Jo Dee Messina

I don't know how I survived In this cold and empty world For all this time I only know that I'm alive Because you love me When I recall what I've been through There's some things That I wish I didn't do Now I do the things I do Because you love me An

Do you wanna be a poet and write? Do you wanna be an actor up in lights? Do you wanna be a soldier and fight for love? Do you wanna travel the world? Do you wanna be a diver for pearls? Or climb a mountain and touch the clouds above? Be anyone you wa

Well it's been a long time, glad to see your face I knew we'd meet again, another time, another place Can't believe it's been so many years You'd better grab a chair and a couple of beers Looking good in your three-piece suit You know, I always knew

Look at who the wind's blowin' up the road Shining like a Northern Star Actin' like the answers to all my prayers But, baby, I know what you really are So don't you knock on my door, I won't be home anymore You can find me out walking in the sun Oh,

Somebody`s gonna give you a lesson in leavin` Somebody`s gonna give you back what you`ve been givin` And I hope that I`m around To watch `em knock you down It`s like you to love `em and leave `em Just like you loved me and left me It`s like you to do

(Jo Dee Messina/Mark Selby) I used to think that life was all about the joneses Trying to find a way to just keep up some how I had to have it, do it, be it, had to own it A little secret that I finally figured out We spend so much time climbing up t

(Jo Dee Messina/John Bettis/Wayne Kirkpatrick) It's good to see you come 'round, it's been a while Sure is nice to see your smile Yah I'm doing better now, thought about Callin' you a hundred times Oh I had left a couple messages And I never heard a

Baby what do you say we just get lost Leave this one horse town like two rebels without a cause I've got people in Boston, ain't your daddy still in Des Moines We can pack tomorrow, tonight let's flip a coin Heads Carolina, tails California Somewhere

Angelene, she's such a pretty thing All dolled up in her hip-huggin' jeans Mama's heels and her ruby red rouge Sneakin' out while her daddy's passed out Hangin' out with the wrong crowed She's got all the right moves And she's givin' away little piec

I don't know how I survived In this cold and empty world For all this time I only know that I'm alive Because you love me When I recall what I've been through There's some things That I wish I didn't do Now I do the things I do Because you love me An

Bye, Bye Boy you sure look good there standing in the doorway with the sunset light Maybe I read you wrong thinking you could be my Mr. Right I was putting my heart and soul on the line You said you needed some time, just a little more time To make u