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Mixed Up
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MIXED UP
You've got me mixed up with someone who loves you
A case of mistaken identity
You've got me mixed up with someone who loves you
Somebody could love you but that someone ain't me
It's so good see you, it's been a long time and
You ask me where I've been (well)
I don't want to hurt you, or lead you on but
I've come a long way since then
You've got me mixed up with someone who loves you
A case of mistaken identity
You've got me mixed up with someone who loves you
Somebody might love you but that someone ain't me
We had some good times and we had some fun but
I would just be in your way
Somewhere there's somebody perfect for you and
He's gonna find you someday
You've got me mixed up with someone who loves you
A case of mistaken identity
You've got me mixed up with someone who loves you
Somebody might love you but that someone ain't me
Somebody could love you but that someone ain't me
You've got me mixed up
You've got me mixed up
You've got me mixed up
© 2015 by Jerry Vanek
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SHE COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON ME TO LET HER DOWN
Whenever she needed somebody she could turn to
Someone who had both feet on the ground
Somebody who would listen to her troubles
She could always count on me... to let her down
Whenever she needed some words of affirmation
Somebody who would always be around
One true blue friend she could depend on
She could always count on me... to let her down
I let her down, down, down
I turned her pretty smile into a frown
When I was needed, I was nowhere to be found
She could always count on me...
To let her down
If she took an inch, I'd have to take a mile
Paint the town, and buy the boys another round
In a way, you could say I was dependable
She could always count on me...
...to let her down, down, down
I turned her loving smile into a frown
When it was time to back away, I stood my ground
She could always count on me
She could always count on me...
To let her down
Whenever she needed somebody to depend on...
© 2000 by Jerry Vanek
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That's Alright
03:18
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THAT’S ALRIGHT
I was pumpin‘ gas at the Texaco
She was waitin‘ tables at the Eat n’ Go
We weren't in no hurry, just takin' it slow
That was alright by me
That was alright by me
Somehow I thought everything was fine
She was rollin’ every nickel and dime
Spendin' every minute workin' overtime
That was alright by me
That's alright, yeah that's alright
That's alright by me
I hardly ever think about her (yeah)
I'm better off without her
That’s alright, that’s alright by me
She made it out but I never did
She married well and had three kids
I'm sellin' cars and livin' on bids
That's alright by me
That's alright by me
I get a little lonesome now and then
Wonderin' about what might have been
Guess some of us never catch the wind (but)
That’s alright by me
That's alright, yeah that's alright
That's alright by me
I hardly ever think about her (yeah)
I'm better off without her
That’s alright, that’s alright
That’s alright, that’s alright
© 2007 by Mike Ward / Jerry Vanek
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Perfect World
03:36
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PERFECT WORLD
Girl, I’m not a perfect man (and)
Now that you’ve found me out
Where do we go from here (cause)
You ain't gonna change me now
You want me to be someone
That I ain't ever gonna be
Guess I ain’t good enough for you (and)
You’re a little bit too good for me
You’re living in a perfect world
Trying to be the perfect girl
You’re never gonna see that day (baby)
You don’t want me anyway
Messing up your perfect world
Trying to be your man
You’d rather hear me say goodbye
Than learn to take me as I am
You wanna have it all at once
Nobody’s gonna hold you down (well)
I ain’t standing in your way
Baby, you don’t need this man around
(chorus)
There ain’t no such thing as a perfect guy or a perfect girl
There ain’t no real world anywhere that’s a perfect world…
A perfect world…
(chorus)
© 1990 by Jerry Vanek
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Can't Love A Memory
04:09
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CAN'T LOVE A MEMORY
Can't stand the thought of her making
Memories with somebody else
My poor heart feels like breaking
Sittin' here all by myself
With only her memory
That's all that remains
I can't love a memory
I can only remember
How good it used to be
When she loved me tender
A memory can't hold me tight
Can't keep me warm at night
I can't love a memory
I can only be blue
Spendin' my time reminiscing
Ever since I've been alone
The past is a poor companion
Compared to the love I've known (but)
(chorus)
I've got her memory to keep me company (but)
I'd rather have the real thing next to me
She wouldn't say why she went away
Something I said, something I didn't say
(chorus)
© 2004 by Jerry Vanek
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FALLING OFF A WHITE HORSE
The man that you see in your imagination
Is only a man after all
Put him up on a pedestal and one thing's for certain
That man, is gonna fall (cause)
He never really was ten feet tall
Fallin' off a white horse
Trying to get back on
Just in time to find out
That the girl is gone
Your prince isn't perfect and maybe that's a good thing or
He wouldn't want to make you his wife
Nobody lives up to the fairy tale version
That ain't how it is in real life (cause)
We all fall short of expectations
Fallin' off a white horse
Trying to get back on
Just in time to find out
That the girl is gone
He wasn't quite as strong and he wasn't quite as handsome and
He didn't fit the image in her mind...
