a wife and two kids, and they love him so He's got a woman down in Georgia, a...

I'm gonna do it darling I could waste time trying to figure it out But I'm jumping anyhow I've never been this far Didn't know love could run so deep Didn't know I'd lose this much sleep Holding you close chasing the moon Spending all night Learning just who y...

Ain't it funny the turns life puts you through Don't know what's round the bend Lord you don't know where it's leading you Close your eyes say a prayer Take it on the chin it's the Darnedest thing who comes round again Baby I thought that Love was over and gon...

All I ever wanted to do was fly Leave this world and live in the sky I left the C130 out of Fort Worth town I go up some days I don't wanna come down Well I fly that plane called the Angel Flight Come on brother you're with me tonight Between Heaven and...

I held on to the hurt Wrestled it to the ground Fought it like heaven and hell And I lost every round There wasn't anybody I would trust So long since I felt love I'd forgotten what it was Baby til you got a hold of my angry heart I saw the truth When you led...

Now every father's child's taught to do like their told Not ever son or daughter is gonna fit the mold If you feel like your life callin's been a slave to the mud Down in every desert there's a burnin' bush When the word starts shovin' give it back a push The...

Hey, baby, I got a big idea Why don't fall in love out here under this river of stars And let these hearts do what they were meant to do Hey, Darlin', I wanna make things perfectly clear If we could put our heads together We could change the world forever Just...

You pick him up, brush him off, wipe his tears, hug his cheers. Then one day, all too soon, this boy stands up and confidently speaks those words 'Duty, Honor, and Country'. I wonder where he learned those words, a knowing parent proudly smiles; For now God...

She's in some honky tonk tonight, I know She's dancing where the music's loud and lights are low In a crowded bar, she likes to hang around And as long as there's a honky tonk, she'll never settle down So close up the honky tonks, lock all the doors Don't let...

Every afternoon at five o'clock I forget all about you There ain't nothin' 'bout this honky tonk To remind me we're through And I can put off going back To that ol' empty house you swore you'd never leave From the loneliness you handed me I can get a brief rep...

Can't you tell, by the spell that I'm under This fella's wonderin' if you'll let me get next to you Is there a chance of gettin' through? Well you never seem to notice me, no matter what I do And everybody in town knows I'm crazy over you Does it show, there'...

Another day dawns I'll be leaving for work soon And you won't suspect a thing Til late this afternoon I won't be coming home But it don't matter what I do You see it's just another day Of disappointing you All I ever wanted was to give you what you wanted See...

Well I heard it from confidential sources You've been thinking 'bout losing my name And you've been dialin' some unlisted number At some Memphis, TN exchange Well your plannin' on headin' down the highway And this time you're going for good Well honey don't th...

Baby, take my car keys, put em in your pocket Lord knows, I got no business with em I been nursing half a beer for half an hour But the whole room's spinning My brain is actually buzzing with the vertigo I'm feeling Got nothin' to do with inebriation That kis...

You put together all the pieces of the puzzle So one more lie would be a waste of my breath It's too late now for me to start being truthful No amount of regret could win back your love You see it's easier said than done Words can't rebuild All the trust my li...

Miss Laura fed the hungry in the church house basement After she'd retired from teaching school She'd pick my son up in her arms on Sundays To teach him all about the golden rule I heard those stories about Selma and Tuskegee How she helped Martin fill the j...

When I was just a boy, my granddaddy took me to town one afternoon He drove an LTD, wore a big white Stetson, and two-tone cowboy boots He said son "Here goes" and handed me a twenty just to see the look on my face He said, "Don't tell your mama nothin' about...

The reasons it won't work are more than I can count A love that's doomed right from the start This modern world just fills your head with fears and doubts We'd end it now if we were smart The only ones who make love last forever Are fools that dream Ah, c'mon...

The Mississippi moves a whole lot slower than you think I've been to Memphis and rode it clean down to New Orleans I'd bet a Ben Franklin I've seen the whole world in between But I ain't seen you in God knows when Too much of that bootleg liquor, not near eno...

Dragon tales and the water is wide Pirate's sail and lost boys fly Fish bite moonbeams every night And I love you Goodspeed, little man, Sweet dreams little man Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings Godspeed, sweet dreams The rockets racer's...

