Wish I told her how I felt Maybe she'd be here right now I pretended I'm glad you went away These four walls close in more every day And I'm dyin' inside
I wrote it down when I was only a young boy of seventeen A long list of what true love means Now I'm here on the wrong side of lonely here 'Cause I never
One good bye and the world that I knew Just slips away and dares me to forget it I know my heart will heal one day if memories will let it It hurts when
Mount Everest, I'll climb it No problem, just say when Mississippi, I'll swim it Down to the delta and back again If you love somebody, it ain't that
We don't talk much, anymore Though I'm dying to call You say it's over, now for sure But for me it isn't over at all I lie awake and struggle every night
(G. Burr/S. Vaughn/P. Young) I can tell you're afraid to move any closer You say you've learned your lesson before And you're sure you won't risk your
At the Praire View Motel They've got a swimming pool shaped like the state of Texas And a room with a view On our honeymoon we were learning new dances
Throw away the book, forget about the rules Set aside your doubts, they don't apply now Everything you know, all that's gone before Ain't what we're about
I sometimes feel you drift away And I wonder if you'll always stay I hold you close, to feel your heart Yes, then I know, we'll never part 'Cause I can
(Chris Farren/Jeffrey Steele/Larry Park) When it comes to love I've had my doubts But when you walked in my heart checked out And like a schoolboy crush
If she only knew, what I knew but could not say If she could just see that part of me I hid away If I could just hold her in my arms again and just say
(M. D. Sanders/T. Nichols) I don't want to hear about all our troubles Baby I've heard enough I want to get down deep down deeper To the stronger stuff
(C. Farren/J. Steele) How deep is a river Never know till you jump in How strong is desire Girl it's the original sin How wwild is a fire How long is
(Annie Roboff/Arnie Roman) Everybody's trying to run away from they're pain Trying to catch a ride on that money train Doing all they can to get more
A simple disagreement Over something so small That's how it always starts It ain't no one's fault We both had to be right That's when it all went wrong
If she only knew, what I knew but could not say If she could just see that part of me I hid away If I could just hold her in my arms again And just say
She said I'm not pointing fingers And he said yes you are 'Cause you wouldn't bring it up if you weren't If I told you I'd been walking Out in the dark
Throw away the book, forget about the rules, set aside your doubts They don't apply now Everything you know, all that's gone before Ain't what we're about