Fallin' off a white horse
Trying to get back on
Just in time to find out
That the girl is gone
The girl is gone...
© 2013 by Jerry Vanek
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TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE TRUTH
Somebody tellin' little white lies 'bout
Somebody else with tears in their eyes
It's best to say nothing but when nothing won't do
I'll take my chances with the truth
Sometimes you keep it all to yourself
If what you might say might hurt somebody else but
Sometimes you say it cause someone's got to
I'll take my chances with the truth
Somebody keeping somebody up nights
It may not be wrong but it damn sure ain't right
The less said the better, but better for who?
I'll take my chances with the truth
Sometimes we keep it all to ourselves
If what we might say might hurt somebody else but
Sometimes we say it cause someone's got to
I'll take my chances with the truth
Somebody tellin' little white lies 'bout
Somebody else with big tears in their eyes
It's best to say nothing but when nothing won't do
I'll take my chances with the truth
I could spare your feelings for a moment or two but
I'll take my chances with the truth
I'll take my chances with the truth
© 2015 by Jerry Vanek
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Some Tongues
02:44
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SOME TONGUES
Some tongues can't say no
They go too fast when they should go slow
Never mind if they hurt someone
They won't be silent before they're done
Some tongues won't talk sense (and)
Rarely speak in the present tense
Never mind what ears are missin'
Tongue won't stop to let them listen
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
(interlude)
Some tongues like to lie
To say "I love you" and then "goodbye"
They tell the truth and they even sing
Sometimes they won't do anything
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah-ah ah ah ah ah ah
© 1990 by Jerry Vanek
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Gone
03:40
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GONE
Jimmy woke up that morning
To find his whole world gone and
A note on the dresser
Something about how she was 'moving on'
A tear was falling in the cold, gray dawn
Now the whole house is empty
As he wanders down the hall (and)
Everywhere there's a memory
He looks at his phone and wonders "Will she call?"
Just for a moment, thinks he dreamed it all...
If he could just take 'em back
All those hurtful words (and)
Tell her he loves her just one more time
Maybe she'd be in his arms right now
Instead of on his mind (but)
She's gone
He keeps on grieving about her and
The love they once knew
What he'd give just to hold her (and)
Make it all up to her like he used to do (but)
Night is falling and there's still no news...
If he could just take 'em back
All those hurtful words (and)
Tell her he loves her just one more time
Maybe she'd be in his arms right now
Instead of on his mind (but)
She's gone
She's gone
© 2004 by Jerry Vanek
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10. |
If Only
03:14
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IF ONLY
If only you believed in you
If you could see yourself the way I do
Would you do it?
If only you believed in love
Everything would soon be looking up
There’d be nothing to it
If only, if only, if only you believed in you
The way I do
If only you believed in me
If only you would let me be your friend
I’d be there for you
If only you would give yourself a chance
At a little sweet romance
Think what love could do
If only, if only, if only you believed…
If only, if only, if only….
If only you believed in you
If you could see yourself the way I do
Would you do it?
If only you believed in love
Everything would soon be looking up
There’d be nothing to it
If only, if only, if only you believed in you
The way I do
If only…
© 2010 by Jerry Vanek
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THE WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE
We went everywhere together
Friends through every kind of weather
Ah – to be young again
Nothing mattered but the here and now (and)
Through it all, somehow
Two little boys turned into men
We never thought those days would end
What I'd give to have one back again
Just me and you
We'd throw or kick or hit some kind of ball
Till we'd hear our mommas call (and)
Another day was through
We were livin' in the world of make believe
Time went by, play got rougher
Some fell out, some got tougher
Reality was here to stay
I never liked to write that much so
I never bothered to keep in touch and
Somehow, the years just slipped away...
(chorus)
Why can't things be simple again...like they were back then...
(chorus)
© 2010 by Jerry Vanek
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12. |
When Holly Was King
03:51
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WHEN HOLLY WAS KING
Ike was in the White House
Games were on TV
In Memphis and St. Louis
Tthey were settin’ music free
With three old chords and a brand new beat
They broke some hallowed ground
While a young kid down in Texas
Made his own kind of sound
Those were the days when Holly was king
All across the heartland, they danced when he would sing
He was always trying something new and singing the right thing
Those were the days when Holly was king
In nineteen fifty seven he sang
“That’ll Be The Day”
“Rock Me My Baby” and
“Not Fade Away”
Some folks called it rock n’ roll
Others called it bop
They never thought the good times
Were ever gonna stop
Those were the days when Holly was king
All across the ocean, they listened to him sing
He was always trying something new and playing the right thing
Those were the days when Holly was king
(solo)
(chorus)
© 1990 by Jerry Vanek
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