Half of my mistakes I made stone cold sober Half of my mistakes I made at closing time Half the time I never saw it coming 'til it was over Half of my mistakes I made with love on the line Half of my mistakes I swear I should have known better Half of my...

Better build your house on a rock Or watch it crumble and fail Better build your love with hammer and nails I see it in the darkness As if it was broad daylight I feel it down inside my soul When I hold you tight It takes much more than passion for love to pr...

I know that it's true sometimes life's hard It's touch or it's go at the turn of the heart Somehow love survives the only way it can Well, it's not the cards we're dealt, it's how you play the hand Darlin', each day turned in to each year We've held each othe...

I know just what you're talking about We've all got hopes and dreams and doubts When your heart is on the line Some walk the walk, some just like flirting Some talk the talk and then leave you hurting I'm not the hurting kind Everybody knows that love is the...

I won't lie to you I can't live without the love you're giving The only thing I know that's true Is loving you's how I survive this world we live in The blue ball keeps spinning The rich folks, they keep winning No free lunch, no, the little guy's always gott...

Love doesn't come with a contract You give me this I gave you that It's scary business Your heart and soul is on the line Baby why else would I be standing round here so tougue tied If I knew what I was doing I'd be doing it right now I would be the best damn...

Just an ordinary minute without you But I'm used to it Just the ordinary heartache I go through But I'm used to it Whoever said time heals all wounds Never had to lose someone like you My heart is broken my soul's in pieces too But I'm used to it Sometimes...

You got your arguments all in a line I've got my reasons nose to tail The last hope of innocence got torn to shreads this time You hate the memories and I'm cursing each detail I've got a picture and you've got a photograph We both see what we want to see I've...

Her eyes tell the story too many nights alone He always takes for granted she's waiting there at home He treats her like she's nothing, man that guy's a fool Can't he see he holds a priceless jewel If it were me I'd be thanking my lucky stars If it were me I'd...

Just call me lonesome, heartbroke and then some Cause I ain't got no one, since you've been gone You called me baby, now I've got a new name Don't need my old one, call me lonesome from now on You used to call me, your one and only But now you only call me som...

The big shot stuck in front of me He don't know what he's doin' His blood pressure and cell phone bills They're gonna be his ruin You see, minutes measure time We all know time is money This traffic jam is God's little joke But he don't think its funny To Ju...

We've been burning that candle down Both ends at the same time There ain't enough money in this town To make it worth working so hard Honey nothings worth growing so cold That you lose your heart and soul So day by day we've gotta spend some time On the labor...

Those lonely eyes they stare at me in silence I don't know what to do So much hurt So much arched back defiance It's gonna break something soon No one loves the way you love But love could suffocate from the weight that's bearing down on us If I could just re...

This pain is deeper than the Pontchartrain Now that I'm alone again after losing you I'm going down to basin street Where the broken dreamers meet Where my broken heart can beat Louisiana blue (where) those muddy bayous run just as black as coca cola Ain't no...

You thought you had this thing licked Hide under the covers when you answer the phone Pretend your sick You built that wall around your heart so no one Could get to it You must have missed a spot baby I went right through it Love had something to say about it...

There are nights I've owned this town Most nights it owns me Play my guitar 'til it draws blood And it still won't let me be People think you know what you're talking about All because you wrote some song I ain't no smarter than the rest of these clowns I'm j...

A young man full of pride don't need much hope He thinks he's got it made even when he don't Thinks all he's got to do is order up a beer or two And make work what everybody tells him won't He don't care what all those people say He's got to bend the world hi...

Lyin next to you in the dark I can feel your beating heart You've been here beside me thru the test of time We've both had our share of doubts Waited out those old storm clouds Girl it's nights like that I know why Lovers like you and me will never say die Cau...

A new zip code is what I need Any place where your heartache can't finds me Ain't a bar in this town where I can lose your memory So I'm kissing this dirt goodbye I'm probably never gonna outrun this hurt But I'm damn sure gonna try I'm packin' my life up an'...

You said this ain't over yet I said things that I'll regret Won't be easy to forget Scars take time to heal Before another bitter word gets used I was hoping we could call a truce Cause nobody wins We both lose Hearts get broken and love gets bruised When we...

