Тексты песен MONTGOMERY GENTRY

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 dec

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" hav

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 g

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

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

(steve fox/robin branda) 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 bac

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

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 s

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 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)

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 ma

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

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 Sh

(mike geiger/woody mullis/bobby taylor) 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 h

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 lo

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 h

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

I 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 be long gone Ashes to ashes, d

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

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 streetfights, blue lights, Long nights with the world sittin

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

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

(dave gibson/greg crowe/bill mccorvey) 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

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

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

Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk At our Christmas party We were drinkin' champagne punch And homemade eggnog Little sister brought her new boyfriend He was a Mexican We didn't know wha

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'

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

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 Je

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 wi

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

(jay knowles/wynn varble) 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 t

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 pai

Every now an' then, on my home, I stop at a spot where the wild flowers grow, an' I pick a few, 'Cause she don't tell me to. I go out with my boys all right, But most of t

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 &

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 be

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 th

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&#

young kid stepped in from the cold, ordered up a drink He said dont be 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 didnt

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 mar

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

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' w

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

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 G

Put me on a mountain, way back in the back woods Put me on a lake with pickin on the line Put me 'round a campfire cookin' something I just cleaned You do your thing, I'll do min