Old Silver died last Saturday evenin' Or was it more like ten years ago? She nailed two dozen roses to the top of his coffin And buried 'em deep where they never would grow Lord, she buried 'em deep where they never would grow. Now the Irish are funny, they'l...

He left you behind the same way you left me Darling I won't take pride Or bore you with some victory speech I didn't come around to try and pass judgement on you girl I'm just back here looking for a precious pearl A precious pearl that I let slip right throug...

I believe in leather saddles Walk in barrows, and digging your battles And good whiskey has never done me wrong I believe in pretty women Little kids smiles and worn out denim The way Waylon used to tear up a country song I believe love is hard to handle Wild...

It ticks just like a Timex Never lets up on you Who said life was easy The job is never through It'll run us till we're ragged It'll harden our hearts Love could use a day of rest Before we both start falling apart Pray that it's raining on Sunday Storming lik...

Baby it's a scary old world were living in Sometimes it hard to tell who's really your friend There's not much that I'm sure of But one thing's the gospel truth I wouldn't be so damned afraid of what's on the evening news If I could just wake up every morning...

Well, I don't know where this is going baby It's good, it's easy, it's hard and it's crazy But it sure feels right Yeah it sure feels right Hey, it feels all right Every kiss, every touch, I'm not sure that my heart can take this much I feel so weak; so stron...

That first kiss, shook me up It rattled my cage with a tender touch Sweet and wild Girl, I could not get enough The grass was cool, we lost our minds Sharing secrets and a bottle of wine Lazy night, cotton dress Giving in to a warm caress Sweet and wild Girl,...

I can hear the wind whisper my name Tellin' me it's time to head out again My horses are trailered and the lights are shut down An I'm long overdue for headin' outta town Got a fever that they call rodeo Just enough winnin' to make the next show Sometimes you...

He was nervous and excited when he walked in She poured him a drink and they discussed the price of sin She had unbuttoned just two buttons And put her hand upon his thigh And when that grown man started crying She did not blink an eye She just held him in he...

Well it's over and gone Girl tell me the truth Don't try to lie about it Someone else has been with you Judas couldn't hide it any better than this The secret's out darling Betrayed by a kiss Well it's right here with us baby Though it really can't be seen It'...

Day after day The search goes on No one's explained That craving so strong Love runs so deep Down in your soul It hits me so hard All that I know Baby the lucky ones Baby the lucky ones Baby the lucky ones For a moment or two get to fall in love with somebody...

I was born the running kind, leaving always on my mind Home was never home to me at any time Every front door found me hoping I would find the back door open There just had to be an exit for the running kind Within me, there's a prison surrounding me alone As...

The silence is deafening It's drowning out the truth And killing every good thing that we try to do It's so polite 'round here It's hiding any fear That we don't talk about We gotta shake that demon out I'm tired of pretending That everything is gonna work o...

Linda's going down town tonight Cause she don't wanna be alone She's got everything in this world Except the love of a man at home She keeps on hopin that door is open Down on Broadway she knows a place where dreams rave on Tonight ain't gonna be the same old...

She's a walkin' talkin' real live good lovin' woman She'll heal the hurt you left in me She's a livin' breathin' heart-stoppin' man pleasin' woman... To help me lose your memory You say that I'll come running back to you someday Believe me I don't need the ag...

He was black as the sky on a moonless night He was good with horses he never reined em too tight He rode with the best hell he rode with me And they got it all wrong in that book of history It wasn't cowboys and ponies it was horses and men It wasn't school b...

Ever take a drink stop and wonder why? Think about where the shadows go when you turn out the lights? Why God put tears in men if we're not supposed to cry? What it is we're doin' here tonight? Ever make a promise With your fingers crossed just right Pull a h...

You don't know if you want me I know that I want you You don't know if you love me I know that I love you You don't know what it is What it is that you do You're scared of your feelings I'm not scared of nothing You don't know what you're needing But I believ...

I'm willin', To walk the floor Cry, beg and crawl down on my knees But if you can't see I need your love And not your sympathy, Then I'm willin' to walk away and set you free Lately I've been just a little too far down On that list of priorities you carry aro...